If you want to choose one of the most outrageous emperors in Chinese history, then Liu Bang must be on the list.
Mentioning Liu Bang, many people can blurt out a title: "Slash the snake Liu", which is the story of Liu Bang in the early years who pretended to be a ghost and beheaded the white snake in order to survive. Liu Bang, who was born in mud legs, knew that only the victors could write history, so at that time he preemptively entered the city and became the first emperor of the Han Empire with a curse, and later because he was too fierce to Sima Qian, Sima Qian had a deep grudge against him in the "History of History", and Sima Qian's "History" nailed Liu Bang to the column of shame of history, so that people who read this book constantly laughed at him and ridiculed him.
But if you use these things to conclude that Liu Bang is a treacherous villain, it is inevitable that it will be a bit one-sided. Although Liu Bang had some unscrupulous means in order to win, looking back at his life as a warrior, he could still see that he was far beyond the mind and wisdom of ordinary people.
In our inherent concept, Liu Bang does not have any talent, but he is surrounded by a large group of talents and talents, I believe everyone is also very curious, why can the ordinary Liu Bang get the trust of so many people? In fact, this is our thinking misunderstanding, Liu Bang is not ordinary, and even very smart.
We can divide smart people into several types: one is a strategist who can give advice, the other is a general who can lead soldiers to fight, and the third is a hero who can coordinate the overall situation. We often say that Cao Cao is a tyrant, and his sentence "I would rather bear the people of the world than the people of the world bear me" has become a famous saying throughout the ages, is Cao Cao really better than his own people in leading soldiers to fight and giving advice? In fact, it is not, the art industry has a specialty, in the professional field, Cao Cao is not better than others, but he has one more ability than others: the ability to coordinate.
This can come out of Liu Bang. When Liu Bang had not yet made a fortune, there were few poor copper plates on his body, but he could eat dog meat in Fan Duo, and lead a group of people to break out in the chaotic world, others believed that he would not be ordinary, he believed that others could follow him to break through, this is the embodiment of the ability to coordinate, but also the embodiment of Liu Bang's art of taming people.
Speaking of brains, Zhang Liang and Han Xinzu can be called the intellectual ceiling, and every step of their planning strategy is full of deep meaning and is constantly praised by posterity. But it is because they are too good, resulting in them have a sense of gap, in the face of people who are not as good as them, they do not want to talk to them, there will be a feeling that the thoughts and patterns are not on one level, because no one can communicate, so they become more and more cold, which is what we often call the loneliness of smart people.
Look at fan duo, a standard reckless figure, speaking vulgarly and without a mind, but with a bold personality and sincerity, as long as your style of doing things is to his temper, he can trust you unconditionally and can open up his life to listen to your command. As the leader, Liu Bang can not only gain the favor of smart people, but also gain the trust of the reckless class, and can also coordinate management in a huge military group, constantly deepen everyone's understanding of him, and strengthen his ruling authority.
For the generals of the Liu Bang clique, Liu Bang is their Bole, because Liu Bang can find the shining points in them, accurately grasp what they think and want in their hearts, and give them a sense of security and trust at key moments.
Liu Bang did do a lot of absurd things, but because of those things, it cannot be simply judged that Liu Bang is a mediocre person, and only by relying on the help of the talents and talents around him step by step, he won the final victory. To be able to get the help of so many people, is it not a manifestation of his talent?