Hearing this, Emperor Gaozu said, "You only know one aspect of the matter, but you don't know the other. I am not as good as Sean, and I won the battle thousands of miles away; I am not as good as Xiao He in governing the country, appeasing the people and raising the salary. I am not as good as Han Xin in leading troops to fight. These three people are outstanding people. I can use Han Xin to look like them, which is an important reason why I can win the world. Xiang Yu has a Fan Zeng, so we can't make good use of it. This is the reason why he failed. "
Emperor gaozu said at the banquet that people can be employed, which is true. In the process of competing for the world, he not only used Sean, Xiao He, Han Xin and other outstanding figures, but also used many talents with their own strengths. He has a characteristic of employing people, that is, he uses them as long as he has the ability, no matter what background. Among those who made contributions in the Chu-Han War and became prime ministers and generals after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, several Sean were the most prominent sons of South Korea. Secondly, Xiao He and Cao Can, one working as a clerk and the other as a prison officer in Peixian, were petty officials in feudal society. Counting further down, people like Chen Ping, Wang Ling, Li Shiqi, etc. have never been an official, let alone Han Xin. Fan Kuai, who protected Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet, was a butcher who killed dogs. General Zhou Bo is a craftsman and trumpeter who weaves straw mats. General Guan Ying is a silk merchant. Ding Bai, who had never been an official, including Xiao He and Cao Can, who had been petty officials, were only qualified to wear cloth clothes at that time and were not allowed to wear silk clothes. Therefore, it is called cloth in history.
A person's talent and achievement do not depend on his background, but on whether he can use his brains and is willing to work hard. It is these generals in cloth that have made great contributions to helping Emperor Gaozu fight for the world. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, they made contributions to the consolidation of feudal rule and left their own names in history.
Let's start with Xiao He. He is a fellow countryman of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, and he is a man with great political vision and talent. He knows Liu Bang and believes that Liu Bang can achieve great things in the future. When doing paperwork in Pei County, whenever Liu Bang had a criminal dispute with others and the lawsuit hit the county government, Xiao He always stood by Liu Bang and defended him everywhere. As a curator, Liu Bang needs to raise travel expenses every time he escorts a able-bodied man to Xianyang. Others only go out of 300 yuan, and Xiao He often goes out of 500 yuan. Chen Sheng and after the uprising in Daze Township, Xiao He and Fan Kuai sent to pick up Liu Bang, killed the county magistrate in Peixian County, and several people discussed sending troops to fight against the Qin Dynasty, supporting Liu Bang to be Pei Gong. Xiao He was the founding father of the Han Dynasty. When Liu bang entered Xianyang, other soldiers were busy robbing gold and silver treasures; Only Xiao He. As soon as I entered Xianyang City, I went to the Prime Minister's House and the Imperial Palace of Qin Dynasty and got all the books, laws and articles. This is an extremely important set of economic, political and cultural information. With it, Liu Bang had a clear understanding of the country's mountains and rivers, county accounts and social conditions, which played an extremely important role in defeating Xiang Yu and unifying the world. As for Xiao He's pursuit of Han Xin under the moon and helping Liu Bang to launch a general, he is far-sighted and remarkable.
Xiao He is also an expert in logistics management. During the Chu-Han War, he stayed in Guanzhong as prime minister. After Liu Bang was repeatedly defeated by Xiang Yu, he quickly raised enough funds to supplement the soldiers, so that Liu Bang rallied and ensured the final victory of the war. Therefore, after Liu Bang unified the world, in recognition of Xiao He's achievements, he was named Hou [Praise] and became the Prime Minister.
Besides, since Han Xin became a general, he has played an outstanding military talent and made many achievements. He can often win by surprise in wars, winning more with less, and the battle with Zhao is a very prominent example. At the beginning of the war, Han Xin selected two thousand hussars in the middle of the night and told them to take a red flag and set out from the alley to ambush near Zhao's camp. Before leaving, Han Xin told them, "When Zhao saw our army retreating, he would chase after our army. Then you rush into Zhao Jun's camp, pull out their flags and plant our red flag. "
After the light cavalry set off, Han Xin ordered to prepare some meals for the whole battalion of soldiers. He said: "Now, everyone should eat a little, and then we will have a rich dinner after defeating Zhao Jun in the morning." Then, he sent 10,000 people as pioneers and camped with his back to the river. When Zhao saw Han Xin retreat, they all laughed at him for not knowing Sun Tzu's Art of War. Wait until dawn, Han Xin call a person to play the banner, beating gongs and drums, to challenge Zhao. The two sides fought for a while, and Han Xin suddenly ordered to abandon the flag and beat the drums and retreat. When Zhao saw that the Han army was defeated, they all rushed out of the camp to grab the spoils. Han army retreated to the river, no way back, turned around, desperate happeneth, very brave. At this time, two thousand hussars lying in ambush near Zhao Ying occupied Zhao Ying in one fell swoop and planted the red flag of the Han army. Zhao couldn't beat the Han army and had to retreat. When they saw that their camp had been lost, they were surprised, so they gave up their position and ran away. The Han army attacked before and after, defeated Zhao, killed Zhao's commander-in-chief, and won a great victory.
After the war, someone asked Han Xin: "What is the reason why the general can win despite the art of war?" Han Xin replied, "I did this in the Art of War, but you didn't pay attention to it. Didn't Sun Tzu's Art of War say,' You will die after being trapped, and then you will abandon your child'? The reason why I have to stand behind. It is based on this article! " From then on, everyone knows that Han Xin is a man who is good at using the art of war flexibly, and everyone admires him. After Liu Bang won the world, Han Xin was made King of Chu.
Cao Li Shen's exploits are not small. After Peixian uprising, he fought with Liu Bang in the north and defeated the enemy many times. His first meritorious service was to annihilate the army led by Li You, the general of Qin Dynasty, and killed Li You, which caused a very heavy blow to the Qin Dynasty. In the battle to conquer Xianyang. Cao Can is a pioneer. He was one of the first generals to enter Xianyang. In the Chu-Han War, Cao Can's exploits were also remarkable. He often comes out in times of crisis to turn Gan Kun around and win. He destroyed two countries established by the old nobles of the six countries, conquered 122 county towns, and captured two kings, three ministers, six generals and many officials, large and small. He was injured 70 times and left many scars on his body, which made great contributions to the creation of the Han Dynasty.
Although the tomb was born in cloth, its family was relatively rich. Before the uprising, he and Liu Bang were sworn brothers. When Liu Bang attacked Xianyang, thousands of people gathered in the tomb to fight Nanyang in ancient times. At first, he felt that he was bigger than Liu Bang and a big brother. I feel very close to Yong Chi, Liu Bang's enemy, so I don't want to join Liu Bang and want to open the situation myself. After the Chu-Han War began, he sided with Liu Bang.
In a war, the Chu army captured the mother of the tomb. The mausoleum sent messengers to see Xiang Yu, demanding the return of his mother. Xiang Yu deliberately let the tomb mother sit in the guest seat on the west side, showing great respect to her, in order to seize the tomb. When the tomb mother bid farewell to the messenger, she secretly told the messenger: "Go back and tell my son to conquer the world with Hanwang, and don't be half-hearted to me. Hanwang is a great man and will win the world. " With that, she drew her sword and committed suicide. The mausoleum remembered the mother's lesson and faithfully followed Liu Bang, which made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty.
Liu bang's advisers, military commanders and a large group of people all have many stories about them. Like Chen Ping's resourcefulness, Fan Kuai's courage and so on. Honest and taciturn not only made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty, but also made a lot of efforts to safeguard Liu's ginger. We will tell his story in the article Zhou Bo An Lu.