Luoyang, a historical and cultural city with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, more than 4,000 years of city history and more than 1,500 years of capital construction history, has created countless legends of Chinese civilization. "Shannanshui north is yang", Luoyang is named because it is located in the sun of Luoshui, and the Heluo area centered on Luoyang is the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization. The ruins of the five major capitals of Xia Du, Shang Du Xi Bo, Eastern Zhou Wangcheng, Han Wei Luoyang City, and Sui and Tang Luoyang City are lined up along the Luo River, which is rare in the world. More than a hundred emperors ruled here. Today, let's talk about Liu Bao, the Shun Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty
Liu Bao (115 – September 20, 144), reigned from 125 to 144, a total of 19 years, the eighth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eldest son of Emperor An of Han, and empress Dowager Gong of Li. On the tenth day of the first month of March in the fourth year of Yanguang (April 30, 125), Emperor An of Han suddenly fell ill and died, and Empress Yan made her infant Liu Yi emperor, and she herself came to the world. Liu Yi had been emperor for seven months and died, and the eunuchs Sun Cheng and Wang Kang and nineteen others launched a palace coup to drive out Empress Yan and install the eleven-year-old Liu Bao as emperor, and Liu Bao was the Emperor Shun of Han. After the coup d'état, Emperor Shun of Han handed over power to eunuchs. In the first year of Jiankang (144), Liu Bao died at the age of thirty, with the title of Emperor Xiaoshun and buried in Xianling Tomb and the temple number of Emperor Jingzong.
In 131 AD, the 16-year-old Han Shun Emperor Liu Bao wanted to make empress. However, in the face of the concubines and nobles in the palace, none of them were satisfied, and after the court ministers knew about it, they asked the emperor to issue an edict to recruit more daughters of the good family to enter the palace. Liu Bao, the Han shun emperor who lacked maternal love from childhood, fell in love with Liang Fei, who was nine years older than him. The Liang family was a well-known and prestigious family, and Liang Fei was clever and virtuous, and encouraged Emperor Shun to be evenly wet with rain and dew. Emperor Liu Bao of Han made Liang Fei empress. In 132, Liang's father, Liang Shang, was given the title of Zhi Jinwu.D. In 133, Liang Ji, the son of Fengliang Shang, was made the Marquis of Xiangyi. Liang Shang recommended a large number of good ministers such as Ju Lan, Chen Gui, Li Gu, and Zhou Ju, and the city of Luoyang applauded in unison. Immediately afterwards, Emperor Shun appointed Liang Shang as a general. Liang Shang resigned for two years and could only accept the appointment. Liang Shang had a close confidant, Ling Lü Fang of Luoyang County. Lü Fang told Liang Shang to discipline his son Liang Ji well. Liang Shang asked his son Liang Ji to lecture him and let him restrain himself a little. Liang Ji was very unhappy and directly sent assassins to kill Lü Fang. Immediately after that, Liang Ji instigated Lü Fang's younger brother Lü Yu to arrest people everywhere, and after arresting more than a hundred people, he did not even interrogate him, and directly beheaded people to close the case. Liang Shang was blinded by his son. In 141 AD, Liang Shang fell ill and died. The empress personally sent the funeral, and Emperor Shun personally came to mourn. Emperor Shun loved Wu and Wu and gave Liang Ji the position of general. Liang Ji began to specialize in government and politics, formed parties for personal gain, and almost became a gravedigger of the Eastern Han government.
During the reign of Liu Bao, the Emperor of Hanshun, the general Liang Ji stepped up the pace of persecuting good generals and amassing wealth. Li Gu tracked down the corrupt and bad behavior of the officials. Nanyang Taishou Gaoshi bribed the general Liang Ji with heavy gold, and after Liang Ji received the heavy gold, ordered Li Gu to spare Nanyang Taishou Gaoshi. Li Gu did not give Liang Ji face at all. Liang Ji was angry about this. Waiting for an opportunity to retaliate against Li Gu. Liang Ji sent Li Gu to Taishan County, where thieves were rampant, to defend Taishan taishou and fight with force. After Li Gu arrived in office, Enxin seduced him. In less than a year, the county was cleared. Zhang Bao, Guangling County, gathered tens of thousands of people, was very rampant. Liang Ji wanted to use Zhang Bao's knife to get rid of his enemies, and recommended Zhang Gang to the imperial court as the Taishou of Guangling. After Zhang Gang arrived at his post, he only brought more than ten people to see Zhang Baby, and after the two met, Zhang Gang's heartfelt words touched Zhang Baby. Zhang Infant dismissed the people and submitted to the imperial court. Emperor Liu Bao of Han shun was overjoyed. Emperor Shun, Liu Baocha, a corrupt official, sent eight ambassadors, including Du Qiao, Zhou Ju, Zhou Xu, Feng Xian, Luan Ba, Zhang Gang, Guo Zun, and Liu Ban, to Zhou County. The seven men were each ordered to set out. Only Zhang Gang remained in the capital, and Zhang Gang believed that the foreign relatives in the capital were hegemonic, eunuchs were rampant, and all the sources were in the capital. Luoyang, the capital city, must first vigorously investigate corrupt officials and corrupt officials. On the letter to impeach the jackal Liang's foreign relatives, he listed a total of 15 crimes against Liang Ji, which shocked the Beijing division. And the eight impeached, not outside the Liang clan, eunuch henchmen. The Han Shun Emperor Liu Bao had no choice but to appoint the general Liang Ji (梁冀) to act recklessly.
Zhang Heng (78–139), courtesy name Pingzi, was a native of Xi'e, Nanyang (present-day Beiyang, Henan), an outstanding scientist and writer of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhang Heng has a wide range of fields and can be called a wizard. All his life he served as an official in the capital city of Luoyang. In the first year of Yang Jia (132), Zhang Heng invented the world's first instrument to measure the direction of earthquakes - the ground motion instrument. The ground motion instrument is inlaid with 8 exquisite dragon heads in eight directions, each with a copper pill in its mouth, and a toad crouching under the dragon's head, opening its mouth upwards. If an earthquake occurs in any direction, the internal clever pillar falls to this side, and the dragon head spits out copper pills and falls into the mouth of the toad, people will know which direction the earthquake occurred. According to his own research experience, Zhang Heng wrote astronomical theoretical works such as "Notes on Armillary Celestial Spheres" and "Lingxian".
In 144 AD, the 30-year-old Han Shun Emperor Liu Bao died in the front hall of the Yutang. The two-year-old crown prince Liu Bing succeeded him as Emperor Chong of Han. Empress Dowager Liang was made empress dowager and listened to the government.