Geng Yan was ordered by Liu Xiu to contact the cavalry of Shanggu and Yuyang to support Liu Xiu against Wang Lang's forces, so Liu Xiu got the attention of Liu Yang, the true king who also didn't get the original shares. Liu Yang was armed to the teeth at that time, while Liu Xiu only borrowed ten thousand cavalry at that time, so Liu Xiu had to marry Liu Yang's niece Guo Shengtong to achieve the combination of the two armies. It should be pointed out that Liu Xiu married Yin Lihua to keep a low profile. Wang Lang's troops could not resist the cooperation between Liu Yang and Liu Xiu, and were soon wiped out. At this time, Liu Xiu also chose to break away from the new regime, wiped out the largest peasant army in central Hebei, the Tongma Army, and mastered the military power that really belonged to him, known as the Tongma Emperor. Since then, Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor and took part in the battle of the Central Plains. At this time, Liu Yang, an angel investor, began to be dissatisfied with Liu Xiu, secretly preparing to crowd out Liu Xiu and walked to the stage himself.
But Liu Yang probably didn't realize that his nephew Geng Chun betrayed him. Before the implementation of the rebellion plan, Liu's brothers were all killed. Since then, Guo Shengkun's backer has changed from Liu Yang to Geng Chun. Geng Chun didn't appear many times in the process of Liu Xiu's pacifying the world, but he was deeply loved by the local people by virtue of his influence and ruling level, so he always occupied a place in the political map of the Eastern Han Dynasty. During Geng Chun's lifetime, Guo Shengkun's position has been very stable. On the contrary, although they fought in Nanyang, many generals who had been close to each other were intentionally or unintentionally alienated from the Liu family because they were killed, the most typical of which was Li Tongjia. Thomas lee was originally an important figure who followed Ada to arise. As a result, after Liu Xuan came to power, Li Tong's cousin Li Yi took refuge in Liu Xuan and took part in the killing of Ada.
Later, thomas lee didn't know whether to take advantage of people's danger or out of protection, and married Liu Xiu's sister Liu Boji. So although there are many Liu Xiu's old families in Nanyang, because of Ada's death, the relationship with Liu Xiu is very delicate, and it is impossible to compete with the forces of Hebei generals. From the perspective of political stability, Guo Shengkun has always been more suitable to be a queen than Yin Lihua. But Liu Xiu wants not only immediate stability, but also long-term interests. Therefore, during Liu Xiu's reign, he tried to reform and measure the land of the whole country. As a result, it was blocked by local strongmen. Da Situ Ouyang Juan and Jingling Hou Liulong were punished successively for obstructing the reform. At that time, Prince Liu Zhuang had a clear understanding of the complex relationship between Xungui and strongmen, while Prince Liu Qiang was weak by nature, which seemed unsuitable to inherit Liu Xiu's career.
Considering the practical needs of suppressing the strongmen, Liu Zhuang is more suitable to be a prince than Liu Qiang. In addition, Yin Lihua is Liu Xiu's early dream lover and Liu Xiu's real wife. Emotionally, Liu Xiu always wanted to treat Yin Lihua well. Only Yin Lihua knows wisely, so Guo Shengkun's position was stable at first. No matter how emotionally inclined Liu Xiu is to Yin Lihua, how the actual political situation between the two factions in Hebei and Anhui changes is not enough to make Liu Xiu make up his mind to waste his future. What really makes Liu Xiu make up his mind is the successor problem. Geng Chun's death certainly weakened the strength of Hebei's first film, but the social reality of ruling the world was the fundamental reason why Liu Xiu made up his mind to abolish Hebei's first film. After Guo Shengtong was abolished, Liu Qiang voluntarily gave up the position of Prince, but ensured the life of future generations. Until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Yu, a descendant of Liu Qiang, was still active in the political arena.
In contrast, most descendants of the Liu Zhuang family died young because of the complicated political situation. Fortune and misfortune are impermanent, and nature makes people. Where did the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty have short-lived genes? This is not an all-powerful power struggle.