"Zhongxing King" generally refers to a dynasty through the efforts of a certain emperor (and famous courtiers), the emergence of a prosperous country and a strong prosperity, ZTE mostly appears in the chaotic world or decline of the world, can be a good extension of the life of the dynasty, so that the dynasty on the right track. The "Dingding Emperor" is the founder of a new era or dynasty.
The Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu was the first and only emperor to hold the titles of "Zhongxing" and "Dingding" at the same time. But in the long river of history, he is not so dazzling. Why?
First, although there are many opponents, they are all very dishes
As the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, Liu Xiu of the Hanjing Emperor's Changsha DingWang Liu Fayi, his father was only the county commander of Jiyang County, and when Liu Xiu was 2 years old, he traveled west with a crane. Wang Mang usurped han and claimed that the establishment of a new dynasty led to great chaos in the world, and in 22 AD, Liu Xiu, a major general and widowed, and poorly equipped, rode a cultivating ox and raised an army with his eldest brother Liu Xiu in Nanyang;
After the overthrow of Wang Mang's new dynasty established a more radical regime, Liu Xiu, who had made the first contribution in the Battle of Kunyang, was not only not reused, but his eldest brother was also killed, and he was also sent to Hebei to recruit Tongma, Kui Huan, Gongsun Shu and other separatist forces alone. With the help of Deng Yu, Geng Yi, Wu Han, and Cen Peng, Liu Xiu's power in Hebei grew, and in 25 AD Liu Xiu took the throne as emperor in Yancheng.
Liu Xiu
Liu Xiu claimed the title of empress, and in the west there were forces related to the Central Chimei Army, Shuzhong Gongsun Shu, Longzhong Kui Huan, and Hexi Dou Rong, and in the east there were Yuyang Pengpet, Suiyang Liu Yong, Qingxu Zhangbu, Dong Xian of Donghai, Qinfeng of Nanyang, and Li Xian of Shouchun. However, there are so many opponents that we can remember very little; among them, there is no one as prestigious as Zhu Yuanzhang's opponents Chen Youyu and Zhang Shicheng, nor li Yuan's opponents Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin, so famous.....
Liu Xiu adopted laishe (laishe's mother was Liu Xiu's maternal aunt) to attack the west and the west, and to unite with Longshu to make Shu, and determined the strategic policy of first Guandong and then Longshu, from near and far, and from near to each other, and quickly unified the whole country.
Map of separatist forces during Wang Mang's time
Second, the ease with which dynasties were established (the smoothness of unification)
It took Liu Bang seven years from the beginning of the white python to become emperor; Zhu Yuanzhang took fifteen years from joining the Red Turban Army to becoming emperor (Zhao Kuangyin, Li Yuan, originally had his own military strength or territory), Nurhaci in 1584 thirteen pairs of armored soldiers, in 1616 the founding of the country as Khan, after more than thirty years... Liu Xiu started from scratch and started riding cattle to become emperor in only three years; Liu Xiu's world made people feel that it was too easy to come.
Third, there are few classic examples of unifying the world
In the process of unifying the world, Liu Bang successively had many wonderful and fierce battle scenes such as the Hongmen Banquet, the Xingyang Confrontation, the Battle of Pengcheng, the Battle of Weishui, the Battle of Xiaxia, the Battle of Julu, and the Siege of Baideng.
In the process of unifying the world, Zhu Yuanzhang had many wonderful and fierce battle scenes such as the Battle of Taiping and the Battle of Quarry Rock, the Battle of Poyang Lake (there were as many as 33 knights posthumously in this battle), the Battle of Pingjiang, the Battle of Lingbei and so on.
Liu Xiu, on the other hand, only had one battle of Kunyang (the Battle of Kundi, the Battle of Taocheng, which few people know) and was more exciting.
Conclusion: The historical emperors of Qin Shi Huang, Liu Bang, Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhao Kuangyin and other emperors, although they are very famous, but can be called "flawless emperors" seem to be the only Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu; Liu Xiu ended the peasant war and the situation of local division; restored the Han Dynasty; he worked hard to govern, was diligent in political affairs, and was called Guangwu Zhongxing during his reign; his heroes "Yuntai Twenty-Eight Generals" were all enfeoffed and died well;
Treat siblings respectfully (the two brothers were dead when they ascended the throne, leaving only 2 sisters and 1 sister) to treat women, a lifetime of love for his wife Yin Lihua, leaving a legend of "marrying a wife to marry Yin Lihua"; his son did not compete for the position of prince (prince Liu Yi had taken the initiative to give up the position of prince) The Hanming Emperor Liu Zhuang was still very good to Liu Yi when he took the throne... Do you think that the Guangwu Emperor, who holds the crowns of "Zhongxing Jun" and "Dingding Emperor" on his head, is not dazzling in history? You are welcome to leave a comment.