During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty's Jiangshan could be described as in a state of flux, with great eunuchs in the palace rebelling, foreign magistrates on their own side, and the ministers in the DPRK and The Chinese ministers were also divided into three factions and nine streams. In such a situation, the main head of the imperial court was the Liang family. That is, Empress Liang joined forces with her brother Liang Ji to control the imperial government.
Therefore, in order to better control the Imperial Court, the two were cautious about the choice of the new emperor, but there has not been a satisfactory result. It was not until Empress Liang's sister was preparing to do a happy event that Empress Liang suddenly realized. She discovered that her brother-in-law, Liu Zhi, a descendant of the Liu family, was a mild-mannered, 15-year-old candidate who was very easy to control.
Therefore, under the consultation between Empress Liang and Liang Ji, the two decided to elect Liu Zhi as the new emperor. However, this move was opposed by the Qing school in the imperial court, that is, the King of Qinghe at that time, who was an upright man and the elder of the two dynasties, so he had a high reputation among the courtiers. However, Empress Liang still refused to give up, so she said that cao Teng, the grand eunuch at that time, would be moved. Cao Teng, as the beginning of the early eunuch chaos, thought that his family wealth was very large, if there was no stable new emperor as a patron, no matter how much money, he would also be raided, so he sided with Empress Liang after a few days of deep thinking.
In the end, Liu Zhi was successfully elected as the new emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, known as the Han Huan Emperor. But as a 15-year-old emperor, Liu Zhi did not have many resources in his hands, so he silently became a puppet. And this time, that is, more than ten years.
During this period, the power of the liang-Ji generals became more and more powerful. From the army to the grain to the national treasury, many resources are in the hands of one person. But he still refused to be willing, in order to establish his prestige, once, a small official in the palace accidentally trampled a rabbit of Liang Ji, and Liang Ji actually sent someone to cut off all his family.
In such a situation, no one in the court dared to oppose Liang Ji. When Empress Dowager Liang saw this, she was also jealous and began to distribute some power to the eunuchs as a way to balance Liang Ji. Later, when Empress Liang died, she still told Liang Ji in her ear to control her arrogance, but unfortunately he did not listen to him a little.
After the empress dowager's death, the Liang family recommended a new empress to Liu Zhi. This woman gets along well with Liu Zhi, and Liu Zhi also loves this woman deeply. But Liang Ji could not sit still, because the matter was not approved by himself, so he secretly sent someone to assassinate the empress's family, but he never succeeded. After seeing Liang Ji's intentions, Liu Zhi was furious and finally made a comeback after 13 years as a puppet, sending more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to surround Liang Ji's family. Liang Jili thought that no one dared to move him, so he had no defenses, and eventually had to commit suicide with his wife during the siege.