God of War through the ages: Han Xin

Chapter 4
Just when Xiang Yu was riding a crow, dancing a halberd, swaying across the bloody battlefield, and displaying a man's pride, in Huaiyin City, not far from Xiang Yu's hometown, a burly young man in poor clothes was carrying a cold knife on his back. Han Yingri's great sword walked silently through the noisy and bustling market.

Judging from the records of Han Xin's "poor family and nowhere to go", Han Xin may have been so poor since his father's generation that he was struggling at the bottom of society.But the darkness in front of him doesn't mean that the ancestors haven't developed.One of the most typical examples: Liu Bei of the Shu Han Dynasty, his ancestor was Zhongshan King Jing Liu Sheng who enjoyed a thousand bells every day, but in Liu Bei's generation, his family had long since declined, so he had to sell straw sandals on the street to make a living.

Judging from Han Xin's surname, it cannot be ruled out that he is a distant clan in South Korea, one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.There is a saying that Han Xin is the great-grandson of Han Cang, king of Han Xiang, and his grandfather is the son of King Xiang, who was a hostage in Chu State at that time. He did not become King Han, but stayed in Chu State.If Han Xin is really descended from Korea, he is very likely to be a descendant of Han 虮虫.

When the lice stayed in Chu, Chu had not yet moved its capital, but moved east to Shouchun under the military pressure of the Qin State decades later.Han Xin's ancestors may have also moved to Shouchun on the south bank of the Huaihe River with the crowd, which is very close to Huaiyin, and Han Xin may also live in Huaiyin.

"Historical Records" records that Piao's mother called Han Xin "Wang Sun", and Han Xin's background should not be a low-level commoner.

Regarding the title of "Wang and Sun", Su Lin said that it was Piao's mother's respectful title for Han Xin, just like calling young scholars "Prince" in dramas and novels, it does not mean that Han Xin is a prince and grandson.However, Liu De, a native of the Western Han Dynasty, gave another explanation: "At the end of Qin, many lost the country, and said that the king, grandson, and son, respect him." The end of Qin lost many countries, which obviously refers to the fact that after Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, the descendants of the six kings were exiled. Folks, perhaps Huaiyin people already know about Han Xin's life experience.

Perhaps the only thing that can prove that Han Xin is the descendant of the ruined princes and nobles is the sword that Han Xin never leaves his hand day and night.During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the sword was a symbol of status. In the pre-Qin period, when the hierarchy was strict, only the five ranks of Duke, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Nan, as well as Qing, Dafu, and Shi, were eligible to wear a sword except for Zhou Tianzi.Ordinary people can't own it, and they can't afford to buy a sword. Besides, who can ordinary people use that thing?Han Xin's sword should have been passed down from his ancestors, and it is unlikely that it was given to Han Xin by someone else.

As for Han Xin's parents, the history books are vague, but it is recorded that Han Xin's mother was buried in Huaiyin.Through the historical data of Han Xin's burial of his mother, it can be proved that Han Xin lived with his mother for a long time, at least Han Xin was an adult when he buried his mother.But who is Han Xin's father and what happened to him, there is no record in the history books.There are two possibilities: [-]. Han Xin's father died in the battle between Qin and Han, and Han Xin may be a posthumous child who was raised by his mother alone.[-]. Han Xin's father was separated from his wife and son during the war and died in a foreign land.

Regarding Han Xin's childhood life, "Historical Records" and "Hanshu" do not have a single word record.When Han Xin walked through the fog of history and walked on the outskirts of Huaiyin City, he was already a weak young man.

Han Xin did not have a proper occupation, and his background was too humble to be an official according to the system at that time.Not to mention being an official, Han Xin is not qualified to be a small government official.There is no iron rice bowl, if you know a craft, you can still eat.For example, be a second-hand dealer, fiddle with some commodities and sell them in the market to earn a little difference.Unfortunately, Han Xin can't do business.Of course, the main reason is that Han Xin has no capital, and a penny is hard for a hero. These days, he has no money and can't do anything.Han Xin has a sword in his hand. If he pawns it, he should be able to exchange it for a lot of money, but Han Xin will not sell this sword. This is his only spiritual sustenance during the days of suffering in the world.In Han Xin's view, a real man is a man with a sword.

With no savings at home and no job in front of him, Han Xin's three meals a day became a problem.I don't know what Han Xin has relied on to survive all these years.

Want to survive?It doesn't matter if your family is poor, and it doesn't matter if you have a bad character. As long as you have a thick skin and put down your figure, you can still have a bite of hot food.Han Xin has no other skills, but his face is very thick, three points thicker than the root of the city wall.With this special ability, Han Xin has a way to fill his stomach.

Let's eat!This is the only way for Han Xin to survive.

Han Xin didn't have many relatives and friends in Huaiyin, but it was these few relatives and friends who became the target of Han Xin's mouth.Han Xin’s daily routine is as follows:

In the morning, Han Xin got up from the broken thatched house with air leaks on all sides, put on his white treasure clothes, carried his beloved sword on his back, went to the house of relatives and friends not far away, put the sword outside the door, and then looked good. Sitting quietly at other people's dinner tables, eat what you should eat and drink what you should drink.After eating, Han Dao thanked him and left with his sword on his back.

From morning to afternoon, Han Xin began to hang out on the street, by the river, and at the base of the city wall, sometimes watching people fishing, sometimes watching people farming, or playing games with a few children.

In the evening, when the sun was setting, people began to pack up and go home for dinner. Han Xin came to acquaintance's house again for dinner.One bowl was not enough, so I ate another bowl, and Han Xin didn't get up until he burped.

At the beginning, others could reward Han Xin with a few bowls of rice because of the relationship between relatives and old friends, but Han Xin never gave money for meals, and he had no money either.After a long time, others will not be able to bear it, and no one is rich, so they can't stand the spoils of this hungry wolf.

Some relatives and friends hated Han Xin's free food. They just thought about the old relationship and didn't have the nerve to explode, but they couldn't bear it anymore.The first person to rise up and give Han Xin a bad face was the wife of the head of Nanchang Pavilion in Xiaxiang, Huaiyin County.

In this battle of looting rice initiated by Han Xin, the home of the pavilion chief in Nanchang was the most damaged, because Han Xin had been looting rice at his house for several months.As a victim, the head of the pavilion has been holding back, but the wife of the head of the pavilion is not so well-mannered.

When Han Xin first came to eat free food, she was still able to hold her breath, but after a few months, Mrs. Ting Zhang was taken aback by Han Xin. The rice tank at home had already started raising mice, and Han Xin came to eat on time every day. Eat, how could there be such a shameless man in the world!

In order to prevent Han Xin from coming to her house to eat free food again, Mrs. Tingchang came up with a good way, which is to eat in advance.They usually eat at seven o'clock, but now they wake up at five o'clock to cook. The husband and wife swept away the freshly cooked food with lightning speed, cleaned up, and waited for Han Xin's arrival.

There was a sound of heavy footsteps, and Han Xin was already standing outside the door with his sword on his back.

There was no scent of food in the room, and all Han Xin could feel was the cold silence of the pavilion chief's wife sitting on the ground.

"Food?" Han Xin asked with an unhappy expression.

"It's all over!" The pavilion chief's wife replied blankly.

Usually, the pavilion chief's breakfast is on time and on time, but now the dinner is suddenly brought forward. It is obvious that this is for Han Xin.Han Xin came to eat happily, but he didn't eat the meal, but rolled his eyes, and Han Xin couldn't hold back immediately.

He's going to have a seizure!

Han Xin's face began to twitch, his fists were clenched and rattled, and he scolded the pavilion chief's wife as a bad woman with a wicked heart, why didn't she let me eat?Although I don't know what Han Xin scolded, and Sima Qian's description of the matter in "Historical Records Huaiyin Hou Biography" is only short and powerful, but he vividly portrays Han Xin's angry state of mind at that time: "Anger, I will never go. "

Han Xin couldn't get free food, so he was ashamed to get angry!For the sake of Han Xin's arrogance and domineering, eating free food can be described as a miracle through the ages.I don't know where Han Xin's courage to get angry came from. Did he think that eating at the pavilion chief's house was not a charity from the pavilion chief to himself, but a charity from himself to the pavilion chief?

Han Xin is very "backbone", he will not eat if he is not allowed to eat, who cares about your rotten dishes!Han Xin was slapped severely by the pavilion chief's wife, and left with a sword in a sad state of mind. Since then, he has never stepped into the gate of the pavilion chief's house.Han Xin was wandering aimlessly on the street hungry, and when he saw the smoke rising from the kitchen in the market, pedestrians brought their children and children, talking and laughing home, Han Xin suddenly burst into tears.

Family?Where is Han Xin's home?
He has no home. Ever since his mother passed away with tears in his eyes, Han Xin has been alone, wandering in the rivers and lakes, struggling to survive in the cold eyes of others.

(End of this chapter)