After Xiang Yu's defeat, his general Zhong Liyi and Han Xin were old friends, so they defected to Han Xin. Zhong Liyi once wanted to kill Liu Bang, but Liu Bang hated him and was arresting him everywhere. Han Xin quietly hid Zhong Liyi. In 201 BC, someone denounced Liu Bang and said that Han Xin was going to rebel.

Liu Bang consulted the courtiers, and the ministers all suggested sending troops to exterminate them. Obviously, the ministers figured out Liu Bang's thoughts. It can also be seen that Han Shin does not have a good relationship with his colleagues.

Chen Ping said: "Han Xin is good at using soldiers. Even if the imperial court wins, the price will be great, so it is better to lie and parade and summon Han Xin, as long as a strong man can catch him. ”

Liu Bang adopted Chen Ping's plan and informed the princes that he would inspect Yunmengze (Jianghan Plain, Hubei) and meet with the princes at Chendi (eastern Henan).

Han Xin received the notice and did not dare to go to see Liu Bang, wanting to raise troops to rebel, but he couldn't make up his mind.

Someone gave Han Xin an idea, "Your Majesty hates Zhong Liyi and has always wanted to arrest him, if the king offers Zhong Liyi's head, Your Majesty may not care about it as soon as he is happy." ”

Han Xin approached Zhong Liyi to discuss. It's called discussion, but it's actually the rhythm of pushing friends to a dead end. Zhong Liyi was furious, "Do you think that by offering my head, Liu Bang will be able to let you go?" It's me who is dying now, and it's your turn when I'm dead. I'm treating you as a friend in vain, you're not a kind person! ”

After saying that, he killed himself.

Han Xin took Zhong Liyi's head to meet Liu Bang. Liu Bang ordered the samurai to tie up Han Xin and put him in the accompanying car.

Han Xin was not convinced, and shouted loudly: "The world has been decided, I will cook!" ”

Liu Bang turned around and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense! Someone sued you for rebellion. "Returned to Luoyang, pardoned Han Xin, and demoted him to the Marquis of Huaiyin.

In terms of treating heroes, some people often compare Liu Bang with Zhu Yuanzhang. This is unfair to Liu Bang. Liu Bangjian mainly removed the king with a different surname who held military power, which was different from Zhu Yuanzhang's killing heroes.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was a great chaos, and many of the original nobles of the Six Kingdoms and the leaders of the emerging rebel army took the opportunity to claim the throne. The general trend of history is unification, and Liu Bang conforms to the development of the times. Wenchen such as Xiao He, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping all died with fame, and military generals such as Cao Shen, Fan Xu, Zhou Bo, and Guan Ying were also preserved.

Lan Yu, the founding general of the Ming Dynasty, was arrogant and domineering by relying on his merits, and was convicted of treason by Zhu Yuanzhang, and then he was involved and killed more than 15,000 people in one go.

What Han Xin did was long dead in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Liu Bang only demoted his rank.

However, Han Shin must die. Why? If you look through your resume, you will find that in the year Han Xin was killed, Liu Bang was sixty years old, Xiao He was sixty-one years old, and Zhang Liang was fifty-four years old, which can be regarded as the same generation. Han Shin was only thirty-five years old. Han Shin is so young and disgruntled. Imagine that after Liu Bang's group of people withered, who could suppress Han Xin? For the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was too young and dangerous.

Han Xin was demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin and placed under house arrest.

One day, on a whim, he went to Fan Xu's house to play. Fan Hao was very courteous, greeted and sent off, called himself a minister, and also honored King Han Xin, "I didn't expect the king to come to the minister's house today." ”

After Han Xin went out, he smiled and said to the people around him: "I have actually fallen into the company of Fan Xu!" ”

This sentence is so hurtful. Although Fan Xu's ability is not as big as your Han Xin, even Xiang Yu praised him as a "strong man" at the Hongmen banquet, and he is Liu Bang's brother-in-law and Empress Lu's brother-in-law. Everyone is a courtier, is it appropriate to speak like this? Han Xin's tragic ending in the end is not without reason!

In 197 B.C., the acting minister of state, Chen Xuan, rebelled. Liu Bang led the army to march in person. Chen Feng was once a subordinate of Han Xin, and Han Xin was preparing to join forces in the capital and attack Empress Lu and the crown prince. Han Xin's house slave denounced Empress Lu. Empress Lu found Prime Minister Xiao He to discuss a strategy, falsely claiming that Liu Bang had won the battle and Chen Feng was dead, and ordered the ministers to enter the palace to congratulate.

When Han Xin entered the palace, the samurai rushed up and tied him up, and beheaded Han Xin in the bell room of Changle Palace. Destroy the three tribes.

Before Han Xin died, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "I regret that I didn't listen to Kuaitong's words and died at the hands of women and villains!" ”

When Liu Bang got the news, he was 'happy and pitiful'. Sima Qian's writing is very expressive, and in just five words, Liu Bang's subtle mentality at this time is expressed. Liu Bang was happy and pitiful. The good thing is that the hidden danger of the big man has finally been eliminated, and the pity is that such an unborn genius has not died well, and later people will never see the demeanor of the peerless national warrior again.

Liu Bang asked: "What words did Han Xin leave before he died?" ”

Lu Hou relayed "regret not listening to Kuaitong's words".

Liu Bang was feeling uncomfortable, and now he found an outlet to vent, he summoned Kuaitong, ordered the cauldron to be erected, and scolded: "Why did you incite Han Xin to rebel? I'm going to cook you today! ”

Kuaitong was not afraid of color, and talked eloquently, "Each is just its master." I used to be Han Shin's subordinate, and of course I was loyal to Han Shin. Now I am a courtier of His Majesty, and I am equally loyal to His Majesty. Besides, the Qin Dynasty has no way, the heroes are competing for each other, everyone is rebelling, but let Your Majesty take the lead, what's wrong with me! ”

Liu Bang felt that Kuaitong's words were reasonable, so he released him. Kuaitong is certainly bold, dare to think and dare to speak, and Liu Bang must have an open mind to accept it, if he meets Zhu Yuanzhang, Kuaitong has ten heads and is not enough to cut off.