What did Liu Xiu experience and how did he establish the Eastern Han Dynasty?

After Wang Mang usurped the throne and established a new dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty perished. However, Wang Mang's dynasty was quickly overthrown, and Liu Xiu became the royal family of the Han Dynasty again. Because his capital was in Luoyang, the eastern capital at that time, in order to distinguish it from the collapsed Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty that Liu Xiu began to rule was named the Eastern Han Dynasty in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. Liu Xiu is the ninth grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. Although his family was orthodox in the Han Dynasty, his father had been in decline for many years.

Besides, when there were so many family members in the Han Dynasty, who would care about his weak lineage? His father, Liu Qin, only served as the county magistrate of Nandan County, and died when Liu Xiu was 9 years old, leaving only his wife with three sons and three daughters to lead a hard life. Fortunately, his uncle helped him grow up smoothly. The name Liu Xiu was given to him by his family according to the idea when he was born. It is said that in 6th BC, when Liu Xiu was born, there was a red light, and night was like day.

Liu Qin hurried to a famous local fortune teller to have a look. At that time, the local rice actually grew nine ears, because the millet was called Xiu at that time, and the family thought it was a good omen, so they named the child Xiu. At that time, people who saw the mountain god and his home praised that the real dragon was born here. When Liu Xiu was a soldier with his brother, he also said that his home disappeared soon after the fire. Of course, none of this can be confirmed now, but the imperial rulers at that time were somewhat mysterious.

After all, only people now can understand how things went back then. He regrets that an official should be as beautiful as holding a golden jade, and his wife should be as beautiful as Yin Lihua. It can be seen that Liu Xiu's ideal is the same as that of ordinary people, and there is nothing to be an emperor. However, his eldest brothers Ada and Liu Zhong are bent on doing great things. However, his brother Ada thinks highly of himself. He has long been dissatisfied with Wang Mang's ambition. He wants to be a hero bent on replacing Wang Mang. He looked down on his younger brother Liu Xiu and had no ambition, but in the end Liu Xiu became the emperor.