"Marry a wife when marrying Yin Lihua" is very familiar to everyone, and this sentence comes from Liu Xiu's mouth. Liu Xiu, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the 9th grandson of Liu Bang, after his birth, the family has long declined. More unfortunately, when he was 9 years old, his father died, and he was sent to his uncle Liu Liang's house to grow up, and after starting from scratch, he finally established a dynasty. At the peak of his career, he was also hotly discussed by posterity in terms of emotions, and he was obsessed with 2 women in his life, namely Yin Lihua and Guo Shengtong. What I want to say today is that Empress Guo, she took a luxurious dowry - 100,000 troops married Liu Xiu, helped him ascend to the throne, and gave birth to 5 sons for him, why was she still deposed in the end?
During Wang Mang's reign in Power, Liu Xiu went to Chang'an to study, and it was here that he met Yin Lihua, the love of his life. Yin Lihua's family is rich, coincidentally, one of Liu Xiu's brother-in-law Deng Chen is related to the Yin family, so he met Yin Lihua and married her, this year Liu Xiu was 29 years old and his wife was 19 years old. Unfortunately, after the marriage, the two fell in love for 3 months, and Liu Xiu left Hebei for his career.
In Hebei, Liu Xiu, in order to cooperate with Liu Yang, the Zhending king with an army of 100,000, eventually married Liu Yang's niece, Guo Shengtong, in 24 AD. With the help of guo Shengtong's mother's god, Liu Xiu finally founded the Eastern Han Dynasty in 25 AD. After Luoyang became emperor, Liu Xiu could not wait to bring Yin Lihua into the palace, he originally wanted to make her empress, but Guo Shengtong was the one who solved his troubles at a critical moment, and also gave birth to the eldest son, and finally Yin Lihua took the initiative to take a step back, Guo Shengtong became an empress, so in the end, why was Guo deposed?
First, Empress Guo's value is gradually lost. Although it was Empress Guo who helped him open up the situation when Liu Xiu was poor and white, after the establishment of the dynasty was gradually stabilized, naturally there was no need for such external forces, so it was only a matter of time before Empress Guo was deposed.
Second, Yin Lihua. She was originally an old love, hindered by the situation, she took the initiative to abdicate the position of empress, for her, it was to take care of the overall situation, and did not want to embarrass her husband. Yu Liu Xiu, on her more pampered, this matter, Yin Lihua can be said to retreat into the advance, if Liu Xiu and Empress Guo are a typical political marriage, then there must be love with Empress Yin.
Third, the reason for foreign relations. Liu Yang relied on his previous merits, and then he made a fuss in the former dynasty, and was finally executed by Liu Xiu for plotting rebellion. Although his younger brother Guo Quan was given the title of Marquis of Mianman, he did not have any real power in his hands. And the Yin Lihua family, her brothers Yin Zhi and Yin Xing all held important positions in the government, in contrast, the Yin family had an advantage in both favor and foreign relatives.
Fourth, son. Empress Guo gave birth to 5 sons for Liu Xiu, but Yin Lihua did not fall behind at all, and also gave birth to 5 sons successively, and her fertility was really strong, among which Liu Zhuang (Yin Lihua's eldest son) was very popular with Liu Xiu, and Liu Zhuang's personal thoughts and style were more appreciated in Liu Xiu's heart than Liu Jiang (Guo Shengtong's eldest son). In the end, for various reasons, Empress Guo was deposed, the former crown prince Liu Jiang took the initiative to abdicate, and Yin Lihua and her son laughed to the end.
Reference: Book of the Later Han Dynasty