Liu Bang wanted to kill Fan Kui, not just being foolish, but a clever move to preserve Liu's state.
By the way, Liu Bang will have the desire to kill Fan Kuai, which is not surprising, because Liu Bang is not only Fan Kuai’s brother-in-law, he is also the emperor of the Han Dynasty. In fact, not only Fan Kui, but all the founding generals of the Han Dynasty were the thorns that Liu Bang wanted to get rid of after he was firmly seated on the throne. However, Fan Kui was relatively lucky and became Liu Bang's last goal during his lifetime.
The relationship between Fan Kui and Liu Bang is very complicated. The two met in Wei Mo. In the early years, Fan Kui, who liked to befriend, was just a dog meat dealer. Although his social status is not high, he is relatively wealthy with his own craftsmanship. Liu Bang often ate and drank at Fankui's stall with his friends, and the two became acquainted with each other and later became brothers-in-law. However, after removing the relationship between the two brothers-in-law, the relationship between Liu Bang and Fan Kui is still very deep. At the time of Liu Bang's uprising, Fan Kui had sold his ancestral property and followed resolutely. In the following years of battle, Fan Kui even charged ahead, and had repeatedly defended Liu Bang's sword and was extremely loyal and courageous.
The two are fellow villagers and relatives in-laws. In this way, the relationship is indeed extraordinary. However, as everyone knows, many of the heroes who followed Liu Bang to achieve hegemony and establish the Great Han were his old friends and the township party, and many people had close friendship with Liu Bang. However, perhaps ordinary people are willing to talk about old friends, but in the face of power, all old relationships seem too cheap. Although these people have known Liu Bang for many years, were born and died, and some even have close relationships with Liu Bang like Fan Kuai, but when Liu Bang sat on the throne of the emperor, these outstanding contributions and the high-ranking founding honours were also convenient. It became the biggest threat to Liu Bang to consolidate his throne and maintain the Liu family. Therefore, not long after the founding of the country, Liu Bang began the "tuple death dog cooking" action to eliminate kings of different surnames.
Although, unlike Han Xin, Peng Yue and others, Fan Kuai was not crowned king after the founding of Dahan, nor was he hit as quickly as they did. However, after Liu Bang experienced a series of incidents caused by the suppression of kings of different surnames, in the heart of the founding king, Fan Kui was no longer trusted as much as before. Friends and brothers-in-law are no bigger than monarchs and ministers. Liu Bang reacted out of his "instinct" to defend the throne.As a result, the relationship between him and Fankui gradually changed from intimacy to alienation.
Fan Kuai may have done nothing wrong, but the change in the mentality of the emperor who is high above and watching the world alone is enough to affect his destiny. Liu Bang's life experience is very rich, which is destined for him to grow and change continuously, and his mentality change is the most typical of them. Specifically, Liu Bang's mentality change, just like his growth experience in life, has many important nodes. In terms of his change of attitude towards Fan Kui, Lu Wan's betrayal is an important node in the process of Liu Bang's mentality change.
From the time he decided to attack the king of the different surname, Liu Bang had seen more decline and rebellion. First, Han Xin was captured, Peng Yue was sentenced, and then Yingbu rebelled and destroyed. Although Liu Bang was emotional about these, it was still within his expectations and plans. However, when Lu Wan entered Hu, Liu Bang felt a real chill. Lu Wan is different from others. Not only is he the same year and month as Liu Bang, but he has always been brothers and sisters with Liu Bang. Such a brother who has made him extremely trustworthy will openly betray him, which is undoubtedly a major blow to Liu Bang.
At the same time, in addition to the distress, Liu Bang is more discouraged. Such a huge blow will not only make him painful, but also make him reflect. Faced with the temptation of power, too many former alliance friends have become enemies with swords and soldiers, and brothers will betray and leave. Such encounters made the emperor, who had struggled to climb up from the bottom, had to re-examine the old friends around him who once thought he was close. Of course, this also included his brother-in-law Fan Kuai.
and Liu Bang are brothers-in-law. For Fan Kui, there are advantages and disadvantages. It is precisely because of this relationship that Fan Kuai was once regarded by Liu Bang as "his own person". He was named a marquis and honored his honor, but he also avoided being treated as a king of a different surname and suffering abuse. However, it was this relationship that made Fan Kuai a key target of suspicion in Liu Bang's later years. Because Liu Bang knows that Fan Kui, who is a brother-in-law, is not so much Liu Bang's "brother-in-law", it is better to say that Fan Kui is Lu Zhi's brother-in-law.
By the time of Liu Bang's later years, the ambition of Empress Lu's Pheasant has become clear. Especially with regard to the issue of Li Chuan, Liu Bang, because of his beloved Mrs. Qi,He prefers his son Liu Ruyi even more, and there is a tendency to abolish the prince Liu Ying and establish the youngest son Liu Ruyi as the crown prince. In order to protect herself and her son, Lu Zhi had to plan a lot. She continued to fight for strength in the court, and she seemed to have become a big party, which made Liu Bang hated and annoyed. The power of the empress became more and more powerful, which made Liu Bang as the emperor feel a huge threat, and the contradiction between the empress and the empress became deeper and deeper.
Due to the huge contradiction with Lu's pheasant on the issue of heirs, Fan Kui, who holds the power of soldiers, as Lu's brother-in-law, will inevitably not help Lu's son succeed, which makes Liu Bang's heart to Fan Kui's heart. Doubt. Liu Bang didn't even dare to guess that if Lu Fei were to seize power in a coup one day, Fan Kuai would help her raise troops. Although Fan Kui has always been loyal to Liu Bang, and even saved Liu Bang out of danger many times despite his life and death, Liu Bang asked himself that if Lu Zhuan was the case, Fan Kui could not guarantee that he would not betray him like Lu Wan.
As a result, Liu Bang's suspicion about Fan Kuai has increased day by day. In addition, Fan Kui himself is an outspoken temperament, and Liu Bang has gradually become a little self-serving due to his long stay in the palace and long-term flattery. When Fan Kui told Liu Bang that he should be wary of the eunuchs around him, Liu Bang, who was full of suspicion, thought that Fan Kui had ulterior motives, and even made up for Fan Kui's conspiracy to attack him and usurp the throne on the basis of "the side of the emperor." Therefore, under various doubts, Liu Bang finally decided to kill Fan Kui before he died, so as to avoid future troubles.
At the beginning of the Hongmen Banquet, Fan Kuai, the heroic protector, might not have thought that Liu Bang would have such a deep suspicion for himself after many years, and he would even feel at ease by putting himself to death. Of course, Liu Bang is always uncertain about whether Fan Kui will actually rebel against the Han court and threaten Liu's country. However, he does not need to be sure. As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he must try his best to kill all possible threats to the Liu family. This is his mission and responsibility.
However, this seems a bit unpredictable to others. When Chen Ping and Zhou Bo received Liu Bangzhu's order to kill Fan Kui, both of them were a little surprised. The former close brothers are now in an endless posture,Is this an angry statement from the emperor, or does it mean something else? After much speculation and weighing, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, who were afraid of the power of the Lu Zhi faction, finally decided that Fan Kui should be arrested and detained first, and then sent to the emperor before asking Liu Bang to send him down. This is the safest way.
The actions of Chen Ping and Chen Ping really exceeded Liu Bang's expectations, and they failed to directly achieve Liu Bang's goal of killing Fan Kui. But Liu Bang himself did not have the opportunity to personally blame them for their ineffectiveness, because before Chen Ping and the others took Fankui into the palace, Liu Bang had already driven Hexi. Of course, Fan Kui was able to escape. After this incident, Lu Zhi became the next actual ruler and succeeded in taking power. Chen Ping and Zhou Bo couldn't help but breathe out. After all, their difference in thought not only saved Fan Kui, but also saved themselves.
However, they didn't expect that Liu Bang would still be superior, and Chen Ping and the Lv Pheasant faction still failed to escape. At the beginning, when Liu Bang was dying, the reason why Liu Bang was determined to punish Fan Kui and chose to send Chen Ping and Zhou Bo to perform this task was to make Chen Ping, who was still prestigious and capable in the imperial court. , After participating in the killing of Fan Kui, he could become an incompatible hostile force with Lu Zhi's faction. In this way, even if Liu Bang died and Lu pheasant took advantage of the situation, there would still be Chen Ping's forces in the DPRK to contend against him, so that the big man would not completely fall into the hands of Lu clan.
Although, after Chen Ping and Zhou Bo took the orders, they made a choice that exceeded Liu Bang’s calculations for reasons of consideration of the current situation and doubts about Lu's power. They also executed the orders at the same time. I left room for myself and didn’t immediately execute Fan Kui, but because of Liu Bang’s order and dispatch, it really made the Lv Pheasant faction and Chen Ping a grudge, which also laid the foundation for the preservation and continuation of the Liu family. Foreshadowing.
After Liu Bang died and Lu pheasant was in power for more than ten years, the power of the Lu family has also been greatly developed. After the death of Queen Lu, Liu Bang's most worrying thing finally happened. The Lu family took advantage of the opportunity to rebel and seek to usurp the throne, and for a while the soldiers were all around. However, due to the influence of the "killing of Fankui" incident, Chen Ping-ping did not agree with him during the more than ten years when Lu was in power.Therefore, after the Lu family rebelled, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo became important forces to suppress the "Zhu Lu Rebellion". Finally, under their efforts to turn the tide, the Lu family's power was completely overthrown and the Liu family continued.
As the saying goes, everything has a reason. There are many reasons behind the seemingly absurd things. However, whether it was Liu Bang out of suspicion of Fan Kui, or to get rid of Fan Kui and suppress Lu's pheasant, or to provoke the relationship between Chen Ping and Lu's pheasant, to achieve the purpose of balancing the two sides and defending Liu's family, in short, Liu Bang was dying. Killing Fan Kui is by no means a faint move, but a wonderful move with far-reaching impact.
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