Xiao He, Cao Can, Fan Kuai and others appeared in Xiaopei County. Is this a land of feng shui?

Pei county, a most magical place in the late Qin dynasty, is also a legendary place, which produced the most heroes in that era.

The so-called "times make heroes", whenever times are turbulent, there will always be some heroes leading the development of the times. However, to achieve something great, it requires not only a hero to take the lead, but also the struggle and efforts of countless people behind the hero.

When the Western Han Dynasty was founded, Liu Bang recommended 162 people as founding heroes, including 32 people in Pei County. As far as the top 20 people with the highest status are concerned, there are ten people from Peixian County, accounting for half. Among them, Cao Can, Fan Kuai, Xia Houying, Tomb, Zhou Qiang, Kong Ju, Shen Shiqi and Yong Chi are all famous figures in history. These people were born in Pei County and knew Liu Bang very early, so they were called "Pei County Hero Group".

Then a lot of people get confused. Why can a small Pei county produce so many "can rule the world and dare to be a minister in troubled times"? Is Pei County really a land of geomantic omen and outstanding people?

The answer is obvious, of course not.

Pei county can produce so many founding heroes, mainly because of Liu Bang, a fellow villager. Liu bang has just started to raise the banner of righteousness, and Qin's reputation for resisting violence is still very small, and not so many people take refuge in him. In order to expand the team, we need to recruit talents. But rebellion is a beheading business, and you can't post job advertisements on the recruitment network. Where can I pull a team?

Ask friends from hometown for help, and of course, these friends of Liu Bang. Who are they? Xiao He, the county magistrate, Xia Houying, the horse driver, and Fan Kuai, who kills dogs and sells dog meat. As we all know, these people rebelled with Liu Bang when he started his army. They are either Liu Bang's relatives or Liu Bang's hometown. If you don't trust them, who does Liu Canbang trust?

So, imagine that when a founding monarch started fighting, he began to be reused and began to follow him north. When you say founding the country, can you not be one of the heroes of founding the country? So why did Pei County have the most heroes when the Han Dynasty was established? Because these people have been following Liu Bang from the beginning, they are the most assured and trusted group. They followed Liu Bang for the longest time and naturally contributed the most.

But there is a problem with this statement: it explains why there are so many heroes in Pei County, but why there are so many talents in Pei County? Fan Kuai, for example, is a peddler who kills dogs. Why did he become a war fighter? Xiao He was originally a small official. Why is he so knowledgeable?

For no other reason, I just practiced on the battlefield.

In Historical Records and Biography of Reese, Reese compared the timid mouse in the toilet with the bold mouse in the granary and said this sentence:

A person's virtue is like a mouse, in his own ear!

"Whether a person is virtuous, just like these two kinds of mice, is not because of his natural ability, but because of his living environment and life managers!" And this sentence is the best explanation for this problem. Fan Kuai was not born a valiant soldier, and Xiao He was not born a wise man.

They can come from behind, first, by the experience accumulated before joining the army, and second, by the ability honed on the battlefield later. Being able to follow Liu Bangfeng in the rain for so many years, even an ant can eventually become a dragon.

We can know that there are talents like Liu Bang, Fan Kuai and Xiao He in Pei County today, but more people died on the road with Liu Bang, without even leaving a name.