For Guo Shengtong, Liu Xiu also made good arrangements.

In October 41 AD, Liu Xiu made a number of personnel arrangements while abolishing the queen.

For example, he did not depose Guo Shengtong as a concubine, but demoted her to the "Queen Mother of Zhongshan", and crowned his second son Liu Fu as the king of Zhongshan.

In fact, Liu Xiu arranged for the second Liu Fu to provide for Guo Shengtong.

Zhongshan ruled now Dingxian County, Hebei Province, which is a land of abundance. Liu Xiu also assigned Changshan County (northwest of present-day Yuanshi, Hebei) to it as a food town for their mother and son, which was enough.

(In the seventeenth year, he was deposed as the queen mother of Zhongshan, and after entering the middle son Youyi Gongfu as the king of Zhongshan, he benefited Zhongshan in Changshan County.) ）

After settling Guo Shengtong, Liu Xiu also treated the Guo family well in many ways, in order to find a balance with the grace Yin Lihua family.

So, how does the emperor treat talents well?

Said: Give a seat, give silver, give face.

Then reward the male of the Guo family!

Liu Xiu's first father-in-law, Guo Shengtong's father Guo Chang, passed away early, and he can no longer enjoy the glory and wealth brought by his daughter.

So, Liu Xiu rewarded Guo Shengtong's younger brother Guo Kuang.

Guo Guo was named the Marquis of Mianman in his early years, and now, Liu Xiu has expanded his reward, crowned him as the Marquis of Yang'an, and increased his fief.

(The migration is a big country, and it is Yang'anhou.) ）

Within a few years, Liu Xiu promoted him to the position of the court's minister of protocol (大洪胪).

Guo Jing and Guo Kuang are Guo Shengtong's cousins, and they have also taken "official luck" for a while.

Guo Jing was once appointed as the chief of the special forces of the imperial court (cavalry captain) for his military exploits, and now, Liu Xiu named him the Marquis of Xinyun and promoted him to the post of minister of the East China Sea.

Guo Kuang was named the Marquis of Fagan, and the official was promoted to the senior minister of the imperial court (Taizhong Doctor).

Guo Shengtong also has an uncle named Guo Liang, who died early and has no son.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't affect his family.

Guo Liang has a son-in-law named Chen Mao, a native of Nanyang, who was named the Marquis of Nanban.

There are many marquises, which are all noble families in which dynasty.

While Liu Xiu gave the Guo family a hat, he also gave a lot of silver.

Due to the early death of his father, his younger brother Guo Guo is the representative of Guo Shengtong's family.

Although Liu Xiu lived a very frugal life, he was not stingy with Guo Guo in terms of material, and often rewarded him with a lot of gold, silver and satin, so that within a few years, the Guo family became rich and was called the "Golden Cave" in the capital.

(Reward money and silk, abundant Mobi, Jingshi is a golden hole.) ）

Of course, Liu Xiu gave a seat, silver, and face is indispensable.

He often brought members of the imperial court leadership team, relatives and friends, and other high-ranking cadres to Guo Kuang's house for dinner and drinking.

No matter what dynasty it is, the first brother of the empire always comes to the house to drink, and the master must be extremely glorious.

If the first brother still comes with the leadership team, let alone mention.

(The emperor is fortunate to be the first, and the princes and princes will feast and drink.) ）

A few years later, Guo Shengtong's mother passed away, and Liu Xiu arranged it very grandly.

He not only attended the funeral in person, but also participated in the whole process of the funeral, and asked the imperial court leadership team to participate.

This was not enough, he solemnly sent a special messenger to usher in Guo Chang's coffin and let the old couple be buried together.

At the same time, he posthumously presented Guo Chang as the Marquis of Yang'an, the Marquis of the Festival.

(The stepmother Guo Zhuxue, the emperor came to mourn the funeral, the hundred officials meeting, sent a messenger to welcome the funeral coffin of Changchang, buried with the lord, posthumously presented Changyang Anhou seal ribbon, and said Sihou.) ）

Everyone, pay attention to Liu Xiu's pursuit of this old man, it took a lot of brains.

When Liu Xiu took the queen's throne from Guo Shengtong, she crowned her younger brother and Guo Chang's son Guo Guo as the Marquis of Yang'an, which was in 41 AD.

The posthumous gift to Guo Chang was in 50 AD, that is, 9 years after Guo Guo was crowned.

In this way, Liu Xiu first gave the title of Marquis of Yang'an to his son, and then gave it to Lao Tzu in the form of a posthumous gift, in fact, he made a big detour, not only completed the canonization of the old Guo family and sons, but also passed the old Guo Zhen, who had no size work, to "Sihou."

", also gave the Guo family enough face.

These all happened many years after Liu Xiu ascended the throne, and the process lasted for 9 years, reflecting Liu Xiu's complicated feelings.

All in all, after Liu Xiu took the position of queen from Guo Shengtong to Yin Lihua, not to mention the thousands of favors of the Yin family, he also treated the Guo family favorably and tried to balance.

(Treat Yin and Guo with courtesy, everything must be the same.) ）

I'm sorry, having said that, I would like to remind you that although Liu Xiu strives to "everything must be equal" when dealing with the Yin and Guo families, in fact, there is still a big gap.

It's only this huge gap that really shows who is better between Liu Xiu and Yin and Guo, and can best reflect Liu Xiu's strategic intentions.

This huge gap originates from Liu Xiu, which is highlighted in two aspects:

First, Liu Xiu began to deprive the Guo family of power from the time of the Empress Yi, and has been trying to hand over the core power of the empire to the Yin brothers.

You might as well take a look at it, when Liu Xiu "did not hesitate" to give the Guo family brothers the title, he actually promoted them openly and secretly.

Guo Guo listened to the errand in the imperial court in his early years (Huangmen Shilang), and was made a marquis at a young age. Later, he was also in charge of a little bit of military power (captain of the city gate) for a time.

But Liu Xiu repeatedly promoted his status and increased his fiefdom, while gradually taking real power away from him. Later, he was simply asked to do the work that was sent to him in the imperial court (Da Honglu).

Guo Shengtong's cousin Guo Jing was originally the captain of the special forces of the imperial court (cavalry captain), and after the change, Liu gave him a knighthood (Marquis of Xinyi) and transferred him to be the minister of the East China Sea.

Although Guo Jing's younger brother Guo Kuang was also made Hou (Faganhou), his position was that of the imperial court (Taizhong Doctor).

As for the Yin family brothers, Liu Xiu used to have extreme trust, and now his trust is also increasing.

Regarding this point, we have already said before, as long as we compare and see how the positions of the Yin family brothers have been continuously improved before and after Yin Lihua became the master of the harem, and how the real power has been continuously enhanced, there will naturally be a conclusion.

Here, there is also a plot that is easy to be ignored is that after Yin Lihua became the queen and Liu Yang became the crown prince, Liu Xiu appointed Yin Zhi and Yin Xing as the chief of the Beijing Public Security Bureau (Zhi Jinwu) and the captain of the palace guard (Wei Wei) respectively, at the same time

, and let them tutor and educate the prince.

One year, Liu Xiu was seriously ill, and Yin Lihua directly appointed Yin Xing as the director of the emperor's office (Shizhong) and accepted the entrustment.

(The emperor was very dizzy, and then he was ordered to serve in the Yuntai wide room.) ）

This fully shows that not long after Yin Lihua became famous, with Liu Xiu's trust and support, the Yin family brothers and sisters can completely control the current situation and future of the empire!

Different is different!

Second, Liu Xiu arranged for Guo Shengtong to be raised by their second son Liu Fu, and at the same time beat Liu Fu to be obedient, and he carefully cultivated Yin Lihua's son, laying the foundation for Liu Zhuang and Liu Cang's brothers to control the empire for a long time.

The former prince Liu Yi is still very talented and ambitious, but he is not the successor in Liu Xiu's mind, as we just said.

Emaciated camels are bigger than horses.

A new center of power must not be formed around Guo Shengtong after his abdication.

Liu Fu is mediocre and timid, if he cleans up a little, he is the best candidate for his mother's pension.

Liu Fu was first crowned King of Zhongshan (41 AD) and later (44 AD) King Pei, but he never went to his fiefdom.

At this time, the country's laws are relaxed, and the rules of work are not too strict.

Not only Liu Fu, but also many of his brothers and uncles who were crowned princes did not want to leave the prosperous place of the capital and did not go to their own fiefdoms.

Everyone stayed in Luoyang, in order to improve their prestige and expand their influence, they vied with each other to attract friends and make guests.

It's a mixed bag.

Princes and generals need lackeys, some so-called talents, idle people need to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, everyone is in cahoots, eating, drinking, pulling and pulling, discussing the government and politics today, and fighting injustice tomorrow, making Luoyang a big turmoil no, small

Conflicts continue.

Under such circumstances, Liu Li, the son of the first emperor Liu Xuan, was murdered to avenge his father, and Liu Fu was involved.

Liu Li is Liu Xuan's youngest son, and he doesn't see any talent, but he must be a villain.

After Liu Xuan's death, his three brothers went to Luoyang under the leadership of his mother to seek refuge with Liu Xiu.

Liu Li knew that it was Liu Xiu's world now, so he desperately befriended Liu Fu and became Liu Fu's disciple.

Liu Li, who is born as a parasite by nature, does not want to serve the country, and takes revenge on his father first.

However, he got the wrong target: he believed that Liu Penzi had killed his father, and hired an assassin through Liu Fu to kill Liu Penzi's brother Liu Gong.

This is a serious criminal case.

In fact, Liu Gong is his father's benefactor.

Back then, Liu Xuan was chased and killed by the Red Mei Army, and he was almost cut down after surrendering, panicking like a lost dog, twelve points embarrassed.

It was Liu Gong who risked his life to force himself to beg Fan Chong and others with red eyebrows, and Liu Xuan saved a small life.

Soon, Zhang Wei and Xie Lu assassinated Liu Xuan, but Liu Gong collected the body overnight and arranged the funeral.

Killing Liu Gong, Liu Li is actually taking revenge.

Liu Li committed the crime and was naturally punished.

Liu Xiu was also greatly shocked: discipline must be taken seriously.

Liu Xiu immediately implemented a series of measures to severely crack down on illegal and criminal acts that violated the laws of the country, and at the same time decided to make an example of the monkey and the chicken: put Peiwang Liu Fu in prison.

Liu Fu squatted in prison for 3 days before being released.

(Shouguang Hou Liu Li, more Shizi, fortunately Yu Fu.) The carp complained that Liu Penzi harmed his father, and because he was a guest, he reported the killing of his brother Hou Gong, and he was imprisoned. Three days is the result. ）

The Hou Ye killed each other, and the prince helped from it, which is also a huge political scandal.

Liu Xiu arrested the second child Liu Fu, which not only showed his determination to fight the underworld and eliminate evil, but also gave the second child a few boards.

Although it was only 3 days, as the prince and prince, it was enough for the party to lose his prestige and lose face.

Coming out of prison, Liu Fu had a huge change in his heart.

He painfully felt: The world belongs to his father, not necessarily his own. I have no virtue and no talent, and now I don't have my mother's strong support, if you want to protect yourself, you can only be cautious in your words and deeds, and let your father rest assured everywhere.

Liu Xiu's beating of the second child this time played a long-term role.

Soon, Liu Fu returned to his own feudal country, strictly restrained the staff around him, buried himself in studying, respected his mother, and never participated in political activities again.

In addition to Liu Yi and Liu Fu, the other 3 of Guo Shengtong's 5 sons are not very promising.

It's no wonder that the boss Liu Yi has made his father useless, what else can't we let go?

Therefore, most of their brothers took the route of self-abandonment and extravagant pleasure.

Due to time constraints, we will talk about their ugly things when we have time to do it later.

Yin Lihua also gave birth to 5 sons for Liu Xiu, in addition to Liu Zhuang, Liu Jing is the eldest, humble and filial piety, love to learn, and is extremely favored by his father Liu Xiu and brother Liu Zhuang.

However, he was born in such a family environment and is destined to have a prosperous life, but it is difficult to do anything.

Liu Heng, the prince of Linhuai, was unfortunate and passed away before he became king.

Liu Jing, the king of Guangling, was "talented and fond of grammar", but he had a snarky, ruthless personality, and was adventurous.

What's even more regrettable is that he is very dissatisfied with his father letting Liu Zhuang be the prince, and he has always wanted to be his first brother.

When Liu Xiu was alive, of course he didn't have any chance, he just thought about it in his head.

Liu Xiu had just passed away, and his bones were not cold, so he immediately set out to seize power, and later joined forces with Xu Meiren's son Liu Ying to rebel, and finally embarked on the road of no return.

It is worth mentioning that Yin Lihua's other excellent son, Liu Cang, the king of Dongpingxian.

Liu Cang is Liu Xiu's sixth son, and he has a very close relationship with the fourth Liu Zhuang.

Since he was a child, he has been a keen learner and has a quick mind. As an adult, he has a great figure, flowing hair, and a dignified appearance.

(Cang Shao is a good scripture, elegant and wise, a beautiful beard, and a belt with eight measurements.) ）

It can be said that Liu Cang has both virtue and talent, and he is a typical talented man and handsome guy.

Due to his outstanding ability and ability, Liu Cang won Liu Xiu's love and was another key training object for Liu Xiu in addition to Liu Zhuang.

Later, Liu Xiu passed away and Liu Zhuang ascended the throne, and he became a hussar general, ranking above the three dukes, controlling the military and political power, and assisting Liu Zhuang in governing for a long time.

What I want to tell you here is that Liu Xiu deliberately cultivated him early on, and deliberately arranged for him to be the assistant of the fourth child, so as to lay the foundation for the stability of the Liu family in a hundred years.

Okay, having said that, let's focus on Liu Xiu's wife and children, briefly introduce his housework, and invite everyone to come to Liu Xiu's living room for a rest and tea.

The reason why it is said to be "simple" and "rest" is that Liu Xiu's family is prosperous and there are too many stories, we are only talking about the eye-catching performance of some members of his family and his early ascension to the throne, and more will be talked about later; Second, everyone has been following Liu

Xiu was wandering outside, watching him go on an expedition to the east and west, and he was a little tired, so he came to his living room to rest temporarily; The third is that we are chatting in the living room of Liu Xiu's house, and he himself is not in the living room, or working in the imperial court, or on a business trip, and has been at work, all the time

Perform wonderful social life stories for everyone.

In short, the man was not at home, and we could not meditate for a long time in his living room. If you have a rest, let's come out and continue to see how Liu Xiu works

Made!