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Chapter 75: Restore Emperor Gaozu’s work and establish a prosperous future for all ages!

Li Ranran quickly watched the next video and went to bed after finishing this one.

[Restore the work of Emperor Gaozu and establish a good foundation for the future]

What do you think of when you think of Liu Xiu? The Son of the Planes or the Great Magician? In short, in the impression of most of us, Liu Xiu relied on the meteorite that fell from the sky during the Battle of Kunyang to gain control of the country and restore the Han Dynasty.

But in fact, if we open the history books and learn about them again, we will find that this may not be the case. Liu Xiu's journey was not smooth. It was his forbearance and low-keyness, coupled with the traditional skills of the Liu family, and his personality charm that gave him the ticket to dominate the world.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, there were numerous separatist regimes and it was extremely difficult to restore the Han Dynasty.

[Liu Xiu was the ninth-generation grandson of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, the sixth-generation grandson of Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Qi, and the fifth-generation grandson of King of Changsha, Liu Fa.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, implemented the "Enfeoffment Order" on the vassal states, which required the princes to redistribute the lands of their fiefdoms. In this way, the princes' lands would be divided into smaller and smaller pieces, and the threat of the vassal states to the central government would be eliminated.

By the time Liu Xiu came to power, his father Liu Qin was just a small county magistrate. A county magistrate was still an official after all. But the good times did not last long, as Liu Xiu's father died when he was nine years old.

His mother took his brothers and sisters to live with his uncle Liu Liang in the next county. It was not until Liu Xiu was 15 years old that they returned to their hometown Caiyang, Nanyang to farm.

Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and established the Xin Dynasty. The Han royal family members often felt indignant and hoped that one day they could restore the Han Dynasty. After Wang Mang's new policy failed, people in various places were living in poverty, which aroused many uprisings, and "people's hearts were longing for the Han Dynasty."

Liu Xiu's cousin Liu Xuan was elected emperor by the Green Forest Army, and the reign was called Gengshi. Liu Xiu's elder brother Liu Yan was appointed as the Grand Tutor. Soon after, Liu Yan captured Wancheng, and Liu Xiu defeated Wang Mang's 2 troops with only 42 men in Kunyang.

At this time, it was only a matter of time before the Xin Dynasty collapsed, but the rebel army began to fight among themselves. Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan was afraid of Liu Yan and decided to kill him.

After Liu Yan's death, many generals advised Liu Xiu not to go back, but now Liu Xiu was faced with the decision that he would die if he resisted, and he would also die if he went back.

Liu Xiu finally chose to go back and apologize to Liu Xuan, and acted honestly. During this period, he returned to his hometown and married Yin Lihua, giving people the impression that he had no ambitions. 】

[Liu Xuan felt a little guilty when he saw Liu Xiu like this, so he sent him to govern Hebei.

Is Hebei a good place? Of course not. Hebei is full of powerful people and it is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will lose your life. But Liu Xiu knew that if he wanted to take revenge and realize the goal of restoring the Han Dynasty, he had to leave the court and go to Hebei to fight.

Deng Yu, the leader of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, also followed Liu Xiu and offered Liu Xiu the strategy of "occupying Hebei and fighting for the world; implementing benevolent policies and winning the hearts of the people."

As soon as Liu Xiu arrived in Hebei, the local noble Liu Lin came to see Liu Xiu and brought him a plan, saying, "If the Yellow River is breached, the entire Red Eyebrow army can be destroyed."

Of course Liu Xiu did not agree to this vicious plan that would harm the people. After all, not everyone is as shameless as a certain dynasty.

Liu Lin found that Liu Xiu not only did not accept his advice but also did not use him, so he turned around and supported Wang Chang in Handan, who claimed to be the son of Emperor Cheng of Han, Liu Ao, and claimed that Wang Chang was the legitimate emperor (Zhao Han). Hebei areas responded one after another, and then Wang Chang ordered the capture of Liu Xiu and rewarded him with a title of 100,000 households.

Liu Xiu was chased everywhere in Hebei and had to flee all the way, but Liu Xiu's personal charm was really powerful. Even though he was a marquis of ten thousand households, he still had a group of loyal brothers around him.

After escaping to Xindu, Liu Xiu finally had his own initial base and began to fight back. Even though Liu Xiu's army had no defeats along the way, it was still not as good as Wang Changfang's.

Liu Xiu wanted to win over King Zhending Liu Yang, so he sent Liu Zhi to lobby Liu Yang. Eventually Liu Yang was persuaded, and the two reached an agreement that Liu Xiu would marry his niece Guo Shengtong.

In this way, Liu Xiu was ready to fight Wang Chang head-on. But the journey was not smooth, and his hometown "Xindu" was stolen during the process. Geng Chun, one of the twenty-eight Yuntai generals, suggested that they could bypass Julu and attack Handan directly.

After more than 20 days, Wang Chang could no longer hold out, and his men opened the city to surrender. After Liu Xiu entered Handan, he found many letters of surrender on Wang Chang's desk. Liu Xiu directly ordered all the generals to come over and burn all the letters in public.

[Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan was very surprised that Liu Xiu actually killed Wang Chang, so he ordered him to be named King Xiao and hand over his military power and return to Chang'an.

Liu Xiu refused and continued to attack the remaining forces in Hebei and the surrounding bandits. In less than a year, Liu Xiu had swept Hebei and became the real boss of Hebei.

On the other hand, after Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan entered Guanzhong, he did not discipline his subordinates at all and did not care about things all day long. As a result, this group of people committed all kinds of evil, such as burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of atrocities. The people of Guanzhong complained bitterly.

[In 25 AD, Liu Xiu established Luoyang as the capital, and the Eastern Han Dynasty officially began.

The Red Eyebrow Army attacked Chang'an and on the way chose a cowherd boy named Liu Penzi as emperor by drawing lots. Liu Penzi was a distant relative of the Western Han Dynasty royal family and a descendant of King Qi Liu Fei, the son of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang.

The Red Eyebrow Army had no idea how to govern. They were a group of bandits and robbers. After they entered Guanzhong, they were even more brutal than Xuanhan and swept through all the way.

When the Red Eyebrow Army arrived at "Long County", they were driven away by troops sent by Wei Xiang. Then the Red Eyebrow Army fled eastward, digging up the tombs of the Western Han emperors as they fled.

Except for Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Xuan of Han who were buried in Bailuyuan, southeast of Chang'an City, and Emperor Xuan of Han who were buried in Dudongyuan, the other nine emperors of the Western Han Dynasty who were buried in Xianyangyuan, north of Chang'an City were all dug up by the Red Eyebrow Army.

In the end, Liu Penzi led the Red Eyebrow Army to surrender, and Guanzhong was basically pacified.

At this time, Liu Xiu's rear, Zhending King Liu Yang, Yuyang Prefect Peng Chong and Deng Feng rebelled. Liu Xiu spent time suppressing the rebellion, fighting east and west, until Gongsun Shu died in Chengdu in 36 AD, Liu Xiu finally unified the Central Plains.

Liu Xiu's Guangwu Restoration was not only about unifying the country, but also about solving the problems faced by the newly established Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Xiu, the founding hero, did not follow the example of his ancestor Liu Bang in killing all of them. He rewarded them with titles of nobility, but never allowed them to hold any other official position.

As for the land issue, the land was measured and the household registration was verified. The "land measurement" actually included two aspects: one was to measure the land, and the other was to check the household registration.

At that time, "most of the cultivated land in the world was not real". The large amount of private land owned by the wealthy families was not registered in the household register to avoid rent and taxes. At the same time, many farmers also depended on the names of powerful landlords.

Although the "land measurement" involved many people, the main targets were the powerful landlords. The struggle between "land measurement" and "anti-land measurement" was essentially a contest of power between the Eastern Han government and the powerful landlords. Therefore, it encountered great obstacles during its implementation.

Many local officials pretended to obey but actually disobeyed, so that the "land measurement" and household registration checks that Emperor Guangwu had originally intended to take to limit the number of privately owned land and dependent peasants became a means of infringing upon the people in the hands of the provincial governors and prefects, and "the people blocked the roads and cried out."

Liu Xiu was very angry about the evil deeds and lip service of local officials, and he imprisoned and executed more than a dozen county governors.

In this "land measurement" struggle, Emperor Guangwu was obviously very determined. He was ruthless and tolerant even to great contributors.

Through land measurement, the population increased, powerful landlords and officials became more restrained, and officials dared not be too corrupt. It can be said that land measurement directly led to the "Guangwu Restoration" and the subsequent "Mingzhang Reign".

＜During the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for the first four emperors, the emperors after them all became kindergarten…＞

＜Although I still prefer to call Xiu'er a magician［狗头］＞

＜The reason why the 28 generals of Yuntai are not as famous as Liu Xiu is not because they are not strong, but because Liu Xiu is too good at fighting＞

＜When Deng Feng rebelled, nine generals were sent but failed to take the city down, and in the end Liu Xiu had to take action himself.＞

＜It turns out that Boss Cao learned from Liu Xiu.＞

＜It is now clear that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both wanted to copy Emperor Guangwu’s path＞

＜ Emperor Wen was too frugal, there was nothing good in it＞

＜Emperor Guangwu's land measurement plan failed, and he finally compromised with the powerful families

Unlike Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Xiu was not as tough as he was. He even imprisoned Dong Xuan, who represented the imperial power. >

＜ The biggest problem of the Eastern Han Dynasty was that the emperors were too young and died young, and the dictatorship of relatives and eunuchs＞

＜If Liu Bei really revived the Yan Han Dynasty three times, then Han would not only be a national title, but would become a god.＞

＜The main reason why Deng Yu is the leader of the Twenty-Eight Cloud Terraces is that he is the teacher of Emperor Han Ming Liu Zhuang. I feel that Feng Yi and Cen Peng are both better than Deng Yu＞

＜Why is there no Ma Yuan? I think Ma Chao said his ancestor was General Fu Bo, so Ma Yuan must be quite powerful＞

＜Emperor Guangwu was old, and because he believed in slander, Ma Yuan almost could not be buried properly.

After Liu Zhuang succeeded to the throne, he organized the Yuntai Twenty-Eight Generals. Although Ma Yuan was his father-in-law, he did not rehabilitate him. He only treated Ma's family well and built a ancestral hall. Ma Yuan was rehabilitated only after his son Emperor Zhang of Han succeeded to the throne.

＜From this perspective, Emperor Guangwu is not perfect ＞

＜ Since the Three Dynasties, only Guangwu can be said to be the best among all the kings＞

＜The Liu family really won the world with their broad minds＞

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Liu Bang looked at the description on the light screen and sighed sincerely that his descendants would be so promising!

Previously, there was a descendant of Liu who was committed to [restoring the Han Dynasty and returning to the old capital]. Now, there is another descendant who has achieved the goal of [restore the cause of Emperor Gaozu and determine the prosperity for all generations]. How could people not be moved?

"Why did Liu Fei's descendants start herding cattle?"

It turns out that this is how the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty came about. Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Qi, was filled with emotion for a moment, thinking that they were all his descendants anyway.

"The Enfeoffment Order is good." Liu Qi thought of his own Seven Kingdoms Rebellion and touched the head of the young version of Liu Che beside him.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, still admired Emperor Guangwu of Han, Liu Xiu. It was not easy to reach the position of emperor step by step. He was both good at fighting and governing the country, and he did a good job.

Just when the Western Han emperors were praising Liu Xiu, they heard the bad news that "Except for Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Xuan of Han, the other nine emperors buried in the Xianyang Plain north of Chang'an were all dug up by the Red Eyebrow Army."

"Fuck you!!!"

"Shuzi!"

"Thief!"

"I haven't even dug up Qin Shi Huang's grave. Don't these people think it's too much? What kind of rebel army are they? Do they deserve the name?" Liu Bang was furious. He would not tolerate digging up graves.

"What on earth did the last emperor of the Western Han Dynasty do? Not only did he allow an outsider to usurp the throne, but he also couldn't protect his ancestors' tombs!"

Liu Che was also angry, especially after comparing himself with Liu Xiu, he wondered how his lineage had fallen to the point of having the throne usurped by someone.

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Eastern Han Dynasty, 19th year of Jianwu

The people had experienced many wars at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and were exhausted.

During the Jianwu years, the population and economy developed, but Liu Xiu did not become complacent and continued to work diligently.

The appearance of the light curtain brought a touch of vitality to people who had just emerged from the shadow of war.

When Liu Xiu was wondering what the light ball in front of him was for, a line of words began to appear on the light curtain: [Restore the work of Emperor Gaozu, and establish the rule of the world for eternity]

"It's... a miracle..."

The officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty were shocked when these words appeared on the screen. Isn’t this our Majesty? The Han Dynasty is truly the destiny of heaven!

Liu Xiu had a dull expression on his face, and he began to recall what had happened along the way as the images on the screen appeared.

When the light curtain mentioned "measuring the land", Liu Xiu wanted to know what the miracle in front of him was like. Too many people were killed in the implementation of "measuring the land", and there were rebellions in many places.

"Mixed praises and criticisms." Liu Xiu sighed, but he did not think that his policies were wrong. Instead, he wondered why the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not live long?

"Twenty-eight Yuntai Generals?" The ranking that had been mentioned many times on the light curtain was actually ranked by his own son.

Liu Xiu felt upset when he saw that he had listened to slander and failed to bury Ma Yuan properly.

"I have no face to face General Ma..."

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Eastern Han Dynasty, the third year of Jianning

Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, who had succeeded to the throne three years ago, was in a court meeting with his ministers when a curtain of light suddenly appeared, causing everyone to exclaim in surprise.

"This is talking about Emperor Guangwu!"

"A miracle!"

The court meeting was paused and everyone began to look at the screen carefully.

When some ministers heard about the implementation of "land measurement", they looked uneasy.

Grand Minister of Agriculture Cao Song was surprised that the Cao Cao mentioned by the light curtain was his eldest son? He looked at Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei who were standing together, and saw that they were also surprised by Yuan Shao's appearance.

It's good to be mentioned by the light curtain, but is this to copy the path of Emperor Guangwu? What do you want to do? Rebellion?

Liu Hong sat in the hall, feeling angry about what was revealed on the light curtain: Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, another Wang Mang!

His intuition made him stare at Cao Song and Yuan Feng who were standing below him.

……

"This light curtain is quite interesting." Cao Cao was the bravest among the group and was the first to try to pass through the light curtain.

Yuan Shu curled his lips in disdain and followed through, "Humph, what's the big deal?"

Then, when images and sounds began to appear on the light screen, everyone listened attentively.

Cao Cao exclaimed: "This is Emperor Guangwu! Emperor Guangwu's son of destiny!"

"That's for sure. Guangmu is praising Emperor Guangwu as the true Son of Heaven." Yuan Shu felt that Cao Cao was making a fuss out of nothing and was simply ignorant.

Yuan Shao was of course helping his good friend Cao Cao, "The light curtain seemed to be evaluating Emperor Guangwu."

Xu You, Zhang Miao and others also began to discuss what Guangmu said.

At this moment, Xu You looked up at the two people standing together in surprise: "Are these Yuan Shao and Cao Cao referring to you?"

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

It seems like I know something extraordinary...

Yuan Shu shouted: "You two are going to rebel!"

Everyone immediately covered his mouth, and Yuan Shao took Yuan Shu home directly.

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