Chapter 44 Liu Hong1

Autumn of 3 years of light. It has been three months since Li Zhong went on the expedition. Although Li Zhong killed more than 25,000 Wuwan cavalry, killed the rebel Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, and annihilated nearly 150,000 rebels, it was not a drop in the bucket. Rebels everywhere have emerged one after another. The rule of the 400-year Han Dynasty has been in turmoil. .

And Liu Hong, the spiritual emperor, not only did not work hard for this, but also spoiled the eunuchs and did such things.

Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of Han (157, 156-May 13, 189), was born in Hejian, Jizhou (now Shenzhou, Hebei). The grandson of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. Hereditary Marquis Xieduting, his father Liu Chang died early, and his mother was Dong. * After the death of Liu Zhi, Emperor Huan of Han, in December of the first year (167), Liu Hong was selected as the heir to the throne by his foreign relative Dou family and ascended the throne in the first month of the first year of Jianning (168).

During Liu Hong's reign, he carried out party and eunuch politics most of the time, and set up the West Garden, skillfully set up a name to search for money, and even use * Jue for his own enjoyment. In the late period of his reign, a yellow scarf uprising broke out, and Liangzhou and other places also fell into continuous turmoil. On April 11 (May 13), the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Liu Hong died, was nicknamed Emperor Xiaoling and was buried in Wenling.

Liu Hong likes to write poems, including Huangxi, Chasing De Fu, Ling Yi Ode, Merchant Song and so on.

Liu Hong is the great-grandson of Liu Yang, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. His great-grandfather is Liu Kai, the king of Hejian Xiao, the hereditary early death of Lingdi's father, Liu Chang, and his mother Dong.

In 167 (* first year), Emperor Huan of Han died, and Empress Dou Miao came to politics. Emperor Huan succeeded to the throne without a son. Dou Miao discussed with his father Dou Wu and others, and finally chose Liu Hong to inherit the throne. Dou Miao sent the imperial historian Liu Yushou Guanglu, Fengche lieutenant Cao Jie and others to Hejian to welcome Liu Hong's accession to the throne.

In the first month of 168 AD (the first year of Jianning), Liu Hong followed the welcoming team to the Xiamen Wanshou Pavilion outside Luyang City, which was greeted by Dou Wu and led by civil and military officials. The next day, Liu Hong succeeded to the throne and changed his name to Jianning. Taifu Chen Yu, General Dou Wu and Situ Hu Guang participated in the recording of the book. He respected his father Liu Chang as the "Xiaoren Emperor", the mausoleum was "Shen Mausoleum", and his mother Dong was awarded the title of "Shenyuan nobleman".

General Dou Wu made contributions to Liu Hong's succession, and his clan was added to the throne. Since then, Dou's relatives have been in power for a while. Dou Wu relied on Taifu Chen Pan to preside over the government, while Chen Pan used a large number of scholars who were punished at the first party. Soon after, they reached an agreement to plot to eradicate eunuchs.

In August, Dou Wu instructed Shang Shu to order Yin Xun and others to impeach and arrest Huangmen Ling Wei Biao, in order to further impeach the eunuchs. On September 7, Dou Wu returned home to rest, and Yin Xun's secret letter to Dou Wu was obtained by Zhu Yu, the five-officials of Changle, and the matter was leaked. Zhu Yu informed the eunuchs Wang Fu, Cao Jie and others about this matter. The eunuchs were blood-blooded and launched a coup that night. It is called the "Xinhai coup in September". By the early morning of the next day, the eunuchs achieved a comprehensive victory in the coup. Dou Wu, Chen Pan and others were exterminated, and the people who had not been executed were exiled to Jiaozhou. Empress Dowager Dou was relocated to live in Nangong Yuntai.

In March 169 (the second year of Jianning), Dong, a nobleman of Shenyuan, was the Empress Xiaoren. In July, General Duan Qiang broke through the outer valley of the tiger plug, and Dongqiang was all paced.

In 171 AD (the fourth year of Jianning), on the third day of the first lunar month, Liu Hongxing was granted an amnesty to the world. In July, Song was appointed queen.

In 172 AD (the first year of Xiping), Taifu Hu Guang died. Liu Hong, professors from Yang Ci, Liu Kuan and Zhang Ji, were proposed. In the same year, Liu Yu, the king of Bohai, was instructed by Wang Fu, a middle-time servant, to frame others for conspiracy and commit suicide.

In 177 (the sixth year of Xiping), Wang Fu and Cheng Agu, a doctor of Taizhong, trapped Empress Song and cursed Liu Hong with witchcraft, and then Empress Song was abolished and died in a violent room.

During Liu Hong's administration, most of them rebelled in remote areas for barbarians and demons, and were pacified by Lu Zhi, Zang Min, Zhu Jun and others. Liu Hong thought that the world was as stable as Mount Tai, so he enjoyed peace of mind and rarely asked about political affairs.

In April 179 (the second year of Guanghe), Zhongchang's servant Wang Fu and Lieutenant Duan died in prison. In October, Situ Liu, Yongle Shaofu Chen Qiu, Wei Wei Yangqiu, and infantry lieutenant Liu Na conspired to kill eunuchs. The matter was leaked and they were all executed in prison.

In 180 AD (the third year of Guanghe), Liu Hongli ruled out the public and appointed He as the queen. Empress He Zhen's father was posthumously awarded the title of bicycle general and Wuyang Xuandehou; her mother was admitted to live in the palace and was awarded the title of Wuyang Jun. Her eldest brother He Jin and her second brother He Miao were also recruited to the court to hold important positions, and the He family was extremely glorious.

After the end of the first party disaster in the first year (167). In the second year of Jianning (169), Zhang Jian, the governor of Shanyang County, impeached Hou Lan, a regular servant, and harassed the people when he returned to his hometown to sweep his mother's tomb, and demolished Houlan's house and even his ancestral grave. Therefore, he angered Hou Lan and instructed his fellow villager Zhu Bing to write a letter to impeach Zhang Jian and other 24 famous Shanyang scholars to form a party and plot evil. After seeing the memorial, the Lingdi asked Cao Jie about the plan. Cao Jie used the topic and explained that the party members were harmful to the society, and demanded that it be expanded to the whole country to suppress the party members, and the spirit emperor allowed to play. In the end, the political disaster caused a large number of scholars to flee and kill 600 or 700 people. History is called "the second disaster of the party". In the fifth year of Xiping (176 A.D.), Cao Luan, the governor of Yongchang, wrote a letter to redress the party members and asked the court to redress them. Emperor Ling was furious and tortured Cao Luan to death in prison and imprisoned the party members and their relatives and friends on a larger scale. In the second year of Guanghe (179), at the suggestion of Shanglu County Magistrate and Hai, Emperor Ling ordered that the relatives of the party members after their grandfather would not be implicated by them. In the seventh year of Guanghe (AD 184), the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out. Lv Qiang, the minister of the Central Standing Committee, believed that if he did not solve the party, he might force the party members to collude with the Yellow Turban Army, and then the Spirit Emperor announced the removal of the party.

In the early days of Lingdi's rule, Wang Fu and Cao Jie were deeply trusted by Liu Hong. Later, Wang Fu was killed by Yangqiu, a lieutenant of Sili. Cao Jie died, and Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong became eunuchs favored by Lingdi. Lingdi even compared them to his parents, which shows his dependence on eunuchs. The mansion built by the eunuchs in Luyang was very large. Once, Emperor Ling went to Yong'an waiting platform to watch Luyang City. The eunuchs invited the Lord to give anad: "The emperor is not suitable for climbing high. If you climb high, the people will be separated." The Spirit Emperor actually listened to it and gave up.

In the first year of Guanghe (178), Emperor Ling tried again* under the instigation of his mother, Empress Dowager Dong and Changshi. The court publicly announced that it can spend money to buy positions in Hubei, Yulin and other departments under Guangluxun; * The regulations are that the price of local officials is twice as high as that of court officials, and the price of county officials varies; the promotion of officials must also be paid according to the price. The person who is looking for an official can evaluate the bid, and the person with the highest bid can win the bid. In addition to the fixed price, it can be increased or decreased at any time according to the value of the official and the property owned. Generally speaking, the price of the official position is calculated based on the annual salary of officials. For example, the price of the official position with an annual salary of 2,000 stones is 20 million yuan, and the price of the official position with an annual salary of 400 stones is 4 million yuan, that is to say, the price of the official position is 10,000 times the annual income of officials. Although Duan Hao, Zhang Wen and others have made great contributions and high reputation, they all paid enough money before they ascended to the throne. Later, it became more and more serious. In the future, officials' relocation, promotion or new officials must pay one-quarter of the official position price, that is to say, officials must first pay their legal income equivalent to more than 25 years. Many officials were scared to abandon their officials because they were unable to pay such a high amount of "official fees".