Is it really God blind to be able to win the world?
In the eyes of many people, Liu Bang is just an absolute scumbag, ruthless, cold and selfish, and extremely treacherous. Such a scumbag can actually win the world. Isn’t God blind?
Liu Bang
It depends on strategy
Liu Bang seizes the world dependent on strategy and wisdom. Among the founding emperors of all dynasties, Liu Bang's own strategy and wisdom were not bad, but he was definitely not very outstanding. But he is so powerful. He has a group of elites with excellent strategy and wisdom, and he can use these elites well.
The reason why Liu Bang's strategy and wisdom are not very outstanding is indeed because he has done a lot of confused things. For example, when he led the anti-Qin rebel army into Xianyang , he was soon fascinated by the sound and color, and he was hiding in the Qin Palace in Xianyang, eating, drinking and having fun.
When he led the anti-Chu coalition to take Pengcheng , he also forgot about it as soon as he entered the city and drank wildly. Later, he led a 300,000 army to attack Huns with the honor of the emperor. When he saw that the other party was an old, weak and remnant soldier, he immediately relaxed his vigilance and foolishly penetrated into the encirclement of others.
But Liu Bang has an amazing ability, although his strategy and wisdom are not enough, he can absorb the strategies and wisdom of his subordinates in a timely manner. He can quickly judge whether the suggestions of his subordinates are correct in a very short time, and then quickly adopt the correct suggestions.
For example, in Xianyang City, Liu Bang was pointed out by Fan Kuai and Zhang Liang , and immediately walked out of the devotion and stood on Xianyang Street and announced the three rules with righteousness and strictness, which easily won the hearts of the people.
For example, when a generation of military strategist Han Xin transferred from Xiang Yu camp to his position, he did not realize how outstanding Han Xin's military talent was. Han Xin ran away in anger. Fortunately, Xiao He chased Han Xin in March and turned around to persuade Liu Bang. Liu Bang realized that he had taken Han Xin away, so he immediately held a grand ceremony without hesitation and promoted Han Xin to the general without any hesitation.
There is another classic example. can best illustrate how quickly Liu Bang reacted when he absorbed the strategies of his subordinates : After Han Xin conquered , Qi State , he sent an envoy to meet Liu Bang and gave a lot of reasons, asking Han Xin to be named the fake King of Qi. Liu Bang was furious and cursed on the spot: "I am trapped in Guangwu . I hope you, Han Xin, come to rescue you day and night. Not only do you not come, but you want to become king on your own. Is this reasonable?!"
At this time, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping around him both stepped on him and said a few words. Liu Bang immediately became enlightened and changed his words and cursed: "A real man is the prince, and he is the real king. Why do you do it if you are false?" So he immediately cast a seal, sent Zhang Liang to serve as an envoy, and made Han Xin the King of Qi.
In fact, Liu Bang was really angry at that time, thinking that Han Xin was taking advantage of others' danger and taking advantage of the situation. All the words he scolded were heartfelt. But after Zhang Liang and Chen Ping woke him up immediately, he was so angry that he could quickly absorb the strategies of Zhang and Chen and immediately recover what he had just scolded. This ability is indeed very comparable.
Han Xin
Seeing the world depends on using people
Liu Bang's most important success factor is to have self-knowledge, that is, knowing that he does not have the ability to understand the world, the key is to use good people. Liu Bang is a unique person in terms of employment.
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Later, during the house arrest of Han Xin, the two had a conversation. Liu Bang asked Han Xin how many soldiers he could lead. Han Xin held his finger and said, "The king leads troops, only 100,000." Liu Bang continued, "How many soldiers can the general lead?" Han Xin said four words confidently: "The more you have, the better."
The average leader, seeing his subordinates so arrogant, probably left long ago, but Liu Bang smiled and said, "Then why did you work for me?" "Han Xin replied wisely: "The king cannot lead troops, but he can lead generals! "
Han Xin pointed out that Liu Bang can lead the general, which is Liu Bang's extraordinary. Liu Bang has a good way of using people. In his eyes, as long as you are a talent, you can be reused. He doesn't care about your background or any unethical things he has done.
Liu Bang's team has everyone: Zhang Liang is a nobleman, Chen Ping is a Youth Scholar, Li Shiqi is a lobbyist, Xiao He is a county official, Fan Kuai is a dog slaughter, Guanying is a cloth vendor, Lou Jing is a coachman, Peng Yue is a robber, Zhou Bo is a drummer, Han Xin is a "laid-off and unemployed young people"... But Liu Bang combined them together and each took their place, so that all talents could play their role to the greatest extent.
What made Xiang Yu angry was that many elites under Liu Bang, such as Han Xin and Chen Ping, all turned to Liu Bang from Xiang Yu. After Chen Ping defected to Liu Bang, he was excluded by Zhou Bo, Guan Ying and others. They reported in front of Liu Bang that Chen Ping was a man who was misbehaved and "stole his sister-in-law" at home. Now he is a guard. "After receiving gold from all generals, those who have more gold will get good things, and those who have less gold will get evil things."
Liu Bang was furious after hearing this, but after calling Chen Ping over, he was instantly convinced by Chen Ping: "I come naked, and I don't have any money to receive money. If the sincere minister has a plan that can be adopted, I hope the king will use it; if there is no one available, the metal will be there, and I will be granted the official position and I will be given a bone. "Liu Bang was overjoyed when he heard this. Not only did he not pursue Chen Ping's greed for money, but he also rewarded him heavily.
Liu Bang knew very well that to conquer the world, it was not a moral model, but a real talent. A rare talent like Chen Ping, who was full of strange strategies, did not care whether he loved to be greedy for money, nor did he care whether he really "stole his sister-in-law".
Strategyman Li Shiqi came up with a bad idea when Liu Bang's bloody battle with Xingyang gradually could not resist it, and he came up with a bad idea: "Hurry up and carve seal , and all the descendants of the nobles of the six countries of the Warring States Period were crowned kings, and asked them to recruit teams to help the battle. "This plan moved Liu Bang, who was anxious and angry, and even prepared the seal of the king. If Zhang Liang had not stopped him in time, Liu Bang would have been dizzy and did what Li Shiqi said.
Zhang Liang quickly dissuaded Liu Bang after learning about it. Liu Bang cursed to Li Shiqi, who had a bad idea: "Master Religion was almost defeated and was in business. "—You stinky nerd almost delayed my big business. But after Liu Bang scolded him, he continued to appoint Li Shiqi to work on missions that he was good at.
Zhang Liang
The way to seize the world depends on the pattern
Although Liu Bang has a bad temper and does not respect people very much, he respects the rules enough. When making decisions, Liu Bang can often distinguish between public and private, distinguish between the primary and secondary, and start from the overall situation, and never avenge private revenge. Liu Bang's pattern Big, it is definitely not comparable to an ordinary emperor. No matter how big a personal grudge is, it will not affect his judgment of national affairs.
In 201 BC, Liu Bang had just won the world, and there were still many meritorious officials who had not been awarded titles, because it was quite complicated and easy to cause conflicts for each meritorious official, so the time delayed a little long.
Once, Liu Bang saw the generals outside the palace whispering in groups of three or three, and asked Zhang Liang: "What are they talking about? "Zhang Liang said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, they are discussing rebellion! "Liu Bang was shocked when he heard this. Zhang Liang's answer was indeed a bit exaggerated, but he used this to remind Liu Bang that the consequences would be serious!
The solution given by Zhang Liang was: "What the emperor hated in his life and what the ministers knew most, who is the most important? "Zhang Liang asked Liu Bang to find someone with the worst relationship with him to be a marquis among the ministers, so as to quickly soothe people's hearts.
Liu Bang's mind was very fast, and immediately accepted Zhang Liang's suggestion and quickly named Yongchi as a marquis of Shifang. With Yongchi, all the heroes were at ease.Because everyone knows that Yong Chi is the most annoying person the emperor has, and even he has been granted the title of marquis, what are those heroes worried about?
Moreover, to be honest, Yongchi, who was always disgusted by Liu Bang, was able to be granted a marquis alive and even live a safe life. also shows Liu Bang's tolerance and grand plan.
At first, as a fellow villager, Yong Chi looked down on Liu Bang from the beginning. He was one of the first people to participate in Liu Bang's military. At that time, his family property would be lost because he did not join the military. Therefore, Yong Chi, a gentry-born, looked down on Liu Bang, who was a rogue-born, from the bottom of his heart.
But Liu Bang attached great importance to Yongchi and tried to use his family's reputation to recruit strength. Liu Bang entrusted Yongchi with important tasks and asked him to guard the rebel army's logistics supply base, which is Liu Bang's hometown, Fengyi.
But Yongchi thought that Liu Bang could not accomplish anything, so he quickly turned to someone else to give Fengyi. Liu Bang was furious when he learned about it, and tried to regain the base but returned in a defeat. Liu Bang, who had no choice but to vote for . Xiang Liang sent reinforcements for Liu Bang and finally recaptured Fengyi.
Later, Yong Chi became Xiang Yu's subordinate in circles, and Liu Bang became Xiang Yu's opponent. When Xiang Yu retreated step by step, Yongchi seized the opportunity to defect to Liu Bang. Although Liu Bang hated Yongchi's capriciousness, he did not avenge his personal revenge.
Until Liu Bang passed away, Yong Chi did not receive any unfair treatment imposed by Liu Bang, and even got the title of by chance. In the third year of Emperor Hui of Han (192 BC), Yong Chi died of illness and was posthumously named Marquis of Su.
But in Liu Bang's heart, he really hated Yongchi until his death. Liu Bang returned to Pei County before his death. Before leaving, the whole city of Pei County went out to see me off and knelt down in the dust together, begging Liu Bang to exempt him from the taxes and corvee labor in Fengyi, where he was born: "Pei was lucky to be restored, but Feng has not returned, but Your Majesty sympathized with him."
Liu Bang replied: "Fengyi is where I grew up, how could I forget it? It was only when you rebelled against me with Yongchi, that ended up like this." After repeated begging from the fellow villagers, Liu Bang agreed to exempt Fengyi from the taxes and corvee labor. It can be seen that Liu Bang always remembers this hatred and is the kind of gritting his teeth, but he never affects his decisions on national affairs because of his personal grudges. This is what Liu Bang is amazing.
Yongchi (stills)
To sum up, no matter how bad Liu Bang's personal morality and character are, it does not affect his ultimate success in capturing the world. Because seizing the world depends on strategy, employed people, and pattern. Liu Bang did a very good job in all three aspects. If such a person cannot seize the world, then who can seize the world? Therefore, it is really not that God is blind, but that people’s hearts and destiny will come to the world!
