As we all know, Liu Bang was able to blend from a prankster to the founding emperor of a dynasty, mainly relying on the talents of his subordinates to be more powerful - for example, the military right-hand man Han Xin.
After all, without the full help of Han Xin and others, Liu Bangmo said that sitting in the world is to try to divide one side and be afraid that it will be difficult - in the chaotic world, where is the foothold of a bastard??
▲ Han Xin in film and television dramas
However, Liu Bang, who became emperor, quickly launched a crackdown on Han Xin—first changing Han Xin from King of Qi to King of Chu (the State of Qi was richer and more powerful than the State of Chu), and then within a few days, he demoted Han Xin from King of Chu to Marquis of Huaiyin, and finally, Liu Bang did not even give Han Xin the identity of a commoner—he directly killed Han Xin.
Regarding Han Xin's death, many people believe that Han Xin himself has a great responsibility, such as:
When Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were at their most fierce, Han Xin captured the homeland of Qi and took the opportunity to blackmail Liu Bang and demand that Liu Bang crown himself king of Qi, which made Liu Bang dissatisfied: Liu Bang felt that he was being blackmailed by Han Xin. However, forced by helplessness, Liu Bang still sealed Han Xin as the King of Qi. But the seeds of the conflict between Liu and Han have been planted, and what happened to Han Xin after that is only the growth and result of the seeds.
Another example:
After Han Xin was renamed the King of Chu, he was extremely dissatisfied with Liu Bang, so he plotted to rebel, and as a result, the news was known to Liu Bang, so he was deceived by Liu Bang and then detained, which gave Liu Bang a chance to kill.
Of course, some people simply believe that Han Xin died of Gong Gao Zhen.
In fact, Xiaobian believes that although Han Xin himself is responsible for Han Xin's death, it accounts for at most 30%, even if Han Xin is honest and honest, he is afraid that Liu Bang will not spare his subordinates.
The reason for this is to start from the defeat of the Zhou Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty.
The Zhou Dynasty was a dynasty that practiced a system of sub-feudalism. Zhou Tianzi sealed many princes. (And until the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Tianzi still made two dukes.)
In the beginning, the system of sub-feudalism played a positive role in the Zhou Dynasty - for example, the princes actively operated in the princely states, driving out and assimilating foreign forces, and at worst, played a defensive role.
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After the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty, the negative effects of the sub-feudal system came: the power of the princes became larger, and many princes did not listen to the instructions of the Son of Heaven.
Even in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the princes basically did not take the Son of Heaven seriously. (For example, Zheng Guo once shot and injured the Eastern Zhou Tianzi, which is difficult to imagine in the Western Zhou Dynasty.)
In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, King Zhaoxiang of Qin (Qin Shi Huang's great-grandfather) directly destroyed Zhou Tianzi.
To sum it up simply: that is, the Zhou Dynasty died at the hands of the princes.
Let's talk about the Qin Dynasty.
Qin Shi Huang swept away the six princes in ten years and ten years, and the Qin Dynasty's management of the six kingdoms was very backward and primitive (after all, according to the qin dynasty's transportation conditions, management level, and system design, the emperor directly ruled the Qin Dynasty's world, and it was indeed unable to do so), so the failure of the Qin Dynasty's management of the six kingdoms' homeland led to the rebellion of the six kingdoms, breaking away from Qin's rule, and destroying Qin.
It can be said that Qin died of poor management.
All this, Liu Bang knew in his heart - therefore, like Qin directly ruling China, the Han Dynasty is likely to follow the old path of Qin, so Liu Bang did not intend to learn this, so he adopted a system of sub-feudalism.
There are many heroes who were crowned kings at about the same time as Han Xin:
For example, Han Wangxin (this Han Wangxin is also called Han Xin, which is another Han Xin. This Han Xin was born better than that Han Xin, a son of the Korean royal family), and was later sealed by Liu Bang to serve as cannon fodder on the Han-Hungarian border, and as a result, Han Wang Xin saw through Liu Bang's evil intentions and was forced to surrender to the Xiongnu;
For example, Zang Di, the King of Yan. In the end, this brother was also forced by Liu Bang to be cornered, so he rebelled in the Yan kingdom, and as a result, Liu Bang's army attacked the capital of the Yan state and was killed by Liu Bang;
For example, Wang Yingbu of Huainan. Yingbu made a great contribution to Liu Bang in the Chu-Han war, but Liu Bang finally designed to kill Yingbu - after Yingbu witnessed Liu Bang's brutal killing of Han Xin, he knew that Liu Bang, a leper, would definitely not let himself go, so he attacked first, but was still defeated by Liu Bang - However, in the war, Liu Bang was also seriously injured by Yingbu, and within a few days he also went underground to talk to Han Xin.
While Liu Bang eliminated these kings with different surnames, he also crowned his illegitimate sons, sons, and even nephews.
Therefore, regardless of whether Han Xin had done anything to be sorry for Liu Bang, Liu Bang would not tolerate a king with a different surname, the King of Qi or the King of Chu, or some other valuable king. Because although Liu Bang adopted the system of sub-fiefs, unlike Zhou Tianzi, he only accepted the sons of his own family as princes, not outsiders.
From this point of view, Han Xin's tragedy is doomed.