Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, Slausel Montgomery here with part two of this brief series,

where we are navigating the timeline of China history,

pausing here and there to note some of the more outrageous takeovers of the imperial government by

Unix. As I mentioned last time, Unix devastation was particularly noteworthy in the Han,

Tong, and Ming dynasties. Last time after a brief look at the Qin dynasty,

villain Zhao Gao and his whole cover up of the death of the first Qin emperor and his subsequent

power grab, and then we jumped ahead to the eastern Han, the tail end, dynasty was finally put out

of its misery in 220 CE, but by as early as the 150s, the Unix had been able to take advantage

of the turn of events, four bad emperors in a row, to effectively take over power and set

themselves up, along with their relatives and other allies, into positions of power inside

and outside the palace. In the Unix reputation for ruthlessness that new no bounds was on

ruinous display for everyone to see and for history to record with the Ten Attendance,

the Shicheng Shirt of eastern Han emperor Ling's time. They sort of stood out as a warning for

future posterity to make every effort to draw a wall of separation between governing the palace

and governing the state, and everyone should stay on their side of the wall.

Well, we ended last time with the bloody defeat of the Unix who were wiped out by the warlord

and major character from romance of the three kingdoms, Yuan Shao and others.

History records a dramatic end to the rule of the Ten Attendance, and as I just said,

they became the examples for future rulers to avoid at all costs.

It sure is tempting to wander off and get lost in those magical decades between the fall of the

Hun and the end of the three kingdoms. If you ever wanted to hear the whole story,

let me again recommend Mr. John Jews, three kingdoms podcast. He also has the Water Margin podcast.

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