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Chapter 216
"In view of the phenomenon of bureaucratic corruption in the late Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu paid attention to rectifying the administration of officials, setting an example personally, and rewarding integrity. After the rectification, the atmosphere of the officialdom changed."

"In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, due to wars, the population dropped sharply. Liu Xiu ordered people to cultivate themselves, reduce corvee labor, and not easily launch border exploits. This move allowed the Eastern Han Dynasty to continuously recover its national power, increase its population, and gradually restore prosperity to the entire country."

"Liu Xiu also implemented the system of measuring land, verifying the population, checking the number of acres of cultivated land, household registration, and age. However, this move was opposed by the powerful. Liu Xiu ordered the officials who did not act to be executed, and at the same time severely cracked down on the powerful landlords. The power of the Ming Dynasty enabled the implementation of the system of land transfer and laid the foundation for the powerful Mingzhang rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty."

"These actions of Liu Xiu played a very good role in the Eastern Han Dynasty regime. The Eastern Han Dynasty regime prospered from this. Some people always say that Liu Xiu represented the powerful interests of the aristocratic family and ruled the world with the aristocratic family, which led to the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty."

"First of all, Liu Xiu did not do anything to rule the world with the aristocratic family. On the contrary, he continued to curb the development of the powerful landlords. The reason why the powerful landlords occupied absolute power in the Eastern Han Dynasty was because they were all the founding heroes, and Liu Show off and treat the heroes well."

"Secondly, Liu Xiu's actions gave a shot in the arm to the Eastern Han Dynasty at that time. These measures made the Eastern Han Dynasty become increasingly powerful, and they were absolutely correct measures at the time."

"Finally, the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty was more than 200 years away from Liu Xiu's policies. The system more than 200 years ago could lead to the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty. How much impact did these policies have?"

"The Yellow Turban Uprising in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was caused by serious land annexation and people were displaced. The land transfer system promulgated by Liu Xiu was to solve the problem of land annexation. If the land transfer system could really persist for more than 200 years, the Yellow Turban Uprising would not necessarily have the conditions to break out. .”

Liu Bang: This guy’s ability to govern is quite good!

Lu Pheasant: He treats women quite badly.

Li Shimin: Empress Lu, the world has always treated women unfairly. You have paid too much for Liu Bang and have developed resentment. But our world is like this. Guo Shengtong is not treated well, but we can see clearly how we treat Yin Lihua. Chu.

Ajiao Chen: There are many truths about betraying the heart, and the Queen can conquer them all in the world!

Queen Ma: Why wouldn’t my Majesty do this?It's just a common disease of men, and it is indeed the same in the world. The status of women is really too low. Two wives are really treated in two ways. And Emperor Guangwu's ability to govern, I can't see it all!
"One of the two wives was a commoner, and the other was married for political power. In fact, Guo Shengtong has lost from marrying two people. One is because he likes it, and the other is for power."

"From Yin Lihua's point of view, it should be Liu Xiu who treated his first wife Yin Lihua poorly, because Liu Xiu admired her beauty very much before he became rich. He once lamented: "You should marry Yin Lihua when you want to marry a wife," Kun said. After the Battle of Yang, I married Yin Lihua as my wife in Wancheng, and I married Yin Lihua first."

"But less than a year later, Liu Xiu remarried Guo Shengtong, the niece of King Zhending Liu Yang, in order to stabilize the situation in Hebei."

"After Liu Xiu became emperor, logically speaking, Yin Lihua should be made the queen. However, in order to appease the power of the Hebei faction, Liu Xiu made Guo Shengtong the queen."

"Liu Xiu's behavior towards Yin Lihua can be called doting. Liu Xiu actually wanted to make Yin Lihua queen when he proclaimed himself emperor, but Yin Lihua believed that she was not qualified to be the queen. In addition, due to the turmoil in Hebei at that time, the establishment of Yin Lihua was difficult. Having Guo Shengtong as queen can show the Hebei forces that the emperor has no intention of implicating Liu Yang's people and ease the relationship with the Hebei forces."

"It can be said that Yin Lihua declined the position of queen entirely for the sake of Liu Xiu. During the feudal period, women were completely vassal. It can be said that Liu Xiu was lucky to have such a first wife."

"Liu Xiu did not let Yin Lihua down after that. In the 17th year of Jianwu, Guo Shengtong was deposed, and Liu Xiu once again canonized Yin Lihua as queen." "I still have the same view when I talked about the queen earlier. Liu Xiu was a scumbag, and Yin Lihua was It seemed to me that she was scheming, because it was difficult for her to become a queen at that time, so she might as well sell it to Liu Xiu. In my eyes, Guo Shengtong was their stepping stone. A generation of virtuous queens were labeled as "demon queens". I I just look down on this emperor."

"Of course this is my opinion. In the eyes of the ancients, men achieved great things, and women's affairs were insignificant. In the eyes of our later generations, there are also people who admire Liu Xiuhe and like Yin Lihua. I respect history and describe it according to the historical data I can find. Two."

"I will tell it according to official history."

"It can only be said that the story of Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua is not a stain on Liu Xiu at all. Although politics played a big role, their behavior of thinking about each other was unique in the feudal era, especially in the imperial family."

"Emperor Guangwu was also a man with both civil and military skills. With civil policies, of course he also had to talk about military conquests."

"Liu Xiu actually often went to battle in person and knew how to use troops better than most of his generals."

"When he was 28 years old, he joined the army with his elder brother Liu Yan and became emperor two years later. On the surface, Liu Xiu's rise seemed to be quite rapid. The problem was that he was not the only one who became king and emperor at that time."

"Before Wang Mang's new dynasty was overthrown, Liu Xiu's clan brother Liu Xuan had already been promoted as the new emperor. At that time, Liu Xiu was still his subordinate. In the same year that Liu Xiu ascended the throne, Gongsun Shu proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu."

"Liu Penzi was proclaimed emperor by the Red Eyebrow Army, Liu Yong proclaimed himself emperor in Suiyang, and before and after, countless others proclaimed themselves kings or generals."

"Is the surname Liu an advantage? It can only be said to be slightly useful."

"There are more descendants of the Liu family from one generation to the next. At that time, the Red Eyebrow Army wanted to establish a clan named Liu. There were more than 70 descendants of Liu Zhang, King of Chengyang Jing, in the army alone."

"Later, three people with the closest blood relationship to Liu Zhang were selected, and Liu Penzi, who was in charge of cattle herding in the army, was selected by drawing lots."

"Liu Xiu is the ninth-generation grandson of Liu Bang. His sixth-generation ancestor Liu Fa was a king, and his fifth-generation ancestor Liu Mai was demoted to a marquis. By the time his father Liu Qin was just a county magistrate, there is really no dignity in his bloodline."

"His reign title "Jianwu" tells some truth. The world was created by fighting and built on martial arts."

"Compared with those opponents who were unworthy and similar to bandits, like when the Green Forest Army entered Chang'an, Emperor Gengshi actually asked his generals, "How many things did they grab?" "Liu Xiu has a much higher political vision."

"At that time, there was a lot of competition among heroes, and the world was abuzz. The most valued by the world were the fierce generals who captured the city and the cunning strategists. But he was uniquely discerning and picked out loyal ministers and upright officials from the swamp."

(End of this chapter)