He married 4 widows in his life but was called a generation of Ming Jun, how legendary is Guo Wei's life? What did he do that would be widely praised by posterity?
During the Tang Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion opened up the situation of the division of the feudal towns, and later the feudal towns slowly grew stronger, and their previous battles were more and more numerous. In 906, Youzhou Jiedu sent Liu Rengong to attack Shunzhou, and Guo Jian was killed in this battle, leaving behind his wife Wang Shi and his 2-year-old son Guo Wei. Not long after, Wang also fell ill and died, so Guo Wei was entrusted to his aunt to raise him.
At the age of 18, Guo Wei signed up for the army, and he joined the army of Li Jitao, the envoy of Zelu Jiedu. As a result, not long after, this unit was again absorbed by Li Cunxun. Coincidentally, his father Guo Jian was Li Keyong's love general, and Li Cunxun was Li Keyong's son, so with this layer of relationship, Guo Wei also had a good development. Of course, the most important thing is to rely on their own military achievements.
Guo Wei slowly became a high-ranking general, and after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty took its place, and then the Western Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the Khitans, the Khitan did not intend to occupy the Central Plains for a long time, after they retreated to the north, there was no strong political power in the Central Plains, so Liu Zhiyuan, who was holding heavy troops at that time, joined forces with Guo Wei and other feudal towns to establish the Later Han.
Treating such a founding hero as Guo Wei, Liu Zhiyuan gave him the rank of knight and almost responded to every request, placating Guo Wei very well. However, when Liu Zhiyuan's son Liu Chengyou came, the situation was different, and the high-ranking and powerful Guo Wei aroused Liu Chengyou's strong jealousy, and just when Guo Weizheng led his troops to quell the rebellion for Liu Chengyou, tragedy occurred.
The new emperor ascended the throne, the foundation was still unstable, and Guo Wei was originally sweeping away the rebellion for Liu Chengyou. What he did not expect was that Liu Chengyou, because of his jealousy, took advantage of Guo Wei's absence and killed his family in Kaifeng, leaving no baby, woman, and old man behind. This directly angered Guo Wei, I killed the enemy for you, you killed my whole family, what is the reason?
So Guo Wei turned his head and led his troops straight to Kaifeng, and as a result, Liu Chengyou was killed, and Guo Wei took the opportunity to ascend to the throne as emperor, with the name of The Great Zhou. Perhaps because he was once a poor man, Guo Wei was well aware of the suffering of the common people, and after sitting on the throne, he did not indulge himself, but strictly restrained himself.
In order to curb the trend of luxury, he led by example, not only forbidding the tribute treasures in various places, but also destroying the treasures and treasures in the palace, but also abolishing the camp and cattle rent, reducing the burden on the common people and allowing the economy of the north to be fully developed. After only three years, the Zhou Kingdom was much stronger than before. It is precisely because of his strict self-discipline and service to the country and the people that until now, when people talk about him, they use Mingjun to evaluate him.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that since ancient times, many emperors have been harem beauties, but Guo Wei is completely different, although he has married four widows successively, but each time in the case that the previous one has died, that is to say, no matter when, he has only one wife.
First of all, Lady Chai, at first Guo Wei was only a small soldier, and Lady Chai was Li Cunxun's concubine, after the defeat of the imperial court, the harem beauties were dismissed, and by chance the two met in a pavilion, Guo Weidong was attracted to Lady Chai, so he took the initiative to express his thoughts, and said that he did not care whether he was a widow, Lady Chai was also very moved, and it did not take long for the two to get married.
After marriage, the two got along very well, and Guo Wei developed a habit of alcoholism, and Lady Chai advised him to study more and plan for the future. Unfortunately, when the two of them got better and better, Lady Chai died, and later, Guo Wei met his second wife, who was also a widow.
After Lady Chai's death, Guo Wei met Lady Yang again, who was the concubine of King Zhao Liang, who was defeated in the struggle, and Lady Yang was also dismissed, and Guo Wei married Lady Yang home. On weekdays, Guo Wei is responsible for fighting outside, while the virtuous Lady Yang can handle the affairs of the family very well, and the two are very affectionate. However, just when this marriage was also slowly on the right track, Mrs. Yang unfortunately passed away, which brought a lot of blows to Guo Wei.
Later, Guo Wei married a third wife, also a widow, Mrs. Zhang's husband was originally an officer, once again in the battle the officer was shot several arrows, killed on the spot, Guo Wei after some understanding, think this lady is very good, so he married her, not only can let the other party get better care, but also help to take care of their own family. However, although Guo Wei thought very well, the reality would not always be as he wanted, and Lady Zhang eventually died, and was killed by Guo Wei's enemy Liu Chengyou.
At that time, the killer attacked, and the people in the palace, including Lady Zhang and those servants, were all killed, and Guo Wei was furious and directly led his troops into the palace, killing Liu Chengyou and seizing the throne. In order to continue his descendants, Guo Wei married his wife again, still a widow, called Lady Dong.
However, the final heir is still the nephew of the first wife Chai Rong, Chai Rong, after Chai Rong took the throne, he also did not live up to Guo Wei's expectations, continued the previous good situation, and there was also the momentum of ending the war and unifying the world, but unfortunately he died before he could complete it, only 39 years old. In the end, Zhao Kuangyin picked up a bargain.
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