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This is a cross-border work that interprets history from an economic perspective. This book details the employment system and profit distribution system of the two major military groups Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, making the historical mysteries clear and transparent, with a novel perspective and interesting information. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and all the heroes were vying for the throne. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought for hegemony for seven years and won. What is the underlying reason? This book takes the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony as the main line and tells how Liu Bang gradually strengthened his own strength through conquests, diplomacy and internal political management, and attracted senior talents such as Han Xin, and finally established the Han Empire. The author uses the economics perspective to reorganize this seven-year war for hegemony, conducts in-depth interpretations of historical events such as the "Hongmen Banquet", corrects fallacies, and brings readers a different and novel experience.

From the perspective of economics, this book selects several aspects to try to reveal the secrets of war and peace between the grasslands and the Central Plains. For example, did the Great Wall really play a big role in the collision and integration of the Central Plains dynasties and the grassland peoples? Why was the Song Dynasty willing to sign the famous "Chanyuan Alliance" with the Liao Kingdom when it was not defeated? Why was Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty able to become the "Khan" of the grassland people? What is the economic explanation for the murderousness of the Mongolian legions led by Genghis Khan? Why did the Ming Dynasty continue to fight with the northern grassland peoples for more than 200 years?