From high school textbooks, I firmly remember that "Swallows know the ambition of swans" [1], and Chen She's courage and ambition are also firmly imprinted in my mind. At that time, although it was clear from well-known historical knowledge that Chen Sheng's revolution was ultimately a failure, it took me many years to realize that his failure was inevitable and non-negotiable.
Chen Sheng was born in Yangcheng at the end of Qin Dynasty. He used to help others, but he was not satisfied with the status quo, so he would give a sigh of "getting rich and not forgetting each other"; He is also confident enough, so when he was questioned by his peers, he replied that "sparrows know the ambition of swans"; He also has a very unique thinking about the ruling class. He didn't believe in fate like most people, but shouted, "What kind of prince would you rather have?" Slogan; Of course, he also had the courage to seize the opportunity, so he took the lead in opening the prelude to the vigorous anti-Qin peasant revolutionary movement. He has only been king for six months, so he should have no regrets. After all, he has become the king, living a life that he dares to think and others dare not expect, and he has achieved great success. In just one hundred and eighty days, everything was like a dream, gorgeous and unreal. And his fate, because of his personality and other factors, is destined to be as short as a epiphyllum.
At the beginning of the revolution, it was very successful. Because he understood the reality that "the world is bitter" and successfully used people's superstitious psychology, he first stuffed a silk book with "Chen" in the belly of the fish caught by fishermen, which created a little mysterious atmosphere, which was equivalent to being a little confused. Then, he ordered Guangwu to "force" him to go to his ancestral temple in the middle of the night, light torches and learn from what the fox called "the great Chu Star". Indeed, "all soldiers are at night. On the day of his death, stroke often talked, all referring to Chen Sheng. "Then he took advantage of the fact that he had to take care of his foot soldiers, who were mostly used by him, killed Wei Bing who escorted them, and even pretended to be the famous soldiers of Fu Su and Xiang Yan, and began his first step towards a rich life. Because the soldiers were bullied by Qin, they couldn't bear it, and "if you die today, you will die, and if you plan big, you will die." Anyway, they are all dead. Weighing them, it is more cost-effective to do the opposite. Moreover, once the uprising is successful, they may get official positions, so they all say "respect orders." "Since then, there has been a saying of the peasant movement in history.
Starting with the capture of osawa Township, then attacking Qi, Luo, Shu, Zhejiang, Qiao and other places in one breath, and then entering Chen, and then quickly listening to the support of the so-called people-the old and the heroes, ignoring Chen Yu's "first establish the descendants of the six countries, make enemies for Qin, and then quickly move west, take Xianyang, and settle the world." Although he seems to have achieved his goal on the surface, he unwisely laid the groundwork for his downfall. Want to know at this time of the qin dynasty, not as fragile as imagined, he still has enough strength to deal with "six or seven hundred by car, riding thousands, tens of thousands of people died" revolutionary team, so Chen Sheng proclaimed himself as an arrow target waiting for Qin Jun's attack. One of the reasons for Chen Sheng's failure is that he is greedy for fame and short-sighted.
The second reason for its failure is the inability to identify and reuse talents. For two famous people, He and Wei, they made a strategy, Chen Sheng, to win the world. But seeing through Chen Sheng, who had no political vision, he found an opportunity to slip away and open up another land where he could live longer. "Uncle Sun Tong, a famous Confucian, accomplished nothing under Chen Sheng, but made a lot of contributions under Liu Bang. Confucius, the grandson of Confucius VIII, made an important suggestion, which was not adopted and disappeared from the scene. Chen Ping, the minister of the Han Dynasty, once took refuge in Zhai Wei, that is, in Chen Sheng, and changed the dynasty because he could not be reused. " [2] Talented people were left out by him, and the Guangwu he appointed was arrogant and did not know how to use troops. As a result, he was beheaded by his false order. The famous sage in Chen county claimed to have worked as a diviner in Xiang army and worked under Chu Xiangchun Huang Xie. So Chen Sheng gave him the golden seal and asked him to lead the troops to the Western Expedition of Qin. As he walked, he recruited troops. When I arrived at Hangu Pass, I actually reached a thousand times of chariots and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. However, this huge army is vulnerable under the leadership of Zhou Wen. Zhang Han beat them out of the water with one hand. Finally, Zhou Wen lost face and had to commit suicide. This is a failure of strategy and personnel selection on the battlefield. If it is because Bobby Chen is far away from the front line and can't understand the appointment of talents at the grassroots level well, it seems that there are still reasons worthy of sympathy. However, in terms of administration, there is no good performance around him. He appointed Zhu Fang, whom he trusted, as Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Wu as his secretary to supervise the faults of ministers. These two men turned right from wrong and punished them without trial by the judicial department. As a result, laws are useless and meaningless, and everything becomes chaotic. The generals below also have their own selfishness, disobeying orders from above and going their own way. I'm afraid this is also a manifestation of self-destruction.
Will not win the hearts of the people, willful. After Chen Sheng became king, he stopped going to the front and made great achievements, but stayed in the palace and enjoyed the splendor. Because he used to be "rich, don't forget each other." It was firmly remembered by the buddies at that time, so after he developed, the man forgot the ridicule of the day and got a share. After staying at the gate of the Forbidden City for three days, I can finally feast my eyes on the palace in Wang Chen. However, this man was ungrateful and accused him of "Yi Gang! Those who are involved in Wang Shen! " Not only running around the palace, but also talking about Chen She everywhere to show off.
It was a terrible experience, but how did it happen? Today, Chen She is no longer a servant farmer, so how can it be casually talked about, let alone the indecent words on the table? If he continues to shout, what face does Chen have? So in order to defend Chen She's dignity, this man went astray and lost his mind. This knife seems to have raised Chen She's majesty to an unbounded height. However, people's hearts have quietly dispersed, and former good friends have been ruthlessly killed. What are we? "Wang Chen is an old friend, so he has no relatives."
Talents are independent, like Chen Yu and Zhang Er; It's no use being killed like Guangwu and Zhou Wen; Old friends who could have relied on were scared away; Who else can Sheng rely on? He isolated himself step by step, and no one wanted to serve him anymore. What if an overhead king isn't dead? So his coachman ended his life happily, making him no longer helpless and depressed.
If you want to be the king and the queen, you need not only temporary pride, but also the ability to shout a slogan. After careful study, Chen She can't be called a hero. He can only be regarded as a person who has a strong desire for power and wealth, because with desire, he has the motivation to pursue and become wise and philosophical. However, once he gains wealth, all enterprising will die. Since Chen Shengqi, the peasant uprisings of past dynasties have all gone to a failed ending, which was vigorous at first and finally disappeared. Although the dynasties are different and the leaders change, they can't escape this strange circle. This is because their specific position determines their specific way of thinking and also causes their specific way of failure, which many people call smallholder consciousness.