From 25 AD to 167 AD, the Eastern Han Dynasty has gone through nearly 150 years of history, after the Han Huan Emperor won foreign relations by relying on eunuchs, the eunuch chaos rose again, and when in 167 AD, the Han Huan Emperor died, it seems that the Eastern Han Dynasty ushered in a new opportunity to renovate the court.
During the reign of Emperor Huan of Han, Liang Ji was in power, and in 159 AD, Emperor Huan of Han finally purged the Liang clan and returned power to the emperor's hands. Emperor Huan of Han immediately made Empress Deng Xiangnu empress, but Emperor Huan of Han was not very interested in a woman, and he had not only concubines in his harem, but also thousands of palace women for him to pick, and the palace women were more, and the cost was naturally more, but Liu Zhi would rather borrow money than save this money.
Emperor Huan of Han Liu Zhi
The extravagance of Liu Zhi, the Emperor of Han Huan, can be seen. Empress Deng was also not a fuel-saving lamp, the emperor was in power, she felt that she could do it, and often knocked on Liu Zhi's favorite favorite concubine. Liu Zhi felt that these ladies were so troublesome, so in 165 AD, He deposed Empress Deng.
Liu Zhi wanted to set up his favorite daughter Tian Sheng as empress this time, but Tai Wei Chen Fan said that this Tian Sheng was born too low, and Dou's birth was relatively good, and he could not set up Tian Sheng as empress, and his opinion was very firm. Emperor Huan of Han had no choice but to make Dou Shi empress.
When Li Zhi, the Emperor Huan of Han, died in 167 AD, Empress Dou consulted with her father, Dou Wu (窦武), the commander of the City Gate School, and finally established Liu Hong, the Marquis of Duting, as emperor, known as Emperor Ling of Han, at the age of twelve.
Liu Hong, Emperor of Han Ling
Chen Fan, Dou Wu, and Situ Hu Guangjia participated in the Shang Shu shi and helped the young emperor manage the imperial government. Speaking of which, Chen Fan and Dou Wu and Liu Shu were known as the "Three Juns" at that time. It is conceivable that they will not make the imperial court worse. However, the imperial court had already been smoked by foreign relatives and eunuchs, and it was not easy to save it.
After Empress Dowager Dou came to the court, she was very jealous of Tian Sheng, who was favored by Emperor Huan of Han, so regardless of whether Emperor Huan of Han's coffin was still placed in the front hall, she directly killed Tian Sheng. Originally, he wanted to kill other nobles, but was persuaded by The Constant Attendant Su Kang and Guan Ba.
At this time, Chen Fan and Dou Wu wanted to rectify the program of the dynasty, and the two of them worked with one heart and one mind to recruit famous and knowledgeable people to jointly attend to the major affairs of the state. The more they studied, the more they felt that the reason why the country had been corrupted like this, the disaster of foreign relations would certainly not be thought of much, after all, Dou Wu still belonged to foreign relatives, even if he was very virtuous, then the source of cholera could only be thrown on the heads of eunuchs.
Chen Fan in film and television dramas
The more Chen Fan and Dou Wu thought about it, the more they thought that this was the case, the nineteen eunuchs of the Han Shun Emperor and the five eunuchs of the Han Huan Emperor and the eight township marquises, which were much more powerful than the foreign relatives. At this time, The Zhongchang attendant Cao Jie and Wang Fu allied with Zhao Jiao, the nursing mother of the Han Ling Emperor, to deceive Empress Dou together. Chen Fan and Dou Wu made up their minds to kill the eunuchs first.
So Dou Wu found Yin Xun as Shang Shu Ling, Liu Yu as a waiter, and Feng Shu as a lieutenant. He also released the original loyalists who had been degraded, and asked Xun Yu to be engaged in Zhonglang, and Chen Yu, as a subordinate of Xun Yu, to plot together to kill the eunuchs. In May 168, Chen Fan and Empress Dowager Dou Wushang said that this eunuch was too bad, and asked the empress dowager to kill them and give the Han a Qingming. At this time, the relationship between Empress Dou and the eunuch was just right, how could she possibly agree.
Chen Fan and Dou Wu had made up their minds, and if Empress Dou didn't know each other, she could only be sorry. So Dou Wu killed Guan Ba and Su Kang without saying a word, and then killed Cao Jie. Empress Dou couldn't do it either, after all, it was her father who killed the eunuch.
Empress Dou in the film and television drama
In August, Liu Yu, Chen Fan, and Dou Wu, who were well versed in astronomy, said, If you want to do anything, just do it as soon as possible, too white out of the West, there will be variables. Chen Fan and Dou Wu were also more superstitious people, believing what Liu Yu said, so they made Zhu Yu a lieutenant, Liu You as Henan Yin, and Yu Qi as Luoyang Ling.
Dou Wu also deposed The Yellow Gate Commander Wei Biao and replaced him with his own cronies, Shan Bing. He also let Shan Bing capture Changle Shangshu Zheng Sa. Chen Fan originally wanted to kill Zheng Sa directly, but Dou Wu wanted Zheng Sa to confess Cao Jie and Wang Fu's guilt, so he did not kill him immediately.
Dou Wu in the film and television drama
At this time, the eunuch Zhu Yu said: "Those unscrupulous eunuchs, you can kill them if you want, what is wrong with us ordinary people, why should we kill them all?" So he ran to Empress Dowager Dou and said, "Chen Fan and Dou Wu are preparing to depose Empress Dowager Dou and then establish a new emperor, and they want to rebel!" ”
Empress Dowager Dou had originally felt that Chen Fan and Dou Wu had gone a little too far, and now that Zhu Yu had said it, she had all the things right at once, and she was scared out in a cold sweat. So he quickly let the emperor hide, and then asked Wang Fu to take over the Yellow Gate Order and rush to the prison to rescue Zheng Sa. Shan Bing was killed by Wang Fu with a knife, and Zheng Sa was also rescued.
Zhao Liao guarded the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, guarding the Southern Palace, and the Empress Dowager sent Zheng Sa to capture Chen Fan and Dou Wu. This is not a punch in the face, the people who have just been arrested, immediately sent to arrest them. Dou Wu rushed directly to the military camp and said to the generals, "Now that these dead eunuchs have rebelled and kidnapped the emperor and the empress, we will go to rescue the emperor, and everyone who tries our best will be rewarded afterwards." ”
As the night began to deepen, Wang Fu led all his men of more than a thousand men to Suzaku to tuck the door. At dawn, Dou Wu led his soldiers to the door, and Wang Fu and Dou Wu confronted each other.
Wang Fu in film and television dramas
Wang Fu was indeed a man who ate by mouth, and he made his soldiers shout, "You are all guards who are used to guard the palace, why are you still following the anti-thieves now?" ”
There were also fearful people among these soldiers, and slowly, more than five thousand people walked away, and Dou Wu was dumbfounded. It seems that it is not only the officials who are corrupt in the imperial court, I think Dou Wudu is about to be disappointed in the imperial court. Dou Wu could only escape, but in the end he was caught and directly executed, and his subordinates Liu Yu, Feng Shu, and others were also killed.
Chen Fan was originally preparing to go up in the back, when he heard the news of Dou Wu's defeat, in a fit of rage, he went in with more than eighty people, and while entering, he said: "The great general Dou Wu is loyal to the country, and now that the eunuchs are rebelling, what are the rest of the Dou clan doing!" ”
At this time, Wang Fu said: "Emperor Xian has just passed away, and even the mausoleum has not been done well, what merit does Dou Wu have to be able to brother and son, one door and three marquises?" Moreover, Dou Wu's mighty and blessed, the chaos of the government, and the greed for money and the law, is such a minister good? ”
Dou Wu
The Tao was different and did not conspire, Chen Fan did not speak, just killed the enemy, but the enemy was outnumbered, and finally he was caught.
And what about these eunuchs? Because of the merits of the guards, there were more than ten people who were enfeoffed. Unfortunately, Chen Fan and Dou Wu originally only wanted to kill the eunuchs, but they did not expect to be countered by the eunuchs and directly disappeared.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was not saved since the Han Ling Emperor, and the last attempt was ultimately a failure.
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