Chapter 15 2. Liu Bang is here

Liu Bang also revolted in September of the first year of Qin II. If Xiang Yu is a nobleman and a gangster, then Liu Bang is a commoner and a hooligan.His parents, said to be named Tai Gong and Liu Yu (pronounced like a jacket), are actually Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu, so they are obviously unknown people. Liu Bang himself, it is said that "Xiao Zi Ji, ascended the throne and changed his name to Bang".In other words, after he became emperor, he officially got his name, "Bang".Ji is not a word, it means the smallest.Therefore, Liu Ji is Liu Xiao. Liu Xiao's birth was very suspicious.

According to the official history, there was a time when Aunt Liu was sleeping by the lake, and in her dream she met a god and made love.At that time, there were thunder and lightning, and the sky was dark.Uncle Liu ran over, only to see a dragon on top of his wife. As a result, Aunt Liu became pregnant and gave birth to Xiao Liu. Obviously, this is playing tricks. Pretending to be gods and ghosts is a common method used by the founding emperors to falsify history. The purpose is nothing more than to prove that their fate is tied to the sky, that the monarchy is granted by heaven, and that they should be entrusted to heaven.It's a pity that if you talk too much, you will show your feet.Perhaps, Uncle Liu did see something back then.But it is certain that what he saw was not a dragon.

This is Liu Bang, or Liu Xiao, or Liu Ji. In fact, Liu Bang before the uprising was indeed called Liu Ji.Afterwards, with the change of status, they were called Peigong, Hanwang, Emperor, and Gaozu in turn.But for the convenience of readers, this book is called Liu Bang. In his youth, Liu Bang was lazy, lazy, idle (not doing his family's production work), and spending money generously (like to give, but willing to be generous), so that the owner of the hotel often ripped him off and charged him double the price of drinks. But Liu Bang's fate is obviously better than Chen Sheng's.When he became an adult, he actually became the head of the pavilion in Sishui (in the east of Peixian County, Jiangsu Province).In the Qin Dynasty, ten miles are pavilions, and ten pavilions are townships.The head of the pavilion is a grassroots cadre lower than the head of the township, and does not occupy the state establishment. He is not an official, but an official, or a small official.

The problem is that it is not easy to be a petty official.As mentioned earlier, Qin's system is to set up officials above the county level, and use the aborigines below the county level.However, as an official, the aborigines must either have property or virtue.Han Xin was "not allowed to choose to be an official" because of his "poor family".Why did Liu Bang become the head of the pavilion? It's a mystery. In fact, the head of the pavilion is not a good job.Taking charge of a large piece of land, accepting civil lawsuits from parents who have short-term interests, not much power, no small matter, not many benefits, and a lot of troubles. Generally, the children of decent families disdain to do it, and the honest farmers can't do it. It is the most suitable for Liu Bang. The ruffians and gangsters.

Liu Bang himself seemed to be having a great time.He even invented a bamboo skin crown, which he put on his head in a pretentious manner.In addition, Liu Bang did not have any official airs. He still had a playful smile, eating, drinking, gambling, flirting, and drinking on credit in taverns.Even the Taishi of this dynasty wrote a biography for him, and he had to admit that the biggest advantage of this person was "good wine and sex". There is really no inspirational story about Liu Bang. However, Liu Bang's talent is very high, especially his understanding is excellent.When Zhang Liang talked about the art of war and offered ideas, no one else could understand it. Only Liu Bang could understand it as soon as he heard it.So Zhang Liang believed that Liu Bang was a genius and advised him all his life.

What's more, although Liu Bang has no great skills, he dares to act.When he was the head of the pavilion, he escorted the prisoners who were serving hard labor to Mount Li, and many deserted along the way.So Liu Bang simply untied all the ropes of these people, saying that you all go away, and I also go away, it's no big deal. Isn't this heroic? Of course, at least he is also a man, who can afford it, let it go, and let it go.Even if the sky falls, you dare to gamble with your life.Such "two" people, if they encounter troubled times, it is really called "birth at the right time".

September of the first year of the Second Emperor was exactly such a time. After the news of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising reached Pei County, the county magistrate of Pei County panicked.Because the people in other counties who responded to the call killed their own sheriffs and county magistrates.So the county magistrate of Pei County decided to join Chen Sheng. This is another "traitor".Moreover, since the Peixian uprising may have been a few days earlier than Wuxian, he was the "first rebellion".It seems that Liu Zongyuan's so-called "there are traitors but no traitors" can only be interpreted as "no one deliberately rebels."

It's a pity that the county magistrate of Peixian County didn't become a traitor either. The reason why it didn't work was due to Xiao He and Cao Shen.Xiao He and Cao Can, both the founding fathers of the Han Dynasty, were officials in Pei County at that time.They told the county magistrate that your lord was originally an official of Qin, but now that he is raising troops against Qin, it may be difficult to convince the public.So even if you want to rebel, you have to find more people to help. So the county magistrate said, then bring Liu Ji here! The person who was ordered to find Liu Bang was called Fan Kuai.This person is also a great hero, but at that time he was a dog butcher.Birds of a feather flock together.Of course, only people like Fan Kuai knew where Liu Bang, the dereliction of duty pavilion chief who released the prisoners, was hiding.

Liu Bang went happily, but the county magistrate backed down.The reason for repenting was, of course, that he was afraid that after Liu Bang entered the city, he would not be able to control the situation.Therefore, he closed the gates of the city tightly, guarded the city, and planned to kill Xiao He and Cao Shen. However, in Peixian County at this time, it is no longer the county magistrate who is fake and powerful.Xiao He and Cao Shen escaped from Peicheng to meet Liu Bang, and Liu Bang shot a silk book into the city with an arrow, and told his fathers and villagers.And the slogan he called on Peiren was also Chen Sheng's words——

So Peiren killed the county magistrate and opened the door to welcome Liu Bang. Pei County revolted. The remaining question is who will be the leader and who will take the lead.Liu Bang was humble, but others did not dare.Be it Xiao He or Cao Shen, they are all scholars.Few scholars dare to rebel.Fan Kuai might have dared, but unfortunately his prestige is not enough.After pushing and pushing, Liu Bang became "the most popular". From then on, Liu Bang was called Pei Gong. This is very similar to Xiang Liang's situation.After Xiang Liang's uprising, he led his troops from Jiangdong to Jiangxi to form an alliance with Chen Ying's troops.Chen Ying was originally a scribe in Dongyang County (now Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province).After the Dongyang people's uprising, Chen Ying, like Li Yuanhong in the Xinhai period, was forced to revolution and became the leader of the rebel army.

After the alliance between Chen Ying and Xiang Liang, Dongyang people want Chen Ying to be king again.At that time, Chen Ying had 20,000 soldiers and Xiang Liang had only 8,000 soldiers, so of course Chen Ying should be the boss.But Chen Ying refused to do it even if he was beaten to death.His mother told him that getting famous is not a good thing.It's better to follow behind, you can be a marquis if you succeed, and it's not difficult to escape when you lose the army. So Xiang Liang was the leader. At this time, Yingbo joined Xiang Liang's team. After that, Liu Bang also came to join because of his weakness.Prior to this, Xiang Liang had incorporated Chen Sheng's old ministry, occupied Chen Sheng's hometown, owned Xiapi (now Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province), Pengcheng (now Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province), Huling (now Yutai County, Shandong Province), Xue (now Tengzhou City, Shandong Province), Xiangcheng (now Xiangcheng County, Henan Province).The arrival of Liu Bang is like adding wings to a tiger. With Yingbo and Liu Bang, and with King Huai of Chu as the banner, Xiang Liang's career flourished, and Xiang Liang's troops were invincible.He took Kangfu (pronounced as Gangaxe, now Jining City, Shandong Province), Jidong'a (now Yanggu County, Shandong Province), Tu Chengyang (now Heze City, Shandong Province), invaded Puyang (now Puyang County, Henan Province), and slightly Yongqiu (now Qixian County, Henan Province), attacked Dingtao (now Dingtao County, Shandong Province), defeated the Qin army several times and beheaded Li You (son of Prime Minister Li Si).Half of the Central Plains is in the bag. The situation of the Great Qin Empire is quite bad.By June of the second year of II, the original six countries had all been restored.Moreover, apart from King Han Guang of Yan, King Tianshi of Qi, King Zhao Xie, King Wei Bao of Wei, King Han Cheng of Han, and King Mi Xin of Chu (Mi read as rice), are all old royal families.Qin Shihuang's revolutionary achievements were all in vain, and his territory was also lost.Isn't the fate of the empire hanging by a thread, at stake? What is even more tragic is that they themselves are also accelerating their demise.

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