What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Han Xin was a famous military expert at the turn of Qin and Han, who initially worked under Xiang Yu, but he was not reused, and he joined Liu Bang's ranks and became a general who was brave and good at war, Han Xin followed Liu Bang to make great contributions, it can be said that Liu Xin had half of Han Xin's credit in the world, because of his outstanding military achievements, Han Xin was known as the "God of War".
At that time, people praised him as "unparalleled in the land", and Han Xin, who had made an immortal contribution, did not escape the fate of "rabbit dead dog cooking".
As we all know, Han Xin was killed by Lü Hou and Xiao He, Liu Bang actually did not know it, some people think that Han Xin's death was not authorized by Liu Bang, now it seems pure nonsense, if Liu Bang does not nod, how dare Xiao He and Lü Hou act against people like Han Xin, Han Xin's crime is conspiracy, carefully looking through the historical data, Han Xin does have the momentum of rebellion.
The reason why the rebellion was leaked was that someone secretly told Lü Hou Gaomi, as early as the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, the most commonly used by the ministers to exclude each other was to make small reports, during the Qin Dynasty, whistleblowing gradually became a culture, and even wrote into the law, it can be seen that Qin Shi Huang supported the courtiers to do so, and in the Western Han Dynasty, Han Xin became the first person to die under the whistleblowing.
Speaking of military talent, Han Xin was the most outstanding person at the time of the Qin and Han Dynasties, Han Xin was proficient in the art of war, but he did not understand the way of being an official, political talent became Han Xin's fatal shortcoming, a person like him who was extremely talented and had no political sense was a genius to conquer the chaotic world, but after reunification, Han Xin became the biggest hidden danger in the eyes of the rulers.
In Liu Bang's eyes, Han Xin was no longer a close comrade-in-arms, but his own courtier, and once he did not keep his duties, Liu Bang was bound to cut the grass and remove the roots.
Speaking of Liu Bang's struggle from a grass people to the founding emperor, there are too many hardships along the way, in his heart, no one can touch his country, and those who pose the slightest threat to him will die under his hands, this is naked human nature, once they have tasted the taste of power, naturally they will not give it to people, and the reason why the emperors of the past have killed the heroes is so.
Jiangshan has been determined, the former subordinates have no use value, and even become a threat, Han Xin is outstanding, and han xin is no less than any famous general in terms of strategy, but Han Xin still ends up in a miserable end.
In the chaotic world, hooligans bully and dominate the market, young Han Xin has encountered this kind of person, for them Han Xin has always chosen to go far away, may be the loss of his parents at a young age, so that Han Xin is reluctant to associate with people, but Han Xin, who has lost his relatives, has become the object of ridicule and bullying by hooligans.
Speaking of Han Xin's military talents, it is inseparable from the encounters of childhood, other children are traveling together, only Han Xin comes and goes alone, only prefers to study the art of war, many times Han Xin feels that he can be a general, often carrying a sword everywhere to show off, and it did not take long for him to be targeted by hooligans.
In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, there were many uprisings in various places, the most famous of which were the armies of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, Han Xin at first thought that Xiang Yu was the most capable person, so he defected to him, but in Xiang Yu's army, Han Xin was assigned to the granary guard, for Han Xin, who had great ambitions, how could he sink here?
So Han Xin turned to Liu Bang, and at first Liu Bang did not appreciate him, only gave him a petty official, or Xiao He discovered his talent and thought that Han Xin had extraordinary insight, but even so, on the eve of the Chu-Han war, Han Xin still did not have the opportunity to go to the battlefield.
On the eve of the Chu-Han war, Liu Bang was not an opponent who met, the soldiers at the bottom fled with a large number of people, Han Xin thought that Liu Bang also did not know people, so he fled with the large troops, at this time Xiao He hurriedly got on his horse and chased out, under Xiao He's recommendation, Han Xin finally became a general of the party and stepped onto his own stage.
In 202 BC, Han Xin, who had become the king of Qi, led more than 300,000 troops to besiege Xiang Yu, one night, Xiang Yu broke through with only 800 people, and it was not long before Xiang Yu was surrounded by Liu Bang in Wujiang, facing a desperate situation, Xiang Yu was sad from the heart, thinking how proud it was to lead the sons of Jiangdong to conquer the world.
Xiang Yu, who had been fighting all his life, ended up in this situation, looking at the dozen or so people around him, the huge psychological gap destroyed Xiang Yu's spiritual defense line, after a fight, Xiang Yu ended his tragic life, after Xiang Yu's death, Liu Bang quickly swept away the rest of the forces, and the world belonged to Liu Shi.
The soldiers who were originally loyal to Xiang Yu all submitted to Liu Bang after his death, and the Han Dynasty began to take shape. However, Lu Guo still refused to surrender, and in their hearts Xiang Yu never died. It wasn't until he saw Xiang Yu's first rank that Lu Guo tied his hands.
During the confrontation with the State of Lu, Liu Bang ordered his men to take advantage of Han Xin's lack of preparation to steal the soldier's charm, Han Xin, who had lost his military power, had already existed in name only, and the surrender of the State of Lu marked the unification of the world, in The eyes of Liu Bang, Han Xin was no longer of any use, and naturally he could not let him continue to hold the military power, but Liu Bang was afraid that Han Xin was forced to rebel, so he had to dismiss his military power and lose his military power, and Han Xin's name as a general was already extinct in name.
Through this incident, we can know that Liu Bang was already suspicious when he confronted Xiang Yu, but Han Xin did not show any objections, Liu Bang took the lead, obviously in addition to Han Xin, other heroes were not less suspicious.
Moreover, although Han Xin was proficient in military strategy, he indulged his subordinates, and even Liu Bang's people sneaked in without finding out, and even stolen the soldier's charm, such an important item was gone, but he would lose his life.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was crowned king of Chu, the fief was in his hometown, although nominally a prince of one side, Han Xin did not have an army, which caused him to be dissatisfied, originally he was a general who conquered the battlefield, but the king did not give soldiers and horses, and no one could bear it.
However, Han Xin only complained, the days still have to pass, Han Xin's King of Chu did not sit for long, Liu Bang ordered the group of ministers to enter the palace, questioning the ministers who had accused Han Xin of rebellion, what to do, this matter was recorded by Sima Qian, from which it can be seen that Han Xin's crime of rebellion was someone who reported it, and it is not known who did it, and Sima Qian did not leave an answer.
It was this informant who wanted Han Xin's life, and later generations speculated that the informant did have someone, but it was not Liu Bang who was looking for someone to do it, think about it carefully, Han Xin has just taken office as the King of Chu, and there are no soldiers and horses how to rebel? Of course, in our view, Han Xin has no ability to rebel, but Liu Bang is not so optimistic, he has worked hard to fight the jiangshan, if someone threatens his rule, Liu Bang will definitely be nipped in the bud, and what worries him more is that this person is Han Xin who he has been guarding against.
It was precisely because the informers grasped Liu Bang's psychology that they would poke out Han Xin's rebellion.
When Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, Liu Bang was besieged and ordered Han Xin to lead troops to the rescue, and Na Cheng thought that Han Xin not only did not send troops but also took the opportunity to threaten the state, saying to him, "Yes, but you want to make me the King of Qi." This kind of thinking exposed Han Xin's attitude, Han Xin was arrogant and arrogant, which made Liu Bang very angry, but now because only Han Xin could save himself, he had to agree to his request, and Han Xin sent troops to solve the crisis.
After this incident occurred, the two people completely formed a bond, and from then on, Liu Bang firmly believed that Han Xin would rebel, and was very wary of him in his daily life.
Now some people have denounced Han Xin for plotting rebellion, whether others believe it or not, at least Liu Bang believes it, believing that Han Xin's motive for rebellion does exist, and since Han Xin's intentions have been determined, the next step is to send troops to fight? However, at this time, a question arose, who could confront Han Xin head-on? No one bravely stepped forward.
The head-to-head confrontation was uncertain, and could only be outsmarted, under the advice of the ministers, Liu Bang lied about Yunmeng's parade and ordered Han Xin to come to see him, Han Xin, although very worried, had to go, and was eventually captured by Lü Hou, just at this time Liu Bang did not want to bear the notoriety of killing the hero, exempted Han Xin from the death penalty, and demoted him to the Marquis of Huaiyin.
Originally thought that Han Xin escaped the crisis, but not long after, someone here reported Han Xin for rebellion, this time the informant named Luan said, there are rumors that Luan said that the brother is Han Xin's courtier, because of some small things, Han Xin used torture to treat Luan said brother, Luan said that he and Han Xin had a vendetta, and when communicating with his brother, Luan said that he learned that Han Xin was going to rebel, in order to save his brother, Luan said to report Han Xin to the imperial court for rebellion.
The first time it was exposed, Han Xin escaped a disaster, this time Luan said that he appeared to say that he happened to encounter the rebellion of Marquis Yang, Liu Bang's royal conquest, leaving only Lü Hou and Xiao He to stay behind, Luan said that he took the opportunity to play, saying that Yang Xiahou had already moved, Han Xin would then rebel, suggesting that Lü Hou could not wait any longer, and must be strong first.
After Lü Hou knew, he hurriedly found Xiao He to discuss countermeasures, and decided to use the plan to get rid of Han Xin, on the same day the imperial court announced that the northern rebellion had been decided, invited the group of courtiers into the palace to celebrate, poor Han Xin had no defenses, and finally died tragically in the palace, Lü Hou was crisp and clean, indicating that she must have been instructed by Liu Bang.
After Han Xin's death, Liu Bang was happy and sad, happy that Lü Hou began to solve his own heart problem, and sad that the brothers who were born into death finally had feelings, just like when Liu Bang first took Down Han Xin, he finally chose to let him go, of which emotional factors accounted for most of it.
From beginning to end, Han Xin never expressed the matter of rebellion in public, if it is insisted that Han Xin rebellion is also forced, in order to survive and resist, later generations are very sorry for Han Xin's death, during his tenure as the King of Qi, he obviously has the opportunity to stand on his own mountain, with his ability is enough to form a three-legged momentum, and even to seize the world.
After Han Xin's death, the history books' reaction to Liu Bang was so intriguing——
The Chronicle of History says: Gao Zu has come from the army of the pigs, and when he sees the letter dead, he rejoices and pities him.
The Book of Han says: Gao Zu has broken the fallen and returned to the end, and he has heard of death, and rejoices and mourns.
From these few words, we can clearly see that Han Xin was wronged, and what Liu Bang "liked" was to remove the serious trouble in his heart.
Think about what Han Xin said—
His Majesty can only put one hundred thousand. Like a minister, the more the merrier.
Perhaps this is the real reason for Han Xin's "rebellion".
Unfortunately, history cannot be assumed, whether there is a rebellion or not, Han Xin was eventually brutally executed, about where Han Xin was buried after his death? There has always been controversy, one is the tomb of the Marquis of Huaiyin in Jiangsu, and the other is the "Shanxi Hanxin Tomb" located in Shanxi, in order to commemorate this hero, the Hanxin Memorial Hall was specially established in Huai'an, and the simple building highlights the charm of Qin and Han, and the "Han Xin Hometown" is written in several big characters.