Every dynasty in history has its times of prosperity, but it also experiences times of decline. There are reasons for the decline of every dynasty. The Han Dynasty was a powerful dynasty in the history of our country, but later the rulers of the Han Dynasty only knew about their own enjoyment, which led to the final demise of the Han Dynasty. One person made a huge contribution to the demise of the Han Dynasty. This person was Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty . After Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, he hid in the harem all day and only cared about enjoying himself. Not only that, in order to make money, he also came up with the idea of selling his officials publicly, and opened a special place for official transactions to bargain openly.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was only 12 years old when he succeeded to the throne. Because he was relatively young, the person in power at that time was Queen Mother Dou. The eunuchs Cao Jie and Wang Fu at that time tried their best to please Empress Dowager Dou, and Empress Dowager Dou also obeyed their words. Many of their people in the court were promoted by Empress Dowager Dou and held important positions. Later, Cao Jie and Wang Fu kidnapped Empress Dowager Dou, framed the ministers of the court for treason, and deceived Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. They planned the party-building case, and hundreds of people died in vain. From then on, the eunuchs in the court In power, Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others made the court a mess.
Later, when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was 16 years old, he made the Song family queen. However, Wang Fu had framed Liu Kui. His wife was the aunt of Queen Song, so he was afraid that Queen Song would retaliate against him, so he Just saying bad things about Empress Song around Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, coupled with the fact that Empress Song herself was mediocre in appearance and unable to please Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. As time went by, Empress Song was sent to the cold palace, and she died of depression not long after. After that, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty never established a queen until he met the He family.
He's family background was not good. Her father was a butcher, but he was not willing to be a butcher all his life. He also wanted to be an official, but there was no other way, so when the palace began to recruit maids, he used Money bribed the officials who selected the palace maidens and sent their daughters to the palace. He was so charming that Emperor Han Ling fell in love with He at first glance. Later, He also gave birth to a boy for Emperor Ling of Han. Because this was Emperor Ling's first child, he was very happy and gave birth to him. He was named a nobleman. He was still very favored after giving birth to the child. She was very good at pleasing Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, so soon after, she became the queen. Her father was also named a chariot general because his daughter became the queen.
Empress He Because she was afraid of the same fate as Empress Song, she was wary of other concubines, but this was of no use. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was lustful by nature. In a place with many women like the harem, he was the most beautiful. Soon after, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty fell in love with the Queen of the Palace. In addition to being beautiful, she was also very talented, so Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had fun with her all day long. Soon, the Queen also She became pregnant and gave birth to a boy. Wang was in poor health after giving birth and needed to drink medicine every day. As a result, Queen He was given a chance. Queen He had people poison the medicine Wang drank. As a result, Wang died. Wang's death Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was very sad. After investigation, it was discovered that Queen He did it, so the Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty wanted to depose the queen. Queen He didn't want to be deposed, so she asked the eunuch Cao Jie for help. With Cao Jie's persuasion, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty let it go.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was not only lustful, he also liked to play and do business. He had two large-scale gardens built for his daily enjoyment. He also had people imitate folk markets in the harem and let the palace maids pretend to be The merchant sells things, and he comes to buy things. He was immersed in this kind of life every day, and even had a canal built for his own enjoyment. As time went by, the money in the treasury was no longer enough to support his enjoyment every day. So he came up with an idea, which was to buy and sell official positions.
In order to achieve the purpose of making money, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty clearly marked the price according to the size of the official position in the palace. Local officials priced according to the size of the area under their jurisdiction and the wealth of the local people. He even wanted to be an official but had no money. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also allowed those who bought official positions to take credit first, and then pay back double the principal with interest after they took office.In this way, no matter whether they are rich or poor people, they can become officials, so many people who want to buy officials suddenly appeared. Of course, many people buy officials just to make a fortune, so after they become officials, the money they spend can only be squeezed out from the people. As a result, taxes become heavier and heavier, and people's lives become more difficult. On the contrary, there is a lot of money in the national treasury. Money made Emperor Han Ling very happy.
With the support of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the "buying and selling of official positions" industry he founded developed in full swing. All the money from buying and selling official positions went into his own small treasury for his enjoyment, and he also built a special treasury for this purpose. At the beginning, in order to start the business of selling officials, he also allowed people who came to buy officials to bargain. Those with a little talent would be sold to him at a 20% discount. For example, , Cui Lie, , after some haggling, finally bought an official position for 5 million taels. Afterwards, Emperor Han Ling felt regretful and felt that he had sold it cheaply.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty took the lead in buying and selling official positions. In order to obtain more money, he also used his ability to bargain. It has to be said that it was quite excessive. The Han Dynasty eventually fell. It has to be said that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty played a big role in selling officials. effect. This also caused chaos in the court, with truly talented people having no official posts, and officials with no talent, leaving no available people in the court, and eunuchs taking over, which eventually led to the outbreak of an uprising and the demise of the Han Dynasty.
