Why was there chaos in the world at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty?

The main reason can be boiled down to four words: natural and man-made disasters. From the perspective of natural disasters, from the first year of Emperor Huan Yuanjia to the 22nd year of Emperor Jian'an, there were 9 major epidemics in 66 years, an average of once every 7 years.

From the perspective of man-made disasters, since Emperor Shun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial power has fallen, and relatives and eunuchs take turns to sit in the village, and Huan Ling is faint, resulting in the disaster of eunuchs.

Because of the turmoil in the imperial court, high-ranking people did not care about the life and death of the people, which led to the rebellion of the officials and the people.

There are many reasons why there was chaos in the world at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty: the direct reason is "He Jin has no plan to be in the noble chaos, and Dong Zhuo of Liangzhou enters the court"! Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, monopolized power, and did the abolition of the establishment without authorization, which caused the dissatisfaction of the princes everywhere, so it led to the Kwantung princes organizing a coalition to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and the world was in chaos from then on!

But the real culprit who caused the chaos in the world at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was not He Jin or Dong Zhuo, but Liu Yan of the Han Dynasty clan! In the fifth year of Emperor Ling's reign (188), Liu Yan said that the Quartet was troublesome, and the reason was that the history of the assassination was light. Then some of the senior assassins were changed to pastors.

Without Liu Yan's suggestion to set up a "state pastor", there would have been no "princes" in various places. In the past, each of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty had a "Assassin History", and the Assassin History was mainly responsible for supervising local officials, and his power in ordinary times was not too great. The "state pastor" is in charge of the administrative, military, and financial power of a state, which is similar to the jiedu envoys in various places at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

The governors of the states are the de facto feudal towns. When the power of the state pastor is great, it will naturally breed ambition. So even if there is no "Dong Zhuo enters Beijing", the world of the Eastern Han Dynasty will be in chaos sooner or later.

In the case of the weakening of the imperial court and the absence of strong military deterrence, there has never been a shortage of careerists in the world.

Liu Yan himself is a typical example! As a member of the Han family, Liu Yan should be the most loyal. However, here's the thing:

After Liu Yan became the pastor of Yizhou, he immediately sent Zhang Lu to occupy Hanzhong and cut off the road from the imperial court to Yizhou. Then it further attacked the local tyrants internally and consolidated its own power, so that Yizhou was in a semi-independent state. In the second year of the first peace (191), Liu Yan made more than 1,000 vehicles (the frame used by the Son of Heaven) to be called the emperor.

Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao said that the imperial court was called Liu Yan"There is a theory that Zixia suspected the saint in Xihe (meaning that he had bad intentions)."。

Once the situation of internal light and external importance is formed, it is basically difficult to reverse, because the local real power warlords have reaped the benefits of fishermen, and regarded the Yellow Turban Rebellion as an opportunity to develop their own power, and took the opportunity, whether it is the slogan of exterminating the eunuchs in the struggle for power, or the actual action of expanding the territory of the local army, it is very successful.

In Chinese history, no other dynasty has been able to control the situation of internal light and external importance as in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In other eras of China, the "internal light and external weight", more local powerful factions relied on their own military strength in the local area, did not obey the first order, and coerced the **** to grant them more autonomy power, but in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the internal light and external importance were all-round, and the local powerful faction could not only not listen to the first order, but also greatly interfere in the political life of the first place, and even abolish the emperor. Historically, it can be compared with the situation of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is that during the Warring States Period of Japan, various princes fought fiercely for the right to rule the whole country, but the imperial court was powerless and could only let it go.

It can be seen from thisIt was the Yellow Turban Army that was in turmoil in the world. And the one who troubles the world is Liu Yan!

At that time, people did not have enough to eat, did not sleep, and there were often wars and riots, which caused people's lives to be very disordered, so this situation occurred. These people are, the rulers of the court**, eunuchs, troops, warlords, they should all be responsible for this.

Because of the separation of many forces in the political aspect, as well as the convergence of private forces, it will lead to a situation of chaos in the world. The ** who ruled the imperial court, the Yellow Turban Army, the eunuchs, the warlords, and the main figures in politics should all be responsible for this.

I think every dynasty has its ups and downs. If you divide for a long time, you must be together for a long time. The last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty were not only because of the separation of political forces, but also the accumulation of civil power.

The reason for the great chaos in the world at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was mainly the loss of the rights of the ruling class, from the eunuchs to the princes, all for the struggle for power, which eventually intensified and the world was in chaos.

Because the world must be divided for a long time, the social system at that time did not match the people's growing living needs, and the inaction of the rulers aroused the people's will to rebel against the dark society, so they rose everywhere, and the world was in chaos.

Because of the corruption of officials in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuchs in the palace were in power, which led to the boiling of public resentment.

This reason is the decline of the Han Dynasty, due to the corrupt rule of the imperial court, which led to the misery of the people. The number of people who finally revolted increased. But in the uprising, it was divided into several armies. Therefore, it led to the fragmentation of the Eastern Han Dynasty at the end of the year.

Because the princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty were very powerful, even surpassing the imperial court, they all wanted to divide one side.

Personally, I think that the emperor who has the most to do with the chaos in the world at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty should beEmperor Liu Zhao of the Han Dynasty

Liu Zhao was the fourth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and although the Eastern Han Empire had already seen the expansion of the power of relatives and eunuch groups during the period of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty before him, it was not too serious. In addition, Liu Zhao made great efforts during his reign and created the "Yongyuan Zhilong", which pushed the national tomato rental power of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the peak, so his personal "performance" is still worthy of recognition.

However, after Liu Zhao died untimely at the age of 27, he was succeeded by his son Liu Long, who was born only more than 100 days ago (that is, Emperor Han Yan, and the shortest-lived emperor in Chinese history, reigning for only 7 months, and only 2 years old), which gave the power of his relatives and the group of eunuchs who trembled Zhao another opportunity to expand. And from then on, Emperor An, Emperor Shun, Emperor Huan, etc. were all furnished one by one, and relatives and eunuchs alternately ruled, opposed each other, and tilted against each other, which eventually caused long-term social turmoil in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.