Lu Xun once commented that the history of ancient China is actually a "family tree" belonging to the emperors and generals. According to statistics, starting from Qin Shi Huang's "Six Kings Bi, Four Seas one", there were 494 emperors in ancient China (counting those who did not reign and were posthumously crowned emperors), the emperor had absolute authority in ancient times, and the emperor's reverse scales could not be touched.
However, in the case of imperial power falling by, the emperor became a puppet in the hands of powerful courtiers, foreign relatives, and eunuchs, not only had no authority to speak of, but also always had to worry about his own life. There is such an emperor in history, the ending is bleak and rare in ancient and modern times, he did not enjoy the power of an emperor for a day before he died, and after his death, he was buried in the tomb of a eunuch.
The history of the chaos of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty is well known to everyone, and for the sad urging of Emperor Xiandi of Han, people who have seen the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also have a number in their hearts. But in contrast, Emperor Xian of Han was really not the most miserable emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but his brother Emperor Shao was. The young emperor's name was Liu Jie, why did he say that he was miserable, first of all, Emperor Xian of Han (Liu Xie) was at least deeply loved by his father.
However, after Liu Jie was born, his father, Emperor Hanling, rarely looked at him squarely, and always felt that this son's words and deeds were not in line with his wishes. In fact, before Liu Zheng, Emperor Han Ling already had several sons, all of whom died early. If Liu Wei performed well, Emperor Han Ling would definitely set the position of crown prince as soon as possible, but Liu Wei's performance was not good, and it was a great thing to be in the imperial family.
Therefore, Emperor Hanling wanted to establish his youngest son Liu Xie, who was 5 years younger than Liu Jie, but only because Liu Xie's mother, Empress He, was favored and his uncle He Jin held great power, he never made up his mind. Liu Jie's second misery was that he became his mother's uncle and defeated his mother's uncle, and when Emperor Hanling died in 189 AD, he specially instructed the trusted eunuch Jian Shuo to hand over Liu Xie to him.
Therefore, Jian Shuo thought of disposing of He Jin first, and then establishing Liu Xie as emperor, but the plan was discovered by He Jin, He Jin was strong first, and Liu Zhen successfully ascended the throne, this year he was only 13 years old. His mother and uncle were pig-like teammates, one did not let He Jin kill the eunuch, and the other actually summoned the foreign warlord Dong Zhuo to the capital to kill the eunuch.
He Jin was a man, and the history books evaluated him as "insufficient intelligence and more than enough power." To put it bluntly, although He Jin jumped through the dragon gate through his sister's Dongfeng carp and changed from a butcher to a great general, his vision was very limited. He did not expect at all that there was no difference between the essence of introducing Dong Zhuo into Beijing and the introduction of wolves into the house, borrowing a knife to kill people and not borrowing an obedient knife, and the result was that Dong Zhuo immediately abolished Liu Zhuo after he seized power.
As for He Jin himself, he died in the eunuch rebellion. The peak of Liu Zhuo's misery occurred after Dong Zhuo came to power, and the princes in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms rebelled against Dong Zhuo because Dong Zhuo killed Liu Zhuo, and in real history, the princes raised troops because Dong Zhuo had to kill Liu Zhuo, and he was afraid that which assassin or Taishou would attack him in the name of helping Liu Zhuo, and simply destroyed Liu Zhuo and his mother Empress He.
Although the Romance of the Three Kingdoms makes this history well known to the public, it does not mention where Liu Wei was buried, but only vaguely says that "Zhuo Feng was buried outside the city". In fact, Liu Zheng was buried in the tomb of Zhao Zhong, one of the "Ten Permanent Attendants", which was not ordinary, and emperor Han Ling called him his mother during his reign, and Zhao Zhong also used his connections in front of the emperor to amass wealth without any discipline.
Zhao Zhong died in the eunuch rebellion, and Liu Jie was stuffed into his tomb, which was ordered by Liu Xie, the Han Xian emperor who had already ascended the throne at that time. Liu Wei lived only 14 years and reigned for 4 months; although his younger brother Liu Xie was also held hostage by Cao Cao, he lived at least to the age of 53 and spent the rest of his life in peace and stability, and was not forced to commit suicide. Liu Wei's name was only known to posterity because of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the sense of existence in the history books was low.