#Why Liu Xiu was able to establish the Eastern Han Dynasty#Liu Xiu was the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a very accomplished emperor in Chinese history, who gave the crumbling Han Dynasty another 200 years to live, and was the prince of the revival of the Han Dynasty. In the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, after Wang Mang's chaotic government, the world was in chaos, and liu Xiu relied on what means to defeat all the forces to unify the world and thus ascend to the emperor's throne? I think that in addition to Liu Xiu's own ability and character, it is also inseparable from his surprisingly good luck, which can be said to be a life that does not need to be explained.
After Wang Mang usurped the Han dynasty as emperor, peasant revolts broke out continuously, and various forces responded to the rebellion against tyranny, and Liu Xiu and his brother Liu Xiu raised an army in Nanyang County. At that time, the army was poorly equipped and did not have many personnel, and Liu Xiu himself could only ride cattle to the battlefield. Later, in order to increase their momentum, they joined the Green Forest Army, and at this time, the Green Forest Army supported Liu Xuan as the first emperor, which caused dissatisfaction among Liu Xiu's brothers.
After wang mang sent a large army to conquer the Green Forest Army, Liu Xiu began his life. In the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiuqin led his sergeants to smuggle across Kunshui and sneak into the base camp of Wang Mang's army, and at the critical time, suddenly torrential rains poured down and the rivers swelled, drowning tens of thousands of Wang Mang's army. The victory in the Battle of Kunyang made Liu Xiu's brothers famous, and of course, the Gonggao Zhen Lord was also killed, but it was Liu Xiu's brother who died, who was killed by emperor Gengshi. Liu Xiu did not break with the Emperor because of his brother's death, but instead Taoguang raised obscurity and endured humiliation, which also allowed him to avoid the disaster of killing himself.
Later, Liu Xiu married Xinye's magnate Qianjin Yin Lihua, and his wife was also a key figure in his ability to become emperor. At that time, the changing regime wanted to retake Hebei, and the power of the Chimei army was also growing, and Liu Xiu saw the opportunity to send an envoy to Hebei. Here he began to run his own power. First of all, he won the support of Yuyang and Shanggu Counties by virtue of his personality charm, not only had his own army but also a large number of talented generals, which were the foundation of his fortune. In order to gain the support of Liu Yang, the King of Zhending, he had to marry Guo Shengtong, the niece of King Zhending, to know that at this time he had just married Yin Lihua for less than a year, and Guo Shengtong was the main chamber, which shows how much sacrifice Yin Lihua made at that time, so "Shi Eunuch as a Jinwu, marry a wife to be Yin Lihua" has become a good story throughout the ages.
After Hebei gained his own power, Liu Xiu openly broke with the Gengshi regime, after which he subdued hundreds of thousands of Copper Horse troops, greatly increased his strength, and ascended the throne as emperor, still using Han as the state name. In 25 AD, the Gengshi regime and the Chimei army were merged, and the Gengshi army was defeated, and Liu Xuan surrendered and was later killed. At this time, Liu Xiu sent troops into the customs, watched the fire from the other side, and sat on the benefits of the fishermen. Liu Xiu defeated the Chimei army in the Battle of Kundi and subdued more than 80,000 people, and at this point, the Central Plains were basically pacified by Liu Xiu. Then Liu Xiu spent another six years defeating the forces of Long Right and Bashu and finally unifying the world.
After Liu Xiu unified the world, he was diligent in government affairs, developed people's livelihood, and resumed production as soon as possible. He practiced light and thin taxes, developed agricultural production, built water conservancy projects, and vigorously abolished officials and merged counties and counties, thus greatly reducing the people's burdens. Through his efforts, the population has more than doubled, and the economy has been greatly developed, known in history as "Guangwu Zhongxing".