Liu Hong, the Emperor of Han Ling, indulged in pleasure all his life, but declared himself "Supreme General"? It is said that Jun is no joke, is he "self-deprecating" or "inspirational declaration"? Look at his ranking - the penultimate emperor before the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Emperor Hanling
Emperor Liu Hong of Han, the twelfth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty and grandson of Emperor Liu Of Han. Liu Hong's father Liu Cang, the Marquis of Xieduting, died early, and Liu Hong inherited the title. Although Liu Honggui is a royal family relative, he is still some distance away from the succession to the unification, and he belongs to the "branch". He could have been a "carefree son", but fate pushed him, in fact, his relatives took a fancy to him and let him ascend to the throne.
Emperor Huan of Han
In the first year of Yongkang, Liu Zhixue, the Emperor of Han Huan, was above the main hall when Chinese New Year's Eve was six years old. Liu Zhi was absurd during his lifetime, but did not leave any heirs to inherit the throne, so the emperor's throne was vacant for a while. Empress Dou Miao's grandfather was Dingxiang Taishou Dou Feng, and his father was Dou Wu (窦武), the "Marquis of Huaili". Relying on the power of the family, Dou Miao and the Dou clan actually took over the power at that time.
As to who would inherit the throne, the Dou clan was uncertain. At the same time, Dou Wu asked Liu Huan, the attendant of the imperial family, which member of the royal family was more capable and could bear this heavy responsibility. Liu Huan and Liu Hong's mother, Dong Shi, are fellow villagers and are both from Hejian. Perhaps for this reason, Liu Huan recommended liu hong, the Marquis of Duting.
Dou Miao, for some reason, also agreed to be succeeded by Liu Hong, and sent people to Hejian to welcome Liu Hong to Luoyang to ascend the throne. In this way, Liu Hong inexplicably became emperor, known in history as the "Han Ling Emperor", only twelve years old. The throne of Emperor Hanling was chosen by his cousin Dou Shi and was young, so after taking the throne, Empress Dowager Dou Miao and her family still held real power, and Liu Hong was only a "puppet emperor".
Puppet Emperor
Later Dou Wu failed in a feud with the eunuchs, and Dou lost power. Inside and outside the imperial court, after the power of the Dou clan was eliminated, a dictatorship of eunuchs was formed. Liu Hong was very dependent on eunuchs, and the scourge of the party was still continuing. In order to protect the fortunes of the country, the Han Ling Emperor changed his era name three times, from Jianning, Xiping, Guanghe, and until he changed to Zhongping.
Emperor Ling ascended the throne as a teenager and successively experienced the dictatorship of foreign relatives and eunuchs, which was forced by the situation, but to a certain extent, it also stemmed from his hedonistic nature.
The absurd "anecdotes" he has done are numerous: driving a donkey cart in the palace and opening a market, the most wonderful thing is that he opened the "naked swimming wind" in the palace, and built a "naked swimming hall", which is really avant-garde. Lingdi was still the big V with goods in that era, and the fashion trend at that time- "Huwu Fever" was brought up through him.
Absurd "anecdotes"
Just when Liu Hong, the Emperor of Han Jing, was having a lot of fun, the flames of rebellion against tyranny gradually rose. In the seventh year of Guanghe, Zhang Jiao launched the famous peasant uprising, the "Yellow Turban Uprising". The slogan of "the sky is dead, the yellow sky is standing, the age is in the nails, the world is auspicious" has spread throughout the country in just one month, which can be described as a hundred responses.
The Golden Revolt
Although the Yellow Turban Army eventually failed under the suppression of local warlords, it caused great shock to Liu Hong, and he changed the era name from "Guanghe" to "Zhongping". However, the situation did not go as Liu Hong had hoped for "Zhongping", and there were still rebellions everywhere: the Liangzhou rebellion, the Youzhou rebellion, and even the internal palace had a coup crisis of "supporting others" (Hefei Hou and Huang Fusong, etc.).
Faced with the precarious situation, the Ling Emperor was extremely flustered. At that time, some of the "strangers" around him predicted that there would be a military rebellion in the capital Luoyang. Thinking of the current situation and the events around him, the Spirit Emperor was convinced. The "Mighty One" also advised that a military parade in Luoyang could defuse the disaster. Emperor Ling then dispatched troops and held a military parade in the fifth year of Zhongping that he personally reviewed. It was at this military parade that Emperor Ling proclaimed himself "Supreme General".
On the day of the military parade, Luoyang Ping was optimistic, the flag and canopy were displayed, and the parade scene was very grand. The history books record the Han Ling Emperor who inspected the soldiers: wearing armor and riding a high-headed horse, he circled around the reviewing troops three times in high spirits. Probably because this process really felt good, Liu Hong, the Emperor of Han Ling, gave himself the title of "Supreme General".
Lingdi Grand Parade
In fact, the "Supreme General" Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong was not "supreme" or "awakened", and after the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army subsided, he returned to his old ways and continued to indulge in pleasure. Until his death in April of the following year. The Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong ascended the throne at the age of twelve, died at the age of thirty-three, and ruled for a total of twenty-one years, which was also a relatively long ruler at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
"Supreme General" Han Ling Emperor
Ironically, Liu Hong's title of "Supreme General" was not original, but was first used by Xu Feng during the Han Chong Emperor.
Xu Feng, a native of Yinling (present-day Dingyuan, Anhui), called himself the "Supreme General" and his companion Ma Mian called himself "Emperor". The history books say that Xu Ma and his men were "bandits" who harmed Jiujiang (present-day Shou County, Anhui). But for now, the military campaign led by Xu Feng and Ma Mian was entirely a peasant uprising. Moreover, in terms of harm, Liu Hong, the Ling Emperor who was in power, was even worse.