In October 201 BC, the year after Liu Bang had just won the victory of the Chu-Han dynasty, Han Xin, the king of Chu, who had been invincible and had made great contributions to the establishment of the Western Han regime, was demoted by Liu Bang to the Marquis of Huaiyin with lightning speed and was placed under house arrest in Chang'an City.
Sitting in the prison cart, Han Xin finally realized how correct the words that the counselor Qu Tong had once persuaded himself to "stand with the army" were.
As a result, a generation of soldiers sighed: Don't listen to the old man, suffer losses in front of you - I really TM damn!
The samurai tied the letter and drove the rear car. The letter reads: "If the people say: 'The cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks; the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden; the enemy country is broken, and the plotters are killed.'" 'The world is set, I should cook!' ”
Qing Shijun believed that in Han's confidence at that time, a sentence must have sounded countless times: Why did Lao Tzu not oppose him back then?
Therefore, in the years of being imprisoned, Han Xin has always been very unconvinced:
He is no different from the identity of the prisoner under the ranks, and when playing against Liu Bang, he also has to disgust old Liu: I Han Xin lead the soldiers, the more the merrier, and you Liu Laosi will be able to lead a hundred thousand soldiers and horses when you die;
For those founding heroes of Pei County, Han Xin was even more indifferent, and felt that chatting and drinking with them was simply "bargaining"!
Even Liu Bang's concubine, Fan Duo, who had fought against Xiang Yu at the Hongmen Banquet and was the first fierce general of the Western Han camp, Han Xin also scoffed.
(Han Xin) lives in the martingale, shame and dai, irrigation and so on. After tasting General Fan's groan, he knelt down to greet him, and said to himself, "The Great King is a minister!" The letter went out and smiled: "Sheng Nai is in the company of Oh and so on!" ”
Obviously: in Han Xin's heart, there are few people who deserve his respect and respect!
However, the problem arises: in 196 BC, when Liu Bang really began to take care of the princes with different surnames in a big way, Han Xin, who had always been "resentful", finally realized that even if he was "powerless and powerless", he was doomed.
Therefore, he made up his mind to oppose him, and the first and only ally that Han Xin thought of at this time was called Chen Feng, a figure who was absolutely important in theory, but in the history books, he passed by in three words.
At the beginning, Shang took The Marquis of Yangxia Chen Feng as xiangguo, supervised Zhao and acted as border soldiers; Marquis Huaiyin took his (Chen Feng) hand, opened his left and right, walked with him in the court, and looked up at the sky and sighed: "Can the son be with the words?" "Only the general orders it!" Marquis of Huaiyin said: "Where the Gong dwells, the elite soldiers of the world are also in the place; and the Gong, The Faith of His Majesty is also a fortunate subject." His Majesty will not believe what he says, and his majesty will not believe it; then his majesty will be suspicious; and he will be angry and will be angry. I am from the middle of the public, and the world can also be figured out. ”
Why did Qing Shijun think that this Chen Feng was absolutely important? There are two reasons for this:
First of all, as mentioned above, there are very few figures in the whole Han Dynasty who can make the "Bing Immortals" pay attention; in matters of life and death, since Han Xin will co-opt Chen Feng to rebel, then we can basically conclude that this Chen Feng is definitely not a generalist;
Moreover, at that time, Chen Feng's identity was the commander of the garrison in the two regions of the Zhao Dynasty, and he was absolutely high and powerful;
It should be known that when Chen Feng ascended to the throne, it was at the time when several princes and princes in the Zhao and Dai regions rebelled one after another, and Liu Bang also suffered a great loss from the Xiongnu at the "Baishan Mountain". In other words: this Chen Feng's ascension to the throne can be described as a danger to be ordered —Liu Bang let him come to the town.
Then, this Chen Feng, who was able to ascend to the throne at a time of crisis, suppress the hearts and minds of the people in the rebellious areas, and deter the Xiongnu, was certainly not an ordinary person.
But the strange thing is that such a character does not have any personal biography in the "Chronicle of History".
Looking through the entire "Records of History", except for the paragraph on Han Xin's rebellion, the record of this Chen Xi is only mentioned in a few strokes in the "Biography of Han (Wang) Xin Lu":
Chen Feng, Wanqu ren also. I don't know why I have to follow. In the winter of the seventh year of Gaozu, the King of Han rebelled and entered the Xiongnu. Up to Pingcheng also. He was enfeoffed as a marquis. With Zhao Xiangguo general, supervisor Zhao, and acting border soldiers. The border soldiers are all yan.
Qing Shijun translated it slightly: Chen Feng was a Wanqu person, and how he followed Gao Zu in the beginning to make a revolution is no longer possible. In the winter of Gaozu's seventh year, King Xin of Han plotted a rebellion and fled to the Xiongnu, and Gaozu returned to Pingcheng, where he made Chen Feng the Marquis of Liehou (the highest rank marquis), and led the border defense troops of the Zhao state and the Daiguo in the capacity of the Zhao state xiangguo, and the army guarding the frontier in this area was under his jurisdiction.
Obviously, Sima Qian also knew that there were logical loopholes in his record: how could a person who did not even understand his "revolutionary qualifications" suddenly be entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Liu Bang and still ranked as the highest marquis?
Therefore, the strictly educated Taishi Gong specially added a sentence in the "Chronology of the Princes of Gaozu": (Chen Feng) took five hundred generals as a special general, and in the first year of the previous year, from the beginning of the first year, he was the most hegemonic, and he was hou.
This is a very important word!
The first year of the Previous Year refers to the year before the Western Han Dynasty, that is, the year when Xiang Yu destroyed Qin and crowned Liu Bang as the King of Han.
Sima Qian, who had just said that he did not know what Chen Feng's qualifications were, sold a loophole here: in the year when Liu Bang was crowned King of Han, Chen Feng had already been made a marquis (at that time, the old senior infant of the Peixian Clique had not yet been crowned a marquis).
Moreover, the marquis at that time was a real marquis, and he could only be knighted by relying on his solid military merit. That is to say, this Chen Feng is definitely an old senior.
So, why would such a person who wants military merit and military merit and seniority have no personal biography?
In fact, Tai Shi Gong had already quietly given the answer.
I don't know, have you noticed Chen Feng's place of origin?
Chen Feng, Wanqu ren also.
Where is this "wan qu"?
Qing Shijun specifically checked it: southwest of Heze City, Shandong Province.
You may not be impressed by this place, it doesn't matter, Qing Shijun hinted:
In the "History of Gaozu Benji", there is such a sentence: shàn fǔ Lü GongShan Pei Ling, avoiding the guests of the enemy, because the family is Pei Yan.
Lü Gong everyone knows that it is Liu Bang's old father-in-law; his hometown is in a place called "Single Father";
You say coincidence?
This "single father" area corresponds to the current Shan County of Heze City, Shandong Province.
It came to this point, and it seemed like everything made sense.
This Chen Feng and Lü Hou family are absolute fellows!
And we all know that due to the relationship between the "Rebellion of Zhu Lü", all the deeds of Lü Hou and his family in the process of establishing the Han Empire, except for the sentence "Zuo Gao Zu Ding Tianxia" in the "Empress Gao Benji", were basically deleted.
Then, as a fellow of the Lü family, it is very likely that Chen Feng, a courtier, his credit in the process of establishing the Great Han will naturally be hidden!
Therefore, this Chen Feng, who was valued by Liu Bang and co-opted by Han Xin, was definitely a fierce general in the early Han Dynasty, but due to political needs, his deeds were deliberately deleted.
Of course, most of the above is Qing Shijun's speculation, as for the truth, we can only expect new archaeological discoveries!