Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, mixed up in the local areas before he started his family, and he had many hooligan habits. His descendant, Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor, was a completely different personality, knowledgeable and generous.
Ma Yuan, the general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, made an evaluation of the two men, saying: It is better to be good. Emperor Gao was indispensable; he was a good official, moved like a festival, and did not like to drink alcohol.
Ma Yuan commented that Liu Xiu was inferior to Liu Bang, but also praised Liu Xiu for moving like a festival. However, in the end who is high and who is low, the old horse actually said that it was equivalent to not saying.
However, as far as the performance before starting, Liu Xiu seems to be a little taller. He was a generous man but not pedantic, and in today's terms, he was still a little clever ghost.
The "Records of the Eastern Han Dynasty" records an interesting story, when Liu Xiu traveled to Chang'an, because of his shyness in his pockets, he was often hungry and full, so poor that he could not even pay the money.
In this case, it is necessary to put aside ordinary people, either tighten the belt of their pants and live a life, or sigh and complain about the sky, or some people will grab the ground with their heads.
But Liu Xiu was different, he patted his head and counted his heart, instigated the money in the same dormitory, Andi Han Mousheng, and together they pooled their money to buy a few donkeys. Then posted a notice to solicit customers and rent out.
You can move to pull goods, or you can rent a used car. This business was the only one at that time, and Liu Xiu lived a well-off life on a few donkeys, no longer worrying about tuition fees.
Why Xiao Liu is so powerful, in fact, has a root. His maternal grandfather Huyang Fan family, shishan farmers, good goods, wealth and profits, to the tens of thousands.
Grandpa's family is a big business, is a big expert in business, and the grandson has become a small expert under the influence of the eyes, naturally.
Moreover, from the matter of renting a donkey, we can see that Liu Xiu's thinking is quite open, his mind is very flexible, and he can create a new industry for the people of the world.
However, at this time, the world is Wang Mang's master. Most of the descendants of the Liu clan were not satisfied with the officialdom, and Liu Xiu was the same, who stayed in Chang'an for several years without becoming famous, and then returned to Nanyang to cultivate land.
The history books record that he honestly farmed the land at home, but the eldest brother Liu Ji did not do the right thing, and he was eager to learn Liu Bang to drink friends, accept guests, and lose all the family wealth. Later, the eldest brother's protégés were not clean and did something that violated the law, and Liu Xiu simply ran to Xinye to hide.
Xinye is a good place, not only the territory of the brother-in-law Deng clan, but also the hometown of the ideal Yin Lihua in the world. Liu Xiu made a bold speech that year, and the eunuch was treated as a jinwu, and his wife was yin lihua.
Now that I have come to Shinno again, I can't always eat and drink in my brother-in-law's house, but I have to take action to make some achievements and give my sweetheart Yin Lihua a look.
So Liu Xiu returned to his old business and started trading again. Relying on connections to integrate resources, he transported Xinye's grain to Wancheng, which is now Nanyang City, to sell, and met his business partners Li Tong and Li Yi. These two people were an important boost for Liu Xiu's later rebellion, and they were also good at inserting two knives into the brothers.
There is no record in the history books how much money was made from selling grain, it may not be much, or it may be taken to make a girl, buy bags for Yin Lihua, and buy cosmetics.
This is Liu Xiu before the uprising, much more serious than what Liu Bang did when he was younger. Farming, reading, trading and earning money, at that time the festival was the representative of young talents.
So why Xiao Liu is so good, the root cause is that the children of poor families have long been in charge.
Liu Xiu's father, Liu Qin, died early, and his uncle Liu Liang adopted several of their brothers. Although the Nanyang Liu clan is a large clan, there are many branches and leaves.
Liu Liang's family has a few more people who eat dry food, and their lives are naturally not rich. Therefore, the Liu brothers experienced the pain of losing relatives from an early age, plus the pain of not having enough to eat.
In this way, the children of the poor have long been in charge, the eldest brother Liu Xiu has become a little hooligan, and the younger brother Liu Xiu, although he looks honest, dares to think and dare to do it, which is the kind of goods that do not fly and soar to the sky.
The later Kunyang Victory proved that General Xiao Liu suddenly changed from a thick and honest man to a fierce battlefield general.
And the records of Liu Bang's youth are all in the "Records of History", and there are so many that can be broken. His parents were sound, did not like to work and work, and once went to Xin lingjun with ideals and mixed with Zhang Er for a while.
Later, when the world returned to Qin, he returned to his hometown to take the civil service examination, and from the eyes of the villagers, he became the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion, and called on friends to make friends with high-rollers in the county, and also found a few confidants with red faces, and his life was very elegant and comfortable.
In contrast, Ma Yuan once said that it was indispensable, and it really applied to Liu Bang, such a person can mix with the wind and water everywhere.
Therefore, the two founding emperors, before the dragon was transformed into a dragon, the small days were actually doing well, if they were relatively high and low, Liu Bang would be closer to reality, and Liu Xiu would be a little taller.