Speaking of the four major inventions, everyone is not unfamiliar, namely papermaking, compass, gunpowder and movable type printing. When it comes to papermaking, everyone can always think of Cai Lun, although it was later corrected that Cai Lun only improved the paper, but his achievements in history are still irreplaceable. Therefore, the impression that Cai Lun left on us has always been positive, Wei An, in fact, the real Cai Lun is not only made of paper, he can also create a lot of sins when he participates in the harem battle. Let's take a look at this Subversion of Cai Lun.
Cai Lun was born in an ordinary folk family in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the specific time is probably during the reign of Ming Zhang. Cai Lun was handsome and clever since he was a child, so he learned the Zhou Li and the Analects from the township school. In the love of learning, he also learned a lot of miscellaneous studies, etc., so Cai Lun can also be regarded as full of economy and talent since childhood.
Because Cai Lun's family was a blacksmith family, his family often had contacts with the government, and when Cai Lun was eighteen years old, the capital went to Guiyang to manage the transportation and smelting of cast iron, and Cai Lun entered the palace as an official, but he was a eunuch. However, what kind of official is not an official, the young Cai Lun secretly decided after entering the palace that he was bound to make a great achievement.
He worked hard and diligently, and finally became a little yellow door after a few years. With his cleverness and ingenuity, he was soon promoted to the position of Yellow Gate Attendant of the Official Letter, and since then Cai Lun has begun to have frequent contact with the concubines of the harem. The longer he came into contact with the concubines of the harem, the more familiar Cai Lun unconsciously blended into the open and secret struggle of the concubines of the harem.
During this period, Cai Lun served Empress Dou, and at that time, Empress Dou was very jealous of the concubines who gave birth to Dragon Zi because she could not give birth to Dragon Son, so she tried to assassinate these concubines, and Cai Lun became her best helper. With cai lun's help, Empress Dou framed the mother of the crown prince Liu Qing, forced her to commit suicide in the name of "carrying evil charms", and then deposed the prince as the king of Qinghe. Empress Dou then framed the crown prince Liu Zhao, later Emperor Han's mother, Liang Guifei, and adopted the infant Liu Zhao as her own child, making him crown prince. These unconscionable things that Empress Dou did were all handled by Cai Lun's hands at that time.
In 88 AD, Emperor Zhang of Han died, and Liu Zhao succeeded him as Emperor He of Han, when Liu Zhao was only ten years old, so Empress Dou came to listen to the government and take power alone. As soon as Empress Dou came to power, Cai Lun, as Empress Dou's confidant, began to make his promotion path more smooth. Soon he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander and accompanied the little emperor.
However, Empress Dou had four brothers, all of whom were prominent in the court and often used Empress Dou's power to fall to the opposition. Although Cai Lun had helped Empress Dowager Dou harm many people, perhaps he had been with the little emperor for a long time, and his conscience found that he was more and more unaccustomed to the actions of Empress Dowager Dou's brothers. So they plotted with the eunuch Hook Dun to order Zheng Zhong to help the little emperor together, and the two took advantage of Dou Xian's expedition to use their power to collect Dou Xian's great general seal and eliminate Dou Xian's influence in the dynasty. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it was because of the eunuchs' chaotic government that led to the disorder of the imperial program, and you absolutely could not imagine that Cai Lun was the initiator of the eunuchs' interference in the government.
After Empress Dou died, Cai Lun turned around and sought refuge in a new thigh. This thigh was Empress Deng, the empress of the Han And Emperor. Empress Deng did not have any intentions, at that time she was a talented woman, and she liked to recite poems and dance ink on weekdays. But at that time, the paper used for writing was a luxury product, which could not withstand such a large amount of use by Empress Deng, who was also a thrifty and thrifty person, and naturally did not want to waste it.
Therefore, in order to please Empress Dou, Cai Lun studied the "Cai Lun Paper" on the basis of the original paper. Not only is the paper easier to use than before, but it also greatly saves the cost of production. The emperor and empress were very happy to learn of this, and rewarded Cai Lun and promoted the paper made by Cai Lun throughout the country.
Deng Lun also followed the master, in 105 AD, Han He Emperor died early, leaving Empress Deng orphaned and widowed, and Empress Deng was promoted to Empress Deng. But the good times did not last long, Empress Deng's little prince died of illness not long after, and after the grief, Empress Deng could only choose a child from the imperial family to take the throne, and Liu Hu, the Emperor of Han'an, was thus selected.
After Cai Lun heard that Liu Hu was elected emperor, he was scared half to death. Because Liu Hu was the son of Liu Qing, the King of Qinghe, and Liu Qing's mother was the one who helped Empress Dowager Dou frame her to death when he was doing things for Empress Dou, the two could be regarded as indirect enemies.
But fortunately, in his own thigh, Empress Deng was still in charge, and the Chuanguo Yuxi was still in the hands of Empress Deng, the little emperor was only chosen to support a façade, and the real power was still held in the hands of Empress Deng's death, so it was not enough to be afraid, Cai Lun was secretly relieved. Empress Deng already loved Cai Lun, and remembering that he had served around him for so many years, she gave Cai Lun the title of "Marquis of Longting", and since then Cai Lun has been honored as a prince and nobleman. Later, he was again posthumously honored by Empress Deng as a servant of Changle, and under the protection of Empress Deng, Cai Lun not only did not receive a threat from Liu Hu over the years, but this road was still rising, and the little life was also comfortable.
But gradually Empress Deng became older, and her physical condition deteriorated every day, and Cai Lun couldn't help but start to worry again. In the end, Empress Deng still went, and Emperor Liu Hu of Han'an pro-government. Cai Lun began to panic all day long, afraid that Liu Hu would pursue his own affairs, and finally it was time to come. Liu Hu reopened the old story and ordered Cai Lun to go to the court to take the guilt himself.
In 121 AD, Cai Lun did not want to be humiliated, so he burned incense and bathed, cleaned himself up neatly, and committed suicide by taking poison at home, and Cai Lun's life ended there. After Cai Lun's death, Emperor An of Han ordered the revocation of Cai Lun's fiefdom.
Cai Lun is a talented person, but he has exhausted his means and becomes inflamed in the pursuit of his career. Doing good deeds is also him, doing bad things is also him, and finally choosing to kill himself for the sake of the late festival is also a good beginning and a good end for him. Although what he did in this life was somewhat disdainful, his contribution to the transformation of paper was undeniable, and the improvement of paper did make an outstanding contribution to the development of our country. Regardless of his other merits in this life, just talking about this one thing, it is certain that Cai Lun's role in the development of history is still positive.
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