As the same Han Chu Sanjie, why didn't Han Xin retire like Xiao He and Zhang Liang, but he couldn't end well
Some people say that Zhang Liang and Xiao He's work is different from Han Xin's, one is a strategist, the other is mainly responsible for logistics, their credit is not as great as Han Xinda, and Han Xin is fighting on the front line, holding military power, and the merit is high, so Han Xin must die.
For this view, there is a certain truth, but it is still not very comprehensive, here I make a supplement, if you think it makes sense, bother to agree with it.
You know, Zhang Liang has always been known as Liu Bang's first strategist, even Chen Ping, who has six strange plots, is also in second place. Zhang Liang is the master who can strategize and win thousands of miles, to put it bluntly, the problems that Emperor Lao Bang could not think of, he could help Liu Bang to consider the problems that Liu Bang wanted, he could think farther and more comprehensively. Such a person is not only a master, but simply a human spirit, according to Liu Bang's attitude towards the heroes, it is strange that he does not want to kill him.
Zhang Liang is well aware of the principle of rabbit dead dog cooking, so after helping Liu Bang get the world, he immediately "abandoned human affairs and wanted to swim from chisongzi", vigorously pursuing those ethereal and nihilistic ways of cultivating immortals, to put it bluntly, he gave an attitude: Liu Bang, you can rest assured, I am not interested in fame and fortune, I am not interested in Jiangshan politics, I am not a threat to your society, so he can hide, and finally die at the age of 64 and grow old peacefully.
Xiao He, although he had known Liu Bang for the longest time and had been together since before the uprising, did not seem to be as accurate as Zhang Liang's view of people, at least he did not see through Liu Bang's ungrateful, selfish, and mean character characteristics.
After Liu Bang unified the world, Xiao He was appointed as the prime minister, he only wanted to govern the country well, let the people have enough food and clothing, he only wanted to be a good official, to be a good prime minister, but he was jealous of Liu Bang, and he was once imprisoned by Liu Bang. Later, after the guidance of others, he suddenly realized that from then on, he changed his clean and honest style, greedy for money, and willingly destroyed the reputation he had accumulated for most of his life, the purpose was one -- Liu Bang, you can rest assured, I Xiao He is a corrupt official, I covet wealth and no ambition, I have no ambition in politics, and there is no threat to your Jiangshan, so he also escaped Liu Bang's butcher's knife.
Another important point is that the above two, that is, Zhang Liang and Xiao He, did not marry Liu Bang and were not crowned kings.
In 203 BC, that is, in the fourth year of Han, Han Xin lived up to expectations, defeated Xiang Yu's general Long He, broke the Qi-Chu alliance, and captured more than 70 cities in Qidi. Such a battle achievement even Xiang Yu at that time could not help but drop his jaw, Liu Bang was naturally deeply shocked, but at the same time he was very happy.
At this time, Han Xin did a thing of death, and in the biography of Marquis Of Huaiyin in the "Records of History", there is such a passage: Qi is false and deceitful, and the country of repeated repetition, Chu in the south, is not a false king to town, its momentum is uncertain. It was originally a false king.
To put it bluntly, Qi di has just taken it, the situation is very unstable, and it borders the Chu state, the geographical location is very important, it is necessary to set up a king to calm down, hoping to allow me to temporarily replace the king of Qi.
After Liu Bang saw this application, he directly scolded: Lao Tzu is besieged here, hoping for the stars and the moon, hoping for your rescue soldiers, are you good, actually want to establish yourself as king?
At this time, fortunately, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang reminded him that the situation was not conducive to the Han army, and it was better to follow Han Xin's intentions. Liu Bang had an epiphany, so he continued to scold: If you want to be a true king, why should you act as an agent?
It is conceivable that at that time, Liu Bang was not willing to be blackmailed, but he had no choice, who told him to wait for Han Xin's rescue troops?
After marrying this Liangzi, considering Liu Bang's character from the perspective of the emperor, how could he not worry that Han Xin would threaten his Jiangshan Sheji in the future.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty and the arrest of Han Xin, the psychological gap was huge.
Han Xin has been poor since childhood, his family is very poor, he often has no food, he belongs to the typical bottom of society, and he has been living by eating and drinking before joining the army. Although he usually has a sword pinned to his waist, he is also looked down upon, so he has the humiliation of crotch.
A person who soars from the bottom of society and then falls to the trough of life, the so-called from frugality to luxury, from luxury to frugality. The psychological impact caused by such a gap is not acceptable to everyone, and people who cannot pass this hurdle in history abound, because of wealth and fame and fortune, many people have died and perished, not to mention that he has also been crowned king?
The historical records do not record how much power Han Xin had when he was king, but we can see it through the rights given to the king of the domain by the Han Dynasty. They could govern fiefdoms as they wished, and these rights included recruiting, appointing and dismissing officials, minting coins, and to put it bluntly, military, internal affairs, and economy, which were closely related to the interests of the entire Han Empire, and they could do their own thing.
After the war between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, there were a total of eight princes, Han Xin was the king of Chu, and after the former king was placed under house arrest, he knew his situation very well, and also understood Liu Bang's suspicion of himself. Therefore, he is low-key, almost closed-door, and rarely interacts with other officials, but the huge psychological gap also leads him to complain.
This is recorded in the "Chronicle of History" of the Marquis of Huaiyin, once Han Xin went to Fan Duo's house to visit the door, Fan Duo was a marquis, the same rank as Han Xin at that time, Fan Duo was also a military general, he very much admired people like Han Xin who could fight, could fight, and could win battles. Therefore, he was very respectful of Han Xin's etiquette, and regarded Han Xin as a prince-level person to serve, but when Han Xin went out, he looked up to the sky and sighed: Sheng Nai is in the company of Oh and so on!
To put it bluntly, I am not willing to accept it, I Han Xin will win the battle, attack must win, the battle achievements are outstanding, the country is unmatched, and it is too shameful to be at the same level as Fan Duo, who slaughters dogs.
I don't know if Fan Duo heard this sentence, and I don't know how Fan Duo felt after hearing it. It is estimated that this kind of complaint has been said more than once, otherwise the sentence "day and night resentment, martingale in the habit of staying in the martingale, shame and dai, irrigation and so on" would not appear in the historical records.
Since the historical records are all recorded, there must have been a lot of complaints that reached Liu Bang's ears, and I don't know how Liu Bang felt? But one thing is certain, Han Xin's unwillingness and resentment are real hammers in Liu Bang's heart, Liu Bang definitely wants to do Han Xin, but because of Han Xin's merits, he is afraid of carrying the insult of killing the hero for no reason.
Han Xin really couldn't control his mouth, and once Liu Bang invited Han Xin into the palace to reminisce about the past, during the banquet Liu Bang asked Han Xin, if I can put geometry? Meaning, how many soldiers can I bring? Han Xinkou was unguarded and said bluntly: Your Majesty can only send 100,000, up to 100,000.
Emperor Lao Tzu asked again, how about Yu Jun? So what about you?
Han Xin, who was not afraid of death, said a lot of words at this time.
His words created for us an idiom — the more the merrier — that enriched the vocabulary of the Chinese language, but accelerated the course of our own lives.
Although he later explained that His Majesty could not be a general, but a good general, this was the reason why His Majesty's bird was also. And His Majesty's so-called heavenly gifts are not human beings. —— The explanation is very smooth, it seems that the emotional intelligence is also very high, and Liu Bang, who listened to the explanation, laughed very loudly, but it has not helped.
You actually dare to say that you are stronger than the emperor, is this not to show that you do not take Liu Bang in your eyes? There are some things that cannot be said, even if they are facts. Since you have already made Emperor Lao Tzu feel that he has a very big threat, your survival time will not be more and better, Han Xin did not understand the true meaning of serving the emperor, he made the emperor feel threatened, for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, Liu Bang could not let him go.
Finally, the opportunity came.
Zhao Xiangchen rebelled, and Liu Bang personally marched and led a team to quell the rebellion, and soon after, Lü Hou recruited Xiao He into the palace for discussion, and she told Xiao He: Someone reported Han Xin to me for rebellion.
Then, Han Xin was persuaded by Xiao He to enter the palace, and the next thing everyone knew, Han Xin was executed as soon as he entered the palace, and since then, the story of "Success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He" has been passed down to this day.
But before he died, he probably did not understand that when he took advantage of the situation to come to the King of Qi, he had already formed a bond with Liu Bang, which was a proper merit to threaten the Lord.
When Han Xin was demoted to the rank of Marquis, he had some enlightenment: if the people said, the rabbit was hanged to death, and the good dog was cooked; the bird was exhausted, the bow was hidden; the enemy country was broken, and the courtiers were killed. The world has been decided, and I should cook.
Compared with the Han Chu Sanjie, Zhang Liang and Xiao He both firmly showed Liu Bang their hearts - I am not a threat, I am not attached to rights; only Han Xin, he thinks that as long as he keeps a low profile, he will not be in danger of life, but unfortunately he can't control his mouth and repeatedly exposes his thoughts.
Resentment, unwillingness, and strong military ability are proper hidden dangers, how can Liu Bang tolerate Han Xin? In Liu Bang's eyes, if you have the ability to rebel, then whether you plot rebellion or not does not affect my determination to kill you, and determining that you are plotting rebellion does not necessarily require conclusive evidence.
Politics is so cruel, and the Jiangshan Society does not tolerate the slightest threat.