Deng Sui
ConsortsEmperor He and Queen, who ruled as regent for the sixteenth year, advocated frugality, provided relief to the victims, and also placed Deng's relatives in important positions. After his death, Deng was liquidated by Emperor An.
Dynasties of ChinaEastern HanEastern Han lineage
Emperor AnLiu Hu
Yongchu and others · Reign 106—125
He was welcomed by the Empress Dowager Deng and was controlled by the Empress Dowager for fifteen years. After taking charge personally, he favored his relatives Yan and the eunuchs. The Western Regions and Qiang troubles arose simultaneously.
IBiography
- Reign
- 19 years
- Reign era
- Yongchu and others
- Order of accession
- Ruler #6 · Eastern Han lineage
- Life dates
- 94—125
- Titles
- Temple name Gongzong (later abolished) · Posthumous name Emperor Xiaoan · Buried in Gongling Mausoleum
Liu Hu was the grandson of Emperor Zhang and the son of Liu Qing, King of Qinghe. After Emperor Shang died in infancy in 106, he was succeeded by Empress Dowager Deng at the age of thirteen. In the next fifteen years, the government was controlled by Empress Dowager Deng, Deng Zhi and others. Floods and droughts occurred in the country, the Qiang people in Liangzhou rebelled, and the Protectorate of the Western Regions was revoked. Empress Dowager Deng died in 121. After he took office, he liquidated the Deng family. Deng Zhi died without food, and the Deng family's children may be deported to their place of origin.
After taking office, he trusted the wet nurse Wang Sheng, the eunuchs Jiang Jing, Li Run, and the queen Yan's brother Yan Xian. The government was in chaos, and the minister Yang Zhen was forced to commit suicide because of his direct advice. In 124 years, he listened to the slander and deposed Crown Prince Liu Bao and established King Jiyin instead. In 125 AD, he died of illness in Ye County on his way back to Beijing from his southern tour. He reigned for twenty years. Yanhuanghou and Yan Xian secretly did not mourn and established a new young ruler. Later, he was overthrown by the eunuch Sun Cheng and others.
IITimeline
During the reign · 106—125
PoliticsEmpress Dowager Deng greets her
After the death of Emperor Shang, Empress Dowager Deng and Deng Zhi made a plan to welcome Liu Hu, the son of King Qinghe, into the palace. The Empress Dowager continued to rule as regent. Deng Zhi, the brother of the Empress Dowager, and others controlled the government, and all official positions were arranged by Deng.
MilitaryStop Protector of the Western Regions
The countries in the Western Regions rebelled repeatedly, and the imperial court was unable to rescue them, so they were forced to withdraw their protective guards and field soldiers. The connection between the Western Regions and the Central Plains was once again cut off, and the Xiongnu forces regained control of Tianshan N&S.
MilitaryLiangzhou Qiang Rebellion
The imperial court conscripted troops from the Western Regions to go to the border with the Qiang people, which aroused the resistance of the first Qiang people. The Qiang people invaded Guanzhong from Longxi and cut off the communication between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions. The war lasted for more than ten years, costing more than 24 billion military expenditures, and caused great damage to Liangzhou and Liangzhou.
PoliticsMoving inward to border counties
Due to the increasing Qiang offensive, the imperial court ordered the four counties of Longxi, Anding, Beidi, and Shangjun to be moved inward. People were forced to leave their homes. Many people died along the way, and the people in the border counties complained.
PoliticsEmpress Dowager Deng passed away and Emperor An took charge
After the Empress Dowager Deng died of illness, Emperor An took charge of the government personally. He listened to the slanders of wet nurse Wang Sheng, eunuch Jiang Jing and others, accusing Deng of treason. A large number of Deng's children were dismissed from office, Deng Zhi died without eating, and Deng's power was eliminated.
PeopleCai Lun commits suicide
After Emperor An took office, he pursued old cases. Cai Lun was summoned for trial because he participated in framing Song Guiren when he was Emperor Zhang. Unwilling to be humiliated, he drank medicine and committed suicide after bathing and changing clothes.
DiplomacyBan Yong reconnects with the Western Regions
Ban Yong, the son of Ban Chao, served as the chief historian of the Western Regions. In 123, he led 500 people to camp in Liuzhong and recruited Shanshan and the front of the Che division. In 124, he defeated the rear of the Che division. In 125, he defeated King Huyan of the Xiongnu. The Han Dynasty temporarily resumed control of the northern route of the Western Region.
PoliticsWaste Crown PrinceLiu Bao
Crown Prince Liu Bao's mother, Li, was poisoned by Yanhuanghou. Yan Hou, together with the eunuch Jiang Jing, wet nurse Wang Sheng and others, continued to frame Crown Prince. Emperor An believed in the slander and deposed Liu Bao as King Jiyin when he was ten years old.
PoliticsDied of illness in Ye County
Emperor An visited Wan in the south and returned to Beijing seriously ill. He died of illness in Ye County in March. Yanhuanghou, Yan Xian and others kept the funeral secret until they returned to Beijing, and announced it after they returned to Beijing, and established Liu Yi, Marquis of Beixiang, as emperor. Buried in Gongling.
IIIPeople of this reign
Yang Zhen
PoliticsA native of Hongnong Huayin, he is known for his integrity and has an allusion to resisting bribes: "Heaven knows, God knows, I know, and Zi knows", and is known as "Kansai Confucius" in the world. Because of his many direct remonstrances, he was slandered by Fan Feng and others. He was sent back to his hometown and committed suicide by drinking poison.
Ban Yong
MilitaryThe son of Ban Chao was familiar with the situation in the Western Regions. In 123, he was appointed as the chief historian of the Western Regions and settled in Liuzhong. Within a few years, he re-pacified the northern route of the Western Regions and restored exchanges between the Han Dynasty and other countries in the Western Regions.
Yanhuanghou
ConsortsA native of Xingyang, Henan, he was jealous and doted on the harem. He falsely accused Crown Prince's mother, Li, and was poisoned. After the death of Emperor An, he and his brother Yan Xian established Beixiang Marquis. The following year, he was placed under house arrest due to a eunuch coup and died soon after.
Jiang Jing
PoliticsAn eunuch at the time of Emperor An, he joined forces with the Yan family to depose the Crown Prince, and after Emperor An's death, he participated in establishing Beixiang Hou. In 125, Sun Cheng launched a coup and Jiang Jing was killed.