Of course, family affairs have to start with the wife and children.

The story of Liu Xiu's crush on Yin Lihua when she was young is almost known to almost everyone on earth.

When he was in his 20s, he went to college in Chang'an, the capital, and when he lamented his life ideals, he took it as his own to be the director of the public security bureau in the capital and marry Yin Lihua as his wife

Pursue your goals.

In June 23 AD, he took Yu Wei, who was victorious in Kunyang, and married Yin Lihua as he wished. At this time, Yin Lihua was 19 years old, and he was an older youth.

28 years old.

Of course, the newlywed life is like glue, but the world is too chaotic, the war is too tight, and less than 100 days after the wedding, Liu Xiu was sent by the first emperor Liu Xuan to Luoyang on a business trip, and he was safe

Pai Yin Lihua went back to Xinye's mother's house to live.

(Luoyang of Fangxi, after the order returned to Xinye.) ）

Xinye is not Noah's Ark in troubled times, and is always beaten by various forces.

At this time, Yin Lihua's half-brother Yin Zhi served as a partial general under the general Deng Feng at the beginning, and followed Deng to fight and conquer Huayang (now Nanyang, Henan

Nan), the Yin family came to Huayang with the army and lived in Deng Feng's barracks.

(And Deng Feng raised the army, and his brother knew him as a general, and then migrated to Shuyang with his family, and stopped at Fengshe.) ）

During this time, Liu Xiu was very unhappy, although he was famous for his victory in Kunyang and married his dream lover, but it also caused more "bad money" to be strong

Lie's jealousy.

These "bad money" smashed black bricks, stumbled, and dug traps for Liu Xiu's brothers, and they will want to get rid of them as soon as possible. Liu Xiu's eldest brother Liu Xiu was killed, and he himself was also killed

to crowd out.

This time, he was sent to Luoyang on a business trip, to tidy up the palace and other office and living places for the First Dynasty, which was also a foul talk and tiring work, in fact, it was also "

The "bad money" wanted to further squeeze him out of the core business of the beginning.

Huai Cai is not encountered, his merits are not rewarded, his flesh and blood are killed, and he has to do heavy work hard, Liu Xiu's mood is quite depressed.

Yin Lihua is a woman who is close to perfection, not only has a noble character, is knowledgeable, gentle and demure, but also looks comparable to a fairy.

She first gently comforted her newlywed husband, and then silently returned to her parents' home.

In the years when men were busy fighting and being beaten, she could only work with her mother's family to silently and sincerely bless Liu Xiu.

Speaking of which, we can't help but launch another important woman, her name is Guo Shengtong, in fact, everyone just met with her not long ago.

Soon after Liu Xiu finished the heavy work in Luoyang, he went on a business trip to Hebei, and he had already made up his mind to develop independently this time. In March 24 AD, that is, Liu Xiu was in

After marrying Yin Lihua for 9 months, he married Guo Shengtong in Zhending.

We have already explained the ins and outs of this political marriage to you, and here is just another hint.

However, it must be noted that political marriages are not necessarily devoid of genuine feelings.

Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong have real feelings and love Guo very much.

(Guangwu hits Wang Lang, to the truth, after the acceptance, there is a favor.) ）

In this way, before Liu Xiu ascended the throne, he had at least 2 wives: Yin Lihua and Guo Shengtong.

The reason why we say "at least" is because there is another figure that we cannot ignore: Xu Meiren.

We don't know when she got along with Liu Xiu.

She is the third of Liu Xiu's 11 sons and the biological mother of Liu Ying, the king of Chu.

It's like when introducing actors in a big play, we can't ignore this Xu actor. Of course, actor Xu is not an important role, and there are not many scenes, but she is finished

turned out to be Liu Xiu's wife, and gave birth to a son for Liu Xiu.

In other words, when we introduce Liu Xiu's wife and children, if we don't introduce them and their mothers and sons, it will be incomplete and unsystematic. What's more, actor Xu

's son Liu Ying still has a certain role.

Actor Xu is so unnoticeable that he didn't even leave his name as Liu Xiu's wife; The reason why she is still mentioned from time to time

, completely because she gave birth to a son for Liu Xiu.

Let's call her Xiao Xu for now.

Xiao Xu did not occupy much time and space in Liu Xiu's colorful life, and there was an extreme lack of records and information about her, which also gave people a chance

Leaves a lot of room for imagination.

For example, some people say that she may be Liu Xiu's first wife.

But we don't think it's very likely, because the historian even remembers Liu Xiu buying a donkey when he was in college and pounding grain when he went home to farm, like he married a wife

It's impossible to miss.

For example, some people say that she may be the mother of Liu Xiu's daughters.

But we don't think it's very likely.

Because Liu Xiu has a total of 5 daughters, all of them have been loved by thousands of people since childhood, and then married into wealthy families, and most of them are arrogant and flamboyant, if they are small

gave birth to one of them, and he would not have lived such an embarrassing and difficult life, at least he would leave his real name or such and such a story.

For Xiao Xu, what we can be sure of is:

First, she is the biological mother of Liu Xiu's third son, Liu Ying;

(Xu Meisheng Chu Wang Ying.) ）

Second, Liu Xiu doesn't love her very much, and when the historian introduced Liu Ying, he said that "Mother Xu's is not favored";

Third, Xiao Xu must have a certain "aspect" that is very attractive to Liu Xiu, or she must have sparked with Liu Xiu because of some kind of opportunity, which made Liu Xiu

Favoring her, but not pampering her, as for what this "aspect" is, someone must have deliberately covered it up, so that it has become an eternal secret.

We also boldly speculate that if we explore Xiao Xu's life experience and trace the spark between her and Liu Xiu, maybe we will make amazing discoveries.

You might as well pay attention to when Xiao Xu gave birth to Liu Ying, although we have not been able to find out the household registration of their mother and son.

Liu Yingxing is the third, obviously born after the eldest Liu Yi and the second Liu Fu, and before the fourth Liu Kang and the fifth Liu Zhuang.

Liu Yi was born in 25 AD, so Liu Fu was born at the end of 25 AD at the earliest, because these two brothers were born to Guo Shengtong, and they are not twins.

Although Liu Kang's date of birth is not clear, Liu Zhuang was born in 28 AD. That is to say, Liu Ying was born between the end of 25 and 28 AD.

I'm sorry, but this time is when Liu Xiu has just ascended the throne and is extremely busy.

In this way, among Liu Xiu's first 4 sons, the third Liu Ying was born to Xiao Xu, and the other 3 were born to Guo Shengtong. Until 28 AD, Liu Xiu ascended the throne4

Years later, Yin Lihua gave birth to Liu Zhuang, the first and fifth-ranked male.

In the past few years, Liu Xiu has been extremely busy. He often drove the expedition in person, took care of various affairs of the empire's start-up, and racked his brains in Guo Shengtong and Yin Lihuazhi

Find a balance and choose one to be the queen.

In such a complex environment, such a huge work pressure and such a fast pace of life, he is busy and quietly creating people with Xiao Xu, which is by no means one

Simple little things.

Liu Xiu ascended the throne and named Xiao Xu a beauty.

We have been verbose for a long time and have gone around in such a big circle to introduce Xiao Xu actor to tell everyone that she was originally an important role in Liu Xiu's life

, or rather, she should have become one of the protagonists of the social life drama starring Liu Xiu, for some reason that we may never know,

Her scene was deleted.

These deleted scenes and the reasons for their deletion must involve Liu Xiu himself and the core secrets of the empire.

Xiao Xu became an out-and-out supporting role, so much so that she only had a chance to show up when her son Liu Ying appeared. And what's even saddest is that San'er, who starred as Liu Xiu

Zi Liu Ying is just a supporting role.

is also Liu Xiu's wife, the real heroines are Guo Shengtong and Yin Lihua.

Guo Shengtong has been with the army since he got married, and he has followed Liu Xiu to various places, and has a very convenient opportunity to have children. At this time, Yin Lihua was with her mother's family

Together.

As soon as Liu Xiu ascended the throne, he had to do the first batch of work, and he was named Guo Shengtong and Yin Lihua as nobles.

Guo Shengtong is by his side, and it is very convenient to seal it.

(And enthronement, as a noble.) ）

Yin Lihua was in Shuyang, but it wasn't too troublesome, so Liu Xiu sent someone to pick it up.

The person sent by Liu Xiu was called Fu Jun, who was the director of the emperor's office at that time, and was responsible for bringing Liu Xiu's close relatives to the capital Luoyang. Soon, Yin Lihua

and Liu Xiu's eldest sister Liu Huang and his wife, and his younger sister Liu Boji and his wife came to Liu Xiu's side.

Everyone has worked hard for so many years, so let's enjoy it.

Liu Xiu named Yin Lihua a nobleman.

(Guangwu ascended the throne, and after Fu Junying was served, he went to Luoyang with Huyang and Ningping to be nobles.) ）

In this way, as Liu Xiu quickly flattened local forces and consolidated centralized power, the first brother's position became more and more stable, a very important and unavoidable issue

It was put in front of them: who would be the queen?

Speaking of ascending the throne and wanting to be established, we naturally have to explain how many wives Liu Xiu has.

I'm sorry, this question is indeed too professional, and many people have been exploring it for nearly 2,000 years, and they have no clue.

But everyone said that in the Emperor Club of China's feudal society, Liu Xiu was one of the comrades with the fewest wives.

Among the members of this Imperial Club of our country, how many wives are not only a symbol of status, but also a symbol of their personal and kingdom comprehensive national strength

A specimen of home and country culture.

Since we are not very professional, we cannot study this issue in the Xia and Shang periods. And the "Weekly Rites", which can almost be used as the constitution of the Imperial Club, is like this

Clearly stipulated: In addition to choosing 1 wife as the queen, the king can also have 3 wives, 9 concubines, 27 wives, and 81 female queens, all of which are officially established.

In other words, the king can have 121 wives, who are not only the legitimate family members of the king, but also enjoy the official treatment of state civil servants.

(After the king of "Zhou Li" was established, the third lady, nine concubines, twenty-seven women, and eighty-one female queens were prepared for internal duties.) ）

Comrade Qin Shi Huang's so-called "three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines" is actually just a common name, and he actually has more women than this, and it is said that it is not counted

The numbers are not too much.

(Qin and the world, more arrogant, the palace is prepared for seven countries, and the knights are listed as eight products.) ）

Since him, the common people have not only recognized that the emperor has the power to kill and take life, but also are very tolerant of the emperor who can find a woman at will.

In the less than 100 years after the Ying Zheng, the career of the emperor's concubines in our country developed rapidly: the whole country understood and had a broad mass base; The palace is inside and out

are busy, and the team continues to grow; Monarchs and ministers attach great importance to it, and the system and mechanism are gradually improved.

By the time of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Che, the harem was officially established with 3,000 levels, and there were 14 administrative levels, and the treatment corresponded to the national high- and middle-level civil servants.

And in fact, there are more supernumerary "palace maids".

However, when he came to Liu Xiu, he refreshed everyone.

He not only advocates frugality, does not show off or ostentatiously in his personal life, but also controls the number of wives within a very small range.

He vigorously streamlined the establishment of the harem, simplified its administrative ranks, and strictly controlled the supply of the harem.

In this way, the establishment level of the harem was reduced to only 2 levels: the queen and the noble.

Perhaps for some other reason, he has set up three levels of temporary positions in the harem that are not formally established

: Beauty, palace people, and women.

In terms of salaries and supply, the queen mother is the world, of course, to ensure the supply, and all aspects of the expenses are reimbursed. The nobles don't have much, which is not equivalent to food

Over one or two hundred buckets. And the positions of the three levels of beauty, palace people, and women are not in the establishment, and they do not enjoy the treatment of national civil servants, and they do not have a fixed salary, but they are just there

During the New Year's holidays, he lived on the rewards of the emperor or his other wives.

(And Guangwu Zhongxing, carved for Pu, the title of the six palaces, only the queen, the noble.) The nobleman has a purple ribbon with a gold seal, but he can't serve dozens of hu. and put beauties, palace people, and picks

The female third class, without a knighthood, is only rewarded when she is old. ）

The little Xu actor we just introduced is a supernumerary of the "beauty" level.

Under such drastic reforms, we can't investigate the number of Liu Xiu's wife's on-the-job posts, or the actual number of posts, but all of his 11 sons

The ministry is Guo Shengtong, Yin Lihua and Xiao Xusheng, from this point of view, the number of his wives must be very small.

Of course, we do not rule out that Liu Xiu members strictly control the number of wives, and there are considerations that the fewer wives there are, the less trouble.

His consideration of "the less wives there are, the less trouble" is a deep, complex and far-sighted plan, which is a kind of strategy of his

Thinking and measures: suppressing foreign relatives and strengthening imperial power.

As the praised emperor with the highest knowledge, the best ability to fight, and the best at employing people, Liu Xiu used his brain to fight and sit on the country.

Not to mention, in the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu felt the same as the scenes of Wang Mang's relatives and his relatives who took power and replaced the Han step by step.

Therefore, in order to avoid the repetition of history, it has become his inevitable choice to strictly prevent and restrict his relatives from gaining power. To implement this strategic initiative, the best thing to do

The law is source control, streamlining the harem, and reducing the number of relatives.

The lessons of history show that among the three forces that have endangered the imperial power the most, foreign relatives have been the most severe. The other two forces were eunuchs and corrupt officials.

Relatives can easily control power, get close to the emperor, be deeply favored, and do anything; They can play with power to the extreme, and they don't have to be responsible

Ren, because no one dares to hold them accountable except the emperor; The number of this group is staggering, and how many fans there are in the emperor's harem basically have at least ten times the number of relatives

Photos can be used to fool people.

Throughout the ages, the wind on the pillow is invincible, and as an emperor's woman, even the elders and important ministers in the court have to be called ministers and give three points.

Socially, not to mention.

Let's imagine, in the case of the supremacy of imperial power, whoever said that Lao Tzu's sister or sister is the emperor's wife is very calm.

Liu Xiu held high the banner of reviving the Han family, but he simplified the concubine system of the Western Han Dynasty, vigorously reformed it, and strictly controlled the number of wives, which not only greatly saved

expenses, and more importantly, it reduces the court struggles brought about by the jealousy of concubines and concubines, and the power and profit of relatives, which reduces a lot of trouble for the country and themselves.

So, now that he is a brother, there are several wives, who will be the queen?

A gentleman who reigns over the world, there must be a woman who is a mother of the world behind him!