Xiao He, Zhang Liang and Han Xin are known as the Three Masters of the First Han Dynasty, why is the ending of the first two considered to be satisfactory, but Only Han Xin has made great achievements in battle, but he has to meet the tragic death? In the face of this problem, many people give the answer: greed. Everyone has a certain degree of desire, and when this desire is beyond their own ability, it becomes greed, and Han Xin is like this.
Since Han Xin became Liu Bang's subordinate, he was deeply loved by Liu Bang. At first, he was just an ordinary little minions, but with Liu Bang's promotion, he climbed all the way and became the commander of the whole army. Of course, the reason why Liu Bang promoted Han Xin in this way was naturally to consider that he had certain abilities. On the battlefield, Han Xin made many battle achievements and helped Liu Bang win many important battles. In this regard, he gradually became Liu Bang's confidant.
Originally, as long as he continued to follow Liu Bang honestly, he would naturally have a bright future, and Liu Bang treated him so kindly that he would certainly not let him suffer losses after success. Who could have imagined that Han Xin suddenly burst into self-confidence, thinking that he was a condescending talent under Liu Bang's hands, so he threatened Liu Bang with the troops under his hands and tried to demarcate the land and crown the king.
Long before Han Xin publicly called the board, Liu Bang could already think of such an ending. Therefore, after Liu Bang won a great victory, he did not dare to give Han Xin too much power, and could only make him the Marquis of Huaiyin. Unfortunately, Han Xin was not satisfied with this, and for the sake of his greed, he still chose to rebel and forced Liu Bang to take a shot at himself.
In fact, the reason why Han Xin had such a tragic ending was doomed from the moment he was born. Han Xin was born in an extremely poor family, from not having enough to eating and not being warm, and experiencing too much social indifference. Hated everywhere, he hopes to make a difference after leaving his hometown.
After turning to Xiang Yu, he thought he would be reused, who knew that Xiang Yu didn't care about him at all, making him feel that he had a talent in the air and had nowhere to show it. After leaving Xiang Yu, he became Liu Bang's subordinate. At first, Liu Bang did not notice his talent, which led to his disappointment in Liu Bang and his intention to find the next Ming Lord for himself.
At that time, Xiao He had already seen that Han Xin had some ability, so he chased him back, and under Xiao He's recommendation, Han Xin became the great general of his dreams. From Han Xin's repeated and twice exchange of tongbang, it is not difficult for us to see that there is no loyalty to him, he only hopes that there is a person to recognize his ability, and whoever this person is is okay to him.
In such a war-torn era, if you are not loyal to your own commander, you will naturally gradually embark on the road of rebellion. Having had enough of his hard life, Han Xin gradually became dissatisfied after tasting the sweetness of being a great general, and he thought that he should live a better life and get a higher title.
In order to pursue fame and profit, he tried again and again, hoping to completely take money and power into his own hands. Presumably, at the moment of his death, he did not understand why he had such a tragic end, perhaps he was still resentful of Liu Bang, thinking that he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and even a small fief refused to give it to himself.
As everyone knows, Liu Bang knows very well in his heart, how can a fief like Han Xin satisfy him? If Liu Bang really gave him a fief, then in the future he would definitely recuperate, continue to open his mouth widely, and make higher demands until he took the entire Western Han Dynasty into his pocket step by step.
With this in mind, Liu Bang would not be able to accede to any of his demands, even at the expense of such a usable talent, and he did not want to leave any threatening person for his Western Han Dynasty. And Han Xinxin's own tragic experience tells us that if there is no 100% certainty, we must not show any ambition, and we must make it clear that our ability has reached the horizontal line, and then pursue our ideals and goals. Otherwise, this ambition will become greedy, step by step to let you go to the end of destruction.