Let’s just say that the late emperor was only a teenager at this time. However, the emperor was well-fed and had grown up early. He was already at an age where he wanted to use women.

Dong Zhuo, Lü Bu and the others didn't care. They thought that since the emperor had no power, he had nothing to lose.

So I kept all the delicious and useful things that I liked for myself. As for the puppet Xiandi, "Give him whatever he has to eat, as long as he doesn't starve to death."

Therefore, it is really difficult for this person to live in this world as a puppet. Even if the emperor becomes a puppet, it will still be difficult.

However, after the sixteen-year-old Han Xian Emperor was kidnapped by Cao Cao in 195 AD and brought to Xuchang, he had to continue to live the life of a puppet.[

However, it is said that after Emperor Xian took advantage of the chaos and moved from Chang'an to Luoyang, Luoyang was filled with weeds, piles of rubble, and almost no human habitation. I don't know who came forward to organize a few soldiers to cut trees and mow grass to build a few thatched houses, and finally accommodated Emperor Xian.

Come down.

It's easy to live in, but it's hard to stay there. Is it not difficult if you don't have anything to eat?

I don’t know who came up with the idea. It means that as long as the sky does not destroy Han, there will always be a day to come forward. Although it is difficult now, it is the darkness before dawn. The dawn will rise. As long as you persist, there will be success.

Turnaround.

The first priority now is to get food. Although there will be no enemies to come forward without food, we have no such enemies in Luoyang.

Since everything still needs to be sustained, we have to "do it ourselves to have enough food and clothing." So the palace ministers kept raising their hands and agreed that except for Emperor Xian, everyone else, including the ministers, had to go find food.

There was no food to find, so even wild vegetables and tree bark had to be obtained.

History books say that everyone from the Duke to the minister level left the court to dig wild vegetables and collect firewood. The late Han Dynasty was in decline and almost in despair.

However, the history books do not record whether the ministers who went out to seek food went to farmers in the mountains to beg for food.

If you consider the unbearable feeling of starvation, if someone came out to give rice porridge to the court officials who were digging wild vegetables in the mountains and fields, they would definitely take it and wolf it down with tears of gratitude.

This article introduces Emperor Xian's life in Luoyang before he went to Xuchang. Although this period of life was extremely difficult, it was the day when Emperor Xian was most comfortable after he ascended the throne and became emperor until he abdicated.

Because only during this period of time can you not live the life of a puppet, but truly live the life of an emperor who has the final say. Unfortunately, the time is too short.

Besides, after Emperor Xian and Cao Cao arrived in Xuchang, at first, Cao Cao still respected Emperor Xian very much. He often came to chat with Emperor Xian about world events, and sometimes even asked Emperor Xian for his opinions. Whenever he wanted to lead troops on an expedition, he would inform Emperor Xian in advance;

, they all came to report to Emperor Xian regarding victory or defeat.

For example, when Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao, Cao Cao introduced him to Emperor Xian. Emperor Xian also checked the genealogy and found that Liu Bei was the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, one generation older than him, so he called Liu Bei his uncle. Liu Bei became famous in the world from then on.

In fact, during this period, Cao Cao was observing Emperor Xian.

Emperor Xian was only a boy of sixteen or seventeen, and Cao Cao was already in his forties.

Although Cao Cao was living in Xuchang at this time, he was surrounded by enemies on all sides and he was still young.

What he was thinking at this time was that as long as Emperor Xian obeyed and behaved well in front of the emperor, he would absolutely respect him.

Although I occasionally had the idea of ​​deposing Emperor Xian, firstly, I estimated that I was not strong enough, and secondly, I was afraid of opposition from the ministers of the court and the heroes of the world, so I had no choice but to worship Emperor Xian properly.

Emperor Xian was already married at this time, and the empress was Fu Wan's daughter, Empress Fu, and there were several nobles. Dong Guiren was the daughter of the minister Dong Cheng.[

Gradually, Cao Cao gained great power in the court, and for a while he was dominated by power in the court. He also realized that this kid Xiandi had no abilities, at least he would not pose a threat to himself, so he gradually became neglectful.

Sometimes he would bring his sword to the palace and gradually become arrogant in front of Emperor Xian. Although Emperor Xian was aware of it, he had to bear it with dignity as he ate other people's food, wore other people's clothes, and lived in other people's houses.

The most obvious time when Cao Cao offended Emperor Xian's authority was when he was hunting in Xutian.

That time it was a hunt by Emperor Xian, and Cao Cao took Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other ministers to participate.

After driving out a stag, Xiandi shot three arrows and missed. Cao Cao happened to be following Xiandi and watched Xiandi hunt. When Xiandi saw it, he handed Cao Cao the eagle bow, gold and bismuth arrows.

This is just a sign of humility. The carved gold bismuth arrow is the emperor’s exclusive hunting tool. Who else dares to use it?

But Cao Cao used it, not only used it, but also shot three arrows in succession, killing his prey.

The three armies cheered loudly, mistakenly thinking that Emperor Xian had succeeded in hunting.

At this moment, Cao Cao rode his horse over Emperor Xian's head to accept the congratulations of the officials and soldiers.

Not to mention who was dissatisfied by Cao Cao's move, his motive was to take the opportunity to offend Emperor Xian's imperial power and see the reaction of the officials.

Seeing that none of the court officials expressed any objection, Cao Cao felt confident and knew his weight in the court, so from then on he began to despise Emperor Xian more and more.

He scolded Emperor Xian. Gradually, Emperor Xian felt like a light on his back when he saw Cao Cao. He knew that the days of being a true puppet had begun again.

One time, for some unknown reason, and in front of many palace maids and eunuchs, Cao Cao sternly rebuked Emperor Xian; Emperor Xian was frightened and couldn't help himself.

Cao Cao finished venting his anger and left in anger.

Emperor Xian cried out to Concubine Dong about his situation behind his back. After several discussions, Emperor Xian bit off his finger, dipped his blood in it and wrote a secret edict to Dong Cheng, asking him to wait for an opportunity to eliminate Cao Cao.

This is the famous Yidai Edict incident.

Later, the secret was leaked, and Dong Cheng's family and all those involved were killed by Cao Cao.

From then on, Cao Cao strictly supervised Emperor Xian.

After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's forces, he arranged his center of strength in Ye County, leaving Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and some court officials to live in Xuchang.

Cao Cao also sent Xiahou to be stationed in Xuchang all year round, responsible for military defense and political and economic affairs in the south, and ordered Xiahou to strictly supervise Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to prevent him from having any chance to escape elsewhere and murder Cao Cao.

In this way, until Cao Cao led his troops to regain the lost territory and attack Jingzhou this time, Emperor Xian had been living a life of a puppet under supervision, and he would continue to live it in the future.

This puppet life began in 185 when he ascended the throne at the age of six, and in 208 when Cao Cao led troops to attack Jingzhou, 23 years had passed.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty lived as an emperor's puppet for such a long time, which is unique in Chinese history.[

When people in later generations talked about Emperor Xian, they often criticized him for being cowardly and afraid to do anything. In fact, they did not understand the difficult situation of Emperor Xian.

Let's put it this way, for example, Emperor Xian's life in Cao Ying was like being among a group of tigers, cautious and worried about being killed, so how could he dare to show off?

It was not that Emperor Xian had not done anything. The incident with the Clothes Edict and the subsequent execution of Empress Fu and her family were all the result of Emperor Xian's actions.

Emperor Xian could only do this.
Chapter completed!