Chapter 1 The Wind Rises at the End of Han Dynasty In December of the first year of Yongkang (167), Emperor Huan died at the age of 36.
Queen Dou was revered as the Queen Mother and took the title of ruler during the dynasty.
Emperor Huan had no children, so Dou Wu, the father of the Empress Dowager, proposed to establish a new emperor. The two of them made plans in the ban. The new emperor must meet three conditions: first, he must come from the Hejian Kingdom; second, he must be a nephew of Emperor Huan; third, Must be , he summoned the imperial censor Liu Min (tiáo) to ask about the virtuous person in the clan who could succeed to the throne. Liu Min recommended Liu Hong, the fifth grandson of Emperor Zhang of Han Dynasty and Marquis of Jiedu Ting.
Jizhou, Hejian Kingdom, Zhongshui County. ("Shui Jing Zhu" says: The Qishui River divides into two branches in the east of Li'an State: one flows southeast to the south of Jiedu Pavilion; the other northeast flows to the north of Jiedu Pavilion.) Yushi Liu Min and eunuch Cao Jie led more than 1000 Huangmen Tigers and Yulin troops to welcome Liu Hong to the throne.
In the evening, the chariot carrying the emperor slowly left from the official road in the distance. The setting sun was like blood and the cold wind was bleak. A weak figure stood ten miles outside the city gate, staring blankly at the team that was getting further away, until The escort team had grown to the size of an ant before he burst into tears.
He knew that from today on, his mother and brother would leave him.
"Master Hou, it's cold and windy, let's go back." Liu Yi, the housekeeper standing aside, said unbearably.
# Day two.
After the crying, everything returned to calm. From now on, he was the only one left in this family - Liu Han.
Yes, Liu Han.
A modern young man from the history department who came here for no apparent reason became a baby just like him as soon as he opened his eyes.
Although it took him a long time to accept this fact.
He knew that he had come to ancient times, but yesterday, he confirmed that he had come to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His brother Liu Hong was really the Han Ling Emperor, and his mother was the Empress Dowager Dong in history.
At the beginning of the year, my father passed away.
At the end of the year, my mother and brother were taken to Luoyang and became puppets.
I am only three years old now!
According to this calculation, he was born in the eighth year of Yanxi (AD 165).
The happiness of the past is gone forever.
Fortunately, his status was high enough, but when he thought about the heroes fighting for hegemony in the late Han Dynasty and the coming troubled times, Liu Han felt a strong sense of crisis.
"From now on, I can no longer cheat my brother like a child without any worries."
# On the third day of the first lunar month of the first year of Jianning (168), Dou Wu was named a general.
On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Liu Hong came to Xiamen Pavilion in Luoyang, and Dou Wu led all the civil and military officials to greet him.
On the 21st, the emperor's throne was changed to Jianning.
Looking at the civil and military officials who were paying homage to him below, Liu Hong, who was only 13 years old, had confused eyes and a strong sense of discomfort that made him want to retreat. However, his mother warned him that as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, as the Marquis of Jieduting Liu, Chang's son, as the new emperor of the Han Dynasty, cannot retreat! Because as long as they take a step back at this time, those people will bully their orphans, widowed mother, and their younger brother who is far away in Raoyang.
Scenes from the past flashed through my mind.
I still remember how happy I was to become an older brother when my younger brother was born.
"Hong'er, you have a younger brother. You are the older brother and the eldest son of me, Liu Chang. You must take good care of your younger brother from now on. Your name is Liu Hong. Hong means water. The five elements are vast, broad, magnificent, and broad. You are a father. I hope you can be extraordinary and successful. Today is the 21st day of the first lunar month, and the character is cold. The five elements belong to water, deserted, and cold weather. As a father, I hope he can become a self-reliant, extraordinary, and strong person."
I still remember what my father told me before he died.
"Hong'er, my father's time is short. After my father is gone, I have to take good care of your mother and young brother. This son is naughty, so you have to be more patient."
This younger brother is young and has a lot of savvy. He often causes the Hou family to be in a state of panic. He often gets into big troubles and small ones. Every time his mother wants to teach him a lesson, she just says "brother" in a soft and sweet way. Liu Hong He raised his hands and surrendered, so Liu Hong took the blame for little Liu Han every time and was often scolded by his giving a few instructions, he seemed to have come back to his senses, looking at the roof and sighing, "Now the eunuchs are taking power, officials are forming cliques, local officials are submissive to the imperial court, and the people are suffering unspeakably with excessive taxes. What can I do? What can I do!"
Then he passed away unwillingly.
Liu Hong pulled himself back to reality and said with firm eyes: "I am the emperor!"
Cao Jie, who was serving on the side, felt the change in Liu Hong's momentum, and his face was filled with joy. The new emperor was not an easy master to control.
# In the first year of Jianning (AD 168), Liu Hong officially succeeded to the throne, but the conflicts between the eunuchs and his relatives, bureaucrats and scholar-bureaucrats intensified. General Dou Wu was named Wenxihou for his meritorious service in deciding Liu Hong's succession to the throne, and his clan members were promoted to official positions. From then on, the power of Dou's relatives was dominated by the prince.
Dou Wu relied on his imperial concubine Chen Fan to preside over the government, and Chen Fan used a large number of scholars who had been punished during the first party ban.
In August, the two reached an agreement and conspired to eradicate the eunuchs to control the Qing Dynasty. They also took advantage of the solar eclipse to kill all the eunuchs.
However, the matter was leaked. On the seventh day of September, Cao Jie, the official of the Central Military Commission, ordered General Dou Wu, Grand Tutor Chen Fan, Shangshu Ling Yin, etc. to be executed, and their tribes were exterminated, forcing the Queen Mother to return to power.
# General Dou Wu died, and the powerful Dou family of Fufeng followed in the footsteps of the Anping Liang family and exterminated the family. His family was exiled to Bijing County, Ninan County (now Zhenghe Estuary, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam), and Queen Mother Dou was placed under house arrest in Yuntai.
Taiwei Chen Fan died, the Chen clan in Runan was destroyed, and his family members were exiled to Bijing County, Rinan County.
Sikong Wang Chang and Taiwei Liu Ju were exempted from official death.
Liu Han, who has the memory of later generations, also knows these things. From his point of view, Dou Wu must die, otherwise his brother will not be able to take charge.
"Relatives, eunuchs, nobles, it's all a mess."
Looking at the long pavilion in the distance, Liu Han thought of his brother in the palace, "He must be very tired."
"Little Marquis, it's getting colder and colder. You just haven't been sick for long, so you'd better go back home and rest first."
"Don't worry, steward, I know it in my heart."
After Liu Hong went to Luoyang, Liu Han fell ill not long after. The emperor heard the news and ordered the imperial doctor to go to Hejian for treatment. He stayed in Hejian for a long time to take care of Liu Han. He also brought with him an imperial edict of canonization.
(Emperor Zhi said: "Liu Han, Marquis of Jiedu Ting, is modest, polite, gentle, capable of literary and military skills, and is a man of extraordinary talent. He was conferred the title of Zhongshui Hou upon his enthronement." (County Marquis)
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Although he was conferred the title of County Marquis, Liu Han was not actually granted the title because he was too young.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that when Liu Han grows up, Zhongshui County will be his real seal.
Perhaps the child's body is too weak and his resistance is not strong. The wind and cold kept coming back and forth, and it took nearly half a year to get cured.
After a serious illness, Liu Han seemed to be a different person. Four-year-old Liu Han was not as naive as a child of the same age. On the contrary, he sometimes showed a calmness that only people in his decades could have.
The housekeeper saw this in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. He knew better than anyone else that the young Marquis had grown up all of a sudden, but the price he paid for this kind of involuntary growth was too high.
"It's still too young to do anything."
Liu Han shook his little head and walked into the house slowly.
(End of this chapter)
