When reading the Chronicle of History. At the time of Gao Zu Benji, many people will have a feeling, why did Lü Hou's father Lü Gonghui look at the ordinary Liu Bang at a glance, is it true that he is really a reclusive face master, and only one side has given his daughter's lifelong events? Did he really "see" Liu Bang's future wealth and nobility?
In fact, if we carefully read the "Records of History", we can feel more unspeakable under Lü Gong's decision.
<h1>First, the environment faced by Lü Gong</h1>
Single father Lü Gongshan Pei Ling, avoiding the guests of vengeance, because of the family Pei Yan - "History. Takazu Honki
According to the "Records of History", Lü Gong was evasive from the enemy family, and the family moved from a single father to Pei County. However, there is one thing that everyone may have overlooked, the single father is now Shan County, Heze City, Shandong, and Pei County, which is now Pei County in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, does not seem to be in the same province, and it seems that the distance is very far, but in fact, the distance between the two is less than two hundred miles.
Lü Gong came to Pei Ling on the grounds that he and Pei Ling had always been friends, but after arriving in Pei County, he had to face a problem, that is, Pei Ling's marriage proposal. From the words of Lü Mi (Lü Gong's wife), "Pei Ling Shan Gong, ask for it, why do you vainly promise to be with Liu Ji?" Inside, we can see that Pei Ling's marriage proposal was obviously rejected by Lü Gong, and compared with Liu Bang, Lü Mi was more willing to marry Lü Yan to Pei Ling.
In order to be able to marry Lü Yan, Pei Ling naturally had great respect for Lü Gong, and even spread the news of the arrival of heavy guests, and the Haojie officials of Pei County rushed to congratulate him. This move is difficult to say that this move is good news for a Lü Gong who has fled for only more than a hundred miles, and it is very likely that exposing his identity and attracting enemies is a very likely thing.
Therefore, Lü Gong needed to solve one thing as soon as possible, that is, to marry his daughter Lü Yan. Not only did he give up the idea of Pei Ling, but he also tried his best to avoid attracting enemies and inviting the disaster of killing himself.
<h1>Second, it is crucial to choose who to marry</h1>
Since Lü Gong was eager to marry his daughter out, it was crucial to choose who to marry.
Although, from Lü Gong's point of view, the reason for disagreeing with Pei Ling was probably because Pei Ling was too old, or because pei ling's concubines were more likely to attract attention. In this case, the former possibility is obviously greater, in our current words, "I obviously regard you as a friend, but you have a heart to be my son-in-law", Lu Gong is naturally unwilling. However, Lü Gong's reason for rejecting Pei Ling naturally could not be so direct, but should be a cliché such as "the little old man is in distress, the little girl is unworthy, and it is really difficult to be worthy of such a noble person as Pei Ling". However, judging from Pei Ling's attitude towards Lü Gong, he should not have given up.
Therefore, Lü Gong needed to find someone who could not be too bad, and could not directly reject his choice because he was afraid of Pei Ling. However, during Lü Gong's time in Pei County, most of the people he came into contact with were known through Pei Ling, and it was really difficult to find the right people.
For example, people like Xiao He and Cao Shan, who worked under Pei Ling, although they seemed to be obviously superior to Liu Bang, they were likely to directly reject Lü Gong's marriage proposal because they were afraid of Pei Ling.
This created a favorable opportunity for Liu Bang.
<h1>So, why did the Lü Guild choose Liu Bang? </h1>
For Lü Gong, this "Pei ZhongHaojie official... The banquet of "Congratulations" is full of dangers, but it is also an opportunity. As long as he chooses Ruyi Langjun for his daughter Lü Yan through such an opportunity, he can "turn the danger into a disaster" and get rid of pei ling's troubles. Therefore, in a sense, every guest who came to the banquet was the object of Lü Gong's close observation and attention, not just limited to Liu Bang himself.
Therefore, although Lü Gong finally chose Liu Bang, it was not expressed at the time, but when he drank all the fun, after everything he should know, Lü Gong made his eyes leave Liu Bang behind.
JiuYuan, Lü Gong stayed in Gaozu because of his eyes. Gao Zu drank, after. Lü Gongyue: "The subject is less good, the other is more, there is no season, may the season love." The subject has a daughter and is willing to be a concubine of Ji Ji. ---Historia. Takazu Honki
So, why did Lü Gong not choose others, but chose Liu Bang? There are at least three reasons for this:
1, Lü Gong is indeed able to see the picture, Liu Bang's appearance is also very recognized by Lü Gong. The "Gao Zu Benji" describes Liu Bang as "long and accurate and dragon face, beautiful beard", that is to say, Liu Bang's high nose bridge, wide brain gate, beard shape, hairstyle are very beautiful. This shows that Liu Bang not only looks excellent, but also pays great attention to his appearance, not the kind of sloppy "hooligan" look. Lü Gong, who was good at looking at faces, naturally soon discovered these advantages in Liu Bang.
2. Although Liu Bang's position is not high, he is also the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion and belongs to the small officials of the Qin Dynasty. In the Qin Dynasty, not everyone could be an official. It is required to have a certain amount of family wealth, but also to have a relatively good reputation, and the performance of all aspects of character can not be worse, and more importantly, it must also have a guarantor. This article, coupled with Liu Bang's appearance, although it may not guarantee how high Liu Bang's upper limit is, at least it can ensure that Liu Bang's lower limit is not too low.
3. More importantly, the third article is that Lü Gong believes that Liu Bang is likely not to refuse his marriage proposal because he is afraid of Lü Gong. The reason is that when Pei Ling executed his distinguished guest, the other Haojie officials were all decent, and the amount of money should be congratulated, and the position that should be sat was to sit in which position, only Liu Bang was different. Not only did he "not hold a single coin", but he shouted "He Qian Wan" and went directly to the hall. In the face of such a special figure, Lü Gong of course attaches great importance to it, so when he hears the voice outside, he has already "frightened, up, and greeted the door", until after greeting out, Lü Gong really saw Liu Bang's appearance, which shows that Lü Gong attaches great importance to Liu Bang is not only because of his appearance. Later, Liu Bang sat down on the upper seat without humility, which further confirmed Lü Gong's judgment.
Therefore, combined with Liu Bang's appearance and Xiao He's brief introduction to Liu Bang by Xiao He and others, Lü Gong finally decided to ration his daughter Lü Yanxu to Liu Bang.
<h1>Fourth, Lü Gong's gesture of proposing marriage</h1>
If judged according to the normal angle, although Lü Gong fled to Pei County, he still had a certain social status and was very valued by Pei Ling, and his gesture of proposing marriage to Liu Bang should at least be equal. What is unimaginable is that Lü Gong's posture is very low, even no less humble than when some young men propose to the goddess.
The following paragraph is what Lü Gong said to Liu Bang.
"The subject is less good, the other is more, there is no season, may the season love itself." The subject has a daughter and is willing to be a concubine of Ji Ji. ---Historia. Takazu Honki
First of all, Lü Gong held Liu Bang to a very high height (as a person who was good at looking at faces, Lü Gong had read countless people in his life, but he had never seen a person with such a noble face as Liu Bang); secondly, Lü Gong put his daughter in a very low position (it was only a "broom concubine" who asked to be Liu Bang, that is, a concubine with a dustpan and a broom, nothing more); this comparison is a little too obvious.
Liu Ji, that is, Liu Bang, did already have a woman at that time, that is, a foreign wife Cao Shi, and also had a son Liu Fei, but he had never been married by a Ming media, that is, there was no right wife. This information, Lü Gong is still relatively likely to know, but even if he does not know, it can at least show that Lü Gong is very eager to marry his daughter to Liu Bang. That's why he put his posture so low, even so low that it was easy for people to think that Lü Yan couldn't marry out.
It is no wonder that Lü Mi will be angry with Lü Gong because of this matter, but Lü Gong's sentence "This non-child woman knows it" is the truth. Because of the marriage he achieved, and because of Liu Bang's success later, his vision (Xiangshu) was raised to the point where he could "seal the gods".
<h1>Water talk</h1>
Many times, the seemingly magical fragments of history "hide" a lot of helplessness. Putting ourselves in the shoes of history, sometimes we see a completely different history.
The marriage between Liu Bang and Lü Yan is neither lü gong's amazing skill, nor is it Liu Bang is not worthy of Lü Lu, but lü gong found the most suitable person for his daughter under the forced choice. In addition, the requirements of Lü Gong and his wife were not so high, no matter how high their previous status as a single father, after arriving in Pei County, their criteria for choosing a son-in-law had already declined, which was not difficult to understand why their second daughter Lü Wei [xū] did not marry a person of higher status, but was a dog slaughterer Fan Duo.