In china's ancient feudal society, there were many corrupt officials, who used their power to loot the people's fat and people's anointing, and gathered amazing property, such as Hezhen, who embezzled more than 1 billion taels of silver in their lifetime, which was equivalent to the financial revenue of the Qing Dynasty for more than 10 years. The following one is even more powerful, embezzled 25 times the money of the national treasury, and finally was slashed by the emperor with a thousand knives, cutting a full 3357 knives before dying.
This was one of the most famous eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Jin, who was the most favored eunuch during the ming Dynasty's Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao. Born in 1451 in Xingping, Shaanxi, this eunuch was also from a poor background, and at the age of 6, he was taken into the palace by the eunuch Liu Shun, castrated as a eunuch, and his original surname was changed to Liu. The eunuch had good luck and was assigned to take care of Zhu Houzhao, the only son of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming at that time.
Liu Jin knew in his heart that the emperor was this one son, and the future emperor would definitely be this child who was not yet 10 years old at the time. Therefore, he tried everything to please the little prince, obeyed his orders, and won the trust of the prince. Later, Zhu Houzhao successfully ascended the throne, and Liu Jin and eight other eunuchs who accompanied the prince to play gained long favor and were known as the "Eight Tigers". In order to gain power, Liu Jin constantly instigated the emperor to concentrate on playing, thus creating the most playful emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Wuzong.
As soon as the emperor was greedy, he had no intention of managing the government, and Liu Jin began to grasp power, and he was tyrannical behind his back, arbitrarily and chaotically, and plundered the people's fat and people's paste, and at that time Liu Jin was also in charge of the garrison of the capital and the internal factories of the secret service agency. For a time, people said that there were two emperors in the capital, one was the seated Emperor Zhu Houzhao, and the other was the standing Emperor Liu Jin.
Moreover, Liu Jin's greed was very strong, and he used various names to amass money, such as at that time, all those who entered the capital to do business or became officials must first go to Liu Jin's mansion to pay a greeting ceremony, which also had specific name provisions, according to the rank of official. If you give less, then you simply can't mix in the capital, or even die.
In addition to money, this eunuch also has greed, and the people say that he is a standing emperor, and he really wants to be an emperor. Therefore, at home, he prepared jade seals and jade belts, and hid a lot of bows and arrows and other weapons, which was the meaning of rebellion at that time. In the end, the defendant sent a message, and the emperor was furious and raided Liu Jin's home.
In this way, it was even more frightening, Liu Jin's home searched out 12 million taels of gold, 250 million taels of silver, and other jade, jewelry, calligraphy and painting, and real estate were innumerable. At that time, the Ming Dynasty treasury only had 13.5 million taels of silver, which meant that Liu Jin's property was at least 25 times that of the national treasury. Seeing this, the emperor ordered the most cruel disc punishment, commonly known as a thousand knives, and finally cut 3357 knives to death.