Chapter 6 5. Liu Bang's Ranger Era

Although the birth was done in a weird way, Liu Bangfu was still a normal baby when he was born, and he had never heard of any strange incidents of lightning and thunder. Moreover, Lu Wan from Fengyi was born on the same day and month in the same year as Liu Bang.Even if something strange happened between heaven and earth at that time, it is still ambiguous who should be responsible for this matter.In short, the two were born on the same day, and Liu Bang's father and Lu Wan's father were very good friends. The villagers came to congratulate with wine and sheep, and everything seemed normal.

But when Liu Bang grew up a little bit, troubles came. According to history books, Liu Bang studied with Lu Wan when he was a child, but he was not interested in books.When he grows up a little bit, he eats too much and sits lazy, unwilling to do farm work.His father, the old man Liu, said he was a rascal—a rascal, which meant that Liu Bang had no skills and had nothing to rely on. Judging from Liu Taigong's evaluation of his son, the Liu family is very educated and knows that a man must rely on something to live in the world.This educational concept is simple to say, but we know that even in a modern society where civilization is advocated, there are still many families who do not understand, or do not know how to instill this concept of life to future generations.However, in Pei County of Chu State more than 2,000 years ago, the Liu family was able to educate their son with this concept.From this, we know that Liu Taigong is a great educator. His practical family education philosophy makes Liu Bang far superior to his contemporaries in terms of knowledge and concepts.

But perhaps, Mr. Liu's evaluation was just casual.Because Liu Bang's performance as an adult really made old man Liu lose his energy. Pei County, after Liu Bang became an adult, was also a complete society, with the government, the common people, the upper class, and the underworld brothers. In short, there were all kinds of characters. Representatives of the upper class in Peixian County are probably Yong Chi.He is from a family in Peixian County, and he is regarded as a respectable person in the local area.The brothers on the underworld are led by Wang Ling.After Liu Bang grew up, he became a horse boy for Wang Ling. When Sima Qian wrote "Historical Records", it was not easy to write it directly in "Gaozu Benji". Instead, he hid this detail in a place where it is easy to be ignored. :

Those who live in Wangling, Gupei people, began to be county tyrants.When Gao Zu was in the Wei Dynasty, his brother was in the mausoleum.Ling Shaowen is self-willed and outspoken. ("Historical Records The Twenty-sixth Family of Prime Minister Chen") Thinking about it, Liu Bang's following Wang Ling's ass should have happened before he was thirty.You must know that youth is a season full of dreams and longings, and the cold and cool underworld boss has a fatal attraction for leaders like Liu Bang.But after the age of 30, the man's mind gradually matured, he had lost his admiration for the gangsters, and began to seek his own career opportunities.

But what are the career opportunities suitable for Liu Bang? After the age of thirty-two and before the age of thirty-four, Liu Bang once traveled far to Waihuang County, the hometown of Wei State, to meet Zhang Er, the old nobleman of Wei State. Qin Zhi destroyed Daliang, and Zhang Er's family was yellow.When Gaozu was a commoner, he tried to travel from Zhang Er, visiting for several months. ("Historical Records The Twenty-ninth Biographies of Zhang Er and Chen Yu") Zhang Erqi is a legend in Chinese history, and he was once a disciple of Lord Xinling of Wei Guo, one of the four princes of the Warring States Period.The story of Lord Xinling stealing amulets to save Zhao should be widely circulated in the local area.Moreover, Lord Xinling has great prestige and deep influence, and is a powerful figure that the Qin Empire fears extremely.In order to get rid of Lord Xinling, Qin Shihuang sent people to sneak into the state of Wei with Wanjin, lobbying the king of Wei to take back Lord Xinling's military power.The king of Wei was caught in the trick, and he was suspicious of Lord Xinling, which caused Lord Xinling to indulge in wine and sex and die.Lord Xinling died, and Wei Guo was automatically expelled.

When Mr. Xinling was alive, he had many disciples, among whom there were quite a few strange people.Liu Bang obviously admired this kind of flirtatious knight-errant years, so he ran to Zhang Er's door and became Zhang Er's entourage for several months. Liu Bang should have gone there after the age of thirty-two—historical books make it clear that Liu Bang went to Waihuang to Zhang Er after the state of Wei was destroyed by the state of Qin.When Qin destroyed Wei, Liu Bang happened to be thirty-two years old-but he should have fled back to his hometown Pei County after he was thirty-four years old.

Because when Liu Bang was thirty-four years old, Qin Shihuang ruled China and began to search and kill famous people from all over the world. Zhang Er and his old partner Chen Yu were too famous and unfortunately won the bid. Qin Shihuang offered a high price for their heads.So the two fled to Chen County and hid in the government office as gatekeepers.At this time, Zhang Er concealed his identity and avoided hunting. Of course, it was impossible to bring Liu Bang with him. Han Feizi said: "Confucianism violates the law with literature, and chivalry violates the law with martial arts." Liu Bang doesn't like reading, but he likes knights, so he must use martial arts to violate the ban.There are always one or two things to do when breaking the law.Therefore, on Liu Bang's resume, there are at least two records of breaking the law.