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Liu Xie, the emperor of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was established by Dong Zhuo in 190 AD at the age of 9. Soon, Dong Zhuo evaded the attack of the eastern coalition and kidnapped Emperor Xiandi and traveled west to Chang'an. Emperor Xian became a puppet in the hands of Dong Zhuo. Later, Dong Zhuo was killed by Lü Bu, and his generals Li Zhuo and Guo Xian rebelled one after another, and Emperor Xian of Han and his imperial court suffered several disasters and were displaced.
In 196 AD, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han to Xuchang, "serving the Son of Heaven to order not to be a subordinate", and Emperor Xian continued to serve as a puppet emperor. In 220, Cao Cao died of illness, and his son Cao Pi deposed the emperor and established himself. From then on, the Eastern Han Dynasty perished. It can be seen that the sad life of Emperor Na Han Xian can be described as "the predecessor fills in the soil and the later people receive, the descendants receive the rest and joy, and the harvest is behind."
Emperor in troubled times
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, foreign qi and eunuch groups vied to control the emperor's control of the imperial court. The interference and power of foreign officials and eunuchs caused social unrest and made the Eastern Han regime dangerous.
After Emperor Hanling succeeded to the throne, he was politically incompetent, ignored the imperial government, and even colluded with the eunuchs, making the national treasury empty and the people unhappy. In 189 AD, the Yellow Turban Uprising finally broke out, and although the uprising was suppressed, the people's resistance struggles continued one after another.
Emperor Han Ling later fell ill and was ready to consider his successor, and the son Liu Feng, born to Emperor Han Ling and Empress Dowager He, was supposed to be the heir, but Emperor Han Ling preferred Liu Xie, a son born to Wang Meiren (Liu Xie was also very smart when he was a child), so he called someone to tell him about his descendants, and wanted Liu Xie to inherit his throne. However, after the death of Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Xie did not inherit the throne because he was too young, but his brother Liu Wei ascended the throne under the operation of a group of officials, known as Emperor Shao of Han. Because Liu Wei was only 14 years old and his ability was small, those eunuchs and foreign relatives held great power, and when the great general He Jin saw that these eunuchs were wallowing the imperial court at will, he discussed with Empress Dowager He to eliminate the eunuchs, but he was heard and snitched.
Top: Liu Wei Bottom: Liu Xie
In 189, He Jin was ambushed and killed by the eunuch Zhang Rang and others on the way to the palace. Soon, the warlord Dong Zhuo, a warlord of Western Liang who was guarding the border pass, also rushed back after receiving the false divine decree of He Jin's death, and took the opportunity to enter Beijing to control the imperial government, during which Dong Zhuo saw that Liu Wei was only a timid and cowardly little emperor, while Liu Xie was the opposite of him. After gaining real power, Dong Zhuo deposed Emperor Liu Wei of Han and killed Emperor Shao of Han and Empress He. Liu Xie was made emperor, called him Emperor Xian of Han, and moved the capital to Chang'an. Liu Xie was only nine years old when he took the throne, and although he was relatively intelligent when he was a child, he could only be at the mercy of Dong Zhuo in the face of absolute strength.
It was hijacked and turned around several times in the hands of others
Dong Zhuo, with Emperor Xian of Han in his hands, proclaimed himself Xiangguo, monopolized power, and was arrogant, and the entire dynasty became more chaotic under him, and this behavior also caused the resistance of the Kwantung princes, and the various princes led by Yuan Shao gathered together one after another to prepare to join forces to overthrow Dong Zhuo. In 192, Situ Wang Yun and Dong Zhuo's son Lü Bu successfully killed Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo's death, his subordinates Li Wei, Guo Qian and others began to take revenge, causing chaos, killing Wang Yun and many imperial officials, and slaughtering Chang'an City, and Emperor Xian of Han once again fell into their hands.
In 195 AD, the Liangzhou generals fought among themselves. Li Wei and Guo Xian killed each other and fought in Chang'an City for several months, but after the reconciling of the Liangzhou Zhendong generals, Li Wei and Guo Xian reconciled, and released the ministers who had been held hostage, Emperor Xiandi of Han and others. After Emperor Han Xian was released, where to go became a problem, and an emperor did not even have a place to stay. There was really no way, Liu Xie and everyone thought of Yang Feng, who had betrayed Li Wei, so they rushed to Yang Feng, Yang Feng and others were also very "concerned" to this little emperor, so they protected Liu Xie and others, "escorted" eastward, and were pursued by Li Wei many times along the way, but they were all repelled by Yang Feng, and after several twists and turns, they arrived safely at the former capital Luoyang under Yang Feng's escort.
Yang Feng
Completely reduced to a caged bird
Although Emperor Han Xian is a decoration, he cannot stand up to him as a symbol of supreme power. Like Dong Zhuo before him, his status rose sharply after he had Emperor Xian of Han and directly held the power of the dynasty, and it can be said that whoever can hold the emperor in his hands has the power to dictate politically. This point was clear in the hearts of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao at that time.
Left: Yuan Shao Right: Cao Cao
Xun Yu, a counselor under Cao Cao, made this suggestion to Cao Cao: "Now that the emperor is in exile, people are worried about the fate of the imperial family, and if they can welcome the emperor at this time, it is in line with people's wishes." It is a very important strategy to use actions loyal to the imperial family to subdue the heroes of each side, and it is necessary to make a decision and act early. When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately sent Cao Hong to lead troops to the west to greet the emperor. After Dong Cheng opened the door for Cao Cao, Cao Cao finally saw his "baby". Emperor Xian of Han appointed Cao Cao as a lieutenant of the division, recorded Shangshu, and participated in imperial politics. Nevertheless, Cao Cao wanted to consolidate his position in the imperial court and truly be able to "serve the Son of Heaven to order no subjects". There is still a lot of effort to be put in.
Later, Cao Cao transferred Emperor Xian to Xuchang, changed the year name to Jian'an, and made Xuchang the capital. Emperor Xian of Han appointed Cao Cao as a general and made him the Marquis of Wuping. Therefore, Cao Cao gave an overview of the central power, and the imperial court first gave Cao Cao the ruler, and then played the crown prince. After that, Emperor Xian of Han became a political tool for Cao Cao to wage unification wars. In the name of Emperor Xian of Han, Cao Cao also appointed Xun Yu as an attendant and a shangshu. Later, Cao Cao appointed Xun Yu's nephew Xun Yu as also a shangshu, and when the army went on expeditions, he served as a military master.
Xun Yu
Emperor Xian of Han saw that Cao Cao was domineering and did not put himself in his eyes, so he thought of getting rid of Cao Cao, so he conspired with Empress Fu's father Fu Jin and secretly sent a blood letter to Dong Cheng. After Dong Cheng received the review, he burst into tears and couldn't sleep at night. Afterwards, through various relationships, he contacted the "loyal and righteous people" of the four sides to get rid of Cao Cao. Unexpectedly, the matter was revealed, Cao Cao sent people to search Dong Cheng's bedroom, and found the blood book written by Emperor Han Xian to Dong Cheng, and when Cao Cao saw it, he was angry and sneered: "The rat generation dares to do this!" "Then he ordered" that Dong Cheng's entire family would be imprisoned, and Hugh would be told to escape. He immediately summoned all the advisers to devote the emperor, but the people stopped him. The reason why Cao Cao was able to shock the four directions and command the world was because of the name of Emperor Xian of Han. After hearing this, Cao Cao felt that it made sense, so he ordered that only 5 Dong Cheng and his entire family be escorted to various gates and beheaded, and more than 700 people died.
After Cao Cao killed several people of Dong Cheng, his anger did not subside, and he entered the palace with a sword to kill Dong Cheng's sister Dong Guifei, who was favored by Emperor Xian and was already pregnant in May. On that day, Emperor Han Xian was still discussing with Empress Fu why Dong Cheng had not been heard. Suddenly seeing Cao Cao carrying a sword into the palace, with a scowl on his face, Emperor Han Xian was shocked. Cao Cao walked to the side and angrily rebuked: Dong Cheng conspired to rebel, does His Majesty know? Emperor Han Xian pinched his voice and said, "Dong Zhuo has already been cursed. Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and scolded angrily: "It's not Dong Zhuo, it's Dong Cheng!" Emperor Han Xian learned that his affair with Dong Cheng had been revealed and had nothing to say. Seeing this, Cao Cao intensified and said, "Dong Cheng's sister is also in the palace, and she should also take it!" Speaking and letting the soldiers arrest Dong Guifei, Emperor Han Xian cried and begged Cao Cao, wanting Dong Guifei to give birth to a child before giving off, Cao Cao ignored Emperor Han Xian, let the soldiers drag Dong Guifei outside the palace to be executed, Emperor Han Xian had no choice but to watch his beloved be strangled, after that, Cao Cao further strengthened his control over the imperial family, Emperor Han Xian was like a caged bird and lost his freedom.
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao abolished the "Three Dukes" and restored the post of prime minister of the early Han Dynasty, becoming prime minister himself, concentrating all power in the dynasty and China in his own hands. He also forced Emperor Xian of Han to make himself the Duke of Wei.
Just after Cao Cao became the Duke of Wei, an incident that happened a few years ago was picked up again. Empress Fu saw that Concubine Dong had been executed and feared that she would end up in the same way, so she wrote to her father Fu Wan, in which she bitterly criticized Cao Cao for his crimes and wanted Fu Wan's attempt to kill Cao Cao, but Fu Wan, after receiving the letter, did not dare to act. After Fu's death, a servant of the Fu family found the letter and gave it to Cao Cao. After Cao Cao read the letter, he immediately led troops into the palace and asked Emperor Xian of Han to depose Empress Fu. And sent someone to arrest her, Emperor Han Xian outside the palace, saw Empress Fu being grabbed by the hair and carried out, tears of grief rained down. Empress Fu and her two children were then poisoned by Cao Cao's men.
After Empress Fu's death, Cao Cao coerced Emperor Xian to canonize his daughter Cao Guiren as empress, but Emperor Xian did not dare to disobey.
Cao Cao placed himself above Emperor Xian of Han, but he did not abolish Emperor Xian. Instead of doing the stupid thing of putting himself on the fire, he wanted to leave the matter of changing the dynasty to his son to do, like King Wen of Zhou.
Forced to give way
In 220 BC, Cao Cao died, Cao Pi became King of Wei, and Emperor Xian of Han canonized Cao Pi as prime minister. After Cao Pi took office, the time was ripe to replace Emperor Han Xian, many ministers supported Cao Pi's accession to the throne, Cao Pi postponed, the more he gave in, the more people persuaded Cao Pi to ascend to the throne, Emperor Han Xian pondered deeply that instead of letting others overthrow him, it was better to give in and save his own life. So he gave way. Cao Pi was still very cautious at this time, fearing that others would say that he had usurped the throne, so he picked an auspicious day and held a grand ceremony. In the eyes of countless people, he sat on the throne with peace of mind.
After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he made Liu Xie, the abdicated emperor of Hanxian, the Duke of Shanyang, allowed him to enjoy the courtesy of the emperor, and gave him a piece of land to retire.
epilogue
Throughout the life of Emperor Xian of Han, his accession to the throne in this chaotic era of the Three Kingdoms was destined to be used and controlled. What he has is just the name of Emperor Xian of Han. He finally died in 234 AD, which may be the best ending for Liu Xie.