As we all know, during the era when Empress Lu was in power, the princes and kings of the Liu family, as well as a large number of heroes, had a very difficult life.
Many times when I go to bed at night, when I wake up the next day, I am already a prisoner.
There were only a few founding heroes who could survive this period, and Xia Houying was one of them.
The main reason why he was able to survive and even get a promotion in the process was that both Emperor Hui Liu Ying and Empress Lu were very grateful to Xia Houdun and thanked Xia Hou Ying for risking his life to save Liu Xiahou. Ying and Princess Lu Yuan did not let Liu Bang kick the two children out of the car directly.
Otherwise, Emperor Hui himself would have died early, and Empress Lu would have completely lost the opportunity to be the Queen Mother and even control the government because of the loss of her own flesh and blood.
Then maybe the emperor who is superior at this time is Liu Ruyi, and the queen mother is Mrs. Qi. One can only imagine what the consequences will be for Empress Lu.
It is precisely because of this kind of kindness that Xia Houying lived quite comfortably during Queen Lu's period, and he also had a good relationship with the entire Lu family. India was considered by the Lu family to be one of their own, just like the Fan family.
Therefore, Xia Houying often used this identity characteristic to beg for mercy for many heroes who were about to be confessed, and saved their lives. This made the group of heroes feel that Xia Houying was one of their own.
But when the heroes wanted to kill the Lu family, although they quickly killed all the stupid Lu family, how to deal with the young emperor who stayed in the palace was a huge problem. After all, the Young Emperor is a veritable emperor at this time, and they are all the emperor's ministers.
They can kill the Lu family in the name of the Qing emperor, but if they dare to attack the emperor, the nature will be completely different.
Although Chen Ping came up with an excellent excuse, saying that the current little emperor was not a bloodline of the Liu family, but a baby bought from the people by Empress Lu in order to maintain her rule, thus legally establishing the abolition of the emperor. Foundation.
But the emperor is the emperor after all, and no one dares to be the first to attack the emperor.
It turned out that Xia Houying silently drove into the palace at this time, and then picked up all the children of the Young Emperor and Emperor Hui, thus cleaning up the palace. However, these children died outside that night. Who was it? The moving hands can be imagined.
Finally, if you look at all the records about Xia Houying in the history books, you will find that Xia Houying was not only good at both civil and military affairs, but also very good at judging the situation, and the most important characteristic was that he was good at making friends, or leaving favors.
After Liu Xu figured out the characteristics of Xia Houying, and then looked at the scene in history where Xia Houying spared people under the sword, the reasons became quite clear.
That is, Xia Houying is a man of both civil and military skills, and also possesses considerable wisdom, so he never thought of killing Han Xin from the beginning.
Although the history books did not say what crime Han Xin committed and was beheaded, the books said that Han Xin committed a joint crime. And based on Han Xin's character, he should not take the initiative to make fatal mistakes.
So the situation at that time can be easily inferred. It was Han Xin's 13 men who made mistakes. As the leader of these 13 people, Han Xin committed a crime of negligence, so he was beheaded by these 13 people together. But in essence Han Xin is actually innocent.
So Xia Houying beheaded the first 13 people very simply, but when it came to Han Xin, Xia Houying must have been hesitant.
After all, Xia Houying knew that Han Xin was an unlucky man who was innocently implicated. In addition, Han Xin's official position was actually appointed by Liu Bang himself. At the same time, Han Xin also served as a soldier for Xiang Yu. This unique qualification decided whether Xia Houying Maybe he killed Han Xin at will.
At this time, Han Xin just happened to shout, "Does Pei Gong still want the world? He actually wants to kill a strong man like me!"
On the one hand, this sentence is to show one's ability and courage, but on the other hand, is it not a kind of begging for mercy?
Xia Houying was originally hesitant to kill Han Xin, but when Han Xin said this again, Xia Houying naturally became even more hesitant.
At the same time, there is actually another description of this time in the history books
"Teng Gong is curious about his words, and he enhances his appearance, but he doesn't kill him when he releases them!"
Duke Teng was referring to Xia Houying. Sima Qian said that Xia Houying was surprised by Han Xin's words and saw Han Xin's extraordinary appearance, so he released Han Xin without killing him.
I specifically added here that Han Xin’s appearance is extraordinary.
Although teachers have taught us since we were young, we should not judge people by their appearance, and do not judge whether a person is capable because of his appearance.
This sentence itself is not problematic, but since the world warns us not to judge people by their appearance, it means that most of the time, this world judges people by their appearance.
In fact, if a person is good-looking, he will naturally gain a lot of favor. To a certain extent, being ugly is an original sin. This is the cruelest truth about society.
And this cruelty was even more obvious in ancient times.
In modern society, it is politically incorrect to judge people by their appearance. No one dares to say in public that they judge people by their appearance. All laws clearly stipulate that a person cannot be treated differently because of his appearance.
But in ancient times, judging people by their appearance was an open matter. Even when the court screened officials and held imperial examinations, there was a special requirement.
That is, those who participate in the selection and imperial examinations must have a correct appearance and must not have any physical defects.
And when it comes to taking the imperial examination, the last level of the imperial examination, the first screening criterion is not how the test paper is, but whether the person is handsome. Even if he is not handsome, he must be decent, otherwise no matter how good your writing is, it will not No matter how elegant the test paper is, you will not be qualified for the palace examination at all, because your appearance will stain the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor and damage the dignity of the country.
Yes, to be ugly is to damage the dignity of the country. This was the standard of that era.
On the contrary, if you are handsome, you will get a lot of convenience and recognition.
If you carefully examine the history books, you will find that for many famous figures in history, when they turned from obscurity to prosperity, there will be evidence in the history books that "because of their extraordinary appearance, they are distinguished."
So at this time, when Xia Houying was hesitating in every possible way, he found that Han Xin was not only good at talking and courageous, but also very handsome, so Xia Houying completely gave up his murderous intention and released Han Xin.
Although this sounds ugly, when these three factors of "innocent" + "strange language" + "extraordinary appearance" are added together, Xia Houying, who is both civilized and military, and good at making friends, Naturally, he would not let go of such an opportunity to make friends, so he conveniently sold Han Xin a favor.
Moreover, Xia Houying would chat with Han Xin from time to time in the next period of time. During the chat, Han Xin would naturally reveal his research and opinions on the general trend of the world, which in turn made Xia Houying completely shocked by Han Xin. Finally, Han Xin was recommended to Xiao He.
Many years later, someone asked Han Xin, apart from you, who else in this country knows how to fight.
As a result, Han Xin thought for a long time and only said that Zhou Bo was okay, and then added, "Xia Houying can be counted as half!"
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