Huang Hao is portrayed as a villain in the official history and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and few people praise him. His notoriety was so notorious that some even blamed him for the fall of Shu Han.
According to the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Huang Hao was promoted to the rank of Zhongchang Servant and Fengche Duwei in the position of Huangmen Ling, and controlled the government with his power, which eventually led to the collapse of the country.
Chen Shou, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, was the ** of Qian Zhou, and he personally experienced the end of the Shu Han Dynasty. As a eunuch beside the emperor, it is indeed a little difficult to blame him for the death of the country when Liu Chan holds real power.
However, Huang Hao is indeed powerful, he was not executed by Sima Zhao Lingchi as depicted in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but enjoyed his old age and died well. It's a bit hard to swallow, but it's true.
After Liu Chan ascended the throne, Zhuge Liang, as his strict father and courtier, was very strict with his education, hoping to make him a male lord like his father Liu Bei.
And in this process, Dong Yun, as Liu Chan's right-hand man, has been strictly admonishing him, which makes Liu Chan very afraid of Dong Yun. In this context, Huang Hao, as Liu Chan's close servant, although he has no practical use, he is very smart and knows how to please Liu Chan.
Therefore, although he does not have any official position, in Liu Chan's eyes, his status is also very high. However, as long as Dong Yun was alive, Huang Hao was very afraid of him, because Dong Yun's eyes could make him tremble.
Therefore, during Dong Yun's lifetime, Huang Hao's official position has always been no more than Huang Mencheng, and he was crushed to death.
With his wisdom and hard work, Huang Hao was promoted from a Huangmen Commander to a lieutenant of Zhongchang and Fengche, with a noble status and power, everyone had to listen to him, and even the royal family also bowed down to him.
However, Luo Xian was demoted to Bazhong by Huang Hao because of his disobedience and became Yan Yu's deputy.
There is such a record in "Huayang National Chronicles": Before Zhuge Zhan and his son died in the battle of Mianzhu, they lamented that they failed to kill Huang Hao early, which led to the destruction of Shu. Zhuge Zhan's father and son hated Huang Hao's chaotic behavior, but they were powerless to eradicate him, and they were deeply distressed.
Sima Zhao took Zhong Hui as the commander in the sixth year of Jingyao (263) and commanded 160,000 troops to march into Shu, Jiang Wei noticed that Zhong Hui was uneasy to govern the army in Guanzhong, and immediately wrote to Liu Chan to take precautions as soon as possible, but Huang Hao told him that the Wei army would not come.
Liu Chan and the ministers thought that the Shu Road was difficult and dangerous, and they were repelled every time, so they sat back and relaxed. However, Deng Ai smuggled across the Yinping Trail and successfully counterattacked, and after taking Yinping, the soldiers pointed directly at the Chengdu barrier Mianzhu.
Zhuge Zhan asked for orders to stop Deng Ai, but the army was defeated and died, the whole army was destroyed, and the loss of Mianzhu meant that Chengdu was in no danger to defend. Liu Chan surrendered the city at the suggestion of Qian Zhou, but Huang Hao was spared from death because he bribed Deng Ai's cronies to intercede for him.
In fact, Huang Hao can survive after the death of the country, and it is likely that he will enjoy his old age in peace.
Liu Chan favored Huang Hao, Huang Hao's power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and the four phases of Shu and Han were suppressed by him. After Fei Yi's death, Liu Chan was completely in control, and Huang Hao rose to the top and became Liu Chan's spokesperson.
Although some people believe that Huang Hao is Liu Chan's pawn, he is powerful with Liu Chan's support, and even after the death of the country, he still lives a nourishing life. In fact, Huang Hao is Liu Chan's younger brother, because Liu Chan has no suspicion or restraint on him, and allows him to behave indiscriminately.
Liu Chan wanted to monopolize power, so Huang Hao went to offend people; Liu Chan was jealous of his brother, so Huang Hao went to Liu Yong for trouble. Huang Hao did dictate and mess with the government, but he did not slander and kill any minister, his behavior was more to bring chaos to the government than to harm the country and the people.
Huang Hao was just a eunuch who was favored by the emperor and abused his power, not to the extent of causing the decline of the country and the victimization of loyalty, but in Shu Han pretended to confuse Liu Chan with the theory of ghosts and gods, which helped Cao Wei, and his misdeeds led to political turmoil in Shu Han, which was a good thing for Cao Wei.
For Deng Ai and Sima Zhao, Huang Hao was just an unimportant villain, and helping them defeat Jiang Wei, Shu Han's number one enemy, was really joyful, like a charcoal in the snow.
If Jiang Wei didn't clash with Huang Hao, it would be more difficult for Cao Wei to deal with him. Therefore, even if Huang Hao led to the demise of the country, he was still able to survive.