What kind of important officials are needed to govern the world? From Liu Bang's remarks to Chen Ping, Chen Ping | Liu Bang | Need
Liu Bang's ability to recognize and appoint people is outstanding among emperors throughout history. The famous "three inferior" exemplifies his talent in employing people. Mao Zedong once highly summarized the reasons for Liu Bang's conquest of the world: firstly, correct decision-making; secondly, appropriate personnel selection.
Under the rule of the world, Liu Bang used anyone who was useful, whether they were slaughtering pigs, selling meat, or managing prisoners. Chen Ping defected from Xiang Yu's camp to his command. Although Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, and others slandered Chen Ping, claiming that he had an affair with his sister-in-law at home and could not be reconciled with Wei, and that he could not join forces with Chu, Chen Ping began accepting bribes shortly after returning to Han. "Such a person must not be used." However, Liu Bang saw from Chen Ping's comprehensive analysis of the world that he had wisdom and talent, and contrary to public criticism, he left him by his side as a pilot and was granted the right to supervise the generals of the three armies.
Sure enough, Chen Ping can be said to have made unparalleled contributions to Liu Bang. He offered a plan and donated money to sow discord, causing a rift between Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, leading to the decline of the Chu state; Two thousand women emerge at night to break free from the siege of Xingyang by Liu Bang; Tiptoed Liu Bang and conferred the title of King of Qi Han Xin, making him loyal to his duties; Fake Youyun Dream, capturing Han Xin; Presenting pictures of beautiful women to help Liu Bang escape the danger of Bai Deng... Most of these ingenious strategies are related to Liu Bang's life and death, as well as to the whole Han Dynasty.
However, for such a minister who repeatedly offered ingenious strategies and made remarkable achievements, Liu Bang made a final statement on his deathbed, saying that Chen Ping "had more wisdom than he had, but it was difficult to take on his own responsibilities.". Originally, it was both at that moment and at this moment. Liu Bang, who seized the world, needed important officials who could persist, defend, and consolidate the Han Dynasty's world, important officials who could remain calm, handle things calmly, and be generous to righteousness, and important officials who could reflect, discipline, not be reckless, and have their own opinions.
At this point, Chen Ping's experience of first casting for King Wei, then casting for King Xiang, and then casting for King Han will definitely be magnified in Liu Bang's mind. Such a person who is not firm in his stance, only seeks his own fame, but is full of wisdom and talent. If he were to be left alone, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The Great Rebellion of the Late Qin Dynasty and the Great War of the World. How to govern this chaotic and riddled world? At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang established the governance ideology of governing by inaction and benevolence, using etiquette and music to conform to the people's spirit, making the people harmonious and promoting the rest of the world. He also ordered his uncle and grandson to establish etiquette systems and political rules, and to educate the people of the world with humanistic morality. Under such a governance philosophy, Chen Ping's infidelity with his sister-in-law, bribery and bribery, using beautiful women as human shields, and using beautiful women to provoke the jealousy of his wife have all become taboos in governing the world.
To conquer the world, Liu Bang's heroes do not ask for their origins; To govern the world, the heroes established by Liu Bang must be role models for the people of the world. A generation of heroes with great ambitions. Chen Ping wants to use it, but it cannot be used in a position below one person or above ten thousand people, otherwise it is equivalent to setting a negative example for everyone in the world. Moreover, if Chen Ping is left to shoulder the heavy responsibility alone, everyone in the world will discuss his achievements. As a result, things that Liu Bang could not show to the Chinese people during his conquest of the world would become well-known to everyone.
During Liu Bang's lifetime, Chen Ping was unable to shoulder major responsibilities alone. He himself accepted this and sighed, "I have many conspiracies, which are forbidden by Taoism. My world has been abolished and it has passed, and I cannot rise again. Therefore, I have many Yin disasters.". Chen Ping knew how he was valued by Liu Bang, and he also knew that the conspiracies and schemes he devised for Liu Bang would inevitably be criticized by future generations. Setting up one's own life stage solely with the wisdom of treachery and poison cannot withstand the erosion of historical waves.
