Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, was also an ordinary person when he was young.

The story begins in the winter of 256 B.C.E. Entering November, Fengyi, Chu Guopei County, located in Huaibei, was in a depression. At noon on the 24th, villager Liu Taigong's family added another son, which was already Liu Taigong's third son, he named the child Liu Bang, and according to the ranking, took the milk name Liu Ji.

This day was ordinary, and there were no visions such as fires and fragrances. The neighbors on the left and right came to congratulate them, and after a pleasant greeting, they dispersed. People would not have imagined that this baby would stand in the center of the stage of history in a few decades, starring in wonderful dramas, and finally change the direction of history and the fate of hundreds of millions of people.

In the official history books of the Han Dynasty, there is an absurd derailment story: Liu Bang's mother worked in the fields, was tired and lay on the ridge to rest, attracting a black dragon, and then became pregnant and gave birth to Liu Bang. In order to prove that Liu Bang is a "dragon species", the writer took great pains to add an eyewitness - Liu Taigong.

We know that rebellion is a work of losing heads, and those who rebel are regarded as rebels and thieves. In order to agitate the populace and prove their legitimacy, the rebels often invent a bunch of myths to proclaim that they obey the destiny of heaven. It is not surprising that Liu Bang, the son of a farmer, changed his origins.

Liu Bang was born at a time when the Qin State was a great era of change in the late Warring States period. His family is not very wealthy, at least there is no shortage of food and clothing, like an ordinary country boy, Liu Bang grew up carefree, occasionally had some small troubles, and the changes in the political situation did not matter much to him.

When he was a teenager, Liu Bang also had his own idol: Xinling Jun Wei Wuji, one of the famous four sons of the Warring States Period. As a prince, Xinling Jun is a corporal who is polite and virtuous, helping the needy, and has a high reputation among the princes. His fame spread far and wide among the people of Chu, and the young Liu Bang admired this idol. Usually, Liu Bang also looks like an idol and likes to make friends.

When he was a little older, Liu Bang called friends all day long, wandered around, did not like to read, and did not like to work in the fields. His father, Mrs. Liu, couldn't get used to his style, and often reprimanded him: "It's so lazy!" Look at your second brother, who can farm and build houses, you are not as good as your second brother who can buy property. ”

The second brother Liu Zhong is a standard good young man in the eyes of the villagers, hardworking and practical. Liu Bang's little heart has been hurt by his relatives again and again.

Many years later, Liu Bang became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Taigong also became the emperor. When the Weiyang Palace was completed, a banquet was held, and Liu Bang raised wine to celebrate his father's birthday, but he still didn't forget to joke with his father: "In the past, you often scolded me for being a scoundrel, not as capable as the second brother. ”

Liu Bang often took a group of friends to his eldest brother Uncle Liu's house to eat and drink. Uncle Liu died early, and Liu Bang still took his friends to his eldest brother's house to eat and drink. The sister-in-law was bored, and when she arrived at the meal, she saw Liu Bang bringing people from a distance, so she hid in the kitchen and scraped the rice pot with a rice spoon. Several times, Liu Bang's friends refused to come again.

Once, Liu Bang deliberately went into the kitchen to check and found that a pot full of rice was cooking. Liu Bang walked away angrily. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang's brothers of the same clan were all crowned kings, and Liu Bang only posthumously crowned the eldest brother as a marquis. Mrs. Liu was upset for her eldest son. Liu Bang defended: "Sister-in-law is not virtuous. Later, when I saw the face of my parents, I reluctantly named the eldest brother's son as the Marquis of Tangjie. Spoon: Scrape the bottom of the pot with a spoon.

In the eyes of the elders, Liu Bang is idle and unproductive. There is no way to know what kind of mental journey Liu Bang has experienced, only that he still goes his own way. At the age of thirty, Liu Bang suddenly decided to go to Daliang, the capital of Wei (northwest of Kaifeng City, Henan), to find his idol Xinlingjun.

Thirty years old is a delicate age, that is, the youth is no longer there, the days are gradually dull, bearing the pressure of thirty and standing, enduring the fear of ideals drifting away, the friends of the former cockfighting lackeys have their own lives. Maybe it's the awakening of himself, maybe it's the white eyes of the neighbors, maybe it's the nagging of his parents, which stimulates Liu Bang to embark on this journey of chasing stars.

Liu Bang failed to see the idol in his heart. If you want to blame the slow spread of information, Xinlingjun has been dead for many years at that time. Liu Bang was stranded in Daliang, and he was worried that he had no place to eat. He heard that Zhang Er, Xinlingjun's old doorman, followed Xinlingjun's example and was recruiting doormen and went to defect. The two fans of Xinlingjun hit it off at first sight and chatted very speculatively. Zhang Er is thinking about doing something big. In 225 BC, the Qin army captured Daliang, and the Wei state was destroyed. Zhang Er became a wanted criminal in the Qin State and died at the end of the world. The doormen and guests were scattered, and Liu Bang also returned to his hometown.