The person you are talking about is Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. China has been around for five thousand years and there have been many emperors. The Qin Emperor, Han Wu, the Tang Zong and the Song Zu are all more famous than the other. Better than the other, of course, it is also because of these talents that China has entered one prosperous era after another. Otherwise, how would we have so much material to brag about now, right? But there is an emperor that most of you are not necessarily familiar with. Maybe with the development of the Internet in the past two years, the title "Son of the Plane" has become a little known to everyone, but if you want to say what he did, I guess everyone will still know it all of a sudden. If you can’t tell, don’t panic. Erdan will chat with everyone about this article. I promise that after reading it, everyone will be able to brag again. Let’s talk about this emperor from three aspects: love, battlefield, and character. At the same time, these were also the three biggest dreams of men in that era.
When you are an official, you should be like Zhi Jinwu, and when you are married, you should be like Yin Lihua. Liu Xiu, whose courtesy name is Wen Shu, the ancients liked to choose their names in order, Bo, Zhong, Shu, Ji. It is not difficult to see that he ranked third. It is said that when he was born, the house was filled with red light. What is this called? The image of great wealth and great honor was not enough. That year another wheat plant appeared with nine ears. The harvest across the country was not good, but Liu Xiu's county had a bumper harvest. Ask a fortune teller to tell you that this child is extremely valuable. Okay, I slapped my thigh and named her Xiu'er. When Liu Xiu grew up, he was a standard handsome boy, but he was not very tall. According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", he was seven feet three inches tall, with beautiful eyebrows, a big mouth, an accurate protuberance, and an angle of the sun. ?Translation means that he is over 1.7 meters tall, with thick eyebrows, a big mouth, a high nose bridge, and a full heaven. Liu Xiu likes farming when he has nothing to do. At first glance, everyone thinks he is an honest and responsible farmer. His elder brother Liu Yan doesn't like farming. He likes to make friends with heroes. He often compares himself to Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and jokes that Liu Xiu is Liu Bang's son. Brother Liu Xi, who is Liu Xi? He's a useless guy anyway. But it turned out that everyone had guessed wrong. This guy heard that there was a county beauty named Yin Lihua in Xinye County. She was extremely beautiful, so this guy took his fancy. When he went to Chang'an to study, he saw Zhi Jinwu (guardian). The military leaders of the capital and the palace, who had a higher status, and the official of two thousand stones (two thousand stone) thought he was very handsome. The young man also got a second chance, and sighed on the street: "The official should be regarded as Zhijinwu, and the wife should be Yinlihua." ?Yin Lihua was only thirteen years old at this time, and she was like a beast. Fortunately, she didn't start in three years at that time, and the maximum penalty was death.
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Queen's Chronicle": In the early days, Guangwu was suitable for the new country. After hearing about it, he was so beautiful that he felt happy. Later, when he arrived in Chang'an, he saw that Zhijinwu's chariots and horses were flourishing, so he sighed and said, "The official should be Zhijinwu, and the wife should be Yinlihua." In June of the first year of Gengshi, he accepted the queen in Wandang Chengli, at the age of nineteen.
The Battle of Kunyang, and he became famous in the first battle
Liu Xiu later joined the Green Forest Army with his eldest brother Liu Yan. After going round and round, experiencing meritorious deeds, the generals of the Green Forest Army appointed Gengshi General Liu Xuan as the emperor. , Liu Xiu was granted the title of General Taichang and guarded Kunyang. Wang Mang was very scared when he heard that there was an emperor named Liu. Why was he scared? Because this child usurped the throne and abdicated in name, but he could only deceive the common people. At this time, an emperor named Liu came out, so it was obvious that Wang Mang was a rebel. At this time, the Han Dynasty was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Wang Mang raised one million troops, including 420,000 men in armor, and the rest were used to transport grain, grass and things. There is also a man named Big Mac in this army. He should have received the inheritance of a beast master. He can command tigers and leopards. There are 420,000 armored men, and there are tigers and leopards accompanying him. Who has ever seen this? Emperor Qin's army did not have such a big scene in this kind of battle. Liu Xiu's colleagues were scared to death. They were all packing up their belongings and preparing to run away. They ignored Liu Xiu's advice. When they heard that the army was about to arrive, they had no choice but to go find Liu Xiu. With a smile on your face and tears in your nose, General Liu, come on, come on, we all listen to you, we all rely on you.
Liu Xiu led thirteen cavalry to break out from the 100,000-strong army, intending to go to rescue troops and relieve the siege of Kunyang. The new army generals Wang Yi and Wang Xun attacked the city carelessly, thinking that they were sure of victory, but the lord of Kunyang City was about to surrender but was not allowed to do so.
At this time, meteorites fell from the sky in the military camp of the New Dynasty at night, and long mountain-like clouds fell into the camp during the day. You must know that the ancients were most afraid of these things, both meteors and white clouds overwhelming the city. Who would not Panic? It's probably because the gods are flattering the son of the plane, not to mention the tiger and leopard army with thousands of riders, animals are even more sensitive to these.
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Chronicles of Emperor Guangwu": Meteors fall into the camp at night, and clouds like broken mountains during the day fall when the camp is on the ground.
Liu Xiu took the opportunity to lead more than a thousand troops into the enemy formation, killing dozens of them with his own hands. He was a good thief with rhythm and won consecutive battles. He also sent a fake letter to let his opponent see that reinforcements would be coming. arrive. Taking advantage of the enemy's chaos, he led 3,000 death squads to break into the enemy camp and seize the head of the general, Wang Xun. This was truly like taking the head of an admiral from a million-strong army. But this is not enough. The son of the plane must have the strength of the son of the plane. Wang Mang's army trampled on each other and killed countless people. They were about to run to a safe area. There was a loud flash flood, and only a few generals were left. The dead make boats to escape. Brothers, what is this concept? An army of 25,000 people, and a small amount of rabble from this city, and a small amount from that city, defeated the 420,000 elite soldiers and wiped them out. Wang Mang was planning to use this army to wipe out the entire force, but he didn't Even thinking about Kunyang, I didn't even defeat him.
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Chronicles of Emperor Guangwu": There was a strong thunder and wind, the roof tiles flew off, rain fell like drops, the Kuan River overflowed, tigers and leopards all fought, soldiers rushed to rush, and tens of thousands of people drowned. Count, the water does not flow. Wang Yi, Yan You, and Chen Mao Qingqing rode the dead men across the water to escape.
Rule the country with gentleness and rule the world with etiquette
There are too many things to say about his wars. There are dozens of them in "Hundred Lectures: The Founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty" Collection, we can't just write one article. After Wu's is finished, we'll write the article. After all, he is a very knowledgeable emperor and a graduate of Taixue.
Revision: After years of war, only two out of ten households survived. Emperor Guangwu issued six orders to release slaves and maidservants. He also implemented the policy of refining the army and simplifying the government, and emphasized the literati and wise men. At this time, the literati were different from the corrupt scholars of later generations. He was able to fight all thieves, levy small taxes, build water conservancy projects, remove corrupt officials, strengthen centralization, and devote himself to collecting all kinds of books. Today, people may not think that books are precious. At that time, a volume of books could be regarded as a family heirloom.
Yan Wu: It’s not that he was as crazy as the military ban in later generations. He just wanted to recuperate and restore national strength and not easily start a war.
Education: Founded the Imperial College and established Doctors of the Five Classics. Later, a number of big figures emerged from the Imperial College. Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei both studied here.
Shang Jie: He vigorously rewarded those who did not become officials during Wang Mang's time, which changed the national atmosphere to "high moral integrity". This is why there were so many righteous men in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Xiahou Dun killed for his friends, Xu Shu also killed for his friends, Guan Yu and Dian Wei did the same.
Nan Huaijin, a great man of the generation, deeply agrees with Erdan’s evaluation of him?
In China’s history of about two thousand years, he is quite commendable, and he is probably an example of being able to manage a family well and govern the country. After all, there was only one Emperor Guangwu, Liu Xiu, who was the leader of the Eastern Han Dynasty's resurgence.