Therefore, the dynasty he established was called the Eastern Han Dynasty by later generations, just to distinguish the Western Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang.

If it hadn't been for Wang Mang's political chaos and usurping the land of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu would have been a cowherd and a rich man in his hometown for the rest of his life.

Even his younger brother Ada was inexplicably killed by the new emperor Liu Xuan, and Liu Xiu could not have the opportunity to be emperor.

The history of the late Western Han Dynasty is actually quite interesting.

Wang Mang is like a traveler. Liu Xiu is a chosen person. His brother Ada thought he was a king at first, and he appeared as a king.

Wang Mang was born in the first year of AD. He acted like a saint before he usurped the throne.

He is polite to others. He often gives his money to the poor and even sells his car to help them. Wang Mang's reputation is too good, too high. He usurped Han's throne, which can be said to be a great event that everyone expected.

At that time, if Wang Mang did not usurp the throne, no one in the world would agree.

However, after Wang Mang became emperor, he carried out a series of advanced reforms because they were too advanced. For example, land is reclaimed by the state and distributed equally. Everyone has to take part in labor to get food. Labor is the most glorious thing, such as abolishing the handmaiden system. No wonder some people suspect that Wang Mang was crossed back by a missing scientist in modern times.

He is too idealistic. He wants to build a Datong society from AD 9 to AD 23. He is very rational.

Wang Mang's reform moved almost everyone's cake at that time, so it quickly caused waves of resistance, and Wang Mang changed from being popular with everyone to being disliked by everyone.

Among the opponents are the Liu brothers.

Because Wang Mang usurped the land of the Liu family, and because of the decree of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, many descendants of Liu actually became people who made mats and sold shoes like Liu Bei. If they mixed well, they might become small landlords who trampled on their own villages.

After Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Xiu never thought of replacing him.

As a teenager, Liu Xiu studied in Beijing and got to know Wang Mang's guard of honor-Jin Wuwei, but he saw that Qin Shihuang's motorcade was far less heroic than his ancestor Liu Bang, and he never thought about being a gentleman.

As a teenager, Liu Xiu envied Jin Wuwei, only Jin Wuwei, and felt that it was enough to be Jin Wuwei in this life and marry a girl he liked.