The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

They fell silent once again.

Xiao He, standing to the side, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Despite being imprisoned for so long, Empress Lü's personality remained unchanged; she was still as domineering as ever.

And she always keeps her word; if anyone complains after she has spoken, they will be thrown out in public.

Being thrown out in front of all the civil and military officials would be tantamount to the death of the nation.

But at that very moment, someone let out an inopportune sneer.

"hehe."

Lü Zhi: "?"

Her gaze was fixed on Han Xin.

"Is the Marquis of Huaiyin laughing at me? What brilliant idea do you have? Or do you want to experience what it feels like to be thrown out?"

"I apologize, perhaps the Empress has misunderstood. I was not laughing at you."

Han Xin waved his hand, but the sarcasm on his face became even more obvious.

"I was mocking everyone present."

"Don't you all know what kind of person His Majesty is? If he were truly selfless, why would he have stripped away the various former feudal lords?"

"Don't forget, if this challenge is failed, the first punishment won't be a natural disaster, but rather fifty years of his lifespan."

"Even if he has a very open-minded view of life and death, he wouldn't be willing to give up his life for some obsession, would he?"

"So what are you useless people worrying about?"

Sacrificing fifty years of his lifespan just to restore the Han Dynasty in the face of adversity?

In Han Xin's opinion, even if Liu Bang had lost his mind, he would never do such a thing.

In the end, he even glanced at Lü Zhi with lingering interest.

Although Empress Lü's words were meant to intimidate the courtiers, they also expressed her distrust of the outcome of Liu Bang's challenge.

The implication was clear: no matter what choice Liu Bang made, she would follow him to the death.

But that's the problem.

Why don't you trust it?

Did you hear that? This worried good-for-nothing is also talking about you, Lü Zhi!

Lü Zhi: "?"

She was filled with anger, but Han Xin's words were so apt that she couldn't find fault with them.

Xiao He: “…”

Of all the people present, he probably knew Han Xin the most.

These words are very much like those of Han Xin!

"Let's see. I have a pretty good idea of ​​what His Majesty is planning."

Seeing that Lü Zhi and the others did not refute him, Han Xin shook his head with some lingering interest, then looked back at the sky.

He believed that Xiao He could see it too.

However, out of some kind of apprehension, Xiao He could not speak before Lü Zhi brought it up, otherwise it would be tantamount to slapping Lü Zhi in the face.

However, Xiao He would consider Empress Lü's feelings, but Han Xin would not.

"You bunch of mediocre people, the best choice is indeed to shut up and watch how His Majesty finds the balance of limits in the face of challenges."

……

"Balance at the limit?"

"It's somewhat risky, but Your Majesty's arrangement is truly ingenious."

While Han Xin saw through it, Zhang Liang, who was receiving battle reports from all sides during the challenge, also understood Liu Bang's arrangement.

Leaving Jiang Wei behind was not only for the sake of this last general of the Han Dynasty, but also for the sake of the son of the mediocre ruler of Shu, and the last grievance of Shu Han.

Upon learning that Jiang Wei held sway over Yongzhou and requested reinforcements from Shu, Liu Chen, the Prince of Beidi, volunteered to lead his troops to the front lines.

Most people outside the sky were right in their guesses. Once Shu was destroyed, Jiang Wei could support Liu Chen, the Prince of Beidi, as emperor and use Yongzhou as a base to continue his ideal of supporting the Han Dynasty!

Furthermore, the Han emperor was changed from Liu Shan to Liu Chen, who was more capable and more determined to launch a northern expedition to restore the Han dynasty. Both Liu Chen and Jiang Wei were staunch advocates of war.

The two hit it off immediately, and with no one in the rear to restrain them, they could very well launch a massive northern expedition at any time.

"Zifang, how is the battle going? Has Jiang Wei's army reached 200,000?"

Seeing Zhang Liang staring blankly after reading the battle report, Liu Bang asked him a question.

He was not concerned about the surprise attack on the Ziwu Valley plank road, nor about Guanqiu Jian's battle report; instead, he was more concerned about Jiang Wei's condition.

Even if the first two places are lost, he can still find other opportunities to reclaim them. But if Jiang Wei is lost, it will be difficult to find a replacement.

"Jiang Wei already controls most of Yongzhou. He is just waiting for Liu Chen's reinforcements from Shu to arrive so that he can launch a general attack on Chang'an. At that time, he will be able to dominate a province and become a force to be reckoned with, and he will be able to take over Shu at any time."

"You certainly haven't disappointed me, Zifang. Do you know what I'm planning to do?"

Liu Bang nodded with satisfaction.

"I have a rough idea, but one province is not enough. Your Majesty needs to give Jiang Wei more time and opportunities."

"However, I am somewhat curious, Your Majesty, where did you get the inspiration to come up with such a method to find such an extreme balance between completing the challenge and restoring the Han Dynasty?"

Zhang Liang couldn't help but ask.

If most of the arrangements were planned by the two of them from the beginning, then this sudden inspiration was quite unexpected.

"If I had to name one, it would be Xiang Ji."

"Although he did not declare himself emperor at the time, who can say that Xiang Yu, when he enfeoffed the princes of the land, was not an emperor?"

Liu Bang suddenly understood this at a certain moment during a challenge.

Replacing Cao Mao and rebuilding the Great Wei Dynasty can be seen as two separate conditions, as can preventing the southward migration of the elite and stopping the Five Barbarian Invasions.

After conquering Shu and destroying Eastern Wu, before Jiang Wei reinstated a new emperor, he had essentially replaced Cao Mao in rebuilding the Great Wei and achieving a unified dynasty.

If the first condition is met, the second condition may not necessarily need to be fulfilled in the name of the Emperor of Wei.

"...So Your Majesty, you don't intend to let any of the gentry in the Great Wei, but also the gentry in Yizhou and Jingzhou in Shu, and the gentry in Jiangdong go!"

The more Zhang Liang thought about it, the clearer it became, including why Liu Bang conquered Shu, but singled out Liu Chen and Jiang Wei.

"However, this also leaves some of the suspense on Liu Chen. If he is a foolish ruler, or if his descendants are incompetent, and the Five Barbarian Invasions still occur, I'm afraid..."

He suddenly laughed halfway through his sentence.

I laughed at my own stupidity.

How could someone ask such a stupid question?

The Five Barbarian Invasions originated from the War of the Eight Princes.

The War of the Eight Princes stemmed from the collapse of the social order and the Sima family's public assassination of the emperor, which shattered the emperor's aura.

But what if Liu Shan or Liu Chen had rebuilt the Han Dynasty three times?

Given the emperor's prestige and Liu Bang's prophecy of the golden knife, would anyone dare to test it?

The answer was already revealed when the immortal first initiated the challenge and Li Er completed it.

If the Liu family had rebuilt the Han dynasty three times, then from that time onward, imperial power would have been divinely ordained, and no ambitious person would have dared to stand up and usurp the throne. Naturally, the War of the Eight Princes would never have happened again.

If the Central Plains were not weakened by internal strife, then what gave the nomadic people the opportunity to take over?