#second century failson -> sherif -> warlord -> emperor pipeline

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first day as a small-town sherif and you discover that some of the convicts you're transporting managed to escape in the night and since the penalty for letting prisoners escape is death, and the penalty for being late because you were looking for escaped prisoners is also death, you decide to free ALL of them and go hide out in the wilderness for a bit, except the convicts are super grateful so they make you their leader and it turns out they're decent guys who were exploited by a tyrannical government, so long story short you're crowd-sourcing for a peasant uprising and would anyone like to chip in?

3650th day and due to a series of unforeseen events you are now the emperor and founder of the han dynasty.

#ok this is the LAST time i exploit this format i swear #liu bang #Emperor Gaozu of Han #history meme #ancient china #second century failson -> sherif -> warlord -> emperor pipeline #epilogue: first year as the founder of the Han Dynasty. #you spend most of your time cussing people out and sleeping with your bf. #you are a huge improvement from the last guy so the country enters 400 years of peace and prosperity. #in case anyone was thinking “haha 2nd cent warlord is so wacky” chinese history is literally just Like That #second century warlord