As everyone knows, China is the first country in the world to raise silkworms and weave silk, and papermaking is also the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient people. During the Western Han Dynasty, hemp fiber paper appeared in China. However, because hemp fiber paper was expensive, complicated in craftsmanship, and rough in texture, it was only used by the royal family and nobles and was not popularized among the people. However, since Cai Lun improved papermaking technology, paper has gradually become popular among the people, and the general public can also enjoy this benefit.
However, Cai Lun, the inventor of "Cai Hou Paper", had a less simple motivation to improve papermaking.
Cai Lun, a native of Guiyang County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was born in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His family's iron technique has been passed on from generation to generation, and after so many generations, it has become well-known throughout the country. Later, Wei Sa became prefect and established the Iron Palace in Guiyang. Since then, the Cai family has had a subtle connection with the court. When Cai Lun was a child, he had studied "Zhou Li", "The Analects of Confucius" and other classics, but as he grew older, he became very interested in smelting, casting, hemp planting, sericulture and other production activities.
When he was 18 years old, Cai Lun was recommended to be an eunuch in the palace. Although a little bit ridiculous, Cai Lun accomplished a feat that had never been done before—the first official in the Jiangnan region of China. People. However, Cai Lun's job is not very good. He works as a errand in Yeting, doing some dirty work all day, and has no status at all. Therefore, the bullied Cai Lun secretly vowed to find a backer worthy of dependence and pave the way for future promotion. Z1z
A few years later, Cai Lun was promoted because of his good performance and became the eunuch of the Little Huangmen, and he was granted the right to enter and leave the palace freely. However, it didn't take long for Cai Lun to cling to Empress Dou. Empress Dou felt that he was quick and clear-headed, and was a material for big things, so she regarded him as a cron, and often assigned important tasks. At that time, Empress Dou had no heirs, but Song Guiren was beloved by giving birth to the prince Liu Qing. She feared that her status would not be preserved, so she teamed up with Cai Lun to frame Song Guiren.
In the seventh year of the founding, Empress Dou started on Song Guiren. She used the term "Witch Gu Curse" to make Emperor Han Ming mistakenly believe that Song Guiren was plotting to murder him in order to let his son sit on the throne. Therefore, Emperor Han Ming asked Cai Lun to investigate the matter, and Cai Lun, who had already made a decision, naturally stood on the side of Queen Dou. He not only fabricated evidence out of thin air, but also succumbed to the trick, which eventually led to the death of Song Guiren unbearably humiliated and poisoned. In the end, Prince Liu Qing was also abolished and demoted to the Qinghe King.
In 89 AD, after the Han He ascended the throne, Cai Lun's status rose further. The original Empress Dou also became the empress dowager, and the power of the Chinese government fell behind, and the evil results of foreign relatives' political interventions loomed. The Dou family was so powerful that Cai Lun was gradually marginalized. In order to consider his future, he decided to eradicate the Dou family. Later, Cai Lun and his gang successfully recovered the seal of the general and kept their military power firmly in their hands. At that time, the Dou clan had no support and could only be slaughtered. Soon after, Queen Mother Deng came to power. In order to reduce the illiteracy rate of the people, she urgently needed a convenient and fast substitute that could play the same role as bamboo slips.
Therefore, Cai Lun came out. He quickly used his accumulated experience and knowledge to improve papermaking and promoted it nationwide. After gaining the trust of Empress Dowager Deng, Cai Lun was promoted step by step, and was eventually named Longtinghou and managed 300 households. However, in 121 AD, Empress Dowager Deng died suddenly. After Emperor Han'an ascended the throne, he quickly found out Cai Lun who had murdered his grandmother Song Guiren. In the end, Cai Lun took poison and died. After all, he chose a decent way of death.
