There is a saying: You will be out, and you will not suffer from your life. This means that during the ancient wars, the generals led the army on expeditions and encountered unexpected situations, unable to communicate with the monarch, and could only temporarily change their combat strategies.
However, the military commander arbitrarily changed the policy set earlier. This is an act that disgusts the monarch. We all know that any monarch is afraid of rebellion by the general who holds the military power. Therefore, as long as the general has a little "change", The monarch is like sitting on pins and needles.
Throughout the history books, there are many examples of "will be out, the ruler's fate is not tolerated", but after the war was returned to the military power, the fate of the generals was divided into two factions, one faction was suspicion Until they were killed, one faction became more favored.
"Will be out, your life will not be affected" risk
Once the military general decides to adopt "will be out, your life will not be affected", then you have to bear your own risks and responsibilities. Fortunately, we won't be killed because of defeat. If they are defeated, they can only be killed or cut.
But even if you win the battle, don't be too happy. The monarchs are so jealous. Although they have won, they will definitely make a note of angrily in a small notebook, and will find opportunities to "handle" the disobedient generals in the future. The story of Han Xin and Liu Bang is this model.
Of course, there are also monarchs who are inclusive and broad-minded. Not only do they have no afterthoughts, but they also give the generals who respond to the situation due to their due return. This is the case of Li Jing and Li Shimin.
also did not listen to the monarch, why Han Xin was killed, but Li Jing became a hero? Let us first analyze their different life experiences.
The life of two generations of famous generals
Han Xin: The battle for hegemony between the Chu and Han Dynasty has entered a stalemate stage. Han Xin and Chen are fighting along the border. At the same time, Liu Bang is bargaining with King Qi about surrender. But Han Xin ignored Liu Bang's armistice order and killed them all in one go.
After this battle, Han Xin held an army of hundreds of thousands of victories, and also occupied the Qilu Fishing and Salt Land, and instantly had the strength to fight against Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. At this time, Han Xin took the initiative to test Liu Bang's attitude towards him, so he filed a report and asked for the false King of Qi. In the end, Liu Bang could only resist his anger and make Han Xin the true King of Qi. Although it was true that Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and became the emperor with Han Xin's help, he was always worried about Han Xin, and after weighing it, he let Lvhou kill Han Xin.
Li Jing: In order to solve the Turk problem in the Tang Empire, Li Shimin ordered Li Jing to march north. The Turks felt pressure and demanded peace talks with Datang, so Li Shimin ordered Li Jing to postpone the offensive and sent Tang Jian to discuss peace. Li Jing believed that the Turks had put down their guard and had no chance to lose, so he chose Jingqi to go straight to the Turkic base camp, won the victory of Yinshan, and captured Jieli Khan.
Because it was a surprise attack, not only the Turks were unguarded, even Tang Jian almost died in the rebellion. However, Li Shimin not only did not blame Li Jing for his proposition, but praised him greatly. After all, Li Shimin is also a famous general who knows how to act according to circumstances.
Why didn't Han Xin and Li Jing listen to the emperor's words, but ended up differently in the end? In fact, there are two reasons. First, Han Xin is indeed rebellious, and Li Jing is a loyal minister; second, Han Xin and Li Jing are in different political environments.
Han Xin is rebellious, Li Jing is a loyal minister
If the generals have no rebellious mind, the monarch will naturally relax his guard, and it will not be because "will be out, the king’s life will be different. Suffering from the murderous heart. However, compared with Li Jing, Han Xin does have some obvious signs of rebellion.
In the beginning, Han Xin destroyed Zhao Guo and conquered Li Zuoche. He did not recommend Li Zuoche to Liu Bang, but stayed in his army to strengthen his power. At that time, Liu Bang was fighting Xiang Yu in Xingyang. He felt a little uncomfortable, so he rushed to Xiuwu. While Han Xin was sleeping, he took the talisman and disrupted the army establishment. This is Xiuwu seizes soldiers.
After this, Liu Bang was in Xingyang’sThe war was unfavorable. Han Xin refused to listen to Liu Bang’s armistice order and destroyed Qi privately. He also demanded that he be named a "false king of Qi." In Liu Bang’s view, this was to take advantage of Liu Bang’s predicament and threaten him. Asking for a reward, Liu Bang could only agree.
In the fifth year of Han Dynasty, Liu Bang pursued Xiang Yu and asked Han Xin to send his troops, but Han Xin did not move. It was not until Liu Bang promised to seal all Xichu's homeland to Han Xin, who did not join the battle. After the Battle of Gai Xia, Xiang Yu was defeated and killed himself. The first thing Liu Bang did was to rush to the Han Xin army camp in Dingtao, once again took away the talismans, and changed Han Xin to the title of King of Chu.
From this period of history, we can see the mutual suspicion and distrust between Han Xin and Liu Bang:
Han Xin Po Zhao Shou Li Zuo Che Liu Bang Xiu Wu seizes soldiers Han Xin waits and sees Xingyang fights to seek fake Qi Wang Liu Bang Han Xin, the king of Fengzheng Qi, watched the battle between Chu and Han, Liu Bangfeng, Han Xin, and the battle of Xi Chu's hometown, Liu Bangding, and Tao grabbing troops.
From this we can see that Han Xin held down his troops twice and Liu Bang captured them twice, which not only highlights Han Xin's lack of absolute loyalty to Liu Bang, but also shows that Liu Bang always levies Han Xin.
Unlike Han Xin, Li Jing’s life shows the attributes of his loyal ministers. At the beginning, Li Jing was loyal to the Sui Dynasty and found that Li Yuan was going to rebel, so he wanted to expose it, but unexpectedly he was almost caught in the midway. Killing, was eventually accepted by Li Shimin into the Palace of the King of Qin and became the de facto lineage of the King of Qin.
Later Li Jing received Li Yuan's order to go south, and was almost killed by Li Yuan in the name of delaying the military plane. The reason why Li Yuan wanted to kill Li Jing was because Li Jing was a member of King Qin. He didn't want his son to be too powerful, so he wanted to take the opportunity to cut off his wings. Fortunately, someone rescued Li Jing from death.
In order to prevent Li Shimin from becoming too powerful, Li Yuan was worried that Li Jing would continue to lead the southern expedition, so he chose Li Xiaogong, a clan of Li clan, as the supreme commander of the southern expedition force, and asked Li Jing to act as his deputy. Later, the Tang army's southern expeditions destroyed Xiaoliang and Fugonger, and the credit was attributed to Li Xiaogong, not to Li Jing and the Qin Palace represented by Li Jing.
Later, in order to weaken Li Jing's loyalty to Li Shimin, Li Yuan deliberately sent Li Jing to Lingzhou to defend against the Turks. On the one hand, he wanted to win Li Jing, and on the other, he would release Li Jing and cut off Li Shimin's arm.
In fact, we can see that apart from exposing the Li family at the beginning, Li Jing has been a direct line of Qin Wang Li Shimin from beginning to end. After Li Shimin became the throne, he said that he had antipathy towards Li Shimin. I am afraid it is unlikely.
Of course, in addition to Han Xin and Li Jing's loyalty to the monarch is different, they are also in different political environments.
The political environment of the early Han and the early Tang is different.
At the time of the battle for hegemony between the Chu and Han Dynasties, although there is a template of the Qin State, the idea of "unification of the world" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but what about the unification? People still don't know the operation, so Liu Bang used a tricky method: going against Qin Chao. The Qin Empire adopted the system of prefectures and counties, and the Nahan Empire restored the system of enfeoffment. However, Liu Bang also learned the lesson of the "Second Chaos" caused by Xiang Yu's big seal of different surnames. He upgraded the system of enfeoffment and designed a system of enfeoffment with the same surname. If the country is regarded as a company, then the system of entrusting kings with different surnames is a partnership system, each king is a partner of the boss, and enforcing kings with the same surname is a family business system, and all kings are employees of the boss.
Under the system of the same surname as kings, Han Xin, Yingbo, and Peng Yue, who are powerful princes of different surnames, instantly turned into a stubborn disease that hinders the unification of the Han Empire from the heroes and generals, and they are bound to be eliminated. .
Therefore, Han Xin was captured twice, from Qi Wang to Chu Wang, then to Huaiyin Hou, until he was finally killed. In fact, it was out of sync with the political environment at the time.
The situation in the early Tang Dynasty was different from the struggle for hegemony between the Chu and Han Dynasties. Li Jing’s masters attacked far away. No matter how much merit he could build and how many troops he controlled, in the final analysis, he was just a professional soldier who worked for the emperor and could not betray Tang to stand on his own. A unified Tang empire has been formed, and people are used to a unified environment. No one will tolerate the appearance of another splitting force outside the Tang empire.
Li Jing himself knows that no matter how great the military commander’s contribution is, no matter how strong he is, he will be rooted.It could not have caused any shake to the unified system of the Tang Empire, because the idea of a unified empire had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Time has passed, things are not people
Han Xin and Li Jing, both are great generals in Chinese history. In the era of Long Xiang, they stood out and relied on their extraordinary wisdom. , Keen intuition, and decisive decision-making, the two won an unparalleled victory. However, they all have the experience of violating the monarch’s entrustment and adopting the “will be out, the monarch’s fate is not subject to” mode. However, due to their different loyalties and different political environments, one person is ultimately dealt with ruthlessly, while the other Become a great hero who lives forever.
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