If it is said that Cao Shuang pushed Cao Wei to the abyss, then the driving force behind the demise of Shu Han is Chen Ji, and the prelude to the demise of Shu Han began with him.

After Chen Ji, the eunuch Huang Hao was in chaos, which further pushed Shu Han to extinction.

[Chen Ji took the stage]

Chen Ji, whose name is Fengzong, is a native of Runan, and he is the grandson of Xu Jing's elder brother. He lost his father when he was a child and grew up in Xu Jing's family. Chen Yi was quite famous at the age of twenty, and was soon appointed as the election of Cao Lang; Reserved and stern and majestic, good at a variety of skills, and knows some side ways, Fei Yi treats him differently, so he makes an exception to let him replace Dong Yun as an internal servant.

Earlier, Dong Yun had been suppressing the eunuchs and preventing them from becoming bigger, but after Chen Jian arrived, he no longer rejected the eunuchs, and colluded with Huang Hao, so Huang Hao slowly began to participate in political affairs. Since Chen Yi became favored, the queen Liu Chan has increasingly hated Dong Yun, saying that Dong Yun is self-righteous and arrogant. It is said that this is all Chen You's flattery, and Huang Hao's sowing discord gradually made the future master form this understanding.

After the death of Lü Yi in the fourteenth year of Yanxi (251), Chen Yi was appointed as the general of the town army with the order of guarding the book in the service.

In the sixteenth year of Yanxi (253), Fei Yi was assassinated, and three years later Liu Chan took Jiang Wei as the general. Chen Yi met the emperor's favor and colluded with the eunuchs and ministers, so he was deeply favored by the emperor, and his power surpassed Jiang Wei.

With Fei Yi dead and Jiang Wei leading the troops outside, the power of Shu Han has basically fallen into the hands of Chen Ji. In addition to changing Dong Yun's suppression policy on eunuchs, Chen Ji also began to vigorously support Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, lifting the previous restrictions on the scale of Fei Yi's troops.

Jiang Wei launched several large-scale northern expeditions after Fei Yi's death, and at first there were slight successes, but later it wasted national strength and suffered large losses.

In the twentieth year of Yanxi (257), Zhongsan doctor Qian Zhou saw that the general Jiang Wei had used troops against Wei many times, and the national strength of Shu Han was not as good as that of Zhuge Liang's auxiliary government, and it was difficult to support the military needs of the Northern Expedition, and the life of the people of Shu Han was not as good as before, so Qian Zhou suggested that it was not appropriate to use troops against Wei in the court, but Chen Yi strongly opposed this, and launched a fierce debate with Qian Zhou, and Qian Zhou had no choice but to go home and write "On Hatred of the Country".

Chen Ji can get close to the political center of Shu, Fei Yi has to bear direct responsibility, his choice of Chen Ji is an obvious mistake in employing people, after all, it was Fei Yi who promoted Chen Ji out of the ordinary, and directly let Chen Ji replace Dong Yun as the internal servant who directly contacted the emperor, and sent Chen Ji, a villain, directly to the monarch's side.

Under the curry favor of Chen Gan, the later lord Liu Chan trusted him very much, and a few years later, Lu Yi died, and Chen Jian naturally served as Shangshuling with the support of Liu Chan and Fei Yi and others, and entered the political power center of Shu Han in one fell swoop. Chen Gan's support for Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition policy may be because Chen Wei himself supported the Northern Expedition, and on the other hand, he may not want Jiang Wei to return to CD to fight for power with him.

In the first year of Jingyao (258), Chen Yi died, and the later lord Liu Chan was very sad and regretful, and wept bitterly at the mention of him, and also issued an edict saying: "Chen Yi in his office, with suppleness and mildness as the code of conduct, handled affairs in an orderly manner, and was kind and loyal to all things, so his political achievements were fair and brilliant." It is a pity that his life was short, and I deeply mourn. If we talk about how to commemorate him and communicate with him, after his death, we will give him a beautiful nickname, which is 'Loyal Marquis'. In addition, he also gave Chen Yu, the son of Chen Yi, the title of Marquis of Guannei, and promoted Chen Yu, the second son of Chen Yi, to the Huangmen squire.

【Huang Hao's Rebellion】

In the first year of Jingyao (258), Chen You, the general of the town army, died of illness, and the eunuch Huang Hao began to focus on the government. Soon Huang Hao became a regular attendant and a lieutenant from the Yellow Gate Order.

Although Chen Yi changed Fei Yi's Northern Expedition policy, there is no record of his wanton behavior during his reign, which shows that Chen Ji is not completely without merit, but after Chen Ji's death, the eunuch Huang Hao began to directly participate in the government with the help of Liu Chan's trust, and even dedicated to the government affairs.

Liu Chan's younger brother Liu Yong hated the eunuch Huang Hao, and after Huang Hao gained Liu Chan's trust and controlled the government, he slandered Liu Yong in Liu Chan's ear, and Liu Chan gradually alienated Liu Yong, so that Liu Yong could not meet Liu Chan for more than ten years.

At that time, Huang Hao gained the attachment of many ministers, not only Zhuge Zhan and Dong Ju will protect Huang Hao after the famous family, but also failed to correct Liu Chan's mistakes and stop Huang Hao's behavior, Huang Hao even began to support his own military forces, he supported the right general Yan Yu, and let him guard Badong.

According to the historian Chang Xuan (the author of "Huayang Guozhi") researched with the elders of Xishu, he heard that Chen Shou had been humiliated when he served under Zhuge Zhan, so he framed Zhuge Zhan in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" and blamed Zhuge Zhan for his failure to prevent Huang Hao.

At that time, Fan Jian served as Shang Shuling in the second year of Jingyao (259), and did not make peace with Huang Hao. Luo Xian, the prince and the captain of Xuanxin, was unswerving in the court and stood out from the crowd. Huang Hao hated him and belittled him as the Taishou of Padang. The right (big) general Yan Yu supervised Badong, cherished his talents, and let Luo Xian lead the army and become Yan Yu's deputy general.

In the fifth year of Jingyao (262), Jiang Wei saw that Huang Hao was unscrupulous and took charge of the government, and Qi played Liu Chan to execute him, but Liu Chan disagreed, saying that Huang Hao was just a villain and didn't need to care too much. Liu Chan ordered Huang Hao to apologize to Jiang Wei, but Jiang Wei saw that Huang Hao was attached to the middle of the court, and he was afraid that it would be unfavorable to him. Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition failed for many years, Huang Hao was ready to take the opportunity to get rid of Jiang Wei and support Yan Yu, who was attached to him, Jiang Wei was very scared of this, so he asked to go to Tuntian in Yuzhong, and did not dare to go back to CD Deng Ai and others before cutting Shu, Jiang Wei had already found out, and he informed the latter lord Liu Chan of this matter in advance, so that Liu Chan could transfer troops to prepare, but Huang Hao believed in ghosts and witchcraft, and told Liu Chan that the enemy would not come in the end, so Liu Chan didn't take it seriously, and the other ministers of the court didn't know about it in the end. As a result, after Deng Ai and others really called, the Shu Han court hurriedly prepared for war.

After Deng Ai destroyed Shu, he heard that Huang Hao was treacherous and insidious, and he was taken into custody and imprisoned, and he was about to be executed, but Huang Hao generously bribed the people around Deng Ai to avoid death.

【The Appearance of the Dead Country】

In the last years of the Shu Han Dynasty, the appearance of the dead country was already obvious, the external war continued, the year after year was unfavorable, the internal eunuchs were autocratic, and the wanton chaos of government, and Liu Chan, as the monarch, listened to the words of the villain, and basically didn't care about the government.

Not to mention others, Liu Chan was a typical representative of a faint monarch at that time, he trusted the eunuchs, ignored the government and politics, and completely failed to fulfill the responsibilities of an emperor. To what extent was the situation in Shu Han at that time, the country's top military commander did not dare to return to the capital, the emperor's younger brother Liu Yong was unable to meet his brother because he had offended for more than ten years, and the major military intelligence was not as good as the ghosts and witchcraft of a eunuch.

Fei Yi's sudden death marked the beginning of Shu Han's loss of control, Chen Ji's ascension to power meant that Shu Han began to decline, Jiang Wei's large-scale Northern Expedition consumed a lot of Shu Han's vital force, and Huang Hao's chaotic government completely made the country last breath of anger.

Note: The theory of hatred of the country: "Because the rest of the country is small, the country that was built is large, and it fights for the world and becomes the enemy." Because the rest of the country has a high virtuous person, he asked Yu Fu Yuzi and said: 'Today's state affairs are undecided, and the upper and lower levels are working hard, and in the past, what is the skill of defeating the strong with the weak? Fu Fool said: 'I have heard it, where there is no patient, how slow it is, and where there are small worries, think about kindness; How slow it is, it will produce chaos, and thinking good will give birth to governance, and reason is also common. Therefore, Zhou Wen raised the people, took more with less, practiced compassion for the public, and killed the strong with the weak, which is also a skill. Xianqing said: "Xiang is strong and Han is weak, and there is no peace with the war, but Xiang Yu and the Han divide the gap as the boundary, and each wants to return to the people; Zhang Liang thought that the people's will was established, but it was difficult to move, looking for the handsome to chase the feather, and finally killing the Xiang family, how could it be up to King Wen? The country that was built was plagued by diseases, and I fell into its borders because of its gaps, and coveted its diseases and died. Fu Yuzi said: "When Yin and Zhou, the princes and princes are respected, the monarchs and ministers are long-standing, and the people are specialized; Those with deep roots are difficult to pull out, and those with solid roots are difficult to move. At this time, although Han Zuan can take the world with a cane, a sword and a whip horse? When the Qin was deposed and put in the guard, the people were tired of Qin's service, the world collapsed, or the year changed the master, or the moon changed to the prince, the birds were frightened and the beasts were horrified, and they didn't know what to do. Today, Zhao Jian and I are both passing on the country and changing the world, which is not the time when the end of the Qin Dynasty is boiling, there is really the trend of the six countries being combined, so it can be the king of Wen, and it is difficult to be the ancestor of Han. The fatigue of the husband and the people is harassed, and the slow and violent are the form of disintegration. As the proverb goes: "If you are lucky enough to fall, it is better to judge it." "Therefore, the wise man does not move his eyes for small profits, does not seem to change his steps, and then moves, and then moves, and then moves, so the soup and the martial arts are no longer fighting and overcome, and the people are honest and the people are working hard and spending the time and judging it. If the extreme force is carried out, the landslide is born, and the unfortunate death, although there are wise people will not be able to plan it. If it is strange to change vertically and horizontally, in and out of the sea, rushing waves and ruts, over the valley and over the mountains, not by the boat and the alliance of Jin, I am a fool, it is really beyond my reach. ’”