From Guangwu Zhongxing, the rule of Ming Zhangzhi to the Yongyuan Zhilong, the Eastern Han Dynasty rapidly declined after experiencing several Ming Emperors.
The most heart-wrenching thing is that in 106 AD, Liu Long, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, died, less than two years old, and served as emperor for more than 200 days.
The ministers met overnight to elect a new emperor.
Saying that it was a meeting, in fact, the process was very simple, because the power at that time was in the hands of Empress Deng, and the empress dowager consulted with her brother, and felt that Liu Hugen, the grandson of Emperor Liu Zhao of Hanzhang and the son of Liu Qing, the prince of Qinghe, was hongmiaozheng, and the young Shaohua (good control, only 13 years old), so Liu Hu was chosen as emperor.
Although he became emperor, how could a person who had the power easily handed over, so the actual power was still in the hands of Empress Deng.
At this time, it caused the dissatisfaction of the ministers, who had been favored by the emperor and received the salary paid by the old Liu family, how willing to be subject to Empress Deng's brothers and sisters, so they planned to launch a coup.
But the coup was over before it could begin, and because the news leaked, Empress Deng preemptively suppressed the rebellion.
Empress Deng
Since then, however, more and more people have joined the "struggle".
At this time, The Han Andi was "thriving", and unconsciously turned 26 years old.
At this time, a man named Dugan began to play, asking the empress dowager to return the government to the emperor.
Emperor An was older and should be pro-government affairs, and he wrote to Lang at the same time. The empress dowager was furious, collected the roots, and so on, and ordered Sheng to take a sac and kill him in the temple.
The result, you can imagine. Empress Deng actually sent someone to cover Dugan's head and beat him to death with a stick (he did not die).
Even the empress dowager's younger brother Deng Kang could not bear it anymore and wanted to persuade her to abdicate, but was directly expelled from the clan by the empress.
Of course, Empress Deng was only obsessed with power, far from the point of abuse, and although she promoted her brother Deng Qi, she also rewarded other officials. Several of her brothers also acted cautiously and observed the law. However, at that time, the contradiction between foreign relatives and imperial power was still very acute.
But all this seems to have improved in 121 AD.
In this year, Empress Deng died, and Emperor An of Han, who had been subject to Empress Deng, was finally able to take the throne.
If you think that the Eastern Han Dynasty is "dawn", it is a bit naïve.
At this time, Emperor Han'an was no longer the naïve child he had just entered the palace, and around him began to gather a group of forces such as Emperor Han'an's nursing mother Wang Sheng, Zhonghuangmen Li Yan and other forces, which were completely egoistic.
These people entered the palace for many years, or were punished by Empress Deng, or for their own selfish interests, they began to liquidate after Empress Deng's death.
They falsely accused Empress Deng's brothers of rebellion, and Emperor Han'an's butcher's knife also reached out to the Deng brothers.
Deng Wu and others were executed, and Deng Wu was forced to die.
Deng Xiao
The courtiers began a new round of resistance, but Emperor An of Han also pretended to appease the ministers' emotions and buried Deng Qi.
The ministers gradually discovered that in fact, Empress Deng was also very good. Instead of letting this group of eunuchs dictate to them, it was better to obey Empress Deng's orders.
More and more people saw the harm of the eunuch clique, and officials represented by Yang Zhen began to write letters to the emperor to restrain the eunuchs, but Emperor Han'an ignored them. The emperor could bear it, but the eunuch couldn't bear it, and directly came a wave of false accusations, and Yang Zhen was forced to commit suicide.
Emperor An of Han was very tired, before he was Empress Deng of the "Mother Yi Tianxia", and now in front of him was an ambitious eunuch, and it seemed that no day in this court was his decision.
The ministers in the court were eagerly awaiting the emperor, but Comrade Liu Hu seemed to prefer to soak in the harem.
He did not intend to take back the power of the eunuchs, because the power itself was not stolen by them, but was given to him by Emperor An of Han.
Compared with Jiangshan, it seemed that empress Yan of the harem made him more happy.
Rather than a bunch of messy things in the court, he was more willing to travel hand in hand with Empress Yan.
In the fourth year of Yanguang (125), Emperor An of Han took Empress Yan south, but he did not expect that this southward journey would become the last stop of his life.
March was a good time for the earth to begin to recover, but at this time, Emperor Han'an came to the end of his life after his death. He felt that he was always hot and cold, so he had to order his return.
He looked at the queen, and the queen looked at him, and he wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything.
And so he died in the car, ending his ridiculous life.