Although Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang had different personalities, they were both representatives and executors of imperial power.
Although Han Xin and Sapphire have different personalities, their behavior is also different. But the same thing is that they are all people beyond the control of the imperial power, and being shrouded by the imperial power is the environment in which they live.
Living under the siege of imperial power, and wanting to be out of the control of imperial power, in the end can only be a dead word.
Han Xin was the first general of the founding of the Han Dynasty, and Blue Jade was the first hero of the Ming Dynasty who swept through the desert north and destroyed the Northern Yuan.
Both of them were famous generals in Chinese history, but unfortunately, both of them were brutally killed by the founding monarchs who assisted them because of their meritorious service.
Although the two people's life experiences are so similar, there are still many essential differences if you look at them in detail.
First, the two have different origins, experiences and personalities.
Although Han Xin was very depressed when he was a teenager, he was born into an aristocratic family and received a good cultural education. The history books record that when Han Xin was young, he did not like to engage in agricultural production, only knew how to read military parade books every day, and liked to carry a sword and wander the streets on weekdays.
Because he was born into an aristocrat, and because he was full of military books and battle strategies, the temperament that Han Xin exuded in his bones was pride.
How to interpret the word pride? My understanding of it is that all those who have pride in their bodies have a thought that all people are inferior to me, and they are inferior to me.
So if I'm looking for a boss, I'm looking for a dragon among people.
From this point of view, we can understand why Han Xin wanted to throw Xiang Yu three times, and then cross the rolling mountains to surrender to Liu Bang.
Because in Han Xin's eyes, only a contemporary master like Xiang Yu Liu Bang was worthy to be his own lord.
And Lan Yu's hometown is Dingyuan, and many things in his early years are no longer possible, but it can be determined that he is from a poor background, otherwise he would not have participated in the peasant uprising.
People who come from poor backgrounds and have not read much are generally divided into two types.
One is to see that everyone is bowing down and is very afraid, afraid that the humble self will offend others.
The other is that the sky is not afraid, anyway, Lao Tzu has nothing, and the barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes.
The latter's personality we call madness, but all those with crazy characters in their personality are disobedient to discipline and oppression, so Sapphire chose to rebel in the chaotic world.
Han Xin's personality is arrogant, and Lan Yu's personality is crazy, and there is an essential difference between the two.
Second, the two have different military careers.
Blue Jade started from the most basic level of officers, killing the general step by step.
He first participated in the peasant uprising war against the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and later in the war of annexation within the peasant uprising to suppress Chen Youyu and Zhang Shicheng.
Later, he participated in the conquest of Yunnan and the pacification of the national unification war in the southeast.
In the end, Lan Yu led an army of 150,000 people, like a sharp knife, straight into the north of the desert, and destroyed the Northern Yuan government in one fell swoop.
At this point, Blue Jade's military career reached its peak.
Therefore, why did Blue Jade later be so arrogant, because he thought that his right came from his own hard work, so he thought that he had the capital to squander power.
Han Xin, on the other hand, has been running around in the midst of defecting to the princes since he joined the army.
Although he suffered a lot, he was later appointed by Liu Bang as a great general, which can be regarded as a step to the heavens.
Therefore, Han Xin never felt that the power really belonged to him, plus his own generals, and most of them were Liu Bang's confidants.
Therefore, Han Xin always used his power vigilantly, even when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were at a stalemate, Han Xin did not dare to support the army and stand on his own.
Blue Jade has always been bold in his use of power, while Han Xin has used power cautiously, which is also the essential difference between the two.
Third, their bosses have different personalities.
Although Liu Bang was also born into poverty, it was fortunate that he had parents who loved her, a group of good brothers, and a good family affair when he reached middle age.
Therefore, Liu Bang, in addition to being able to do some anti-human things in times of danger. For example, when he fled in defeat, he pushed one of his sons and daughters out of the car.
But in ordinary times, he still has some human touch.
For example, those heroes that Liu Bang later killed were basically not in the same camp as him in the early years. For example, Yingbu was originally a member of Xiang Yu's camp, Peng Yue was a rogue, and Lu Yue, who grew up with Liu Bang, really wanted to rebel.
Therefore, Liu Bang has always been hesitant to kill Han Xin or not.
But Han Xin was really too arrogant and domineering, and once he passed by the door of the western Han Dynasty's founding general Fan Duo's house, and Fan Duo came out to greet him, and Han Xin actually said, "I didn't expect that I would be reduced to being with you Fan Duo." ”
Who could bear such arrogance, and eventually Han Xin was killed by Lü Hou.
That is to say, Liu Bang's personality could have been tolerated. But the premise is that even if you have great ability, you must be within my control. So that I can accommodate you.
And Han Xin's arrogance clearly exceeded the limits of Liu Bang's patience and tolerance.
Therefore, the fundamental reason for Han Xin's death was that his arrogance was beyond Liu Bang's patience limits and control.
Compared with Liu Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang was much more miserable. Zhu Yuanzhang was a poor boy, and was repeatedly abused when he was herding cattle in the landlord's house, and later encountered a great famine, and his parents and brothers almost starved to death.
Even if he left home later, no one in the Huangjue Temple could look up to him. Then he later joined the army, and as a result, he was almost killed by his brother-in-law.
Therefore, all kinds of causes and effects make Zhu Yuanzhang a person with no feelings.
This can explain why Liu Bang only killed so many dangerous heroes. And Zhu Yuanzhang almost killed all the middle and high-ranking generals in the early years of the Founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Lan Yu was an arrogant man who occupied the concubines of the Northern Yuan Emperor, attacked the Ming Dynasty border fortresses that refused to open and open without permission, and also cultivated his own power in the middle of the dynasty.
But Blue Jade's arrogance was fundamentally not the reason why he was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang. Instead, it was just a fuse, and this fuse triggered his contradiction with Zhu Yuanzhang.
Let Zhu Yuanzhang find an excuse to kill him, but if there is no such excuse, I think Zhu Yuanzhang will also find other reasons to kill Lan Yu.
So in general, Han Xin's death has a certain degree of accidentality, if he does not touch Liu Bang's bottom line, he should not die.
And Lan Yu's death is inevitable, no matter whether Lan Yu is arrogant or keeps his duty, Zhu Yuanzhang's character will kill him.
Therefore, the success or failure of a person's life and death depends not only on the person's personality, but also on what kind of environment this person is in.
Although Han Xin and Sapphire have different personalities, their behavior is also different. But the same thing is that they are all people beyond the control of the imperial power, and being shrouded by the imperial power is the environment in which they live.
Living under the siege of imperial power, and wanting to be out of the control of imperial power, it is difficult to escape a dead word in the end.