Hancheng group recruitment

This is because Emperor Han Chengdi is not a monarch with outstanding ability. He can only check and balance the growing eunuch forces by appointing consorts, but can't take all these powers back into his own hands. During the Han and Yuan Dynasties, eunuchs were highly valued by the emperor in order to prevent consorts and Confucian officials from becoming too powerful. He likes eunuchs too much, because he thinks that eunuchs without families will not form small groups, which leads to the rapid development of eunuch power and the gradual decline of imperial power. It was against this background that Emperor Liu Ao ascended the throne.

It is said that Emperor Liu Ao was not a wise king. Although he was studious when he was young, as he grew older, he became more and more addicted to playing, and even almost lost the position of Chu Jun. After he became king, he became more and more addicted to pleasure. As mentioned above, when Liu Ao acceded to the throne, the eunuch power had developed very rapidly. In this case, it is obviously not easy for Liu Ao, who is shallow-rooted and playful, to regain the imperial power.

In order to curb the growth of eunuch power, Liu Ao took measures to balance eunuch and consorts. At that time, there were actually two powerful consorts, one was Wang's consort represented by her mother Wang, and the other was Xu Shi's consort represented by her queen Xu Shi. That is to say, Liu Ao appointed consorts not only to make them check and balance the eunuch forces together, but also to make them check and balance each other. However, due to the lack of its own ability, its checks and balances have deviated, and Wang has developed too fast.

Compared with the gradual decline of Xu's consorts due to the fall from grace of Queen Xu, Wang's consorts are increasingly prominent due to the protection of the Queen Mother. However, Liu Ao became more and more addicted to pleasure after he ascended the throne, and was not very enthusiastic about DPRK government affairs. As a result, the Tang Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty was finally controlled by the royal family, which laid the groundwork for Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty.