Liu Zhuang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, had the deepest feelings with the Liu Cang brothers. After Liu Zhuang acceded to the throne, he not only did not fear and doubt Liu Cang, but also trusted Liu Cang very much and made an important commitment to Liu Cang. All the other brothers were driven to the fief by Liu Zhuang, and only Liu Cang stayed. Emperor Han Ming named Liu Cang as a general, ranking above the three fairs and below the emperor. Ming Di specially sent forty officials to help him. Generally speaking, the four major families in the Eastern Han Dynasty never had more than forty people. Ming Di gave preferential treatment to Liu Cang!
Every time Ming Di wants to travel, he always leaves Liu Cang at ease in Beijing. If he didn't have great trust in Liu Cang, Ming Di would never have given such an important responsibility to Liu Cang. Because the practice of the emperor's foreign tour has always been that the prince is responsible for staying in the capital, so even if the emperor has an accident in an affair, then the prince can immediately take charge of state affairs and the throne will not be taken away by you.
Trust is mutual. Ming Di is so kind to Liu Cang, and Liu Cang is not an ungrateful person. He put gratitude in his heart and showed his loyalty to Ming Di with practical actions.
On one occasion, Ming Di went out on patrol, and soon he sent someone back to tell Liu Cang that he suddenly became interested in hunting and planned to hold a large-scale hunting activity in Hanoi! When Liu Cang heard about it, he earnestly wrote to the emperor and explained, "My brother heard that it is busy farming season, so he really shouldn't concentrate on playing, and hunting should be in season!" After reading Liu Cang's letter, Ming Di realized that he was impulsive and immediately set off for the palace without staying or playing outside.
There are many such examples, so I won't repeat them one by one. In short, Liu Cang's dedicated auxiliary government will never let Ming Di go astray. Ming Di won't listen to others' advice, but he can listen to some words of Liu Cang, so in the long run, everyone thinks that Liu Cang is virtuous and Liu Cang is becoming more and more famous.
Although he is below one person and above ten thousand people, Liu Cang has no bad idea. On the contrary, he thinks he is ashamed of Ming Di's respect for himself. He wrote many times asking Ming Di to resign as a general in title of generals in ancient times and allow himself to return home. However, Ming Di could not bear to part with Liu Cang, so Liu Cang's memorial service was recalled again and again. Finally, Ming Di was really embarrassed to refuse again, so he agreed to Liu Cang's request in desperation. However, Ming Di only promised Liu Cang to return to Guo Feng, but Liu Cang was not allowed to hand over general print and ribbons. That is to say, in his mind, Liu Cang will always be a general in title of generals in ancient times, and he can come back at any time.
It is said that it is difficult to have blood relationship between the royal family, and the brotherly relationship between Emperor Han Ming and Liu Cang is really rare!
After Liu Cang returned to China, Ming Di missed him very much. He remembered the dribs and drabs he had spent with Liu Cang. Once, he asked Liu Cang, what was the happiest thing when you were at home? Liu Cang said that he is happiest when he does good deeds. With this in mind, I drafted an imperial edict and decided to let all princes over the age of five wear Hou's seal. This is a kindness!
Years later, Ming Di couldn't help but miss his brother's feelings. He made a special trip to Dongping, where Liu Cang is located, to visit Liu Cang. He also gave Liu Cang fifteen million yuan and forty thousand pieces of cloth for fear that his brother would have a hard time. In his spare time, Ming Di wrote a book "The Biography of Guangwu", which he specially brought to share with Liu Cang. Liu Cang also presented his own book "Ode to Guangxu", and both of them were very happy.
After Ming Di's death, Liu Jiwei, the son of Ming Di, became the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Influenced by his father, Zhang has great respect for him, and his treatment is more exaggerated than his treatment. As an elder, Liu Cang often puts forward his own suggestions for governing the country to Zhang Di, which is of great help to Zhang. After Liu Cang died, Johnny gave Liu Cang a very high-standard funeral.
Compared with other sons of Emperor Guangwu, Liu Cang really made the greatest contribution to the country, because he influenced the two emperors to develop in a good direction, otherwise we don't know what it was like at that time.