Now that we've said that, we might as well introduce Liu Xiu's children again.

Because they grow up day by day, many new situations will inevitably arise.

Come on, come on, kids!

Liu Xiu has a total of 11 sons and 5 daughters.

His five daughters are still young and shy to meet people, and we will introduce them later.

His 11 sons are from Guo Shengtong, Yin Lihua and Xu Meiren.

For the sake of narrative convenience, let's refer to Liu Xiu's canonization document.

After Liu Xiu made Guo Shengtong's son and eldest son Liu Yi the crown prince in June 26 AD, his sons appeared one after another.

The princes are growing up day by day, and they want to find their place in this world.

As a result, some of the bright-eyed civil and military generals made suggestions to Liu Xiu, asking for the canonization of the princes.

Among these comrades who put forward suggestions one after another, those who were more active and held relatively high positions included the great Sima Wu Han and others.

Liu Xiuqian gave in.

Although there is no restriction on the establishment of official positions and titles, whatever the emperor says, he has to seal all 10 sons except Prince Liu Yi, which is too many.

However, Wu Han and others knew the emperor's mind very well, and the more they made suggestions in this regard, the happier the emperor became, don't look at him so prevaricating:

The emperor wants to seal the prince, but he still has to make the appearance that he doesn't want to be sealed.

So, let's mention it again.

Liu Xiu repeatedly refused.

A group of high-ranking cadres Dou Rong, Li Tong, Deng Yu, Jia Fu and others also figured out Liu Xiu's thoughts, so they jointly wrote a letter and earnestly asked Liu Xiu to restore the prince's feudal system.

Liu Xiu felt that these 10 or so sons were still dolls from a few years old to 10 years old, and they were really embarrassed to be given a high position all of a sudden.

Look at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, which one is not following him to work hard in the Jin Ge Iron Horse, which one is not an expert in strategizing, and which one is not a technical person who governs the country.

Everyone pursued hard and managed patiently, so that they could get a half-official position, and if these fart children of their own came up to enjoy the high lordship, they would indeed feel embarrassed.

So, he forwarded this "work" and let the ministers discuss it.

The outcome of the discussion can be imagined.

In this way, under everyone's repeated requests, Liu Xiu half-pushed and half-agreed, and "approved" the canonization of the prince, which was handled by Da Sikong Dou Ronggu.

(Three Notes.) ）

In April 39 AD, Dou Rong made all 10 sons of Liu Xiu except for the crown prince Liu Yi as dukes in the name of the imperial court.

Of course, Liu Xiu's love for her son is very heartfelt, and she feels that such a seal still does not quench her thirst.

In October 41 AD, Liu Xiu promoted 9 of these 10 sons to king.

The specific list is as follows:

Guo Shengtong was born to 5, (the eldest son Liu Yi is the prince) Liu Fu is the king of Peixian, Liu Kang is the king of Jinan An, Liu Yan is the king of Fuling, and Liu Yan is the king of Zhongshan Jian; Yin Lihua was born to 5, Liu Yang was the king of the East China Sea, Liu Cang was the king of Dongping Xian, Liu Jing was the king of Guangling Si, (Liu Heng was the Duke of Linhuai, and he had died.) ), Liu Jing is the king of Langya filial piety; Xu Meiren was born to 1, and Liu Ying was the king of Chu.

There are two situations here By the way, Yin Lihua's son Liu Heng was canonized as a duke with his brothers in 39 AD, but he was too unlucky and hung up soon, he was too young and had no sons, and the feudal kingdom was confiscated.

There is also a situation about Liu Ying.

Because his mother Xu Meiren was not valued by Liu Xiu, Liu Ying's status was the lowest among the brothers, and he often felt that he was very inferior; The feudal country is also the smallest and most barren, and it is not a big place in the Pengcheng area.

(Mother Xu has no favor, so the UK is the poorest.) ）

Xu Meiren saw it in her eyes and was annoyed in her heart, but she never dared to speak out.

If you don't dare to resist hard, you can only grind softly.

Xu Meiren asked her son to continue to stay in the capital, and after more than 10 years of friction, Liu Ying went to his fiefdom.

(In the seventeenth year, he was promoted to the king, and in the twenty-eighth year, he became the king.) ）

In the harem, there is no chance for Xu Meiren to speak at all.

Between Guo Shengtong and Yin Lihua, she was almost invisible in existence, as if she was just an ordinary palace maid.

In the political arena of the Liu Xiu dynasty, there is no place for her and her mother's family for the time being.

All this planted the seeds of hatred in Liu Ying's young heart.

Among these 11 sons, Liu Xiu's favorite and favorite is the fourth, which is Yin Lihua's eldest son Liu Yang.

Liu Yang was born in Yuanshi County in May 28 AD.

At that time, Liu Xiu was driving a personal expedition to defeat Peng Pet.

Liu Xiu usually brings Yin Lihua with her when she goes on a business trip, even if Yin is pregnant.

Therefore, Liu Yang came to the world in his father's barracks.

(Yin nobles gave birth to a boy for the first time, and gave birth in Yuanshi County, and at that time they were recruited from Peng Pet, and they were properly pregnant, so they gave birth to a child in Xingyuan, named Yang.) ）

What makes Liu Xiu love and rejoice in this fourth child is not only because of the thousands of tenderness for his mother Yin Lihua, but also because of Xiao Liu Yang himself, which really makes Liu Xiu infinitely cute and lovely to him.

Little Liu Yang is upright, smart and studious, and can understand "Spring and Autumn" at the age of 10, Liu Xiu thinks this child is simply amazing!

(The cheeks are very rich, and when he was ten years old, he was able to pass the "Spring and Autumn Period", and Emperor Guangwu was a strange child.) ）

It is worth mentioning that Xiao Liu Yang is not only good at learning and learning, but also able to apply what he has learned to solve practical problems.

Speaking of which, we reiterate that applying what we have learned, integrating theory with practice, and constantly using advanced theories to solve problems in reality is the highest level of study, and it should also be the tireless pursuit of scholars and politicians.

However, this topic is too important to be a matter for adults.

What makes us, and of course, Liu Xiu impressed, is that when little Liu Yang was only 10 years old, he was able to complete this subject skillfully.

Here, let's talk about the Dutian incident.

This incident was a failure of the early policies of the Han dynasty after Liu Xiu, reflecting the complex social and political situation of the time.

Of course, we say it at this time, because Liu Xiu's family affairs and state affairs cannot be strictly distinguished, and Xiao Liu Yang, who was not an actor in this play and did not have any role, occasionally made a cameo, which touched the actor Liu Xiu greatly.

In May 39 A.D., after Liu Xiufeng 10 little princes became princes, only in the past month, he issued a decree, requiring all prefectures and counties to seriously investigate and verify the number of acres of cultivated land and the age of the people's household registration, and at the same time inspect the relevant favoritism and irregularities of cadres at all levels.

Liu Xiu's decree was issued in the name of the emperor's edict, known as the "Dutian Order" in history.

In fact, it is to verify the statistics of cultivated land and household registration.

This is Liu Xiu's 15th year on the throne as a first brother, and he has three main considerations for doing this at this time:

First, after the wars and the change of local yamen, the land and population numbers in various places have been very chaotic, which has seriously affected the government's macroeconomic policymaking, economic policies, and the collection of taxes and the distribution of forced labor.

Second, in some localities, the arrogant and powerful people have frantically annexed land and enslaved the population, threatening the political power and nurturing and intensifying social contradictions.

The third is the need to strengthen imperial power, Liu Xiu wants to strengthen imperial power in an all-round way, of course, including the realization of centralized power in the economic field.

Let's do it.

However, immediately after the promulgation of the Dutian Decree, it was met with strong resistance from all sectors of society, social contradictions rapidly intensified, and a turbulence that was bound to affect social stability quickly brewed if it continued to develop.

Among them, the implementation of the Dutian order is of course very trough cake.

Crisis, this is actually a social crisis caused by policy!

To be precise, as a generation of Ming monarchs, Liu Xiu promulgated and implemented a series of policies that were mostly in line with the reality of social and economic development at that time, and promoted social progress and improved people's livelihood.

It is not for nothing that a great man called him "the most capable emperor".

However, we should also realistically see that Liu Xiu's "Dutian Order" has indeed met with strong opposition from all aspects of society, and almost caused social turmoil.

As we said just now, we should have gone to Comrade Liu Xiu's office or the imperial court to talk about this issue, and we should really go there to talk about it when we have the opportunity in the future.

Now in the living room of Comrade Liu Xiu's house, we just explain the relevant situation, and everyone pays attention to the performance of Liu Yang, the fourth child.

To put it simply, the implementation of the Dutian order can be described as a "mess".

This is because this decree has aroused strong resentment from almost all social strata.

Let's take a look at what people have to say.

The farmer brother said that after so many years of fighting and so many deaths, I finally got a little land, and I got rid of the landlord's old wealth, and I can do whatever I want! Now, the government has to re-measure the land, check the household registration, and seize my land again

Put a chain around my neck, and we won't agree to a thousand! 10,000 don't say yes!

The landlord Lao Cai said, damn, we already have a lot of land, we have enslaved many people, we still have our own family and nursing home, and I don't dump him at all. Now the imperial court wants to investigate? Save it! This government is up and down

We're fed, and who's going to have the final say!

Cadres of local, prefecture, county, and county governments said that the order must be resolutely carried out on the surface and resolutely against it in secret. They said in the office that we must do everything possible to ensure the implementation of the major policies of the imperial court; Back in the living room of their own home, they are right

The landlord Lao Cai, who was full of landlords, said that we must do everything possible to ensure that the major policies of the imperial court are completely frustrated. I've received help from everyone, and I won't be in vain; I came all the way here to be an official, and I relied on the help of my brothers; I'm like everyone else, and I'm at home

There are many acres and miscellaneous servants; We brothers are iron brothers, so let's be in cahoots.

In this way, Liu Xiu's court became an extremely isolated minority in the Dutian Order.

In such a complex and dangerous social change, local state, county and county cadres have become the key to creating and solving problems.

Many of the villains among them concealed their superiors and deceived their superiors and subordinates, and they pushed and delayed the imperial court decrees as much as they could, but they really couldn't shirk it, so they simply took the opportunity to make a big profit.

Proceeding from resolutely failing to truthfully measure and report the acres of land and population, they not only wantonly engaged in favoritism and irregularities, but also intensified their efforts, harshly measuring and verifying the land and population of the common people under the banner of promoting the work of cultivating fields, and seized the opportunity to treat themselves and their relatives and friends

The data was passed on to the people, causing the people to complain.

(Thorn history, Taishou is mostly deceitful, not pragmatic, in the name of the field, gather people in the field, and live in the house.) Yourao Hao right, the invasion is weak, many are uneven, and the people cover the road. ）

There are two main reasons why the people are very satisfied or very dissatisfied: one is the policy, and the other is the cadres.

Now, Liu Xiu has decided to readjust policies, straighten out cadres, and fundamentally eliminate social contradictions.

However, we must and must first understand the situation from the cadres.

Therefore, Liu Xiu asked all prefectures and counties to send people to Beijing to report on their work with written materials.

He read all the written materials reported below.

One day, when reading the recital reported by Chen Liujun, Liu Xiu found a piece of paper sandwiched between it, on which a sentence was written crookedly:

"Yingchuan and Hongnong can ask, but Henan and Nanyang can't ask."

Liu Xiu felt inexplicable.

There are obviously 4 place names on it, but what is there to ask?

He ordered the cadres of Chen Liujun to come over and ask what was going on.

Chen Liu's cadres came, trembling and at a loss.

Liu Xiu interrogated the origin of the pieces of paper in the recital, but the cadres who stayed behind Chen refused and did not dare to tell the truth, so they lied and said that they had picked it up on Changshou Street in Luoyang and were mistakenly caught in the recital.

(The officials refused to accept it, and they got it on the street of longevity.) ）

Liu Xiu originally liked to talk about Wei, so he turned his head and asked the court cadres present what was going on.

However, no one can say why.

Liu Xiu is such a character, he feels as if someone is trying to deceive him, and he is very annoyed. Just as he was about to have a seizure, a child's voice came from the curtain behind him:

"This is this cadre, according to the arrangement of the county guard, before reporting to the imperial court about the acres of land and the population of other prefectures and counties, so as not to make his own numbers too high or too low."

This is what his fourth son, Xiao Liu Yang, who is only 12 years old, said.

Liu Xiu is quite fond of the fourth child, and has long planned to focus on cultivating and cultivating him.

Earlier, Liu Xiu arranged for Huan Rong, the best master of scripture, to teach the fourth child, and took the fourth child with him very early, so that he could observe government activities and learn how adults govern the country.

Now, in the curtain behind Liu Xiu, Liu Yang, the fourth child, is observing the internship.

Obviously, what Xiao Liu Yang said is a basic skill for cadres to deal with their superiors.

Before reporting matters to the higher authorities, it is a habit and effort of the cadres to inquire about the situation in fraternal units and fraternal areas as a reference, both then and now.

Liu Xiu was still puzzled when he heard this, so he turned around and asked:

"Since it's like you said, why can't Henan and Nanyang ask?"

(That is, why do you say that Henan and Nanyang can't be asked?) ）

With his father's permission, Xiao Liu Yang stood up and replied unhurriedly:

"Henan is the location of the capital, and senior central cadres live here; Nanyang is His Majesty's hometown, and most of the emperor's relatives live here. Most of the number of farms and dwellings in these two places is illegal and cannot be used as a basis for measuring Chenliu County. ”

(Henan Imperial City, how close to the ministers, Nanyang Emperor Township, how close relatives, the field house is over-system, not subject to it.) ）

Yes, one of Henan and Nanyang is Gyeonggi, and the other is the emperor's township, either high-ranking officials gather, or nobles and relatives converge, and it is normal to engage in a little, or even a little special!

When Liu Xiu heard this, he ordered the armed guards of the imperial court to pull Chen Liu's cadres aside and interrogate them strictly.

The cadres of the state and county organs are used to being pampered, and they can't help being tortured at all, and it doesn't take long for them to be recruited: just like what Xiao Liu Yang said.

This was easy to do, and Liu Xiu immediately dispatched a group of staff members from the organs under the CPC Central Committee to conduct on-the-spot inspections in the above-mentioned areas, quickly ascertained the truth, and took corrective measures one by one.

Through all this, Liu Xiu adjusted the Dutian policy in a timely manner, effectively avoiding major political and economic losses and serious turmoil in the country and society.

At the same time, we believe that as important as Liu Xiu's adjustment of policies, Liu Xiu's performance on this issue related to the national economy and people's livelihood also shocked Liu Xiu:

He almost rubbed his eyes and looked at himself and Yin Lihua's precious son again!

What shocked Liu Xiu was his "surprise" and "regret".

He was surprised that the fourth child, as a 12-year-old doll, had such a sharp eye for observing social politics!

The 12-year-old doll is still waiting for milk behind the buttocks of his father and mother in ordinary people, but the fourth child can gain insight into the social and political situation and the pros and cons of the country's macro policies, which is remarkable and not simple!

What he regretted was that he did set up the prince too early, so that the fourth brother could not be the heir of the first brother!

Since then, Liu Xiu has been more fond of little Liu Yang.

(But since then, he has loved Yang, and he regrets that he has established a reserve too early, and he must not make Yang a grave heir.) ）

In this way, Liu Xiu is afraid of Yin Lihua and Liu Yang's mother, and she often feels guilty, and it is inevitable to show it in the vestibule and harem and in all aspects.

And when Guo Shengtong heard and saw it, he was even more jealous and ashamed.

Regarding Guo Shengtong's actions, Liu Xiu of course also saw it in his eyes and was annoyed in his heart.

But he is also a person who pays attention to harmony, and always treats his own people with leniency.

Despite this, Liu Xiu still survived until the day when he couldn't bear it anymore.