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In the Three Kingdoms story, Dong Zhuo has always been known for his cruelty, especially when it comes to Dong Zhuo's crimes, a particularly important point is that Dong Zhuo deposed Emperor Shao of Han and established Liu Xie (Emperor Xian of Han), the king of ChenLiu, but if you read the Story of the Three Kingdoms carefully, you will find that Emperor Shao of Han actually decided from birth that he was not a qualified heir, and even the most famous emperor in history, Emperor Han Ling, did not look down on his son.
Dong Zhuo's practice of deposing the emperor was actually in a sense acting in accordance with the will of the Han Ling Emperor, but at this time, there was no one to restrain Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo, who was in a position of great power, embarked on the final path of the great villain. In this issue of "Three Kingdoms of Ink", we will talk about why the Han Shao Emperor cannot be regarded as a qualified heir of the empire.
Emperor Shao of Han's name was Liu Jie, his father was the famous Emperor Han Ling, the emperor of the absurdity and no way, and his mother was the He clan from the butcher family. When Liu Jie was born, He Shi was still just an ordinary concubine, but the mother was a noble son, and the other sons of the Han Ling Emperor died early, and although Liu Jie was a concubine, he also gave the Han Ling Emperor an heir to the Eight Classics.
Because all the sons of the Han Ling Emperor died, the legend in the palace was not conducive to the growth of the baby, so Liu Wei was sent to raise outside the palace just after he was born. At this time, the status of He Clan and his foreign relative He Jin was not very high, and more importantly, they were from humble origins and their vision was not broad enough.
He Shi was fooled by a Daoist surnamed Shi, who claimed that he had great magic power and could bless the healthy growth of the baby, so He sent the child to the Shi Dao residence to be raised. In order to keep secrets and avoid secrecy, the young Liu Wei could not appear in his real name, so Liu Wei was called "Shi Hou"!
Although this Shi Daoren ensured Liu Duan's growth according to the agreement, after all, Shi Daoren was a walker, and the Liu Dao he brought out did not accept the basic education that an emperor should have, and he was not very satisfactory in all aspects such as speech, behavior, and insight.
What's worse is that another concubine of Liu Xie, Wang Meiren, also gave birth to a son, and He Shi was afraid that Wang Meiren would threaten her position after having this child, so she simply poisoned Wang Meiren.
Emperor Hanling was furious, but at this time, He Shi had already sat from a nobleman to an empress, and her brother He Jin also became a top official position as a great general, and Emperor Hanling credulously believed the eunuch's intercession, so he gently spared Empress He, but in order to protect the safety of this son Liu Xie, he was sent to Empress Dong to raise him, known as "Dong Hou".
Compared with the "Shi Hou" who was raised by the Daoist people in the jianghu according to the ordinary people, Empress Dong really cultivated the "Dong Hou" according to the heirs of the empire, and the various education and resources enjoyed by "Dong Hou" Liu Xie were far from being comparable to the "Shi Hou" raised by a Daoist.
Therefore, when the two children grew up a little, the Qunchen asked the Han Ling Emperor to choose a crown prince. Although the Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong himself was absurd and unscrupulous, his vision was still very good, and the Han Ling Emperor believed that "Shi Hou" Liu Wei: "The debate is frivolous and has no prestige, and cannot be the lord of man." ”
Even the Han Ling Emperor, who was known for his fainting, looked down on his daoist son Liu Zheng, and it was conceivable how bad Liu Zhen was.
However, Emperor Hanling himself did not care about the government, only took care of his own food, drink and entertainment, and the palace was in charge of Empress He, and the government was in charge of the general He Jin, and if he did not make Empress He's son Liu Zheng the crown prince, the He family would definitely not agree, so that the government would soon be in chaos.
Therefore, emperor Han Ling first adopted the trick of dragging characters, and first ignored the discussion of the prince of Qunchen.
Then the Han Ling Emperor decided to develop some of his envisioned successors.
However, looking around, the inside and outside of the palace are basically the world of the He family, and although the Han Ling Emperor is a son of heaven, there are not many people who know the roots.
In order to divide up the military power of the great general He Jin, the Han Ling Emperor decided to start another strong army that only listened to his own command, which was famously the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden.
The Han Ling Emperor specially set up 8 young and promising generals in the West Garden, each commanding a school of soldiers, of which the Han Ling Emperor himself wore "phoenix clothes and black silk." He gave himself a very domineering name—"Supreme General!" ”
Naturally, Emperor Hanling, the "supreme general", could not personally lead the battle, and he gave the command of the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan to his close eunuch, Jian Shuo (Shangjun Lieutenant), and other young and promising generals included Yuan Shao, lieutenant of the Middle Military Academy, Cao Cao, lieutenant of the CanonIcal Military Academy, Chun Yuqiong, the right lieutenant of the Right Colonel, and others...
Thanks to the support of the emperor, the eight lieutenants of the West Garden made a huge noise, and at one time even He Jin had to listen to the advice of Jian Shuo, who was the biggest patron left for his son Liu Xie in the han ling emperor's planning.
If Liu Xie had lived for a few more years, the growth of the Eighth Lieutenant of the West Garden would definitely be able to suppress the great general He Jin, but no one knew which one would come first in the accident or tomorrow.
At this critical juncture, Liu Hong, the 33-year-old Emperor of Hanling, was seriously ill, and he was about to die...
Before his death, Emperor Ling of Han entrusted Liu Xie to Jian Shuo, which meant that He Shuo would assist Liu Xie as emperor. However, both Empress He and the great general He Jin were also staring at the position of heir, so in order to complete the will of the Han Ling Emperor, Jian Shuo made a very difficult decision: assassinate He Jin!
Jian Shuo's plan was very simple, that is, to arrange his own people in the palace, and then ask someone to invite He into the palace to discuss important matters, and then assassinate He Jin.
Although He Jin was in a high position of power, he was not very sensitive to political conspiracies, and he did not think that a eunuch like Jian Shuo would pose any threat to himself, so he entered the palace... If there were no accidents, Jian Shuo assassinated He Jin, and then the Eight Lieutenants of the West Garden who mastered it could completely support Liu Xie as emperor, and although the world was still in chaos, at least the Eastern Han Dynasty would continue to live for several years.
However, Jian Shuo did not know that his second-in-command, the military commander Pan Yin, had already thrown himself into He Jin's gang, and Pan Yin saw that He Jin had entered the palace with a big grin, and quickly greeted He Jin to make eyes, Pan Yin's eyes were almost squeezed and deformed, and He Jin suddenly realized. Then He Jin ran away, and when he ran to the military camp he controlled, he could not settle down, so He Jin said that he could not get sick, and no one would call him.
There was empress dowager He Shi in the palace, there was a great general He Jin who held military power outside the palace, and the news of the death of Emperor HanLing could not be hidden.
Under the operation of the He clan, Liu Xie successfully succeeded to the throne as emperor, and although Liu Xie was crowned as the King of Chen Liu, he was actually in danger. The most threatening to the He family, Jian Shuo, was soon imprisoned and executed, and the entire Eastern Han Dynasty was in the hands of the He family.
After that everyone knows.
After Liu Zheng ascended to the throne, the contradiction between eunuchs and foreign relatives was further highlighted, and He Jin did a stupid thing under the influence of Yuan Shao and others to summon the border generals to enter the capital. With He Jin's conflicting plans with the eunuchs, He Jin fell into the eunuchs' schemes for the second time, and this time he was not so lucky.
Later, He Jin was killed by eunuchs, who were killed by Yuan Shao and others, and the fleeing young emperor Liu Jie and Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, met Dong Zhuo, who had entered the capital.
As a result, Dong Zhuo's questioning skills found that the Young Emperor Liu Xie was really not very good, and Liu Xie was much more decent than Liu Zhuo in both speech and demeanor. Moreover, Liu Xie also has a nickname called "Dong Hou", which is even more related to Dong Zhuo.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo planted the seed of intending to depose the emperor again and let Liu Xie ascend to the throne.
With Dong Zhuo entering the capital and controlling the entire imperial court, the vigorous melee situation at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty finally began his prelude.
Therefore, Liu Wei, whether from his origin or his own academic quality, was not a qualified emperor candidate, even if there was no Dong Zhuo into the capital, the contradiction between He Jin and the eunuch group would become more and more acute, sooner or later it would cause civil unrest, even if He Jin laughed to the end, it was more likely that He Jin would become the second Wang Mang.
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