Liu Xiu's proclaiming himself emperor can be said to be hasty or not hasty.
It is said that Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor in a hurry because there were only five days from the day when he announced in public that he was about to proclaim himself emperor to the day when he actually proclaimed himself emperor.
In such a short period of time, there are too many aspects to be prepared, so the preparations for the emperor-proclaiming ceremony must be very tense and hasty.
It is said that Liu Xiu's proclaimed emperor was not hasty because he had made sufficient preparations in the early stage.
In Hebei, Liu Xiu first killed the prince who proclaimed himself emperor, establishing his prestige, reputation and status in Hebei. Then he killed Youzhou Mu and Jizhou Mu sent by Liu Xuan to firmly control himself.
You, Jizhou.
This laid a solid foundation for his power in Hebei. Liu Xiu led his army to conquer the east and west, continuously annihilated various rebel armies in Hebei, pacified the four directions, restored people's livelihood, and revitalized all industries. This won Liu Xiu a high degree of popular support.
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The foundation is there, the strength is there, and the people's support is there. Liu Xiuquan has taken advantage of the three major aspects of time, location, and people. It can be said that everything is ready, except for the east wind.
The falling out between Liu Xuan and the Green Forest Army gave Liu Xiu the wind he needed most.
It was only at this time that Liu Xiucai seized the opportunity and chose to proclaim himself emperor. Can it be said that he was not fully prepared?
Liu Xiu has always had a huge appetite. He wants to put all the actual power and illusory reputation into his pocket.
His waiting and patience finally allowed him to win a lot of money at once. Liu Xiu was not an opportunist, but when it came to proclaiming himself emperor, Liu Xiu did choose to be an opportunist.
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The news that Liu Xiu was about to proclaim himself emperor at Qianqiu Pavilion in the city soon spread in the Han army camp, and then the news spread out of the military camp and into the city.
Every house in the city is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and people's faces are all beaming with joy.
First, Liu Xiu's reputation in Hebei is indeed high, and he is highly respected and loved by the people. The people also wholeheartedly support Liu Xiu's proclaimed emperor.
In addition, and the most important point is that after the emperor is born in the city, the people of the city can get tangible benefits. In the future, they can enjoy the preferential policies of tax reduction and exemption for many years. How can people be unhappy?
After learning about this incident, many people in the city spontaneously left the city and came to the Han army's camp to give them everything. Those who had food gave them food, and those who had no food, money and strength helped chop firewood and deliver firewood.
For a time, the officers and soldiers of the Han army were overwhelmed, and they received batch after batch of things sent by the people.
Naturally, the big households in the city would not be idle. They basically bought up all the pigs, horses, cattle and sheep in the villages and towns around the city, and then drove into the Han army camp in droves.
When the emperor ascends the throne, there must be sacrifices, and sacrifices such as pigs, horses, cattle, and sheep must be used. If the emperor ascends the throne, he can use pigs, horses, cattle, and sheep in the sacrificial ceremony, it will be a glorious honor for the ancestors and worthy of showing off.
In a lifetime, not to mention, it was not easy for the city to have an emperor. How could they miss this convenient condition? Naturally, they would seize the opportunity, double their efforts to please and show their loyalty.
Pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, grain, cloth, utensils, firewood and other miscellaneous things almost filled the Han army's camp.
When Liu Xiu was patrolling the camp, he saw circles of pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, and piles of firewood. He couldn't laugh or cry, and asked Zhu Dao next to him: "Ah, in the past two days, our army camp has received something."
Isn’t that too much?!”
Zhu shook his head helplessly, raised his finger and said, "These are today, and there will be more tomorrow. It is said that many big families in the city have sent people to the Yuan family to buy livestock and gold and silver utensils."
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Liu Xiu frowned and said sternly: "In the future, don't accept things sent by the people. It is not my original intention to waste people and money in this way."
Zhu said seriously: "If the king accepts the things from the people, the people will be happy. If the king does not accept them, the people will be sad, thinking that the king does not appreciate the gifts they send."
Liu Xiu sighed lightly and said: "If I had known this, I would not have decided to do it in five days, but in three or two days."
"It is difficult to build an altar within five days. If it takes two or three days, the soldiers may not even be able to build the altar." Zhu reminded.
Liu Xiu said something and Zhu responded. Liu Xiu looked him up and down and said, "Ah, you look very excited today!"
Zhu Xi said with a smile: "Your Majesty is about to proclaim himself emperor, so I am so honored that I am naturally happy!"
Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Then how about I give you the title of Happy Marquis?"
When Zhu heard this, his smile immediately froze, he waved his hands repeatedly, and said with a grimace: "No, no, no, no! Throughout the ages, no one has been named a Happy Marquis. Your Majesty, don't make fun of me!"
Seeing his depressed look, Liu Xiu burst out laughing. There were many interesting things between Liu Xiu and Zhu.
When I first went to Taixue, a minister visited Taixuan and said something to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu was very proud of this. He even showed it to Zhu Xian, "They looked at me, but not at you."
In terms of family conditions, Zhu's family was richer than Liu Xiu's. During his period at Imperial College, Liu Xiu fell ill and had no money to treat him. Zhu used money to treat him. In private, Liu Xiu often talked about this matter and even talked to Zhu about it.
Say, now I am richer than you!
In private situations, Liu Xiu was like most ordinary young people, laughing and joking, making random jokes and saying a few random words from time to time.
Twenty-five years ago, June 22nd, the day of Liu Xiu's coronation ceremony finally arrived.
Qianqiu Pavilion has built a seven or eight-meter high platform. There is a sacrificial platform below the high platform, and there is also a sacrificial platform above the high platform.
All around the high platform were soldiers of the Han army. As far as the eye could see, there was a huge black sea of people, boundless.
As the long trumpet sounded, dozens of burly Han soldiers holding torches high, their backs straightened, lit a circle of firewood around the high platform. This was to burn firewood to worship the heaven.
The priests killed cattle and sheep as sacrifices to the gods.
After the ceremony of worshiping the gods, Liu Xiu, wearing a royal robe, walked up to the high platform step by step. wavv
At that time, there was no term for dragon robes, so they were all called Mianfu.
The crown dress is not yellow, but red at the top and red at the bottom. The top is black and the lower skirt is red. Black represents virtue and red represents martial virtue. On Liu Xiu's head, she wore a jade crown with twelve crowns.
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Because there were twelve strings of jade beads hanging on the front and back of the emperor's crown, it was called the Twelve Crowns. On both sides of the crown, a ribbon hung down and was tied to Liu Xiu's chin.
The ribbon is close to the ear, with a jade bead hanging on both sides. It does not block the ear hole, but hangs beside the ear. This is to remind the emperor not to listen to the slanderous words of treacherous ministers. This is where the idiom "turn a deaf ear" comes from.
Liu Xiu's waist was tied with a red belt, and a yellow rope was tied to the belt. The yellow rope was tied with the emperor's seal and ribbon.
Looking further down, there are two long red belts on the outside of the red lower skirt, which are the knee coverings of the mianfu, and on the feet are a pair of red shoes called red shoes (xi).
Liu Xiu's imperial attire was very sophisticated and was entirely made according to Chinese methods.
He walked along the steps to the top of the high platform.
Standing here, looking around, the people below are all densely packed. What is the emperor? The emperor can look down on all living beings, but all living beings can only look up to him. Standing on this high platform is the most intuitive interpretation of the emperor.
When Liu Xuan proclaimed himself emperor, he was so frightened that he trembled all over. Now that Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor, he was not afraid at all, but felt a lot of emotions.
At that time, he was just a country boy who followed his elder brother to rebel. He was so poor that he didn't even have a horse and could only ride an ox into battle. Let alone others, even he himself did not expect that he would one day sit on the throne.
Along the way, he lost too many relatives and received too much help. There were gains and losses, ups and downs. Thinking of this, Liu Xiu couldn't help but feel bitter.
He knelt down.
As Liu Xiu knelt down, the soldiers below also knelt down one after another. In the square formations, people knelt down neatly on the ground. The scene was so spectacular that it made people's hearts beat.
Liu Xiu kowtowed forward, first bowed to heaven and earth, then kowtowed forward, second bowed to the gods of the six sects, then kowtowed forward, and third bowed to the ancestors of all generations. After worshiping heaven and earth, gods and ancestors, Liu Xiu slowly stood up and
Turning around, he walked to the edge of the high platform and looked at the invisible crowd below. He raised his head and said loudly: "The Emperor of Heaven and the God of Houtu have given their blessings to me. I belong to Xiu Liyuan and I am a parent. Xiu is not worthy of it."
"There are hundreds of people in the group who all disagree with each other. Xian said: 'Wang Mang usurped the throne, showed off his anger and raised an army, defeated Wang Xun, killed the king in Kunyang, killed the king's son, and brought bronze horses to Hebei, pacified the world, and received favor in the sea. He went to heaven and earth.
My heart is where Yuanyuan belongs.'
"The prophecy says: 'Liu Xiu sent troops to arrest the Taoist, but he spent money to cultivate virtue and became the emperor.' Xiu still insisted on his words, as for Zai, and San. The people in the group said: 'The emperor's decree cannot be ignored.' Dare you disrespect me."
Liu Xiu's congratulations on proclaiming himself emperor are no different from most congratulations on proclaiming himself emperor. They are basically the same routine.
First, he praised his achievements, such as defeating Wang Xun and Wang Yi in the Battle of Kunyang, killing Wang Lang in Hebei, subduing the Bronze Horse, etc.
Then he mentioned the prophecy in "Chi Fu Fu", which showed that destiny was on his side.
In the end, I was falsely modest, saying that I had declined time and time again. However, destiny could not be violated. I really had no choice, so I had to comply with destiny and had no choice but to proclaim myself emperor and ascend the throne.
At this point, Liu Xiu officially proclaimed himself emperor in the Qianqiu Pavilion in the city and ascended to the throne of emperor. The country was named 'Han' and the founding year was Jianwu. Therefore, the 25th AD was also called the first year of Jianwu.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was established.
Both the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty took Han as their country name, and the watershed was the fifteenth year when Wang Mang usurped the throne.
The reason why the Western Han Dynasty is called the Western Han Dynasty is because the capital of the Western Han Dynasty is Chang'an, and Chang'an is located in the west, so it is called the Western Han Dynasty. In Liu Xiu's Eastern Han Dynasty, the capital of the country is Luoyang, and Luoyang is in the east, so it is called the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Liu Xiu, this country boy from Nanyang Chongling, a farmer who is a good farmer but not very responsible, finally completed the biggest counterattack in his life. Liu Xiu had several big counterattacks in his life.
Yin Lihua is once.
He was able to marry Yin Lihua. To put it bluntly, this was a counterattack by Qiongsi against Bai Fumei.
When he married Guo Shengtong, it was actually similar. He was a white wolf with empty gloves. He married Guo Shengtong and won a hundred thousand true soldiers.
Liu Xiu's road to becoming emperor certainly involved luck, but it also reflected his super high IQ and emotional intelligence. In addition, many people helped him intentionally or unintentionally.
In fact, the biggest obstacle on Liu Xiu's road to becoming emperor was not his enemies, but his eldest brother Liu. As long as Liu is still there, the throne will never fall to Liu Xiu, and it will always be
Liu's.
But Liu Xuan and the people from the Green Forest Department just murdered Liu, which invisibly helped Liu Xiu and removed the biggest obstacle and stumbling block on his way to becoming emperor.
When Liu Xiu was in Hebei, Liu Xuan was his enemy, and the Red Eyebrow Army was also his enemy. But Liu Xuan's attention was attracted by the Red Eyebrow Army, and the Red Eyebrow Army became Liu Xiu's shield. On the other side,
The Red Eyebrow Army's attention was attracted by Liu Xuan of Chang'an, and Liu Xuan became Liu Xiu's shield.
Liu Xuan and the Red Eyebrow Army fought a bloody battle, which gave Liu Xiu a God-given opportunity to continue to expand in Hebei.
Liu Xuan's falling out with people from the Green Forest Department directly gave Liu Xiu the opportunity to proclaim himself emperor.