Chapter 36 massacre

Among the first batch of princes and kings, the first one to "win the bid" was Zang Tu, king of Yan who had always maintained a neutral state.Zang Tu's title of King of Yan was conferred by Xiang Yu, and Liu Bang was just acknowledging the existing facts.Therefore, since Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, Zang Tu only passively did not resist, and did not actively express support for the new regime.This of course caused Liu Bang's displeasure. Your old master has long since become my defeated general and committed suicide by the Wujiang River. You are still disrespectful to me. Do you want to avenge him and restore the country?

After Liu Bang moved his capital to Guanzhong, Zang Tu felt that "the sky is high and the emperor is far away". He intended to take the opportunity to become independent and break away from the jurisdiction of the central government.Since the state of Qi has not established a new king since Han Xin was transferred to be the king of Chu, Zang Tu feels that there is no chance to lose.In July, Zang Tu announced that he would no longer serve the Han Dynasty.In order to express his determination to unify, he would not hesitate to face any difficulties, so Liu Bang, who had just ascended the throne, put on his strength again and went on a personal conquest against Zang Tu.

I don't know why Liu Bang has this interest, maybe because Zang Tu's strength is too weak, Liu Bang just borrowed him to enjoy the addiction of commanding thousands of troops; maybe Liu Bang wants to kill chickens to warn monkeys, kill Zang Tu himself, and give the rest The princes look. Zang Tu originally judged that it was impossible for Liu Bang to send troops. He could strengthen Guanshan, and Liu Bang had to admit the facts.But unexpectedly Liu Bang overcame all difficulties and personally led the army to conquer. Panic inevitably arose in his heart.The battle went smoothly. The Yan army had few troops and was soon surrounded by the Han army. After two months, the rebellion was put down, and Zang Tu had to surrender and be captured.

Liu Bang did not take the territory of Yan State back to the central government. Instead, he named Lu Wan, an old brother who was born in the same year, the same month and the same day as him in the same village and had the best relationship, as King Yan, and continued to help him guard the northeast frontier of the empire.Lu Wan is Liu Bang's childhood friend, and the two were born in the same year, the same month, and the same day. Lu Wan waving flags beside Liu Bang since childhood, and the two love each other like brothers.Liu Bang was arrested by the government when he was a commoner. He hid in Tibet, and Lu Wan always followed him.Later, Lu Wan followed Liu Bang until he became a general. He went in and out of the bedroom of Liu Bang's army tent like a family member.However, Lu Wan did not have much ability, and did not make much credit during the founding of the country, so she became the first prince to be entrusted without relying on her own strength.

Liu Bang first made Lu Wan the Marquis of Chang'an, and that was the official under the emperor's feet. Liu Bang thought Lu Wan was not treated well, and wanted to make him a king, but Lu Wan was not qualified enough for his merits.The emperor has a way. Liu Bang sent Lu Wan to lead troops to pacify Zang Tu in the Kingdom of Yan. After his triumphant return, he immediately issued an edict to select a meritorious official from among the officials to be the King of Yan.The civil and military ministers who didn't know Liu Bang's intentions, who dared not to be consistent with Liu Bang, those who agreed in their hearts, those who reluctantly agreed, and those who originally disagreed all made Lu Wan the king of Yan. Liu Bang said: "Okay, just follow Everyone’s opinions will be dealt with. Approved immediately.”

This has shown that Liu Bang has enough military strength, and he no longer needs to admit his existing strength, but he can be promoted to the princes and kings based on his own preferences and relationships. Needless to say, the relationship between Lu Wan and Liu Bang is strong, they came to this world on the same day in the same year, and they have been with each other ever since, as if they were one person.Going to school together, practicing martial arts together, rebelling together, from Peifeng to Xianyang, from Hanzhong to Chang'an, we can be described as good friends, iron buddies, and old comrades-in-arms.Lu Wan has absolute faith in Liu Bang, and Liu Bang has full trust in Lu Wan, which is a good talk.

According to the time of birth, Lu Wan was half a day earlier than Liu Bang, but Lu Wan always followed Liu Bang and called "Big Brother"; according to his family background, Lu Wan was much richer and richer, but he never discriminated against Liu Bang, but always supported Liu Bang. He went to school and made friends; according to his status, Lu Wan was also the master of eating and drinking at home, but after the rebellion, he willingly took care of Liu Bang's diet and daily life, so that he could concentrate on his work.As for Liu Bang's preference for Lu Wan, Brother Peifeng was even more jealous.When Liu Bang went to the Central Plains, he let Lu Wan follow Xiao He as an eyeliner, which shows the depth of his trust.It is true that after the success of the revolution, Lu Wan was named Marquis like the other brothers, but when the Zang Tu Rebellion was quelled, Liu Bang insisted on giving him the first credit, so that he could join King Yan and become the only one among Peifeng brothers.Needless to say such a friendship, I am afraid that it is difficult for anyone in Xiaocao and Zhoufan to match.

Since Lu Wan belongs to the veteran of Peifeng, he should have the same hatred when dealing with Han Xin and other "half Taoists".This is not the case, because Lu Wan now has the title of King Yan, so he belongs to both the "Peifeng Circle" and the "Gang of Princes", and he has sympathy with the princes.It can be considered that when one ascends to the rank of princes and joins the rank of princes, one belongs to the class of princes, and one's attitude towards problems changes, and the attitude of dealing with things also changes.Therefore, Liu Bang abolished Han Xin, and he was conflicted.Liu Bangqian transferred Han Wangxin, who was restless.When Liu Bang conquered Chen Xi, he did not move, even obeyed and violated, and communicated with foreign countries, and finally left a deadly handle, which finally caused the monarch and his ministers to turn against each other.You know, except for Lu Wan, all the brothers in the Peifeng circle are dedicated to cutting off other princes.If it is not the Liu family who is the king, the whole world will fight against it.It is still Brother Peifeng in the past, just because of one prince and one king, the contrast in attitude is so different.

In the autumn of the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, Lu Wan followed Gaozu to attack the land of Chen Xi's rebellion (now Yu County, Hebei).But at the critical moment when the two sides exchanged envoys to win over and divide the Huns, Lu Wan was bewitched by Zang Yan, the son of the former Yan King Zang Tu who had fled to the Huns, and had a second heart for Emperor Gao, and made peace with Chen Xi in private in order to protect himself .This is undoubtedly a fatal mistake.When Chen Xi's army was defeated, Liu Bang still had concerns about Lu Wan when he was suspicious, so he sent Piyanghou to examine Shiqi and a doctor of imperial history to investigate.Frightened, Lu Wan spoke unrestrainedly and acted impulsively, talking nonsense to the Han Palace government, venting her dissatisfaction, and pointing her finger at Liu Bang and Empress Lu.The incident was reported by the judge, which made Liu Bang angry from suspicion.

But at this time, another person who surrendered from the Huns revealed that the envoy Lu Wan sent to the Huns before was the internal envoy of Yan State. This time without any hesitation, he immediately sent troops to attack.At the beginning, Fan Kui was used as the general, and later Fan Kui was replaced by Zhou Bo as the general to challenge Yan. After several battles, Lu Wan's army was single and isolated, and retreated steadily. The route of the Han army's crusade against Lu Wan's rebels was to capture Jicheng first, then go west to the Tujun Department (Shanggu County, Jundu), leave Juyongsai, and defeat Lu Wan's army at Shanglan (between Juyongsai and Juyang , should be in the southeast of today's Huailai), and then defeated Lu Wan's army in Juyang (the area around the ancient city on the south bank of Huailai Guanting Reservoir), and pursued northward to the Yanbei Great Wall. Six counties, twenty-nine counties in western and eastern Liaoning, and twenty-nine counties in Yuyang.

Lu Wan finally despaired, and probably regretted it too much. She lost her last confidence and courage to resist, and left the family members of the palace and thousands of soldiers at the foot of the Great Wall to wait for punishment.It turned out to be fortunate that when Liu Bang was recovering from a serious illness, Lu Wan went to take the blame, probably Liu Bang still missed the old relationship and forgave him.But once Liu Bang died and Empress Lu came to power, Lu Wan was of course suspicious and fearful all day long, so she finally ran to the Huns to seek refuge, and died of depression a year later. The Xiongnu gave him the title of King of Donghulu, but after all, it is not the same as when he supported his soldiers and respected himself before. He must have been cold-eyed and bullied, "invaded by barbarians", and it is nowhere in sight to think about it again. Living in a foreign country, he died in depression. Lu Wan didn't have any military exploits to brag about, but he was granted the title of Marquis because he was Liu Bang's loyal younger brother.His effect on Liu Bang is almost like that of Concubine Yu and Xiang Yu. Liu Bang's life is undoubtedly brilliant, but it is undoubtedly pitiful. People only see Liu Bang's nobility, but they don't see his sadness from Lu Wan. As brothers born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, Lu Wan is like a shadow of Liu Bang. They sneaked around and fought together. Even in the face of the pursuit of officials, Lu Wan still steadfastly sticks to Liu Bang. This relationship is nothing more than biological brothers.Generally, people in high positions, even their own family members, have taboos, but even if Liu Bang became the King of Han, Lu Wan can still freely enter and leave his bedroom. This kind of friendship is sometimes incomparable even with brothers. Liu Bang was born in an environment with little family warmth, and when his brothers were not in-laws and family members did not love him, Lu Wan's feelings for Liu Bang were probably the last ray of warmth in his heart, and even Empress Lu was just a profit. There is no purity in marriage and feelings, so for his younger brother Lu Wan, Liu Bang, like a big brother, tried his best to plan military exploits for him, and he was named king and noble. Following his big brother Liu Bang, this little brother Lu Wan wants the wind to get the wind, and the rain to have the rain.Chen Xi rebelled against Lu Wan. Originally, Lu Wan was devoted to defending Liu Bang. The envoys who didn't want to send out appeared to be self-assertive in the name of protecting Lu Wan, but in fact they made the opposite plan for their own future. In fact, they colluded with the Xiongnu and rebelled against the Han Dynasty.From Lu Wan's point of view, it was just an act of self-protection in fear of Empress Lu's cruelty. There was no need for him to oppose Liu Bang, because everything he had was given by Liu Bang. The second rebel was called Liji.Liji used to be Xiang Yu's general, and surrendered to Liu Bang as a marquis, but Liu Bang never re-promoted him, and only asked his troops to wait in Yingchuan.When Liu Bang returned from Yandi, he camped in Luoyang and summoned Liji. Liji had had contact with Zang Tu before, and he was afraid that Liu Bang would find out about it. Moreover, he was very sensitive when he was summoned at this time. Liji was afraid that he would be killed after entering Luoyang, so he declared independence. Liu Bang personally led troops to attack him, and Liji was defeated. was killed. After Han Gaozu Liu Bang became emperor, he visited his old father every day according to the etiquette of meeting father and son.The Taigong’s family order persuaded Taigong: “There will not be two suns in the sky, and there should not be two monarchs on the earth. Although the emperor is a son at home, he is the lord of the people in the world. Although you are a father at home, you are a father to the emperor. It’s a courtier. How can you ask the Lord of the People to pay homage to his courtiers! If you do this, the majesty of the emperor will not be able to permeate the world.” One day, when Liu Bang went to visit his father Liu Taigong again, he saw that the old father was wearing an old coat and holding a broom, and greeted him respectfully.Liu Bang was taken aback, and hurried forward to help his father, but Liu Taigong retreated again and again.Liu Taigong said: "You are the emperor of the dynasty, who dares to disrespect? Although I am your father, I am just a common man. If the common people disrespect the emperor, they will be beheaded. How can you mess up the rules of the world because of me?" ?” Han Gaozu was worried, and he couldn’t think of a good way how to treat his father without being rude. Later, a minister said that Qin Shihuang had respected his deceased father as the Supreme Emperor, and suggested that Liu Taigong should be named the "Supreme Emperor".Liu Bang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately held a grand ceremony to help Taigong Liu to the throne.Since then, the emperor's father has been called the "Taishanghuang", and this name has been passed down through the generations. As the founding emperor of a new dynasty, Liu Bang needs not only outstanding ability to govern the country, but also courage beyond ordinary people, spirit of never giving up, perseverance, and indomitable will. However, what is amazing is that Liu Bang is extremely mediocre in many aspects. He has no education, low level of education, low martial arts, and is not proficient in advanced military art, and he knows nothing about commanding the three armies in battle.On the other hand, his "rival" Xiang Yu is brave and invincible on the battlefield, unstoppable, strong in martial arts, and also has some heroic spirit. But the final winner of the Chu-Han dispute was the "extremely mediocre" King Liu Bang of Han, not the "brave and invincible" Overlord of Western Chu.why?That's because Liu Bang has shining points that ordinary people don't have. Liu Bang is willing to help others. He is just a grasslander, and most of the people who helped him win the world later were also people from humble backgrounds.Xiao He, who later became the first prime minister of the Han Dynasty, was only a small official in the county. Liu Bang helped him once, and the two became good friends immediately.When Liu Bang rose up, he was the first and most loyal follower.He did his best for Liu Bang's attack on the world, especially in one night, he recovered an outstanding general Han Xin, "Xiao Heyue chased Han Xin", and his name will go down in history. Liu Bang is always generous to help those in need, so he has many life and death friends to accompany him.Such as Cao Can, Xia Houying, Fan Kuai, etc., these brave generals were all loyal to him and followed him to the death.His words and deeds perfectly interpret the profound meaning of the phrase "I am for everyone, and everyone is for me". Liu Bang is good at enduring humiliation. He was very weak in the early uprising, unable to stand alone and contend with various forces.So he chose to rely on Xiang Yu, who was stronger at the time, of course it was a last resort. In order to survive, he had to "stay under the fence", but he did not show a discouraged look, but devoted himself more wholeheartedly to the battle.Faced with Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng's repeated difficulties at the Hongmen Banquet, he endured and escaped without any danger. When Xiang Yu became queen, he drove Liu Bang, who had contributed the most, to the barren land of Bashu. Liu Bang also did not have any complaints.In fact, he regained Xiang Yu's trust at the Hongmen Banquet, and he "built plank roads openly, and kept warehouses in secret" in the land of Bashu. This is not something ordinary people can do, but he did it. He won life for himself, won for himself chance to win.Therefore, he can be the emperor and start a new dynasty. It is inevitable and indisputable for him to be the emperor. Liu Bang corrects his mistakes, although it seems easy to do it, it is actually very difficult. It is easy for people to make the same mistakes over and over again without repenting, but Liu Bang is different. He knows that the same mistakes must never be made for the second time. The second time, otherwise, life may not be preserved.After he led the capture of Pengcheng, he was addicted to wine and sex, and the army suddenly relaxed. When the angry Xiang Yu arrived, Liu Bang's 100,000 troops were ravaged by Xiang Yu's 30,000 elite soldiers. Almost captured. But since then, he changed his past mistakes, tried his best to prepare for the battle, never indulged in wine and sex, and finally forced Xiang Yu to commit suicide by the Wujiang River.It doesn't matter if a person makes mistakes, the important thing is whether he can correct them. Being able to correct mistakes is greater than not making mistakes. Liu Bang loves the people like a son. Every time he captures a city, he must first appease the hearts of the people and not kill a single soldier. This approach has won the trust of the people, and they all respect him.When he entered Xianyang, he made "three chapters" with the common people: the murderer will die; This enabled him to win the support of the masses, and the people loved him very much.As for Xiang Yu, he is a "devil head" who kills people without blinking an eye. Everywhere he goes, he must slaughter the city. He hates Qin Chao to the core.Before entering the customs, 200,000 soldiers of the Qin army were pitted and killed.Killing children, punishing King Huai, massacring the city of Xianyang, burning the Efang Palace... These actions are both cruel and stupid.The so-called "whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world", because of this, Xiang Yu could not be an emperor, even if he became an emperor, he would still be a tyrant.But Liu Bang can win the world and let the people live a good life. One of Liu Bang's shining points is that he is good at employing people.Although this ability seems very simple, the reason why Liu Bang was able to win Xiang Yu depends largely on this.Although Fan Zeng, who was highly respected and intelligent, Xiang Yu was honored as "Yafu", but Xiang Yu was headstrong and refused to listen to Fan Zeng's advice. Instead, he listened to the villain's slander and drove Fan Zeng away.Without the help of his counselors, the brave overlord of Western Chu is just a blind tiger who can only rush around, nothing to be afraid of, sad and lamentable.And what about Han Wang Liu Bang?He recruited a large number of capable people and strangers to work for him, and he would not let go of any talented people, and always adopted their suggestions, so being his counselor would always give him a sense of accomplishment. Under him are Zhang Liang who is strategizing, Han Xin who is victorious in all battles, Xiao He who guards the country and Anbang, as well as Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, Guan Ying...they are all talented people, and they are all loyal and courageous. Because Liu Bang treats them like brothers, in front of them, Liu Bang is always humble, polite and respectful.The great general Han Xin had no ambitions under Xiang Yu, he was just a janitor, a downright low-level figure, but when he came to Liu Bang, he became a general in command of the three armies, invincible and invincible, even the mighty Xiang Yu died in the Under his ambushes.Chen Ping, a personable counselor, was originally a small official under Xiang Yu, and later he took refuge in Liu Bang. At first, everyone had a prejudice against him, thinking that he had a good appearance and had no real talents, but Liu Bang entrusted him with important tasks. Very trusting.And Chen Ping made a great contribution to the establishment and prosperity of the Han Dynasty to repay Liu Bang's kindness. What left a deep impression on people was that he used wisdom and strategy to help Liu to regain power when the Lu family was in power. The world is enough to show his loyalty. Liu Bang is definitely a genius in employing people. Only he knows how to let so many geniuses under him give full play to their maximum effect, so as to defeat the enemy and win the victory.