Liu Bang's Adolescence

Between flashes of lightning and thunder, Princess Ziwei fell to earth again as the Purple Star to be reincarnated to fulfil her mission, just as Liu Old Woman, wife of Liu Tai Gong, had dreamed, "The Purple Star reincarnated as her son!" Princess Ziwei did indeed put on a male version of her physical body and reincarnated as their son.

"Hey! Hubby! I'm really pregnant, and I'm already having strong early pregnancy reactions these days!" Liu old woman said to her husband, Liu Tai Gong.

"Really? Could it be that the dream you had by the lake was a foetal dream?" Liu Tai Gong asked curiously.

"It's possible! I even dreamt of a dragon in the past two days!" The woman said.

"You didn't have similar strange dreams when you were pregnant before, could it be that this child really came from an extraordinary source?" Tai Kung Liu touched the woman's belly, his heart filled with anticipation.

"If our child is destined to be a dragon seed, I only hope that he will be a good dragon, born to protect the family and help all beings!" The woman offered her hopes for the child!

"That's quite a good idea, let's name him Liu Bang! I hope he will have the opportunity to rule the country and help all beings in the future!" In a flash of light, such a name appeared in the mind of Liu Tai Gong.

"Good! Liu Bang, the son of the Liu family to rule the country and secure the state! This is a good name! I want him to rule the country and be at peace all year round, let's give him the word: 'Ji'! I hope our child will be born soon!" The woman's smile was also full of anticipation.

In the eyes of Liu and his wife, who were looking forward to the birth of their child, time flew by.

The ten-month pregnancy seemed to have passed in a flash.

The woman gave birth to Liu Bang without incident, with the word: Ji. Liu Bang's parents noticed: their child was indeed different, for this child actually had 72 black moles on his left thigh!

Under the careful care of his parents, Liu Bang slowly grew up and time passed into his teenage years. As a teenager, Liu Bang was an anomaly in the eyes of those around him. People around him laughed at Liu Bang for being idle and unprofessional, and so Liu Bang was scolded by his father, but Liu Bang knew he could not settle for a life of rural labour with his face to the ground and back to the sky in any case. So Liu Bang had to be honest with his parents and tell them that he did not want to work in agriculture.

After that, Liu Bang said goodbye to his parents and set out to follow his dream. In his young mind, he was always thinking of his idol, Lord Xinling of Wei, who was a brilliant and famous nobleman, politician and military man during the Warring States period. In order to meet his idol, Liu Bang finally arrived at the residence of Lord Xinling, despite the treacherous journey, but unfortunately, when he reached his residence, he learned that Lord Xinling had died in 243 BC. However, Zhang Er, one of Lord Xinling's disciples, was already the magistrate of Waihuang County, and was recruiting talented people. When Liu Bang received the news, he rushed to see Zhang Er and became one of his staff.

He learnt a lot from his friend Zhang Er, who encouraged him to take a different path. Under the influence of his friend Zhang Er, Liu Bang had already set himself a position: not to take the ordinary path, not to be an ordinary citizen!

Zhang Er gave Liu Bang a post as a pavilion commander, and at the same time gave him many opportunities to exercise his abilities: security issues, neighbourhood mediation, completing tasks given by his superiors, etc. Those who could do more had to worry about everything, big and small, but Liu Bang did it with a sense of enjoyment. In the course of his work, Liu gradually realised that in the end, there is no escape from personnel. As long as the people are put in order, things will be put to rest!

Liu Bang's experience in personnel management as a pavilion commander laid the foundation for his later ability to control Han Xin, Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Chen Ping and a host of other cattlemen with ease. Time flew by and before he knew it, Liu Bang was already in his thirties when a wealthy family surnamed Lu moved to Pei County to escape their enemies. This was because they had a very close relationship with the magistrate of Pei County. The head of this wealthy family was called Lu Gong, who was a master of face reading and could predict a person's future based on his face. And Duke Lu had predicted that his eldest daughter, Lu Pang, would be rich! When Duke Lu heard that Liu Bang had 72 black moles on his legs, of course he wanted to read the face of this Liu Bang with 72 black moles to see what Liu Bang's future would be like.