"Therefore, with the eunuchs strongly supporting Liu Xie, there was a deadlock. No one on the two sides could do anything to the other. In the end, the Han Dynasty was very chaotic when they attacked each other. This also created development opportunities for the various princes and forces. If Liu Bian Those princes who can succeed to the throne in time will definitely not dare to occupy the land and become kings."
"There is all kinds of chaos in the palace, and the princes outside the palace will definitely seize this opportunity to expand their power. In general, the gradual decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty is not entirely the responsibility of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and the eunuchs played a huge role in it."
"Isn't the Han Ling Emperor responsible? Yes, he and Hu Hai and others are similar fatuous emperors. It's not the Han Ling Emperor who has expanded the eunuchs to this extent. Also, the Empress Dowager is in charge, which has led to the expansion of the relatives."
"The reigns of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and his predecessor Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty were the darkest periods of the Eastern Han Dynasty. I won't talk much about Liu Zhi here, but mainly about Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong."
"Speaking of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, I have to say that he was lucky. Emperor Huan of Han Liu Zhi died at the age of 36 and had no heirs at that time. The Empress Dowager Dou at that time chose 12-year-old Liu Hong from among the children of the family. Emperor Huan of Han's cousin Liu Hong After my nephew Liu Hong succeeded to the throne, because he was too young, Empress Dowager Dou was appointed to the throne."
"After Empress Dowager Dou came to the court, every member of the Dou family was ranked on the list of meritorious deeds. The family had power both inside and outside the court, and was very noble."
"As an eunuch, Cao Jie was suppressed, but through the Emperor Ling's wet nurse Zhao Rao and the maids around the Queen Mother, he showed his courtesy to the Queen Mother and gained the Queen Mother's trust."
"Chen Fan and Dou Wu were very worried about this. So they plotted to remove the eunuch, but the Queen Mother was always hesitant, forcing Chen and Dou to use force to eliminate the eunuch. However, the secret report was known to the eunuch in advance, which caused an incident."
"On the seventh day of the ninth month of the first year of Yongkang, the eunuchs launched a palace coup. They tricked Emperor Ling into opening the way with a sword, closed the palace gates, forced the minister to draft an edict, appointed Wang Fu as the Huangmen Order, coerced the Queen Mother, and seized the Jade Seal , sent people to arrest Dou Wu and others."
"Dou Wu was not ordered to accept the imperial edict, so he and his nephew Dou Shao retreated to the army while fighting, and gathered thousands of people to guard the capital. When Chen Fan heard about the uprising, he led more than 80 officials and imperial students under his command and rushed into Chengdu with weapons in hand. Mingmen, encountered Wang Fujun. Chen Fan was arrested and sent to Beisi Prison. The eunuch guarding him kicked and scolded Chen Fan: "Damn old ghost, let's see if you can reduce our positions and reduce our Salary is up! "Chen Fan was tortured to death that day."
"At dawn, Wang Fu led the Tiger Guard Army to join Zhang Huan's army who had no clue what was going on and surrounded the General's Mansion. They falsely passed on the imperial edict, falsely accused Dou Wu of rebelling, and lured Dou Army to surrender. Dou Wu and Dou Shao were fighting alone. Bo, was heavily surrounded, and was finally forced to commit suicide. Subsequently, the Dou family's clan members, guests, and in-laws were all killed. Empress Dowager Dou was moved to Nangong, and Dou Wu's family was moved to Rinan. From Gongqing on down, everyone Those recommended by Chen Fan and Dou Wu, as well as their disciples and former relatives, will all be dismissed from office and will never be hired."
"The eunuchs won the palace coup. After that, Emperor Ling was forced to promote Cao Jie to the position of Changle Guardsman, and was granted the title of Marquis of Yuyang. Wang Fu was promoted to the title of Zhongchangshi. Six other meritorious eunuchs were granted the title of Lieutenant, 11 He was granted the title of Marquis of Guannei. As a result, "the small group succeeded, but the scholar-bureaucrats were all dejected."
"In the first year of Xiping, Empress Dowager Dou's mother died of illness. The Empress Dowager became ill with worries and died on the tenth day of June in Yuntai, Nangong."
"The dispute over the Empress Dowager's funeral was the end of this contest between the relatives and the eunuchs. The eunuchs did not want Empress Dowager Dou to be buried with the emperor. They also wanted to bury them in a noble ceremony. Such matters were even discussed at a meeting of ministers. You can see This shows the incompetence and helplessness of Emperor Ling. During the court discussion, Zhao Zhong, Cao Jie, Wang Fu and the ministers faced each other in the same room, and they argued in a sarcastic and threatening tone. It can be seen how arrogant and domineering the eunuchs were.
"From this time until the sixth year of Zhongping when Emperor Ling died, the entire dynasty of Emperor Ling was dominated by eunuchs."
"The eunuchs are a dark group. They also led the Ling Emperor to engage in debauchery and disorderly government, worked with the Ling Emperor to sell his official position in the Western Garden, and controlled the Ling Emperor to drive away the good and help the evil. As a result, the normal ruling order was destroyed, social conflicts rapidly intensified, and finally Finally, a nationwide Yellow Turban uprising broke out."
"All stupid emperors have one characteristic. They built a lot of palaces, drank and had fun, and played with prostitutes. This Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was indeed an emperor who extremely pursued lust and chaos. The most ridiculous thing is that the Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty actually opened a palace in the West Garden In the official exchange, prices are clearly marked and officials are openly sold.”
"This uprising was also caused by the eunuchs being in power, the government being corrupt and dark, corrupt officials everywhere, and land annexation being very serious. The people could no longer stand the exploitation and oppression, and they took the road of resistance one after another. Uprisings continued in various places year after year, starting from the Jianning Yuan Dynasty In more than ten years (to the first year of Zhongping), no less than a dozen peasant uprisings were recorded in historical records. Finally, in the first year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling, a nationwide peasant uprising broke out. The Yellow Turban Uprising led by Zhang Jiao .”
"The Eastern Han Dynasty has two remarkable characteristics: first, the queen mother's accession to the throne has led to the increasing power of the relatives, and relatives have often interfered in politics; second, the young emperor who succeeded to the throne at a young age has no power to rely on, so he can only rely on eunuchs to fight with the relatives. The two groups fought against each other for power, with each side winning or losing. This was the Qi-Huan dispute in the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The merger and fighting between these two groups almost accompanied the entire period of the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty."
"In 184, Taiping Dao leader Zhang Jiao and his brothers Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao led their followers to initiate a popular uprising, known as the Yellow Turban Rebellion in history, which quickly developed to millions of followers and caused nationwide war."
"With the emergence of bandits and bandits from various places, the central army of the Han Dynasty was exhausted. The state pastoral system established by the Eastern Han Dynasty to solve the Yellow Turban Rebellion, as the imperial court continued to weaken, started a situation of separatist rule among the heroes."
"In 188, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty passed away, and the feud between Qi and eunuchs arose again. The eunuch Jian Shuo and others intended to kill his relative, General He Jin, and replaced him with the crown prince Liu Bian's younger brother, Chenliu King Liu Xie. However, Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, successfully succeeded him, and He Jin He also worked with Yuan Shao and other scholar-bureaucrats in an attempt to remove the Ten Changshi and other eunuchs headed by Zhang Rang. He Jin also ordered Dong Zhuo of Liangzhou and Ding Yuan of Bingzhou to lead troops to reinforce. The eunuchs took the initiative and killed He Jin before Dong Zhuo's army arrived in Luoyang. Yuan Shao led his army into the palace in the name of revenge for He Jin and killed 2,000 eunuchs including Shi Changshi. Although the dispute between relatives and eunuchs that had plagued the Eastern Han Dynasty for hundreds of years ended, it also made it easier for Dong Zhuo, who led his army into the capital, to seize the opportunity. The power of the government."
"After Dong Zhuo entered Luo, he wanted to usurp the government. However, the situation was not favorable to him at this time. In addition to the many courtiers who questioned and opposed him, the more important point was that the number of troops inside and outside the city was extremely large, which was far beyond his own strength. Live."
