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During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the eunuch was ordered by the Emperor Qianlong to have no more than four ranks, and it became a rule that will never change. That is to say, the official position of the eunuch can only stop at the fourth rank, and it can’t be higher. You can make it up. The official of the fourth rank of the imperial court comes to discuss politics, but they have to sit on the same level as an eunuch, and officials below the fourth rank may have to report Please peace, so Qianlong's rules are not unreasonable.
However, there are exceptions to everything. When the Empress Dowager Cixi was in power, she broke the rules set by her ancestors and rewarded Li Lianying for the second product, Liu Chengyin and Xiao De Zhang for the third product. .
During the period when Cixi was in charge of the Qing Dynasty, there were countless eunuchs who served her by her side, but she had always trusted four eunuchs.
One is An Dehai, who Cixi called Xiaoanzi, another is Liu Chengyin, who is known as Yin Liu, who is in charge of the Cixi seal, the other is Li Lianying, who has accompanied Cixi for 40 years, and the last is the last eunuch of the Qing Dynasty. Manager Xiaode Zhang Zhangland.
Let me take a look at the endings of the four eunuchs that Empress Dowager relies heavily on.
An Dehai, he entered the palace and became a eunuch when he was ten years old. He is smart, knows how to look at his face, and can read and hyphenate. It is said that all those who go to be eunuchs are from poor family conditions, but An Dehai could actually read "The Analects", and Emperor Xianfeng liked him very much. Cixi said that he is a human spirit, that is, such a human spirit, smart and energetic.
After Xianfeng's death, An Dehai pretended to be punished for Cixi. He returned to Beijing in time to find Prince Gong Yi to inform him and helped Cixi get rid of the eight ministers of life. He made a great contribution, and since then, Qingyun has become an internal affairs officer. General Manager of the House.
But, after becoming Cixi’s confidant, he ransacked for money, arrogantly and domineeringly, demanded Lenaka for the officials who entered and exited the court and made many enemies.
In the eighth year of Tongzhi, An Dehai took advantage of Emperor Tongzhi’s wedding to go to the south to buy fabrics. He went to the south to buy fabrics and went to Shandong in a boat along the Grand Canal. After being known by Shandong governor Ding Baozhen, he sent a The cavalry of the team captured An Dehai to Jinan, beheaded first and then played. The eunuch could not leave the palace and the minister had never heard of it. They directly beheaded An Dehai.
Cixi was shocked when she learned about it, but Ding Baozhen was well-founded. The Minister of Korea and the Empress Dowager Ci'an also agreed to follow the ancestral system. The eunuchs of the DPRK could not leave the capital, and offenders would die without pardon. It is estimated that Empress Dowager Cixi is also very depressed, but she has nothing to do.
Liu Chengyin, formerly known as Liu Duosheng, he was called Yin Liu in the palace. He is more clever, and he has his own opinions on the forms of North Korea and China. Empress Dowager Cixi often has doubts and likes to chat with Yin Liu Yin Liu is indeed smart. It is estimated that he was cautious after seeing Anderhai’s end. He never talked about the affairs of the court arbitrarily. He took the initiative to say that the eunuchs could not interfere in the affairs of the court, but he would tell Cixi by telling jokes and stories. Open Maosai, so Cixi valued him very much.
During the Guangxu reign, Cixi asked him to take charge of the affairs of the sixth house. Later, Yinliu suffered from stone numbness. Cixi specially rewarded gold and medicine. When Yinliu got sick, he returned home and quit. Ouchi. Secluded to the treasure temple on the outskirts of the capital. On the occasion of parting, the Empress Dowager Cixi personally sent it out. It is said that this time she was parting with tears.
Later, Liu Chengyin successively built more than 20 temples in the capital, which were specially used to house the elderly and homeless eunuchs.
Li Lianying, entered the palace at the age of eight and worked as a errand under Cixi, dedicated to serving Cixi. Cixi cares about clothes and hairstyles, and likes to dress up. Once when Cixi saw someone else's hairstyle looks good, she asked the eunuchs beside her to comb her hair, but several eunuchs did not comb her hair.
It is said that Li Lianying used the opportunity to buy things outside the palace and learned the unique skill of combing her hair secretly outside. After returning, she volunteered to comb her hair for Cixi. Cixi was particularly satisfied. From now on, all the work of combing was given to Li Lianying.
After An Dehai was killed, Li Lianying was promoted to the chief of the Ouchi. He has been with Cixi for more than 50 years. He has a delicate mind and can best understand the empress dowager’s mood. However, in the late Li Lianying may be desperate to provide for the elderly. Gather money and accept bribes.
After the death of Cixi, after one hundred days of filial piety for Cixi, please resign to Empress Longyu and return home.
is said to have died of illness and was buried in the eunuch temple to the west of the capital. However, after Li Lianying's tomb was smashed open in 1966, it was found that there was only one skull inside. Obviously, it was definitely not a death. The cause of his death is still a mystery.
Xiao De Zhang, formerly known as Zhang Yunting, due to his poor family and precariousness, some people joked to him, and only wanted to be a eunuch if he wanted to get rich, Zhang Yunting wanted to make a fortune and cleaned himself by himself. After his family found out, he was done. , Can only find a way to send it into the palace.
Empress Dowager Cixi likes to watch theaters, Xiao De Zhang entered the Nanfu theater troupe dedicated to performing for the emperor and queen, once the theater troupe acted for Cixi, a small eunuch kicked his gun so hard, and Xiao De Zhang a The tendons turned over and took the gun back. Cixi liked it very much. From then on, Xiaode Zhang Xueyi practiced harder.
Xiao Dezhang has been observing and studying Li Lianying's reception, and looking at the faces of people, he was soon transferred to work by Cixi. At Cixi, he was in charge of pen, ink, paper and inkstone at the beginning, and then he was in charge of clothing, but Xiao De Zhang was good at observing words and looks, and every time he followed Ci Xi, he prepared enough things. Cixi casually asked for something, and Xiao De Zhang prepared it immediately, so he was very attracted to Empress. like.
Emperor Guangxu died, and it was also Cixi who asked Xiaode Zhang to go to the Jin Palace and embrace Puyi into the palace.
After the death of Cixi, Li Linying, the chief of the internal affairs department, went out of the palace. Xiao De Zhang concentrated on working for the empress dowager Longyu. He was promoted to the chief executive and became a more powerful person. Many ministers rushed to court.
After the death of the Queen Mother Longyu in 1913, Xiaode Zhang went out of the palace and bought a real estate in Tianjin. He lived in Jian and did not care about world affairs. He died in Tianjin in 1957.
The four eunuchs have served on Cixi and received grace. But only two people get a good death, and the other two have different heads. What do you think about this? Leave a message below.
