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Chapter 25
sex scandal at court

The ancients attached great importance to ethics, but in the Han Dynasty, there was a tragedy of political marriage: a 10-year-old niece married her uncle, Emperor Hui of Han, and became a queen.Who directed this farce?
Liu Ying, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, was the eldest son of Liu Bang. His sister, Princess Lu Yuan, married Zhao Wang Zhang Ao and had a daughter, Zhang Yan. Queen.

This absurd marriage was actually arranged by the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi and imposed on Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Zhang Yan. She euphemistically called it "increasing intimacy with each other", but in fact it was to facilitate her own control of power.

At first, Emperor Hui of Han firmly disagreed.Empress Lu said: "Zhang Yan is your niece. No one can compare with her noble blood, and her appearance and morality are beyond the ancient and modern. And the uncle married his niece is not one of the five ethics. Haven't you heard about Jin Wengong marrying Wen Ying?" Because Zhang Yan was just 10 years old that year, the queen mother was afraid of people's comments, so she asked her to claim that she was 12 years old, regardless of "asking her name" and offering ancestral temple rituals.

Han Huidi Liu Ying, who was 20 years old, married 10-year-old Zhang Yan. Leaving aside incest, the huge age difference made it difficult for Han Huidi to accept.Three years later, Liu Ying died of depression, and 12-year-old Zhang Yan began a miserable life as a widow.It is said that Zhang Yan was still a virgin at the age of 163 until the death of Chun Sanyue in the first year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (36 BC).

The queen had no children, so Empress Lu asked her to pretend to be pregnant, and then took the son of a beauty as the queen's son, and killed the beauty.This son later became the emperor, and he was very dissatisfied when he learned the truth.Empress Lu abolished him and made Liu Yi, king of Changshan, emperor.

In the course of history, there are still many people who use all means to fight for power. Zhu Wen, the Taizu of the Later Liang Dynasty, had two charming daughter-in-laws. Have a relationship.But Zhu Wen never refused anyone who came, he recruited his daughter-in-law into the palace, and took turns serving the bed. This incident of court incest made everyone look sideways.

The Prince of Later Liang used his wife to sexually bribe his father. This kind of ugly incest and fornication is probably unique in history.Zhu Wen was a native of Dangshan, Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty. He first participated in the peasant uprising army in Huangchao. Later, he rebelled and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

In 907 A.D., Zhu Wen led his troops to destroy the Tang Dynasty and established the Houliang Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, changed the Yuan to Kaiping, and changed its name to Huang. The temple name was Taizu, and the Houliang Dynasty was established.Although Zhu Wen overthrew the Tang Dynasty, he didn't think about how to consolidate his position. Instead, he was arrogant and extravagant every day, and was finally wiped out under the slogan of reviving the Tang Dynasty by other opponents.In order to fight for power, they do not hesitate to violate ethics, which shows how powerful power can bewitch people's hearts.

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