Among the emperors, except for a few special cases, most of the founding emperors made great efforts to govern the country, which was also the result of their constant hard work and experience in a turbulent society. Because of their long history, most of them have some legendary stories, some of which are even incredible to us. Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is undoubtedly one of these emperors with legendary experiences.
It is also because the story of him and Wang Mang is a household name. Today, with the development of the Internet, Liu Xiu is also known as the son of an airplane. He and Wang Mang, who was suspected of crossing, eventually became enemies of fate, but it is hard to imagine that they have never met. Catch the Moon, the creator of watermelon video, said that in Liu Xiu's life, there were meteorites in the war. The TV series dare not shoot like this, and describes Liu Xiu's legendary life in detail. From birth to Liu Xiu becoming an emperor, it seems that there has always been a noble person to help. Readers who are interested in this can search for the original works on the watermelon video to watch.
The man who took Liu Xiudao.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, with the help of his aunt and queen, Wang Mang was able to enter the DPRK as an official and gradually seized power. But Wang Mang was not satisfied. He wanted to replace the Han Dynasty and re-establish a new dynasty. However, there was a Buddhist named Liu Xin in the New Dynasty, who was actually a relative of the Han Dynasty and a descendant of the Liu Bang brothers and Wang Chu, but because he was not a descendant of the royal family, he could only help the royal family.
In 6 BC (the first year of Jianping), it was renamed Liu Xiu to avoid the name of Liu Xin, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Please note that Liu Xiu here is not the emperor Liu Xiu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In addition to taboo, Liu Xin changed her name for another important reason. At that time, there was a rumor in the world that there was a man named Liu Xiu. What does this mean? Is Liu Xiu the son of heaven? So Liu Xin changed her name to Liu Xiu.
Before the new dynasty was established, there was nothing wrong with changing the name. At first, the relationship between Liu Xin and Wang Mang was very good because of its name, but because there were many roads in the world, Wang Mang became suspicious of Liu Xin and Liu Xin was restless, so he was later killed by Wang Mang. In fact, it was later pointed out that if Liu Xin hadn't changed his name, follwed would have taken a man named Liu Xiu in the world, so Liu Xiu would have died ten times and there was no life.
There is no story without coincidence.
Coincidentally, just after Liu Xin changed his name, a boy named Liu Xiu was born. Unlike Liu Xin, Liu Xiu is the ninth grandson of Han Emperor Liu Bang. However, because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued a law of mercy, Liu Xiu was also lonely. Although his father could still be a county magistrate, due to his early death, Liu Xiu had to farm with his brother Ada.
According to historical records, although Liu Xiu was born at an untimely time, he was practical and willing to work since childhood, while Ada was dishonest and often made friends. Since Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he has been bent on lifting the case, and finally the two brothers rose up together. However, due to Ada's maturity, after joining forces, Liu Xiu was willing to be the man around his eldest brother, and went to the Western Ocean to make meritorious military service.
Due to the poor equipment in the early days, Liu Xiu could only ride an ox to the battlefield. In order to surround the outlaws, Wang Mang concentrated on conquering Bai Wan's army. As a result, he was defeated by Liu Xiu's twenty thousand troops at the gates of Kunyang, and the world shook from then on. In this year, outlaws invaded Chang 'an, follwed was killed, and the new emperor Liu Xuan succeeded to the throne. However, because Ada was too sharp-edged, he was beheaded by the new emperor Liu Xuan, which also prompted Liu Xiu's thought to change.