At this time, Yin Lihua is still a gentle and generous lady. Little did she know that her bond with the life of a generation of emperors was thus pulled open.
Yin Lihua was born in a wealthy family in the Western Han Dynasty.
The ancestor of this family is Guan Zhong, who once helped Qi Huangong achieve the hegemony status for a generation. The seventh generation of Guan Zhong's descendants moved to Chu to escape the civil strife in Qi State, and were named "Doctor Yin" by the then King of Chu. After that, the family took Yin as their surname.
At the end of Qin Dynasty, Yin moved to Xinye to escape the war.
In the following hundreds of years, generations have been farming and doing business here, and gradually established themselves here, becoming a local tycoon in Xinye, Nanyang. Their land and property can even be compared with some princes at that time.
Because I have lived in Xinye for a long time and deviated from the political center, there has never been a senior official like my ancestor Guan Zhong in my family, which also has some advantages. If it weren't for war, the family would be enough to ensure the happiness and stability of future generations.
Unfortunately, Yin Lihua's birth coincided with the turbulent period of power change in the Han Dynasty. When Wang Mang usurped power, there were chaos and disputes everywhere, and the wealth of the Yin family on the rich side was also mouth-watering, so it was difficult to avoid the world and live in seclusion as before.
Liu Xiu is the ninth grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. However, in order to weaken the power of governors and consolidate centralization, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated the "favor decree", and the title gradually declined. By the time of his father, he was only a small county magistrate in Jiyang, and he didn't have much real power.
After his father Liu Qin died, he and his younger brother and sister were adopted by their uncles who were far away in Caiyang County at that time and became civilians.
Liu Xiu's brother Ada is generous and likes to make friends with celebrities. Unlike his brother, Liu Xiu has no ambition, but he works hard and likes reading. To this end, his brother often makes fun of him, saying that he is as ambitious as his great-grandfather Liu Bang's brother Liu Zhong.
There is a girl who just grew up in the Yin family. Because of her outstanding talent and unparalleled appearance, she has long been famous, and Liu Xiu has heard about it and wants to see it.
As it happens, brother-in-law Chen Deng is related to Xinye Yin's family. With the help of her brother-in-law Chen Deng, Liu Xiu got a glimpse of Yin Lihua's beauty.
At first glance, Yin Lihua looks more beautiful than rumored. "My Fair Lady is a good gentleman." Liu Xiu, who is in her prime of life, loves Yin Lihua more than ever.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power and the world was in chaos. Heroes from all over the world rose up one after another. Ada was ambitious and began to run for national salvation. After some lobbying, he successfully persuaded Liu Xiu to join the outlaw hero peasant uprising army.
Ada is brave in combat, with clear rewards and punishments, foresight and extraordinary strategy, and enjoys high prestige in the military. Under the leadership of two brothers, Liu Xiu and Ada, the battle of Kunyang was won with fewer wins. The main force of follwed regime has been basically eliminated, and subordinates hope to establish Ada as emperor.
However, among the outlaws, there is another man with high prestige, and that is Liu Xuan.
Liu Xuan is also a descendant of the Western Han Dynasty. According to seniority, he should be Liu Xiu's brother. He won many victories after he defected to the outlaw hero. Because of his outstanding performance, he was called a "reformed" general in the team. Later, after deliberation, the leaders of outlaws decided to make Liu Xuan emperor.
After Liu Xuan ascended the throne, he and his subordinates were very dissatisfied with Ada's high prestige in the army, and thought that Ada was immortal and unstable. Later, he and his men designed to kill Liu Ji, a good brother and loyal subordinate of Ada, on charges of resisting will and disrespecting the intention of rebellion.
Ada naturally couldn't bear to let his good brother be killed, so he immediately came forward to argue and dissuade him. As a result, Liu Xuan killed both of them on charges of complicity.
As the saying goes, "A sly rabbit kills a dog, but a bird hides its bow."
There are also many emperors who killed heroes after they ascended the throne, but the great cause of Liu Xuan has not been completed. It's really chilling to rush to kill a hero.
After Ada's death, his younger brother Liu Xiu's situation was also very dangerous.
Because his brother was killed by Liu Xuan on charges of rebellion, Liu Xiu could not have a trace of dissatisfaction on the surface. In order to paralyze Liu Xuan, he didn't make any response after his brother died and stayed at home.
Even once again, I swore in the downstairs of Chang 'an: "An official should be a gold master and his wife should be a Yin Lihua" to show that I have no lofty aspirations in Liu Xuan.
Although these two moods are completely different, my love for Yin Lihua has not changed at all.
After returning to Nanyang, Liu Xiu immediately asked Xinye Yin Jia for Yin Lihua, and Yin Lihua was at the age of admiring heroes, because she heard of Liu Xiu's fame in the battle of Kunyang and secretly made a wish.
Later, Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua got married with everyone's blessing, and their married life was even more enviable. However, the founding emperor Liu Xuan was still very uneasy about Liu Xiu, fearing that he would release the tiger.
So after Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua got married for three months, Liu Xuan sent Liu Xiu to Hebei by imperial edict, instead of giving him a single soldier, he only gave him a scepter symbolizing the right to start over and asked him to comfort the counties in Hebei.
After Liu Xiu came to Hebei, he contacted his brother's confidant and team. With their support, Liu Xiu quickly recovered some counties.
There was a man named Wang Lang in Hebei who pretended to be the son of Emperor Han Cheng and cheated in the local area. With the support of some local forces, he was made the son of heaven.
After he heard about Liu Xiu's arrival, he was worried that he would hurt himself, so he ordered Liu Xiu to be arrested everywhere. Liu Xiu fled all the way, because there were not many soldiers and horses, which was very embarrassing. But fortunately, Liu Xiuping has personal charm, which has bought many people's hearts and escaped this robbery.
At that time, Liu Xiu's biggest rival was Zhen Wang Ding Liu Yang. He controlled Calm County, with more than 100,000 troops and rich financial resources. If he fights desperately, Liu Xiu is sure to be defeated.
Later, after Liu Xiu's clever lobbying, Liu Yang decided to cooperate with Liu Xiu and * * * to conquer Wang Lang together, but Liu Yang had a request that the two sides should get married and let Liu Xiu marry his beloved niece Guo Shengtong.
Marriage between the two sides is a necessary means to consolidate cooperation, which is also a good opportunity for Liu Xiu to win the support of the real king and expand her strength. Liu Xiu's subordinates are also very supportive.
Liu Xiu didn't want to think of his wife who was waiting at home, but later, under the persuasion of her subordinates, she had to agree. Jiangshan beauty, beauty is always behind the great cause of Jiangshan. Liu Xiu agreed to get married in order to expand his power and be proud of his ambition.
In Hebei, Liu Xiu's influence has been expanding, and he has the ability to compete for the throne. He has been reducing the power of the emperor from the beginning and began to show his ambition. Finally, after three years of reform, he proclaimed himself emperor in Hebei, and his title was Jianwu, that is, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After Liu Xiu and Guo Shengkun got married, Guo Shengkun gave birth to her eldest son Liu Jiang.
In the 25th year of Jianyuan, Liu Xiu conquered Luoyang, defeated Liu Xuan and avenged his brother. Later, someone was sent to connect the original wife Yin Lihua to the palace. After Liu Xiu entered the war, Yin Lihua followed his brother back to Xinye, but the news was blocked and there was no news of Liu Xiu again.
I don't want to be away for three years. My husband, who used to share a bed with me, has become a powerful Guangwudi.
Liu Xiu originally intended to make Yin Lihua the queen, but because Guo Shengkun had a big family and gave birth to her eldest son, she had to make Guo Shengkun the queen. Guo Shengkun is very jealous. She was dissatisfied with the love between Yin Lihua and Liu Xiu, and often framed Yin Lihua.
As the mother of a country, the queen should be generous and decent, but Guo Shengtong can't even handle the harem well. Later, coupled with the rebellion of the real king, Liu Xiuqi put Guo Shengtong in limbo and made Yin Lihua the last one.
Yin Lihua became the second queen of the Eastern Han Dynasty. She and Emperor Guangwu cited the example of Qi Mei, saying that he was kind-hearted and virtuous. She doesn't take the deposed prince seriously, and keeps the harem affairs in order.
She also advocated frugality and restrained consorts, so that Liu Xiu could concentrate on government affairs and unify the whole country, and eventually became a famous generation of sages in history.