Chapter 54 5. It depends on how you say it

After Xiang Yu regained Liang and returned to the army, he confronted Liu Bang again in Guangwu.Liu Bang's old tricks are repeated, and he can't stick to it.Xiang Yu was a little impatient, so he shouted to Liu Bang, saying: "The Huns and Xiongs in the world are only my ears, and I am willing to challenge the King of Han to fight the male and female, so I don't want to suffer for the father and son of the people of the world." The two of us went back and forth like this Conquest, it is the common people who suffer, so it is better for the two of us to come out and fight each other, so as not to let the common people suffer.Of course Liu Bang would not be fooled by this, and said with a smirk, "I would rather fight wit than strength." I don't know what his so-called "wisdom" refers to and where it is embodied.Could it be that he was scolding outside Chenggao City while Xiang Yu was away?

Although Xiang Yu was in a hurry, he didn't adopt Liu Bang's slanderous tactics. He just "challenged the strong men" every day, looking forward to a real battle with Liu Bang.In this way, Liu Bang couldn't take it anymore in the end, otherwise Cao Jiu and others were forced to a certain extent when they went out of the city to fight, no one can stand this matter, right?Xiang Yu didn't scold, but just sent people to show off outside the city, and Liu Bang felt very humiliated. But Liu Bang is Liu Bang, and he doesn't accept the challenge without face.Losing face is better than courting death. Liu Bang is unusual and not here. He can always keep a clear head in front of big right and wrong.But Liu Bang's refusal to fight doesn't mean he doesn't want to save face. Xiang Yu didn't scold him, but Liu Bang scolded Xiang Yu instead.Listed Xiang Yu's ten crimes in one breath: "Both Xiang Yu and Xiang Yu were ordered to be the king of Huai, saying that the first to enter Dingguanzhong was Wang Zhi, and Xiang Yu broke the contract, and I was king (in) Shu Han. The crime is one. Sin 2. Xiang Yu has rescued Zhao, and he should repay it, but he robbed the princes and soldiers to enter the pass without authorization. Sin 3. King Huai made an appointment to enter Qin without violence. Forcibly murdering Qin’s Prince Ying, the fifth crime. Fraudulently (pitting) Qin’s son Xin’an with 200,000 yuan, and the king’s general, the sixth crime. .Xiang Yu expelled Yidi from Pengcheng, made his own capital, seized the land of King Han, and annexed the kings of Liang and Chu. He gave more to himself. The eighth crime. Xiang Yu sent people to murder Yidi Jiangnan. , Injustice in government, distrust of the Lord's covenant, the world will not tolerate it, great rebellion and immorality, ten crimes."

These ten crimes cover four aspects: One is that Xiang Yu is sorry for Liu Bang.The first article made it very clear that according to King Huai's agreement, Liu Bang was supposed to be the king of Guanzhong, but was sealed by Xiang Yu in the barren land of Bashu.The "Wang Qijiang" in Article 6 also has the same meaning, because Xiang Yu sealed the Qin army's descendant Zhang Han and others in Guanzhong, and robbed the territory that should have belonged to Liu Bang. The second is Xiang Yu's cruelty.Article 4, "burn the Qin palace and dig up the tomb of the first emperor", article 5, "kill Qin's descendant Prince Ying", and article 6, "fraud Qin's children of Xin'an 200,000", are all bloody facts.

The third is that Xiang Yu's distribution is unfair.Article 7, "The kings and generals are good lands", Xiang Yu allocated good lands to his own people.Article 8, "Seize the land of the king of Han, merge with the king of Liang and Chu, give more to yourself", Xiang Yu also left a good place for himself, and it is all to illustrate this problem. The fourth is disobedience and killing the master.This is mainly for Xiong Xin.The second article, "Pretend to kill the champion of Qingzi and respect yourself", this means that Xiang Yu killed Song Yi in the name of Xiong Xin.Article 3, "If you have saved Zhao, you should return the report, and rob the princes and soldiers to enter the pass without authorization", saying that Xiang Yu should return to Pengcheng to return to Pengcheng after completing the task of saving Zhao, and wait for a new task assignment, but he ran to Guanzhong to meet himself on his own initiative. Compete for merit.Then there is the eighth article, Xiang Yu "expelled Yidi Pengcheng and made it his own capital", exiled Yidi Xiongxin to Changsha, and occupied Pengcheng as his capital.Then there is the ninth article, "Make people murder Yidi Jiangnan", and finally kill Xiong Xin altogether.

Liu Bang's final conclusion to Xiang Yu is: "Killing his master for a minister, the killing has already been surrendered, the government is unfair, the master's promise is not believed, the world will not tolerate it, and he is rebellious." This is the conclusion of the tenth article.In a word: Xiang Yu is basically hopeless, and everyone can punish him. Why is Liu Bang making such noise?If you don't dare to fight, you dare not fight. Xiang Yu is so disgusting, why don't you kill him and take his head?Why not go head-to-head with Xiang Yu?Xiang Yu is not authentic, so is your image so glorious and great?The so-called complaining for Emperor Yi is not complaining about not being able to become the king of Guanzhong?Didn't he want to use the gimmick of Emperor Yi's killing to cover up his ambition to fight for the world?Furthermore, this is only Liu Bang's own side of the story.Objectively speaking, the crimes he charged Xiang Yu Luo Zhi with are very debatable.

Regarding the issue of "Wang Guanzhong", as I have said before, this is just a false proposition that is not rigorous, and it is reasonable for Xiang Yu not to abide by it.And Xiang Yu had an opinion on King Huai because of this, and finally disobeyed the order and killed the lord, and it was all because of things that happened before and after, so it should be understandable.It's just that Liu Bang's interests were involved in this matter, so he would have seven injustices and eight indignations, so he lifted Emperor Yi out and raised this matter to the level of a monarch and minister.

Regarding Xiang Yu's distribution of feudal lords and uneven distribution, only Tian Rong, Chen Yu, Peng Yue, and Liu Bang were dissatisfied, and most people were still very satisfied.Because in fact, there are certain rules for Xiang Yu's enfeoffment, as Xiang Yu said: "Those who destroy Qin and rule the world will all be generals with the power of the princes." Do whatever you like.Moreover, most of Xiang Yu's seals this time were princes from various walks of life, and he did not seal a few of his own people.It's normal for Xiang Yu to give himself a lot of places. For one thing, he has done the most meritorious service, so he should.Furthermore, if you ask anyone to share, he will keep more for himself.

Xiang Yu did not seal Tian Rong because Tian Rong had no military exploits.Tian Rong was the cousin of Tian Dan, king of Qi. After Tian Dan died, the state of Qi made Tian Jia the king of Qi. Tian Rong ran to Dong'e and was besieged by Zhang Han.Later, Tian Rong returned to Qi to drive away Tian Jia, and became the king of Qi himself, while Tian Jia fled to Chu.Zhang Han besieged Xiang Liang, and Xiang Liang asked Tian Rong to reinforce him, but Tian Rong said that he would not send troops unless Xiang Liang killed Tian Jia.In the end, Xiang Liang was defeated and died in battle.Later, Xiang Yu rescued Zhao and joined Zhang Han's army, asking Tian Rong to help, but Tian Rong did not send troops.After Zhang Han was destroyed, Tian Rong did not follow Xiang Yu into the pass.Such a person, of course Xiang Yu would not make him king.

Chen Yu and Zhang Er are both Zhao Wangxie's subordinates. They have a good relationship and are close friends.Zhao Wangxie and Zhang Er were trapped in Julu. Zhang Er asked Chen Yu to come to the rescue. Chen Yu felt that he had few soldiers and was not an opponent of the Qin army, so he did not dare to step forward.Later, Zhang Er became anxious, and sent Zhang Wei and Chen Ze to reprimand Chen Yu. Chen Yu then sent 5,000 people to Zhang Wei to take them to relieve the giant deer, but they all died there.When Xiang Yu broke the siege of Julu, Zhang Er turned on Chen Yu and blamed him for not sending troops.As a result, Chen Yu didn't follow that set, and simply "removed the seal and ribbon, and pushed it to Zhang Er", handed in the official seal, quit, and took hundreds of good soldiers and trustees under his command, fishing and hunting, leisurely and happy went.Of course, he did not follow Xiang Yu into the pass.

That's it, Xiang Yu also took him into consideration when dividing the enfeoffment, "I have heard of him as a good man, and he has contributed to Zhao", so he was given fiefdoms in three counties.Chen Yu didn't contribute much in the Battle of Julu, but Xiang Yu even took into account Chen Yu's past events such as "contributing to Zhao" when he was entrusted. It can be seen that Xiang Yu's entrustment was completely out of public interest. It stands to reason that Chen Yu should be grateful to Xiang Yu. As a result, Chen Yu not only refused to buy it, but also felt that the place granted to him was small, so he urged Tian Rong to oppose Xiang Yu together, saying: "Xiang Yu is the ruler of the world, and it is not fair. This is the king and the king. In the ugly land, the king and his officials and generals are in the good land." He blatantly publicized the injustice of Xiang Yu's distribution of feudal titles, allocating good land to his own people, and allocating the former princes and kings to underdeveloped areas.Together with Tian Rong, we must break this injustice.

In fact, Chen Yu didn't have any opinion on his entrustment, but Zhang Er.I'm afraid of comparison. Originally, he and Zhang Er were both generals of the Zhao State. As a result, Zhang Er was named Changshan King and occupied the previous Zhao land, while Zhao Wangxie was named Daiwang and went to the frontier.This made Chen Yu unbalanced. There was a gap between him and Zhang Er, and he changed from a life-and-death friend to a stranger's enemy. Of course, he didn't want Zhang Er to seal well, and his former master Zhao Wangxie was not as good as Zhang Er. OK, so there is a living thought.So with the help of Tian Rong, Chen Yu drove Zhang Er away and welcomed Zhao Wangxie back to Zhao Di.What needs to be explained is that Chen Yu only sent troops to deal with Zhang Er, opposing Xiang Yu's political views formally, and did not confront Xiang Yu militarily. Chen Yu is just looking for trouble.No matter how meritorious you were in the past, and then you also left your pick to go fishing and lived a life of ignorance, what does it matter to you who seals where?If he had known this, Xiang Yu shouldn't have sealed him up, let him continue to fish, and gave him the strength of three counties, which would have been a crime. Not to mention Peng Yue, he was originally a rogue who occupied the mountain as king, and he had no military exploits at all. He just helped fight Changyi when Liu Bangxi entered Guanzhong, but he has not yet defeated him.He should not have any impression in Xiang Yu's heart, and it is reasonable not to seal him. Those who opposed Xiang Yu's enfeoffment were such people, and these people did not represent the mainstream.Besides, the matter of enfeoffment is inherently sensitive, and it is impossible for anyone to be absolutely fair.Even if you keep the same bowl of water, some people will have opinions, because everyone feels that they have made great contributions, and everyone has their own set of theories that should be reused, which is very difficult to grasp.It should be said that Xiang Yu's distribution in this way has almost reached the extreme of fairness.If it were Liu Bang, or King Huai of Chu himself, it might not be so fair. Of course, the purpose of Liu Bang bringing these things up is to give a reasonable explanation for not daring to go out of the city to fight, and not daring to single out with Xiang Yu, so as to save himself some face.In the end, Liu Bang did not forget to highlight the theme, and concluded: "I used righteous soldiers to punish the remnant thieves from the princes, and made the remaining criminals kill Xiang Yu. Why bother to challenge the public!" Saying that I, Liu Bang, is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness is a call to action. The princes came to eliminate the harm.For a sinner like you, I just need to use some guilty people to kill you. I am not worthy of doing it myself. Why should I fight you one-on-one?Seeing Liu Bang looking for it because of his face, he spoke righteously and forcefully, so it made sense for him not to dare to fight. Xiang Yu has been full of arrogance and glory all the way from starting a business to achieving dominance, but he has always been a straightforward character. He is reticent and does what he wants. He thinks that people are convinced by real skills. Facts speak louder than words.That's how he got to success step by step.And after he was respected and recognized, his personality was further deepened and strengthened.It's like you are rewarded for your hard work at work, so you won't be easy to cheat and play tricks in everything you do in the future, because a potential image consciousness has been deeply ingrained in your brain, and you don't want to change it. However, the cruel reality is: sometimes this style of doing nothing but talking is not easy for people to understand.Because no one will waste too much time on others, or think about problems from the perspective of others.People prefer a more direct way to understand some things through language communication.When your behavior is too subtle and not good at talking, you are often classified as an alternative and pushed to the opposite of the public. Language is indeed an art. There are many ways to express the same sentence, some make people happy, some make people disgusted, and some are neither angry nor salty.And the same thing, there are also many kinds of expressions, some are right in one sentence, some become more confused as you say it, and some even make one thing into another.Language is still a weapon, and a verbal sword is not inferior to a real knife or gun.Real knives and real guns can see blood, but verbal guns kill people invisible.Liu Bang is very good at this aspect, so the contest between him and Xiang Yu is not only about swords and guns, but also tongue and scheming.This is Liu Bang's most powerful weapon. Xiang Yu was speechless in front of Liu Bang's strong words, because this kind of logic is not the logic of Xiang Yu's behavior.It's not that Xiang Yu can't argue, he can tell his own reasons to refute Liu Bang, and he can also list Liu Bang's major crimes.For example, when entering Xiaoguan without trustworthiness, it is treacherous and cunning; for example, garrisoning Hanguguan and refusing princes to enter, is to reject dissidents; He doesn't agree with his heart; for example, taking the opportunity to attack Pengcheng is adding insult to injury; for example, he used the name of Emperor Yi to achieve his goals, which is hypocrisy and hypocrisy, and so on.But Xiang Yu didn't want to argue, he dismissed Liu Bang's method in his heart. After listening to Liu Bang's story, Xiang Yu bent his bow and set an arrow, and shot Liu Bang in the chest with one arrow.Straightforward, less nonsense, this is Xiang Yu's style and style.