in the place of the dengs, the song clan of emperor an's grandmother became honored, but wielding much more actual power were the clan of the empress, the yans—in particular empress yan's brothers yan xian (閻顯), yan jing (閻景), and yan yao (閻耀). also powerful were the eunuchs jiang and li, who had been made marquesses. they, along with several other eunuchs, as well as wang and her daughter bo rong (伯榮), became extremely corrupt in their ways. emperor an ignored criticism of these people and failed to punish them for their corruption. he often listened to their suggestions while ignoring the advice of his key officials. one of the most outspoken ones, yang zhen (楊震), the commander of the armed forces, was eventually removed from his post in 124 and committed suicide in protest.