Night after night, they all say that brocade-clad officials should never have to travel by night.
Lu Wei placed fourth in the second tier of the imperial examinations in the seventeenth year of the Tianhan era. He was granted the title of Presented Scholar and eventually rose to the position of Chancellor. Lu Wei’s power grew by the day, and his allies and lackeys spread throughout the court and beyond. They called it assisting the government, but in truth, he was doing nothing more than what Cao Cao once did: holding the emperor hostage to command the lords.