Observing the growth experience of many celebrities in the Qin and Han dynasties, you will find a very interesting thing, that is, these celebrities more or less have a period of empty window, that is, doing nothing, even if it is to starve to death, they have no idea to make some money. Liu Bang is a special case, Liu Bang's family is not short of money, at least it will not be a poor people. Liu Bang's ideal when he was young was to become a chivalrous guest, and the hero here is different from the hero as he understands it now, and the hero at that time was actually a means of entering the army and a threshold for obtaining a high-level job.
It is precisely because of this ideal that Liu Bang despises farming, so he is said to be a person who does not produce and has nothing to rely on. Here we can also see Liu Bang's family background, a big man who does not work all day and can still have money to be idle, and another long journey from Pei County to Waihuang to meet his eldest brother Zhang Er. Of course, this is just an isolated certificate, which does not mean that Liu Bang is a wealthy family, but there is one thing that can be proved. Liu Bang's birth mother died after Liu Bang was born, so Liu Taigong married another one. This stepmother is not simple, not only has culture and cultivation, but also brought a younger brother Liu Jiao to Liu Bang.
The circumstantial evidence is that Liu Jiao's name is not similar to the previous brothers, casually shouting a Bo Zhongji, that is, Liu Da, Liu Er and Liu San, in addition, Liu Jiao still has a word, the name Jiaozi you, of course, this name is definitely not taken by Liu Taigong, then only Liu Jiao's mother is left. Therefore, how can Liu Taigong, a peasant who is not solid, marry a well-educated and knowledgeable lady? Therefore, Liu Bang's family is not simple.
The topic returns to the core issue here, that is, why many people did not produce during the Qin Dynasty, such as Chen Ping. In the "Chronicle of History", it is recorded that "poverty is nothing, and a county laughs at its deeds", Chen Ping is a big tall man, such a burly person never works, so that he has become the laughing stock of a county. The same is Han Xin, Han Xin can't even afford to eat when he is the most miserable, but a big man wants to let the drifting mother appreciate the meal, which is somewhat embarrassed.
However, people who do not seek much understanding will have two views on these things, the first is that these ancient greats had great ambitions and had long anticipated that their future achievements were unlimited, so they did not work. The second is to think that the big masters have no work, what kind of achievements can be obtained, even if it is some small business, it is enough to eat a mixed meal!
In fact, this pot Liu Bang, Chen Ping and Han Xin really don't need to be backed, and our understanding itself is wrong. It's not that they don't want to work, it's that they can't. After the unification of the Qin state, the people were called Qianshou, which sounded like a kind of property. In fact, Qin Shi Huang really only regarded the people as a resource to use, and constantly dispatched. But in order to prevent the people from escaping, or from finding no one to hide in the mountains and forests, there was a household registration system.
However, there are several levels of household registration, of which different divisions of labor correspond to different groups of people, such as ordinary people are private households, and guilty families are called apprentices, in addition to craftsmen households, disciples household registration, and so on. But there is one thing that needs special attention, that is, municipal citizenship. In fact, it is easy to understand that the municipality is also the household registration of the merchant nature. However, the city nationality was not a good identity during the Qin Dynasty, not only determined the inferior social status, but also was suppressed everywhere. Basically, businessmen will be labeled as price gouging and opportunistic.
And once it is marked with municipal citizenship, it means that there is no land, and other production is not allowed, and doing business is subject to high taxes. In addition, it is not said that a generation can get rid of it, for example, if your grandfather is a city citizen, then you are also a city citizen. In addition, when there are difficulties, the municipal population goes to be cannon fodder, and the city nationality is allowed to fight the war first, and the labor force is also given priority to the municipal citizen. Therefore, basically in the Qin Dynasty, nationality is a hopeless situation, even more pitiful than imprisonment.
Therefore, we can understand why Chen Ping, Han Xin and others dare not do business even if they are hungry. This is why during the Qin Dynasty, he preferred to be a rogue than a businessman. So there is also a question, that is, why have the ability and talent, do not serve the country? This is because it costs money to become an official, and how much money also determines how big an official is, and even if he can't afford to eat, can Chen Ping, Han Xin, and others still have spare money to become an official? So don't be too embarrassed for them, they don't want to.