Liu Bang's Imperial Life
by Wei Daocun
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Liu Bang, the noble emperor, returned to Peixian County and was warmly entertained by his father and fellow villagers. He stayed there for more than half a month. During this period, he issued a decree to exempt the people of Peixian County from taxes and corvee for generations, but did not include Fengyi. Everyone in Pei is grateful after hearing this. But before leaving, all the villagers stopped Liu Bang and refused to leave. They knelt down and asked Liu Bang to relieve the people of Fengyi from the burden. They said: "Although your majesty grew up drinking the water of Pei County, he is called Pei Gong, and has a deeper relationship with Peixian, but after all, he is born in Fengyi. Both Fengyi and Peixian are your hometown. The two places are close neighbors and relatives." Relatives, how can your majesty only exempt the people of Peixian County from taxes and corvee, but not the people of Fengyi? "Liu Bang said: "I was just living in Fengyi, and I almost died there before I was born. When I saw the Qin army coming to slaughter the babies, my neighbors were trying to protect themselves, and they did not hesitate to frame my family, causing the whole family to become homeless. How could I be affected by the people of Fengyi?
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