Editing 196 BC (section)

==== China ====
* [[Empress Lü]] and Prime Minister [[Xiao He]] of the [[Han dynasty]] have the former General-in-Chief [[Han Xin]] executed, suspecting that he was planning a rebellion in cooperation with the rebel [[Chen Xi (rebel)|Chen Xi]].
* [[Emperor Gaozu of Han]] and his generals, including [[Cao Shen]] and [[Zhou Bo]], defeat the rebellion of [[Chen Xi (rebel)|Chen Xi]].
* A Han army defeats a raid on the northern frontier by the rogue [[Xin of Han]]. Xin is killed in battle.
* Gaozu deposes the king of [[Liang (Han dynasty kingdom)|Liang]], [[Peng Yue]], on suspicion of conspiracy. He is then executed on the orders of Empress Lü.
* The king of [[Huainan Kingdom|Huainan]], [[Ying Bu]], fearing execution, rebels against the Han dynasty. Gaozu and Cao Shen crush the rebellion but Gaozu is wounded by an arrow, and his health subsequently deteriorates.
* Increasingly paranoid, Gaozu briefly arrests Prime Minister Xiao He but is persuaded to release him.
* Gaozu sends [[Zhao Tuo]], the king of [[Nanyue]] in present-day Vietnam and southern China, a seal recognizing his rulership in return for his nominal submission to the Han. Zhao Tuo accepts his vassal status.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Road to the Throne: How Liu Bang Founded China's Han Dynasty|year= 2011|isbn=978-0875868387|pages= 186–219}}</ref>
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