Chapter 8 7. Hidden Power Conflicts

Liu Bang's second crime was after he became the head of the pavilion in Surabaya. The strange position of the pavilion chief began in the Warring States Period, when the pavilion chief was set up in the adjacent places between countries to defend against the enemy's intrusion.Qin Shihuang extended this kind of armament to the interior, and transformed its function from external defense to internal governance.The situation in Liu Bang's era was that a pavilion was set up every ten miles, and one person was appointed to be the head of the pavilion, who was in charge of public security, litigation, and concurrently in charge of staying passengers, managing civil affairs, mediating disputes, and apprehending fugitives.The position of the pavilion chief is very similar to that of the modern police station chief.

Letting a fugitive become a policeman can be called the best of his talents.Only those who have been fugitives know the behavior and psychology of other prisoners, and can prescribe the right medicine to arrest them. This is probably the reason why Liu Bang became the head of the pavilion. After becoming the head of the pavilion, Liu Bang got a good job - he was sent to Xianyang to serve in corvee.At that time, they were sent to Xianyang to serve corvée, probably similar to the current leading cadres who went to Beijing for further study. They all aimed to strengthen education and unify their thinking, with the same purpose.

However, the cadre policy of the Great Qin Empire is far less nourishing than modern society.The food, clothing, housing and transportation of leading cadres in modern society are all covered by taxpayers.However, the cadres in the Qin Empire were not so happy. Even the travel expenses had to be raised by themselves, and they had to work voluntarily when they arrived, which was very sad. So the rule at that time was that one person went to Xianyang, and everyone came to pool the money.Liu Bang's travel expenses were collected by the county officials.At that time, the county officials each subsidized the travel expenses with 300 qian, but Xiao He contributed 500 qian.

When Gao Zu was a commoner, how many people used officials to protect Gao Zu.Gaozu was the head of the pavilion, and he often left and right.Gaozu gave officials Yao Xianyang, and all the officials gave three coins, so why only five. ("Historical Records Xiao Xiangguo Family Twenty-Third") Xiao He is a meritorious Cao in Pei County and belongs to the prestigious leadership.He was one year older than Liu Bang, but he looked at Liu Banggao a few times.Take a look at the records here, "When Gaozu was a commoner, how many times did he use officials to protect Gaozu"——When Liu Bang had no official position, Xiao He used his status as an official to protect Liu Bang several times.It can be seen how disturbing this Liu Bang is. He seems to have a soft spot for things like breaking the law.

Therefore, Liu Bang, a criminal in Peixian County, met Qin Shihuang who was on tour in Xianyang City.Seeing Qin Shihuang's ostentation, Liu Bang blurted out: "A man should be like this." The "big man" in Liu Bang's mouth refers to a leader-type figure, who is all-powerful and gives advice.To become such a person, one must have the ability to dispatch social resources, to put it bluntly, the ability to organize and manage.Specifically, Liu Bang has the talent combination ability to turn stones into gold and make mediocre people shine in his team.Many well-known people in Peixian County, such as meritorious Cao Xiao He and jailer Cao Shen, are willing to follow Liu Bang because they have taken a fancy to Liu Bang's ability.

In addition to Xiao He and Cao Can, there is another important local leading cadre who also became a follower of Liu Bang, and paid the most tragic price for this. The Marquis of Ruyin, Xiahou Ying, was born in Pei.He is the emperor of Pei stable.Every time the envoys are sent back, they pass by Peisi and go to the pavilion, and talk to Gao Zu, which is not a day.Yingji tried to make up for the county official and fell in love with Gaozu.Gaozu played and hurt the baby, people have sued Gaozu.When Gaozu was the pavilion chief, he sat down and hurt people, and told him not to hurt the baby, and the baby proved it.After the prison was overturned, the baby sat in the high ancestor's lineage, looted and flogged hundreds of people, and finally got rid of the high ancestor. ("Historical Records The Thirty-fifth Biographies of Fan Li and Teng Guan")

This record is extremely funny.It is about Liu Bang's fellow villager, Xia Houying, a native of Peixian County, who served as Si Yu in the stable of the county government.This position is Bi Mawen.In today's society, it's not a big deal. This is equivalent to the director of the official vehicle management office of the county party committee. He serves the leaders full-time and is very stylish. Therefore, Xia Houying's job is mainly to drive guests out of Pei County in a BMW.Every time he got out of the car, he would come to the Surabaya Pavilion, and talk to Liu Bang, who was on duty, and set up a dragon gate formation.They often chat for a whole day, and the days are very carefree and leisurely.

Xia Houying was doing well, and was soon transferred from the driver of the small car to a more important job-to try to make up for the county official.This means that Xia Houying will transform from a public institution to a full-time employee of the government.At this time, Liu Bang was playing with Xia Houying, probably playing tricks like wrestling, or practicing martial arts with swords, which injured Xia Houying. It doesn't matter if you get hurt, we are all friends, the big deal is that Liu Bang pays some medical expenses, a few more apologies, and it's over.But the trouble is that someone reported this matter.

Daqin Law: Hurting someone for an official is a higher crime. Officials launched judicial procedures to re-investigate the crime of wounding, Liu Ji, the head of the pavilion (Liu Bang has no name, he is called Liu Ji, and Liu Bang was given a temporary name after he became emperor).At this time Liu Bang played his usual tricks, opened his eyes and told nonsense, insisting that he did not hurt Xia Houying. Xia Houying also personally testified that he was not injured by Liu Bang. Now the problem is serious, you Xia Houying, since Liu Bang didn't hurt you, then who hurt you?Also, it wasn't Liu Bang who hurt you, so why would others report you?

Xia Houying's perjury caused Liu Bang to take off his robe and change positions.Liu Bang came out of the cell, and Xia Houying went in. This should be a major case in Peixian County. Xia Houying spent more than a year in the prison and received hundreds of boards.But he gritted his teeth and resisted to the death, which finally made this case an unfinished case. What is incomprehensible is that for such a trivial matter, Xia Houying was imprisoned for a year and suffered hundreds of boards.This shows a very serious thing: there was a fierce conflict between Liu Bang and the county magistrate of Pei County at that time.