From the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the last years of the Qin Dynasty, as the ruler of the supreme power, he had an extraordinary family background. Liu Bang was the first to jump from a peasant to the founding of the country and the founding of the dynasty as emperor. Before Liu Bang, whether it was the Heavenly Son who unified the whole country or the princes who were divided, without exception, all of them were from famous nobles. Like Liu Bang, who was so poor that he often relied on his debts and rice, but eventually became emperor, it was a groundbreaking feat.
Although in the pre-Qin period, there were also individuals who achieved a class transition through their own efforts and became the king's confidante, but it was limited to this, and no one was able to leap to the highest ruler. Moreover, what is even more groundbreaking is that Liu Bang is still an illiterate, and the pre-Qin upper class attaches great importance to culture and education, especially in cultivating aristocratic successors, and will never allow illiteracy to appear. That is to say, basic cultural literacy is the most basic requirement of the ruler, and if this is not achieved, he cannot be a king.
Liu Bang, who was born like Liu Bang, did not have the opportunity to receive a good education at that time, and after Liu Bang later became emperor, he attributed the reason for his youth and lack of study to the chaotic world. It seems that this will be the case, but in fact it is not, Liu Bang's ancestors were all illiterate families living in the lower society, that is, there was no tyranny of Qin Shi Huang, and it was absolutely impossible for him to go to school from a family like him, basically destined to live a life of farming and farming like his ancestors, because in that era, reading and educating was not something that everyone had the opportunity to enjoy, which was the privilege of the aristocratic upper class. However, Liu Bang sat in the Jiangshan as an illiterate person, which can be described as another major breakthrough at that time. So what did he rely on? Is it luck?
Of course not, although Liu Bang came from a humble background and did not have a culture, he had many things that noble intellectuals did not have, that is, he knew people well and was obedient. It is precisely because Liu Bang has many deficiencies and shortcomings that he knows that if he wants to achieve a career, he must rely on the help of others to succeed. Therefore, he has formed a unique set of employment standards, like Han Xin is a nameless young man who is humiliated by people's crotches, one has no family background, and the other has not commanded a soldier and a pawn, but Liu Bang dares to risk letting him directly serve as a general and command the generals of the three armies.
The same is true for the reuse of Chen Ping, although Chen Ping is talented, but he was also born low, and his reputation in his hometown has always been bad, it is said that he has an affair with his sister-in-law, and it is said that such a person cannot be appointed by the ruler. However, Liu Bang is eclectic and employs only his strengths. As long as he can do good things for himself, then he is the talent he likes.
In the end, Han Xin and Chen Pingping, who looked inconspicuous, finally made extremely outstanding achievements, made immortal contributions to Liu Bang, and proved how wise Liu Bang's decision-making was at that time. At the same time, Liu Bang will patiently listen to the different opinions raised by his subordinates, and as long as it is beneficial to his own development, he will humbly obey. Xiang Yu, on the other hand, was completely different, often acting very self-righteous, and even the feasible opinions put forward by Fan Zeng, who was revered by him as his sub-father, were often rejected, so that he missed many opportunities.
When Liu Bang was proclaimed empress dowager and held a summary meeting with his courtiers, he sincerely admired the outstanding talents of Xiao He, Han Xin, and Zhang Liang, believing that they were the masters of the world, and he could not compare with them. Although Liu Bang was not good at all aspects, he became an emperor, why? Liu Bang said the reason for this sentence: "All three are masters, I can use them, so I take the world." ”