The first dynasty settled in Luoyang, and both theoretically, morally, and politically, occupied the commanding heights of the revival of the Han dynasty.

Because the people of the whole country know that it was this group of people who overthrew the Wang Mang regime, which was spurned by thousands of people, and satisfied the social aspiration of "people thinking about the man".

As for who did the specific work, many people don't know the details.

Besides, the scene when the senior cadres entered the city that we just talked about have not yet been broadcast live on radio and television, and they were actually seen at the scene

Even the clothes are not neatly dressed, and only the cadres and workers of Liu Xiu's unit still look like them, after all, there are very few.

However, as we said earlier, because there are still many armed separatist forces across the country, many people have ideas about the position of the first brother, and they will change the regime

There is still a lot of work to be done to control the whole situation in the country.

As a result, after the first dynasty settled down, it immediately began to build the skeleton of the regime.

The establishment of political power is not only physical labor, but also mental work, which requires the support of a wide range of contacts and has a very high technical content, which is indeed not ordinary

People can do well.

Because of the "bad money driving out good money effect" in the upper echelons of this dynasty, it is almost impossible to find cadres who can really do this job well.

In this way, the Genshi Dynasty made this complicated issue very simple, and sent many envoys to the relevant counties to inform them that whoever was the first to submit would recognize and restore the peace

Whose title is restored.

(The first to descend will be reinstated)

That is to say, it doesn't matter if you are a reckless cadre or a self-proclaimed hero, as long as you are the first to surrender and admit that I am the first to change the regime, then

What should you do, how big an official is still how big an official is, how big a territory you manage is still how big a territory you manage.

In order to conquer the localities as soon as possible, the Genshi Dynasty gave these envoys a great deal of power: they could flexibly deal with problems and act according to the specific local conditions

, you can also use the name of Emperor Gengshi (Liu Xuan) to appoint officials below 2,000 stone (provincial and ministerial level).

The basic quality of these envoys is very low, and they hold more power than ordinary ministers, and they can exert power and extort money when they go to the localities

Whatever they want, they make personal demands and appoint and dismiss cadres according to their own wishes.

In the beginning, the work of recovering local power was carried out vigorously.

However, on the surface, these efforts seem to be carried out lively, but in fact they are complete failures.

This is because the cadres who started to do things with their own low quality and vulgar style of work have quickly achieved some immediate results: First, the work is simple

It was rough and gross, and it did not play a role in consolidating the regime at all; Second, it has thoroughly and extensively publicized the corruption, cowardice, and incompetence of the original cadres in various localities; Three

It directly expelled some characters from various places who had real skills and both ability and political integrity, and pushed them to the opposite side.

When we say this, there is evidence.

Let's first take a look at how the messenger of the beginning recovered Shanggu County in Youzhou.

Shanggu County of the Former Han Dynasty was roughly in the northwest of present-day Hebei Province, and the county of Fuyang was in the southeast of today's Huailai. After Wang Mang ascended the throne, he changed the name of the county to Shuo

, the county Taishou changed its name to Lian Rate.

In order not to annoy everyone, let's continue to use the old name.

The county Taishou Geng was a literati who was proficient in Confucianism, and when he found that the sky had changed, he was very uneasy considering that he was a cadre appointed by Wang Mang's regime, so he sent himself

's eldest son, Geng Yi, went to Luoyang to investigate the truth and make a decision on the advance and retreat of himself and his family.

Before the son returned, the messenger of the beginning arrived.

As soon as the first messenger came, Geng Taishou didn't know the depth, so he hurriedly came out to receive him in person, and presented Taishou's seal in accordance with the regulations, making himself clear

Willing to submit to the attitude of the First Dynasty.

The messenger took the ribbon.

According to the regulations of the first change, the envoy should check and return it to Geng Guo, announcing the recognition of his status and status as a taishou.

However, the messenger did not return it immediately.

By the next day, the messenger still had no intention of returning the ribbon to Geng.

I don't know what the reason is for this, but there must be a reason.

As you know, at that time, the seal ribbon was the trust of the local officials to handle government affairs, and they were the guys who lived and ate. Without the ribbon, the officials could not handle it

In government affairs, the seal is lost, officials are questioned, and even sentenced and beheaded.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the county secretary (Gong Cao) Kou Sui was very angry, and took a few soldiers to meet the envoy and demanded that the seal of Taishou be returned immediately.

Kou Sui is not only a fierce man with both ability and political integrity, wisdom and bravery, but also diligent and studious since childhood, knowledgeable, and has strong political acumen and politics

Insight.

He's an important character and will come out on many occasions to tell us great stories, which we'll tell you more about later.

Not only did the envoy not return the ribbon and did not explain the reason, but he also rebuked Kou Sui in an official tone, saying: "I am the envoy sent by the Heavenly King (Emperor Gengshi), you one."

Does a little Gong Cao want to threaten me? ”

(The Messenger of the Heavenly King, Gong Cao's Evil Desire)

Kou Sui is also an immortal talent, not only was he not frightened, but he was neither humble nor arrogant, and asked the messenger sternly:

"I don't dare to threaten the envoy, I just think that you have not thought it through. Now that the world has just settled down, the Xinyi of the new court is not yet human

I know that you have traveled to the Quartet on the mission of the First Emperor, and there is no one in the relevant counties who do not stretch their necks and turn their ears to the wind. Now you've just arrived in the Upper Valley

Keep promises, destroy the heart of obedience, and give birth to the intention of rebellion, how can you order other counties? Moreover, Geng Tai stayed in Shanggu and won the vast number of cadres and masses for a long time

Beloved, now it looks like you're going to replace him. If you change a virtuous person, it will bring harassment to the local area in this unstable situation, if you change it

is a guy with no virtue and no talent, which will only add to the chaos. For your sake, it's better to return the ribbon to Geng Taishou, so that the cadres and the masses can rest assured. ”

Kou Sui's words were straightforward and confident, and he used great faith, righteousness, and great reason, to understand and reason the envoy and move him with affection, and he spoke very well and measuredly.

If this envoy has a little bit of quality and political acumen, he should push the boat down the river, return the seal ribbon to Geng Taishou, stabilize the situation, and finish smoothly himself

became a task, and sold a favor to Kou Sui.

Besides, Kou Sui came with troops, and it was clear that it was soft and not good, so he came hard.

However, this envoy was so ignorant of current affairs that he neither answered Kou Xie directly, nor returned the ribbon.

We can't understand why this envoy should embarrass Geng Taishou, because according to the regulations of the first regime, Geng Taishou took the initiative to respond to the call and should also respond

Give praise.

So, when it comes to this, we say that there are only two possibilities, he is either a mediocre person who does not know what is right and wrong; Either to ask for a favor, or

Other personal demands have not been met, so they have to knock on the bill here.

Then you're welcome!

Therefore, Kou Sui immediately ordered his subordinates to invite Geng Guo to come over in the name of the messenger.

As soon as Geng Taishou came in, Kou Sui immediately stepped forward to snatch the seal ribbon from the messenger, and hung the ribbon with the big seal on Geng Guo's body.

(Enterprising ribbon condition)

It seems that the envoy is just bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, but seeing this scene, he has no choice but to announce the appointment of Geng Guo as the Taishou of Shanggu.

In this way, the transition between the old and new administrations in Kamiya County was completed.

It can be seen from this that Kou Sui's grasp of the situation and his wit and courage in handling things are incomparable to the original envoys.

He's a real talent.

Of course, his disappointment with the beginning was even stronger. In addition, he had admired Liu Xiu from the bottom of his heart for a long time, so he accelerated the pace of following Liu Xiu.

It can also be seen that the work of the first dynasty to restore local power is nothing more than black humor.

Let's take a look at the situation in Yuyang (present-day southwest of Miyun, Beijing).

Yuyang County is a neighbor to the east of Shanggu County, and the work of recovering it is a no-brainer.

The messenger sent here at the beginning was named Han Hong, a native of Wancheng. Coincidentally, as soon as Han Hong arrived in Yuyang, he met two fellow countrymen, one named Peng Pet and the other called

Wu Han.

Since Peng and Wu have too many opportunities to appear in the future, we must introduce them a little first and let them give everyone a look.

Peng Pet, whose name is Botong, was born in a cadre family. His father, Peng Hong, was the Taishou of Yuyang during the former Han Dynasty Emperor Ai, and he was a powerful party.

After Wang Mang usurped the throne, he ruthlessly cleaned up the disobedient cadres, and Peng Hong was killed along with the famous Bao Xuan and other upright officials.

After his father's death, the Peng family's life fell into difficulty, and Peng Pet survived tenaciously in a difficult environment.

When he was very young, he served as a cadre of the county organs in his hometown, and later served as a subordinate (Yuanshi) of Wang Mang's Dasikong Wangyi, and followed Wang Yi to suppress the children of Chungling

and the coalition formed by several units of the original Green Forest Army.

Therefore, Peng Pet is the one who has made enemies with the Changeover Alliance.

Later, when he heard that his younger brother had joined the Beginning Coalition Army, Peng Chong knew that Wang Mang's hands were black, and he was afraid that his younger brother would be implicated and killed, so he joined his fellow villager Wu Han

fled to Yuyang, hid in the house of one of my father's old subordinates, and took shelter temporarily.

Wu Han, whose name is Ziyan, was from a poor family when he was a teenager, and served as a villager leader (pavilion chief) in Wancheng Township.

In the last years of Wang Mang, Wu Han was implicated in a friend's crime and fled to Yuyang, where he made a living selling horses.

Yuyang is already a border county, and the social environment is very complicated due to the great turmoil caused by the great famine.

Wu Han is a heroic character, living in a different place, living in poverty, and selling horses does not make much money, but he is light on money and righteous, and pays attention to knots everywhere he passes

Jiao Haojie people.

Fellow Peng Pet was befriended by him at this time.

Peng Pet later changed hands several times, and then became independent, but did not find the north in the bloody social change, and was beaten to the ground by Liu Xiu, and died not very well

See; Wu Han was brave, cruel, cautious and conscientious, and later followed Liu Xiu to conquer the north and established many meritorious deeds, and became the highest military commander of Liu Xiu

The official (Da Sima), ranked as the "28 generals of Yuntai".

However, at present, both of them are homeless people, hiding in Yuyang to eat.

At present, Han Hong met Peng and Wu in Yuyang, and he was very speculative about his fellow villagers (they were very happy to see each other).

There is a situation here, and I want to remind you that the meeting between Han Hong and Peng and Wu must have been a bit dramatic, but due to the lack of evidence, I

We can't deduce, we can't describe the process.

Because in addition to being fellow villagers, these brothers are not all the way at all, and they don't have many conditions to meet.

Since Peng and Wu are fleeing, of course they should avoid public officials, while the Han envoy has an important task, and of course he should pay attention to Yuyanggao

layers of characters to deal with.

However, the fact is that the brother and son met and "the guest and the host met in a cordial and pleasant atmosphere, and the two sides talked about each other."

There was an in-depth exchange of views on the political and military situation in the heart. ”

I don't know if it was because of the impulse of happiness or some other reason, Han Hong immediately fully exercised the power of the envoy and appointed Peng Chong as a partial general and acting fisherman

Yang Taishou (that is, to favor the general, to do Yuyang Taishou), to Wu Han also get a county magistrate to do - let him be the county magistrate of Anle County (take Han as the Anle order).

Anle is a county under the jurisdiction of Yuyang County, which is Shunyi in today's Beijing.

Not to mention what happened to Peng and Wu in the future, at that time, one was a deserter and the other was a fugitive, and the Han envoy immediately entrusted him with a heavy task as if he was playing.

It seems to be a joke, but it is actually due to the cadre policy of the First Dynasty.

If you are interested in the employment of the First Dynasty, you will understand it with a little attention.

In this way, Yuyang can be regarded as "submissive" to the original regime.

As we said earlier, Liu Xuan and a group of "bad money" to recover the grassroots political power seemed lively on the surface, but in fact it was a complete failure.

What these "bad money" can't grasp is that not only did they fail to consolidate the first dynasty, but they fully demonstrated their corruption, cowardice and incompetence.

And some talents with real skills and both ability and political integrity were directly pushed to Liu Xiu.

In addition to the Kou Sui and Wu Han we just introduced, there are many more, and we can only pick up the famous ones that will have wonderful performances soon.

Another example is Geng Chun, whose name is Boshan, is a native of Songzi County, Julu County (now north of Zhao County, Hebei).

He was also born in a family of senior cadres, and his father, Geng Ai, once served as Wang Mang's feudal official (Jinan Yin).

In his early years, Geng Chun traveled to Chang'an, the capital city, and worked under Wang Mang's central minister, Da Si Nong. After the fall of Wang Mang, he recovered this time at the beginning of the change

At work, the messenger who was ordered to come to Jinan on a business trip was the familiar Wuyin King Li Yi.

Geng Ai returned to Shun and was appointed by Li Yi as the Taishou of Jinan.

Geng Chun embraced the talents of heaven and earth, and also wanted to find an official position in the original regime. This is completely understandable.

At this time, Li Yi, Li Tong and Li Song brothers were crowned kings and worshiped the prime minister in the First Dynasty, and they were prominent.

In particular, Li Yi, who thought he was the main digger who framed and murdered Liu Xuan, made great contributions to the establishment of the First Dynasty, and he controlled it if he did not cultivate his personal morality

The government is in power, and he does whatever he wants.

Whether in the capital, in the fiefdom, or on a business trip, Li Yi was full of guests, and came to ask him to do things and do what he liked.

Geng Chun asked to see Li Yi, but it was repeatedly difficult to get his wish.

Later, it took him a lot of effort to meet the invincible Li envoy.

After some twists and turns, Li Yi, in the name of the First Dynasty, appointed Geng Chun as the commander of the cavalry, awarded him the Fu Festival, and asked him to recover the stability of Zhao and Wei (now Hebei

belt) area.

Of course, this is also a fat gap that can do whatever it wants in the name of the beginning.

A leaf knows autumn, and a tube peeps at the leopard.

However, the wise Geng Chun witnessed what the first cadres did and was deeply disappointed. He felt bitterly that he would definitely not have a long time to play.

Soon, when Liu Xiu came to Hebei to develop independently, Geng Chun resolutely gave up this important position given by the First Dynasty, defected to and followed Liu Xiu, and was willing

Start from scratch under extremely difficult conditions.

Well, since the army of Wang Mang's regime has long been almost cleaned up in the bloody battle of Kunyang, Wang Mang himself has been sliced, and the first dynasty is in merger

Without in-depth and meticulous work, the recovery of political power at the grassroots level has proceeded relatively smoothly on the surface, and it can be said that the situation is very good.

At this moment, the Red Eyebrow army came to surrender.

Since the uprising in Juxian County in 18 A.D., the Red Mei Army led by Fan Chong has won many battles, often killing Wang Mang's official army and fleeing in the desert, when the market is at its best

It has grown to hundreds of thousands of people and is very popular with the people.

They fought hard in Qing, Yan, Xu, and Henan prefectures, and basically wiped out the armed forces of Wang Mang's regime in this area, and strongly supported and cooperated

The peasant rebel armies in various places made indelible historical contributions to the overthrow of Wang Mang's regime.

When the First Dynasty settled in Luoyang, they moved to Puyang (present-day Henan).

In the chaos in which Xinmang Xinmang was overthrown and a new social order had not yet been established, the Red Mei Army, the Chung Ling, and the Green Forest Coalition Army were the most important and important at this time

and the two most promising rebel armed forces.

Compared with the coalition army, the Red Eyebrow Army was a simple and simple peasant uprising force.

Their motive for the incident is very simple, that is, because they are extremely poor, they can't live anymore, they just want to eat enough, they want to solve the problem of survival; he

Our organizational discipline is very simple and practical, there are no flags, orders, documents, rules are all verbally agreed, the most basic is "the murderer is killed, the wounded."

People are compensated"; Their leadership also does not have a luxurious lineup, no political ambitions and complicated struggles, and the most honorable title is the "Three Elders", Xiang

as the "village chief"; Their team logo is very primitive, but it is very practical, which is to paint the eyebrows red.

The idea of the Red Eyebrow logo is so brilliant that it has only been admired by people, no one has imitated it, and no one has transformed it into a more acceptable one.

However, such a team, small knocks are okay, but when it develops to a certain stage, or encounters a complex situation, it is faced with how to formulate and implement it

The question of a high-level program of struggle and a strategy of struggle is faced with the problem of how to avoid internal dispersion and external chaos.

In other words, by this time, the Red Eyebrow Army was encountering a bottleneck in its development.

No, when the Red Eyebrow Army came to Puyang, there was no target for action all of a sudden: the old opponent Wang Mang was gone; There is no reason to march westward to fight the watch

can't beat it, everyone is still buddies; He retreated eastward and returned to his hometown, fearing that the brothers would break up.

At this time, the First Dynasty sent an envoy from Luoyang to see Fan Chong and asked the Red Mei Army to go to Luoyang to surrender.

Fan Chong was worried about the next way out, and when he saw that the Han family had been revived again, he was very happy to leave the large army behind and bring more than 20 people

A leader, follow the envoy to Luoyang to surrender to the beginning.

(To the beginning of the Luoyang descending.) ）

Fan Chong happily brought more than 20 leaders of the Red Mei Army to Luoyang, hoping that the First Dynasty would give him a reward. Everyone came out with their heads in their hands, and finally broke through

It's famous!

Originally, we just wanted to get a rural cadre (three elders, engaged, and died in history) to be in charge, so that they could be fed, clothed, and not bullied.

Look at it now, there are princes and generals everywhere, and we should also develop it! Let's go, get the reward!

The first dynasty was very generous and made them all liehous.

Anyway, there is no limit to the number of places and establishments of the title, and everyone echoes each other from afar when they fight Wang Mang, they are all buddies.

However, due to the limited territory controlled by the First Dynasty, and more importantly, the dynasty was very good at fighting, and political strategy and ability

Plainness is limited, and you can't do anything with a little bit of technical content.

At this time, the high-level officials only gave Fan Chong and others false names, and did not grant them military and political positions, nor did they assign them fiefs and food estates.

They failed to deal with the issue of the surrender of the Red Mei Army and made irreparable historical mistakes.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Red Mei Army are still stationed in the Puyang area to watch.

Everyone saw that their leader was only treated like this, and they were all disappointed: there was Wang Mang who couldn't survive in the past, but now he is following the first dynasty

, and it's not interesting.

As a result, everyone gradually began to desert.

Fan Chong and the others saw that Liu Xuan looked like a wretch, and few of his senior cadres could show their hands, so their hearts were already cold, and they were afraid of the first dynasty

The sub-seal was very dissatisfied.

Everyone has contributed to the fight against Wang Mang, and it has not been easy for our Red Eyebrow Army in the past five or six years. We can admit that you are the eldest brother of the first dynasty, because

We're kind.

Now you eat meat, and you won't even let us drink the soup, and I won't do it!

So, Fan Chong and the others fled back to their team.

(Chong and the others did not have a country, but the remaining people rebelled slightly, but they died and returned to their camp.) ）

The seeds of calamity were planted and quickly sprouted and grew.

In fact, everyone has already seen that the corruption and incompetence of the First Dynasty are not only manifested in such a thing, but also more.

Just when the First Dynasty was intoxicated with the destruction of Wang Mang and the capital of Luoyang, and its cadres at all levels were busy making superficial things and filling their own pockets, they directly hindered the change

The First Dynasty expanded its power and even threatened its existence.

They took advantage of the power vacuum when Wang Mang was gone, and he had not yet fully controlled the situation, to occupy one side and claim hegemony.

In the peasant rebel armies large and small throughout the country, there were still many independent and did not return to the beginning. Such a number of separatist forces and peasants

The militias all share a common mentality:

Who said that Wang Mang is gone, and the world must be your beginning?

At this time, there was a folk song circulating in some places: "Harmonious or not, in the red eyebrows: it can't be obtained, in Hebei." ”

The meaning of this ballad is very simple and profound, which means that the key to whether the first dynasty can get the world into its own hands is to deal with two issues:

First, it is necessary to establish good relations with the peasant armed forces, including the Red Mei Army, and second, it is necessary to firmly control the area north of the Yellow River.

The importance of this first question goes without saying, and it will soon be more deeply understood.