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When one man appoints the emperor, the emperor is his employee

This lesson plays out across 1 chapter of the chronicle. Read where it was learned — and what it cost.

• The Domineering General
  Eastern Han — Liang Ji (Depth) · 147 AD - 158 AD

  Liang Ji poisoned one emperor for calling him domineering, installed the next, and for a decade ran the empire as a family business with a body count. The fullest portrait of unaccountable power the chronicle possesses.