Empress Dong was Empress Xiaoren Dong of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the history books, she was originally the wife of Liu Hong, the Marquis of Xieliting, the mother of Liu Hong, the Marquis of Xieliting, who had no children after the death of Emperor Huan of Han, And Empress Dou of Han Huan became empress dowager, and Empress Dou of Han and her father Dou Wu decided to make Liu Hong the Son of Heaven and emperor of Han Ling.
In the early days of Emperor Hanling's reign, because Empress Dou held great power, Empress Dong was only given the title of a Noble Lady of Shenyuan (because Liu Cang's mausoleum was called Shenling), until Empress Dou's father plotted a failed coup d'état against eunuchs, Dou was cursed, and Empress Dong was taken to the capital, and Emperor Ling gave her mother the honorific title of Empress Xiaoren and let her live in the Nangong Jiade Hall inside the Nine Dragon Gate, which was also known as Yongle Palace.
At that time, the capital city of Luoyang had such a nursery rhyme:
Car shift class, into the river, the river between the female workers to count money, with money as the room gold as the hall.
The meaning of the nursery rhyme is that Empress Dong likes to accumulate goods, and her most exaggerated thing is to give her son Emperor Hanling the idea of selling the official Toujue to make money.
(Empress Dong in the old version of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" TV series was played by Lü Zhong)
Empress Dong's good days ended with the death of Emperor Ling of Han.
After the death of Emperor Hanling, Empress He's son Liu Wei took the throne, honoring Empress He as empress dowager, and Empress He came to the throne, and her authority fell into her hands.
(The eunuch gave Empress Dong advice on how to continue to control the government, but without success)
Empress Dong's nephew Dong Chong, the general Dong Chong, and Empress He's brother He Jin were in conflict and hurt each other, and Empress Dong wanted to interfere in political affairs as before, and her daughter-in-law, Empress He, basically bounced her plot back.
Empress Dong could not suppress the fire and said angrily:
Aren't you relying on your brother now? I asked Dong Zhong to cut off He Jin's head.
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this paragraph writes two women and a play more vividly:
Dong Hou was furious: "Ru Du killed Wang Meiren and set his heart jealous." Now relying on Ruzi as a king, and Brother Ru He Jin's momentum, he dares to speak indiscriminately! I ride on the head of Brother Ru, like a back palm ear! He Hou was also angry: "I persuade each other with good words, why am I angry?" Dong Hou said, "What insight do you have in the Ru family to slaughter the youngsters!" The two palaces competed with each other, and Zhang Rang and others persuaded each other to return to the palace.
This grandmother, you want to cut off He Jin's head, quietly plot even if the probability of success is not large, it is also a plan, so loud tearing, then there is a good?!
As a result, He Jin led his troops to besiege the Palace of the Hun General, Dong Zhong was arrested, and the official committed suicide, and Empress Dong collapsed in fear.
One of the contradictions between Empress Dowager Dong and Empress He was that Empress Dong was inclined to establish Emperor Ling of Han and Liu Xie, the son of Wang Meiren, and Empress He naturally wanted to establish her own son Liu Xie, and at present Empress He had won two games, first of all, her son had been made emperor, and secondly, her mother-in-law and political enemy Empress Dong were killed.
But what I didn't expect was that such a victory could also be pulled over, and the blame was only that Empress He fainted more than Empress Dong.
Empress He's brother He Jin wanted to kill the eunuchs, but Empress He agreed for a while to block it, making He Jin, who was not at a high level, even more frustrated, and eventually failed, and both He Jin and Empress He's mother, Wuyang Jun, were killed.
At this time, Dong Zhuo, the governor of Hezhou, was recruited to lead his troops into Luoyang and used military strength to control the imperial court.
Dong Zhuo unleashed a magical trick - he said that he and Empress Dong were of the same clan.
Empress Dong was from Hejian (present-day Hebei Province) and Dong Zhuo was from Lintao (present-day Gansu Province), and the two were not of the same ethnic group at all, but Dong Zhuo had a gun and was the King of Grass Heads, and he said that who of the same ethnic group dared to say that it was not. Earlier we said that Liu Xie's mother Wang Meiren was killed by Empress He, Empress Dong loved her grandson bitterly, afraid that Empress He would harm Liu Xie, so she put Liu Xie by her side and raised him personally, Liu Xie was also called "Dong Hou", and now, Dong Zhuo wants to make this "Dong Hou" the emperor, and history says that Dong Zhuo "thinks that he is of the same clan as the empress", so he deposed the throne of the young emperor Liu Xie and established Liu Xie as emperor.
Liu Xie was the famous Emperor Xian of Han in history.
(Han Xiandi film and television image)
Dong Zhuo's behavior basically belonged to the brains of the violent warlords, but it turned out to be an abuse of the family.
The so-called recognition of the family is a common name, the more formal name is "He", "recognize the family", "general spectrum", also derogatory as "Yue recognition", Mr. Feng Erkang believes that this situation roughly originated at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, an important sign is that Dong Zhuo recognized Empress Dong as a member of the same ethnic group.
Of course, Dong Zhuo Lihan's dedication to the emperor himself, including the recognition of the family, is out of political need, but there must also be a reason for pulling relations, and this brain hole can give 80 points.
To add, Dong Zhuo also poisoned Empress He on the charge of his daughter-in-law's rudeness to her mother-in-law, and at that time, the people blamed Empress Dong's death on the He family, which was also a report.
The fact that Emperor Xian of Han was established by Dong Zhuo had a great impact on the political development of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shao, who was a political ally with He Jin, opposed Dong Zhuo and hated Wu and Wu and did not want to see Emperor Xian of Han, which was an important reason why he missed the strategic opportunity to threaten the princes of Tianzi.
Emperor Xian of Han himself had been a puppet emperor for so many years, and it was not a blessing or a curse, but it was hard to imagine that one of the reasons for his initial appointment was because of his grandmother's surname.