#Headline Creation Challenge#Hancheng Emperor Liu Xiao was born in 51 BC, ascended the throne in 33 BC at the age of 19, reigned for 26 years, and died of lewd lust in 7 BC at the age of 45.
Preamble
After Emperor Hancheng came to the throne, he became even more absurd, ignoring the imperial government, externally controlling the traitors of foreign families, and internally bewitching the demon concubines after adultery, and as a result, the people's resentment boiled and riots broke out, pushing the Han dynasty to the brink of collapse.
Loss of government and foreign relatives
After the Hancheng Emperor Liu Xiao ascended the emperor's throne, because he was obsessed with the women in the palace, he had no intention of taking care of the imperial government, and handed over the power of the country to the Wang brothers of the foreign qi.
Emperor Cheng of Han made his eldest uncle Wang Feng a great sima, a general and Shang Shuling, and five uncles, including Wang Tan, Wang Shang, Wang Li, Wang Gen, and Wang Fengshi, as marquises, and was known as the "Five Marquis of Wang".
The first thing the great general Wang Feng did after he took office was to seize the power of the eunuch Shi Xian and make him a petty official who managed the Empress Dowager's carriage and horse.
Shi Xian
Prime Minister Kuang Heng, who had flattered Shi Xian, and Zhang Tan, the imperial doctor, and others saw that Shi Xian had lost his momentum, so they all fell into the well, and they all rose up to exonerate themselves in the name of exposing Shi Xian's various crimes.
Subsequently, Emperor Chengdi of Han dismissed Shi Xian from his post and returned to his hometown, and transferred all his fellow party members to other places, away from the Jing Division.
In this way, Wang Feng was even more domineering, arrogant and presumptuous, and even Emperor Hancheng was a little afraid of him.
On one occasion, Emperor Hancheng wanted to appoint Liu Xin as Zhongchang's attendant, but the ministers all thought that this matter should be discussed with the general Wang Feng, but Emperor Hancheng disagreed.
At the repeated requests of the ministers, Emperor Hancheng agreed to ask Wang Feng's opinion, who knew that after discussion, Wang Feng really objected, and Emperor Hancheng had to give up.
In August 22 BC, Wang Feng died, and Wang Yin, Wang Shang, and Wang Gen successively became the great generals of the Great Sima.
Zhao Feiyan
Inner Demon Concubine
Emperor Hancheng thought that there were foreign relatives in the dynasty to govern for him, and there were soldiers in the four directions to guard him, so he was happy to sit and enjoy peace, greedy for wine.
One day, Emperor Hancheng came to the house of Princess Yang'a, and in order to please the emperor, the princess called out a few singers with outstanding looks to sing and dance for him, so as to help the wine to cheer, and take turns to hold the cup.
Emperor Hancheng saw that one of the singers named Zhao Feiyan was particularly beautiful, so he brought Grandpa Xiangyang to the palace and accompanied him day and night, lewd and happy.
It turned out that the name of this palace maid was Zhao Yilord, because she was petite and delicate, dancing, and dexterous like a swallow, she got the nickname "Feiyan".
Zhao Feiyan has a younger sister named Zhao Hede, who is even more drunk.
There was a female official in the harem who was a relative of Zhao Feiyan, and in order to please Emperor Hancheng, he introduced Zhao Hede to Emperor Hancheng.
When Emperor Hancheng saw it, he scratched his ears and cheeks with joy, and immediately sent someone to take him to the palace.
Emperor Hancheng became obsessed with the sisters of the Zhao family, so he simply deposed Empress Xu, made Zhao Feiyan empress, and made Zhao Hede Zhaoyi.
The Zhao sisters, one became the empress, the other became Zhaoyi, everything was satisfactory, but there was no son.
In order to give birth to a son, each of them secretly raised a few men, and Emperor Hancheng also kept them secretly interacting with palace maids with outstanding appearances in the palace.
At that time, a palace maid surnamed Cao was favored by the emperor and later gave birth to a son.
Emperor Hancheng liked it very much, so he carried the Zhao sisters behind his back and sent six palace maids to serve the Cao mother and son.
When Zhao Zhaoyi found out, he was so jealous that he gritted his teeth with hatred, so he falsely passed on the emperor's order and killed their mother and son and six other palace maidens.
Officials forced the people to rebel
In order to be poor and extravagant, Emperor Hancheng still recruited civilian labor, overhauled palaces, and occupied farmland in the Nanshan area, set up hunting grounds, and indulged all kinds of livestock and beasts for hunting for pleasure.
Later, Emperor Hancheng also built the Zhaoyang Palace for his favorite concubine Zhao Hede, decorated with a large amount of gold, white jade, jewelry, and jadeite.
In order to continue to enjoy himself after death, Emperor Chengdi of Han built himself a huge mausoleum twice in ten years.
In order to build the mausoleum, he recruited a large number of peasants, spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and caused millions of people to die of starvation on the road.
Coupled with the seizure of people's land by princes and ministers, they forced the peasants to a cornered road step by step, and riots between peasants and iron smelters broke out in Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and other places.
In 29 BC, the rebellion led by Dongjun Hou Wuxiang;
In 22 BC, the riot led by Shen Tusheng, an iron official of Yingchuan County;
In 18 BC, Zheng Bow of Guanghan County and Su Ling, the iron official of Shanyang County, rioted, etc.
Among them, the riot led by Su Ling experienced 19 counties, killing Taishou, cursing the lieutenant, and seizing weapons, the largest scale.
The Han Dynasty sent high-ranking officials and mobilized troops from various places, and the siege was pacified for many years.