The Yellow Turban Rebellion

Eunuchs were able to rise to the top positions of power thanks to their manipulation of some weak, muddle headed or child emperor. All it takes is a pliant fool of an emperor. Emperor ling was their dupe. And by the time he died, the eunuch had a hammer lock on the government and the palace. They plundered the land and were ruthless with any organized opposition. Their little reign of terror lasted all the way up to the end of han lingti, emperor ling, who died in may one 89. Finally, the corruption and oppression of the eunuchs under emperor ling got so bad it led to the yellow turban reb on one