Chapter 33 6. Misunderstood temper tantrum

Throughout the Hongmen Banquet, everyone was puzzled by Xiang Yu's behavior.The reason for the doubt is: his performance is unsatisfactory, which is different from people's inherent impression of him.In other words, his approach did not conform to his usual style.Some people even said that Xiang Yu was a fool, and the so-called Hongmen Banquet was a fool drinking with five sensible people. In fact, it is no wonder that people have such thoughts, because Xiang Yu was not very active during the whole banquet, and he didn't talk much. He was indifferent to Fan Zeng's hints, as if he didn't understand what was going on. The process also seems to be unresponsive.It was only when Fan Kuai broke into the banquet that Xiang Yu was startled, "pressing the sword and stepping down", and asked who came.But after being introduced by Zhang Liang, Xiang Yu introduced Fan Kuai as a confidant, and gave him wine and meat, and behaved very politely, as if he would hate to see each other later.

In short, Xiang Yu gave people the impression that he only cared about drinking and eating meat, and didn't know what was happening and what was going to happen here.He seemed to be a different person, in stark contrast to the previous outbursts of rushing through the border angrily, trying to wipe out Liu Bang and then quickly.It is also far from the well-known image of a great hero who is overwhelmed and powerful. However, we must also know that it is precisely because of the obvious contrast between Xiang Yu and his behavior that we cannot easily draw conclusions.The human heart is complex, and so is the human temperament.We cannot judge what a person will do in the future based on what he has known before.It's true that Xiang Yu has a hot temper, but it's not like having a hot temper anytime, anywhere, 24 hours a day, nor is it just a random burst of temper regardless of what happens.There is a reason for outbursts and anger. If he has not stimulated his outburst and anger nerves, he will not easily irritate.Grinning his teeth all day long, that's Meng Zhang Fei, and it's still Meng Zhang Fei when he was singing, the real old Zhang often has roughness and finesse.

That being the case, why does Xiang Yu always keep his words in his mouth, with a hideous face all day long?At least there must be an incentive to make him angry, right?Liu Bang is polite, with a smile on his face, and looks like he is flattering. Liu Bang is already that old, so you have the heart to get angry at him?Besides, Xiang Yu had this leisurely drink with Liu Bang in a good-neighborly and friendly manner. After fighting for such a long time, both of them were tired. In fact, thinking about it carefully, during the whole Hongmen Banquet, it wasn't that there was no reason for Xiang Yu to be angry at all, but Xiang Yu held back and didn't show it.It can be roughly sorted out:

The first is Fan Zeng.It doesn't matter if you wink, but you still make up your own mind, ask Xiang Zhuang to dance the sword, and plan to kill Liu Bang, which is against Xiang Yu's will, because Xiang Yu doesn't want to kill Liu Bang now.But Fan Zeng is one of his own, and Xiang Yu's sub-father, Xiang Yu is not easy to get angry, let alone get angry in front of outsiders. Then there is Fan Kuai breaking into the banquet.Although it is impolite, but he is a guest, so it is not easy to get angry.Furthermore, it would be demeaning to get angry with a junior officer.What's more, it's one's own fault first, so it's understandable for others to be anxious.

There is also Liu Bang's urine escape.Leaving without saying goodbye is somewhat disrespectful, and anger is also reasonable.But Xiang Yu's feelings and Zhang Liang's explanation made Xiang Yu very useful. Liu Bang ran away because he was afraid.Moreover, Zhang Liang also presented a gift for Liu Bangjin and expressed his apology, so he couldn't say anything more. Finally, Fan Zeng lost his temper.Before Liu Bang urinated and fled, he asked Zhang Liang to present gifts to Xiang Yu and Fan Zengjin: a pair of white jade discs and a pair of jade buckets.Fan Zeng put the jade bucket presented to him on the ground, "drawn the sword and smashed it", and the sword split into two halves. Then he hated that the iron could not be made into steel, and said: "Shuzi is not enough to plan. The one who wins the item is the king of the world. I must be Peigong." I can't work with you, a fool, just watch, the one who will take over your world in the future must be him, Liu Bang!

Xiang Yu didn't get angry, but Fan Zeng got angry first. This Fan Zeng is over seventy years old, and he is far from the realm of following his heart.Fan Zeng was rude to Xiang Yu, cursing and yelling, and even in front of Zhang Liang, Xiang Yu didn't get angry, which is quite good.Xiang Yu didn't get angry. First, Fan Zeng was old and his son-in-law again; second, it was a kind of tolerance.On the issue of dealing with Liu Bang, Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng had the same opinion at first, but later Xiang Yu changed his mind and Fan Zeng couldn't turn the corner for a while. Perhaps the performance in the Hongmen Banquet is the other side of Xiang Yu that is unknown: gentleness and generosity.Xiang Yu is still very reasonable and honest, otherwise he would not have been tricked many times in the subsequent confrontation with Liu Bang.Especially after the peace talks on the border, Xiang Yu withdrew without saying a word, so sincere.As for Liu Bang, taking advantage of the withdrawal of his troops, he turned his defense into an offense, which was comparable to his performance when he escaped from urine.