In the recent hit drama "Great Qin Fu", it tells the story of Lü Buwei and two generations of Qin kings, and the Yiyi people collapsed after three years of becoming the king of Qin, and then Yin Zheng became the king of Qin, and Lü Buwei began to supervise the country. As a disciple of Lü Buwei, Li Si often reminded him that the consequences of bullying the king might not be good, but Lü Buwei still did not know how to restrain himself.
In fact, in ancient times, examples of powerful ministers not knowing convergence after gaining power abounded, even Li Si himself, after becoming Qin Cheng Xiang, did not know convergence. So Lis's end is not very good. The Qin Dynasty made a start for the Han Dynasty, married people, and after Liu Bang won the world, in fact, he still faced the threat of power.
According to the Fa's saying of "skill, Tao, and potential", once a courtier has a "potential", then it will definitely threaten the "potential" of the county lord, and contradictions will naturally arise, the light will be wary of each other, and the heavy will not tolerate each other. The three of themselves, the Tao, and the potential, complement each other, but also contain each other, the technique is the method, the Tao is the direction, and the potential is the power and power. "The Six Kingdoms of Fu and qin are both princes, and their strength is weaker than that of Qin." - Song Su Xun's "Theory of the Six Kingdoms" mentions "potential", which basically means the meaning of power and might.
After Liu Bang established the Great Han Dynasty, large and small kings with different surnames obviously threatened Liu Bang's power. Therefore, getting rid of the kings with different surnames led by Han Xin is an inevitable thing to do, even if he falls into a thousand and ones, he will still do whatever it takes to stabilize the Country.
The story of Xiao He chasing Han Xin under the moon is widely popular, but Xiao He also contributed to killing Han Xin. Although Xiao He made great contributions when Liu Bang won the world, in Liu Bang's view, Xiao He's help to get rid of Han Xin was even more loyal to himself. When Liu Bang learned that Xiao He had assisted Lü Hou in getting rid of Han Xin, what was his reaction?
In the "History of Xiao Xiangguo's Family", it is recorded:
"The Shang has heard of the Marquis of Huaiyin, so that the envoys who worship the Xiang Dynasty are Xiang Guo, seal five thousand households, and order five hundred people and one lieutenant to be the guards of the Xiang Kingdom."
This is the origin of the name "Xiao Xiangguo". Xiang Guo and Xiang Guo were very important official positions in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the people who served as Xiang Guo were people who were very trusted by the emperor. But did Liu Bang really believe Xiao He? We can see from Liu Bang's move that he did not trust Xiao He.
In history, the prime minister could open a house, that is, he could work from home, set up his own team, and recruit doormen. Therefore, after Xiao He became the prime minister, where was the lack of those five hundred guards?
Xiao He had the grace of knowing Han Xin, and if Xiao He did not help kill Han Xin, Liu Bang was even more suspicious of Xiao He. Xiao He assisted in killing Han Xin, and Liu Bang would think that he even killed his friends, which made Liu Bang shudder. Therefore, when people are celebrating Xiao He's ascension to xiangguo, there is a person who understands the danger of Xiao He.
This man's name was Zhao Ping, and he was just a melon farmer. During the Qin and Han dynasties, all the way to the Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many talents with strange personalities, and this melon farmer was one. When this melon farmer heard that Liu Bang had given Xiao He a 500-man guard, he went to Xiao He Mansion in a mourning suit and said, "Xiang Guo, you are not far from disaster!" ”
The "History of Xiao Xiangguo's Family" records zhaoping's reasons for doing so:
"The curse began here. The upper is exposed to the outside and the king is in the middle, and the one who is not sealed by the yashi is the one who is protected by the king, and the present is the Marquis of Huaiyin, who is in the middle, and doubts the king's heart. "The husband guards the Wei Jun, not the favor of the Jun." May the king let the seal not be accepted, and use the wealth of the family to support the army, then the heart said.
Zhao Ping's meaning is obvious, that is, let Xiao He keep a low profile, don't casually accept Liu Bang's gifts, and equip you with guards, not to spoil you. Who knows if there is Liu Bang's eyeliner in these guards. After Xiao He listened, he knew that a catastrophe was coming, and he was greatly frightened, and humbly followed the advice of the melon farmers, and since then he has been much more low-key.