In ancient times, when the founding emperor was a commoner, there were also relatives of the emperor and the state, of course, the imperial court was a criminal. Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, was a murderer. However, Liu Bang also has a position that is the chief of the pavilion, the so-called "pavilion chief", some historical data believe that it is the level of the township mayor, in fact, strictly speaking, it is also the civil servant of the township. But Liu Bang did this pavilion chief, worked until the age of 48, and there was no hope of promotion in middle age, so why could Liu Bang finally become the emperor? From several things before Liu Bang's uprising, it can be seen that Liu Bang was not a lucky person, and if he had not done it, he might have become a ghost under the sword, let alone an emperor.
Be recognized
As the saying goes, no matter how good the horse is, there must be Bole, and when Liu Bang was not the chief of the pavilion, he was just a small who was idle and lazy. But Liu Bang has a personality that no one can compare, that is, extravagant. In order to make friends and take friends to the eldest brother's house for dinner, the eldest sister-in-law was still angry. Therefore, Liu Bang's atmospheric personality made him make many friends with the three religions and nine streams in Pei County.
Although Liu Bang is idle, he is not a bully of men and women, nor is he a person who steals chickens and dogs. That is, laziness is done on the surface, and righteousness must also be superficial.
Surabaya Pavilion is one of the pavilions in Pei County, the Qin Dynasty system, ten miles for one pavilion. The Surabaya Pavilion is close to the Surabaya River and is a place with abundant products, so it gathers many people. The more people there are, the more people there are, so there are more people fighting and fighting in Surabaya Pavilion, more people stealing chickens and dogs, and thieves are peaking. Liu Bang was also punished by the county order for fighting, but Liu Bang was not a thief.
Faced with the current situation of Surabaya Pavilion, the county order is very headache. How to manage the Surabaya pavilion well, you need a good pavilion chief. At this time, Xiao He, the retinue of the county order, suggested that Liu Bang be made the chief of the pavilion.
When the county order heard it, he thought that Liu Bang was a street gangster and it was not easy to be a pavilion chief. Xiao He said to the county order, "Although Liu Bang is idle and also fights wars, this man is very righteous, and he does not steal or rob, does not oppress the people, and has a certain appeal." The county order agreed to Xiao He and made Liu Bang the head of the Surabaya Pavilion.
Liu Bang was able to obtain the position of pavilion chief, only because of the poor security of the Surabaya Pavilion, and let him serve as the pavilion chief, which was also governed by his fame. After Liu Bang became the head of the pavilion, he quickly became acquainted with the county officials, and with Liu Bang's good popularity, he organized the people in the pavilion to protect the border and the people, and many thieves did not dare to come.
Be respected
Liu Bang became the head of the Qin Dynasty pavilion, and in addition to making friends, he also had to do things for the imperial court. At that time, the Qin Dynasty was building a large number of civil engineering projects, recruiting the people of the world to work, and the Surabaya Pavilion did not hide. Liu Bang was ordered to escort the recruited people to Xianyang to serve hard labor, and on the way he encountered an incident that changed his life. At that time, on the road, he happened to encounter Qin Shi Huang leading a team on a tour, and Liu Bang looked at Qin Shi Huang's mighty army and exquisite cars, and he enviously said, "The big husband should be like this!" ”。 This envy also buried him to gamble his life.
Liu Bang escorted the people on the way, but many of the people fled in the middle of the way. Liu Bang couldn't stop it, and as soon as he saw this situation, the people of Lishan Ran away. When Liu Bang walked to Feng County, at night Liu Bang gathered the people together and said to them, "Let's all go, and I will hide my name."
When these ordinary people saw that Liu Bang was so exquisite, more than a dozen people actually stayed behind to run with Liu Bang. Liu Bang's private release of the Qin Dynasty's hard labor was the crime of killing the head, why did he dare to let these people go? Liu Bang knew very well that even if he went to Lishan Mountain, there were few people he escorted, and the first person was also guilty of killing the head, so it was better to let them go and find a way to live.
It was Liu Bang's move that made him respected by the people and laid the foundation for his later uprising.
Being embraced
In 209 BC, the political situation of the Qin Dynasty changed, and under the harshness of the Qin Dynasty, a peasant uprising finally broke out, which was the famous Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings. After Chen Sheng and Wu Guang led rebels to occupy Chen (present-day Huaiyang, Henan), Chen Sheng established the "Zhang Chu" regime, at which point a regime opposed to the Qin Dynasty emerged.
No one thought that the first peasant uprising in history would establish political power, but at this time the world was already in chaos, and everywhere took measures to protect themselves. But Liu Bang, as a wanted criminal, led his own people to hide outside and did not dare to return. At this time, the county order of Pei County was anxious, because there was no one under him. At this time, Xiao He and Cao Sheng persuaded the county order to summon back all the exiles in the county, so that the strength of the county town would increase and the county seat could be saved.
Xian Ling thought that Xiao Cao and Xiao Cao were right, so he sent Liu Bang's close friend Fan Duo to find Liu Bang to help protect the county seat. Liu Bang led the people back with Fan, but the county order regretted it again. Because he knew that Liu Bang was also a peasant uprising force like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at this time, and if he brought them in, he would not be able to control them, and the county town would have to be his in the future.
When Liu Bang was about to arrive at the county seat, the county ordered the people to close the city gates and not allow Liu Bang to enter the city. He also ordered the arrest of Xiao He and Cao Shan. Xian Ling knew that Xiao He and Cao Shan's relationship with Liu Bang was different, and the two suggested that Liu Bang return, which was a plan. Xiao He and Cao Shan, hearing this, fled outside the city to join Liu Bang.
If the invasion of Pei County was a top priority, some people advised Liu Bang to encourage the people in the city, because among those people were those who Liu Bang had let go, and they knew Liu Bang's personality. So Liu Bang wrote a letter and shot arrows into the city, asking the people in the city to kill the county order and jointly defend their hometown.
The people in the city were originally dissatisfied with the county order, and indeed united to kill the county order and put Liu Bang into the city. After Liu Bang entered the city, Xiao He and Cao Shan, as officials in the county, were originally bigger than Liu Bangguan and had great appeal, but the two were very ghostly, and they knew that if they did not succeed in the head, it would be the crime of exterminating the Nine Tribes, so they did not want to take the lead, but elected Liu Bang as the Duke of Pei and led the people in the county to revolt.
Liu Bang did not resign, he set up an altar under the recommendation of everyone, and set up the Chi clan, the son of the Self-proclaimed Red Emperor, and began to raise the banner of anti-Qin. At this time, Liu Bang was already 48 years old, and his career had just begun in middle age. No one would be optimistic about Liu Bang, but Liu Bang eventually became emperor.
Liu Bang's success is mainly due to his good use of people and his ability to get the support of his subordinates. This is a necessary skill for leaders.