Chapter 46: The Scapegoat

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The allusion made up by the later and later people is called "Success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He".

Han Xin was recommended by Xiao He and was appointed as a general by Liu Bang (that is, later Han Gaozu).

In fact, when Han Xin fled to Hanzhong to join Liu Bang, he was not reused, and Liu Bang saw that Han Xin had traveled thousands of miles to join him, so he sealed a small official in charge of the granary to Han Xin, because Han Xin had never made a record in the military circles, so he has not been reused by Liu Bang. One night when the bright moon was in the sky, Han Xin was discouraged and ready to leave the Han camp, but he happened to be told by Xiao He Zhi, so Xiao He rode a horse to chase Han Xin, and it took a lot of effort to recover Han Xin, this example is the famous "Xiao He chased Han Xin under the moon" in history.

It turns out that it doesn't have to be a beautiful woman for someone to chase. I wonder if this Han Xin is a beautiful man?

After Xiao He's desperate recommendation, Liu Bang agreed to meet with Han Xin, and after the two of them talked freely, Liu Bang decided that Han Xin was his ideal general. Within a few days, Liu Bang built a tall platform to worship the generals and officially named Han Xin as the general of the Han army.

This allusion is "taking the stage to worship the general", which means that Han Xin was enabled by Liu Bang.

Then Han Xin won a hundred battles, conquered the city, and finally set up an ambush on ten sides in Jiuli Mountain, defeating Xiang Yu, the invincible overlord of Western Chu, and Xiang Yu was defeated to Wujiang to kill himself. Han Xin made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty.

After all, Han Xin is a young man, and he doesn't know what it means to be "Taoguang Yanghui". [Taoguang Yanghui is mainly to hide talents, not to expose the meaning]

As a result, Han Xin's ability was clearly seen by the boss Han Gaozu Liu Bang.

made Han Gaozu Liu Bang deeply jealous of Han Xin.

Can Han Gaozu Liu Bang not be deeply jealous of Han Xin?

Han Gaozu Liu Bang clearly remembered how he came to be the emperor.

I am afraid that my subordinates will also learn the same way, "drawing a scoop according to the gourd", so Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, is still a little afraid of those who are very very capable, that is, he can't rest assured.

Therefore, although after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was named the king of Chu.

However, Liu Bang, the cautious ancestor of the Han Dynasty, is most afraid that after a hundred years, the regime will fall to others, and for the long-term stability of the regime surnamed Liu, hidden dangers must be eradicated.

Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, believed that among the generals, the hero with the greatest merit, the strongest talent, and the highest prestige was the most dangerous enemy. Therefore, Han Shin bore the brunt of it.

However, how easy is it to get rid of Han Shin!?

Han Gaozu Liu Bang understood that even if he went out on his own, he might not be able to win, and the other generals were not Han Xin's opponents.

What to do?

Han Gaozu Liu Bang pondered.

At this time, Chen Ping, a think tank under Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, came. One of Chen Ping's suggestions was adopted by Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu.

So, Han Gaozu pretended to go to Han Xin's big lake Yunmengze to play, Han Xin saw that his old boss came to his jurisdiction to inspect the work, so he went over to visit Han Gaozu Liu Bang, hoping to please Han Gaozu Liu Bang, but Han Gaozu Liu Bang took the opportunity to announce that Han Xin was "shuanggui".

At this time, Han Xin understood, and said with a sigh: "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooking, the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden; The world has been decided, and I will cook. ”

Han Xin's meaning is: "Boss, it's all my fault! I shouldn't work selflessly for your career...... ”

After Han Gaozu Liu Bang escorted Han Xin back to the capital.

After some scrutiny, it was proved that Han Xin was completely innocent.

Therefore, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, remembered his high merit and had no evidence of guilt, pardoned Han Xin, and changed the title of Marquis of Huaiyin.

Han Xin, who cut off the throne, thought that he was born and died for the construction of the Han family, and finally ended up like this, since you Liu Bang is ruthless, don't blame me Han Xin for being unrighteous.

This is actually human nature. Psychological imbalance!

Therefore, Han Xin privately made an appointment with Chen Xi, who was appointed as the prime minister of Zhao, Chen Xi raised an incident in the north, and Han Xin responded in Chang'an.

In 197 BC (the tenth year of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty), Chen Xi really raised troops to rebel.

Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, personally led troops to quell the rebellion, and Chang'an was empty.

Han Xin was preparing to make an incident in Chang'an, but unfortunately the news leaked out, and someone reported to Empress Lu (the wife of Han Gaozu Liu Bang) that Han Xin was preparing to rebel (of course, it may also be a secret agent left by Han Gaozu Liu Bang in advance).

Empress Lu wanted to summon Han Xin into the palace, but she was afraid that he would not give in, so she discussed with Xiao He.

In the end, Xiao He came forward and pretended to send back good news from the north: the rebels had been defeated and Chen Xi was dead, and invited Han Xin to enter the palace to congratulate Empress Lu.

Where did Han Xin think that Xiao He, who strongly recommended himself and had always been very secretive, would be the mastermind of killing him. Sure enough, "you can't have the heart to harm others, and you can't have the heart to prevent people!"

As a result, as soon as Han Xin entered the palace gate, he was swarmed and tied up by the samurai who had ambushed Lu in advance.

"The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, and the dragon was played by shrimp in shallow water"?

Empress Lu took this generation of famous generals to the bell room of Changle Palace and brutally killed them.

Poor Han Xin!Poor baby!?

Therefore, there is a saying among the people that "Cheng Ye Xiao He (Han Xin became a general was recommended by Xiao He), and defeat was also Xiao He (Han Xin's killing was Xiao He's strategy)". Later, "success is also Xiao He, failure is also Xiao He" was used to metaphorize the success or failure, good or bad of things, caused by one person. Han Xin's success was due to Xiao He's strong recommendation, and Han Xin's defeat was also Xiao He's strategy. Therefore, the folk summarized the slang phrase "success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He" from this story.

Anyway, it's all "dead without proof", who knows if the road is true or false?

Looking at the scene after the life-and-death struggle between the king of Xu Guo, Xu Wang Xu Xian, and the little white tiger's father and mother (that is, the two old white tigers), one person and two tigers, who came over with Xu Guo's king, Xu Wang Xu Xian, and Xu Xian's guards were six gods and no masters.

It is also a troublesome matter to deal with the life-and-death struggle between the king of Xu Guo, Xu Wang Xu Xian, and the little white tiger, which is a symbol of auspiciousness from heaven (that is, two old white tigers), and one person and two tigers.

How so?

Tell the people of the world that Xu Xian beat the tiger, and as a result, the parents of the little white tiger (that is, the two old white tigers), which are symbols of auspiciousness in God's instructions, were killed, okay?

That's not going to happen!

First of all, Ji Jiji, the king of the Zhou Dynasty, who was the co-ruler of the world at that time, must have been the first not to agree.

For what?

Because the little white tiger that is a symbol of auspiciousness from heaven is still worshiped there by Ji Jiji, the king of Zhou Ling, as an ancestor.

Now someone actually killed the white tiger, a symbol of auspiciousness that God indicated, that kind of thing is something that Zhou Ling King Ji Jiji resolutely cannot agree to.

If the white tiger, which is a symbol of auspiciousness instructed by the heavens, is killed, what is it if it is not anti-heaven?

If things against the sky can happen, then the treatment of the son of heaven, Zhou Lingwang Ji Jiji, the king of the Zhou Dynasty, the co-ruler of the world at that time, can also be imagined. Therefore, Ji Jiji, the king of Zhou Ling, would never let Xu Xian kill the White Tiger, and this matter spread all over the world.

It is estimated that Ji Jiji, the king of Zhou Ling, will not punish Xu Xian, besides, Xu Guo, the king of Xu Guo, Xu Wang Xu Xian is already dead, how to punish him?

Punish the people in the family of King Xu and King Xu Xian?

The relatives of Xu Xian, the king of Xu Guo, were all relatives of some of the great kings of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Ling, the king of the Zhou Dynasty at that time, and as for how far away they were, Ji Jiji, the king of Zhou Ling, couldn't figure it out himself.

However, it is estimated that it is still very possible for Zhou Ling Wang Ji Jiji to kill people and destroy his mouth. Anyway, as long as the guards of Xu Xian who followed Xu Wang Xu Xian in the past at that time were painfully resolved, the fact that Xu Guo, King Xu Xian killed the white tiger would be harmonized.

What to do?

These guards of the king of Xu Kingdom, Xu Wang, and Xu Xian began to use their brains one by one.

No one wants to wait to die.

So, these guards of the king of Xu Guo, Xu Wang and Xu Xian are thinking about it one by one!

These guards of the king of Xu Kingdom, Xu Wang, and Xu Xian are all thinking, thinking, thinking!

While these guards of the king of Xu Guo, Xu Wang and Xu Xian were thinking hard, a wild goat broke into the field of vision of these guards of the king of Xu Guo, Xu Wang Xu Xian.

These guards of Xu Guo, King Xu and Xu Xian are thinking about it, and they are also on the verge of breaking out.

Therefore, they immediately rushed up, and the wild goat that appeared unintentionally was quickly killed on the spot by the guards of these kings of Xu Kingdom, Xu Wang and Xu Xian. Of course, this wild goat is also unlucky, who let it interrupt other people's thoughts?

Looking at this dead wild goat, one of these guards of Xu Wang Xu Xian suddenly had an idea.

The guards of this whimsical king of Xu Kingdom, King Xu and Xu Xian began to make up stories for everyone.

That story is like this, the king of a country of Xu Guo, the king of Xu Guo, Xu Wang Xu Xian, met a wild goat monster in the mountain, so Xu Guo, the king of Xu Wang, Xu Xian fought a battle of life and death with the wild goat monster in the mountain, and as a result, Xu Wang Xu Xian and the wild goat monster died together. And originally, the guards of Xu Wang Xu Xian also hoped to go up to fight monsters, but Xu Wang Xu Xian said that the wild goat monster has a demon on its body, and ordinary people are the result of death. Who knows the way? Who knows the way! The king of Xu Kingdom, the king of Xu, the king of Xu, and Xu Xian, will die together with the wild goat monster?

The other guards of Xu Xian, the king of Xu Kingdom, were also some smart people, and naturally understood the benefits of this story, and soon these Xu Xian's guards unified their voices and decided to take this story back to the business.

However, many things can only be concealed for a while, and cannot be hidden for thousands of generations. Later, after the Zhou Dynasty was destroyed, some descendants of the guards of these Xu kings, Xu Wang, and Xu Xian had no worries and began to tell this story (of course, it is not excluded that the political hostility of the Zhou Dynasty and the deliberately fabricated story in order to achieve the goal of attacking the Zhou Dynasty). Therefore, the saying of "scapegoat" appears in our allusions.

It is said that this "scapegoat" has other sources in our country.

"Mencius: King Hui of Liang" contains: "The king sits in the hall, and there are those who lead the oxen to pass through the hall. When the king saw it, he said, 'What is the ox?' and said: 'The bell will be cast with a new bell (note: the ceremony of slaughtering livestock and taking blood to smear the bell). The king said, 'Give it up, I can't bear it, and if I am not guilty, I will die.' He said, "Then you will abolish the provocation of Zhong Zhen?" and said: "How can you abolish it, and exchange it for sheep." ’”

King Qi Xuan couldn't bear to see the cow trembling in fear, and ordered the sheep to replace the cow to sacrifice the bell. Since then, "scapegoat" has spread as a tragic word.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, but there is also a legend of scapegoat in foreign countries.

The scapegoat comes from ancient Judaism. The ancient Jews designated the 10th day of the seventh month (i.e., the 10th day after the Rosh Hashanah) as the "Day of Atonement" and held the atonement sacrifice on this day. The ritual is as follows: the fate of two rams is decided by casting lots, one of which is slaughtered for sacrifice, and the other is sacrificed by the high priest who lays his hands on the head of the sheep and declares that the sins of the Jewish people during the year have been passed on to the sheep. Then he banished the scapegoat into the wilderness, bringing man's sins into the land of no one. And after that, he burned the sheep that had atoned for his sin. Thus began the term "scapegoat".

Derived from a religious allusion. In the Christian Bible (Old Testament), God said that in order to test Abraham's loyalty, God had him take his only begotten son, Isaac, to a designated place and kill Isaac as a burnt offering to God. Just as Abraham was about to put his son to death with the sword, an angel stopped him and said, "Now I know that you are God-fearing and that his son was offered a burnt offering." There is a sheep in the woods that you can use to 'sacrifice' to God. So Abraham took the goat in the grove and killed it, and offered it to the burnt offering in his son's place.