Liu Xiu, a descendant of the royal family in the Western Han Dynasty and son of Wang Liufa in Changsha, was bought by Liu Hou at Fuling Festival. Liu Xiu likes reading since he was a child. He is ambitious and studious. He experienced many difficulties when he was young and worked in the countryside when he was young. He lost his father at the age of 9 and was raised by his uncle Liu Liang. When Liu Xiu was thirteen years old, the Western Han Dynasty was usurped by Wang Mang. I went to Chang 'an at the age of 20 and entered the business school. After graduating from business school, he returned to Nanyang and soon fled to Xinye on suspicion of crime. He was once arrested and imprisoned. After he was released from prison, he returned to his hometown Nanyang and continued his life of farming, reading and making friends.
Liu Ye, the eldest brother of Liu Xiu, is a resolute and ambitious descendant of the royal family. After Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he spared no expense, made friends with heroes all over the world, recruited wise men, secretly saved his strength and decided to restore the Han Dynasty. Liu Xiu was deeply influenced by her brother when she was young. In the year 65438+22 10, the peasant uprising swept across the country, and the outlaws advanced to Nanyang. He and his eldest brother Liu organized the "Hongling Warriors" with Liu's younger brother as the backbone in their hometown Hongling to respond to the outlaws. Soon, Liu and his troops joined the outlaws, and together with them defeated Wang Mang's army many times and became an important force among the outlaws.
In February of AD 23, the chivalrous man declared Liu Xuan, a descendant of the Han Dynasty, emperor. Liu Xuanben was a mediocre man in the Liu royal family. He has no talent and the qualification of an emperor. In July of 22 AD, Mu Chen, a Linping native, responded to the gangster's "Ping" call and led an uprising of 1000 people. Liu Xuan, who took refuge here, took part in counterinsurgency and embarked on the road of anti-New Han. As he was a member of the royal family, the rebels needed the support of the Liu family in their struggle against Wang Mang, and they pushed him to the throne. Liu Xuan was able to ascend to the throne only because he took part in the uprising earlier than Liu Xiu's brothers.
After Liu Xuan acceded to the throne, he changed the name of the country to "Start over". Liu Wei Situ, General Taichang. After he proclaimed himself emperor, he ordered Liu to attack Nanyang and sent Wang Feng and Kunyang. In the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu wiped out the main force of Wang Mang's army with extraordinary military talent and created an excellent example in the world military history. This is the famous "Kunyang Victory" in history.
At that time, Wang Xun and Wang Yi were ordered by Wang Mang to send 420,000 soldiers who claimed to be millions to besiege Kunyang. Liu Xiu said calmly, "There are many troops today, but our army is very small. If we resist, we can still win. If the wind blows away, it will break, and it will be difficult. " Feng Wang led eighty-nine thousand people guarding the city, and Yi Li led more than ten riders. They sneaked out of the south gate overnight, arrived in Yancheng and Dingling, and led thousands of defenders to meet the enemy. He led 3,000 death squads to attack the backbone of the Mang army, killing Wang and causing chaos in the Mang army. The defenders of Kuncheng pushed hard and the mang army was defeated. Wang Yi led thousands of defeated troops to Luoyang: Yan You and Chen Mao surrendered to Liu Wang, a separatist force in Runan.
The victory of the battle of Kunyang made Wang Mang lose his main force. Then, the rebels attacked Chang 'an. In October of the first year of the new starting point, the chivalrous man conquered Chang 'an and killed Wang Mang, and the new dynasty perished. In the same month, Liu Xuan made Luoyang its capital. On February 24th, he moved the capital to Chang 'an, and Liu was completely restored. Historian Bai Yang once lamented: "This is a miracle once in a thousand years. A chaotic and huge empire can restore order in an instant. Unfortunately, the Han government established by Liu Xuan was composed of a group of ignorant people. Three months ago, they shouted in the wilderness. Three months later, they suddenly became national leaders. They have no leadership training. As a result, local civil unrest has risen again. In the three years from the age of 23 to 25, this magical regime barely supported it. "
After the battle of Kunyang, the rebel camp also broke out. The prestige of the Liu brothers is increasing day by day, and they are suspected and rejected by the peasant generals and the Emperor Geng Shi among the fugitives. At the instigation of others, Liu and his Ministry Liu Ji were killed. Liu Xiuwen's brother was killed and retired. Knowing that he was lonely, he choked back his grief and ran back to Wancheng to say "thank you" to Emperor Geng Shi. He didn't associate with Liu's hometown, didn't mourn for Liu, didn't mention Kunyang's meritorious service, ate and drank as usual, and finally saved his life.
At first, the emperor thought that Liu Xiu didn't remember his revenge, but he felt a little guilty and worshipped Liu Xiu as a general, but he dared not reuse it after all. Later, Chang 'an was attacked and Wang Mang was killed. When Geng Shi arrived in Luoyang, he gave Liu Xiu some horses and asked him to go to Hebei to touch the counties in Hebei. From then on, Liu Xiu got rid of the direct supervision of the generals and embarked on the road of independent development. At that time, the situation in Hebei was complicated, armed and leaderless, which just gave Liu Xiu an opportunity to expand his influence. Some harsh laws were abolished and some prisoners were released. Besides Wang Mang's tyranny, there are Feng Yi's suggestions of "being reasonable and spreading wisdom", Deng Yu's suggestions of "recruiting talents and serving the people" and "inspecting officials and sending prisoners across counties". Officials are happy, fighting for cattle and wine to meet the labor force. "They won the support of people from all walks of life and some local power groups, and gradually formed the basic force for establishing political power. Under the guidance of Deng Yu's advisers, they secretly worked out a fundamental plan to consolidate the Hebei base area first and then gradually seize the world.
The development of Liu Xiu's influence in Hebei once again aroused the anxiety of Emperor Gengshi. He was appointed Xiao Wang and led his troops back to Chang 'an. He also ordered the chariot to be attacked by Xie Gong, the secretariat of Handan, and sent Miao Zeng, Wei Shun and Cai as the ancestors of Youzhou animal husbandry, Shanggu and Yuyang to command the elite of Youzhou. Liu Xiu felt that the time was ripe, so she decided to leave the new starting point regime and break with Liu Xuan. This is "resigning from Hebei to Pingping without paying taxes". Later, Miao, Wei and Cai were recruited successively to master the sudden riding of ten counties in Youzhou. Then, Xie Gong was killed in Youcheng, and the Sixth Army was annexed, thus eliminating the hidden danger. Later, with the support of local bureaucrats and landlords, Liu Xiu eliminated Wang Lang, who pretended to be Liu Ziyu, the son of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and proclaimed himself emperor in Handan, suppressing and absorbing 1 10,000 peasant uprisings, such as the rapidly developing "Tongma Emperor".
In June of 25 AD, with the support and persuasion of the people, Gao officially acceded to the throne, renamed as "Han" and "the first year of Jianwu", and made Luoyang its capital. At this point, China history restored Liu's Han family world and entered the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After Emperor Gaozu Liu Xiufu proclaimed himself emperor, a new regime appeared in the West and the Red Eyebrow Army appeared in the East. In addition, Liu Yong is divided into eastern Henan and northern Anhui, Xiao Wei is divided into Gansu, Shaanxi and northwestern Inner Mongolia, and Gongsun Shu is divided into Bashu, Hanzhong and other separatist forces. /kloc-for more than 0/0 years, Liu Xiu suppressed the Red Eyebrow Uprising, pacified the separatist forces such as Liu Yong, Xiao Wei and Gongsun Shu, and unified the whole country in 36 AD. Liu's plan to revive the Han Dynasty was finally announced.
It is commendable and appreciated that Liu Xiu not only has the "potential" to seize the world, but also has the "reality" to govern the world. After completing the great cause of reunification, Liu Xiu did not forget the ancient teachings of his ancestors, adopted the policy of "doing things with judo", devoted himself to developing social economy, appeasing the surrounding ethnic minorities, and restored the prosperity of the empire, and was praised as "splendor" by later generations. At this point, the Han dynasty was completely connected.