Today we tell the story of an emperor getting drunk and accidentally came to a palace maid, but unexpectedly saved the dynasty for 200 years. The so-called cause must have result, and nothing will happen for no reason. Many times, the great changes that change the times and even the world are often brewed from an inconspicuous little thing.
Eastern Han Dynasty Founding Emperor Liu Xiu was born because of an inconspicuous accident. It was precisely this accident that created Liu Xiu, a great emperor of the ages. Speaking of this, we have to start with Liu Xiu's grandfather's grandfather Han Jingdi . Emperor Jing of Han was a famous wise monarch in history, and emperors of all dynasties regarded him as a role model. However, the emperor is also a human being, a physical body and a mortal fetus, and has seven emotions and six desires.
One of Emperor Jing of Han’s favorite concubines, Concubine Cheng, often stayed in Concubine Cheng’s palace. As we all know, this woman always feels uncomfortable for a few days in a month. By chance, Emperor Jing of Han drank some wine that night and took advantage of the alcohol to come to Concubine Cheng's palace to spend the night. Of course this doesn't work, and the eunuchs around the emperor know it. Since the emperor is here, how can the leader return in disappointment? Emperor Jing of Han glanced around and found that there was a palace maid next to Concubine Cheng. This little palace maid was quite beautiful and charming, with a straight facial features and a dignified appearance. So Emperor Jing of Han used the alcohol to bring out an imperial edict and went to the dragon bed with the little palace maid. In the emperor's words, he favored the little palace maid. After spending a night with the emperor, the spring breeze was once, and the little palace maid became pregnant.
After ten months of pregnancy, he gave birth to a son for Emperor Jing of Han, named him Liu Fa . Emperor Jing of Han was overjoyed and was awarded a palace maid and rewarded a lot of gold, silver and treasures. Although he gave birth to a dragon son for the emperor, the palace maid was humble after all, so his son Liu Fa did not receive much favor from the emperor. After Liu Fa became an adult, Emperor Jing of Han randomly named him the King of Changsha, and from then on he left the capital and went to Changsha. At that time, Changsha was also a wilderness. Later, Liu Fa relied on his intelligence and talent to grab some territory one after another.
The Liu Xiu we are going to talk about today is the direct descendant of Liu Fa. However, when it was passed down to Liu Xiu's generation, the family had already lost its power and had no royal descendants at all. It is said that after Liu Xiu was born, his father passed away when he was 9 years old. When his father died, he was just a small county magistrate. Later, Liu Xiu, who was only 9 years old, became an orphan and had no support in life. Later, he defected to his uncle of the same clan, Liu Liang . Although Liu Xiu had the identity of a royal relative, he had been passed down for so many generations and was just an ordinary commoner.
Later Wang Mang usurped the Han and founded New dynasty . It was the end of the New dynasty. The world was in chaos, the country fell apart, and uprisings were everywhere. At this time, Liu Xiu took advantage of the situation to rise up and finally rose up in the troubled times. In 25 AD, Liu Xiu ascended the throne and became emperor, and he still regarded the Han Dynasty as his country, and was known in history as the Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Xiu stood up in a critical moment and saved the precarious Han regime. Liu Xiu is known in history as Emperor Guangwu of Han . Compared with the emperors of all dynasties, he is considered a top figure.
Liu Xiu reigned for 33 years and adopted a way of resting and vigorously developing the economy to govern the country. Confucianism also flourished in culture, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was also praised by later historians as the most beautiful and prosperous period in Chinese history. Therefore, the historical evaluation of Guangwu ZTE is comparable to Wenjing Zhizhi . Of course, what is little known is that Liu Xiu's birth, just as we said just now, was a complete coincidence. It can even be said that without the accident of Emperor Jing of Han, it is probably impossible for the great Han to usher in a new life in 200 years.
