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"The Zhongchang servants Shan Chao, Xu Huang, Zuo Kui, Tang Heng, and Ju Yuan were named Liehou by Liu Zhi. Since then, the government has been transferred to the hands of eunuchs, and the Eastern Han Dynasty has entered a darker era of eunuch dictatorship."

"Because eunuchs were rampant and the party was united against dissidents, it aroused the dissatisfaction of bureaucrats and officials. In the ninth year of Yanxi, aristocratic families and Tai students jointly opposed the eunuchs. As a result, more than 200 people including Li Ying were arrested, forming the first disaster of party imprisonment."

"On December 28, the first year of Yongkang, Liu Zhi passed away at the age of 36. He was buried in Xuanling Mausoleum, posthumously named Emperor Xiaohuan, and temple named Weizong."

Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhi, was the No.11 emperor in the Eastern Han Dynasty. His grandfather Liu Kai was the Xiaowang of Hejian, and his father Liu Yi was Liu Kai's concubine son.

However, Emperor Hanzhi offended Liang Ji, the brother of the Empress Dowager Liang who was in charge of the government, and was poisoned to death by Liang Ji.

After Liang Ji killed the king, he had to make Liu Zhi another emperor.

In this way, 15-year-old Liu Zhi entered Beijing from Hejian and ascended the throne.

Liu Zhi was inexperienced, and he was transferred from the local government to the central government suddenly. The surrounding environment changed suddenly, and he didn't have any foundation or connections in the court.

From this point of view, Liu Zhi can only honestly be at the mercy of Liang Ji and be Liang Ji's puppet.

In fact, that's what Liang Ji thought, that's why he made Liu Zhi the emperor, and the majestic Han Zhi Emperor was played by Liang Ji in his hands.

How much trouble can Liu Zhiyou, who has no political experience and is still a baby, make?

However, Liang Ji probably never even dreamed that Liu Zhi was a genius emperor.

After Liu Zhi ascended to the throne of God, he kept a low profile, gathered strength in secret, and then dealt a fatal blow to Liang Ji, uprooting Liang Ji's power and pushing him to the end.

What's ridiculous is that Liang Ji originally controlled most of the capital's garrison troops, but because of Liu Zhi's actions like lightning, Liang Ji's forces captured them all before they had time to react.

After Liu Zhi confiscated Liang Ji's general Yinshou, he dispatched him to Bijing County, which is in the remote south, far away from Luoyang. In desperation, Liang Ji committed suicide to thank the world.

Later, the imperial court sent Liang Ji's son Henan Yin Liangyin, his uncle Tunqi School Wei Liang Rang, and his cronies Wei Wei Liang Shu, Yueqi School Wei Liang Zhong, Changshui School Wei Liang Ji and others.

Together with the relatives of the Liang family and the Sun family, all the relatives inside and outside the clan were arrested and sent to the Imperial Prison. Both young and old were sentenced to death, and their corpses were left on the street.

Dozens of other ministers, lieutenants, governors, and officials with salaries of 300 shi were implicated and died. More than [-] officials and guests of Liang Ji were dismissed from office. As a result, the court was empty. .

On that day, the envoys ran back and forth in and out of the palace, and the court ministers such as the Sangong and Jiuqing lost their normal state. The government, the market, and the alleys were like boiling water in a cauldron, boiling.

The people in the capital looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what had happened. When the news of Liang Ji's suicide came out, the people seemed to have just woken up from a dream. They were all cheering and singing and dancing to celebrate.

That's not all, Liu Zhi ordered that Liang Ji's property be confiscated and sold by the government. After the sale, the income totaled more than 30 billion!

According to records, the price of a stone of rice at that time was 50 qian, which was equivalent to 60 catties now. Through conversion, one qian is about 2 yuan now.

Then, 30 billion yuan is equivalent to about 60 billion yuan now, which can buy 6000 million shi of rice!

My dear, Liang Ji's case is second only to the Qing Dynasty's Heshen case.

Converting the Heshen case into silver is 600 million taels, which can buy [-] million shi of rice!

It really echoes a saying: the waves behind the Yangtze River drive the waves ahead, and each generation is stronger than the previous generation!

It was also a corruption case, but the two emperors handled the stolen money differently.

Liu Zhi put all the money into the treasury and reduced the tax by half of that year.

The stolen money obtained by Emperor Jiaqing's copying of Heshen was equivalent to 20 years of national tax revenue, but he did not reduce taxes for the common people.

Later, Liu Zhi distributed Liang Ji's gardens to common people for cultivation, and announced that the post of general would no longer be appointed, and another secretary supervisor would be established to strengthen the imperial power.

During the reign of Liu Zhi, the domestic economy of the Eastern Han Dynasty continued to develop.

In terms of military affairs, he has won consecutive battles abroad, and his registered population is more than 600 million, which is more than that of any era in the Western Han Dynasty. It is basically the same as the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and has reached the upper limit of the ancient land carrying capacity.

In December of the first year of Yongkang, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhi died at the age of 36. He was given the posthumous title "Huan", which is the same as Duke Huan of Qi in the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

It can be said that in the eyes of the courtiers of the Eastern Han Dynasty at that time, Liu Zhi was their Duke Huan of Qi.

But it is such an emperor who can be compared with Duke Huan of Qi, but the evaluation of him by later generations is very low.

For example: Zhuge Liang juxtaposed Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty with Emperor Ling of Han, the famous fatuous emperor, in "The List of Teachers".

"Dear virtuous ministers, Yuan Xiaoren, this is why the Han Dynasty prospered; dear ministers, far virtuous ministers, the reason why the Han Dynasty declined later, when the first emperor was here, whenever he discussed this matter with his ministers, he sighed and hated Yu Huan and Ling. also."

Why is this?

Chapter 113 Hanheng Emperor Liu Zhi

It turned out that Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty had to conspire with the eunuchs in order to punish Liang Ji and his followers.

Since then, the power has belonged to the eunuch.

After subtracting Liang Ji, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty granted the five eunuchs Shan Chao, Zuo Guan, Xu Huang, Ju Yuan, and Tang Heng the title of marquis on the same day, each with [-] households.

Among them, Shan Chao added another [-] households on this basis, known as the "Five Marquis" in history.

At that time, the total population of the empire was more than 600 million, and the number of households should be around 100 million. Emperor Huan's reward that day was really generous.

In addition, Shan Chao is the general of chariots and cavalry, and he is the same as Sangong.

This is also the most generous reward for eunuchs in history.

When Emperor Huan of the Han rewarded eunuchs like this, the court officials felt uncomfortable.

They and Tai students formed a scholar party to jointly oppose eunuchs in power.

As a result, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty created the notorious "party ban disaster", and issued an edict to arrest more than 200 people.

The disaster of the party's imprisonment happened twice. Everyone believed that this move hurt the root of the Han Dynasty and was also the reason for the decline and demise of the Han Dynasty.

As a result, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty was tied together with Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty by descendants and labeled as fatuous.

In all fairness, the five marquises conferred by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty only had five or six years of good life.

When the five marquises were domineering and affected the rule of the empire, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty was relentless.

He first forced Zuo Guan and Gu Yuan to death; later he demoted all the successors of Shan Chao, Xu Huang and Tang Heng to the ranks of the township, and all the entrusted children of his sons were exempted from noble titles.

Although later a new generation of eunuchs such as Hou Lan and Duan Gui came up.

However, Emperor Huan never gave them another chance to let their power grow.

Hou Lan and Duan Gui's disciples oppressed the common people. With the support of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Prime Minister Jibei brandished a knife on the spot, causing dozens of people to die on the street.

The Prime Minister of Jinbei was also promoted to Jingzhaoyin because of this. Zhang Shuo, the younger brother of eunuch Zhang Rang, was the county magistrate of Yewang County.

Sili Lieutenant Li Ying ordered Zhang Shuo to be arrested and brought to justice. He chased him from Yewang County to Luoyang, brought him out of Zhang Rang's home, interrogated him, and executed him immediately.

Zhang Rang went to Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty to complain, and Emperor Huan asked Li Ying why he executed Zhang Shuo without asking for instructions.