Usually, in the question and answer area, including my former self, there were questions about why the Guangxu Emperor did not directly put down a coup and kill Empress Dowager Cixi, so that the power would not return. But is the fact really so simple, there are precedents to follow in history, and it is still a successful killing of the powerful, but whether the consequences caused can be suppressed is a great test.
Zhao Gao and Li Si corrected Hu Hai, gave death to Fu Su and Meng Tian, and then took the opportunity to execute Li Si, the Emperor of Shangmeng, and gained great power, making the temples of the Qin State miasma, and even simply made Qin II when the rebel army was strong, and established the baby as king. Not willing to be a puppet, Zi Bao took advantage of the opportunity of visiting to kill Zhao Gao and regain power.
Zi Bao was able to stabilize the situation after killing Zhao Gao, because Zhao Gao acted perversely and the Qin state was already in danger in the face of the counterattack of the Kwantung rebels. The urgent need for someone to turn the tide is the desire of the people. But at this time, the State of Qin had no soldiers to use, and the building would fall.
Zhao Gao
Liang Ji, a foreign relative of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was a powerful minister. Successively, the three emperors of Chong, Qian, and Huan were successively established, and the general of Emperor Qian was immediately killed by Liang Ji. After nearly twenty years of dictatorship, Emperor Huan joined forces with eunuchs to destroy Liang Ji and regain power.
The political situation of the Eastern Han Dynasty was constantly switching between foreign relatives and eunuchs, and the emperor needed foreign relatives to assist the government when he was young, and when he became an adult, foreign relatives did not give up power, and then joined forces with close attendants to squeeze out foreign relatives. In fact, as far as the political system is concerned, the Eastern Han Dynasty is the product of a compromise with Haoqiang, and when the emperor's short-lived imperial power declines, Haoqiang will become bigger until the game-breaker Dong Zhuo appears...
Liang Ji
Cao Shuang, the son of the general Cao Zhen (曹真), was appointed as an assistant chancellor when Emperor Ming died, using his status as a clan relative to suppress Sima Yi, nepotism, and his power was tilted to the opposition for ten years, exonerating the Shi clan. During the Gaopingling Incident, the indecisiveness had illusions about Sima Yi, and he was liquidated afterwards and the three tribes were destroyed. Great power was inherited by Sima Shi.
Cao Shuang's nepotism and political initiatives touched the interests of the warriors, which was the root cause of his failure.
Cao Shuang
Sun Qiang, emperor of Eastern Wu, deposed Sun Liang and established Sun Xiu, who was later hunted down and killed by Sun Xiu and Zhang Bu. Sun Xiu regained imperial power.
Sun Qiang's dictatorship caused dissatisfaction among Jiangdong Haoqiang, breaking the balance of the previous Haoqiang government, and Haoqiang united with the imperial power to kill Sun Qiang.
Sun Qiang
Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei was dissatisfied with the abuse of power by His empress dowager, and secretly commanded his father-in-law Erzhu Rong to enter the Jingqin King to seize power. He was poisoned and killed by his mother,Tooep Hu. Erzhu Rong heard the news and led an army south, welcoming Yuan Ziyou the Prince of Changguang as Emperor Xiaozhuang, killing Empress Dowager Hu and the little emperor he had established, and the power was in his hands. Exclude dissidents internally, pacify Guanlong externally, break through Southern Liang and spread eyeliner around Emperor Xiaozhuang, monitoring every move, as if Cao Cao was alive.
Emperor Xiaozhuang plotted to get rid of Erzhu Rong, and on the pretext of Empress Erzhu giving birth to a crown prince, tricked Erzhu Rong into entering the dynasty to celebrate and ambushed and killed him. However, he was immediately rebounded by Erzhu Rong's nephews Erzhu Zhao and Erzhu Shilong and was killed by the rebels.
If you do the boss, there will be a second boss.
Erzhu Rong
Gao Cheng, the eldest son of the Eastern Wei chancellor Gao Huan (the father of King Lanling), succeeded Gao Huan as the Prince of Qi after Gao Huan's death; he was strict and rough but more stubborn, and once made a remark to emperor Yuan Shan of Xiaojing and made remarks that shocked the ancient and modern times - why did His Majesty plot rebellion? On the eve of the usurpation, he was assassinated by the cook Lan Jing. Although Gao Cheng died, Emperor Xiaojing did not regain power, and Gao Yang's inheritance was quickly inherited by Gao Yang, who was even worse than Gao Cheng, and soon usurped the throne and killed Emperor Xiaojing.
Although Gao Cheng died, the Gao clan foundation was not damaged. In order to protect the interests of the Gao clan, they will quickly elect the next "Gao Cheng".
Gao Cheng
Yuwen Hu was Yuwen Tai's nephew, and when Yuwen Tai died, his sons were too young to take on their duties and handed over power to Yuwen Hu. In order to consolidate his power, Yuwen Hu killed the three emperors Yuwen Jue, Tuoba Kuo, and Yuwen Yu in succession, and was eventually killed by his cousin Yuwen Yong, who finally took power after many years of puppetry, and this struggle was a power struggle within the Northern Zhou ruling class.
Yuwen Hu