Don’t underestimate Liu Bang, the director of the Surabaya Pavilion: He is not a very high-ranking person, but he manages a lot of people, and he can eat without spending money.

Some people often say that Liu Bang, the great emperor of the Han Dynasty, was a grassroots who even drank on credit. He cheated Lu Pheasant because he went to rich families to eat. But we know that Liu Bang had a large number of people during the Fengxize Killing Snake Uprising, and these people were all under his control. In other words, his status was equivalent to that of the "" general" who was killed by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. The reason why Liu Bang was able to control so many people was because he was the chief of the Sishui Pavilion in Pei County of the Qin Empire. So what was the rank of the Sishui Pavilion Chief and how many people could he control? Historical data shows that Liu Bang was not a big or small person at that time. As an official, he was in charge of at least a thousand households. This would be changed later. He was also the head of a town. He couldn't become one without spending thousands of dollars. After becoming one, it would not be a problem to earn one or two billion. Liu Bang was very courageous. , there is nothing he dare not do. "The Military System of Ancient Dynasties" records: "" Qin Fa, five households are in a group, and ten households are together; a hundred households are in one li, and there is a leader; in every five li, there is a governor; in every ten li, there is a governor. A pavilion has a long pavilion, and the long one has two pawns, one is the father of the pavilion, and the other is a thief; five pavilions and one township, where there are shepherds, three elders, and wanderers; smaller than the township is called Ju, and there are stingy men in Ju; ten pavilions and one county (ten thousand households), the county has magistrates, prime ministers, and lieutenants, and those who are less than ten thousand households are the chiefs. ""The Chronicles of the Three Masters" also says: ""In the old days, there were two soldiers in the pavilion. One was the father of the pavilion, who opened and closed the pavilion for sweeping; "Through the records of these two historical materials, we can know that Liu Bang had ten li chiefs who were in charge of one hundred households. In the Qin Dynasty when all the people were soldiers, each family had at least one young man, and the li chief was at least equivalent to a centurion. , and Liu Bang, the pavilion chief, had at least a thousand men under his command. In other words, he was at least a captain of thousands, or equivalent to the "thousand households" of the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Liu Bang also had two young men. Among his followers, one cleans his home and cares for his home, and the other is responsible for maintaining local security. Liu Bang has a certain status in Pei County and lives a very prosperous life. We can see this from three things. The first thing is. Liu Bang was very particular about the quality of life, and sent people hundreds of miles away to buy hats. There is a sentence in "Historical Records: The Benji of Emperor Gaozu": ""Gaozu was the chief of the pavilion, so he used bamboo skin as a crown and ordered Xue to rule it when he wanted to steal it. It is always important to wear a crown, and the crown is always valued. This is the so-called Liu family crown. " Combined with the annotations of the three schools, the translation of this sentence is as follows: When Liu Bang was the head of the Surabaya Pavilion, he liked to wear a "magpie tail crown" made of new bamboo skin. For this purpose, he even sent his own "" beggar. "Thieves" went to Lu Guo County to purchase. Xue is Lu Guo County, which is in today's Tengzhou, Shandong Province. An important meeting was held in Xuedi at the end of Qin and early Han Dynasty. It was called the ""Xuedi Conference" in history. The organizer of the meeting It was Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu's uncle, who proclaimed Xiong Xin, a descendant of the King of Chu, as King Huai of Chu at the meeting. As you can see from the map, Sishui Pavilion is located in Pei County, Xuzhou City, more than 130 miles away from Tengzhou, Shandong. Liu Bang specially purchased a hat to send people, which shows that he is not a grassroots person with poor food and clothing. After becoming the chief of the pavilion, Liu Bang was very arrogant: ""The officials in the court are abusive, good at wine and sex." It cannot be said that Liu Bang's face changed as soon as he got rich. This was due to the environment. It can also be said that "times and positions change people". If officials in the past dynasties did not drink and be lewd, they might not have much development. Secondly In order to show that Liu Bang's victory in the world was the "divine right of kings", "Historical Records" also recorded such a story: Liu Bang often went to the restaurant opened by Wang Yu and Wu Fu to eat, but he was They always gave me money without giving money. In the end, the two families even burned the money, saying that they would never ask Liu Bang for debt. According to Sima Qian, it was because Wang Yu and Wu Fu often saw a dragon on the drunk Liu Bang's head. It was concluded that Liu Bang would become a great man in the future, so he formed a good relationship. However, there is a problem with this record: Wang Yu and Wu Zhen were just hotel keepers, mortal beings. Why could they not be seen by others, but these two creditors could see it? See? After they saw it, they made a big publicity. Why didn't anyone in the government arrest Liu Bang and hold him accountable? Looking at it next, we were relieved: "Every time Gaozu drank, his hatred increased several times."

"This means that when the pavilion chief comes to drink, he can bring customers. When he comes, many people who want to get close to the pavilion chief, a Bailihou Tao, also come, so the hotel business is booming. This kind of thing has not been uncommon in all dynasties. , for example, everyone knows that turning an empty basin into a snake is a trick and has nothing to do with qigong, but a group of talented and famous actors from the Governor's Daotai are flocking to him. What these people value is the connections of the "Master" - through him, the celebrities can make friends with the Governor's Daotai and obtain benefits. The blessing of Qingluo Umbrella can also be obtained through him, and the governor's Taoist platform can also take advantage of each other's needs. The "master" is just a prop, to the sky, it is just a bridge and a link. Third. The thing is, the culture at that time was to wait and see what others were doing, and Liu Bang was very good at cheating? After Qin Shihuang's hard work, the Qin Empire prospered, but behind the prosperity, there was a huge crisis. This crisis was that people had changed from focusing on merit to merit. It has become a norm to be mercenary and just wait and see what others do. It has become a common practice, and even the celebrity faction is not immune. The rich man Lu Gong (who is not a rich man) is a good friend of the magistrate of Pei County. The county magistrate's friend) invites guests, and Xiao He, the senior official of the county government, is responsible for knowing the guests (the one who enters, the money from the gifts; the master who enters, the money for the gifts), and sets the rules for watching the dishes: "" If he doesn't make enough money, he will sit down in the hall. "When Lu Pheasant's father entertains guests, he also needs the guests to bring their own gifts. Without a thousand dollars, they can't even enter the main hall. This is like a fool who spent all his money to buy a chance to have a meal with a predator, but he didn't get the meal. He went bankrupt first. ?The reason why those celebrities in Peixian County spent a lot of money to attend Lu Gong's banquet was not because of how much money Lu Gong's family had (they won't share it with you), but because they attended this "" Therefore, Lu Gong received it with peace of mind and the celebrities spent it willingly. In the end, how much gift money flowed into the pockets of the county magistrate was their private matter. At that time, Liu Bang wanted to eat in the main hall When it comes to high-end gourmet food, he lied about offering a gift of 10,000 yuan. Even Xiao He couldn't stand it, and directly exposed Liu Bang's background: ""Liu Jigu talks a lot, but rarely achieves anything. "Assigning subordinates to handle private affairs, paying for meals on credit, and participating in official and business salons for deception. From these three things, we can see that Liu Bang is not a grassroots, nor is he an honest official. More importantly, we can see After the Qin Empire reached its peak, what followed was a decline in social conduct, corruption among officials, and collusion between officials and businessmen. The death of the second generation of the Qin Dynasty was no accident...