Why did Deng Tong, who has mines and the ability to make money at home, starve to death?

1. Deng Tong's Family Deng Tong was a minister in the period of Emperor Wendi of the Western Han Dynasty. Deng Tong's father, named Deng Xian, escaped from the war in the late Qin Dynasty. Later, he made a fortune and saved a lot of money. Deng Xian's wife first gave birth to three daughters for Deng Xian, and then gave birth to Deng Tong. Therefore, Deng Xian likes this little son very much, and Deng Tong grew up under the doting of his parents. When he grew up, Deng Tong didn't know the Bible or poetry, but he was very proficient in eating, drinking and having fun. At that time, there were three ways to be an official in the Western Han Dynasty, one of which was that wealthy people could prepare their own fares and materials and go to Beijing to wait for the imperial court's call-up. Deng Tong's parents saw that their little son was incompetent, so they let him go this way. Deng Tong, who came to Beijing, was good at rowing, so the court allowed him to take part in the rowing competition. Occasionally, because Emperor Wendi had a dream, it was related to Deng Tong. Since then, Deng Tongbian has been appreciated and rewarded by Emperor Wen. Fortune-teller once said that Deng Tong would die of poverty and disease. Emperor Wen of Han was very unhappy, so he gave Deng Tong a lot of money and even allowed him the right to make money.

Second, Deng Tong is good at buttering up and flattering at the end. Wendi once had a huge pustule on his back, and Deng's laxative was sucked out by Wendi. Later, Wendi asked Deng Tong who loved me the most, and Deng Tong replied that it was the prince. So Emperor Wen of Han asked the prince to help him suck out the pustule, and the prince hesitated. Emperor Wendi was unhappy, but Deng Tong's position was getting higher and higher. Because of this, the then prince hated Deng Tong very much. When the prince succeeded to the throne and became emperor of Han Jing, he decided to recall Deng Tong and recover all his rights, status and wealth. After that, Deng Tongbian really starved to death in the street and died of poverty and illness, just like the fortune teller said.

Although Deng Tong didn't have much ambition, he offended Han Jing in order to please Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, which was the main reason why he was starved to death despite his wealth and power. It can be seen that wandering between powers will eventually be countered by power.