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After the Eastern Han Dynasty went through the "Guangwu Zhongxing", "the rule of Mingzhang", and "the Longxing of Yongyuan", the imperial court began to worry about internal and external troubles again, and everything was difficult.

First of all, the Hexi Urgent Report, the countries of the Western Regions were dissatisfied with the harsh government of Ren Shang, who served as the protector of the Western Regions after Ban Chao left office, and rebelled against the Han one after another. Then came the Qiang uprising, which lasted for 11 years and cost a lot, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Ban Zhao's son Cao Cheng served as the head of Chenliu County, and Ban Zhao followed his son to Changyuan to take office. After entering Changyuan, Ban Zhao recalled the sages, touched the scene, and imitated Ban Biao's "Northern Expedition Fu" to write "Eastern Expedition Fu".

Ban Zhao died at the age of 70, and the Empress Dowager Deng wore plain clothes to express her condolences and sent envoys to supervise Ban Zhao's funeral.

In the first year of Jianguang, Empress Dowager Deng died, and Emperor An of Han was in power.

In the struggle between relatives and eunuchs, the eunuch group once again gained power. Emperor An of the Han Dynasty named Jiangjing as the marquis of the capital and Li Yan as the marquis of Yongxiang. Emperor Han An Milk - Mother Wang Sheng and his daughter Bo Rong were even more favored, living in luxury, embezzling and accepting bribes, entering and leaving the palace at will, interfering in political affairs, and doing all kinds of evil.

Just when internal and external troubles were raging, the palace began a desperate struggle for the right to inherit the throne.

Empress Yan of Emperor Han An was barren for many years, and Liu Bao, the son of Emperor Han An's palace man Li, was the crown prince. The Li clan had been killed by Empress Yan before this.

Empress Yan colluded with Fan Feng and other eunuchs to first condemn the prince's nurse Wang Nan and the kitchen supervisor Bing Ji to death, remove the prince's wings, and then slandered Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, saying that Liu Bao's behavior was too evil and it was not suitable to be the crown prince.

Emperor An of Han favored Empress Yan, so he had the heart to abolish it. The abolition of the crown prince had to be discussed by the ministers, and the general Geng Bao adhered to the will of Empress Yan and advocated the deposition of Liu Bao.

The news from the west was that the Northern Xiongnu and the Che Division joined forces to attack the four counties of Hexi. The ministers all advocated abandoning the Western Regions and retreating to the Yumen Pass.

Emperor An of the Han Dynasty adopted the opinions of Zhang Dang and Chen Zhong, and sent Ban Yong, the son of Ban Chao, to be the chief of the Western Regions and lead 500 soldiers out of Tunliu Zhongcheng. After Ban Yong arrived in the Western Regions, he relied on the military support of the four counties of Hexi and the subject countries of the Western Regions to repel the Xiongnu and subdue the Che Division, so that the traffic between the Central Plains and the Western Regions was smooth again.

While the frontier is eventful, the country has also suffered disasters year after year, and people's hearts are fluctuating.

In the year of Emperor Han's accession to the throne, 18 counties were hit by earthquakes, 41 counties were hit by floods, and 28 counties were hit by storms and hail.

The people were miserable, Emperor An of the Han Dynasty took Empress Yan and the nobles to the south to play, March Gengshen, arrived in Wancheng, suddenly got sick, the body was cold and hot, the illness was heavy, and he had to order to return to Beijing.

After Liu Bao learned the news, the palace gate was closed, the troops guarded themselves, at night, the king of Jibei, the prince of Hejian had not yet come to the capital, the eunuch Sun Cheng and other nineteen eunuchs of the Yellow Gate jointly killed Jiang Jing and others, launched a palace coup to welcome Liu Bao to succeed to the throne.

Subsequently, Sun Cheng, Wang Kang and other nineteen people drove away the Empress Dowager Yan, supported the eleven-year-old Liu Bao as the emperor, changed the Yuan Yongjian, and Liu Bao was the Emperor of Han Shun.

Since Emperor Shun of Han obtained the throne by eunuchs, he handed over power to eunuchs. Later, the eunuch colluded with his cousin Liang and began the Liang dictatorship that lasted for more than 20 years.

Emperor Liu Bing of the Han Dynasty, the son of Emperor Shun, died in the reign of half a year, when he was only 3 years old, and the Emperor Liu Zhang of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne.

Emperor Liu Zhang of the Han Dynasty, the great-great-grandson of Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty.

Empress Dowager Liang still reigned as the empress dowager, and the government was basically controlled by her brother Liang Ji.

During the period when Liang Ji presided over the government, he was arbitrary and domineering, and did everything, which aroused the resistance of some upright courtiers, and many scholars and bureaucrats led by Li Gu, the chief lieutenant, wrote to criticize Liang Ji's actions and tried to correct the evils of the times, but they were all attacked and suppressed by Liang Ji.

Liang Ji is commanding in the court, domineering, and unstoppable, although Liu Zhang is only 8 years old, he also looks at him very unpleasantly. In a court meeting, he called Liang Ji "this Bahu general" in front of his ministers, expressing his righteous indignation, which made Liang Ji angry.

After retiring from the dynasty, Liang Ji hated it, feeling that although Liu Zhang was small, he was intelligent and precocious, and he was the lord of a dynasty, and he was worried that Liu Zhang would be difficult to control when he was old, so he decided to kill him.

Liang Ji asked the cronies who were planted by Liu Zhang's side to secretly mix the poison in the boiled cakes that Liu Zhang ate. Liu Zhang ate the poisoned cake, suddenly felt stuffy and had a stomachache, and hurriedly summoned the captain Li Gu into the palace.

Liu Zhang was poisoned and died and collapsed in Luoyang Palace. At the age of 9, after the death of Emperor Han Qian, the general Liang Ji held the festival to welcome Liu Zhi, the Marquis of Liwu, into the Nangong that was the emperor, and was the Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.

Soon, Empress Dowager Liang recruited Liu Zhi to Xiamen Pavilion in Luoyang City, intending to marry her sister to Liu Zhi.

On this day, Liu Zhi ascended the throne at the age of fifteen. Empress Dowager Liang is still in the court.

In June, Liu Zhi dismissed Hu Guang, the chief lieutenant, and appointed the chief Si Nong Du Qiao as the chief lieutenant.

In August, Liu Zhili Liang Ji's daughter Liang became the queen.

There was an earthquake in Luoyang, and Liu Zhi dismissed the Taiwei Du Qiao. In October, Liu Zhi appointed Situ Zhao Jie as Tai Lieutenant, Sikong Yuan Tang as Si Tu, and former Tai Lieutenant Hu Guang as Si Kong.

In December, Qing and Wang Liu Wen rebelled, and Liang Ji used this to falsely accuse Li Gu and Du Qiao of being Liu Wen's comrades, killed Li Gu and Du Qiao, and put them in Luoyang City.

On the nineteenth day of the first month of the second year of Jianhe, Liu Zhi was crowned the first and granted amnesty to the world.

In October, Taiwei Zhao Jie was dismissed by Liu Zhi, and Liu Zhi appointed Situ Yuan Tang as Taiwei and Dasi Nong Zhang Xin as Situ.

After the death of the Empress Dowager Liang, in order to comfort the Liang family, Liu Zhi added the seal of Liang Ji Wanhu Shiyi. So far, Liang Ji has accumulated 30,000 feudal households, far beyond the boundaries of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Zhi also gave Liang Ji more privileges: he did not have to travel to enter the court, he was allowed to wear a sword, and he did not have to call his name when he was interviewed; He enters the palace once every ten days to deal with and comment on the affairs played by Shangshu. The ministers of the DPRK and China were forced by the dictatorship of Liang Ji, and no one dared to admonish them.

In the first year of Yanxi (158), there was a solar eclipse in the sky, and Taishi Ling Chen Zhu said that "the cause of the solar eclipse lies in the general Liang Ji". Liang Ji executed him when he found out. Tai Shi Ling was a close minister of the emperor, and Liang Ji executed Tai Shi Ling at will without asking Liu Zhi, which made Liu Zhi very angry.

Liu Zhi planned to get rid of Liang Ji, under the pretext of going to the toilet, and let Tang Heng serve himself.

Zhongchang attendants Shan Chao, Xu Huang, Gu Ying, and Zuo Yi were all very dissatisfied with Liang Ji in private.

The five eunuchs then used all their strength to attack Liang Ji, and they summoned Zhang Biao, the captain of Sili, in the name of Liu Zhi, and sent the army under the personal command of Shan Chao to besiege Liang Ji's general's mansion on the charge of rebellion. Although Liang Ji has the power of the world, he has offended too many people, but no one dared to rise up and openly resist him before.

The Liang family's group of relatives was wiped out and wiped out. The people were all rejoicing.

The eunuchs Shan Chao, Zuo Qi, Xu Huang, Gu Ying, and Tang Heng were named marquis on the same day because of their meritorious efforts to punish Liang Ji, and they were known as the "Five Marquis" in history. Since then, the power of the court has fallen into the hands of eunuchs.

Liu Zhi's suppression of the five eunuchs was only to strengthen the imperial power, and he did not want to eliminate them, so after suppressing them a little, they still held the power. And the newly reused eunuchs, after coming to power, are also brutal and tyrannical, preying on the people. The marquis was greedy and extravagant, and before and after he forcibly seized 118 hectares of private land, 318 residences, and imitated the imperial palace to build large-scale residential 16 districts, all of which had pavilions, ponds, and gardens.

On the other hand, due to the dictatorship of eunuchs, their minions were placed in the central and local institutions at all levels, and the situation of false selection of talents under the probation system was also more serious.

The eunuchs appealed to Liu Zhi one after another, and at the same time encouraged Zhang Yan's wife to be punished.

When Liu Zhi heard about this, he was furious, because in Liu Zhi's view, this was a blatant confrontation of the local rulers against the central government. Liu Zhi immediately issued an edict to arrest Cheng Jin and Liu Zhen together and behead them according to the law.

Liu Zhi's anger eased slightly, and he issued an edict to release the party members to go home, but still imposed lifelong imprisonment on them. And the names of the party members were recorded. This is the famous "party system".

Liu Zhi attacked the scholars through the party, strengthened the imperial power, and at the same time made the eunuch group powerful. In the end, it did more harm than good, and laid the foundation for the final fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In order to alleviate the financial expenditure of the state treasury, Liu Zhi issued an edict to reduce the salaries of the ministers and officials, borrowed half of the taxes of the king and the marquis, and ordered the sale of the officials such as the marquis of Guannei, Hu Benlang, Yulin Lang, Tiqi battalion and the five doctors at different prices. The influence of selling officials and lords was extremely bad, not only legalizing corruption and directly corrupting the rule of officials, but also increasing the burden on the people by looting corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and setting a precedent for a larger-scale sale of officials and lords during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Huan is obscene in sex, and the heir does not stand, the major event of the Han Dynasty, who has to cut this!

The Han Huan Emperor Liu Zhi died Chinese New Year's Eve at the age of thirty-six, and Liu Hong was selected by his foreign Qi Dou clan as the heir to the throne, and took the throne in the first month of the first year of Jianning (168).

Liu Hong arrived at the Wanshou Pavilion in Xiamen outside Luoyang City with the welcoming team, and was greeted by Dou Wu and hundreds of civil and military officials.

The next day, Liu Hong succeeded to the throne and changed the name to Jianning, and the three people of Taifu Chen Fan, the general Dou Wu and Situ Huguang participated in the Shangshu affair.

The general Dou Wu made a meritorious contribution to Liu Hong's succession, and his clansmen were added to the rank of knight, and since then the Dou family's relatives have been in power for a while. Dou Wu relied on the Taifu Chen Fan to preside over the government, and Chen Fan used a large number of scholars who had been punished during the first party disaster, and the two soon reached an agreement to plot to eradicate the eunuchs.

Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty likes to resign, and has written "Huangxi Chapter", "Chasing Virtue Fu", "Song of Lingyi", "Song of Merchants and Merchants", etc., Emperor Liu Zhi of the Han Dynasty died, Liu Hong was selected by his relative Dou as the heir to the throne, in August, Dou Wu instructed Shangshu Ling Yin Xun and others to impeach and arrest Wei Biao of the Yellow Gate Order, in order to further impeach the eunuchs and list the charges.

On September 7, Dou Wu returned home to rest, and Yin Xun's secret recital to Dou Wu was obtained by Shi Zhu Yu, the five senses of Changle, and the matter was leaked. Zhu Yu informed the eunuchs Wang Fu and Cao Jie of the matter, and the eunuchs made a bloody alliance and launched a coup d'état that night. It is known as the "September Xinhai Coup".

By the early morning of the next day, the eunuchs had won a complete victory in the coup, Dou Wu, Chen Fan and others were exterminated, and those who were not executed were exiled to Jiaozhou.

Empress Dowager Dou was relocated to Nangong Yuntai to live.

——To be continued——