Ganlu Incident
835 CE
The Ganlu Incident, sometimes also known as the Sweet Dew Incident, refers to an incident on December 14, 835, in which the reigning Emperor Wenzong of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, angry about the power that the powerful eunuchs have, conspires with the chancellor Li Xun and the general Zheng Zhu to slaughter the eunuchs.
The plot fails, however, when the eunuchs realized what is happening and counterattack with soldiers under their command.
Li Xun, Zheng, as well as many of their associates and other officials are slaughtered, andhereafter, the eunuchs had an even firmer control over Emperor Wenzong and his government than before.
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