To say that the ancient emperors who had the highest voice on the Internet, the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu is undoubtedly one of them. Although Liu Xiu did not have as much sense of existence as The Qin Emperor Han Wu and the Tang Emperor Song Zu, everyone's evaluation of him was unanimous. Many people say that he is the chosen one, the "son of the face", and his luck is so great that even the heavens have to give face. It took Liu Xiu three years from the beginning of the army to the title of emperor, and twelve years from the title of emperor to the unification of the whole country, and the good luck could not be stopped, it was almost like opening and hanging.
In addition to the burst of luck, Liu Xiuli tried his best to govern, measured the time and strength, advocated "judo" governance, and created the era of "Guangwu Zhongxing", with almost no negative evaluation.
The reason why Liu Xiu has been mentioned, in addition to the super high evaluation, the author believes that it is also related to the same factor. That is, he created numerous idioms, and these idioms are still widely circulated today. Let's take a look at what idioms are.
When Liu Xiu was young, he went to the home of Deng Chen, Xinye's brother-in-law, and came into contact with Yin Lihua. Yin Lihua's beauty left a deep impression on Liu Xiu. Later, when Liu Xiu arrived in the capital, he saw the officials who defended the capital (Zhi Jinwu), all of whom were extraordinary in prestige and spectacular, and could not help but sigh: "Shi Eunuch is regarded as Zhi Jinwu, and his wife is Yin Lihua." This represents Liu Xiu's original dream in life, but Yin Lihua has always been where he thinks about it, and with his development, he has already stepped on the position of Zhi Jinwu.
In the last year of the new dynasty, when the world was in chaos and peasant revolts were continuous, Liu Xiu's eldest brother Liu Xiu raised an army in Wancheng, and later joined the Green Forest Army, and made his first contribution in the Battle of Kunyang, and his reputation has been widespread ever since. This aroused the suspicion of the more first emperor Liu Xuan. In this context, Liu Xiu crossed the Yellow River in the north and left Fuhebei Prefecture. At that time, a man named Deng Yu persuaded Liu Xiu to appease people's hearts, recruit talents, and make plans to become emperor. Liu Xiu conquered the various departments of Hebei, became bigger and bigger, and later directly broke with the more original regime. In the autumn of 24 AD, Liu Xiu led an army to attack the civil rebel army, won a great victory, and accepted many surrenders. In order to appease people's hearts, Liu Xiu returned the original soldiers and horses of each department on the one hand, and on the other hand, he patrolled the various departments on light horses without making any precautions. At this time, the descendants were all talking about it, "King Xiao (Liu Xiu's title before he ascended the throne) pushed the red heart into his belly, and Ande did not throw himself to death!" From then on, he was more loyal to Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu went out of Fu Hanoi, and the first enemy he had to face was Wang Lang, who was proclaimed emperor of Handan. Wang Lang established his own political power, which was "Zhao Han". Although the "Zhao Han" was a small regime, the force behind it was Liu Lin, the son of King Zhao Miao of the Western Han Dynasty, and Liu Jie, another royal family of the Western Han Dynasty and the son of the King of Guangyang, also rose up to respond. For a time, Liu Xiu was difficult to attack, and gradually fell into the ascendancy, many of his subordinates wavered, and even some people secretly colluded with Wang Lang to prepare to defect. Although Liu Xiu was in a difficult situation, he defeated Wang Lang with the support of Shanggu and Yuyang Counties. Liu Xiu confiscated many confidential documents, including letters written to Wang Lang by some of his subordinates. Liu Xiu burned the letters in public and said, "Let the opposing son be at ease." "Meaning, to reassure those who are restless.
As early as the time of Liu Xiu's uprising, he was followed by a man named Wang Ba. When Liu Xiu recruited the counties in Hebei, he was in a very unfavorable situation, and many people gradually lost confidence in him and left. Only this wang bully did not abandon him and was as loyal to Liu Xiu as ever. Liu Xiu was very touched, so he sighed, "Yingchuan has passed away from me, and the son is left alone, and the first test of the wind knows the grass." "This king is not only loyal, but also very capable, with great merit, and was later directly included in the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai. It should be noted that many people believe that the "swift wind knows the strong grass" was first from the mouth of Tang Taizong. The Old Book of Tang and the Biography of Xiao Yu (萧瑀傳) "(Emperor Taizong) gave Yu Yu a poem: 'The wind knows the grass, and the plate knows the sincere subjects. This is actually a misunderstanding.
The above is the idiom story derived from Liu Xiu's entrepreneurial story. In fact, after Liu Xiu ascended the throne and became emperor, he also created many idioms, such as "enjoy this or not", "get Long Wangshu", "those who have lofty ideals can achieve things", "equal strength" and so on. Behind these idioms are hidden a long-hidden historical fact, and the historical facts shine with Liu Xiu's superior wisdom.