"The wind is blowing, the clouds are flying, the Weijia and the rest of the country are returning to their hometown, and the warriors are guarding the square! " This is a poem by Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Look at his poem, and recall that he was a village rascal before he started his army. The impermanence of life makes people feel full of emotion.
One of the main reasons why Liu Bang was able to become an emperor from an alcoholic rogue is because he knows people with his insight and is good at identifying talents. At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, many outstanding talents, like the crucian carp who crossed the river, rushed to Liu Bang's command, and did his best to help him. Liu Bang was able to defeat the powerful Xiang Yu and create the Han Dynasty.
Liu Bang's many generals, Fan Kui is a very legendary figure. He was originally a butcher, "killing dogs", with a meager income and a low status. But he is outspoken by nature, he likes to drink and make friends, and Liu Bang has a relationship with Liu Bang because of alcohol. The two have been close friends very early.
At the beginning of Liu Bang's army, Fan Kuai followed the left and right without hesitation, and was a respectable minister from the dragon. Although Fan Kui was a crude man and did not understand war strategies in military books, he was sturdy in nature, not afraid of death, and desperate to fight. He charged and fell into battle repeatedly and made great achievements. In the major battles of the founding of the Han Dynasty, Fan Kui almost never failed. He made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty.
At the Hongmen Banquet, Liu Bang was trapped in a dangerous situation. Regardless of his personal safety, Fan Kui, with a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, broke into Xiang Yu's camp, and came to Liu Bang. "He looked at Xiang Wang, his hair pointed upwards, and his eyes were cracked." Even Xiang Yu was shocked by his aura. , Did not dare to act rashly. Therefore, he has a life-saving grace to Liu Bang.
After the founding of the country, Liu Bang rewarded the heroes, and Fan Kuai was named Wuyanghou, "Don't be extinct in the world", hereditary and fuyin descendants. Fan Kuai also has another identity: he married Empress Lu's sister Lu Yu, who is Liu Bang's brother-in-law, and Empress Lu's brother-in-law, has doubled in value since then, becoming a figure in the inner circle of Liu Bang and Empress Lu.
Fan Kui has a high position, with Liu Banglu as a big backer, and a strong general. It is reasonable to walk sideways in the Han Dynasty. But Fan Kui's behavior at certain times is hard to understand.
In 201 BC, the conflicts between Liu Bang and Han Xin between the monarch and the ministers intensified. Liu Bang worried that Han Xin rebelled, and Han Xin worried that Liu Bang would kill the donkey. The two sides were at war. In the end, Han Xin was convinced, unable to rebel cruelly, and actively compromised. Liu Bang was removed from the title of King of Chu and demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin.
Han feels depressed and sometimes unavoidable to visit an old friend and old man's house. Once he wandered to Fan Kui's home, after Fan Kui knew about it, he immediately came out to greet him. He and Han Xin were old comrades-in-arms for many years, and they were brothers who fought side by side. Han Xin had been deprived of the king at that time, and his identity was Huaiyin Hou, and he was at the same level as Fan Kui's Wuyang Hou.
However, Fan Kuai looked flattered. When he saw Han Xin, he immediately knelt down and bowed his head to bow, and said, "The king is a courtier!" It means that it is my honor to say that you are willing to come to the humble house. Han Xin bid farewell to go out, and he went outside the gate again to bow down and bid farewell. He was incomprehensible with his humble appearance, which became the focus of people's discussion for a while. It wasn't until a few years later that people discovered that Fan Kuai was so clever.
In fact, Fan Kuai seems to be a big man, but in fact there are some details in the rough, and he is proficient in the way of life. He is balancing Liu Bang and Han Xin through this action, and neither can be guilty of crimes. It is an extremely clever way of self-protection.
For one, Han Xin was in a delicate situation at the time and had become a dangerous figure in Liu Bang's eyes. Under this premise, who Han Xin has a close relationship with will also become Liu Bang's suspicion.
Fan Kui is fully aware of this, and only then will he deliberately go to war and publicly bow down to Han Xinxing. Originally, he and Han Xin were old comrades-in-arms for many years, and they couldn't make such a big gift at all. It was only right to laugh and fight when they met. However, Fan Kui solemnly bowed to Han Xin. In the eyes of others, he would naturally believe that the relationship between the two of them was very strange and rarely communicated. Only in this way can Liu Bang's doubts be dispelled.
Second, there is a more cryptic meaning to Fan Kuai doing this. At that time, the relationship between Liu Bang and Han Xin was tense, and the contradictions between the two were irreconcilable. There was bound to be an open fight. One was the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and the other was the God of War. In the end, it was really unpredictable who won.
Han Xin was in a state of despair. He had just been demoted from the King of Chu to the Marquis of Huaiyin, but Fan Kui didn't care at all, as always,Kneeling down to Han Xinxing, Han Xin can also make Han Xin believe that Fan Kui is not a snob, but a friend. In this way, even if Han Xin wins in the future, he can't treat Fan Kuai badly.
It can be seen from this that Fan Kui’s admiration is profound and fully embodies his superb way of being in the world. A few years later, when Han Xin was killed, Fan Kui was still trusted by Liu Bei, and people discovered that he was so clever.
