程璜 / Cheng Huang (late Han)
Hanji 912 supplies the pre-Hanji-913 retaliation setup. After 曹节 leaks 蔡邕’s confidential memorial, the source says Cheng Huang secretly directs an anonymous accusation against Cai Yong and Cai’s uncle Cai Zhi, using old grievances with 刘郃 and 阳球 as the attack surface. The transcript’s exact kinship wording between Cheng Huang and Yang Qiu is kept source-scoped, while the stable point is a household or affinal access path.
Hanji 913 adds Cheng Huang’s earlier role before the Hanji 918 plot leak. The source says he secretly instigates an accusation against 蔡邕 and Cai’s uncle, turning private resentment claims into a case that nearly kills Cai.
程璜 was the eunuch intermediary through whom the 179 CE anti-曹节 plot in Hanji 918 leaks.
Because Cheng Huang can be reached through 阳球’s household, he turns private relational access into political surveillance. Once pressured by gifts and threats, he tells Cao Jie, who accuses Liu He and the others before 汉灵帝.
Connections
- Hanji 912, 蔡邕, 曹节, 刘郃, 阳球, and 密奏泄露风险 - anonymous accusation after the confidential memorial leak.
- Hanji 913, 蔡邕, and 汉灵帝 - earlier slander-instigation branch.
- 阳球 / Yang Qiu (late Han) — household link that creates the leak path.
- 曹节 / Cao Jie (late Han eunuch) — recipient of the warning.
- 刘郃 / Liu He (late-Han situ), 陈球 / Chen Qiu (late Han), and 刘纳 / Liu Na (late Han) — officials destroyed after the leak.
- Private Access Talent Channel / 私人进身通道 — related private-access mechanism, here functioning as leakage rather than recruitment.