Geng Xu sent Liu Xiu to appease Hebei counties, which happened to be the time when Liu Xiu laid the foundation stone in history. Deng Yu, Liu Xiu's best friend, told Liu Xiu on his way to Hebei that Liu Xuan would fail and the world would fall into chaos. At that time, Wang Lang claimed to be the emperor in Handan, and the strength of the two sides was very different. Liu Xiu wants to leave southern Hebei. With the help of Liu Yang and the support of two local counties, Liu Xiu captured Handan and killed Wang Lang and others. At the same time, for the sake of the overall situation, Liu Xiu married Liu Yang's niece Guo Shengkun. Liu Xiu's power continued to grow, and he proclaimed himself emperor in AD 25. After making Luoyang its capital, Liu Xiu was not satisfied with pleasure, but recovered the turbulent Chang 'an, and at the same time, Bashu and other places were all managed.
As the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu's harem is hard to count. His two queens and a beautiful woman are the only ones widely known, and all his sons were born to these three women. Liu Xiu's first queen was Guo Shengkun, the niece of Calm King, and their marriage was purely political. Guo Shengkun gave birth to five sons for Liu Xiu, and their eldest son was named Prince. Although forced by the situation and political marriage, Liu Xiu still likes Guo Shengkun very much. However, the contradiction between the two people is getting deeper and deeper, and many disputes have taken place. All the worries caused by Du Tian are on Guo, and more importantly, Liu Xiuxin is in love. The queen in his mind was not Guo's, so he was deposed in Guo Shengtong for more than ten years, and his son was deposed as a prince. Later, in order to appease Guo, it was changed to Queen Pei.
Liu Xiu's second queen was his original wife Yin Lihua, who was also Liu Xiu's favorite woman. She also gave birth to five sons for Liu Xiu. After she acceded to the throne, she wanted to make Yin Lihua the queen, but Yin Lihua refused many times and had to make Guo the queen. But because of this, I love Yin Lihua more and get along well with Yin's family. It is said that their first child was born in the March. When Liu Xiu was going to fight in Sui Jun, Yin Lihua was pregnant for several months. Somehow, Liu Xiu decided to join the army with Yin Lihua. Some people speculate that Liu Xiu didn't take Yin Lihua with him when he traveled to Hebei, which led to their separation for two years. Xu Jiyang is one of Liu Xiu's concubines. She is famous only because she is the only woman who has given birth to Liu Xiu besides two queens. In fact, Xu was not favored by others, and her son's fief was very small.
After a narrow escape on the battlefield and political intrigue, Liu Xiu climbed to the peak of power step by step, established the Eastern Han regime, and created a prosperous time for the people. So how did such a legend die? Although Liu Xiu is a civilian, he is of royal blood. He is a descendant of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. After the Western Han Dynasty spread to the Han and Yuan emperors, it began to decline gradually, and finally it was usurped by the powerful minister Wang Mang, and the Western Han Dynasty finally perished. At the beginning of the new year, due to Wang Mang's series of wrong policies and successive years of natural disasters, the people were miserable, and heroes from all over the country rose up in succession and moved to revolt. Liu Xiu watched carefully.
Liu Xiuqi started his army in Fuling, so his army was also called Fuling Army. In order to strengthen the equipment and strength of the army, Fuling Army and Greenwood Heroes joined hands to break the Mang Army. However, it was not Liu Xiu who became the emperor first, but Liu Xiu's brother Liu Xuan. The outlaws were powerful, and with their support, Liu Xuan ascended the throne, while Liu Xiu could only lead but not send, waiting for an opportunity.
Liu Xiu defeated the main force of the Mang army in Kunyang, and let the outlaws take the opportunity to attack Chang 'an, thus overthrowing the Mang regime. After that, Liu Xiu seized the opportunity to go out and caress Hebei. In order to persuade the true king to surrender, he did not hesitate to live up to his new wife and married the niece of the true king, Guo Shengtong, who was supported by the true royal family. Finally, Liu Xiu, a mercenary millionaire, proclaimed himself emperor in Hebei. After more than ten years of unification war, Liu Xiu ended the situation of separatist regime and warlord melee, unified the world and created a peaceful and prosperous era for the people. Thirty-three years after Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor, he died of illness at the age of 62.