Foreign relatives began to interfere in politics from the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, when It was Liu Bang's wife system, and later, not only foreign relatives were in turmoil, but even eunuchs began to interfere in the affairs of the dynasty. Eventually, the Western Han Dynasty perished at the hands of Wang Mang. After Wang Mang's new dynasty, Liu Xiu succeeded the Western Han Dynasty and established the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the interference of foreign relatives and eunuchs in political affairs did not weaken.
After The Han Zhang Emperor Liu Zhao, the Han and Emperor Liu Zhao relied on Zheng Zhong to clean up Empress Dowager Dou, but left Empress Deng behind; Emperor Liu Hu of Han relied on eunuchs such as Li Yan and Jiang Jing to purge the Tang clan, but left the Yan clan behind. During the han shun emperor's period, the collusion between foreign relatives Liang and eunuchs became an important reason for the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Nineteen eunuch palace changes
In 125, emperor An of Han died, and the then empress dowager Yan Shi and her brother Yan Xian, in collusion with the eunuchs Jiang Jing and Fan Feng, wanted to create a puppet emperor of their own to continue the government, but the other eunuchs did not agree. Jiang Jing ate meat and did not even leave soup for other eunuchs, so Sun Cheng and nineteen other eunuchs conspired to kill Jiang Jing and Fan Feng, and then set up Liu Bao, the crown prince who had been deposed by Yan, as emperor.
Liu Bao was the Emperor of Hanshun, because it was the eunuchs who helped him to ascend to the throne, and Liu Bao trusted the eunuchs very much, and felt that these eunuchs still had their hearts set on the emperor, unlike other ministers, who only wanted to cut the flesh and blood of the Liu family. Thus, during the han shun emperor's period, the eunuch's power was further expanded, but compared with this, the disaster of foreign relatives during the han shun emperor's period was the most serious.
Emperor Liu Bao of Han shun
Empress Liang of the Han Shun Emperor, the daughter of Liang Shang, was made empress in 132 AD. In 134 AD, Emperor Shun of Han felt that this Liang Shang was good and wanted to be a great general, but Liang Shang thought that he was not worthy of being a great general, so he resigned. Emperor Shun of Han did not reluctantly, and after waiting for a year, he sent someone to Liang Shang's mansion in person and issued an edict to make him a great general, and Liang Shang accepted it.
Liang Shang estimated that he had also seen a lot of such foreign relatives in power, so when he was a great general, he was still very humble, did not do anything bad, and the bad thing was that he gave birth to a son, and this person was Liang Ji.
In 141 AD, when Liang Shang died and was not yet buried, Emperor Shun of Han gave the position of great general to his son Liang Ji, and it turned out that the position of great general was to be sealed after great military merits, and when the Han Shun Emperor became hereditary, it can be seen that the government began to corrupt.
Liang Ji
And this Liang Ji was originally born in the family of officials and eunuchs, the standard second generation of officials, his sister is still an empress, so he has no fear, from childhood to adulthood, those who should do not do it, those who should not do it are all done. Such a person also won the official because of the shadow of the family. Before he succeeded the Great General, he rose from yellow gate waiter all the way to jingo.
It is conceivable what Liang Ji will look like after he becomes a great general. Zhang Gang once played the Han Shun Emperor and said: "Liang Shang's two sons are not the material of officials. Emperor Hanshun believed it, but he did not have the heart to depose Liang Ji.
In 144, Liu Bao, the Emperor of Hanshun, died and created Liu Bing, the son of Yu Guiren, as emperor, called Emperor Chong. This Chong Emperor was only two years old, a short-lived ghost, and collapsed in only seven months. The emperor is dead again, who will be established this time? There was a dispute between the DPRK and China.
The lieutenant Li Gu felt that Liu Garlic, the king of Qinghe, was a good child and should be established, but the great general Liang Ji felt that it was not possible, and there was no way but to make Liu Zhan, the grandson of King An yi of Lile, the emperor, called Emperor Qian, when Liu Zhan was only eight years old.
Emperor Liu Of Han
Although Liu Zhan was only eight years old, he was very smart, and his head saw everything very clearly, that is, he was too small to hide, and he said directly to Liang Ji during a meeting: "You are a general of the Baohu!" ”
Liang Ji's face suddenly turned pale, this child, how young he began to hate me, when he grew up, he must kill me. How could Liang Ji be bound to death, plus he had been accustomed to being a mighty man since he was a child, and there was no taboo in doing anything, so he poisoned the little emperor that night. After Liu Zhan was poisoned, he said: "I ate the bread, and then my stomach hurt, give me some water, maybe it can be saved." ”
Liang Ji said next to him, "You can't drink water, you will vomit later." "The Quality Emperor died like this.
At this moment, the emperor died again, and the ministers began to deliberate again. Lieutenant Li Gu jumped out and said, or set up Liu Garlic, this is almost providential. This time, Liang Ji still did not agree, Liang Ji felt that this emperor could not be established casually, if he set up a person who hated himself, then he did not know how he died. So he said, "I don't think Liu Garlic is the best, or Li Zhi, the Marquis of Liwu, is the emperor."
Li Gu
Li Gu felt that his suggestion this time would definitely work, so he wrote a letter to persuade Liang Ji. However, Liang Ji, who could listen to persuasion, received Li Gu's letter and burned it after reading it. Just in time, when Cai Teng, the zhongchang waiter, went to see Liu Garlic, Liu Garlic did not salute him, so Cai Teng did not like Liu Garlic, and Cai Teng went to Liang Ji and said, It's okay, you set up Li Zhi, I help you. Liang Ji thus made up his mind.
When the meeting was held the next day, they also wanted to set up Liu Garlic, and Liang Ji was angry at that time. After all, Liang Ji had been the chief of Jinwu, and his figure belonged to the burly kind, and when he took people, he said, "They all listen to the great general." Only Tai Wei Li Gu and Da HongXu Du Qiao insisted.
Liang Ji saw that there was no way but to find his sister, deposed Li Gu, and then made Li Zhi emperor, when Li Zhi was fifteen years old. By 147 AD, some people said that Liu Garlic was preparing to rebel, and the emperor directly demoted Liu Garlic to hou, and then forced him to commit suicide. Liang Ji thought that Li Gu was always against himself, and just took this opportunity to go. So they framed Li Gu and Liu Garlic for having a premeditated plan and killed them together.
Liang Ji in film and television dramas
In 146 AD, Li Zhi ascended the throne, and Liang Ji began his own era. It is said that Liang Ji's face is very fierce, with his shoulders high, his eyebrows upside down, and he is naturally fierce, so he shocks the group of courtiers. Moreover, he has been wandering since he was a child, idle all day, or drinking and playing, and he can't read a few big characters, you can imagine what Liang Ji did after that.
The Liang family controlled the government for more than twenty years, deposed three emperors, produced three empresses, two great generals, nine people were crowned marquises, three people married princesses, and a total of fifty-seven other powerful officials.
Foreign relatives interfere in politics, and the Liang family is much more ruthless than the Wang family and the Huo family. However, Emperor Huan of Han, Li Zhi, was also ambitious, and Liang Ji was so disastrous, how could he bear it, not to mention that Liang Ji still wanted to force his favorite concubine to be his daughter, which could not be tolerated.
Emperor Huan of Han Liu Zhi
In the end, The Han Huan Emperor Li Zhi and his eunuchs designed to force Liang Ji to death. The Liang family was completely destroyed, but Emperor Huan of Han relied on eunuchs this time, and it is conceivable that it was inevitable that eunuchs would interfere in politics after taking away foreign relatives.
The court of the Eastern Han Dynasty has been corrupted to the point of collapse, when will the rebellion of foreign eunuchs be put to rest?
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