Introduction: At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of foreign relatives and eunuchs rose and fell, but the emperor has never had no power, and has always been the product of the power game between the two sides. The emperor to be introduced today is even more tragic, just because he was too young to express his dissatisfaction, he was directly poisoned and killed by foreign relatives, which shows how chaotic the regime at that time was.
Emperor Liu of the Han Dynasty from 138 to 146 AD
The chosen puppet As mentioned above, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperors were weak in heirs, and the Shun Emperor Liu Bao left only a child less than 2 years old, and Empress Liang ruled as the empress dowager, and the Liang family was in charge of the human rights of the imperial court. But who could have imagined that Liu Binggang died of illness within 5 months of taking the name, Empress Liang was also confused, Liu Bao had no other children to inherit the throne, and Empress Liang could only choose a suitable person to inherit the throne among Liu's clan relatives with her clan. It was at this time that Liu Miao entered Empress Liang's sight.
Stills of Empress Liang
At that time, there was actually a 17-year-old King of Qinghe, Liu Garlic, who was suitable for inheriting the throne at that time, and the ministers headed by Li Gu in the court at that time thought that Liu Garlic was older and virtuous, and was the most ideal candidate for the throne. However, Empress Liang and other foreign relatives did not think so, Liu Garlic was already 17 years old and could personally govern, if he was elected emperor, there would be a good day for these foreign relatives, naturally in order to consolidate his own power, Liu Miao, who was only 8 years old at the time, was the best candidate. The chancellor naturally knew that it was not suitable but also unable to oppose liang' people, so Liu Yi was made the heir, and Empress Liang's brother Liang Yi personally welcomed back to Luoyang to succeed him, becoming the ninth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Liang Yi stills
Foreign Relatives Run Amok Imperial Power Does Not Exist Liu Miao, the emperor, is a decoration, Empress Liang is still in power, and most of the power is in the hands of his brother Liang Yi. Liang Yi was originally a man who did not learn and had no skills, and now after the power was in his hands, he was even more arrogant, and his misdeeds caused the dissatisfaction of the upright ministers headed by Li Gu, who wrote to the emperor to impeach Liang Yi, but at that time, the emperor was useless in the hands of Liang Yi, and the letters of Li Gu and others not only had no effect, but also made Liang Yi launch a cruel suppression of them, and the entire imperial court was rampant, and the imperial power was gone.
Li Gu stills
Don't look at Liu Yi's young age, but he is very smart and sensible, and he is naturally very dissatisfied when he sees Liang Yi so arrogant. At one of the court meetings, Liu Yi couldn't help but ignore Liang Yi and directly called Liang Yi "General Of The Way". Although Liu Yi was smart, but in the end he was still a child who did not have the heart to hide his emotions, Liang Yi saw that the little emperor was precocious and was already dissatisfied with his own Liang clan, he was afraid that the emperor would liquidate himself when he grew up, and there were many examples of former foreign relatives being liquidated, Liang Yi had the audacity to think that it was better to kill the emperor directly, lest his Liang clan receive threats after he pro-government.
In 146 AD, Liang Yi let his close associates who were arranged around the little emperor poisoned him, Liu Yi had so much heart and cunning to trust the people around him, and he was poisoned not long after eating the poisonous food, poor him an emperor was poisoned by foreign relatives, he was only 9 years old when he died. If he had not been an emperor, there would have been no such tragedy, but history has no if, and under such a chaotic regime, the Eastern Han Dynasty would inevitably go to extinction.