In this article, the topic that the author wants to bring to you is - after Xiang Yu Wujiang killed himself, Liu Bang let all the xiang clan members have the surname "Liu", and it was 48 years later that they knew Gao Ming.
If the title of Western Chu Overlord is mentioned, many people will immediately think of Xiang Yu. On the road to destroying Qin, Xiang Yu was known as the "God of War" general figure. But you know what? Yu is actually just a word for Xiang Yu, not his name. Xiang Yu's name was Not called Xiang Yuan, mainly because the use of characters as titles was more respectful at that time.
In addition, people who know Xiang Yu, an ancient person, should know that although he was very beautiful before he died, his death was extremely miserable, and it can even be said that he died with hatred. Moreover, after Xiang Yu died with hatred, Liu Bang only used three moves to get his people, and the world praised him for his cleverness. So the question is, which three tricks did Liu Bang use against Xiang Yu's people?
1. The death of Xiang Yu.
In terms of origin, Xiang Yu, as the grandson of the famous Chu general Xiang Yan, did not know how much more noble than Liu Bang, the village man, was born. Moreover, in the process of working hard for their careers, the two are basically the overall strength of the former is much greater than that of the latter. Even once upon a time, the former could decide the life and death of the latter as a king and the size and good or bad of the territory that could be owned.
Logically, after the two sides parted ways, even if they fought, it should be that Xiang Yu had a better chance of winning. But in fact, the person who finally won the victory became Liu Bang. Looking back at the death process of our overlord, it is quite a pity. After all, our overlord has been soft on Liu Bang many times, but Liu Bang exterminated him after gaining power.
Coupled with the fact that our overlord was betrayed in the final escape process, he thought of seeing Jiangdong's father and elder in this state without face. So even though Chief Wujiang had already prepared a ship for him to escape, he still preferred to entrust only his beloved black horse to the other party. And he himself went directly to the little people who were worried about taking his life to get the reward.
As a result, King Xiang, who was once high above, died so tragically in front of a bunch of unruly miscellaneous pieces. Moreover, after his death, his body was also divided into several parts by these people who were eager to make meritorious contributions and sent them to Liu Bang. Since then, there is no more Western Chu Overlord in this world!
Second, after Xiang Yu's death, Liu Bang used three tricks to get rid of his people.
First of all, weep for Xiang Yu. Under normal circumstances, when they see their greatest enemy die tragically, those who have won the final victory should show great happiness. But Liu Bang was different, when he saw the mutilated corpse of his opponent, he actually wept and mourned for it in public. This puzzled many people, especially the Xiang clan, who were even more suspicious of Liu Bang's motives for making this move.
In fact, the reason why Liu Bang did this can be said to be half out of sincerity and half out of false intentions. Out of sincerity, because he had worked with our overlord and been a competitor, he respected our overlord, so he wept for his death; out of false intentions, it was because Liu Bang did this to avoid hatred for himself and ease his relationship with the Xiang clan.
Second, the Xiang clan was given preferential treatment and let them change to the surname of Liu. Do you remember the Hongmen Feast? At that time, because of Xiang Bo's protection, Liu Bang was able to escape smoothly. Therefore, after the death of the Western Chu King, Liu Bang personally rewarded many Xiang clan members led by Xiang Bo on the pretext that some of the Xiang clan members had originally protected themselves. And at the same time, he also ordered that these rewarded people be changed to surnames Liu.
It should be known that these rewarded people have a higher status among the Xiang clan. They were all willing to submit to Liu Bang, and even if the other Xiang clan members had the fighting spirit to take revenge, they would not be able to become too much of a climate at all. And with the passage of time, the Xiang clan people who changed their surname to Liu, where can they remember that what is flowing in their bones is actually the blood of the Xiang clan?
Finally, the various titles and honorific titles of Xiang Yu were abolished. At the beginning of the article, we introduced it to you, saying that Xiang Yu is actually an honorific title, not the real name of the Western Chu Overlord. After the death of the Western Chu Emperor, Liu Bang ordered the abolition of his various titles and honorific titles, such as Xiang Yu and Xiang Wang, and only allowed the world to directly call him Xiang Yuan.
Of course, after this order was issued, there must be some people who would do it, and some people who insisted on not following it. In this way, the people who will follow it are naturally considered to have been successfully assimilated by Liu Bang. Those who refuse to comply will soon become a thorn in Liu Bang's eyes because of "identity exposure". After that, it would not be long before these people would be executed secretly by Liu Bangyu. Even if one of them wants to find a place to reason, it is impossible to find a place to reason.
Many people may think that the three tricks used by Liu Bang do not seem to be very clever, but in fact, he only relies on these three moves to clean up the Xiang clan and obey. Even some members of the Xiang clan were very willing to serve his enemies, who killed the most powerful people of their own clan. It was 48 years later that they discovered GaoZu's wisdom!
epilogue:
It can be seen that although Liu Bang will show a very provocative appearance in the championship with Xiang Yu in most cases, he always needs many subordinates to give him advice, but this does not mean that Liu Bang is a brainless person. At the very least, people will not only choose and employ people, but also design and clamp on people. Especially in dealing with the Xiang Clan, his approach is simply superb, no wonder so many people praise his cleverness!
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