In ancient times, if I wanted to be a eunuch, would it be enough to just cut it? How difficult is the process to climb to the "Nine Thousand Years"?
In fact, it was not that easy to be a eunuch in ancient times, and the life of eunuchs was not as good as imagined.
in the late Qing Dynasty, a couple forced themselves to send their son to the palace as eunuchs for a livelihood. The child was named Sun Yaoting . He was cut off from the root of right and wrong by his father and was in a coma for three days. As a result, just as he woke up, news of the demise of Qing Dynasty came from the village. Sun Yaoting fainted after hearing this. In ancient times, those who went to be eunuchs usually couldn't survive. They could have at least a full meal in the palace. If they climbed up step by step like Zhao Gao and became the highest and largest eunuch, wouldn't it be developed? But this is just a fantasy. Just becoming a eunuch at the bottom is already a life-threatening death. Why do you say so? Because ancient medicine was underdeveloped, although using a knife on the body could easily cause excessive blood loss, even if it did not die at that time, it might die due to complications later.
It is said that at first the eunuchs were cut all, and nine out of ten were cut, but later the technology improved, either cutting zero or cutting one. What are you talking about specifically? Everyone knows it!
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Some people say that he can survive with good physical fitness, but you have to pass the assessment first. The assessment is not very strict, just to require family innocence. If it is a spy sent by the enemy country, wouldn’t it be a guide to the wolf into the house? Secondly, there must be four or five brothers to ensure that someone in their family will continue the family line, otherwise it will be unfilial. After these two points are fine, you have to find a knife maker to clean up. The knife maker is not cheap, and sometimes you have to perform the ceremony of apprenticeship. When you enter the palace and become rich in food and drink, you have to serve the master. Because this matter is more dangerous, you have to sign a life and death certificate before using the knife. The content is roughly: Life and death are destined to be rich in heaven, and any accident has nothing to do with the knife maker.
was finally saved and survived successfully, but do you think this can make you a eunuch?
Passed the life experience assessment, and even if you failed to cut zero or cut one, it has surpassed most people. In ancient times, this kind of surgery was called "cutting force". When I saw this name, I read idioms such as unstoppable momentum and bullying others. I always feel a little strange. The cut "fast" should be put into lime to prevent corrosion, and some will be fried in sesame oil. Then in a wooden box, the knife maker would wrap it in red cloth and hang it on the beams of the house. When he retires, he must redeem it and bury it together. It can be considered as a dead body.
said that when you enter the palace and become a eunuch, those who survive after the culprit can report to the government. The government sends the list of these people to the palace. When there is a vacancy in the palace, you will naturally find these people. At this point, you will become a formal eunuch. But the life of eunuchs at the bottom is very miserable. They often do the hardest things, such as pouring toilets and pulling manure trucks, almost all day long. After get off work at night, you will be bullied by eunuchs of grade, such as pounding their legs and washing clothes. Once the eunuchs at the bottom refuse, they will immediately be beaten. These things can still be tolerated by gritting their teeth. They are afraid of encountering palace fights. The empresses instruct the eunuchs and the eunuchs instruct the young eunuchs. When something really happens, these eunuchs at the bottom will take the blame and there is no place to complain about the injustice.The eunuch is not a minister. The master in the palace wants to kill them, which is no different from crushing a ant . Even if he is so smart and becomes a eunuch of grade, there are eunuchs above. Unless he can be like Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian , how can he become such a big eunuch?
Why were there so many eunuchs in ancient times? Is it really easy for eunuchs to control the government? If you want to become "9,000-year-old " under one person, you must first have great luck, secondly, you must be ignorant enough, and finally you must follow the right person. Luck is hard to explain. Many times, if you are not bad, the ending will be a thousand miles away. There is no need to say that bad person. It is difficult to survive in the palace without some real ability. Either you are beaten to death or take the blame. How can you have the chance to climb to a high position? Following the right person is the most important point.
For example, of Tang Dynasty . Because he saw Li Longji , he later became the Duke as an eunuch and was called the first sage official of the ages. There is also . The Ming Dynasty eunuch . Liu Jin . He was at first the lowest eunuch. . During the Hongzhi period, was almost killed. Later, he served the prince . Zhu Houzhao and gradually gained some power. When Zhu Houzhao became the emperor of . Zhengde , Liu Jin gradually became a powerful eunuch, more powerful than those high-ranking officials and generals.
The most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty was Wei Zhongxian. How did Wei Zhongxian climb up?
First, he said he was good at being a human being. Since he entered the palace, he gave gifts and flattered him step by step. Later, he flattered him to Keshi . Keshi was the wet nurse of Zhu Youxiao and was very popular in the palace. In addition, Zhu Youxiao ignored the government affairs, so Wei Zhongxian took the opportunity to seize power and became the "Nine Thousand Years". Ministers of civil and military affairs rushed to build a temple for him, but even if they became a big eunuch, their fate was often very miserable. The big eunuch Wang Zhen was beaten to death, and Liu Jin was executed by Lingchi. It is said that more than 3,500 knives were slaughtered alive. Wei Zhongxian hanged himself and committed suicide. In short, fate is destined to be tragic. Of course, there are exceptions. People like Zheng He have been famous for their eternity.
