In history, there are not many emperors like the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu and the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin who treated such founding heroes kindly, and many emperors often killed those who were highly meritorious and shocked after they ascended the throne in order to prevent the fall of power, and Zhu Yuanzhang was a typical representative of them. He started from a real grassroots, and with the assistance of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang, he defeated opponents such as Chen Youyi, Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen, and finally established the Ming Dynasty and became the founding emperor. After ascending the throne, in order to consolidate the imperial power, he gave a fierce hand to the brothers who were born and fought the world with him, killing them.
In addition to Zhu Yuanzhang, there is another person who also killed many founding heroes, he is Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao. Liu Bang claimed the title of empress, and in order to ensure the Liu family's world, he executed many kings with different surnames, including the former Qi king Han Xin. Han Xin is a native of Huaiyin, Jiangsu Province, who in his early years was neither willing to engage in business nor to cultivate, so he could not even feed himself, and often went to other people's homes to rub rice and eat, and suffered a lot of white eyes. A butcher in the town also took the opportunity to humiliate him, causing him to suffer the humiliation of his crotch, and the people looked down on him even more.
After the outbreak of the peasant revolt at the end of Qin, Han Xin saw the opportunity to change his fate and defected to Xiangliang. Later, Xiang Liang was killed in battle, and Han Xin followed his nephew Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu did not reuse Han Xin, but only made him a stalwart. Han Xin, who had nowhere to show his talents, was very depressed and defected to Liu Bang. At first, Liu Bang did not reuse Han Xin, only making him a petty official guarding the warehouse, and later under the strong recommendation of Xiao He, Liu Bang worshiped Han Xin as a general. Han Xin also did not live up to Liu Bang's expectations, leading the Han army to attack the four states of Wei, Zhao, Yan, and Qi, and was crowned king of Qi for his military achievements.
At this time, Han Xin had a heavy army in his hands and became the largest force outside of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. Later, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought a decisive battle in Xingyang, and the two sides fought inextricably, at which time Han Xin became the winner and loser of the battle. Xiang Yu sent someone to persuade Han Xin to join forces with him to attack Liu Bang, but Han Xin refused, and he said to the people who came: "I have served the king of matters for many years, and the official is only a langzhong, but a soldier who is a soldier. No one listened to my words, and no one used my plans, so I left Chu and returned to Han. Liu Bang, the king of Han, gave me the seal of the general, asked me to lead tens of thousands of people, undressed for me to wear, divided food for me to eat, and obeyed me, so I have today's achievements. The King of Han was so close and trusting of me that I would not have a good result if I betrayed him. I will not rebel until I die, please thank king Xiang for my kindness. ”
Later, Han Xin led the Han army to defeat Xiang Yu at Pengcheng, and the limelight overshadowed all the Han generals, and he was satisfied. At this time, his adviser Pu Tong saw the crisis and believed that although he "occupied the position of a courtier, he had the merit of shaking the lord" and would be difficult to tolerate by Liu Bang in the future, so he advised him: "The fate of the two lords today is all under the feet." The foot is Han Ze Han Sheng, and Chu Ze Chu Wins. According to the courtier's calculation, if the two benefits exist, the three worlds are divided, and the feet are full, and they dare not move first. The sages and saints under his feet, the multitude of armored soldiers, according to Qi Qi, from Yan and Zhao, out of the empty land and subdued, because of the desire of the people, the west asked for the people's lives, then the world went wind and responded, who dared not listen! ”
Qu Tong believed that Han Xin at this time had already made great achievements and would not be tolerated by Liu Bang in the future, so he advised him to take the opportunity to stand on his own, divide the world, and then wait for Liu Bang and Xiang Yu to lose both, and then send troops to seize the world. Now it seems that this plan of Pu Tong is very clever, and if Han Xin really does this, history will probably have to be rewritten. However, Han Xin believed that he had made great achievements and had a heavy army in his hands, and even if Liu Bang became emperor in the future, he would not dare to do anything with himself. Therefore, the extremely confident Han Xin sent troops to help Liu Bang destroy Xiang Yu, and as a result, after Liu Bang declared himself emperor, he arrested Han Xin and was eventually executed by Lü Hou. Before dying, Han Xincai regretted that he had not adopted Pu Tong's plan, and sighed: "I regret not using Pu Tong's plan, but being deceived by my son and daughter, is it not heaven!" "But now I regret it, what's the use?"