Chinese Emperors from different dynasty often try to learn from the privious one.
Han have learned from Qin's Failure and have named the royal Castes to govern different regions. Tang have learned from the previous Sui dynasty and developed a well organized Military system but they over trusted the miltary officials and eunirchs which led to its failure. Song have learned from Tang and limited the power of the miltary and given it to the Manderins, and that lead to its defeat. Ming have learned from the Failure of both Tang and Song, the government have limited the power of both Military officials and the manderins, which have resulted the execution of many powerful figures. after that, they have no other choice but to give the power to eunirchs which have weaken the government, and eventually defeated by Qing.
eunuchs was extrmely powerful during Ming dynasty, after Emperor Zhen zu' rebellion wich iverthrown his nephew, he organized three intelligence which was controled by eunuchs, they have the power to control/ spy/ excecute manderins and military officers...
eunuches was also very ppowerful during Han and Tang dynasty, furing late eastern Han dynasty, there were ten very powerful eunuches, they were in control of the government, the economy, the military....anf yes, they did place a baby on the throne who were only i don t know, 8 month old?many scholars believed that maybe the cause of the defeat of Han.
what's funny is that they actually have wives, it;s like making fun of themself
Edited by Siege Tower - 18-Dec-2006 at 07:45