Zhang Cang was in charge of various documents and archives of the Qin Dynasty. Later, he fled back to his hometown because of his crime. Liu Bang led a righteous uprising to Wu Yang, Zhang Cang's hometown, so he took refuge in Liu Bang, and then followed Liu Bang to make a guest attack on Wan.
Zhang Cang made meritorious service in Liu Bang's camp and made a big mistake. Once he was tortured, he took off his clothes and lay prone on the instruments of torture. He is tall and fair-skinned
At that time, it happened to be seen by the tomb people, marveling at Zhang Cangsheng's kindness, so he interceded with Liu Bang to exempt Zhang Cang from punishment. Later, because of this kindness, Zhang Cang took the tomb as his father.
After the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Cang was highly valued by Liu Bang for his meritorious service in previous wars. And he also appeared in the vassal States successively, and served as the prime minister of Daiguo and Zhao.
Later, he was promoted to a financial planner in the Western Han Dynasty. Because he is good at calculating laws and regulations and efficient, the court granted him a title to work in Xiangfu. At this time, Xiao He was the prime minister, and Zhang Cang was an employee of Xiao He.
During the reign of Emperor Wendi in the Western Han Dynasty, after Guan Ying's death, Zhang Cang succeeded as prime minister.
Zhang Cang likes music and calendars. When he became prime minister, the world had just settled down. At that time, many officials in the DPRK were military attaché s, and Zhang Cang was an out-and-out civilian, which gave him the opportunity to display his talents.
Formulated a set of relatively complete theories about degree, quantity and balance, and then put them into practice for national economy and people's livelihood.
Because Emperor Gaozu entered the customs in October, he still followed the October calendar of the Qin Dynasty. At the same time, according to the operation of the five virtues of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, it is considered that the Han Dynasty is in a period of vigorous water virtue, and black should be respected and respected. So the great men we see today, the sons of heaven, or noble people, are all dressed in mysterious clothes, not bright yellow.
Zhang Cang is good at music. He played the clarinet and tuned it so that it could be combined with five notes and eight notes. Formulate the standard measurement of all kinds of utensils and apply it to all kinds of works in China. It is no exaggeration to say that the scholars who studied the musical calendar in the whole Han Dynasty were actually learning from Zhang Cang.
"Historical Records": "Since the early Han Dynasty, the arts and sciences are unclear, and the sky is the main plan, and the measurement is neat and calendar."
Zhang Cang's contribution to the Han Dynasty is little known by later generations. On the contrary, his private life is more noticeable.
Zhang Cang was born in the late Warring States and died in Han Jing. With such a long span, it can be seen that Zhang Cang has been active for a long time. According to historical records, Zhang Cang lived for more than one hundred years.
Don't say that people who are over 100, that is, people in their sixties and seventies, have already lived a long life at that time. And Zhang Cang lived for so long, what's the secret?
Zhang Cang paid attention to health care in his later years, and diet recuperation was the general tone of health care. The only difference is that you don't quit color.
There are more than 100 concubines in Zhang Cang's backyard. What is more special is that this 100 has other functions.
When Zhang Cang resigned as prime minister, he was old and lost all his teeth. He lives by drinking human milk every day, and the woman in the backyard is one way for him to get human milk.
But whoever has given birth to a woman will never touch it again and live by drinking human milk 100 years old.
Human milk contains lactoferrin, carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids and taurine, which is good for babies and adults. It is also possible for Zhang Cang to live to be over one hundred years old.