The Han Emperor Liu Hu, who many people may not have heard of, was the sixth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. But objectively speaking, he is not a wise lord, on the contrary, he does behave a little unsatisfactorily, and he is a dimwitted monarch.
In fact, Liu Hu's father was Liu Qing, the deposed crown prince during the Zhang Emperor Liu Ju period, and his father did not become an emperor, but he fulfilled this long-cherished wish. However, his appointment as emperor was entirely chosen by Empress Deng in conspiracy with her brother, the Cheqi general Deng Qi.
After Liu Qing was deposed that year, his younger brother Liu Zhao took over and became emperor. After Liu Zhao's death, his son Liu Long, who was born only a hundred days ago, succeeded him as Emperor Han. But the young emperor died before he was one year old, and he became the shortest-reigning emperor in Chinese history.
Then the throne of the Eastern Han Dynasty is empty, and someone must be found to top it. So who was in charge at the time? It was the second emperor Deng Sui during the Han and Emperor Liu Zhao's period, in fact, the ascension of Emperor Han to the throne was arranged by her, but unfortunately this boy did not have that life.
So Empress Deng and her brother Deng Xiao discussed the establishment of Liu Hu as emperor. Emperor Liu Hu of Han reigned for nineteen years, but he was only thirty-two years old when he died, which shows that he was only thirteen years old when he ascended the throne.
Therefore, his reign can be divided into two stages, the first stage is the stage when Empress Deng and her brother are in power.
At this stage, the government was completely in the hands of Empress Deng and Deng Qi, and Empress Deng also favored the eunuchs. She has been in power for many years, and although she is very capable, she also has some problems.
Then during this period, Emperor Han Andi, who did not have any power, naturally could not talk about whether he was a monarch or not, because he was still a child. And even though Emperor An of Han grew up, Empress Deng did not give him power.
However, after Empress Deng's death, Emperor An of Han took over the government, and this is the second stage, and this is also the stage we want to talk about.
During this period, it can be said that Emperor Han'an favored eunuchs, making eunuchs in charge, and Emperor Han'an's nursing mother Wang Sheng and his daughter Bo Rong were even more favored, living in luxury, embezzling and accepting bribes, entering and leaving the palace at will, interfering in political affairs, and doing all kinds of evil.
At that time, the Eastern Han Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, and there were many problems. This can't all be blamed on Emperor Han Andi, but he doesn't want to make progress, he doesn't want to solve it, that's his problem.
At such a critical moment, he even thought about playing all day, and he died in the process of playing with Empress Yan and Guiqi going south. We are not saying that the emperor cannot go out of the palace to play, but also score time.
Therefore, objectively speaking, Emperor An of Han was not a qualified emperor.