When it comes to Liu Bang, everyone will have mixed praise for him, and in life, everyone generally admires people who are righteous and bright. For some rogue villains like Liu Bang who are hypocritical and rogue, they are very disgusted.
First, Liu Bang is not a villain
The modern people's views are always black and white, either good or bad, not right or wrong, this view is extremely frightening, before talking about Liu Bang, I hope that everyone can change their views, I already know that to achieve some great causes, you must give up some things, how many monarchs in the past and the present are not stepping on the white bones to ascend to the throne.
After Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, Liu Bang then carried the banner of anti-Qin, and finally ascended the throne as emperor after suffering hardships and established the Han Dynasty. Of course, it is very great that he can become an emperor from scratch, and the most important thing is that the Han Dynasty he established allowed the people to live and work in peace and contentment and live a stable and happy life. During Liu Bang's reign, he did a very good job, as a monarch he was a Ming Jun, and called shang great.
However, some of his practices are indeed rogues and rogues, and it can even be said that they are fierce, such as the killing of some founding heroes, and even after Liu Bang became emperor, the people of the same village still hated Liu Bang. For the woman Liu Bang liked the new and tired of the old, so that after Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou usurped power and so on. It can be seen that Liu Bang is indeed not a gentleman in terms of personal life.
Why is the world's evaluation of Liu Bang two extremes, I think it is different angles, as well as differences in personal experience and wisdom, and even different status. Liu Bang is a person who is loyal to the overall situation, but he is not an honest person, and all his actions are for the overall situation.
So there will definitely be some immoral practices in the process, directly saying this, such as killing heroes, you say that those heroes should not be killed, some should indeed be killed, some should not be killed, or murder, because all these practices are for the overall situation, not only for their own rule, but also for the people to live and work in peace.
Everyone knows Cao Cao, and people think that he has a big picture view of Cao Cao's evaluation, and once in a war, Cao Cao checked the military food and found that it was almost gone, and he thought that if this matter was heard by the soldiers, then it would be a devastating blow to morale.
So he called in the granary manager and warned him to close the granary door and not let others know what was left of the grain. But the paper could not contain the fire after all, and the administrator revealed the news soon after.
Thinking of facing a strong enemy but their own logistics can not be guaranteed, so everyone in the army began to be afraid, before the battle of food is gone, how to go on the battlefield to kill the enemy, stay here and wait to be starved to death?
After receiving the news, Cao Cao was furious and ordered the grain officer to be killed, but Cao Cao was not a ruthless person, and later he ordered someone to investigate the person's family background and take care of his wife and children. Things have happened at this time there is no time to regret.
So Cao Cao broke the boat and did not stop taking out the remaining grain and good wine, plus the few remaining cattle and sheep to kill, which was used to treat the soldiers, so as to dispel the concerns of the soldiers. After that, Cao Cao led his generals to attack the city. After capturing the city, Cao Cao was relieved, fortunately the battle was successful, otherwise there would really be no food.
Second, the thick-skinned Liu Bang
If Liu Bang is really a loyal elder, can he go to the end? I'm afraid I'm just an old farmer who farms at home. Even if it is revealed, it has already been destroyed countless times, and if you want to be a founding emperor, you cannot be loyal.
Counting from the Qin Dynasty, Qin, Two Han, Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Two Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing. Which founding emperor was a good stubble? Whether it is a beggar or a goon, it is possible to succeed by chance.
History will not hold you high because you are righteous, nor will it crush you because you are a beggar! In an era of chaos in the world, it is difficult to find food and clothing! And everyone can become a goon, everyone can become a robber, in such a big environment can you expect his quality to be high?
Coincidentally, he is thick-skinned and popular. Many people say that Liu Bang is a real villain and Xiang Yu is a real hero. As everyone knows, Xiang Yu can cook people at every turn, and kill people on the battlefield without blinking. According to historical records, he not only cooked Wang Lingmu, but also killed the entire Yingbu family.
Third, Liu Bang, who has been wronged
The funny thing is that the kidnapper Xiang Yu, who can't beat others on the battlefield, arrests the other party's family, and threatens the other party's family, becomes a hero, but the victim Liu Bang becomes a scandal because of his words. Under the Spring and Autumn Brushwork, people only remember Liu Bang's treachery, his failure to abide by the gulf agreement, and his pursuit of Xiang Yu, which was a despicable villain.
Who remembers that Liu Bang was forced to sign a gap agreement in order to rescue his family when the hostages were threatened. You must know that at that time, in addition to Jiangdong, there was still a little place left, and Chudi was almost lost. In order to save his family, Liu Bang wanted to spit out the land he had laid down and return it to Xiang Yu.
This agreement is not recognized in any era when it is threatened with hostages, and the so-called violation of this agreement, let alone the legal responsibility, does not even need to bear moral responsibility.
For example, after Liu Bang, who was born in the city of Wen, became emperor, he did not practice tyranny, but instead loved the people, which can be regarded as a Ming emperor. However, Liu Bang's black material is quite a lot, the most famous of which is Liu Bang's killing of the founding heroes.
Many people say that Liu Bang is ungrateful, but they do not know the deep meaning of its connotation. The reason why Liu Bang was able to sit firmly in the position of emperor, then the imperial power technique he possessed could not be underestimated. Looking back at the demise of the Zhou Dynasty, Liu Bang knew early on that the feudal princes were a hidden danger that caused national turmoil, and if they wanted their descendants to sit firmly on the throne, they must solve it.
So Liu Bang began his own plan, gradually weakening and suppressing the feudal princes one by one, because before they were fledgling and did not gain a firm foothold, it was the best solution, and they could rely on some extremely small costs to obtain some long-term benefits.
4. Defile son-in-law's wives and concubines
Liu Bang had an only daughter, Princess Lu Yuan, who was later married by Zhang Ao, the prince of the opposite sex. During a border expedition, Liu Bang passed through Zhang Ao's fiefdom, so he planned to see his daughter.
Coming to Zhang Ao's home, the son-in-law's performance was respectful and respectful, because Liu Bang had not given him a good look since entering the door, Zhang Ao thought that his father-in-law was unhappy, so he did his best to entertain him, and even called out his wife and concubines to serve Liu Bang.
Unexpectedly, Liu Bang, who has always coveted beauty, did not even spare Zhang Ao's wife and children. He actually fell in love with Zhang Ao's wife and concubine Zhao Ji and had a relationship with her. Zhang Ao's subordinates saw the situation and provoked him to conspire with Zhang Ao to assassinate Liu Bang, but Zhang Ao did not agree.
Later, when this matter was revealed, Liu Bang was furious and arrested Zhang Ao and prepared to behead him, but his wife and concubine Zhao Ji were pregnant with his child because they were favored by Liu Bang. Liu Bang's wife, the empress, saw the situation and quickly persuaded Liu Bang to let Zhang Ao go and not to let Zhao Ji be orphaned and widowed, and Liu Bang agreed after thinking about it. After that, Zhang Ao was loyal to Liu Bang and never had any rebellious intentions.
5. Summary
Counting the founding emperors of the past, Liu Bang is definitely the top of his life is a legend. His self-taught imperial power made him emperor from scratch. Although he sometimes showed the spirit of a hooligan, his exploits could not be denied.