Chapter 4 3. Life begins at the age of forty-eight

Qin Shihuang is only three years older than Liu Bang, which means a terrible thing: Liu Bang's first half of his life will definitely be abolished. That's right, Qin Shihuang's life was too thrilling and dazzling.His birth is a huge mystery. Lu Buwei, a great businessman from Weidi, reached a secret deal with a hostage from Qin State who was in Handan, the capital of Zhao State at that time.He funded and helped the foreigner to return to the country and become a prince, and then the two sides shared the huge cake of Qin.Later, Lu Buwei gave a mysterious woman Zhao Ji to another person, and she gave birth to a child for another person, whose name was Zhao Zheng at the time.

When Xiao Zhaozheng was nine months old, Qin and Zhao fought each other. Three years later, the stranger fled back to Qin, and Zhao began to hunt down Zhao Ji, Zhao Zheng's mother and son.Theoretically speaking, the survival probability of the mother and son is extremely low, but they still survived tenaciously.Little Zhao Zheng fled until he was four years old, and Liu Bang was born.Little Zhao Zheng fled until he was nine years old, and when Qin and Zhao resumed diplomatic relations, he returned to Qin with his mother Zhao Ji and changed his name to Ying Zheng. This is the mysterious origin of Yingzheng's biological mother, Zhao Ji.In Sima Qian's "Historical Records", he first said that Zhao Ji was just a singer and dancer, so she could give it to others at will. Then Sima Qian changed his words and said that Zhao Ji was actually the daughter of a wealthy Zhao family.The latter statement can explain why she was safe and sound after hiding in Handan City for nine years, but it contradicts the previous statement.It's hard to imagine that the wealthy family would allow others to treat their daughters as goods and give them away at will.

The mystery of Yingzheng's life is not only about Zhao Ji's identity—many suspense constitutes Yingzheng himself, and he is destined to become the protagonist of history. A year later, the ten-year-old Xiao Yingzheng became the Prince of Qin.At the age of thirteen, Xiao Yingzheng's father died, so Xiao Yingzheng became King Qin.In just four short years, he has transformed from a fugitive to the owner of the most powerful war machine. This transformation will definitely have a strong psychological impact on him. At the age of twenty-two, King Yingzheng of Qin came to power, and at the age of twenty-three, Qin State began to carry out the plan to destroy the six kingdoms.This plan started when Qin Wang Yingzheng was twenty-four years old. In nine years, Zhao was destroyed, and Han was also merged. In three years, Chu was destroyed, and Wei was swallowed in between. .In 221 BC, Qin Wang Yingzheng was thirty-nine years old.From then on, the world was unified, and the first emperor was honored.Qin Wang Yingzheng called himself the First Emperor and ushered in China's first centralized dynasty.

In this process, almost every year, there are earth-shattering events.Everything has a decisive impact on Liu Bang's life. These events include: Lord Xinling stealing amulets to save Zhao, Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin, the number one assassin in the ages, and so on.For Liu Bang, the most important event was 223 BC.In this year, Qin Wang Yingzheng destroyed Chu State and established Chu County.Liu Bang was already thirty-four years old at that time, and Peixian County, where he lived, was the territory of Chu State.But since then, he has been reduced to a subjugated people. What is certain is that Liu Bang, who was born as a commoner, was powerless against the demise of the country.Qin Shihuang controlled the most powerful violent machine at that time, and no one could compete with it.

After that, Qin Shihuang ruled for twelve years. At this time, Qin Shihuang looked like a huge giant, pressing his ass firmly on Liu Bang's face.In front of Qin Shihuang, no one can resist him. All Liu Bang can do is to deviate from the law and commit crimes, trying to prove to the world that he once existed.But his efforts, compared with the huge halo that shrouded Qin Shihuang's body, are nothing, or even completely non-existent. When Qin Shihuang was fifty years old, he successfully let himself die, which created enough space for Liu Bang, who was three years younger than him. But what we do know is that, because of Qin Shihuang's omnipotent power, death was taboo for him because of his desire for immortality.So his death was covered up and hidden.The huge power vacuum was filled by Qin Shihuang's youngest son Hu Hai and eunuch Zhao Gao.Hu Hai made good use of the power system created by Qin Shihuang. He killed his seventeen brothers and ten sisters were killed by a car.

Qin II killed his seventeen elder brothers, which may be explained by the struggle for power.It is a bit incomprehensible to put his sister to death with the cruel punishment of car splitting.Does he have such a big blood feud with his sisters? If Qin Ershi's behavior is rational and understandable, then Liu Bang still won't have a chance.It is precisely because Qin II went against the law and self-destructed the empire that Liu Bang released huge energy for the rest of his life. But Liu Bang, who was 47 years old at the time, was fleeing in Mount Mangdang, and didn’t even know that Qin Shihuang was dead—we can find that before Qin Shihuang returned to Qin and became the prince, he also experienced a long and terrifying escape. , here, escape has great symbolic significance.

Liu Bang and Qin Shihuang, these two emperors will experience blood and fire during their escape careers, so as to develop their strong ability to resist pressure and observation wisdom.Without these two things, not to mention the foundation of the emperor, even a small career in life is a bit unreliable. Because the birth dates of the two emperors were too close, this led to Liu Bang's first forty-seven years being completely obliterated by Qin Shihuang's halo.Liu Bang's life can only start from the age of forty-eight. At this age, it's a bit too late for anyone. Liu Bang is no exception.

But Liu Bang made good use of the rest of his life.From the age of forty-eight, due to the removal of the boulder Qin Shihuang that weighed on his life, all his life experience and accumulated wisdom suddenly gushed out.And Xiang Yu, who is 24 years younger than him, has become the most valuable toy in his life struggle.