Fu multiplied by the time to the profiteer, Ichii Noshiya. - Sima Guang
Liu Bang, from a commoner, to the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion to the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, such an achievement is really enviable, but if you say the reason, you can only say that he was able to achieve such an achievement, which is inseparable from the people around him.
Although Liu Bang was a commoner, he was not only surrounded by the Lü family, which had a large family power, but also many capable people, such as Xiao He and Han Xin.
Unfortunately, although the two were both liu bang's courtiers, the final outcome was completely different.
In history, Xiao He was the last extremely popular subject and became a minister of the Han Dynasty, but Han Xin was jealous of Liu Bang and was guarded by Lü Hou, and finally directly ended up with a beheading.
Why did Han Xin work hard to pacify the four sides for Liu Bang, and why didn't the "good people" have good rewards? Sima Guang's words can be said to tell the truth.
First, the ambitious Han Xin
When it comes to Han Xin, it is difficult to have to think of Xiao He, just as the so-called "success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He", that is to say, Xiao He's influence on Han Xin.
When Liu Bang first started to cause trouble, Xiao He was already Liu Bang's confidant, and Liu Bang often gave him very important things, and Xiao He did not bear the heavy responsibility every time and did a good job.
Later, Xiao He found that a man named Han Xin under Liu Bang was very talented, so he recommended him to Liu Bang, but Liu Bang was suspicious, so he did not reuse Han Xin.
Han Xin prides himself on being a talent and can't stand his talent being ignored, so he runs away one night in anger.
After Xiao He learned of it, he knew that if he really let Han Xin leave, it would be Liu Bang's loss, so he rode back Han Xin overnight, and repeatedly told Liu Bang that Han Xin was really a rare talent.
Under Xiao He's repeated assurances, Liu Bang finally gave Han Xin a chance, and Han Xin did not fail Xiao He, firmly grasping these opportunities, so that Liu Bang finally trusted him and was willing to entrust him with more important work.
Since then, his rank in the army has also risen again and again, from a small soldier to a great general.
Unfortunately, Han Xinkong has a talent, but he cannot accurately grasp his situation.
At that time, he had not yet realized that what he was assisting was a sensitive and suspicious monarch, and his whole thought was to be promoted to a knight, without thinking about whether his actions would be guarded by Liu Bang.
For example, after Han Xin pacified the State of Qi, he asked Liu Bang for advice, hoping that Liu Bang would allow him to temporarily sit in the position of King of Qi so that he could organize the State of Qi.
But he also didn't want to think that Liu Bang was still deeply involved in the war at that time, hoping that some courtier would rush over to save him, and as a result, Han Xin, as a military general, did not come to help, did not say, and was full of power, Liu Bang certainly could not be satisfied with him.
Based on the fact that Han Xin's ambitions were too obvious, Liu Bang had to guard against it, so Han Xin's official position was demoted again and again, and even if he was outstanding, he was demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin.
Second, he was killed by Lü Hou and Xiao He
For Liu Bang's approach, Han Xin changed from being incomprehensible at the beginning to being dissatisfied later, and even really bred greater ambitions, wanting to cooperate with Chen Fengli, who was plotting rebellion at that time, and kill Liu Bang.
At that time, Liu Bang was outside to pacify Chen Feng's rebels, Lü Hou and Xiao He zhen were guarding inside Chang'an City, and for safety, Han Xin was already under house arrest by Liu Bang at this time.
Unfortunately, Han Xin was still not dead-hearted, and secretly agreed with Chen Feng to cooperate with the outside world, he thought that his plan was seamless, but he did not expect that the younger brother of a doorman in his palace rushed to bring the news to Lü Hou after learning the news that he was going to rebel.
Lü Hou was very flustered after listening to it, and quickly found Xiao He to discuss this matter, Xiao He lamented that Han Xin had finally gone astray, and on the other hand, he had to take a shot at Han Xin in order to protect Jiangshan.
After some careful consideration, Xiao He told Lü Hou that as long as he designed han xin to leave the palace and support the people who protected him, it would be very easy to kill him.
Lü Hou was very satisfied with this method, so she sent a message to Han Xin, telling him that Liu Bang had won the battle, that he had already returned to the dynasty, and that a palace banquet was about to be held in the evening to celebrate, so that Han Xin must attend on time.
Han Xin was strongly skeptical of this statement, but he knew that now was not the time to openly rebel against the imperial court, so even though he was defensive, he still came to the palace.
What he did not expect was that as soon as he entered the palace, he was tied up by the guards who had already been prepared, and finally, a generation of famous generals Han Xin was killed in the Changle Palace.
When Liu Bang returned, when he learned the news that Han Xin had died, his first reaction was not regret, but happiness, glad that a big problem in his heart had finally been removed, and finally he did not have to worry about Han Xin in the future.
Third, Sima Guang explained the reasons for this
Han Xin calmed the four sides for Liu Bang, why didn't the good people have good rewards? Only because his ambitions are too obvious. Indeed, when Han Xin first joined Liu Bang's command, he was anxious to prove himself and did many things that were of great help to Liu Bang.
However, when a courtier needs not only ability, but also always guesses the mind of the monarch.
While showing his ability, Han Xin did not shy away from showing his ambition, trying to quickly realize his merits and gain more power.
Who monarch can rest assured of an ambitious courtier? Liu Bang was inherently suspicious, and after seeing Han Xin like this, he was even more worried that he would seize his power one day.
Therefore, even if Han Xin was a talented person, he did not dare to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, and even because he was too jealous of him, he had to weaken his power again and again, until he was later put under house arrest, and did not hesitate to take his life when he learned that he was going to rebel.
For Han Xin's death, Sima Guang said such a sentence, and this sentence immediately broke the truth, this sentence is: "The husband multiplies the time to make a profit, the Ichijing Zhiye; the one who rewards merit and repays the virtue, the heart of a gentleman." ”
Indeed, if Han Xin had not shown such a strong utilitarianism as he had before, nor was he eager to show his ambitions, but had set his sights on a longer-term perspective, really considered the world of the Han Dynasty, and devoted himself to the good of the Han Dynasty, then he would never have ended up in such a fate.