In many of today's film and television works, the image of the eunuch always seems to be not very good. However, at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, such eunuchs appeared.
When he read the Emperor's Holy Will, he deliberately misread a word, and he managed to save thousands of lives. This eunuch was Zhang Juhan, so he was called the kindest eunuch in history. What's going on?
Who is Zhang Juhan?
Zhang Juhan was born during the reign of Emperor Yizong of Tang. He was adopted as an adopted son by the court eunuch Zhang Congmei since he was a child and was carefully raised. At the same time, Zhang Juhan was also influenced by Zhang Congmei and embarked on the official scene. Became a eunuch
Zhang Juhan was rapidly promoted in the imperial court. When he and Tang Xizong fled to Chengdu, he was already a judge of the South Lake Army, which was enough to show that Zhang Juhan's ability was high.
In the later period when Tang Zhaozong was crown prince, Zhang Juhan was also serious and responsible for his work, and was unanimously praised by everyone in the court. Tang Xizong also gave a red official uniform as a reward.
At that time, in the imperial court, eunuchs were in power and the country was destroyed. Although he received scarlet official clothes from the emperor, Zhang Juhan, who had always worked seriously, felt that the eunuch's imperial court was in charge of the right and wrong place, so he took the initiative to request a transfer.
Tang Xizong agreed with Zhang Juhan's idea and transferred him to Youzhou as an official. However, Tang Xizong soon regretted it and ordered Zhang Juhan to return to the imperial court.
However, Zhang Juhan and Liu Rengong on Youzhou Street have long established a good friendship. Liu Rengong wrote to the emperor many times, asking the emperor to take his life, and Tang Xizong had to agree. In this way, Zhang Juhan was able to stay in Youzhou. Unexpectedly, it was his decision that helped him escape.
Soon after Zhang Juhan took office in Youzhou, civil unrest broke out in the imperial court, and the warlord Zhu Wen and the chancellor Cui Yinzhen killed eunuchs in the chaos. Only a few survived.
Because Zhang Juhan was in Youzhou at that time, the order of the imperial court was passed to Liu Rengong. Liu Rengong could not bear to kill his friend, killed another prisoner, and handed it over.
At the same time, he also hid Zhang Juhan, who escaped a disaster and lived a low-key life ever since. However, as the saying goes, a talent like Zhang Juhan will not live in the mountains forever. Over the years, it has been a blockbuster in the turbulent era from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties. The heroes gathered together, and Zhu Wen, who had killed the eunuch before S, also established the State of Liang and began to lead troops to attack the Hebei region.
The Hebei region was Liu Rengong's defensive area. Liu Rengong did not dare to be careless, and immediately asked Zhang Juhan to resist Zhu Wen's attack for the supervision army. Unfortunately, due to insufficient troops, Liu Rengong and the Taiyuan warlord Li Keyong joined forces against Zhu Wen. Launch an offensive.
The two sides clashed in Luzhou. With Zhang Juhan's strategy, Li Keyong won a great victory. Li Ke spoke highly of Zhang Juhan's performance and asked him to continue to command the battle.
A year later, the rear two armies returned and besieged Luzhou, where Zhang Juhan was located. Zhu Wen felt that he had a chance to win, and repeatedly persuaded Zhang Juhan to surrender, but Zhang Juhan refused.
Zhu Wen was furious and immediately ordered an onslaught on Luzhou. However, although Hou Liang had an absolute advantage in numbers, he was helpless in front of the city defenses arranged by Zhang Juhan.
Zhang Juhan guarded Luzhou for half a year, and it was not until the next year that reinforcements finally arrived. Zhang Juhan saw that the reinforcements had arrived and immediately switched to the offensive. He combined inside and outside to annihilate the Later Liang Army. It was a sensation and gained the powerful power of the Later Tang Emperor. admire. Not only that, Zhang Juhan also won a series of battles that followed, successfully helping Later Tang eliminate the Liang state. After the establishment of the Later Tang Dynasty, he also mistakenly served as an envoy.
However, the secret envoy Zhang Juhan did not have real power. He could have obtained this position through the promotion of guo Chongtao, a true secret agent. And Zhang Juhan is also very clear that he is only Guo Chongtao's political and governance tools. He has always lived a low-key life in the DPRK, actively showing weakness, so he has not been hurt by political opponents.
However, what happened later made Zhang Juhan risk being beheaded and take the initiative to come forward and save thousands of lives. Has zhang Juhan always been the only one to stand up?
A word difference saves a life
The incident occurred after the Later Tang army annihilated the Former Shu army. In the past, the Shu Emperor Wei Yan knew that he was powerless to return to heaven, so he had to surrender.
When Tang Zhuangzong heard the news of Wang Yan's surrender, he was very happy.
At the end of the edict, Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang also swore a poisonous oath not to deceive Wang Yan, and Wang Yan surrendered to Luoyang with more than a thousand people left behind by Qianshu.
However, just as Wang Yan and his party were walking to Shaanxi, the Hebei warlords suddenly announced their opposition. Betrayed, he rushed to Luoyang. After Tang Zhuangzong did not dare to be sloppy, he immediately decided to take the concubine himself. At this time, a concubine of Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang said: The rebellion in Hebei is fierce, and the emperor should personally flee, but this will cause the capital to be empty. There are still a thousand armies in Wang Yan who surrendered. If they rebel, the situation will be difficult to deal with. It is better to kill Wang Yan and his party, so as not to have endless troubles. After Tang Zhuangzong felt that his concubine was right, he immediately ordered the killing of Wang Yan and his party, handed over the edict to Zhang Juhan, the only remaining minister in the court, and hurriedly set off. Ju Han opened the edict and was shocked, not expecting that After Tang Zhuangzong not only turned back, but also killed Wang Yan and more than a thousand other people.
Zhang Juhan felt that this method was too cruel and inconsistent. Common sense, so the word "Xing" in the edict "Wang Yanjia, Should Be Killed" was changed to "home". In this way, the first half of the edict became the "Wang Yan Family", and the scope of the matter was greatly reduced. You know, in ancient times, privately changing orders was a capital offense.
However, Zhang Juhan is such a good person. He could not bear to see so many people die, so he changed the content of the holy will.
After the edict was issued, no one doubted the authenticity of the content. After all, Zhang Juhan, a teacher in the ordinary palace, should not have the courage to change the order privately, and after the war, Tang Zhuangzong was busy taking care of himself and did not pursue his own responsibility. This thing.
In this way, Zhang Juhan bravely changed a word, but saved the lives of nearly a thousand people in Qianshu. This is not legendary. Zhang Juhan was also known as the kindest eunuch.