Why did Liu Bei marry an elderly widow as a queen?

Liu Bei married many wives in his life, but in the official history, only two of them have separate biographies.

One is Mrs. Gump. She is Liu Bei's concubine because her son became emperor? Liu Chan, the late ruler of Shu Han? Therefore, after Liu Chan proclaimed himself emperor, the mother was crowned queen.

The second is Wu Huanghou. When Wu married Liu Bei, he was over forty years old and widowed at home.

When Mrs Sun returned to Wu that year, Liu Bei's back room was deserted. Under the persuasion of ministers, Liu Bei accepted Wu as his wife, and soon Liu Bei became the king of Hanzhong and Mrs. Wu became the queen. After Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, Wu naturally became the new queen.

After Liu Chan proclaimed himself emperor, Wu Huanghou was honored as the Empress Dowager. More than twenty years after Liu Chan proclaimed himself emperor, Wu Zetian just died.

When Liu Bei married Wu, he was already an uncle and the master of Yizhou. If he wants to get married, he has many noble families to choose from. Why did he choose widowed and elderly Wu as his wife?

Does Liu Bei have a unique taste and prefer older widows? Of course not!

After careful consideration, Liu Bei married Wu. Although Wu is old and not a virgin, she has three advantages over ordinary women.

First of all, the Wu family is a prominent family in Yizhou.

Wu Yi, Wu's brother, is the most important general in Yizhou army.

As early as Ada entered Yizhou, Wuyi followed him into Sichuan. Wu Yi was quite talented and soon became the commander-in-chief of Yizhou Army. When Liu Bei seized Yizhou, Wu Yi led Zhang Ren and Lengbao to fight against Liu Bei, but for various reasons, they were defeated by Liu Bei's army.

Seeing that the tide was gone, Wu Yi surrendered voluntarily and was named general of rebellion by Liu Bei. After Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, Wu Yi was promoted again and became a general of protecting soldiers. After Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, Wu Yi was appointed commander-in-chief of Guanzhong and became one of the best senior generals in Han Shu Group.

The Shu-Han regime established by Liu Bei came from all directions. After the death of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there were mainly two groups in power, one was Jingzhou Group headed by Zhuge Liang, and the other was Yizhou Group headed by Li Yan and Wu Yi.

Li Yan is the representative of Yizhou civil servants, and Wu Yi is the representative of Yizhou military commanders. The marriage between Liu Bei and Wu Can made Wu Yi more dead set on the Shuhan regime.

Secondly, Wu married his son, who is also considered as a representative of the Liu family.

Ada's eldest son, named Liu Huan, is a talented young man. He used to be Ada's right-hand man and the default heir of Yizhou. It's a pity that Liu Xie was blessed and died after a few years of marriage. Wu is widowed at home.

However, Wu is, after all, the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, and has a close relationship with the Liu family.

When Liu Bei attacked Chengdu, Liu Zhang took the initiative to hand over the relieving. Many Yizhou officials and gentry were very grateful to Liu Zhang.

You know, before Liu Zhang surrendered, Yizhou still had a lot of food and grass. If Liu sticks to his own opinion, he can stick to it for another year or two. But in that case, Yizhou is bound to have a lot of people go bankrupt.

Plus Liu's family has been running Yizhou for two generations, and up and down are his Liu's men. After Liu Zhang surrendered, the profit officialdom was in a panic. At this point, Liu Bei's marrying Wu's wife can release a signal, a signal of goodwill between Liu Bei and the former Liu Zhang forces.

In other words, the marriage between Liu Bei and Wu Can made Liu Bei calm down and take over Yizhou more quickly.

Third, Wu looks strange. It was once predicted that her future would be expensive.

When Wu was a teenager, he met an expert who said that Wu had a strange appearance and a very expensive future.

The so-called expensive, nature is to become a queen, queen.

At the beginning, he would take the initiative to marry Liu Xie, the son of Wu, and it was because of the deep relationship of Wu that he was able to make a fortune. I am bent on letting my family dominate Yizhou and take advantage of Wu's luck to be king and emperor.

Naturally, I didn't expect that later Wu really became a queen, but Liu Bei was popular alone.

When Liu Bei came to Yizhou, he naturally heard rumors about Wu.

Unlike the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei in the official history is by no means a gentleman, but a lean man. Marrying the Wu family will greatly increase Liu Bei's popularity. One day, Liu Bei will be proclaimed emperor, and he will follow God's will and the people's will.

It is precisely because there are so many advantages in marrying Wu that the wily Liu Bei will give up a large forest and choose Wu, an elderly widow!