(This interview is when Liu Bang has reached the age of 61, around the time he dies from past injuries)
Parkev: Emperor who helped you uprise Hu Hai?
Liu Bang: I had rounded up three thousand men with the help of a few men from my hometown Xiao He, Cao Can, Fan Kuai, and Zhou Bu. Another man named Cheng Sheng lead the uprising with the help of many others along with me.
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Parkev: When allied with the Chu forces what were the battle plans and how many men did you have?
Liu Bang: When i had joined Xiang Liang had welcomed me by enlarging my armed forces with an extra two thousand men. Sadly Xiang Liang had soon perished while being on a reinforcment mission.
The Prince of Chu had ordered Xiang Yu to help in the north and had sent me to attack from the west.
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Parkev: What was your main focus for uprising the Qin dynasty?
Liu Bang: I like equality between all the people of Qin. The Qin had high taxes and did not focus on there agricultural needs for there people. Also the Qin had a unruly Emperor Hu Hai that did not understand his dutys as an emperor. Basically the dynasty was falling apart and i wanted to piece it back together by taking control.
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Parkev: What ignorant fool tried to assasinate you Emperor?
Liu Bang: Xiang Yu's advisor Fan Zheng secretly plotted my assassination by requesting Xiang Yu to invite me for a banquet at Hong Meng. I had refused to go to the banquet but Zhang Liang told me that i must attend due to the size of Xiang Yu’s armed forces. Xiang Yu’s cousin Xiang Zhuang had tried to assasinate me but was stopped by Xiang Yu’s uncle Xiang Bo and Fan Kuai.
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Parkev: When in power of Western Han was everything peaceful or not?
Liu Bang: Sadly everything was not, northern tribes led by turkish speaking tribe called Xiong Nu. The Xiong Nu people were namadic herders that had been making raids into china for years. My military was not strong enough to defeat the northern tribes therefore he bribed the Xiong Nu with food and clothing in exchanged for a peace treaty. I also sent a young women who claimed she was a chinese princess into marriage with a Xiong Nu prince.
You have some great information here, how ever, I'd like to see a little more detail in your first two responses. Please consider the formality appropriate for speaking with and emperor, and PLEASE do a very careful job of editing.
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