The Eight Characters of Emperor Liu Xiu in the Eastern Han Dynasty
If we compare the founding emperors together and mention Qin Shihuang, we think of the achievements of sharing the same track, sharing the same book and destroying the six countries, unifying China, expanding its territory and implementing reunification. When we think of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, we will think of Xiang Yu, the overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty who was defeated by Liu Bang, and we will also think that three super talents, Han Xin, Sean and Xiao He, were used by Liu Bang.
Speaking of Sima Yan, the first emperor of the Jin Dynasty, I think of his ancestor Sima Yi who staged a coup in Ping Ling to seize the Cao Wei regime, and the Eight Kings Rebellion and Five Rebellions in the late Western Jin Dynasty. When I think of Tang Dynasty's founding emperor Li Yuan, I think of his outstanding son Li Shimin's Xuanwumen rebellion and his seizure of Li Yuan's regime.
When it comes to Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, I think of Chen Qiao mutiny and Yellow Robe. Speaking of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it reminds me of the strategy of "building a wall to accumulate grain and slowly becoming king" and the slogan of "expelling Land Rover and restoring China". Speaking of Nurhachi, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, it reminds me of his 13 armor's hardships in fighting outside the customs for decades.
So, what do you think of when you mention Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty?
Maybe you will think of Liu Xiu's famous saying that "an official should be an official and his wife should be a Yin Lihua", which means that an official should be an official, that is, an official in charge of public security in Beijing. If he marries a beautiful woman like Yin Lihua, Yin Lihua is Liu Xiu's original match. Besides, it's hard for you to remember Liu Xiu's outstanding impression. Some people call Liu Xiu "the son of an airplane" on the Internet, which means a very lucky person.
Liu Xiu is the most common emperor in the history of China. This kind of common is to put Liu Xiu in the crowd, and no one will look at him again, because he is not like an emperor in all aspects. Although the talent is extremely high, both civil and military skills are perfect, but Liu Xiu has always maintained a normal heart.
1, personal ability
Liu Xiu is a rare emperor with both civil and military skills in history. Liu Xiu likes reading and has been a student, which is equivalent to a graduate of the Central Party School. This level was already the highest education level at that time. If a student graduates, he can become an official. He is definitely a cultured person, but Liu Xiu is very low-key.
Even Liu Bang, the emperor who looked down on Confucian scholars, could write a poem like Song of the Big Wind to sing, but Liu Xiu could not. He didn't write any poems, nor did he achieve anything in literature. However, Liu Xiu's talent is very high, especially in military affairs. Just look at the battle of Kunyang.
The battle between Liu Xiu and Kunyang is inevitable. This is definitely a very famous battle in history. Liu Xiu led more than 65,438+00,000 rebels to defeat 420,000 regular troops in Xin Mang. Except for the fatuity and incompetence of commanders such as Xin Mang and Wang Xun, Liu Xiu showed courage, wisdom and courage everywhere.
Liu Xiu led some troops to stick to Kunyang and mobilized reinforcements himself. At the same time, he publicized to the Xin Mang army that Wancheng had been occupied, which shook the morale of the Xin Mang army. Finally, the main force of Xin Mang Army was completely defeated from the inside, which led to the collapse of Wang Mang's regime. Liu Xiu played a very low-key role in this war and won the war with such a big gap between the enemy and ourselves. Of all the emperors in the history of China, Liu Xiu fought like this.
However, in the whole Eastern Han Dynasty unification war, Liu Xiu did not personally lead the troops. Most of the time, Liu Xiu is behind the scenes, under the command of the front-line generals. This is a little different from the general founding emperor. Liu Xiu captured the Kanto War and sent Deng Yu and Feng Yi. Geng Yan, Laihe and others recovered Longxi School, while Hao, Cen Peng and Laihe captured Sichuan and Sichuan School.
It gives the impression that Liu Xiu doesn't like fighting, or is not good at it. He only sent his hands to fight, but he was the commander. Like the general founding monarch, he basically has to go to the battlefield in person and go into battle in person. For example, Liu Bang, Zhao Kuangyin, Genghis Khan, and Zhu Yuanzhang all personally led their troops to war and fought bloody battles all the way.
But Liu Xiu is completely different. He worked hard for him by his talent for driving and laid the foundation for the world. Because he didn't fight personally, the history books about the war of unifying the world in the Eastern Han Dynasty all recorded Liu, but behind the scenes, he was not as famous as Liu Bang, but in terms of personal talent, Liu Chao passed Liu Bang and was no less than Liu Bang.
For example, Liu Xiu is like a low-key schoolmaster who likes to bury himself in his studies. He just wants to bury himself in his studies, unlike those schoolmasters who get good grades but like to show off in high profile. Therefore, Liu Xiu directly gives people a low profile, and naturally it is rarely mentioned.
2. Liu Xiu's pragmatic personality.
There are more than 400 emperors in the history of China. If you want to be famous among these people, you must have enough literary martial arts. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not the founding king of the Han Dynasty, he was the most famous emperor in the Han Dynasty. The fundamental reason is his literary martial arts. Militarily, Emperor Wu defeated the Xiongnu, opened up the western regions, opened up the southwest, destroyed South Vietnam, recovered Fujian and Vietnam, captured the Korean Peninsula, and set up four Han counties.
In civil affairs, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the system of internal and external dynasties, strengthened centralization, and implemented the law of favor, which completely solved the problem of enfeoffment. The most important thing is that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty laid the cultural gene of exclusive respect for Confucianism, which has become the thought of governing the country for thousands of years and has far-reaching influence. This is why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is very famous.
For example, Li Shimin was not the founding emperor of Tang Taizong, but Tang Taizong also had a lot of literary martial arts. He created a prosperous period of Zhenguan rule. On martial arts, he defeated the Turks and continued to expand the territory, so he became famous. That's why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong appeared in "Spring and Snow in Qinyuan".
But what about Liu Xiu? What's his sandwich technique?
As the founding emperor, the unified war is Liu Xiu's martial arts. Liu Xiu has no other martial arts except the war to rule the world, and there is no war to expand territory. Even after Liu Xiu unified the world, western countries asked Liu Xiu to send troops to reopen the western capital, but Liu Xiu did not agree.
Why does Liu Xiu disagree? Because Liu Xiu doesn't care about these reputations, he cares about the stability of the country. After the United War, although a unified Eastern Han Dynasty was established, it took Liu Xiu more than ten years to establish political power. China has been at war for more than ten years, and its population is exhausted and its national strength is weak. Liu Xiu chose to recuperate. This is the difference between Liu Xiu and Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong.
No special martial arts, no special achievements in literacy. Liu Xiu's policies in literacy are mostly to restore the policies in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, such as advocating Confucianism, restraining strongmen, recuperating and collecting books. These policies are very common policies, not special achievements. This shows that Liu Xiu is pragmatic and just wants to be his emperor, which is a bit like Emperor Wen of Chinese.
Because Liu Xiu is not prominent in sandwich martial arts, he is not so prominent in the whole history of China, even a little unknown, and few people mention it.
3. Dealing with heroes.
Liu Xiu treated heroes peacefully. He didn't treat the recruited king like Liu Bang, nor did he treat the recruited king like Zhu Yuanzhang, nor did he kill the hero like Zhu Yuanzhang. He didn't even relieve the soldiers of their military power with a glass of wine like Zhao Kuangyin, directly depriving them naked, but took very peaceful measures.
How did Liu Xiu do it?
Liu Xiu only did a little, that is, to recover the relieving, and nothing else has changed. What was the original official position, and it is still the case now. Anyone with a title or an official position can inherit it. In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, more than 360 heros were named Hou, every hero was treated well, and no hero was killed. This is Liu Xiu's self-confidence and an example for the emperor to treat heroes.
As the founding emperor, it is inevitable for history to pay attention to the problem of heroes. For example, the founding emperors like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang will have a clear record of the cruelty of heroes in history books, but Liu Xiu did not, and even in this respect, it was only a brush. Because Liu Xiu is too kind to the hero, very ordinary and kind, and even can't find Liu Xiu's black spots, he rarely mentions Liu Xiu, which is very low-key.
Generally speaking, Liu Xiu gives people the impression that he is a very low-key emperor, so low-key that you can't afford to pick all the black spots and faults. Liu Xiu has no special literary martial arts and no special deeds to make people remember him at once. Unlike Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when it comes to Liu Xiu, you can't remember his deeds for a long time. Of course, such an emperor is not often mentioned.
Liu Xiu is like a low-key scholar, a pragmatic entrepreneur, an ordinary emperor and an anonymous founder. Of course, such people are not often mentioned.