Han Cao To Luu Bang is the emperor who keeps the history list for having the merit of creating the greatest Han dynasty in Chinese history, but he also has an eternal bad reputation.
Liu Bang (256 BC-195 BC), was the first emperor of the Han Dynasty in Chinese history.
Liu Bang was born into an ordinary peasant family in the Feng Shui District of Jiangsu. The names of his parents are not recorded in history.
Image Liu Bang in Chinese dramas.
When he was young, Liu Bang was described as a lover of girls, “lazy at work”, often chatting all over the place and interacting with many rogue parties.
Liu Bang’s father even got angry and cursed his son: “You are a villain!” This bad reputation did not disappear but even piled up when Liu Bang became Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
The emperor has a bad reputation forever
First, according to Chinese history books, Liu Bang was famous as an “industrious, lazy to work” young man. He is passionate about alcohol and beauty.
In the past, there was a saying “woman cross three, male cross six” (a girl got married in 13 years, a son got married in 16 years), but Luu Bang is still 40 years old to marry because of his bad habits.
In the past, he used to sneak around with a woman nicknamed Cao. Soon after, Cao Thị became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Liu Fei. After ascending to the throne, Liu Bang Phong bestowed this eldest son, Qi King.
Second, Liu Bang was accused of being a person who only knows each other first. During the time when the Sino-So was in great competition, Liu Bang lost the Battle of Pengcheng and was driven out by the enemy.
On the way to the race, Liu Bang saw the car driving slowly and immediately pushed his son and daughter down. The driver saw this, could not help but hold the lady and the son in the car.
3 times like this, Luu Bang got angry and said, “We are in danger like this, do we have to pass both again? And my safety?” The driver of the car argued: “It’s his flesh, how can we leave it behind?”
Liu Bang was one of the few Chinese emperors who came from peasants.
Not only ready to abandon his children, Liu Bang did not hesitate to challenge his opponent to take his father’s life. Bo Wang Xiang Yu’s department once threatened Liu Bang’s father.
Xiang Yu once pushed Father Liu Bang to the army front and said, “If you don’t back down, I will bring your father back to the ground!”
General Han was extremely clumsy, everyone thought Liu Bang would do it because of the preservation of his father’s life and ordered the troops to withdraw. Unexpectedly, Liu Bang said, “We were both a brotherhood, my father is also your father. If you absolutely want to cook your father’s flesh, don’t forget to leave me a bowl of meat soup. to eat!”
But thanks to such harsh words, Xiang Yu had to order Liu Bang’s father to free himself.
Third, Han Cao To Luu Bang is famous for being the slayer of gods, including the “god of war” Han Xin.
He was fighting the northeast with Han Tin, splitting the shirt to the bowl of rice. But when people were unified, seeing Han Tin was a manipulative strategy, Liu Bang gradually created fear.
Previously, when Liu Bang discussed with Han Tin the talents of generals, he would ask, “Like me, how many coins can I hold”?
Han Tin replied bluntly: “Your Majesty can only contain ten thousand”. Liu Bang asked, “How much can you own in your family?” Han Tin immediately replied, “God, the more the better.”
It can be said that Han Tin’s merits and talents are so great that Liu Bang is never self-assured and forced to find a way to eliminate him.
Human assessment Luu Bang
Statue of Emperor Liu Bang.
According to today’s Chinese historians, Liu Bang has many bad qualities, but his inferior background requires him to do so in order to survive in chaos.
One of Liu Bang’s strengths is that he knows he comes from a low background, little education, not much talent, so he is ready to listen to the opinions of others, using the talents of his subordinates to become a career. .
Most of Liu Bang’s elders come from rogue backgrounds, but under Liu Bang’s command they all grow into exceptional characters.
Liu Bang more than anyone who has used a user will ever doubt it, and someone who suspects never uses it.
If Liu Bang fully adheres to Confucian moral standards, he certainly cannot win the world. As a person of inferior origin, Liu Bang understood that he could not use conventional means to gain full power.
Usually, when he went to his future father-in-law, he even had to lie that he had tens of thousands of coins even though he had no money. If he was happy with what he had, Liu Bang could be overthrown by other powers or bring China back to the chaotic era of warring states.
When it comes to the fact that Liu Bang and his wife destroyed all of their courtiers, when they almost unified China, Chinese historians believe it is inevitable.
Liu Bang gave the vassals the land just to unite in order to destroy Xiang Yu. In fact, Liu Bang understood that the vassal power was too strong. If they later act against this, the Han will hardly resist.
Liu Bang and his wife’s actions were criticized for being cruel, but they were the best way to bring people into a real relationship, to end the bloody war period since Qin Shi Huang period, to help the Han. stabilization period entered.
Moreover, when he became the founding emperor, Liu Bang was old and weak. He knew Prince Liu Doanh had low talent and couldn’t keep an inheritance. Although the vassals have no intention of making a betrayal, there is no guarantee that when the young prince is not yet successful, they will still be loyal.
It can be said that Liu Bang exhibited all the bad traits throughout his life, and it is these bad qualities that have helped him unify people. But it is undeniable that Liu Bang started the most brilliant Han dynasty in history.
The Chinese considered the reign of the Han Dynasty, which lasted 400 years, to be one of the greatest periods in all of Chinese history. This is why most Chinese still consider themselves Han Chinese today.
