In his own words, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, was able to defeat Xiang Yu with a powerful victory in the Battle of Chu and Han, and in his own words, a very important reason was that he was able to appoint talents. Liu Bang had three outstanding strategists under him: Chen Ping, Xiao He, and Zhang Liang.
Speaking of Chen Ping, his situation with Xiao He and Zhang Liang was somewhat different. Why? Originally. Chen Ping was not a concubine of Liu Bang, and the time to enter the Han camp was relatively late. Before defecting to Liu Bang, the King of Han, Chen Ping served the State of Wei (Wei Bao, the King of Wei) and the State of Chu (Xiang Yu, king of Western Chu), before finally abandoning Chu to surrender to Han.
However, although he came to the Han camp very late, Chen Ping's performance in the Han camp was also very outstanding, contributing many strategies to Liu Bang in the Chu-Han War and making a lot of contributions to Liu Bang's seizure of the world. After Liu Bang's death, the Lü family gradually grasped the power of the Western Han Dynasty. Chen Ping also worked with Zhou Bo to finally defeat lü shi and successfully defend Liu's jiangshan from being usurped by Lü shi.
Although Chen Ping was resourceful, he made many contributions to the Han Dynasty and was praised by future generations. However, in the author's opinion, Chen Ping's resume after entering the Han camp is not perfect. For example, the author believes that the Han Xin case can be called an indelible stain on Chen Ping's life.
Here, I may wish to allow the author to introduce and analyze and interpret the Han Xin case. After Han Gaozu's ancestor Liu Bang ascended the throne and became emperor, someone secretly reported to Liu Bang: Han Xin, the king of Chu, intended to rebel! Liu Bang could not help but be shocked when he heard the news, and immediately summoned the military generals of the civilian and military forces to discuss countermeasures. When a group of military generals heard about this, they all spoke in front of Liu Bang, saying that they could share the worries of His Majesty the Emperor and asked Liu Bang to let him lead a large army to destroy Han Xin in one fell swoop!
At this moment, from Chen Ping's mouth, a different voice came out. After the military generals finished speaking, Chen Ping successively sent two soul torture questions to Liu Bang: "May I ask Your Majesty, are you and your generals better than Han Xin in their military talents?" "The answer is no." Then the minister asked His Majesty again, which army of the imperial court is more courageous and good at fighting than Han Xin's army? The answer is still the latter. Liu Bang was silent.
Chen Ping continued, "Since this is the case, Your Majesty should not rush to attack Han Xin. His Majesty's soldiers are inferior to men, and they will be inferior to men. If His Majesty rushes to send troops, the odds of victory are too small. Moreover, the minister believed that Han Xin did not necessarily really want to rebel. If His Majesty really sent troops to attack Han Xin, it would force Han Xin to rebel. In this way, I am afraid that things will not be easy to clean up. ”
In the eyes of many historians in later generations, Han Xin at this time really had no intention of rebellion. The report against Han Xin can also be found to be a false accusation. If I just see this, the author still admires Chen Ping's observation. Chen Ping's performance was in stark contrast to the previous group of martial artists, and his vision was much higher than theirs.
However, what Chen Ping said next surprised the author. Chen Ping offered his advice to Liu Bang and said, "Since ancient times, it has been a very normal thing for the Son of Heaven to travel the world. His Majesty can follow the example of the ancients and proclaim that he will tour the world and summon the princes near Chudi. Whether Han Xin is anti-hearted or not, he has to come to see you. Wouldn't it be easy for His Majesty to arrest him in this way? ”
On this point, the author believes that Chen Ping's approach is quite inappropriate. As Chen Ping himself said, Han Xin did not necessarily have the intention of rebellion. However, what Chen Ping did was not to clear Han Xin's grievances, but to help Liu Bang arrest Han Xin indiscriminately. From this point of view, although Chen Ping's behavior is not called framing Zhongliang, it is indeed suspected of falling into a well.
After Han Xin's title was degraded, Han Xin was indignant and indignant, believing that he was not at fault, but he was demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin, and was full of suspicion by Liu Bang, and his resentment grew, and finally he really rebelled. However, Han Xin's plot was once again reported, and he finally died at the hands of Lü Hou. At the time of the Chu and Han Dynasties, a generation of famous generals finally ended up with a tragic end, which made people sigh endlessly.
Suppose, if Chen Ping is willing to speak for Han Xin, then Han Xin will not necessarily be demoted to the Title of Marquis of Huaiyin. In this way, Han Xin will not try to rebel. Therefore, the author believes that the tragedy of Han Xin's life is absolutely related to Chen Ping's contribution.
Moreover, Han Xin's death also frightened Yingbu, the king of Jiujiang, who was also a famous general of the Han army. When Yingbu saw Han Xin killed, he was afraid that he would suffer the same fate as Han Xin. In order to protect himself, Yingbu had to rebel. However, in the end, Yingbu was still defeated and killed, and he was discredited. Chen Ping's plan not only led to the tragedy of Han Xin, but also further led to the tragedy of Yingbu. At this point, Chen Ping's dedication was actually a bad idea.
We have no way of knowing whether Chen Ping's offer of this strategy was deliberately intended to cater to Liu Bang's wishes (because Liu Bang himself was dissatisfied with Han Xin). But the author can say that in the Case of Han Xin, Chen Ping did play a less glorious role.
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