Why is it a joke to say that Liu Ben, who can't read, is an emperor?

Actually, saying that Liu Pengzi is the emperor sounds like a joke. Even Liu Pengzi's brother Gong Liu is better than Liu Pengzi when he is emperor. At least Gong Liu has read Shangshu and knows something important.

At that time, Liu Penzi was just a man in the Red Eyebrow Army who cut grass and fed cows. He didn't know a few Chinese characters, so being an emperor was only forced by the time. As we all know, every dynasty that wants to usurp the throne and rebel will seek a proper name, and Liu Benben is this proper name.

At that time, the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army was Fan Chong, and Fan Chong had a counselor named Wang Fang. Wang Fang told Fan Chong that we could "rule the world with the Han imperial clan as the emperor". So they took a fancy to Liu Pengzi's identity as a descendant of the Han dynasty imperial clan, and Liu Pengzi didn't read many books, which was easier to control. It is also easy to pacify the world and let him abdicate in the future. The real purpose is to dominate the world, hoping to win a place in this troubled times. Based on this consideration, Fan is the emperor.

In June of AD 25, Fan Chongli established Liu Pengzi as emperor, and changed the name of the country to Jianshi, so it was called Jianshi Emperor in history. At this time, he also proclaimed himself emperor, and his title was still Han, which was called the Eastern Han Dynasty in history. In 27 AD, Liu Xiu's army and the Red Eyebrow Army fought a decisive battle in Huayin County. Fan Chong and Liu Pengzi surrendered to Liu Xiu. Therefore, Liu Pengzi's status as the founding emperor no longer exists, so it is really like a joke that Liu Pengzi became emperor from 25 years to 27 years in less than two years.

Which dynasty was Liu Pengzi from?

It is difficult to explain the dynasty in which Liu Pengzi lived, because Liu Pengzi lived in a troubled world, where the world was in chaos and the peasants rebelled. At that time, the state power no longer existed, and it was difficult to define which dynasty to use. But later, after Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty, he supported Liu Pengzi with official land tax in Xingyang, which shows that Liu Pengzi lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty for a period of time.

In addition, at that time, Wang Mang's New Deal did not play a role, but led to the intensification of domestic social contradictions. Coupled with years of natural disasters at that time, the normal life of the domestic people has become a problem. Therefore, people all over the world are rising up. The two most important peasant armed forces are the Red Eyebrow Army and the Greenwood Hero. Liu Pengzi was captured in the army under the rule of Wang Mang when the Red Eyebrow Army passed by the county where he lived, that is, before the New Dynasty where Liu Pengzi lived.

There were several years of chaotic wars between the New Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. During this period, Liu Pengzi acceded to the throne because of his surname Liu. Fan Chong, the leader of the Red Army, named Liu Pengzi as the emperor, which was called the founding emperor in history. Nominally, this is still the emperor of the Han Dynasty, so it should still be the Han Dynasty. As for what the Han Dynasty was, there is no explanation in history.

In this case, it is actually very difficult to make it clear that Liu Pengzi was from that dynasty. At that time, there was chaos in the world. Liu Penzi was the son of the Han clan because he had no education, and was mistaken for the emperor. I think it will only happen in such a chaotic situation. But fortunately, Liu Xiukuanren was generous and died for Liu Penzi's pension, which is a fool's blessing.

Liu Pengzi proclaimed himself emperor.

Liu Penzi was originally a descendant of Liu Bang, the grandson of Emperor Gaozu. Many generations have passed since Wang Mang established the new dynasty, so many people think that Liu Zhang's hereditary title is getting smaller and smaller. In Liu Penzi, this generation is basically ordinary people. That was not the case. Liu Zhang's grandfather, Liu Xian, was made a marquis of Wu during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Liu Zhang's father Liu Meng inherited the title, but Liu Pengzi was unlucky. When he met follwed and usurped the government, his father lost his title, and Liu Penzi could not escape the fate of being a common people.

However, the Red Eyebrow Army rebelled and left Liu Pengzi and his two brothers, Liu Mao and Gong, in the army after passing through Shixian County where Liu Pengzi lived. Liu Penzi's brother Gong Liu himself lived up to expectations. He has read classics such as Shangshu since he was a child, so he knows some truth and righteousness. Later, Liu Pengzi followed the new emperor and was named Hou.

Life is full of variables. There is a Marquis in Six Scorpions. After Wang Mang usurped power, the marquis disappeared. Later, Gong Liu won the title of Marquis for taking refuge in Liu Xuan. It's full of twists and turns.

Later, because Gong Liu was familiar with some literary classics, he was appointed as a servant, while Liu Penzi, who had never read a book, was only responsible for mowing grass and feeding cattle in the army. Later, the Red Eyebrow Army Uprising needed a well-founded argument, so Fan Chong adopted Wang Fang's suggestion and made Liu Pengzi, who was relatively easy to control, emperor, with the aim of "making Han imperial clan emperor and commanding the world". Therefore, Liu Pengzi acceded to the throne, known as the founding emperor in history.

Later, Liu Xiu and the Red Eyebrow Army fought a decisive battle, and the Red Eyebrow Army was defeated. Liu Pengzi surrendered and was escorted to Luoyang. Since then, due to Liu Pengzi's blindness, Liu Xiu has supported Liu Pengzi for a lifetime with Xingyang's official land tax.