According to the records in the "Records of History", Emperor Wu of Han rewarded Huo with the sick meat, most of which he really did not eat, and often this meat was thrown away when he could not finish the battle, nor did he give it to the soldiers.
As for why this is the case, many people do not understand.
In this case, some people questioned Huo's illness, was he treating his subordinates badly?
Obviously, this is not the case, Huo Fuyi is a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty. He was able to fight the Xiongnu and win many battles, which showed that his subordinates were all under his command, and huo went to the sick to point out that, and his subordinates could fight that, and there was no doubt about it.
Therefore, there is no situation in which he treats his subordinates badly.
In fact, in the Han Wudi Dynasty, the generals were willing to follow Huo to fight with illness, after all, if they fought with him, they could get more rewards from Emperor Wudi of Han.
But why was he reluctant to share with the soldiers the meat that Emperor Wu of Han had given him?
Before talking about this question, let's first talk about a similar story that happened between Han Xin and Liu Bang.
Liu Bang made Han Xin a great general, and Han Xin also fought many victorious battles. Especially in the Ming Xiu Trail in the Han Dynasty, in the Battle of Chen Cang, Fan Duo made a lot of merit.
Of course, in many subsequent battles, Fan Duo was heroic to kill the enemy and made a lot of merit, in order to encourage Fan Duo, Han Xin told Liu Bang to let Liu Bang seal Fan Duo as Hou.
It was equivalent to Han Xin begging for a reward for Fan.
It is reasonable to say that the general asked for a reward for his subordinates, which should be correct, it is a very normal thing.
However, Han Xin's adviser, Pu Tong, told Han Xin that it was wrong for you to ask for a reward for Fan Huan. Do you think about it, if Fan Duo is rewarded, who is he most grateful to?
Definitely thank you for more, as you proposed.
However, have you ever thought that if Liu Bang really wants to seal Fan Duo, will he still use it to seal Fan Duo after listening to you? Who has established no merit, doesn't Liu Bang know better than you?
Originally, Liu Bang rewarded Fan Duo with the idea that Fan Duo wanted Fan Duo to thank him, but this time you robbed Liu Bang of the limelight, to put it bluntly, you are using Liu Bang's generosity to win over your subordinates.
This kind of thing cannot be done, this kind of behavior is very dangerous!
I believe that after reading this story, most people should understand why Huo Would rather throw away the remaining meat than give it to his subordinates.
After all, this meat was given to Huo by Emperor Wu of Han, not to his subordinates. If others wanted such a reward, they needed to rely on their own efforts to get it from Emperor Wu of Han.
If Huo went ill and gave all the meat that Emperor Wu of Han gave him to eat, what would Emperor Wu of Han think? Do you dare to trust Huo to go to the disease? Isn't this taking my stuff and trying to woo your subordinates?
Such a thing, Huo to go to the disease will not do.
You must know that Huo Wentai, like Wei Qing, did everything they did to deliberately meet Emperor Wu of Han, because everything they had was given by Emperor Wu of Han.
Emperor Wu of Han did not like his subordinates to keep doormen, so the two of them never raised doormen. Emperor Wudi of Han did not like his subordinates to form gangs, so the two of them had always been clean and self-sufficient.
We have never heard of Wei Qing and Huo Fuyi doing anything that made Emperor Wu of Han angry, right?
Therefore, after knowing huo's illness, when Emperor Wu of Han gave Huo a reward or meat to eat, he could not finish eating and did not share it with his subordinates, and everyone should understand.
In fact, as a courtier, he did not want to do anything, he could do anything, the first thing he had to take into account was the emperor's intentions.
What the emperor is happy with, they will rush to do. The things that the emperor is not happy with, they will not do it if they kill them, this is the wise man.
However, Huo Went to the disease eventually died young, and I don't know why, he was so careful, he actually ended up with an unknown cause of death.
Posterity does not know how he died? More precisely, Sima Qian did not dare to write how he died? To know that Huo And Sima Qian were people of the same era, how could Sima Qian not understand how he died?
Sima Qian did not write, only one explanation, Huo's death was related to political events, which were state secrets at that time and could not be leaked, nor could he write.
Therefore, even if Sima Qian, a person like Sima Qian, who knew everyone, did not tell his descendants how Huo Died of Illness?
Reference: History