When Liu Bang first appeared in the "Chronicle of History", he was just an unknown Surabaya pavilion chief.
The chief of the pavilion, responsible for one side of the garrison, has a status equivalent to that of the current police station chief. In the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, the status of the pavilion chief was much smaller than that of the county chief, and the administrative unit at the level of "pavilion" was originally a small village and town set up in the cracks between the old Six Kingdoms, so Liu Bang's status was not much higher.
Some people say that Liu Bang is a hooligan, and I dare not agree with this, but judging from Liu Bang's habits, he is definitely a prodigal son who spends money like dirt. The imperial court issued a lot of money, gambling money, inviting guests, and it was spent, so Liu Bang had not saved money for many years in the pavilion.
In this year, there was a foreign gentleman in the county town, Lü Gong, who had a birthday and wanted to take advantage of the birthday feast to marry his daughter, and Liu Bang, as the chief of the pavilion, naturally wanted to be polite and go through the formalities. However, Liu Bang was too poor to make up much money, so he could only shout a number casually and mix into the door.
Lü Gong was able to mix to this point, he had a pair of fire eyes and golden eyes, he only looked at the gift list, and found that Liu Bang's fish eyes were mixed. Just when Lü Taigong was about to get angry and pull out the guy who used fake human feelings to make up numbers, Liu Bang stood up and took the initiative to apologize to Lü Taigong.
As a result, Lü Taigong felt that this boy must not be a thing in the pool, invited him to eat a white food, and also married lü lu, the daughter of the boudoir, to this person.
There are not many records of Liu Bang's appearance in the historical materials, and the so-called "dragon phase" of Liu Bang was also made up by the Han Dynasty people in order to please the old ancestors. Lü Yan traced the colorful clouds to find Liu Bang hiding in the Mangzhong Mountain, and the clear-eyed people knew at a glance that this was the blind words of the descendants Luo Weaving.
Liu Bang is poor, his appearance is average, his status is low, and he is surrounded by some wine and meat friends, such people are not popular in most periods. So, why did Prince Lü marry his daughter who was not yet out of the cabinet to Liu Bang, who seemed to have no future? There are a lot of doorways here.
First of all, the background of the Qin Dynasty decided that Lü Gong had to marry his daughter.
At that time, Qin II built the Afang Palace (or other palaces) in order to expand the number of palace women to recruit unmarried women from all over the world. Hu Hai's boy is more than his father's bastard, and there are at least a number of women recruited by Yingzheng. In order to escape the clutches of Qin II and avoid the loneliness of the deep palace, the vast number of people's daughters had to find someone to marry at will.
Lü Taigong was exiled to Pei County, there were not many sons-in-law to choose from, and although Liu Bang, who was the chief of the pavilion, was insignificant in the outside world, he still had influence in Pei County. Just like "pulling out a big one in the box", there are not many candidates for Lü Taigong to choose, except for the first leader of Pei County, there are only Liu Bang and the like.
Then, why didn't Lü Gong marry his daughter to Peixian County Ling, he was a local leader, wasn't he of a higher status than Liu Bang?
According to the Records of History, Lü Gong was a powerful gentry, and because he offended the dignitaries, he had to drag his family and run to Pei County. Lü Gong is quite famous, so when he chooses a spouse for his daughter, he will consider that the door is right, and the county order is naturally the best candidate. However, after conducting an in-depth investigation of peixian's interpersonal relationship pattern, Lü Gong found that Liu Bang had more potential than the county order.
And look at the county order has a wen and a martial arts two members of the love general - Cao participated in Xiao He. Although these two members of the Ai General were the staff of the county order, they were only the leaders of Liu Bangma on weekdays. In addition, most of the "land snakes" in Pei County are Liu Bang's "little brothers", such as Fan Duo and other traders who run small businesses and have good friendships with Liu Bang. Lü Gong had been mixed in this world for most of his life, so he was naturally more far-sighted than the frog at the bottom of the well in Pei County.
He saw from the environment of Pei County that Liu Bang was the real leader, so as long as he could make good friends with Liu Bang, he could keep the safety of the Lü clan.
Second, let's look at Liu Bang's personal conditions.
The historical data do not mention that Liu Bang has a heavenly posture, so Liu Bang's length belongs to the "public face" and there is nothing worth saying. However, Liu Bang, who is average in appearance, has the ambition to surpass ordinary people, and when he saw Qin Shi Huang's car rut in his early years, he once issued such an exclamation: "The big husband should be like this!" Under the strict Qin laws at that time, the only one who dared to say such a rebellious word was probably Xiang Yu except Liu Bang.
Although the ancients had a difference in the door, those true sages often valued a person's ambitions and sentiments. Even the high-ranking families are willing to give their daughters to ambitious and broken people, who often hide endless hope. Zhang Er, Chen Ping, and Chen Yu, which is not a small person who is even worse than Liu Bang? But they were favored by the giants and married a rich family that others could not reach.
From here, we may see that ambitious people were quite popular in that era.
In summary, there are many reasons why Lü Taigong married his daughter to Liu Bang, including considerations for the safety of the Lü family and being influenced by the general atmosphere of the times. Lu Taigong's choice, in fact, is an investment. It's just that Lu Taigong didn't know that this potential stock could actually break through his expectations and become a generation of emperors.
Resources:
【History" and "Book of Han"】