Cao Fang sat upright on the dragon chair, still a little incomprehensible, why a few days ago, the queen mother and the right prime minister, Cao Shuang, were still fighting with each other and vowing not to give up, but when they turned their heads, the two of them seemed to have nothing to do, and they were extremely kind.

He didn't quite understand.

But I guess it's politics - on the surface, he is peaceful, but behind the scenes, he is an undying enemy.

Sima Zhongda, as his master, explained the reason to him late at night three days ago, and even revealed the essence of the emperor:

"Politics is based on interests, not emotions and hatred."

"When the eight local states begin to plunder the interests of the central government, no matter how much enmity the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister have, they will immediately stop the struggle and unite with the outside world."

"It's the instinct of power!"

Cao Fang relied on Sima Zhongda's perfect packaging, and ascended to the throne in a daze, puzzled:

"Master, I am the emperor, don't I have power? I wanted to eat the Iron Beast, but the Queen Mother sternly refused."

Sima Zhongda smiled:

"No, the old minister is an example of the Han Dynasty, you may be able to understand one or two?"

"Master, please speak."

Cao Fang was very interested and listened attentively.

In Sima Zhongda's teaching and narration, Cao Fang gradually understood everything.

Power comes from awe.

The reason why imperial power has become the supreme power in the world is because most of the emperors have mastered the elixir of the Son of Heaven, are invincible in the world, and are feared by all people, so they have almost unlimited power!

But—

The emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty were generally short-lived, and most of them were young sons who ascended the throne.

Other words.

They are also like Cao Fang, it is extremely difficult to digest the elixir of the Son of Heaven, and if they lack strength, they lack awe, and then lose their imperial power.

Originally, the elixir of the Son of Heaven was often in the hands of the empress dowager.

However, not all "queens" have "imperial heart", so the elixir of the Son of Heaven was gradually transferred to the hands of relatives.

Such as Dou's, Deng's, Liang's, and Yan's.

Relying on the Queen Mother, several major relatives have mastered the elixir of the Son of Heaven, thus having almost unlimited imperial power and regent over the world.

However, during the period of Emperor Han He, Emperor Liu Zhao still kept a copy of the elixir of the Son of Heaven in his body, and he received the help of the official eunuch to digest the elixir of the Son of Heaven, and then eradicated the relatives of the Dou family.

Moreover.

Through personal experience, Emperor Liu Zhao of the Han Dynasty was pleasantly surprised to discover:

"The taste of eunuchs is really not poked~"

In his opinion, if the official eunuch group can master the power of a piece of the Son of Heaven's elixir, it will have the opportunity to compete with its relatives and be more assured.

After all—

The three pillars needed to digest the elixir of the Son of Heaven are [Harem], [Imperial Court] and [Wanmin].

The eunuchs had no descendants.

Most of them are not good at politics.

What they do often has nothing to do with the people of Lebanon.

Other words.

The difficulty of the eunuchs in digesting the elixir of the Son of Heaven was extremely high.

Therefore, only if the emperor trusts them, this elixir of the Son of Heaven can have real power.

Let's be clear.

Even if the eunuch has the terrifying power of the elixir of the Son of Heaven, he must be "under one person, above ten thousand", and he is naturally the emperor's dog minion.

So, before the death of Emperor Han He, when the elixir of the Son of Heaven was precipitated, he actually split a copy of the elixir of the Son of Heaven and secretly transferred it to the eunuch group.

But it's a pity.

Many emperors after Emperor Han He, most of them children, never realized that they could trust the eunuchs and have the power of the Son of Heaven's elixir early.

Relatives were able to remain in power.

This situation was not ushered in until Emperor Huan of Han ascended the throne that it ushered in a shocking reversal!

Because—

He lived to adulthood, and he had quite a brain.

Congratulations!

All right!

The reason why the relatives were able to master the Son of Heaven

The elixir is because the Queen Mother controls the [Harem], and perhaps, she will also choose to listen to the government and control the [court].

But when the emperor came of age, he could justifiably ask the empress dowager:

"I want to be in power!"

Of course, the queen mother can refuse and continue to control the [court] and [harem].

But!

When the emperor has his first child, the queen mother will inevitably lose the dominance of the [harem], which will cause the elixir of the Son of Heaven in the relatives to gradually shake.

And at this time.

Emperor Huan of Han trusted the eunuchs, so that these powerful "fathers-in-law" could experience the powerful taste of the elixir of the Son of Heaven.

The two sides joined forces to kill Liang's relatives and eliminate their henchmen, officially announcing the end of the era of autocratic power of relatives in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty finally recovered the elixir of the Son of Heaven that had been lost for several generations of emperors, and the Zhongchang servants Shan Chao, Xu Huang, Zuo Yi, Tang Heng, and Gu Ying were named liehous.

But it is useless to have the elixir of the Son of Heaven.

It needs more pillars.

The harem alone is not enough!

It is also necessary to win over the [court] and [the people].

But at the moment.

These two realms are in the hands of the warrior group, they control the [court], they control the place, and they control the [people].

Thereupon.

The "First Martial Disaster" has erupted!

Many generals and martial arts were arrested and ordered to be executed, and a large number of martial arts groups were dismissed from official positions and confined to their hometowns and were not allowed to leave.

The three major areas all fell into the hands of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.

Just as he was sharpening his knife and preparing to take the last Son of Heaven elixir from the eunuchs, perhaps because the great Han Dynasty was about to run out, Emperor Han Huan's physique was fragile, and it was difficult to withstand the torture of many copies of the Son of Heaven elixir, and he quickly died.

Empress Dowager Dou was ecstatic:

"I, Hu Hansan, are back again!"

The Dou clan chose the seemingly ordinary but actually ordinary Pavilion Marquis of Xie Desecration in the clan, who was only twelve years old, and looked stupid and became the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

This baby has not received the slightest imperial education, and she has no imperial heart at all.

But even Dou didn't expect one thing:

This money-greedy and lustful guy, although he is very vegetable and young, he is only good at one point, he trusts the eunuch super much!

(Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty: Zhang Changshou is my father, and Zhao Changshou is my mother.) ）

Dou's relatives fell again. (Sad)

…………

As for the Empress Dowager Dou, it is almost equivalent to falling into the cold palace.

[The people of Weiyang Palace still call her the Queen Mother, but the tone is very different from before, and they still talk to her, but their smiles are cold. She paid no attention to those things, just stared straight and told her own stories that she would never forget day and night. 】

["I'm so stupid, really," said Empress Dowager Dou, "I just know that my husband is very capable, and when he became an adult, he quickly began to learn to use eunuchs, and I didn't know that a stepson who had never received imperial education actually learned it at the age of fourteen. I got up early in the morning and opened the door, brought the dragon chair and dragon robe, and asked our Jiedu Pavilion Marquis to sit on the dragon chair as a puppet. He was a very obedient child, and after listening to my words, he went out. I trained the queen and the concubine in the harem. I called, good son, and there was no answer. When I went out to take a look, I saw him say to the two eunuchs, "Zhang Rang is my father, and Zhao Zhong is my mother." What about me? I'm your mother! Wait, my Dou family, I can't find it anywhere. I'm in a hurry, and the central people go to find it. It wasn't until the second half of the day that a few guards found the entrance of the vegetable market and saw blood on the ground. Everyone said, it's over, I'm afraid that the emperor will cut off his head; Go in again; Sure enough, my mother's family has not yet begun to get ahead, and their heads have fallen to the ground......" Empress Dowager Dou burst into tears, and her voice whimpered. 】

…………

"I see!"

Cao Fang's eyes gave birth to a trace of desire for power, and he gradually understood the method of seizing the elixir of the Son of Heaven, and raised his eyes to look at the great loyal minister who told him the truth-Sima Zhongda:

"Master, please help me."

Sima Zhong Daman

With a smile on his face, he replied:

"Your Majesty's Chrysostom is open, even though the old minister is old, he must do his best, and after death, first of all, you must learn to respect and obey your mother, Empress Dowager Guo."

"Before you can have awesome power, you must first learn to be awe-inspiring power!"