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Who is the closest person to the emperor? Concubine
? No, when participating in official activities, the emperor usually does not bring a concubine.
Prime Minister? Even worse, in many cases, it is not easy for the prime minister to meet the emperor.
The person closest to the emperor is the eunuch. The emperor was accompanied by eunuchs for most of the day. The relationship between the eunuch and the emperor can be said to be close to the world-the two seem to be very close, close to each other, but their status and status are quite different. Not only is there a big gap in status between the two, but there is no possibility of crossing this gap-
In thousands of years of Chinese history, no eunuch has become an emperor. Zhao Gao of the Qin Dynasty may be an eunuch close to the emperor (there is also a saying that Zhao Gao is not an eunuch at all, but a normal civil servant). After he sent people to kill Qin Ershi Hu Hai, he held the Jade Seal in his hand and tried to ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor. He had already walked to the main hall, but was silently resisted by hundreds of officials, so he had to temporarily decide to abandon the throne and support his son Ziying ascending the throne. When
was the emperor's eunuch before his death, there was none; after he died, he became the eunuch, but there was one. The eunuch's surname was Cao Mingteng and lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Cao Teng
Cao Teng is not well known, many people don't know. But his grandson is famous. As long as they are Chinese, there is no one who does not know him, that is-Cao Cao.
Yes, Cao Teng is Cao Cao's grandfather.
The loyal Cao family
Cao Cao is known for being treacherous, but his Cao family ancestors are known for being kind. Of course, there is actually no blood relationship between Cao Cao and the ancestors of the Cao family.
Cao Cao's grandfather, who is also Cao Teng's father, is named Cao Jie, whose character is Wei. People from all over the world know that Cao Jie is a kind person.
Once, the neighbor’s pig was lost. The pig that was lost looks more like the pig from Cao Jie's family. The neighbor ran to Cao's house and pointed out that Cao's pig was the pig that he lost. Without arguing, Cao Jie asked his neighbor to take the pig away.
Two days later, the pig that the neighbor lost came back by himself. So the neighbor was very ashamed, and sent the identified pig back to Cao's house and apologized to Cao Jie. Cao Jie didn't say anything, just smiled and accepted his pig. Because of this, the folks think that Cao Jie is not easy.
Cao Jie has four sons, the eldest son Boxing, the second son Zhongxing, and the third son Shuxing. The youngest is Cao Teng, whose name is Jixing. Uncle Zhong and Uncle Ji, the four brothers of the Cao family lined up neatly.
Cao Teng, who is flying Huang Tengda,
Cao Teng entered the palace and became a member of Huangmen. Huangmen Congguan is the small official in the eunuch, the eighth grade.
In the first year of Yongning, 120 AD, Empress Dowager Deng issued an edict to choose young, gentle and prudent officials from Huangmen to accompany the crown prince to study. Cao Teng just met the conditions and was selected. During
, Cao Teng performed very well and won the love of the prince. The treatment he enjoyed at the time was enviable. The food and drink he received and the rewards he received were different from others.
After Emperor Shun of Han came to the throne, Cao Teng first became Xiaohuangmen, and later he was promoted to Zhongchang and Dachangqiu. Zhong Chang Shi and Da Chang Qiu are two official names. Among them, the servant of Zhong Chang was the emperor's close minister and the head of the eunuch next to the emperor; Da Changqiu was the chief servant of the queen and the largest official in the queen's palace. Cao Teng was not only the emperor's close minister, but also the queen's close minister, this power can be regarded as full coverage in the palace.
After Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, he felt that Cao Teng was an old minister left by the first emperor, and his character was good, so he was named Feitinghou and added the title of "Special Jin", second only to San Gong.
Cao Teng’s cemetery is located in today’s Bozhou City, Anhui Province.
This eunuch is unusual.
The eunuchs in our impression are mostly like Zhao Gao, Gao Lishi, Wei Zhongxian, and Li Lianying. They are insidious and cunning. . The eunuch Cao Teng is completely different from the dead eunuchs above.
According to the "Continued Hanshu" records, Cao Teng worked as a eunuch in the palace for decades, served four emperors successively, and never made any mistakes. No mistakes for decades, no line mistakes, no corruption, no life style issues (of course, eunuchs have advantages in this respect), this ability is not ordinaryPeople can have.
Cao Teng has an advantage. He likes to recommend talents to the emperor and never speaks ill of others. Yu Fang, Bian Shao, Yangu, Zhang Huan, and Zhang Wen recommended by him later became senior officials above the ministerial level. Among them, Zhang Wenwei to Sangong became the highest level leader of the Eastern Han Dynasty after the emperor. In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms," Zhang Wen once appeared on stage. He connected with Yuan Shu privately and planned to kill Dong Zhuo. As a result, the matter was revealed and he was killed by Dong Zhuo.
The mayor of Chengdu at that time gave a gift to Cao Teng. The governor of Yizhou (almost equivalent to Sichuan governor and secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission) Zhong Hao intercepted the gift-giver at Hanguguan, and found a letter from the mayor of Chengdu to Cao Teng. Zhong Hao sent a report to the emperor, saying that Cao Teng had illegally befriended foreign ministers and should be dismissed from office for punishment. The emperor
read the report and said: This letter came from outside. Cao Teng did not write a letter from the palace. There was nothing wrong with him.
Cao Teng knew about this, but he did not resent Zhong Hao for this, and often praised Zhong Hao in front of the emperor, saying that he was responsible for the work assigned by his superiors and was a good comrade that he could trust. Z3z
Zhong Hao was promoted all the way and became Situ. He said to others: I can ascend to the high position of San Gong today because of the kindness that Cao Changshi gave me.
Cao Teng acts in this style.
The eunuch emperor
Hanshun Emperor was supported by the eunuchs, so he was very good to the eunuchs. He ordered that the eunuch can adopt an adopted son, and the eunuch's title can be inherited by the adopted son.
So Cao Teng adopted a son from Xiahou's family, and this is Cao Song. Relying on the contacts of his adoptive father Cao Teng, Cao Song walked smoothly after entering the officialdom, and finally became one of the three men-Taiwei. Cao Song's son is Cao Cao Cao Mengde, who has been famous throughout the ages.
is relying on the official resources of his grandfather Cao Teng and father Cao Song, Cao Cao was elected as Xiaolian at a young age, and easily entered the official career. In fact, everyone knows that when Cao Cao was a young man, he "renounced the chivalrous man and did not rule the industry."
Cao Cao, who has all the power and power, is the chief of public security in the northern area of Luoyang, the capital, and is in charge of the judicial security of Gyeonggi. He dared to set up a five-color stick, and all banned persons will be killed, especially a mess. , Killed the uncle of Zhongchang's attendant Jianshuo, but he was unscathed afterwards—all this, wasn't the reason behind Cao Teng?
Cao Cao was able to dominate the country and watch the world. The foundation laid by his grandfather Cao Teng undoubtedly played a big role. In fact, for thousands of years of Chinese history, among the founders of the new dynasty, only Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang were from the real grassroots. The others were either nobles or official families. For example, Shangtang was originally the monarch of Fang Guoshang in the Xia Dynasty; for example, King Wu of Zhou, his family was Xibohou of the Shang Dynasty for many generations; for example, Li Yuan, who came from the Guanlong military noble group, was the cousin of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty... ...Z3z
Cao Pi, the son of Cao Cao, forced the Han Emperor to make a concession and established the Cao Wei regime. After Cao Pi's son Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, he pursued his grandfather Cao Teng as Emperor Gao in the third year of Taihe in 229 AD. Cao Teng therefore became the only eunuch in Chinese history who was awarded the title of orthodox emperor. The
group of eunuchs is the group with the worst reputation in Chinese history.
Why do they have such a bad reputation? First of all, of course, it is because they are really evil and full of evil. Second, because of their professional characteristics, they can basically only be the emperor's slaves. Where is the reputation of slaves? Third, it is also because they have no descendants. Only people will black them out and no one will support them. Bad things are passed on for thousands of years, and good things are not remembered.
Actually, every group has both good people and bad people. The same goes for eunuchs. There seem to be more bad people in this group, but there are also good people.
In addition to the protagonist Cao Teng in this article (cao Teng’s deeds may have a beautifying element, after all, his descendants became emperors and controlled considerable discourse power), other well-known eunuchs with good reputation, and Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Li Xian in the Song Dynasty, Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty, etc.
Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty is actually of average character. He also participated in palace battles and did ugly activities. However, the papermaking technique he invented had too much influence on later generations. Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty led an unprecedentedly huge fleet. Wade into the sea and sailed seven voyages to the Western Ocean, making him the first person to sail in ancient China.
These two eunuchs are both very famous. Relatively speaking, Li Xian of the Song Dynasty knew very few people. Li Xian isA rare eunuch. He spent most of his life sticking to the northwestern frontier of the Song Dynasty, attacking Tubo and attacking Xixia, and he was invincible and accomplished in battle. Although not completely flawless, in general, Li Xian can be regarded as a military god in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The Northern Song Dynasty was known for its weak military and being bullied by foreign enemies. In fact, the history of foreign wars in the Northern Song Dynasty is not as unbearable as most people think. In the future, I plan to write about the military gods of the Northern Song Dynasty who worked hard for the country, including the rare eunuch military god-Li Xian.
