Fan Duo was loyal to Liu Bang, so why did Liu Bang secretly send Chen Ping to kill him before he died?
Fan Duo and Liu Bang were both from Pei County, and Fan Duo made a living selling dog meat, and Fan Duo had defected to Liu Bang a long time ago, and together with Liu Bang he rebelled against Qin. Fan Duo was loyal to Liu Bang, and at the Feast of the Hongmen Gate, Fan Duo disregarded life and death, in order to save Liu Bang from breaking into Xiang Yu's camp, Fan Duo made great contributions in the Chu-Han War, and in the war to pacify the king with different surnames, Fan Duo also charged forward.
Historical records:
"When Emperor Gao heard this, he made Chen Ping carry the general as the Marquis of Dai, and that is, he was beheaded in the army."
Around 195 BC, Lu Xie betrayed the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bang sent Fan Duo to send troops to conquest, and soon after, Liu Bang ordered Chen Ping to kill Fan Duo and let Zhou Bo take Fan Duo's place. Chen Ping hid Zhou Bo in the car, and when he arrived at the barracks, he directly took fan huo, and Zhou Bo took over the army, but Chen Ping did not dare to kill Fan Duo.
Fan Duo followed Liu Bang for many years and had a good feeling, if Liu Bang repented, how should it be good? So Chen Ping prepared to escort Fan Huan to the capital and let Liu Bang personally send him down. On the way back, Liu Bang died suddenly, which made Chen Ping busy, but fortunately, Chen Ping was extremely clever, and he showed his attitude in front of Lü Hou, and Fan Duo was released, which also saved Chen Ping's life.
So why did Liu Bang want to kill his brother Fan Duo?
Liu Bang was worried that Fan Huan would join forces with Lü Hou to rebel
At the end of Liu Bang's reign, Lü Hou was already in power, on the one hand, Liu Bang often had to send troops to personally recruit, such as conquest of Han Wangxin, Chen Feng, Yingbu, etc., and the family had to be guarded. On the other hand, Lü Hou was deeply familiar with the art of power, and his power was becoming more and more like the sun in the sky.
In 197 BC, Han Xin and Chen Feng colluded to overthrow the Han Dynasty regime. Chen Feng took the lead in rebelling, Liu Bang led his troops to personally march, and Han Xin waited for the opportunity to move in the capital, waiting for news. Someone in Han Xin's mansion leaked the news to Lü Hou, so Lü Hou approached Xiao He to discuss ways to deal with Han Xin.
Xiao He gave Lü Hou an idea, pretending that in the name of Chen Feng's murder, he would invite the ministers to a banquet, and Han Xin was also asked to attend. When Han Xin arrived at changle palace, he found that he had been deceived and was killed by Lü Hou in the bell room of Changle Palace. Theoretically, Lü Hou was an empress, while Han Xin was a minister, while Liu Bang was still a living emperor, where there were empresses who dared to kill ministers without the emperor's consent.
Moreover, Han Xin was a great hero of the Han Dynasty, and without Han Xin, Liu Bang would not have been able to get the world at all. After Liu Bang returned, he did not show any expression on the surface, in fact, he was even more jealous of Lü Hou.
Secondly, Fan Duo married Lü Hou's sister Lü Miao, which created an established fact that Fan Duo was Lü Hou's brother-in-law, and if Lü Hou wanted to rebel, then he was likely to become an accomplice. It just so happened that Fan Duo was out of the army, and Liu Bang's own body was also deteriorating, if Lü Hou and Fan Duo also came to meet the outside, then the Han Dynasty would have to change their surname to Lü.
Liu Bang in order to help Lady Qi and Liu Ruyi
Liu Bang's favorite concubine was Lady Qi, who not only looked good, but was also first-class in singing and dancing. Liu Yingsheng is benevolent and kind, not like Liu Bang in terms of personality, and Liu Ruyi is lively and active, somewhat similar to Liu Bang, coupled with Lady Qi's pillow style, so Liu Bang wants to change to a prince.
The question of the prince is the most important in which dynasty, it is not so easy to get, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty fought with the ministers for more than ten years in order to change the prince, and finally ended in compromise. Liu Bang was the same way, if he wanted to change the crown prince, he had to seek the consent of the courtiers, and as expected, the ministers all held opposing opinions, and Uncle Sun Tong and Zhou Chang even gave advice to each other with death, so Liu Bang could only give up.
In fact, Liu Bang really wanted to change the crown prince, after all, he was the king of a country, or he still had to put the society as the most important, and it was impossible to offend the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu in order to change the prince, which was not good for the country.
Lü Hou and Liu Bang were old husbands and wives, and Lü Hou was Liu Bang's married wife, although in the days that followed, they were somewhat in tune with each other, but they still had deep feelings. On the road of Liu Bang's rebellion against Qin, Lü Hou always followed him around, that is, life and death, not abandoned, after the defeat of Pengcheng, Lü Hou was also captured by Xiang Yu, and only returned after being captured for two years.
For Lü Hou, Liu Bang was indebted, and to some extent, Liu Bang did not dare or kill Lü Hou. However, Lady Qi was his beloved woman, and he also needed to be protected, Fan Duo was Lü Hou's brother-in-law, and he held the military power, killing Fan Duo, perhaps cutting off one of Lü Hou's arms, and also making Lü Hou restrain.
"When Emperor Gao was very ill, and people had evil intentions against the Lü clan, that is, the last day the palace car was driven, then they wanted to destroy the Qi clan and the Zhao king Ruyi's subordinates with their troops."
In addition, there is another reason why Liu Bang wants to kill Fan Duo, that is, someone has reported that Fan Duo may send troops to kill Lady Qi and Liu Ruyi. In order to protect Lady Qi and prevent chaos in the political situation, Liu Bang could no longer care about any brotherly feelings, so he ordered Chen Ping to kill Fan Duo.
Liu Bang was too suspicious
The reason why Liu Bang was able to develop and grow after he rebelled against Qin had a lot to do with his ability to employ people and dare to delegate power. For example, Han Xin and Chen Ping had both served under Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu's small belly and chicken intestines were not used at all, so these people defected to Liu Bang.
Liu Bang was very happy, and directly added high-ranking officials, coupled with Liu Bang's relatively benevolent treatment of his subordinates and paying more attention to feelings, these were the only things that worked for him with a dead heart. Liu Bang is a person who is both right and evil, he can be good to his subordinates, he can also change his face at any time to kill people, in history, Liu Bang's notoriety for killing heroes is second only to Zhu Yuanzhang.
After learning that Han Xin was killed by Lü Hou, Liu Bang almost did not react at all, which shows that after he became emperor, he regarded feelings very lightly. People will change, not to mention that Liu Bang is the king of a country, you are the son of heaven, power will make people's personality distorted, in order to prevent others from taking away his power, Liu Bang no longer trusts anyone. As long as anyone dares to oppose him, he will kill him quickly.
"When going in and out of the bed, and the clothes are rewarded with food, the courtiers do not dare to hope, although Xiao Cao and others, they are especially respectful of the matter, and their relatives are fortunate, and they are not able to reach Lu Xie."
Lu Xie is Liu Bang's hair small, the two grew up together, after Liu Bang raised an army, Lu Xie followed around, this feeling is closer than brothers. Among the courtiers, only Lu Xie could enter and leave Liu Bang's bedroom at any time, which showed that his treatment was so high that even Xiao He, Cao Shan, and other important ministers did not have this courtesy.
Liu Bang killed Han Xin, Peng Yue and other kings with different surnames, which made Lu Xian more and more uneasy, and finally defected to the Xiongnu. Liu Bang himself was very suspicious, and Lu Xuan's rebellion made his heart chill, and for the sake of power, he would not hesitate to kill Fan Duo.
It's just that we don't know how Fan Duo will feel when he learns that Liu Bang wants to kill him. Originally like a family, Fan Duo could not even take his life for Liu Bang, but he was almost killed by Chen Ping, if it were not for Chen Ping's cleverness, Fan Duo would have become a ghost under the knife.
I think that in Fan Huo's heart, he will also have some resentment towards Liu Bang, perhaps only by retreating from the rapids and protecting himself can the tragedy be avoided.