Chapter 178: The Eastern Han Dynasty in Chaos and Death
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"Huh?" Chu Yi was stunned.
Zhong Xuan chuckled with a strange expression: "And Chu Shilang was originally a commoner in Bingzhou, not a child of a family. After the deed is done, they recognize you, you are a loyal minister, if you don't admit it, you are a rebel and a thief, and someone is second. Please also ask Chu Shilang to think more. ”
After speaking, Zhong Yi said goodbye with a smile and left, leaving Chu Yi to sit with a cloudy face.
Zhang Qing'er cautiously poked Chu Yi's shoulder: "What do you mean by those words he said?" Why are you so ugly? ”
"If it weren't for Zhong Yuan's constant reminder, it would have almost broken a big deal!" For a long time, Chu Yi wiped the cold sweat on his head, a little afraid.
Zhang Qing'er asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Qing'er, let me hug you...... Call...... This society is really sinister......"
Chu Yi took Zhang Qing'er into his arms, and because the other party's chest was too flat, Chu Yi's chin rested on her fragrant shoulder.
"What's wrong again?" Zhang Qing'er twisted her body and didn't resist, she knew that only when Chu Yi found something major or found something bad, she would lose her strength like this.
Chu Yi sighed: "Your husband, I just discovered a very important problem, I seemed to be a little wishful thinking before...... In fact, people didn't think of me as their own at all. ”
"Who doesn't think of you as their own?"
"Those gentlemen! Humble birth is humble birth, this can't be changed...... They can respect me because of their relationship with Caizi, but they will never trust me. ”
Although Chu Yi has always wanted to attack the families, he also knows that the families can only be suppressed and not eliminated. What's more, before the world is stable and Liu Xie can be in power, he must also make a false deal with the families in order to gain their support!
The reason Zhong Xuan also said that the behavior of the families supporting him is to set things right and uphold justice, so Chu Yi can reasonably control the overall situation.
And if the families don't recognize him, then Chu Yi is like Dong Zhuo, a thief who tries to usurp the Han Dynasty and stand on his own! Then it is difficult for the decree of the imperial court to get out of Sizhou!
However, Chu Yi is first from Bingzhou, and the second is from a slightly cold background. At least not yet!
Moreover, Chu Yi is humble on the outside and arrogant on the inside, and looks down on the families in his heart, so his attitude towards them has always been respectful and distancing, that is, respecting them on the surface but keeping a distance. Zhong Miao also saw this at Cai Yong's banquet, so he chose to remind Chu Yi.
Zhong Xuan's words can be said to wake up the person in his dream, and Chu Yi knew that he couldn't go on like this. Otherwise, after killing Dong Zhuo, he will either be Dong Zhuo's second, or completely delegate power to the family.
The first point is absolutely impossible, and Dong Zhuo's second point means that the world is in chaos, so hasn't it become a joke that Chu Yi has been planning so hard for so long?
As for the second point, it's even more nonsense, isn't he clear about what the family is? The Yellow Turban Rebellion was not so much the eunuchs' sons and officials forcing the people to rebel, but rather the family and the Son of Heaven joining forces to force the people to rebel. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty amassed too much money, and the children of the family were fish and meat. No one is a good thing! If you really give power to the family...... That consequence Chu Yi couldn't even imagine.
The Eastern Han Dynasty is a very strange dynasty, really strange. Even Fan Ye, who compiled the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, said that the Eastern Han Dynasty was chaotic and did not die for more than 100 years. If you go to another dynasty, let alone chaos for more than 100 years, you should die in less than 50 years!
But all this is not entirely without reason, and one of the main reasons for the demise of empires is that the alternation of power is very problematic.
However, the alternation of power was not a problem at all in the Eastern Han Dynasty for the following reasons...... Because of relatives!
When it comes to the Eastern Han Dynasty, people's subjective impression is that the eunuchs are chaotic and their relatives are in power.
Then let's sort out what the Eastern Han Dynasty is.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was first in turmoil during the reign of the fourth emperor, the Han and Emperors. This Emperor of Han He ascended the throne at the age of ten, and he was very young at that time, so it stands to reason that the court situation should be unstable, but it is precisely because of the dictatorship of his relatives Dou that the court is not chaotic. It can be seen that when the emperor is too young to govern in person, the power of his relatives is conducive to the stability of the court.
Of course, when the emperor is older, it would be perfect if your relatives could hand over power safely. But this Empress Dowager Dou and Dou Xian were obviously reluctant, and still wanted to dictatorship, and then they were killed by the Han and Emperor He's joint eunuchs.
Please note that it was not the family or the hundred officials who helped Emperor Han and Emperor kill his relatives, but the eunuchs!
Emperor He of the Han Dynasty was a very good emperor, who reigned for 18 years and developed the Eastern Han Dynasty to its peak. But he was still grateful to the eunuchs for helping him eliminate his relatives, so he began to gradually increase the power of the eunuchs, and began to lay the groundwork for some hidden dangers in the future.
Emperor He of the Han Dynasty was followed by Emperor Han Yan, who was born just over 100 days after he succeeded to the throne, and died after reigning for 220 days, and all power was vested in Empress Dowager Deng and Deng Qiu, well, a relative. It's still the same, power is concentrated in the hands of the queen mother and relatives, and there is no opposition from the hundred officials.
Emperor Han was followed by Emperor An of Han, and Emperor Han was the son of Emperor Hanhe's elder brother, and he was not very old when he reigned, only thirteen years old. Then Emperor An of the Han Dynasty worked hard for more than ten years, and after the death of the Empress Dowager Deng, he joined the eunuchs to kill his relative Deng Qiu.
In fact, the Deng family is still good, maybe there is a lesson from the Dou family, although the Empress Dowager Deng and Deng Qiu are greedy for power, but they are more clear in government, and most of the children of the Deng family can be self-denying and courteous, and the Empress Dowager Deng can also give the family some sweet dates appropriately, so the reputation of the Deng family is not bad.
It's just that for Emperor Han An, the Deng family is a stumbling block to his power, and it must be kicked away.
After the death of Emperor Han An, because Yan Ji, the empress of Emperor Han An, killed the biological mother of Liu Bao, the only son of Emperor Han An, she did not want to appoint Liu Bao and chose one from the clan instead, but the eunuchs worked together to quell this conspiracy. So Liu Bao succeeded to the throne for Emperor Shun.
During the period of Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, there was another relative named Liang Ji.
In addition to the name of a relative, this Liang Ji performed more than Dong Zhuo, and after the death of Emperor Shun of Han, he monopolized power, successively abolished and killed Emperor Chong and Emperor Qian, and finally greeted Emperor Huan, who was only fifteen years old.
Emperor Huan endured for thirteen years, and with the help of the eunuch Tang Heng (it is said that this Tang Heng is still Xun Yu's father-in-law) and others, he killed Liang Ji.
This is also the scourge of the last cousin of the Han Dynasty.
Throughout the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, starting from Emperor Han He, most of the emperors who succeeded to the throne were too young to control the situation, and at this time, there were relatives in power. Then wait until the emperor is older, and then join the eunuchs to kill his relatives, and the power alternation is relatively stable. Nothing can go wrong.
This is also why the Han family has been in turmoil for a hundred years and has not died, because there has always been a relative as a target to attract firepower.
This is also why the Han family can have eunuchs in power, and the Han emperors favor eunuchs. Because the relatives were all killed by eunuchs at the risk of their lives! Those civil and military officials flattered their relatives when they faced them, which was useless! How do you call the emperor like you!