The emperor had three thousand harem beauties, most of whom were young girls who were in their youth gathered from all over the world, or the daughters of dignitaries and noble families. In addition to the branches and leaves, the emperor's harem is also a tool for the balance of power between the monarch and the courtiers, and in most cases, there is no real affection between the emperor and the harem women.
But there is an exception to the emperor, he not only truly loves his own woman, and the harem is not for the sake of power checks and balances, he was only 47 years old to become an emperor, reigning for only three years, but his rule was praised by posterity, known as the Ming Emperor of the Ages.
He is not only very wise in governing the country, but also very serious about personal feelings, and this person is Guo Wei.
Guo Wei (郭威字文仲) was the founding monarch of the Later Zhou Dynasty during the Five Dynasties period, known in history as later Zhou Taizu. Guo Wei was born poor, with a large body and a full range of wisdom and courage, and once assisted Liu Zhiyuan, the emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, but was jealous of the Later Han Emperor Liu Chengyou.
After Guo Wei killed Emperor Yin of later Han, he did not immediately ascend the throne, but assisted another descendant of the Later Han clan and elected the empress dowager to obey the government.
After the situation stabilized, Guo Wei launched a mutiny, deposed the emperor, ascended the throne himself, and established the Later Zhou regime, when Guo Wei was 47 years old.
Guo Wei's schemes were interlinked, eliminating many unfavorable factors, and he may have used some tricks and means to take the throne, but after he took the throne, his wise rule was convincing.
Guo Wei was a very wise monarch, who advocated frugality, modesty, reformed maladministration, and promoted political economy during his reign.
Guo Wei's rule over the country led to the unification of the long-term war and chaos in ancient China, and the people became richer and stronger, which laid a solid foundation for Zhao Kuangyin to establish the Song Dynasty after Zhao Kuangyin.
Guo Wei was very wise as an emperor and very qualified as a husband, and he had four wives, one was Empress Chai, and there were also Yang Shufei, Zhang Guifei, and Dong Defei. These four wives had all been married before marrying Guo Wei, and later married Guo Wei because of the death of their husbands.
However, Guo Wei did not feel disgusted because they were widows, but instead treated everyone sincerely and loved them, among which the one who had the deepest feelings for him was Empress Chai.
Chai was very beautiful when she was young, so she married Tang Zhuangzong Li Cunxun, after Tang Zhuangzong was killed, she was sent home, when her parents came to pick her up, she suddenly encountered heavy rain for several days, helpless, the family could only find a hotel to live in.
On this day, a burly man dressed in rags passed in front of the hotel in the rain, chai looked at it and asked the owner who it was, and the owner of the shop replied: "This horse shop official Guo Queer is also", Guo Queer is Guo Wei.
Chai's discernment and conversation with this man for a while, he felt that he was talking a lot, liked him very much, and decided to marry him.
Chai's ex-husband is the emperor, the family is powerful, even if you become a widow, you can marry a high-ranking official and nobleman when you leave the palace, why do you have to marry a beggar?
This was severely opposed by his parents, but Chai said that this person must have done a great job in the future, so he married Guo Wei with all his savings.
After getting married, Chai found that Guo Wei liked to drink and gamble, there were many problems, Chai timely advice, with the help of Chai, Guo Wei befriended Haojie, recruited soldiers, and finally was reused by Liu Zhiyuan, and later overthrew the Later Han Yin Emperor and became the Emperor of Later Zhou.
Guo Wei loved this wife very much, and after her death, he did not remarry the empress, and even made Chai Rong his heir.
Chai Rong was the son of Chai Shouli, Chai's elder brother, and Guo Wei and Chai were childless in their lives, so they adopted Chai Rong as a righteous son and eventually passed the throne to him.
Chai Rong is indeed a monarch of shengming, there is no doubt about it, but after all, the two are not related by blood, and they can pass the throne to his wife's nephew, on the one hand, because Guo Wei is enlightened, on the other hand, presumably because of his love for Empress Chai.
Guo Wei was born in a chaotic world, grew up in the army, bold and negative, courageous and strategic, governed the country well, military excellence, although he only reigned for 3 years, but effectively promoted the national strength, he is eclectic, the way of dealing with the world is praised.
Guo Wei is a man of great affection, he is an enlightened monarch, but also a husband who loves his wife, he can be regarded as a perfect man.
Guo Wei was known as the "Little Yao Shun" of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and even before his death, he did not forget to consider the people's livelihood and ask for a thin burial, but his fame was far from his political achievements.