This article is chapter 3 of "Three Kingdoms Character Networks and Kinship"
Author: Talking about the Three Kingdoms author XXY
Chapter Three: The Marriage Layout After Liu Bei Entered Yizhou, Why Did Liu Bei Choose a Widow After Losing His Wife Many Times
Liu Bei brought a complex team into Sichuan, in order to consolidate the leadership position in Yizhou, Liu Bei must have a good relationship with the big clans in the Yizhou area. There are many ways to make a good relationship, and Liu Bei naturally does not ignore a very efficient method - marriage.
After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan married his sister to Liu Bei. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei and Lady Sun have a very good relationship, but in history, Liu Bei and Lady Sun are really in a state of seeming separation. Lady Sun did have a maid with a blade by her side, which made Liu Bei very frightened, and Fazheng also advised Liu Bei to keep a distance from Lady Sun. Gradually, the Wu Bing brought by Lady Sun often committed illegal acts, which made Liu Bei Group more headaches. Liu Bei entered the river, Sun Quan ordered Lady Sun to return to Wu, and we all know about Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei intercepting the river to save Ah Dou.
After Lady Sun left her, Liu Bei established a marriage bond with Liu Bei and became an opportunity for people to build a bridge with Liu Bei. The ministers jointly advised Liu Bei to marry Wu Yi's sister Wu Shi, but liu bei initially refused. Why did Liu Bei refuse? In fact, this Wu clan was previously the wife of Liu Yan's son Liu Mao, and wu had been widowed since Liu Mao's death. Liu Bei believed that both liu and Liu Mao were relatives of the Han dynasty, and it would not be legal to marry Lady Wu. Under the advice of Fa zheng, Liu Bei still agreed to the marriage. Later, Liu Bei was crowned king and Lady Wu was made queen. Liu Bei was called emperor and Lady Wu was made empress. After Liu Bei's death, Empress Wu lived for another twenty-two years before she died, and she was honored as "Empress Mu".
After the group persuaded the first lord to hire, the first lord suspected that he was of the same clan as mao, and Fa Zhengjin said: "On his relatives and alienation, why should he be related to Jin Wen and his son?" "So Nahou was made a lady. - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Biography of the Second Concubine"
We may have to ask, what ability or relationship does the Wu family have to make Liu Bei marry a widow? Let's take a look at what's going on with this Wu family.
It is said that Wu Yi was originally a native of Chen Liu County, and his grandfather was The Eastern Han Dynasty Governor Shi Wu You. Wu Yi lost his father at a young age, but because his late father Wu Kai had a good relationship with Liu Yan, plus Liu Yan was already basically in power in the Yizhou region, Wu Yi sent his family to Liu Yan. According to the records, Liu Yan had a disobedient heart after a long time in the Yizhou area, and Liu Yan heard a face-to-face saying that Wu Yi's sister Wu Shi would be a great noble in the future, so he arranged for his son Liu Mao to marry Wu Shi. At this time, the Wu family has become a stakeholder in the Liu Yan family and has a certain influence in the local area. After Liu Mao's death, Wu remained widowed.
After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang ascended the throne, and At this time Wu Yi continued to serve Liu Zhang. From the beginning of the family to Yizhou, after such a long period of development, compared to the upcoming Liu Bei, the Wu family has been regarded as a local force with a certain foundation.
In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, when Liu Bei's operation into Sichuan was smooth, Wu Yi surrendered. Later, after the Qunchen persuaded Liu Bei to marry Lady Wu, Wu Yi became Liu Bei's brother-in-law. With this relationship, for the Wu family, it is about the same as being blessed by the new ruler in a sense, and for Liu Bei, it also shows that he is willing to establish good relations with the relevant family. Coupled with the fact that Madame Wu once had a marriage with Liu Yan's son, from another point of view, this is also a different kind of "inheritance" relationship.
We all know that Wu Yi also had a brother who was Wu Ban, and Wu Ban's father, Wu Kuang, was once a subordinate of He Jin. During the Shu Han Dynasty, Wu Ban was also very well taken care of, and his official position was often second only to Wu Yi.
The sons of Wu Yi and Wu Ban are more difficult to find in the history books. Wu Yi's grandson Wu Qiao, who later exiled to Yizhou when Li Xiong established the Chenghan regime in Yizhou, as a descendant of a famous local family, Wu Qiao did not bow to Li Xiong during the thirty years of Li Xiong's reign. It should be known that in order to establish his own position, Li Xiong has already made Liu Bei's great-grandson Liu Xuan the Duke of Anle.
One Sun Qiao, no Li Xiongzhong for thirty years, not for Xiong Quye. - "Shu Genealogy"