Chapter 320: Take this as a warning, there will be no good ending
Pan Shu smiled and said: "I should take this as a warning, and I will never imitate that of Wang Zhengjun."
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, most young emperors ascended the throne, so the queen mother naturally had to help the emperor manage political affairs.
Sun Quan responded: "But you can learn from Empress Dowager Deng of the Eastern Han Dynasty who assisted the three emperors. But Shu'er must understand that women who take this path rarely have a good end behind them. Even if they have made great contributions to the country, there will be no good consequences behind them."
What a shame."
During the turbulent Eastern Han Dynasty, a female politician with great political consciousness was born. She was Deng Sui, the empress of Emperor He of the Eastern Han Dynasty. She served as regent for three generations of emperors and served as regent for sixteen years.
Compared with Empress Lu's vicious governance methods, her methods were more clever. She slowly penetrated the government like a drop of water piercing a stone. It was she who, in the historical environment of internal and external troubles at that time, "restored and destroyed the country, and continued the unparalleled world."
, which enabled the Eastern Han Dynasty to turn a corner and at the same time left a precious cultural heritage to Chinese history, which can be called China's golden age.
After Deng Sui entered the palace, he was virtuous and virtuous. He was cautious in doing things and treated the emperor and queen with care.
Not only was she very respectful to Queen Yin, but she also took great care of the palace maids and guards, so she left a good reputation in the palace and was deeply loved by everyone.
Even the emperor admired her behavior of cultivating her moral character. Later, because Queen Wu Gu was deposed, the emperor named Deng Sui the queen, but she kept being humble, and finally refused and took the post.
Deng Sui did not give birth to a son for the emperor, so she adopted two adopted sons. In the third year after she ascended the throne as queen, Emperor He of the Han Dynasty passed away. Later, unfortunately, Liu Long, who had just ascended the throne, died in infancy.
Already.
Deng Sui, who had been prepared for a long time, was shocked by the ministers and quickly appointed Liu Hu as emperor. The emperor was still young, so Deng Sui started a political career as the queen mother that lasted for sixteen years.
In order to consolidate her own power, after the death of Emperor He, her own brothers were promoted to important positions. Unlike other regent queens and queen mothers who reused their relatives, Deng Sui showed extremely clever and proactive treatment of her brothers and relatives.
Balance and control avoid the turmoil in the court caused by the excessive power of relatives.
During her time in power, she did many things that were of great significance to the development of the Han Dynasty. Economically, she granted amnesty to the world. In order to save unnecessary expenses, she dismissed some palace maids and reduced daily expenses in the palace. However, she herself was diligent and frugal.
We should be frugal and only eat meat and rice every day and night, in order to use all the saved expenses to control floods and droughts.
In terms of military affairs, he managed the army, suppressed the Qiang people, and quelled years of rebellion.
In terms of culture, efforts were made to build schools and reuse talents. Cai Lun's papermaking technology was promoted from this time.
Without her strong support, the use of paper would have retreated for many more years, so future generations should thank her.
During this period of time when he controlled the government, Deng Sui showed extremely high political talent and state-governing ability, which was no less than any successful emperor.
However, no matter how successful she is, she is still a woman after all, and she will inevitably attract rumors.
Some people began to spread rumors that she had abolished the elders and established the younger ones, had been autocratic for a long time, and would not delegate power. However, at this time, the adult An Di was indeed extremely dissatisfied, but he did not have the strength to resist her.
When she was forty-one, Deng Sui died of a serious illness.
In the fifth month after her death, Emperor An Liu Hu began to take revenge on the Deng family. Some members of the Deng family were deprived of their titles and deposed as common people, while some were exiled to border counties. Later, under the coercion of local officials,
Forced to commit suicide, some were repatriated to their place of origin, and their property, property, and property were confiscated. Cai Lun was also implicated and committed suicide.
When it comes to death, it is the same regardless of the Queen Mother of that dynasty. This is true whether it is Empress Lu, the Dou family or the Deng family. No one can escape this fate. It can be seen that no matter whether they are powerful officials
It is not easy to be a queen mother who listens behind the curtain, and her end is not very good.
But even if she knew the outcome of listening to politics behind the curtain, she did not have a powerful father and brother who could help her like the Empress Dowager in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Pan Shu still had to fly into the flames to give it a try. As long as she had this opportunity, Your Majesty
If she is willing to give her this opportunity, she can live peacefully until then, and she can support her even if she doesn't have the power of her own.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, powerful relatives controlled the government for a long time until Wang Mang usurped the throne; by the Eastern Han Dynasty, instead of solving this problem, it even worsened.
As a generation of women, it was not convenient for these queen mothers to handle many matters personally, so most of them entrusted their fathers and brothers. Thus, a phenomenon unique to the Eastern Han Dynasty, in which relatives continued to have exclusive power.
This is just like today's family business. If a family member dies young for some reason and the son left behind is too young, the business will not be left to those "outsiders" to take care of, but will often be entrusted to his wife - the boss's wife;
Even if a brother takes over, the original boss's wife will still occupy an important position. In order to deal with the dangerous world, the boss's wife will basically ask her natal brothers for help.
As the little boss grows up, he will not be willing to be constrained by his relatives and elders. In order to regain his due power, the first condition for him to choose his helpers is loyalty and reliability. Who best meets these conditions? Fa Xiao, or can only
A person who benefits from being attached to oneself.
In the eyes of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the most loyal and reliable people were the eunuchs around them. They grew up with them, and they were physically handicapped and had no independent personality. They could only obtain the corresponding living space by relying on the imperial power.
Under this logic, those overly powerful relatives in the Eastern Han Dynasty, such as Dou, Liang, and Yan, were all killed by the eunuchs. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the He family also met their demise in the struggle with the eunuchs.
The disaster will be destroyed together.
Seven months later, the young emperor died of illness. With the help of the eunuch Sun Cheng and others, Liu Bao, the deposed prince of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, wiped out Yan Xian's forces in one fell swoop and successfully ascended the throne as Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Emperor Shun ascended the throne, he immediately reciprocated the favor and generously rewarded 19 eunuchs headed by Sun Cheng as marquises. The eunuch power further penetrated into the ruling machine of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The third fight between relatives and eunuchs occurred during the period of Liu Zhi, the eleventh emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty - Emperor Huan of Han Dynasty.
After Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty came to power, he supported a new relative, the Liang family. He worshiped his father-in-law Liang Shang as the general. After Liang Shang died, he let his brother-in-law Liang Ji succeed him in this position.
Who is Liang Ji? He is not good-looking and has no talent at all. He is only very good at drinking and drinking, fighting cocks and lackeys, but he can't stand up to having a good sister. Before his death, Emperor Shun issued an edict, ordering Liang Ji to marry Taifu Zhao Jun and Taiwei Li.
Gu jointly assisted in the government, and his two-year-old son Liu Bing ascended the throne and became Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty.
Relying on the late emperor's entrustment and the support of his sister, Liang Ji became domineering and committed all kinds of evil. Emperor Chong who succeeded to the throne at the age of two died in less than a year, so Liang Ji appointed Liu Zan, who was only 8 years old, as emperor.
emperor.
The next year, Emperor Zhi of the Han Dynasty was poisoned to death by Liang because he called Liang Ji a "domineering general". Liang Ji then welcomed Liu Zhi, the grandson of Liu Kai, the Xiaowang of Hejian, as emperor, and became Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.
From then on, Liang Ji became even more lawless. He killed ministers, plundered wealth, preyed on the people, oppressed the good, and spread his gang members. If we count from the time of Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty, his state lasted for more than 20 years. Forced by his
Due to his excessive power, not only did the officials not intervene in his fight against the emperor, but even Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty could only swallow his anger and was not even allowed to appease him with successive rewards.
In the fourth year of Yongshou and the first year of Yanxi, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, together with Shan Chao, Ju Yuan, Tang Heng, Zuo Ming, Xu Huang and other eunuchs, summoned more than a thousand palace guards, raided and surrounded the Liang Mansion, and Liang Ji was forced to commit suicide.
Because the coup was too sudden, the court was in chaos for several days. Later, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty purged the Liang family members, leaving the court empty. The court confiscated all of Liang Ji's property, and after selling it, the total amount was more than 3 billion, which was enough to offset half of the country's tax revenue.
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When discussing meritorious deeds, the eunuchs Shan Chao, Zuo Guan, Xu Huang, Ju Yuan, and Tang Heng were granted the title of marquis on the same day, known as the "Five Marquises" in history. From then on, the power of the government fell into the hands of the eunuchs, far more than in any previous period.
The last straw that finally broke the Eastern Han Dynasty was the game between relatives and eunuchs.