Chapter 88 What passes before your eyes is the life of Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of Han.

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Three Kingdoms, Shu Han,
Those second-generation people who were named by Tianmu felt a sense of honor in their hearts.

They are all proud of their loyalty to their country.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao seemed a little melancholy, with a look of dejection on his face.

Although he controlled half of the country and had a million soldiers and armor, he always looked down on Liu Bei, who came from a family of mat weavers and shoe sellers and had been defeated in many battles.

But at this moment he had to admit that he had indeed lost to the opponent in some aspects.

Especially when he thought about the huge empire he had worked so hard to build, which was finally taken away by that old villain Sima.

It made him even more heartbroken.

His own son usurped the Han Dynasty, and the son of the old thief Sima usurped his Cao Wei. In a sense, wasn't this a kind of retribution?

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[In fact, there has always been a saying among the people that when you read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms at the age of 20, you will admire Cao Cao, who fought in many battles and was a great hero.]

[When you read Romance of the Three Kingdoms at the age of 40, you will like Sima Yi, who was the ultimate winner because of his forbearance.]

[But when you are 60 years old and pick up the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms again, you will surely feel tears welling up for Liu Bei.]

[So what is the charm of Liu Bei? ]

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[“Alas…Time has passed, I am getting old, and yet I have not accomplished anything…”]

【"Why……"】

Accompanied by Liu Bei's two helpless sighs in the video, Tianmu began to tell the story slowly.

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[In fact, Liu Bei's family background was not good. His father died early. When he was a child, Liu Bei could only depend on his mother. He made some straw sandals and mats every day and carried them to the market to sell, just to make a living.]

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"That's not right. Didn't Tianmu say before that Liu Bei was a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan and a member of the Han royal family? How could I, a member of the Han royal family, end up like this in the future?"

Early Han Dynasty.

Liu Bang frowned as he looked at Liu Bei's bare house.

The founding emperor of the Han Dynasty could never have imagined how a dignified relative of the Han royal family would have fallen to the point of weaving mats and selling shoes hundreds of years later.

The video is limited in length, and Tianmu only tells the story in fragments each time. People from past dynasties can only piece together the truth of the matter from Tianmu's fragmentary words, and there are inevitably omissions.

Not only Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, was confused, but the young Liu Che, who had not yet implemented the Enfeoffment Order, was also confused.

However, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Liu Xiu, whose ancestors had experienced the Enfeoffment Order and fell into the position of farming among the common people, already had some guesses in his mind.

I couldn't help but feel sympathy for Liu Bei, who was in a similar situation.

Life is not easy!
Perhaps it was because of the beatings he had experienced in life that Liu Bei was able to fight again and again despite repeated defeats and always remain steadfast in his ideals... Liu Xiu thought so.

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[At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were many powerful families, and people were extremely particular about their origins and family background. If your ancestors didn't have any power, basically no one would look up to you.]

[Among the 18 vassal states, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were born into aristocratic families, with three dukes in four generations. Sun Ce's father was a governor, and Liu Zhang's father was a governor of Yizhou.]

【Liu Biao is a relative of the royal family.】

【Note that strictly speaking, Liu Bei should belong to the Han royal family, not the royal family. 】【According to the hereditary system, only those who are directly related to the royal family by blood or marriage can be recognized as royal family members. Although Liu Bei has the blood of the Liu family, he has no direct relationship with the Han royal family. At most, he belongs to the Han royal family. 】

[And those women who married into the Liu family, as well as their families, all belonged to the royal family, which immediately lowered the value of the Han royal family. ]

[Moreover, after hundreds of years of development, the descendants of the Liu family are spread all over the country. There is no telling how many people in the world are related to the Liu family. Therefore, Liu Bei, a member of the Han royal family, is completely different from Liu Biao, a member of the royal family. There is no comparison at all.]

[As for Cao Cao, his father was even a lieutenant, one of the Nine Ministers.]

[And what about our protagonist today, Liu Bei? His father was only a county official, and died early. Looking through the family tree, the most impressive title he had was that he was the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan and the great-great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojing.]

[It sounds impressive, but what about the reality? There was a gap of more than 300 years between the reign of Emperor Xiaojing and the birth of Liu Bei, and Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan, had more than 100 sons. Even if Liu Bei was really his descendant, no one would look up to him.]

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As Tianmu slowly told the story, everyone finally had a deep understanding of Liu Bei's status.

Liu Bang, Liu Che, Liu Xiu...these founding emperors of the Han Dynasty and the leaders of the revival of the Han Dynasty, were filled with emotion.

Such a small person who weaves mats and sells shoes, not even a big name among the small people, but with such an insignificant background, he vowed to support the Han Dynasty, which undoubtedly made everyone respect him.

You can imagine how difficult it is to gain a place among a bunch of local princes with prominent family backgrounds.

In fact, in everyone's opinion, given Liu Bei's status, there is no need for him to work so hard to support the Han Dynasty... To put it in modern terms, you only have a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, why would you risk your life for that?
It is because of this that a person like Liu Bei is so respectable.

Even though they already knew the result, many emperors of the Han Dynasty still looked toward the sky with hope, eager to know what Liu Bei had done.

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[Despite his humble origins, Liu Bei vowed to fight against other princes in order to support the Han Dynasty and realize his own ambitions.]

【Given Liu Bei's background, it would not be difficult for him to gain a foothold in troubled times, but it would be extremely difficult.】

[At the beginning, Liu Bei, who was 20 years old, started his first business in his life. ]

[You have to know that Cao Cao started out as a military commander in Luoyang City, under the central government. Sun Ce had already conquered six prefectures and eighty-one counties at this age, while Liu Bei had just started to enter society, bringing a butcher who killed pigs and a security guard with him to join the army.]

[Although he gained some military merits in the army and eventually managed to get a position as a county magistrate, not long after he took office, the imperial court issued a notice that all those who obtained county-level positions through military merit would be eliminated.]

[In order to amass wealth, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not hesitate to dismiss meritorious officials, vacate their posts, and sell official positions and titles at a fixed price.]

[Liu Bei was furious and took out his anger on the inspector who came to audit. He beat him 200 feet, threw down his official seal, and left in anger.]

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"The emperors of the later Han dynasties were so foolish, their demise was not unjust..."

Liu Bang sighed deeply. It was impossible for him to say that he didn't feel any emotion when he saw the foundation he had worked so hard to build being overthrown.

But what can he, who is already dead, do?

I just watched helplessly.

However, compared with the anger of some emperors, Liu Bang, who always accepted his fate, could only sigh that the Han Dynasty deserved such an end, and he continued to eat and drink as usual.

After all, this was the open-minded emperor who shouted to the doctor, "I conquered the world as a commoner holding a three-foot-long sword. Isn't this destiny? My life is destined by heaven. Even if Bian Que is reborn, it will be useless."

In Liu Bang's view, the general trend of the world is that it will eventually unite after a long period of division and will eventually divide after a long period of unity. This is the will of heaven. Even as an emperor, he cannot change it. Why should he worry about it?

Of course, he is still very proud of Liu Bei, his descendant.

He did not bring shame to his ancestors, and there are so many romantic and fascinating stories for people to talk about.

In this way, the 400-year-old Han Dynasty had a dignified exit, which is indeed a good story.

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(End of this chapter)