Not only is Liu Bang not a scholar, but most of the teams he brought out from Pei County are "mud legs": Fan Kuai is a butcher who kills dogs and sells meat; Zhou Bo weaves sericulture equipment for a living and occasionally goes to funerals as a drummer guest; Xia Houying is a coachman; Xiao He and Cao Can, who hold the highest positions, are just small clerks in the county.
At that time, these people belonged to the bottom of society, with neither a good education nor much knowledge. What made them stand out from the uprising army at the end of Qin dynasty and finally win the world?
First of all, these people have good personal abilities. Fan Kuai is a butcher, but he is fearless. He can lead troops to charge ahead and is a natural general. As the brain of the team, Xiao He not only writes well official documents, but also gathers people's hearts and is good at logistics. Xia Houying is a good driver. He carried Liu Bang many times in times of crisis. He is an excellent driver. As the leader of a team, Liu Bang's greatest ability is to know people and make good use of them, and put his good friends in the position where he is good at it, so as to play the greatest role.
Of course, personal ability is only the foundation. The so-called high platform starts from accumulating soil, and it is important to constantly improve yourself through practice. From the Liu Bang Uprising in 209 BC to the establishment of the Han Dynasty in 202 BC, these founding heroes accumulated experience in years of wars and quickly grew into outstanding military and political leaders, which made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Empire.
Secondly, they have a strong psychological resilience. Because they are all from the bottom, Liu Bang's team is not afraid of failure at all. In fact, Liu Bang's army was defeated by Xiang Yu several times in the war at the end of Qin Dynasty, but the forces were scattered, but the core of leadership never dispersed. It was with the support of these intimate friends that Liu Bangcai stood up again and again and won the final victory of Chu-Han hegemony. In contrast, Xiang Yu, who was born in a famous family, refused to cross the south when Wujiang was defeated, leaving a word that he was ashamed to face his elders in Jiangdong, which made him feel too fragile psychologically.
Finally, they should thank the turbulent and great times. It was that era that gave them the opportunity to show their elegance and achieve great things on the stage of troubled times. Imagine that if Liu Bang lived in peacetime, he might just be an idle tramp, wandering in the streets of Pei County every day and spending his life in an ordinary way.
In short, the factors of success vary with the limitations of the times, but one thing has never changed since ancient times, and that is personal efforts. Only by constantly increasing your ability and tempering your will can you reach an unexpected height.