In ancient China, there were eunuchs, who specialized in serving the emperor, concubines and other royal personnel. They had to be castrated before entering the palace. But after the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, where did the eunuchs in the palace go? Puyi abdicated on December 25, the third year of Xuantong (February 12, 1912). Although the preferential treatment conditions issued after his resignation included that the palace deacons could be retained as usual, the actual situation was not like this; many The palace maids and eunuchs were all forced to leave the palace, but they didn't know anything except serving people. In fact, there weren't many places they could go, and some even ended up starving to death or freezing to death on the streets.
Empress Dowager Longyu issued the "Abdication Edict" for the 6-year-old Puyi. On December 25, the third year of Xuantong, the Qing Dynasty officially entered history. At that time, the Republic of China clearly listed the rights reserved by the emperor after his abdication at 8 points, including " The honorary title of the Qing Emperor still exists." "The Qing Emperor's annual expenditure of 4 million taels was allocated by the government of the Republic of China." "The Qing Emperor temporarily lived in palace confinement and later moved to the Summer Palace. , and the guards and others will continue to use it as usual." "The Qing Emperor's ancestral temple mausoleum is permanently enshrined." , the Republic of China government may set up guards for protection at its discretion", " Guangxu If the mausoleum is properly built and repaired, the Republic of China government will pay practical expenses", "The deacons in the palace can be retained as usual, but no more eunuchs are allowed to be recruited", "The private property of the Qing emperor shall be retained by the Republic of China government "Special protection", "The original Imperial Guard was established by the Army Ministry of the Republic of China, and the amount, salary and salary remain the same as before."
Although the guarantees were listed, the Qing royal family and Puyi himself did not enjoy the so-called preferential treatment for too long as agreed. The annual royal family's 4 million yuan was not fully supplied, and many eunuchs served Puyi after his abdication, which gradually emerged. The mood was aroused, but Puyi was no longer the emperor in the feudal era, so he could only drive out the disobedient eunuchs, leaving only more than 20 eunuchs left with him; later Feng Yuxiang came to Beijing and drove Puyi out of the Forbidden City . Those eunuchs They were also kicked out.
However, these eunuchs have served people all their lives and know nothing at all. They have long been unable to return to normal ordinary people's lives. As a result, many eunuchs faced homelessness after leaving the palace; they saved a lot of money in the palace. Some eunuchs who have money can still persist for a period of time after leaving the palace. Some eunuchs donate 20 taels of silver and live in the temple for a long time. As for the eunuchs who have no money, they wander around and even face the fate of starving to death or freezing to death.
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