Text 174 Overarching Authority
Marked by the defeat of Gongsun Shu in November 36 A.D. and the return of Bashu to Shun, Liu Xiu basically won the victory of the great cause of unifying the whole country.
Since then, local separatist forces have also emerged, and rebel forces have also appeared, but they have not formed a climate, and they were quickly dealt with by Liu Xiu.
Before that, we all followed the protagonist Liu Xiu to run around, except for a few hours to sit in the living room of his house, check his family tree, look at his resume, and nag his family members, most of the time to observe and feel his golden iron horse and bloody life.
In other words, in appreciating the social life drama directed by Liu Xiu, what we saw before was basically martial arts, or "martial arts". Next, we will focus on his literary drama, that is, some of his measures to consolidate political power, stabilize society, and develop economy and culture, or "cultural governance".
Only by fully appreciating and understanding Liu Xiu's cultural and martial arts can we better feel and understand his skills, charm and influence as a director of social life dramas.
Here, we must solemnly tell everyone that if Liu Xiu's martial arts drama is thrilling, his literary drama is also wonderful.
In the previous creation, his martial arts drama was very enjoyable, but that was not what he liked. When he had to use force in order to fight the country, he was not polite. Those people of all colors who competed with him for the position of first brother were kicked to the ground by him, and most of them died of injuries.
However, he did not fight for the sake of fighting the country, kicking people for the sake of kicking people, when the opponent was leveled and the situation stabilized, he wanted to do more work to benefit the society and the people.
If his martial arts are mainly about killing people, then his literary drama is mainly about uniting all kinds of comrades to do a good job.
Whoever performs martial arts well can be ruthless and shrewd, and whoever wants to perform literary opera well must fully and comprehensively show his quality, cultivation, skills, and charm.
Therefore, friends who are experts still like to watch literary dramas.
So, if anyone agrees with what I have said above, please come with me and approach Comrade Liu Xiu's office area, and only occasionally when we can spare some time will we be invited to go into his living room to take a rest.
Here, compared with Comrade Liu Xiu on the battlefield, there are more wonderful and different interpretations.
There are many scenes of this wonderful literary drama, and we will watch it slowly.
Please enjoy the "General Guidelines".
Highly concentrating the power of the state in his own hands is the basic pursuit of the emperor in China's feudal society.
Countless heroes and bears chase the position of the first brother, in fact, the main reason is that whoever sits in this position has the supreme power of the country.
In the power structure of the state, or the pyramid of power, the power at the top of the tower is called the supreme power, also known as the imperial power.
This supreme power is generally held by the emperor himself, also commonly known as the first brother of the empire.
Of course, due to the poor quality of the first brother, his young age, or the relatives and eunuchs are too strong, or the conspirators are gaining power, etc., sometimes this supreme power is nominally in the hands of the first brother, but in fact it is being played by others, but this is a special case, or a special period of the empire.
Therefore, all the sober brothers of the empire must grasp this supreme power well.
Liu Xiu also thinks so.
In fact, taking over the power platform and holding the highest power, Liu Xiu began to think and do this when he ascended the throne at the latest.
To this end, he took a series of measures and performed a series of actions.
These measures and actions are often interrelated and intersecting, and the actual effects are complementary to each other.
On the whole, on the basis of profoundly summing up and drawing lessons from his predecessors, these measures and actions have made bold innovations, which are not only convenient and practical, but also extremely ornamental.
Specific to each problem, he solves it with an iron fist and unswervingly, but also warmly and full of humanistic care, which is thought-provoking and reverie.
For the sake of narrative convenience, we will introduce them separately.