Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of heroes has been criticized by many people, in fact, it was Liu Bang who really started this, and after Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, he killed not much less heroes than Zhu Yuanzhang.
Among them, there are two famous generals with the same name and surname, both of whom fell into the hands of Liu Bang.
Liu Bang's biggest disadvantage is that he has no ability, and the biggest advantage is that he has no ability.
Liu Bang was betrayed by Yongya and lost his hometown Fengyi. Liu Bang attacked Yongya twice, but he was defeated, and finally with the help of Xiang Liang's strength, he was able to defeat Yongya. It can be seen how low Liu Bang's level is.
But because he knows that he is incompetent, he listens to the suggestions of the people around him as long as it makes sense. As a result, talents continued to gather around him, and he was finally able to defeat Xiang Yu and establish the Han Dynasty.
But when Liu Bang became the emperor, he was very jealous of those heroes, and he was always worried that these people would threaten his throne. Especially those princes and kings with different surnames, these people basically listen to the tune and don't listen to the announcement, and they are strong, Liu Bang can't control them at all.
So, in the second year of Liu Bang's succession, he set out to get rid of these princes and kings with different surnames. At this time, he had long forgotten that he could sit on the throne, and it was all up to these people.
Liu Bang is most worried about Han Xin, in fact, before that, Liu Bang has shown his jealousy of Han Xin twice.
The first time was during the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han, when Liu Bang was responsible for attracting Xiang Yu's attention and asking Han Xin to divide his troops to attack other vassal states and open up a second battlefield.
Han Xin's side is progressing smoothly, but Liu Bang has been defeated by Xiang Yu many times, and his strength has been greatly damaged. Under the dissipation of the other, Liu Bang was worried that Han Xin would get out of his control.
For this reason, while ordering someone to pretend to be himself and dragging Xiang Yu, he rushed to Han Xin's camp overnight. After Liu Bang took Han Xin's talisman and transferred most of Han Xin's soldiers, Han Xin, the coach, got the news, and Liu Bang didn't greet him at all.
And Liu Bang was able to do this without Han Xin knowing it, all because the deputy generals around Han Xin, and even some middle-level generals, were Liu Bang's people. Liu Bang didn't trust Han Xin at all, but he only needed his talent to entrust him with important tasks.
These two are not so much a relationship between monarchs and ministers, but two partners, and Han Xin is a technical shareholder.
And the second time Liu Bang showed his jealousy of Han Xin was after the end of the Chu-Han hegemony. Liu Bang took the opportunity to change Han Xin's title from King of Qi to King of Chu and took over Han Xin's military power. The 300,000 army went to Liu Bang.
Of course, Liu Bang couldn't afford to support so many people, so he dismissed them.
Liu Bang had already shown such distrust, but Han Xin stupidly believed that Liu Bang would care about the friendship between monarchs and ministers.
The strategist Kuaiche once advised Han Xin to support his troops and respect himself, stand with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman, but Han Xin did not listen.
After he became the queen of Chu, Zhong Liwei also persuaded Han Xin to support the army and stand on his own, but Han Xin still didn't listen.
As a result, Liu Bang deceived him into his tent, and then casually found an excuse to take away his title of King of Chu, demoted him to the Marquis of Huaiyin, and placed him under house arrest in Chang'an City.
At this time, Han Xin understood that Liu Bang didn't talk to him about the friendship between monarchs and ministers, and people only had interests in their eyes, but unfortunately it was too late.
Later, Liu Bang pretended to be the hand of Empress Lu and executed Han Xin on the grounds that he intended to rebel.
It is really embarrassing that a generation of military gods died so aggrieved.
Compared with Han Xin, the king of Chu, the other Han Xin at least died a much more heroic death.
In order to distinguish between the two Han Xin, people generally call this Han Xin Han Wang Xin, but he is still called Han Xin in historical books such as "Historical Records", so that when I first started reading "Historical Records", I often confused these two and looked inexplicable.
Han Wang Xin is a descendant of King Han Xiang, and his pure royal blood is much purer than Liu Bei's King Jing of Zhongshan.
After Liu Bang raised his army, he captured the homeland of Korea, and in order to win the hearts of the people, he found Han Xin and asked him to serve as a general under him. After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was named King of Han by virtue of his military exploits.
Although Han Wangxin's military level is far inferior to Han Xin, he is also outstanding among the generals under Liu Bang, at least several grades stronger than Liu Bang, so Liu Bang still intends to outwit him.
Han Wangxin's original fief contained a number of strategic points, and Liu Bang was not at ease, so he changed his fief to a place bordering the Xiongnu. On the one hand, it can allow him to defend against the Huns and ensure the stability of the Han Dynasty. On the other hand, it can also be used to consume Han Wangxin's strength, and it is best to let him and the Xiongnu fight to lose both.
It is also considered that Han Wangxin was unlucky, just at this time the Xiongnu appeared a Mao Dun Shan Yu, as the greatest leader in the history of the Xiongnu, he made the strength of the Xiongnu increase several times, Han Wangxin is not the opponent of the Xiongnu at all.
Han Wangxin is not Han Xin, he can clearly see Liu Bang's thoughts. Therefore, when the Xiongnu army pressed the border, he chose to surrender as soon as possible.
As a result, not only did he not consume each other with the Xiongnu, but also formed an alliance to fight against the Han Dynasty together. In this way, the biggest catastrophe in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty came.
With Han Wangxin's familiarity with the Han Dynasty, as well as his military talents, coupled with the huge army of the Xiongnu, the entire Han Dynasty was in turmoil for a while.
Liu Bang had to mobilize the strength of the country to send troops to fight. Liu Bang successfully defeated Han Wangxin, and Han Wangxin was defeated. Liu Bang then defeated the Xiongnu army again, and just when he was about to eliminate the Huns once and for all, he found himself surrounded.
It turned out that all this was a conspiracy of Han Wangxin and Mao Dun Shan Yu, in order to get rid of Liu Bang and leave the Han Dynasty leaderless. Fortunately, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Han Dynasty far exceeded the expectations of the Huns, and Liu Bang's reinforcements would arrive at any time. Mao Dunshan finally chose to let Liu Bang go.
In order to appease the Huns, Liu Bang chose to make peace.
Although the Huns will still do things from time to time, at least they will not turn their faces and deny people so quickly. Liu Bang, who was free, eliminated Han Wangxin with an absolute superiority in troops.
Compared with Han Xin, Han Wang Xin would rather die and not give in until the last soldier was killed. A generation of veterans can be regarded as a well-deserved death if they can shroud their bodies in horse leather and die on the battlefield.
Ironically, although Liu Bang removed the princes and kings with different surnames one by one, and then divided the clan surnamed Liu as the princes and kings. He thought that in this way, the country would be forever consolidated, but a few decades later, these princes surnamed Liu caused the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" and almost subverted the Han Dynasty.
On the contrary, it was those founding heroes who quelled the "Zhulu Rebellion" and kept the Han Dynasty. From this point of view, Liu Bang's original approach really shouldn't be.
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