Emperor Liu Hong of Han 157 AD - May 189 AD, aged 32, born in the Hejian State of Jizhou, the eleventh emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty (reigned 168 AD - 189 AD), the grandson of Emperor Liu Xuan of Han.
Friends who are familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms will not be unfamiliar with this Ling Emperor, he is the father of the last two emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty--- the Han Shao Emperor Liu Jie, and the Han XianDi Liu Xie. The beginning of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is that the Eastern Han Dynasty under the reign of Emperor Ling was decayed and decayed, and the outbreak of the huge Yellow Turban Rebellion led to the world's military disasters and division of the masses, and the Eastern Han Dynasty court had already existed in name only. So today we will take a look at it, how exactly is this Spirit Emperor absurd?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > rely on eunuchs and confess thieves as fathers</h1>
Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty was debauched and absurd, and at the age of 36 he died and did not leave any heirs, and his cousin Dou selected Liu Hong, who was in the hejian state, to inherit the unification, so Liu Hong's ascension to the throne was entirely the product of foreign relatives interfering in politics, which doomed Emperor Ling's imperial career to be unable to get rid of the shadow of foreign relations' dictatorship. As a young emperor who was far away from his parents at the age of 11, the cold court was helpless, and in the end, Liu Hong found that what he could rely on most was the eunuchs who were closest to him and looked the most obedient, in order to balance the power of foreign relatives, during his reign, the number of eunuchs increased a lot compared with the previous dynasty, to the point of dazzling, the peak was to break the rules of the imperial court, and appointed twelve eunuchs as zhongchang attendants at a time, which is the famous "ten permanent attendants" in history. In particular, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, the Han Ling Emperor once said, "Zhang Rang is my father, Zhao Zhong is my aunt", relying on the emperor's favor, the eunuch clique power tilted to the opposition, acting recklessly, the emperor so recognized the thief as the father, for a time the court was corrupt to the extreme, and the government and the public complained.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > sell official knights, harem set up a city</h1>
The Han Ling Emperor liked cosplay and loved to play business games. He ordered people to open up a "palace market" in the harem, imitating the bustling street market, all kinds of shops, vendors, each palace must set up its own stalls, some concubine palace women act as stall owners, some dress up as customers who buy things, and some dress up as singers and tricks, in short, there are some in Luoyang City, and there are also here. Liu Hong, on the other hand, dressed as a wealthy merchant, led a group of eunuchs dressed as squatters to sell or buy at the "market", and because the identity of the emperor was often high and low, he made a lot of money and was very happy. In fact, the eunuch palace ladies all coaxed the emperor to be happy, and secretly stole all the rare treasures in the palace, but the Spirit Emperor was in the dark. The speed of making money in the palace market is still too slow, so the Han Ling Emperor simply sold officials directly and clearly marked the price, opened an official exchange in the West Garden, openly sold officials, competed for bidding, and it costs money to be an official, and it costs money to promote officials, regardless of character, morality, knowledge, and clan, as long as you have enough money, in addition to the emperor, you can be an official. Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, spent money to buy a lieutenant, the head of the three dukes, which can also be regarded as the pinnacle of this period of black history.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > set up nude pavilions and fornication harems</h1>
Emperor Hanling was manipulated by his foreign relative Dou clan from childhood, far away from his parents, resulting in his inner suspiciousness, uneasiness, and depression, and then gradually grasped real power after using eunuch forces to balance the Dou clique, and emperors with such experience often flew like birds flying in the blue sky and fish into the sea after grasping real power, and it was easy to go to the extreme of indulgence, just like the Ming Dynasty Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo, the Han Ling Emperor was no exception. In the harem, as long as Liu Hong saw the color of the palace, he did not care about the time, place, identity, and who was around him, and he immediately pounced on it. Later, I felt that the wide clothes were really a waste of time, and simply ordered that the palace maid wear open crotch pants under her body to facilitate her timely enjoyment, thinking about the harem scene at that time was really hot eyes! The above still could not satisfy the carnal desires of the Ling Emperor, and he ordered people to build a naked swimming hall in the palace, and the people in the museum, whether concubines or palace women, showed themselves naked, they chased and played with each other, rowed and sang, danced, and the Ling Emperor embraced the left and right, while drinking, while making music, drunkenly dreaming and dying, completely leaving the affairs of the court behind, this scene, I am afraid that even the King of Shangyi had to sigh.
Heaven does evil, but it is possible to live; if you do evil by yourself, you cannot live. Soon, the overindulged Han Ling Emperor's body gradually lost, leaving behind a mess full of holes, and the Eastern Han Dynasty ushered in the darkest moment.