In February 22, Jing Shang, who was sent by Wang Mang to quell the rebellion of Ding Qing and Xu, was killed by Fan Chong's rebel army. In April, Wang Mang sent Wang Kuang and Lian Dan to lead more than 100,000 Ruishi to the east. On the day of departure, all civil and military officials went to the capital to eat. At that time, the heavy rain was pouring, and when the elders saw this scene, they couldn't help but sigh "Weeping army, ominous" This army has been indulged along the way, and the Kanto region sang the ballad "Rather meet the red eyebrows, not meet the Taishi (Wang Kuang is the Taishi)." The Taishi is acceptable, and the beginning (Lian Dan is the first general) to kill me"

Fan Chong made a contract with his subordinates that "those who kill will die, and those who injure others will be rewarded", and set up official positions in the rebel army, such as the three elders, those who are engaged in, and those who have died. And to mix with the officials and soldiers of Wang and Lian, he ordered his subordinates to paint their eyebrows red, which is the famous Red Eyebrow Army.

At the same time, another powerful rebel army, the Green Forest Army, was hit by a plague, nearly half of the dead, and those who survived had to leave the Green Forest Mountain, scatter and find another base. Wang Chang and Cheng Dan entered Nanjun to the west and were called Xiajiang soldiers. Wang Kuang, Wang Feng, Ma Wu, Zhu Kun, and Zhang Wei entered Nanyang County to the north and were called Xinshi soldiers. Wang Mang sent Sun Ren out of Yuzhou, and then ordered Yan You and Chen Mao to go to Jingzhou to recruit troops locally to pacify the two Green Forest Army.

In the summer, locust plagues flew from Kanto to Chang'an. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people entered the customs, and Wang Mang ordered the establishment of maintenance officials to open warehouses for relief. However, the officials stole the corn privately, and the hungry people still did not have enough to eat, and seven or eight out of ten died of starvation. Zhonghuangmen Wang Ye was in charge of the trading of the capital Chang'an, and was given a knighthood to attach the city for exploiting the people. Once, when Wang Mang asked about the situation of the hungry people, Wang Ye replied, "These are just some displaced people, not a real famine" and took out the rice and meat soup he sold in the market, "Your Majesty, please see, this is the food that their displaced people eat" Wang Mang did not know whether he really believed or deceived himself, and after that, he no longer cared about this disaster relief.

In July, Wang Kuang led Xinshi soldiers to attack Sui County in Nanyang County. Chen Mu and Liao Zhan led more than 1,000 people to raise troops in Pinglin Township, Suixian County, and called them Pinglin soldiers.

Wang Mang repeatedly issued edicts to Lian Dan, urging him to hurry up and enter the army to fight the thieves, "the warehouse is exhausted, and the treasury is empty." The general is entrusted with the important responsibility of the country, and he does not sacrifice himself to the middle field, so he has no way to repay his kindness" Lian Dan did not dare to slack off, and summoned Feng Yan overnight. Feng Yan, as the great-grandson of Feng Fengshi, a famous general of the Xuanzong Dynasty, was devoted to the Han Dynasty, so he took the opportunity to say, "The hearts of the people in the sea today are all Hande." The general is the plan of the present, Mo Ruotun is based on the big county, the officials are pacified, the heroes are recruited, the loyal and wise strategies are inquired, and the benefits are eliminated in order to protect the blessings and show the merits. Why bother to charge into battle, commit yourself to the grassland, and finally lose your reputation and shame your ancestors" Lian Dan shook his head and did not answer.

In winter, the local tyrant Suolu of Wuyan County in Dongping State raised troops to occupy the city. Lian Dan and Wang Kuang marched into the army to fight. Suo Luhui was killed and beheaded more than 10,000 people. Wang Mang sent an envoy to comfort the soldiers, and made Wang Kuang and Lian Dan knights. And rewarded more than 10 meritorious soldiers.

After Wang Kuang was sealed, he wanted to make persistent efforts to eliminate the thieves. There was a man named Dong Xian, who gathered tens of thousands of people and occupied Liang County under the banner of the Red Mei Army. Wang Kuang wanted to attack. Lian Dan admonished: "Our army has newly broken the fortified city, and it is inevitable that we will be tired." Now he should retire and recuperate, and Xu will be promoted" but Wang Kuang did not listen and led the troops to advance alone. Lian Dan had no choice but to keep up. In the first battle of Chengchang, the officers and soldiers were defeated, Wang Kuang fled, and sent someone to inform Lian Dan to flee together. Who knew that Lian Dan actually took out his own seal from his bosom and said, "The child can go." I am the general of the country, and now I am just dead" and finally died in battle. More than 20 of his subordinates, including Ru Yun and Wang Long, all said after they knew that "Lian Gong is dead, and we are not the only one" and all died in battle.

Lian Dan, one of the four generals, was killed in battle, and one of the four auxiliary generals wrote a letter of mourning, asking himself to lead the army to pacify Shandong. Wang Mang ordered Wai Zhang to go east, and fought against the thief with another of the four auxiliaries, Taishi Wang Kuang. Then ordered the general Yang Jun to guard Aocang. He also assigned a task to Sangong: Situ Wangxun led more than 100,000 troops to guard the South Palace of Luoyang. Da Sima Dong Zhong raised the soldier to shoot at the north base of the Chinese army. The Great Sikong Wangyi is one and the third duke.

In order to save the new world, Wang Mang decided to resort to the last resort: send the customs doctor Si Guoxian and others to patrol the world. Abolish the prohibition of wells, slaves, mountains, and six knas. Since his accession to the throne, all edicts that are inconvenient to the people have been cancelled...

But it's a pity that the envoys haven't set off yet, and in Baishui Township, Chungling County, Nanyang County, a pair of Liu family brothers have risen, completely burying Wang Mang and the new dynasty, and opening the curtain of Jianwu Zhongxing: the sixth grandson of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty Liu Qi, Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu brothers after Liu Fa, King of Changsha!

Liu Xiu's grandfather, the great-grandson who inherited Liu Fa's title and the Marquis of Chungling, is not an ideal place for human beings to live because Chungling is located in the south, with low terrain and humid climate. So the central government of the Han Dynasty simply changed the title of the Marquis of Chungling to Baishui Township under Nanyang County, and the name of the feudal country was not changed, it was still called Chungling. Liu Ren took his clan and came to Nanyang from Changsha. Liu Ren's son, Liu Chang, was revoked of his title due to Wang Mang's usurpation. Liu Xuan is often indignant about this, and has the great ambition of restoring Liu Hansheji, but the heavens will descend on the Si people, and they have to first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies, empty their bodies, and act chaotically...

In the first 3 years of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty (3), when Liu Xiu was 9 years old, his father Liu Qin died of illness. The three sons and three daughters left behind had to be sent to their uncle Liu Liang with their mother, Fan Xiandu, the daughter of Fan Chong, a native of Huyang County, Nanyang County.

In the eyes of astrologists, those who have done great things and achieved great deeds in ancient and modern times should be extraordinary people and have extraordinary appearances. After growing up, Liu Xiu's appearance is amazing: big mouth, Long Zhun, Sun Angle, beautiful beard eyebrows, seven feet three inches tall, basically a clone version of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Western Han Dynasty!

There is a poem as evidence, "The descendants of Emperor Gao are as good as they are, and the dragon breeds from ordinary people" In the astrologist, there are many people with big mouths and high noses, but there are fewer people with long sun horns. The sun horn, that is, the frontal horn bone bulges, physiognomist said: that is the appearance of the emperor... According to the eyes of the physiognomy master, Liu Xiu's appearance is not only handsome, but also manly. However, in that era of war and chaos, Shuai couldn't eat as a meal, the so-called mouth ate all directions, and the food was all coarse and light food.

Suffering can crush you or build you up. Liu Xiu under the fence, suffering taught him to learn forbearance. His profession is nothing more than a small farmer, who does sunrise and sunset, and has no regrets. Liu Xiu has two elder brothers: the eldest brother Liu Xuan and the second brother Liu Zhong; has two sisters: the eldest sister Liu Huang married Hu Zhen, and the second sister Liu Yuan married Deng Chen, both of whom mixed well; Sister Liu Boji, and her brothers depend on each other...

In that dynasty, a peasant who did not want to grow good crops was definitely not a good farmer. However, Liu Xuan was born a restless species, he didn't want to be a good peasant, and thought about rebelling every day, robbing the city, and becoming a big landlord. So Liu Jiu often sold his property, was idle everywhere, and made friends with heroes and heroes in the world.

The so-called heroes before the establishment of great feats were actually not heroes, but hooligans. In a dynasty where benevolence is exhausted, being a hooligan is not a shameful thing. Didn't Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, also come out of hooliganism? Therefore, when the hooligan is the eldest brother Liu Xiu, he always laughs at the third brother Liu Xiu for being conservative and not pursuing...

When Liu Laosan and Liu Bang were mixed with the underworld, the second brother Liu Zhong was an excellent farmer model. Liu Bang's father often scolded Liu Bang whenever he saw that his own Liu San was a child and was not doing his job, why didn't he learn from his second brother Liu Zhong? 200 years have passed, and history seems to repeat itself: only this time the excellent peasant model has become the younger brother Liu Xiu, and the role of Liu Bang seems to be played by the elder brother Liu Xiu... But is history really like that? Liu Jiu seems to see that the most promising people in the world are by no means those farmers who live on their crops and keep their jobs. But Liu Xiu didn't see that Liu Xiu was conservative, but not broad; Fearful, but not timid!

Finally one day, Liu Xiu said, "I want to run away from home", Liu Xiu is not going to go to the rivers and lakes and make friends with the world's heroes. He has only one dream: to go west to Chang'an and visit famous teachers to study...

Liu Xiu seems to want to tell his eldest brother Liu Xiu: I not only like farming, I also like to read! Rebellion creates value, reading changes fate, on the road of life, I also want to break out of my own way!

However, Liu Xiu, who is eager to study, encountered a big problem: apprenticeship is also a cost-effective career, he has no money, and his family has no money, and the money is used by his eldest brother Liu Xuan to make friends with the world's heroes. What to do?

But Liu Xiu, who was short of money, still hit the road! He thought about it: as long as he arrived in Chang'an, he would be able to say anything. If the money is spent, I will work and study, and I will also win my studies!

Hazy dreams, distant Chang'an, the road is at your feet. The boy is determined to go out of the country, and he vows not to return if he can't learn to become famous. Let's go!

The beautiful city of Chang'an is like a smelter, if you are gold, Chang'an will give you a stage; If you are sand, Chang'an will sink you immediately. To paraphrase the phrase "If you love him, you can send him to Chang'an; If you hate him, you can send him to Chang'an."

Liu Xiu came to Chang'an, the capital city of both heaven and hell in the minds of the people of the Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, you had to apprentice to a teacher, and what you learned was nothing more than scriptures. Liu Xiu chose "Shangshu", and the teacher was Mr. Xu Ziwei, a doctor in the Han Dynasty.

Compared with Chang'an, Baishui Township, where Liu Xiu settled, is just a small place. The beautiful and magnificent Chang'an City, which hides the image of decay, opened Liu Xiu's vision. Here, his mind and soul were completely liberated. Liu Xiu discovered: In this world, there are more fun things than being a farmer!

In Chang'an City, homework is important, but not the most important. Here, Liu Xiu got acquainted with talented people from all over the world. From teachers to classmates, and even to all kinds of people in society, these people have brought him different degrees of spiritual impact. Soon, he became obsessed with politics and was keen to talk about current affairs. Whenever there is a court discussion in Chang'an, the first person to know is always Liu Xiu. As a result, Liu Xiu, a current affairs commentator, became famous among his classmates and society...

At that time, there were no newspapers, no television, so you couldn't talk about politics and current affairs. For Liu Xiu, although Chang'an is beautiful, it is not a place to live for a long time. The reason is simple: he is short of money!

He and his classmate Han Zi pondered for a while and decided to drive a taxi. The taxis in Chang'an in the Han Dynasty basically relied on three things: horses, oxen, and donkeys. In the era of the reign of Wenjing, Chang'an City was full of rich people, and people were ashamed to ride mares and young horses when they came and went. But now that the times have changed, it is not the same. The current Chang'an City, if your family has a cow riding into Chang'an City, it is a matter of glory to the ancestors...

In the Han Dynasty, there were many people who went west to Chang'an City to study and find jobs, and there were many people who were poorer than Liu Xiu. For example, Chen Tang begged all the way from his hometown to the city; and Zhai Fangjin took his stepmother into the city together, and relied on his stepmother to weave shoes and sell them to make money, and apprentice to study.

Among the students in Chang'an, people like Liu Xiu who rely on work-study by driving a taxi are estimated to be the first. Of course, Liu Xiu didn't have time to drive a taxi, so he hired a servant as a driver and picked up passengers on the streets of Chang'an. The beautiful Chang'an City is not only a world of flowers, but also a big dye vat. After becoming a taxi owner, Liu Xiu's life seems to be getting richer and richer. He was hooked on social activities again, making friends everywhere, fighting cocks and dogs, playing everything... Chang'an City, which is like a dream, is washing the little farmer Liu Xiu step by step, and is about to create a new Liu Xiu!

After Liu Xiu finished gilding in Chang'an, he returned to Baishui Township. At this time, Wang Mang's regime had declined, the people of the whole country were laid off one after another, and those who were forced to be helpless threw themselves into the fiery cause of rebellion...

At home, Wang Mang is basically paralyzed and helpless in both political and economic reforms. In foreign relations, he does not regard aliens as human beings, and the whole world does not regard him as human beings. Man-made disasters are not over, and natural disasters are coming again. The drought swept through the country like a plague of locusts. Immediately afterwards, the price of grain soared, one price a day, which was more terrible than the diversion of the Yellow River, and it seemed to be going to rise to the sky!

However, in the current troubled times, Liu Xiu never thought of rebelling! No matter what ideas he received in Chang'an, he was still a small farmer in his bones. The purest idea of a small peasant is to farm well and live a good life on this one-third of an acre. So Liu Xiu, who returned to his hometown, still returned to his old business, planting the grain he liked to grow...

In Liu Xiu's view, a farmer who does not want to plant the land well is by no means a good farmer. There is no doubt that he was an excellent farmer. Maybe it's providence, right? At that time, Nanyang County was in the midst of a drought, and the farmers basically had no harvest, but only Liu Xiu's field was planted, as if blessed by the gods, and the harvest was quite good...

In the same way, a farmer who does not want to get rich is certainly not a good farmer either! Soon, Liu Xiu, who had a bumper harvest in farming, decided to sell grain in other places.

In the body of Liu Xiu, a small farmer, there are several things that other farmers do not have. It was these few things that would completely change his life. These weapons are: excellent market vision, broad vision of life, and honest spirit...