Han Ai Emperor died and had no son.
At this moment, Emperor Ai's grandmother, Empress Dowager Ding, and his mother, have all died one after another. Therefore, the person who issued the orders in Weiyang Palace was naturally the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun.
The Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun Portrait
Although she is in her seventies, the old lady Wang is still extremely agile. She started to act on the day Emperor Ai died and went to Weiyang Palace to get the jade seal representing the emperor's dignity. Then, she immediately summoned the Grand Marshal Dongxian, and asked him how to handle the funeral of Emperor Ai.
Dong Xian is really not a traitor or bad person. When the matter was about to come, there was no opinion. When he was worried, he was speechless and had to avoid being on the ground and apologize.
Dong Xian Portrait
Seeing Emperor Ai as the Grand Sima performing this heart, the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun said: "Wang Mang, the Queen Mother of Xindu, was responsible for the funeral of the late emperor as the Grand Sima, and was very familiar with the procedures. I will ask him to help you do things."
At this time, if Dong Xian had some ability, some selfishness, and some sense of resistance, with the power of the Grand Sima at that time, he could completely resist. But Dong Xian was just the homosexual partner of Emperor Ai after all, and he had no political ambitions, so he immediately agreed to the Empress Dowager's opinion.
Wang Mang Stills
Wang Zhengjun immediately sent someone to report to Wang Mang, let him enter the palace to command the imperial guards and preside over the political affairs of the world.
Wang Mang takes action immediately once he has power. According to the instructions of his aunt, Empress Dowager Wang, Dong Xian was immediately prohibited from entering the palace to do business, and strictly prevent him from having contact with the Imperial Guards.
After Dong Xian learned the news, he was extremely frightened and arrived in front of the palace gate, and was relieved of his apprenticeship and knelt down on his knees.
The Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun Stills
Soon, the imperial edict came out, and the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun issued an edict: "Dong Xian is young and ignorant. He is not in line with the hearts of the Grand Sima. He confiscated his seal and ribbon and sent him back to his post!"
After this edict of dismissal, Dong Xian knew that his end of the day had come, so he immediately committed suicide with his wife at home. The protagonist and the master's wife suddenly committed suicide, and their family was even more scared and buried the couple in the middle of the night.
Wang Mang Stills
Wang Mang was surprised by Dong Xian's sudden "self-destruction". Indeed, a great sage with military power would be better than a slaughter of a chicken. He didn't even struggle for a while, and just hanged himself with a rope?
Wang Mang used his treacherous heart to save others. He suspected that Dong Xian had pretended to die, so he sent someone to dig out the coffin of Dong Xian and his wife and put them in prison to examine them carefully.
Finally, after finding out that the two beautiful people in the coffin were indeed two dead bodies, Wang Mang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered people to bury the bodies of Dong Xian and his wife in the hollowed-out prison.
Wang Mang Portrait
According to reasonable speculation, Wang Mang, as a scholar-type official, would definitely be very interested in Dong Xian's body - what a man, who actually made Emperor Ai so fascinated? Of course, Wang Mang would definitely be disappointed in the end. The dead man had no charm, no aura, and no dynasty. The most important thing is that Wang Mang, the observer of living people, is monosexual. He doesn't want to have that mouthful, so he naturally cannot understand the goodness of Emperor Ai's dragon yang that penetrates deep into his bones.
Han Ai and Dong Xian Stills
In the end, Emperor Ai of Han spent countless money to repair the grave of special good words for his homosexual partners, and Dong Xian had no blessing to save him.
I heard that Dong Xian was dead, and the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun finally sighed. I've been holding this breath for six years. Looking at his nephew Wang Mang, the old empress Wang Zhengjun was sad and could not suppress himself. These tears are sad and joyful.
Old Wang’s family is full of hardships and sweetness. Emperor Ai is dead, and the world is ours again!
Han Ai Emperor Portrait
Soon, Wang Zhengjun issued an edict to let all the ministers and ministers of the court elect those who could replace Dong Xian as the Grand Sima.
Wang Mang had been a Grand Sima, with a great reputation, and a close relative of the Empress Dowager. Everyone was like a mirror in their hearts. They immediately said that Wang Mang was reinstated as Grand Sima.
Borrowing the dowry, the Empress Dowager issued an edict, appointing his nephew Wang Mang as the Grand Sima and the Minister of the Shangshu. Military power and administrative power all returned to their nephews.
Wang Mang Stills
In this way, after Emperor Ai of Han died, the family of Wang's relatives successfully counterattacked and regained the power of the Han Dynasty's government. After returning to power, we need to publicize the faults of the overthrew political enemies and conduct a deep exaggeration and criticism campaign, so that we can be morally superior. So, Wang Mang instructed the Grand Situ Kong Guang to submit a memorial, listing the crimes committed by Dong Xian.
Kong Guang Portrait
Previously, Kong Guang Old Man Kong was frightened when he saw Dong Xian fall. Seeing Wang Mang give him this opportunity, this old Confucian scholar immediately became shameless. He immediately wrote hard at home, his beard and hair moved randomly, and he was criticized. He strongly demanded that Dong Xian be published to the world and severely punish his family:
Han Shu
(Dong) Xian is clever and slandered, and was granted treacherous in nature and was granted marquis, father and son are dedicated to court, brothers are favored, and he receives many rewards, governing a house, building a tomb, and releasing the effect is indefinitely, not different from the royal system, and the expenses are scattered, and the country is empty. The father and son are arrogant and disgraceful, and they do not serve as rituals for the messenger, and they do not worship them when they receive the gift, and their sins are violent. (Dong) Xian committed suicide. After his death, his father Gong and others did not regret it. He painted the coffin with sand and the color of the four seasons. The color of the coffin was painted with the blue dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right, with gold, silver, sun and moon on it, jade clothes, pearls and jades with the coffin, and the supreme cannot be added. Fortunately, Gong and others were exempted from punishment, so they should not be in Middle Earth. I would like to confiscate the property from the county magistrate. All those who are officials with (Dong) and Xian are exempted from this. ("Han Shu·Biography of Dong Xian")
