What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Before Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor, the most miraculous "entrepreneurial miracle" among the Chinese emperors. What Henkel Zu Liu Bang is often talked about (complained about) is his incomparably "grassroots" "entrepreneurial team".
How "grassroots" is Liu Bang's "entrepreneurial team"? In the words of the Eastern Han Dynasty scholar Wang Fu: "Gao Zu therefore took the world together, and the dog slaughtered; the disciples of Lishan and the thieves of Juye were all famous generals." In particular, the team members who first "started a business" with Liu Bang, Fan Duo "took the slaughter of dogs as a matter", Xiahou Infant "for the Pei Stable Si Yu", the infant irrigation "seller also", and Zhou Bo "made a living by weaving thin music, and often blew pipes for funerals". Even If Xiao He, who had a slightly higher "level", was no more than a "sword and pen official" of the county court, in the words of Sima Qian, "Lu Lu was not strange". It is a group of Liu Bang's early "fox friends and dog friends".
However, after Liu Bang pulled the flag and rebelled and began to chase the great cause of the deer in the world, this group of "fox friends and dog friends" turned around one by one, not only repeatedly building miracles in the war years, but also becoming the pillars of the country after the founding of the Western Han Dynasty. According to the statistics of the "Records of History", of the 137 meritorious men who were canonized by Liu Bang in the early Han Dynasty, more than 80% of them were from the bottom of society. Liu Bang's "fox friends and dog friends" are even more marquises. Such a spectacle also makes many future generations marvel at it: you see Liu Bang is a good fate, a group of grass roots around him, all have their own great skills, and it is strange that they are not successful.
But the truth is, this matter, where is such a "casual success".
Why did Liu Bang's "fox friends and dog friends", these "poor grassroots" in the "era of peace" of the Qin Dynasty, suddenly have the ability to "govern the country and the world"? The first reason is Liu Bang's ability to recognize people.
As a grassroots emperor who was born "second only to" Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Bang's ability to "recognize people and employ people" is also full of slots, the biggest problem is "light soldiers are good at scolding", and when he is anxious, he spits out fragrant aromas on any occasion, and also does the trouble of using confucian hats as urinals. Even his closest adviser, Chen Ping, once complained that he was "slow and less polite." In today's parlance, Liu Bang is a "unqualified" leader. But don't look at the lack of quality, Liu Bang has vision.
A very important "vision" is that for these "fox friends and dog friends" who have been friends since they were young, Liu Bang not only knows the roots, but also knows their weights better. For example, in 195 BC, when Liu Bang's life was at the end of his life, in the face of a mess of things behind him, he could still arrange in an orderly manner: after Xiao He, Cao Gan could succeed him as a chancellor, and after Cao Gan, Wang Ling could also be competent, but Wang Ling's "Shao Xian" must be assisted by Chen Ping. Chen Ping is smart enough, but it is difficult to be alone. Zhou Bocai of "Heavy Thickness and Little Literature" is the most important, because "those who are of the Liu clan will be Bo ye".
This comment, compared with the next history, is simply "God prophesied."
It is this almost "god prophecy" ability to know people, so that Liu Bang can accurately put these "fox friends" in the right position, in the face of key decisions, not to mention the "fox friends" misled. For example, when the strategist Chen Ping came to vote, Zhou Bo douba and other "fox friends" gave Chen Ping a bunch of bad reviews at that time. However, Liu Bang determined through his own judgment that Chen Ping was the talent he needed, and not only boldly retained it, but also let him do things. After approving him "activity funds", he was also "arbitrarily so-called, not in and out of it". That is to say, you are bold in doing things, and you use how much money to look at it, and you don't have to report the account.
More importantly, it is also this powerful ability to "know people" that allows Liu Bang to understand what the team members, including the "fox friends and dog friends", really want. Therefore, when the heroes argued endlessly about the issue of reward, he first sealed his most disgusting Yongya, which immediately reassured everyone. His team members include both early "fox friends" such as Fan Yi zhou bo and "foreign talents" such as Han Xin Chen PingQi. However, no matter what kind of origin and class, at key moments such as the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, these talents often successfully formed a joint force under their powerful wrists.
This "combined force" is better than how many "geniuses" there are.
But even so, after all, these "fox friends" have obvious weaknesses. But Liu Bang's team has another key factor: no matter what shortcomings everyone has, the strategic direction of the whole team is always higher.
As far as the tragic Chu-Han War is concerned, although Liu Bang himself has many faint moves, the defeats are even more numerous. In the face of Xiang Yu's Xiao Yong soldiers and horses, he was defeated many times, but his strategic direction was always ahead of the curve: when Xiang Yu was trapped in the Shu land of Hanzhong, he quickly took the Guanzhong Plain with the clever pen of "darkness Chen Cang". When the Chu-Han Central Plains collided, they relied on the Guanzhong Plain base area and strong logistical support, confronted Xiang Yu head-on on the one hand, and cut off Xiang Yu's wings with a large roundabout strategy, and finally killed Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu who had won hundreds of battles, alive on the edge of the Wu River.
In such a contest, although Xiang Yu's famous generals were gathered and the army's combat effectiveness exploded, the entire grand strategic pattern was constrained everywhere. What the members of Liu Bang's team have to do is not to have any whimsical ideas, but to do their duty and successfully execute the strategy with the greatest synergy. Then, there was the sadness of Xiang Yu Wujiang's self-destruction.
This is also why, after the victory, Liu Bang will bring out Xiao He, Han Xin, and Zhang Liang to talk about it. Because, compared with the "fox friends", it is the existence of these three people that makes Liu Bang's team establish a strong strategic advantage and let everyone rush along this strategic road. "Fox friends" are heroes enough, but the advantages of this pattern have set up a platform for them to show their fists and feet.
The last important reason is that Liu Bang, as the helmsman of the team and the knowledge of people, also has a strong ability to "correct errors".
In the peasant uprisings of successive generations in China, what is most difficult for future generations of history readers to see is the various stupid mistakes made in front of a good card, such as the forty-one days that Li Zicheng occupied Beijing, and all kinds of strange farces. But when the team situation changes and the strategic direction needs to be adjusted, mistakes are inevitable. Similar tricks, Liu Bang also committed more than one mistake: after the first time he entered Xianyang, he began to indulge in alcohol and pleasure; later took Pengcheng, and then began to sing and dance, and then he was attacked by Xiang Yu, almost losing even the old Ben...
But the difference is that Liu Bang's speed of "correcting mistakes" is very fast: after Xianyang "released", he immediately "about three chapters of the law" and successfully won back the hearts and minds of the people. After pengcheng's fiasco, he quickly established the Xingyang defense line, and stabilized the front line as quickly as possible. The most classic is the Siege of Bai Deng. Before the siege of Bai Deng, Liu Bang did not listen to the advice of the strategist Lou Jing, and in a rage rushed into the ambush circle of the Xiongnu, almost 100,000 troops on mount Baishan. Poor Lou Jing was also exiled by Liu Bang before. After Liu Bang escaped from death, the first thing he did was to invite Back Lou Jing, give him the high-ranking official Houlu, and let him plan and kiss, in exchange for the broken Han Dynasty, in exchange for precious time to recuperate.
Such a "face-punching" error correction seems to lose face, but it makes the whole team flash through the reef again and again in the midst of all kinds of difficulties. This powerful error correction ability, also called many "fox friends", can be placed in the right position, continue to play a joint force.
Therefore, in summary, it is not Liu Bang who has a good fate and met a group of "talented" fox friends. Rather, it is a team that knows how to correct errors efficiently, establish the correct strategic direction, and form a "joint force", which has achieved the glory of "fox friends". I believe that this is the history of Chu and Han and the important enlightenment left to future generations.