Since ancient times, a person does not do anything shockingly by himself, and he will inevitably need help from others. Because there is a saying that two fists cannot beat four hands, no matter what, multiple people are more forceful. What's more, sometimes, some people's abilities are not just as simple as having more effort.
Especially in ancient times, the emperors we know who made immortal achievements did not rely on themselves to achieve great things, but rely on many capable people and strangers. Among them, there are many military generals, and naturally there are many counselors. And , a person with a low origin like , Liu Bang, , who eventually became the emperor of the world, which shows the ability of capable ministers and generals around him. However, Liu Bang killed all the heroes in his reign and entrusted his orphans to kill all the Liu family's direct descendants 15 years after his death. From this perspective, Liu Bang didn't seem to have done anything wrong in killing the heroes.
Birds are full of bows and killing meritorious officials
In ancient times, there were kings, and there were ministers. However, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is like the conflict between the parents-in-law and the daughter-in-law. When there is basically no peaceful relationship, the conflict between the monarch and the minister is an inevitable topic. Emperors of all dynasties will face such problems. In order to continuously strengthen the imperial power, the emperor will constantly restrain the power of his ministers, either forcing them to obey or kill them directly.
, and there are many ways to force them, that is, Emperor Wu of Han , who changed prime ministers during his reign, or Tang Dynasty , set up the system of three lives and six ministries, and the power of generals and ministers was constantly dispersed, or Ming Dynasty , who directly abolished the prime minister and let the six ministries belong to the central government. But no matter how it is changed, this contradiction always exists and cannot be resolved.
But some kings have opened up new paths, that is, ministers are disobedient and kill directly. Therefore, in the process of pursuing careers, many people will follow the emperor, hoping that he will reward merits from the dragon, and that he will get a contribution, and from then on, the family will be able to make great achievements. However, follows the emperor, which is often a bloody lesson.
However, Even if it was a bloody lesson, the ministers did not think about having tooth for a tooth or eye for an eye. Only An accident occurred during the Han Dynasty , but it was caused by Liu Bang, who knew people and made good use of it. As we all know, Liu Bang's ability is relatively not outstanding, but he is good at seeing people and using people.
So during his conquest of the world, he had many talented people around him, such as the " Soldiers " that later people often call " Soldiers ", or the "planning in the middle and winning thousands of miles away", or the "strategic victory in Han Liang ", or many others such as Han Wangxin, Zhou Bo , Fan Kuai , etc. In order to compete with Xiang Yu, Liu Bang also clearly promised the ministers around him that after success, he would give each of them a reward. Therefore, on the way to the war, all the ministers worked very hard.
However, after Liu Bang succeeded, the promise changed. Thinking back to the beginning, before Liu Bang completely conquered the world, he weakened Han Xin's contribution and demoted him to Huaiyin Hou . However, Han Xin had outstanding abilities, and putting him in the position of a marquis was an insult to him.
But under the eaves, he had to bow his head. Even if Han Xin was living in the capital, he still acted in a low-key manner, fearing that one day he would give his life to the capital. Later, Liu Bang led his troops to attack the Xiongnu , and the dictatorship of Lu Zhi, and directly designed to shoot Han Xin. He said that Han Xin was a rebellion, but he was still afraid of people like Han Xin. Once, he said that he would rebel, and the Han Dynasty could not withstand such rebellion.
Since Han Xin, the people behind have been liquidated one by one, such as Fan Kuai, etc. As a counselor, Zhang Liang knew early on that the emperor was a person who was not tolerant, so he directly refused to be an official position and retired early, and finally he even had no trace of freedom in the world. In this way, Liu Bang did not find him in the end, and Zhang Liang also escaped the storm, but the others in the court did not escape.
Kill all the direct descendants and betray the master
However, even if Liu Bang is not tolerant, his life span is ultimately limited. No matter how the heroes are liquidated, they will still emerge one after another. However, the later Liu's successor may not be as cruel as he and Lu Zhi, especially when the successor was still a child.
According to historical records, Lu Zhi began to be authoritarian before Liu Bang died. After Liu Bang died, she directly controlled the government affairs of the court and enfeoffed the people of the Lu clan in . Other ministers were oppressed or killed. But Lu Zhi soon ushered in her twilight years in her life, and no one was in charge of the Liu family's country for a while.
Because Lu Zhi's son Liu Ying was a puppet emperor during his reign and died early. In order to consolidate the Liu family's throne, Lu Zhi directly supported the young emperor to ascend the throne. However, in the process of support, she was afraid that the emperor would liquidate herself in the future, so she killed another child who was still sensible and instead made a baby in the cradle the emperor.
But Lu Zhi passed away before the emperor grew up. She only repeated Liu Bang's last words at the end of her life, asking several ministers to support the young emperor. However, when Lu Zhi died, the Han minister who had been suppressed suddenly counterattacked and began to destroy the people with the surname Lu. After destroying the people of the surname Lu, old ministers like Zhou Bo from several dynasties were afraid that the young emperor of would grow up and would liquidate themselves in the future, so they simply destroyed the young emperor of Huidi 's son.
At that time, Emperor Hui of Han had several children alive, but in order to prevent the wildfire from burning out and the spring breeze was blown, the ministers who had been suppressed by the liquidation directly called the youngest son not the blood of the Liu family, and were all destroyed. Since then, Liu Bang's grandsons of have been wiped out, leaving only Liu Heng and others who were assigned to the fiefdom early.
So, Zhou Bo and others supported Liu Heng ascended the throne. Since then, the Han Dynasty began a new history, that is, the Emperor Wen of Han period. Although , Wendi is also a member of the Liu family, it is not a direct lineage after all. Therefore, from the perspective of the Liu family, Liu Bang's original practice of killing heroes was correct. But from the perspective of heroes, they were oppressed and liquidated and finally counterattacked. Therefore, history is difficult to judge.
Conclusion
Indeed, from Liu Bang or Liu's heaven, in order to consolidate his country and to kill all those who have the ability to usurp the country, it is a correct way to do it. Because, whether it is Zhang Liang, Han Xin and others, it can be seen that their abilities are very extraordinary. As an emperor who has worked hard all the way, Liu Bang naturally knew their abilities. If he rebelled, there were not many people from the Liu family able to deal with them.
However, there is an old saying: hundreds of causes will have results. Maybe if Liu Bang had killed the ministers less cruelly, he might not have aroused the backbone of the ministers. In this way, the Liu family's direct lineage would not die, and the direction of history would inevitably be different. After all, relatively speaking, ministers like Zhou Bo ended up rebelling, which only shows that Liu Bang's direct lineage was unpopular. It can be said that since the time of the Shao Emperor from Liu Bang to Lu Zhi, there has been no time to win the hearts of the people, so it is inevitable that their direct line will perish.
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