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"Liu Xiu is a person who is very good at recognizing and employing people. However, "if you know people by force, you still lose Feng Yan." Especially for Ma Yuan, it is too harsh."

"Ma Yuan's death had nothing to do with Liu Xiu, but Ma Yuan could not be buried after his death, but Liu Xiu was the chief culprit."

"Typical cases include Dai She, Han Xin, and Liu Xiu. They provided a lot of benefits to ministers, but they were still too harsh on ministers."

"In order to strengthen the imperial power, Liu Xiu personally selected and appointed all the officials in the court, and gave them a very heavy workload. He also sent commissioners to supervise the pickets. Officials and county guards would be replaced if they made the slightest mistake. This was originally a good thing, Tiger Kill the flies together."

"But Liu Xiu changed officials too frequently, and the people were not used to it. At the same time, treacherous people took the opportunity to falsely accuse good people and suppress dissidents. Anyway, as long as Liu Xiu was reported, Liu Xiu would reprimand or remove him from office."

"Dai Sheguan was appointed as the Grand Situ, reaching the rank of Third Duke. He was originally a very powerful and important person, but he was imprisoned just because the person he recommended was corrupt and perverted the law, and he died in prison."

"Not only that, Liu Xiu also dismissed Sikong Dourong from his post because the three princes were connected in government affairs and were responsible for each other."

"Han Xin was originally the governor of Hanoi under Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan. When Liu Xiu regained Hanoi, Han Xin wanted to defend Hanoi, but he surrendered to Liu Xiu under Cen Peng's persuasion."

"With this entanglement, Liu Xiu hates Han Xin very much. You don't want to surrender to me. If it weren't for Cen Peng's good words, Han Xin would have been killed by Liu Xiu."

"Han Xin has an upright character and speaks his mind straight. He defied Liu Xiu several times and was later promoted to the rank of Grand Situ. One day during a court meeting, he suddenly stood up and pointed out his opinions. He argued that there would be a great famine this year."

"Liu Xiu was furious and dismissed Han Xin from his post and sent him back to his hometown. Not satisfied with this, Liu Xiu issued an edict to condemn Han Xin."

"A minister was condemned on the road to dismissal. This was an unspoken rule in the Han Dynasty that forced ministers to commit suicide. Han Xin knew that Liu Xiu was very angry, so he and his son committed suicide on the road."

"Han Xin doesn't know how to read people's words and repeatedly offends Liu Xiu in public. He may not be a good minister, but his crime will not lead to death."

Cheng Yaojin: The deceased is the most important person, so why bother with a corpse?

Li Shimin: It seems that no matter how perfect the emperor is, he will inevitably listen to slander.

Liu Heng: With such suppression, how can any minister be so cautious in speaking out?
"In order to strengthen the imperial power and restrain the influence of ministers, Liu Xiu also set up a ministerial office outside the three ministers, led by the ministerial order. The ministerial order participated in the uploading and issuing of government affairs, and was directly responsible to the emperor. He had a low position but high power."

"However, the Shangshutai was later controlled by eunuchs and relatives, and the power of the government was never in the hands of the emperor. This was an important reason for the political darkness in the late Eastern Han Dynasty."

Qin Shihuang: "No one is a sage, and no one can make mistakes." If he doesn't hide his flaws, he is already excellent.

Li Si: This one has indeed done a good enough job. He has his own historical limitations. This is also the first time I have heard of an almost perfect emperor. It is much better than the previous ones.

"The last mistake should be that Liu Xiu was too prophetic."

"Prophecy" is a prophecy, and to put it bluntly, it is superstition. The most famous prophecies in history are: "Hu Ye, the one who will destroy Qin" in the Qin Dynasty, "The person who will succeed the Han Dynasty will be Tu Gao" in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and "Three generations of descendants" in the Tang Dynasty The king of Zhuwu ruled the world" and so on."

"When Liu Xiu was not yet prosperous, there was a prophecy that said, "Liu Xiu will be the emperor." Later, Liu Xiu actually answered the prophecy, so Liu Xiu believed in the prophecy all his life."

"In fact, as early as the Wang Mang era before Liu Xiu, the prophecy theory was very popular, and Liu Xin, who was beside Wang Mang, was the prophecy master. When it developed into the Eastern Han Dynasty, the prophecy theory was still very active." "Prophecy can be regarded as an important item at certain times. It is an ideological weapon to control the thoughts of ordinary people, but throughout the Eastern Han Dynasty, prophecies were banned and continued to cause serious harm."

"Liu Xiu, a staunch prophecy believer, can be called a wise king and holy master. Liu Xiu has done many ridiculous things in prophecy throughout his life."

"At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Liu Xiu appointed officials based on the hints in "Chifu Fu"."

"During the Guangwu Dynasty, if anyone did not believe in prophecies, he would be in bad luck. I will simply list three."

"Zheng Xing was one of the four great academic figures in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. He specialized in the "Zuo Shi Zhuan" in the Spring and Autumn Period. Half of the "Zuo Shi Zhuan" school in the Eastern Han Dynasty came from his disciples."

"Zheng Xing believes in destiny, but does not believe in prophecies. He is a theist and believes in the induction of heaven and man."

"At the same time, he does not believe that God will issue an "imperial edict", and all prophecies are just fools."

"Once, Liu Xiu consulted Zheng Xing about sacrificial matters."

"Liu Xiu wanted to use the prophecies to determine the rituals of the suburbs. Zheng Xing just said that he didn't understand the prophecies, which made Liu Xiu furious."

"Zheng Xing was quite sensible and escaped punishment by saying, "I have never learned prophecies, which does not mean that the prophecies are wrong." Because he did not adhere to the prophecy theory, Zheng Xing would not be reused throughout his life."

"Yin Min's thoughts are generally close to Zheng Xing's. He is also a theist who opposes prophecies. He also advocates "the Five Classics of benevolence, righteousness and righteousness as the basis."

"Not long after the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu ordered Yin Min to sort out the prophecies left over from the new dynasty. Yin Min was unwilling. He said: "The prophecies are not the words of a saint, and there are many mistakes, which will harm future generations. "Liu Xiu didn't listen and rushed to the stand, so Yin Min came and attacked his shield with his spear."

"The meaning is that when Yin Min saw a missing text in a prophecy, he took up his pen and added the sentence "Jun Wukou is Hanfu". "Jun" Wukou is "Yin", which means that the person named Yin will Become an assistant minister and prime minister!"

"Liu Xiu was stunned and asked Yin Min what did you mean?"

"Yin Min said carelessly, "Isn't that how people in the past just added or subtracted the prophecy thing at will? I will also learn from it. If I am lucky, my dream may come true!"

"Yin Min pointed out the nature of the prophecy. Logically speaking, this thing should have come down from heaven, but in fact it is basically a forgery and not reliable at all."

"Didn't Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu, appoint Sun Xian, who appeared from nowhere, to be the chief minister based on the "Red Fu Talisman"? Why can't I deceive the prime minister into doing the right thing?"

"Stab your shield with your spear and see what you do!"

"Yin Min openly challenged Liu Xiu, but the method was so clever that Liu Xiu couldn't get angry. Although he escaped censure, he still stayed at the bottom of his body for the rest of his life and was not allowed to stretch."

"Huan Tan was the greatest classics master between the two Han Dynasties and an astronomer. He was even known as the "Prime Minister", and his "New Treatise" was praised as comparable to "The Analects of Confucius."

"Unlike Zheng Xing and Yin Min, Huan Tan is an atheist and a staunch anti-prophecy scholar."