How should the emperor control the courtiers of the lord?

Mondo History Updated on 2024-01-30

In the middle of December 2023, Dong Yuhui's "small composition" incident became the top stream, and as the incident progressed, Sun Xudong left and Dong Yuhui stayed, as a temporary result of the multi-party game of Oriental selection.

Dong Yuhui's contribution to Dongfang's selection is beyond doubt. When the company was embattled, Dong Yuhui, as an ordinary lecturer, did not leave with the crowd, he relied on his amazing talent and simple character, and almost single-handedly made the company survive. When the company's performance was booming, the company's management threw out the strategic idea of "going to Dong Yuhui", trying to force away this person with high merit.

Could it be that there is no good ending for the master?Throughout history, the answer is not the same, how to harness the power of the lord, here are two typical stories of different means.

Let's take a look at how King Yan Zhao, the lord of Yan State, controlled the hero Le Yi during the Warring States Period.

When King Yan Zhao succeeded to the throne, there were many wars in the land of China, and as the monarch of a second-rate country, he stepped on the country of Qi to avenge the king of Qi for killing his father and rebelling against the country, which became his lifelong wish. For this reason, he built a high platform to recruit talents from all over the world, and it was at this time that Le Yi, a native of Wei, came to Yan. King Yan Zhao entrusted him with important responsibilities and worshiped Yaqing to manage the political affairs and military affairs of Yan State.

Twenty-eight years have passed, and King Yan Zhao appointed Le Yi to reform internal affairs and accumulate national strength, and Yan gradually has the confidence to conquer Qi. In order to increase the stakes of success, Le Yi suggested forming an alliance, and King Yan Zhao immediately united with Zhao, Wei, Han, Chu, and Yan to attack Qi, and Le Yi was worshiped as a general to lead the army.

Le Yi Wen Taowu strategy, it only took three years to capture more than 70 cities of the first-class power Qi State, forced away the mediocre King Qi Xiang, and single-handedly helped King Yan Zhao to avenge his hatred, and transported the gold, silver and jewelry of Qi back to Yan State in a steady stream. Later, Le Yi only left two cities, Ju and Jimo, and adopted the strategy of besieging but not attacking, trying to disintegrate the Qi State by subduing the hearts of the people.

Le Yi's battle of Qi greatly increased the strength of Yan and ranked among the great powers, and he made immortal contributions to Yan State. For this courtier of the master, some people in Yan couldn't sit still, and a doctor called a horse robber instigated the prince to slander King Zhao, saying that the general Le Yi spent three years of work, and he couldn't defeat Jucheng and Jimo in Qi, in order to become the king of Qi on a par with King Yan.

At that time, Le Yi, who was far away in the Qi country, had an army, a popular heart, prestige, and land, and if he established himself as the king of Qi, it would also be a way out in the troubled times. For this courtier with high merit, how did King Yan Zhao control it?

King Yan Zhao did three things, one was to gather the monarch and ministers to beat the prince in person, and use words to show his attitude, he said: With Le Yi's kindness to the Yan family and the credit to the Yan country, even if he really became the king of Qi, it should be. The second is to reward the Le Yi family who stayed in Yan Country and give them the same treatment as the monarch. The third is to send an envoy to see Le Yi with a scepter, and really ordered Le Yi to be the king of Qi.

His attitude blocked the dark arrow shot at Le Yi. His sincerity and friendship deeply touched Le Yi. After that, Le Yi swore to the sky, willing to die rather than accept the order of the king, and served Yan Guo more wholeheartedly.

King Yan Zhao treated the minister Le Yi with sincerity, and achieved a win-win situation for each other, Yan Kingdom gained a temporary prosperity, and Le Yi was respected by later emperors and deserved to enjoy the martial temple. The story of the two monarchs and ministers complementing each other has also been passed down for thousands of years.

Look at Han Gaozu Liu Bang and Han Xin, their meeting was also in troubled times. Liu Bang treated Han Xin, a courtier with high merit, and suppressed it while reusing it, and practiced the art of perfect control with a distrustful heart.

Han Xin appeared next to Liu Bang in 206 BC, at this time Liu Bang was at a low point in his career, he was taken by Xiang Yu's strong strength, and he could only helplessly lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to go to the remote Shu to be a little Han king. When the army's heart was separated, Xiao He chased after Han Xin and recommended Han Xin to save Liu Bang in the confusion of his career. Han Xin, who had followed Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, was fasted and bathed by Liu Bang, built an altar and burned incense, and was officially worshiped as a general.

How much merit did Han Shin have to the Han Dynasty?As a strategist, his remarks when he visited the generals became the fundamental strategy for the victory of the Chu-Han War. As the commander-in-chief, he led the army out of Chencang, Dingsan Qin, captured Wei, broke the dynasty, destroyed Zhao, descended Yan, and destroyed Qi, until the whole Chu army was annihilated, without a single defeat, the world did not dare to compete with it, and made great achievements for the foundation of the two Han Dynasty for more than 400 years.

Liu Bang has always used and defended against this general who joined halfway and was eager to make contributions. According to the "Zizhi Tongjian", Liu Bang appointed Han Xin and guarded against Han Xin in this way.

In 206 BC, Liu Bang led his troops eastward according to Han Xin's words, and at first he did not let Han Xin lead his troops to fight, but adopted Han Xin's idea of "building plank roads in the bright and Chen Cang in the dark" to pacify the Three Qins. In the same year, Liu Bang took Chen Ping and Zhang Liang to fight against Xiang Yu in Pengcheng, so that Han Xin and Xiao He stayed in Guanzhong, and Liu Bang's 560,000 army was defeated by Xiang Yu's 30,000 elite soldiers.

In September of the following year, Han Xin defeated the army of Chen Yu, the king of Zhao State, and although Han Xin was the commander of this military operation, Liu Bang sent two people to accompany him, one was Zhang Er, Liu Bang's old friend many years ago, and the other was Cao Shen, Liu Bang's cronies. These two men are ostensibly auxiliary, but in fact they are surveillance. As soon as the battle was won, Liu Bang transferred Han Xin's elite troops to Xingyang to defend against the Chu army.

In June 204 BC, Han Xin and Zhang Er led troops to fight against the Zhao army, and Liu Bang suffered a crushing defeat in Xingyang. After he and Xiahou Ying fled, they came to Han Xin's military camp by surprise, took away the Yin Xin military talisman, and personally commanded Han Xin's 300,000 army that had just been reorganized. Liu Bang ordered Han Xin to clean up the mess of Zhao's ** team and continue to go east to attack Qi.

In the winter of 203 BC, Han Xin conquered the state of Qi and asked to be named "King of Qi". Under the persuasion of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, Liu Bang made Han Xin's "King of Qi". Taking advantage of this reward, Liu Bang took the opportunity to requisition Han Xin's troops to attack the Chu army, leaving Han Xin to solve the problem of recruiting troops by himself.

When Han Xin was active in Qi State, Cao Shen always followed as the right prime minister and performed the duty of controlling Han Xin.

In the winter of 202 BC, Liu Bang, who knew that he did not have the ability to command the large army in combat, handed over the command to Han Xin after weighing it. Han Xin led an army of more than 700,000 troops composed of various princes and kings, and fought a decisive battle with Xiang Yu's 100,000 elite soldiers. After the victory in the war, Liu Bang quickly entered Han Xin's camp and seized his commanding power.

In order to weaken Han Xin's strength, Liu Bang persuaded Han Xin to change his title from the king of Qi to the king of Chu, and Han Xin once again left the place he worked so hard to manage.

Han Xin was born poor and humiliated many times, and desperate to establish a lifetime of fame and change his tragic fate, he made three mistakes when he followed Liu Bang to conquer the world.

The first is that when conquering the Qi State, Liu Bang sent Li Shiqi to envoy to the Qi State, wanting to conquer the King of Qi by diplomatic means. The second is that after the conquest of Qi, Liu Bang was in a deep predicament, and did not wait for Han Xin's rescue, but waited for Han Xin's request to be the king. The third is that before the Battle of Qixia, Han Xin did not come to Guling in accordance with the agreement of "attacking Xiang Yu together", but after forcing Liu Bang to make a promise to divide a large area of land, it was belated.

With a clear utilitarian heart, unparalleled wisdom and talent, and an immortal contribution to quelling the war, Liu Bang is like a fish bone in his throat and a thorn in his back to Han Xin.

In 201 BC, someone accused Han Xin, the king of Chu, of rebellion, and this accusation, whether true or not, gave Liu Bang a reason to clean up Han Xin. At Chen Ping's suggestion, Liu Bang took the opportunity of hunting Yun Mengze and captured Han Xin, the king of Chu. After returning to Luoyang, Liu Bang remembered Han Xin's past merits, pardoned Han Xin's crimes, stripped the throne and changed his title to the Marquis of Huaiyin, Han Xin had to settle in the capital Chang'an for a long time, and his words and deeds were monitored.

Later, on behalf of Chen Xian, Liu Bang ordered Han Xin to accompany the army to crusade against the traitors, Han Xin refused the emperor's order on the grounds of illness, and at the same time privately promised Chen Xian to take advantage of the chaos to kill Empress Lu and Liu Ying in Beijing. His conspiracy was denounced by his retainers, and Empress Lü, with the assistance of Prime Minister Xiao He, booby-trapped Han Xin in the bell room of Changchun Palace.

After returning from the counterinsurgency, Liu Bang heard the news that Han Xin had been killed, and his feelings were complicated, and he was happy and pity.

Liu Bang, a thoughtful emperor, took his control skills to the extreme, boldly appointed Han Xin to pacify the world, and was suspicious and preventive, forcing Han Xin to rebel and be executed. Han Xin, a military genius, has always been at the mercy of Liu Bang.

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