Why did Liu Xiu's Empress Yin Lihua become the highest standard of ancient marriage?

From ancient times to the present, there are too many women named after Lihua in China, such as Lihua in Zhang Yafei's works, Chen Houzhu in the Southern Dynasties, Tai Lihua of Sakya who danced Guanyin with a thousand hands, Ma Lihua, the author of the essay Walking through Tibet, Zhao Lihua, a pear-shaped poetess and so on. Yin Lihua mentioned today is the queen of Liu Xiu, the first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

As the saying goes, "Being an official is to be a good wife, and marrying a good wife is to marry Yin Lihua." Yin Lihua, who is beautiful, dignified, virtuous and kind, is the highest standard for the ancients to marry, and is a typical representative of a beautiful wife, in sharp contrast with Zhang Lihua, a beautiful woman who died in the country. "Men are half women", and!

So, what kind of woman is this Yin Lihua?

Yin Lihua, female, born in Xinye County, Nanyang, is a descendant of Guan Zhong in the Spring and Autumn Period, the daughter of the daughter of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the first and second empress of Liu Zhuang.

When Liu Xiu was still a declining royal family who didn't get rich, she envied Miss Yin Jia and Yin Lihua. There is a famous saying in his mouth: "Be an official and be the master of Jin Wu, and marry Yin Lihua's wife." In the last years of Xin Mang, there was chaos in the world, and Liu Xiu rose in his hometown. After the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu married Yin Lihua in Wancheng. After the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yin Lihua was made a nobleman. In the seventeenth year of Wu Jian, Guo Shengtong was abolished, and Liu Xiufeng was appointed as the Queen of Warwick, Li Yin, and reigned for 24 years. Yin Lihua died in Yongping on October 20th, 2007 at the age of 60. Posthumous title is regarded as "brilliant". On February 8, Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu were buried in the original mausoleum.

According to the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Yin Lihua "pretends to be frugal, does not like to reward money, and does not like to make jokes." Nature is love, filial piety, compassion and kindness. "。 This is really a beautiful, intelligent, beautiful and charming woman.

At first, Yin Lihua was born in Nanyang, Zhongyuan, with a prominent family. Yin family is the first pulse of Guan Zhong's assistance to Qi Huangong's "Nine in One King, Saving the World". Passed to the seventh generation of trusteeship, famous for its medical skills. He moved from Qi State to Chu State and became a doctor of Yin, taking Yin as his surname. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, descendants of Yin came to Xinye, Nanyang. At that time, another famous figure in Nanyang was Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty. He is a descendant of Emperor Gaozu IX and Changsha Wang Ding. He is 9 years old and has a withdrawn personality. He grew up in his uncle Liu Liang. He has two brothers, one is Ada and the other is Liu Zhong. Both of them are generous, but they despise wealth, but they are very kind. Liu Xiu was born beautiful. She is "seven feet three inches long, beautiful and handsome, with a big mouth, long and accurate, angular." She is generous, clever and brave.

My brother-in-law is a relative of the Yin family, so I like Yin Lihua since I was a child. When I was a teenager, I made a wish to marry Yin Lihua in 1996. At that time, this wish seemed to have nothing to do with emptiness, because there were 12 emperors in the Western Han Dynasty in 2 13 years, and there were so many descendants of the emperors that it was impossible to take care of them. What's more, Wang Mang usurped the throne, Liu's descendants were ruthlessly eliminated, and the family had already lost its aristocratic status. As far as the wealth and prestige in the village are concerned, the Liu family seems to be inferior to the Yin family. Although Liu Xiu is familiar with Yin Lihua's beauty, it is still a very slim thing to really marry her.

Liu Xiu had a wish at that time. One day, as a college student, he met Zhi Jinwu in Chang 'an. He was crowding round and riding a bicycle, giving people a feeling of "taking officials as his ambition", which was Liu Xiu's greatest political pursuit at that time. Surprise, the times made a hero, and later he became Emperor Guangxu of Zhongxing.

If the beautiful Yin Lihua married Liu Xiu early, and Liu Xiu could get an official position in Wang Mang's regime, he might be content with the status quo and no longer have the fighting spirit and heroism of desperately seeking development. However, many young gentry relatives and friends came to Yin's house, tasted the sweetness of tactfully refusing, but dared not act rashly. It's hard to say if you want to gain a foothold in follwed's new dynasty! In order to realize his two wishes, the times forced Liu Xiu to leave the local area to seek another development.

After Wang Mang usurped the new site, he took a series of powerful measures: restoring the mining field system, establishing economic systems such as six customs, five exemptions and five loans, reforming the monetary system, restoring the ancient system and changing the official system. Due to poor preparation, overdue grain, careless implementation and numerous decrees, there has been a situation of economic depression, poor people's lives, drought for years and rampant thieves. At that time, Fan Wei rose in Shandong and painted his eyebrows red, which was called "Red Eyebrow Army". Wang Kuang started his army in Hubei, known as the "new city soldier"; From Jiangling, Wang Chang, named "Xiajiangbing"; Starting from Jingxiang, it is called "Ping"; Liu Xiu also returned to his hometown from Chang 'an, calling on the troops in his hometown to counter the violence, the so-called "spring soldiers".

Later, Liu Xiu and his brother Ada led soldiers to fight side by side with Wang Kuang, Wang Chang and others in Chunling, and were called outlaws. In order to conform to the development trend of people's thoughts on Korea, they elected the Han clan as a new starting point emperor, called for "anti-Korean rebellion", changed the Yuan Dynasty to a new starting point, and adopted various strategies to bring the Central Plains back to summer. In the process of destroying Wang Mang, Liu Xiu made the greatest contribution. In 23 AD, thousands of people in the hero city of Greenwood were surrounded by 420,000 people in Kunyang City, the main force of Wang Mang. It turned out to be Liu Xiu, who led eighteen troops deus ex and brought back more than thirty thousand reinforcements. He beat Wang Mang's army to the ground with fewer troops. From then on, the chivalrous man took advantage of the situation, overthrew Wang Mang's rule and marched straight into Chang 'an.

At this time, Yin Lihua's younger brother, who fought side by side, persuaded his family to marry his sister Yin Lihua. Because of the combination of the two, Liu Xiu escaped the disaster of the emperor and started over. At this time, Liu Xiu was 29 years old and Yin Lihua 19 years old. When Liu Xiu got his wish, he was naturally in high spirits. I can't tell you how happy I was when I got married.

The emperor took a different approach. First of all, he killed Liu Xiu's younger brother Ada unscrupulously, and Liu Xiu could only force a smile. If he wants to cry, he will secretly cry at night. Yin Lihua comforted her husband and said: "The new starting point emperor's gas stove is very small. Because he is young, he is addicted to alcohol and has all kinds of colors. In order to protect themselves, it is best to develop in Hebei, and the camera is unique. " Yin Lihua's words pointed out a correct path for Liu Xiu. Everything is planned./kloc-The bride of 0/9 years old goes back to her parents' house to stay temporarily. Liu Xiu led hundreds of people across the Yellow River as a nominal envoy, exiled all the way, abolished tyranny, overcame all difficulties, won the hearts of the people, and won the love and support of Hebei counties. On this basis, Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his "28 generals of Yuntai" also appeared in this area. It can be said that Yin Lihua not only saved Liu Xiumian from disaster, but also laid the foundation for political power and its own stability.

At that time, there was a warlock named Wang Lang who lived by divination. When he used crowds, it was said that he was Liu Ziyu, the son of Emperor Hancheng. Self-reliance and great momentum are the main obstacles for Liu Xiu to expand his influence in Hebei. In order to completely destroy him, Liu Xiu had to rely on the local strongmen and the forces of Liu Yang. As a stopgap measure, she promised to marry Liu Yang's niece Guo. It seems that this is just a "political marriage". Finally, she borrowed 100,000 soldiers, defeated Wang Lang, and cleared Hebei, which greatly increased her strength. So he refused the title of emperor, started over and established his own school. Soon, the emperor was placed in the south of Qianqiu Pavilion, with Jianwu as its name and Luoyang as its capital. This is the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Then there is the question of canonizing the queen: is Guo succeeded or Yin Lihua succeeded? Guo is a confidante who shares weal and woe, a right-hand man in my hectic army and pregnant, but he is still a noble man. Yin Lihua is Liu Xiu's first wife. Liu Xiu called her "elegant and generous, with mother-like beauty" and was bent on her leaving the position of queen. Jun Fu, a servant of Starry Night School, led 300 people to welcome her to Luoyang. Unexpectedly, Yin Lihua said, "I can't forget that bitter feeling. Guo Guiren has been born. " Refuse to accept the knighthood of the queen. Guangwudi had to let Guo be his heir and Yin Lihua be a noble.

Yin Lihua's modesty is closely related to her family style. At the beginning of the epoch, Yin Shi, Yin Lihua's younger brother, fought with the army and made great achievements. Liu Xiuben intended to make an exception to compensate Yin Lihua, but Yin Shi refused. He said: "At the beginning of the world, generals had much credit and ministers had connections. Does not mean that the world is unfair. " This is the second year of Jianwu. Two years later, Emperor Guangwu of Yin Lihua conquered Chong Peng and gave birth to a son in Hebei, which was later renamed Emperor Han Ming. Li Yinhua's other brother, Yin Xing, was then assistant minister of Huangmen, commanding Wuqi and leading the army to conquer it. He is regarded as Liu Xiu's personal bodyguard. He always carries a small umbrella to keep out the wind and rain. In the ninth year of Wu Jian, Liu Xiu promoted him as a middle school teacher and named him "Neihou". As soon as the letter was written, Yin Xingyi resigned: "I didn't fall into the trap first, and several people in my family were rewarded. The world is disappointed, I really don't want to. " Later, Yin Lihua privately asked his brother why he said this. Yin Xing retorted, "Don't nobles study? Kanglong has feelings, but when it prospers, it will fall, and the rest of the family will not know how to retire! "

In the ten years after he proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Xiu's combination of power and economy finally brought the world back to its center and achieved a unified situation. On the contrary, Yan Wu wrote articles, standardized officials, saved ministers and advocated just festivals. Li Hua also gave birth to five children in succession. Finally, in the seventeenth year of Jianwu, the country was abolished and Yin Lihua was appointed as the heir. Liu Xiu personally drafted the imperial edict, explaining why the state queen was abolished and Yin Lihua was established: "The state queen was resentful, disobeyed the fatwa and could not follow her son. The commander is in another room of the palace. If she sees a snipe, she is not independent, but she can be entrusted to die in the fire and the wind of fire for the young orphans? Today, I sent Da Situ Dai and Liu Ji to pay homage and presented the seal of the Queen. Yin comes from a noble family and belongs to a humble family. After he resigned himself to fate, he disguised himself as a lowly person for a long time and should serve the ancestral temple and become the mother of the world. Unusual things, non-national weaknesses, cannot be celebrated. "

Liu Xiu's long-term guilt for Yin Lihua finally got a chance to make up for it. Although Yin Lihua really doesn't want to be a queen, she also understands Liu Xiu's true feelings and kindness to her, and naturally she is satisfied. But she still has the original intention, humility, kindness, self-restraint, no kidding, cautious obedience and compassion. The whole world calls her a virtuous queen. Liu Xiu reigned for 32 years. I began to deal with North Korea's government affairs every morning until the day I went to the West. In the afternoon, he often called government officials to talk about the authenticity of the scriptures and read them by candlelight until late at night. On one occasion, the Crown Prince used Liu Xiu's rest time to persuade him: "Although your majesty knew about the fish soup, he lost Huang Lao's health. He is willing to recharge his batteries and enjoy life. " Liu Xiuxiao smiled and said; "I will never get tired of it!"

Yin Lihua was modest and virtuous all her life, loyal to her wife and children and in charge of the harem. He never interfered in government affairs, but also restrained his family, making Liu Xiu carefree and absorbed in state affairs. Only then did the era of "revival of light weapons" known as "Wen Jing's rule" appear. After Liu Xiu's death, Yin Lihua's son, Emperor Hanming, succeeded to the throne, and Emperor Hanming made her the Queen Mother. Seven years later, Yin Lihua died at the age of 60 and was buried in Liu Xiu's mausoleum.

The emperor's marriage rarely has a happy ending, but the harmony between Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua is enviable. This is of course due to Liu Xiu's generosity and kindness, cherishing old feelings, and Yin Lihua's beauty, dignity and self-esteem are more important factors. However, despite the existence of a queen like Yin Lihua, the Eastern Han Dynasty eventually died of a consort. Dou Taihou and Deng controlled the state affairs through their fathers and brothers, which led to the situation that concubines and eunuchs alternated in authoritarian power, which was unexpected by Liu and Yin Lihua.

Through the evaluation of her husband, courtiers and history books, we can see that Yin Lihua is a kind-hearted, gentle and open-minded woman. Perhaps suffering from the war, witnessing the separation of relatives gave her more wisdom in life. Perhaps influenced by Liu Xiu's gentlemanly demeanor, she can face decades of turbulent life with a calm attitude. Empresses and concubines recorded in 2000 are all biographies of concubines, and only the Eastern Han Dynasty is the era of empresses and concubines. His deeds were first seen in Twenty-four Histories and the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. She was also the first person in the title system after the death of Queen China.