Why was Emperor An of Han the most incompetent emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty?

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Incompetence is the worst evaluation of a man, why is Emperor An of Han considered the most incompetent emperor in the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty? Because, although he is the king of a country, in fact, he is a light rod commander. The eunuch did not listen to him, the minister did not listen to him, even the woman next to the bed, he could not control, the emperor mixed into a small white face.

In the sixth year of Yongyuan (94 AD), the sixth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Hu, the Emperor of Han'an, was born, and his father was Liu Qing, the deposed prince of Qinghe during the han Zhangdi period, and his mother was named Zuo Xiao'e.

Zuo Xiao'e's uncle was named Zuo Sheng, and because he had offended the emperor, zuo Xiao'e's family was raided, and Zuo Xiao'e, who was four or five years old, and her sister Zuo Da'e were sent to the palace. Later, Emperor Zhang of Han gave the Zuo sisters together to Liu Qing, who was already the King of Qinghe. Due to her good tutoring, even in the prince's mansion, the Zuo sisters still like to read, especially Zuo Xiao'e is familiar with the "History Book" and loves to resign.

At that time, the boss behind the Eastern Han Dynasty was Empress Deng, whose original name was Deng Sui, was the empress of Han and Emperor, and Liu Zhao, the emperor of Han and Emperor Liu Zhao, was a tragedy, married early, but in the end, only two children survived. When the eldest was disabled and the emperor of Han and the emperor died, the second eldest was only born more than a hundred days, and Empress Deng let the baby of more than a hundred days become the fifth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In August of the first year of Yanping (106 AD), the infant Emperor Han died after lying on the dragon chair for only two hundred days.

At that time, Emperor Hanhe's brother Liu Qing the Prince of Qinghe had a son, named Liu Hu, who was only thirteen years old, and Liu Qing had been cautious all his life, and he had no ambitions, and all the conditions were met.

On September 21, the first year of Yanping (106 AD), Liu Hu, who was only thirteen years old, officially ascended the throne and became the sixth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Hu succeeded to the throne as emperor from the first year of Yanping (106 AD) until the death of Empress Deng in the first year of Jianguang (121 AD), and the major and minor matters of the whole country were decided by Empress Deng.

After Empress Deng's death, the twenty-seven-year-old Emperor Liu Hu of Han was finally able to govern in person, but if no one had taught you about managing the country, if you had no experience, you would not have been able to do it. So what to do, find someone to help?

The first people that Emperor Han An found were his good friends who had always accompanied him: the palace princess Sheng, the eunuch Li Yan, and Jiang Jing. These three people have been playing with Liu Hu since the first day he entered the palace, Wang Sheng is still his wet nurse, this relationship, iron! What if the country is not governed? Throw it at them, not to mention that he also has a capable wife: Empress Yan.

Empress Yan's family genes are super excellent, rich in beautiful women, her grandfather is called Yan Zhang, was a Shangshu and infantry lieutenant during the Han Ming Emperor's period, Yan Zhang's two sisters are the wives of the Han Ming Emperor, two noble concubines. Yan Zhang was also a relative of the emperor, but unfortunately, Emperor Ming of Han controlled foreign relatives very strictly, and Yan Zhang did not become a big official in his life, and when it came to Empress Yan's generation, the opportunity came.

In short, Empress Yan could not give birth, and it was the palace maid Li Shi who gave birth to a son to Emperor An of Han, and her son was Liu Bao, the seventh emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, when Liu Bao was born, Empress Deng was still there, and Empress Yan could not be the lord, so she could only watch Liu Bao being crowned prince, and then, day by day, growing up, finally killed Liu Bao's biological mother Li Shi in order to get angry.

After Empress Deng's death, first of all, it was Emperor An of Han who united with Wang Sheng, Li Yan, and Jiang Jing to seize power. Although Empress Deng died, the important positions in the country were all in the hands of Empress Deng's brother Deng Xiao, who had been in power for so many years and must have had many political enemies. As soon as the empress dowager died, Li Yan and Jiang Jing joined forces with these people and began a campaign of revenge against the Deng family.

However, among the several powerful foreign relatives in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the performance of the Deng family was relatively good. Empress Dowager Deng rewarded relevant officials, including Deng Qi, for her meritorious service in making decisions, and sealed three thousand households. The Tang brothers resigned, so that when the messengers came, they hid and finally had to give up. Usually, the Tang brothers are also cautious, law-abiding, and industrious. This, of course, has to do with Empress Deng's strict requirements for her family. But even this could not eliminate the sharp contradiction between imperial power and foreign forces.

In the first year of Jianguang (121 AD), Empress Deng died, and Emperor An of Han took the throne. At this time, the eunuch clique headed by the nursing mother Wang Sheng, Zhonghuangmen Li Yan, and Jiang Jing became the support of Emperor Hancheng, and Emperor An had long been dissatisfied with the status of being subject to Empress Deng, and shortly after Empress Deng's death, several officials who had previously been punished by the empress dowager falsely accused the empress's brothers Deng Wu, Deng Hong, and Deng Lu of plotting to depose Emperor An and establish the Prince of Pingyuan as emperor. This false accusation was in the arms of Emperor An of Han, and Deng Wu and others were sentenced to death for treason. Unbeknownst to Him, Deng Xiao was dismissed from his post and returned to the county, where he was persecuted to die by the county officials. Because Deng Xiao was not guilty of being killed, the ministers were not convinced, and the great Si Nong Zhu Pet and other righteous men spoke out and cried out for his grievances. In order to appease the officials' grievances, Emperor An of Han falsely condemned the prefecture and county officials and ordered that Deng Qi be properly buried.

In the struggle between foreign relatives and eunuchs, the eunuch clique once again gained power. Emperor An of Han made Jiang Jing the Marquis of Duxiang and Li Yan the Marquis of Yongxiang. Emperor Han'an's nursing mother Wang Sheng and his daughter Bo Rong were even more favored, living in luxury, embezzling and accepting bribes, entering and leaving the palace at will, interfering in political affairs, and committing all kinds of evil. Bo Rong once went to Ganling, and along the way he hugged back and forth, and the county officials greeted him in the middle of the road. Some of the sheriffs and princes even bowed their heads in borong's car.

At this time, the contradiction between the bureaucracy and the eunuchs became increasingly acute. The courtiers represented by Yang Zhen repeatedly asked Emperor An of Han to restrain and punish the eunuchs who were flying and stumbling, but Emperor An always ignored them. The eunuchs who were exposed took the opportunity to make false accusations, and eventually executed the upright Yang Zhen.

At a time when internal and external troubles were abounding, the imperial palace began another desperate struggle for the right to inherit the throne. Empress Yan was infertile for many years, and in the first year of Yongning (120 AD), Liu Bao, the son of Li Shi, a member of Emperor An's palace, was made crown prince, and Li Shi had been killed by Empress Yan before that.

Empress Yan was afraid that after the crown prince succeeded to the throne, she would pursue the revenge of killing her mother, and she deliberately wanted to remove Liu Bao. Empress Yan colluded with Fan Feng and other eunuchs to first convict the crown prince's nursing mother Wang Nan and the kitchen supervisor Feng Ji of the capital and remove the prince's wings, and then, again, to Emperor An of Han, saying that Liu Bao had behaved too evilly and was not suitable for the position of prince.

Emperor An of Han favored Empress Yan, so he had the heart to abolish it. The deposing of the crown prince was discussed by the ministers, and the general Geng Bao, adhering to Empress Yan's wishes, vigorously advocated the deposing of Liu Bao. Tai Chang Huan Yan and Ting Wei Zhang Hao retorted: At the end of the year of life, when he turned fifteen, he had not yet reached the body of evil, and he hoped that His Majesty would choose a master of virtue and high discipline for the prince, and he would counsel him with courtesy and righteousness, and behave naturally well. However, Emperor An of Han was not enlightened, and even deposed Liu Bao and made him the King of Jiyin.

In February of the fourth year of Yanguang (125 AD), Emperor An of Han went south with Empress Yan and Guiqi to play, and in March Gengshen arrived at Wancheng, where he suddenly fell ill, cold and hot, and was seriously ill, so he had to order to return to Beijing immediately. On the tenth day of the first month of March, on the way back, we arrived at Ye County (present-day Ye County, Henan), where we were in a state of death. He wanted to tell the aftermath, but he could no longer speak, so he could only stare at Empress Yan with his eyes open, and slowly died in the car, and finally Chinese New Year's Eve two years old. In that year, he was buried in Gongling, the temple number Gongzong, and the nickname Ofe An.

After the death of Emperor An of Han, the doom of Empress Yan and her cohort arrived.

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