Chapter 11: The Eunuchs (2)

In 172 AD, that is, on March 8, the 5th year of Jianning, the 82-year-old old man and Taifu Hu Guang died. This person is the head of the courtiers in the era of Emperor Ling, ups and downs in officialdom, Lord Hu still has a set, look carefully at his resume, you will find that this benevolent brother turned out to be a minister of the 6th dynasty, so many complicated struggles, he has experienced it, and he is safe and sound, and finally dies in the end, it can really be described as extremely powerful, not to mention how this person is an official, I have to admire this person's ability to surpass any of the people we mentioned before, because he has not only been an official for a long time, but also stands tall in the political whirlpool, And since Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, every emperor has been very good to him, and he has been courteous to him.

But no matter how capable a person is, no matter how capable he is, he will eventually face the limit of life, and no one will break through this limit, for example, the peerless master Qin Shi Huang wanted to challenge this limit, and in the end they all failed, not to mention that Lord Hu is just an official, and the resources are not as rich as Yingzheng, how can he break through this limit?

So some people will definitely ask, what kind of person is such a legendary figure? According to records, this person "practiced the story and understood the chapters of the dynasty." But there is no wind of loyalty and integrity, and he often flatters him at that time, so the world is thin. There is even a proverb 'everything ignores Bo Shi (Hu Guangzi Bo Shi) there is Hu Gong in the middle of the world'", I will probably translate these sentences for you, the so-called Lian Da, that is, now said that the human feelings and sophistication are more outstanding, and they are particularly able to flicker, all the rules and regulations of the imperial court and political turmoil, see it very thoroughly, but he has no style of loyal ministers, often in front of the emperor and many people to say good things about others, no one can offend, to whom to say good things, it seems that there is no assertiveness, In fact, this may be a misunderstanding of people, think about such a complex political environment, no assertiveness can survive to this day?

Two months after Lord Hu's death, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty issued another edict: "Amnesty for the world." ”

At that time, not all eunuchs in the Han court were like Cao Jie and Wang Fu, and now they want to be windy and rainy, and there are also unlucky ghosts, such as the eunuch Hou Lan, who mentioned a long time ago that had a conflict with Zhang Jian because of the grave, was not so smooth, at this time his official position was Changle Taifu, at this time he was reported to be "authoritarian and arrogant", and after being convicted, his seal was confiscated, and finally committed suicide, and Hou Lan's cronies were of course dismissed.

Besides, the Empress Dowager Dou, who was placed under house arrest by the eunuch in Zainan Palace, has been depressed in recent years, and recently heard that her old mother who was exiled to Bijing County, Rinan County died, and she was overly sad, and on June 10th, she couldn't hold on anymore and died. Empress Dowager Dou died like this, and Liu Zhi's death allowed her to reach the pinnacle of power, and her life reached the most glorious peak, but this glory was short-lived and fleeting; We all believe in fate Chinese, sometimes you meet a fortune teller on the street, occasionally pass by to see him say to others: "How is the first half of your life, how is the second half of your life how ......" and so on, and also listen to many people around you say that their lives are hard or good. I think, for the Empress Dowager Dou, I can only use the mysterious thing of fate to explain, she was born in a scholarly family, her daughter was indeed a beautiful girl, and later under the recommendation of Chen Fan, she married the emperor, from the first half of her life, she did not suffer much, and she married the most powerful man in the world, which can be described as a very good fate; Liu Zhi died, and with the help of her father and Chen Fan, she sat firmly on the throne of the queen mother, and all this went smoothly. But the second half of her life is extremely hard, there are two difficulties in her life, one is the middle-aged widow, but this difficulty has little impact on her, and the other difficulty is to be under house arrest...... Later, after the victory of the eunuchs, they bit back, forgot about her goodness, and put him under house arrest in Nangong, and the emperor was young, so her house arrest life was like being beaten into a cold palace, and almost no one cared about it; She misses her relatives, and hears that some of them have committed suicide or some have been exiled, and her heart is also infinitely desolate and helpless; So depressed and unhappy, it became a disease over time......

Empress Dowager Dou is dead, of course, the happiest person is the eunuch, and she usually has to beware of this queen who has been placed under house arrest, but now that she is dead, she has a lot of peace of mind. However, it's not over yet.

It stands to reason that this man is dead, and he will be buried in the earth; But the eunuchs didn't do it, they collectively demanded: Empress Dowager Dou can't be buried in the royal mausoleum! So where do you bury it? I'm sorry, I don't know for the time being, but this matter still needs to be discussed in depth, come up with a mature plan, and finally implement it. Well, let's discuss. A lot of people came, and after many days, a plan with a relatively high degree of execution was finally discussed: bury the Empress Dowager Dou as a nobleman!

Speaking of which, many people will ask, there is no big difference between burying as the queen mother and burying it as a nobleman, except for the different treatment, they are all the emperor's wife, but the one with the latter word is the main palace. In fact, there is a lot of article here, for the eunuchs, this difference is big, if the queen mother died, it must be buried with the emperor, and always enjoy the treatment with the emperor, and the other concubines, or just the nobles, died, that can not be buried with the emperor, as for where it should be buried, I can only say that, except for the emperor's side, other places can be considered!

Such a simple plan, in fact, can be decided in an instant, but under the operation of the eunuchs, it dragged on for many days, and these days, the body of the Empress Dowager Dou was loaded in a wooden cart, parked in the market official house in the south of Luoyang City, wrapped in simple clothes, and the weather in June is estimated to have already stinked.

The discussion of the plan is ripe, but the final approval power is in the hands of the current emperor Liu Hong.

When Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty looked at such a plan sent by the eunuchs, he felt very incomprehensible: how could she enter the earth as a nobleman even though she was the queen mother? That's going too far, isn't it? Liu Hong told Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others, "Without the Empress Dowager Dou, there would be no today!" If I am buried as a nobleman, I will not agree to it in the first place."

The eunuchs told Liu Hong: "Empress Dowager Dou just can't be buried next to the emperor!" ”

So the question is, the eunuchs just don't agree with the queen mother to be buried next to the emperor, why? In fact, my personal opinion on this issue is to crush all the forces behind the Empress Dowager Dou to death, if you don't bury the Empress Dowager Dou next to the emperor, it is equivalent to not recognizing the final position of the Empress Dowager Dou, then the small fish and shrimp behind the Empress Dowager Dou and the remnants of Chen Fan and Dou Wu will be even more disappointed, and they feel that revenge is hopeless, so that their nervous and fragile hearts can be comforted a little. Of course, some people will think that this is the eunuch's revenge on the Empress Dowager Dou, so that she was completely ruined, but I think the logic does not make sense, because at this time the eunuch is in power, if you want the Empress Dowager to be ruined, then it will be more effective when she is alive, besides, the eunuchs don't have much hatred for the Empress Dowager Dou, why let her be ruined? The purpose of house arrest for the Empress Dowager may be twofold: one is to treat the Empress Dowager as a hostage, so that the remnants of Chen Fan and Dou Wu's forces and the Empress Dowager Dou's forces will be jealous, and they cannot act rashly; The other is to block the mouth of the world, they have been spurned by many people, if they kill the Empress Dowager Dou again, then they may be outraged, because the Empress Dowager Dou used to be their protector;

So, since it can't be buried next to the emperor, where should it be buried to play the role that the eunuchs need?