Someone once made serious statistics, in the 200 years of the Later Han Dynasty in Luoyang, from Deng Yu onwards, his children and grandchildren were appointed marquis and served as senior military and political cadres, and there were countless middle and lower-level cadres.

In this regard, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty is recorded as follows: "Since the Zhongxing, the Deng family has been favored by many generations, with 29 marquis, 2 dukes, 13 people below the general, 14 middle 2,000 stones, 22 colonels, 48 governors and county guards, and the rest of the servants, generals, doctors, langs, and confessors are innumerable, and Tokyo is incomparable." ”

The Deng Yu family became the first family except for Liu Xiu's royal family.

It can be said that Deng Yu and his family have always won Liu Xiu's favor, which has a lot to do with his humility, prudence and good tutoring after he became famous.

With his humility and cooperation, Deng Yu won Liu Xiu's new trust and favor, and Jia Fu, Geng Yi and others were not far behind.

Comrade Jia Fu is an old acquaintance of ours, and he is famous in history for his ability to rush thousands of miles on the battlefield, take the lead in soldiers, and extinguish this group of people before eating. At the same time, he is square and resolute, and he is also very characterful.

He is the hero of Liu Xiu's public praise and trust.

Liu Xiu once said: "I know Jia Jun's merits." ”

Liu Xiu also publicly said on the battlefield that he would marry his sons and daughters.

In short, Comrade Jia Fu is one of the very few people among Liu Xiu's subordinates who has both personal integrity and talent, meritorious service to the founding of the country, and a brother's personal love.

However, when he saw that Liu Xiu planned to "retire from the meritorious service and become a civil servant", he was also very keen and knowledgeable, and joined Deng Yu to resign from important military and political posts and asked to concentrate on studying Confucianism.

Liu Xiu was also very satisfied with his performance, and removed him from his post along with Deng Yu, and let him participate in politics as a senior senator of the imperial court.

After Jia Fu no longer held a substantive position, he did not go out except for the call of the imperial court, and was cautious in his words and deeds, which won Liu Xiu's approval.

Later, Liu Xiu's henchman Zhu You and others recommended Jia Fuchushan to serve as the chief situ, but Liu Xiu was not adopted.

Like Deng Yu and other heroes, Liu Xiu did not let Jia Fu hold a military and political position, but his favor and honor to him continued unabated.

Deng Yu and Jia Fu took the lead in handing over power, which played a very good exemplary role.

In addition, there are also Geng Yi and others, who also took the initiative to resign from the post of general, asking to be like Deng Yu and Jia Fu to be an adviser and senator, and no longer participate in court politics.

However, it doesn't matter if anyone is slow to respond or not proactive, Liu Xiu can just remind him a little.

Everyone knows very well that we were originally Liu Xiu's apprentices and fans, and we were originally following him.

Now that the world is stable, the buddies have become famous, and the treatment is increasing unabated, why not be obedient and find yourself boring?

What's more, years of experience and a large number of facts show that no matter how great anyone's skills are, they can't play Liu Xiu, and they have to listen to him honestly in the future!

Of course, there are also those who fail to keenly and accurately grasp Liu Xiu's thoughts, are not accustomed to the peaceful and prosperous times, and want to continue to lead troops to fight, such as the Fuwei general Zang Gong and the capture general Ma Wu.

Once, when he heard that the Xiongnu had suffered from famine and plague for many years, and there was constant infighting, General Zang proposed to Liu Xiu to lead troops to fight. He said:

"The minister is willing to lead 5,000 cavalry to fight in the desert, sweep away the Huns, and establish meritorious deeds!"

At this time, Liu Xiu was no longer willing to use troops easily, so he replied to him with a smile:

"You are a victorious general, you don't take the enemy in your eyes, and you can't discuss the enemy situation with you, so I'd better think about this issue myself!"

However, General Zang still didn't understand Liu Xiu's mind that he didn't want to start the war lightly.

In 51 AD, General Zang still wanted to fight the Xiongnu, so he joined hands with Ma Wu and wrote to Liu Xiu together, asking for the Xiongnu to be dispatched, mobilize forces on a large scale, completely eliminate the strong enemy, and establish the "Gong of Carving Stone for All Generations".

The two brothers' attitude in this letter is clear, the request is sincere, and they strongly persuade Liu Xiu not to "stick to virtue and fall into martial arts".

This actually involves asking Liu Xiu to change his principled position.

Liu Xiu was already very disgusted with war at this time, thinking that the world was peaceful at present, and the common people were thinking about stability, development, improving people's livelihood, and recuperation, and they really didn't want to work the people and lose money.

Seeing that some comrades still couldn't keep up with the situation like this, Liu Xiu simply issued an edict and clearly told everyone his strategic thinking of hating martial arts and cultivating literature and letting the country and the people recuperate.

As a result, no one dared to propose the use of force again!

(Since the generals dare not talk about military affairs.) ）

For the above, the history is called "Zang Gong is ruthless, and Guangwu is war-weary".

Since everyone is very obedient and cooperative, Liu Xiu is also very happy, in addition to the real power of the military and politics, he has given everyone face and lining in all aspects, and there is a happy and peaceful atmosphere between the monarch and the minister.

Once, Liu Xiu invited all the heroes to drink and chat.

He was in a good mood, and asked everyone a question calmly and kindly: "If you don't meet me, how far do you think your Lujue can go?" ”

Deng Yu first answered, saying that he has liked to study Confucianism since he was a child, and he can probably become the director of the provincial and municipal education bureau (county doctor of literature).

Liu Xiu thought he was modest and said: "Why are you so modest when you speak, as a junior of the Deng family, you have lofty ambitions and good conduct, why can't you be the head of the organization of the provincial party committee (Peng Gongcao)?" ”

Between the words, Liu Xiu couldn't help but reveal his appreciation and love for Deng Yu.

Then, everyone answered Liu Xiu's questions one by one, and when it was Ma Wu's turn, he said unceremoniously: "The minister is brave and good at force, and he can be the head of the city public security bureau (county governor), responsible for catching thieves." ”

Liu Xiu smiled and teased him: "It's good that you don't be a thief yourself, but if you are a villager leader (pavilion chief), you should be competent." ”

Everyone burst into laughter.

Here, Liu Xiu, as the first brother, proudly pointed at the heroes, and the heroes were submissive, competing to express themselves, just like a big family.

Liu Xiu's handling of the heroes is just right, and he often forgives everyone's small mistakes; If the following places or distant states send tribute and gifts, he must first distribute them to everyone, and even the palace may not be able to get them; If anyone makes a new contribution in the new situation, he will immediately and generously reward him.

Therefore, in the end, he did not kill a single hero.

Not playing to kill a few heroes is extremely rare in the founding king.