Eunuchs are indispensable roles in the feudal dynasty, they have disabilities, but they are well versed in the way of getting along with people, especially know how to observe the color, become the emperor's side of the big red, so that eunuchs monopolize power, scourge the dynasty, such as the Ming Dynasty's Wang Zhen, Wei Zhongxian. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, although eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics, they were the big red people around the emperor and could still do whatever they wanted. Therefore, like Li Lianying is Cixi's girlfriend, Ye Shi said that he is rumored to be Cixi's male favorite.
After the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, the special group of eunuchs was no longer needed, and the former eunuchs could not make a living from the profession of eunuchs. However, the last popular eunuch in the Qing Dynasty named Xiao Dezhang, after the death of the person in power, the torrent retreated bravely, lived a comfortable and comfortable second half of his life, not only married 4 wives, but also built a small villa of more than 4,000 square meters, and lived to the age of 81 without illness.
Xiao Dezhang' original name was Zhang Lander, a native of Tianjin, because his family was poor and lived a poor life without clothes, in order to live a good life, he wielded his own sword at the age of 12 to castrate himself, and wei Zhongxian and him, who cut the root of his life in history, no wonder they all later became popular eunuchs who fell in power. Because at that time, the only way for the poor was to enter the palace and become eunuchs in order to live a good life. But it is not that you want to be a eunuch and you can take you, after all, the palace cannot accommodate the children of all the poor families in the world.
Just when a eunuch named Xiao Dezi died in the palace, the family spent 50 taels of silver to cover Xiao Dezi's deficiency and changed his name to Xiao Dezhang. Xiao De Zhang's life after entering the palace was not good, everywhere was bullied by the old eunuch, so he inquired about The hobbies of Empress Dowager Cixi everywhere, when he found out that Cixi liked to watch drama, he went to the palace drama team to learn to sing Wusheng, because others looked beautiful, the dressed Wusheng made Cixi particularly fond, in 1898 he got Cixi's promotion and became a eunuch.
In 1900, the Gengzi Incident, because he faithfully waited for Cixi on the way to the west of Cixi, after returning to Beijing, he was promoted to the head of the imperial dining room, rewarded with three pins, and became the "senior leader" in the eunuch team. When Empress Dowager Cixi died in 1908, Li Lianying asked herself to leave the palace after 100 days of filial piety for Cixi. Empress Longyu became the highest leader of the harem, and Xiao Dezhang was promoted to "eunuch leader".
Since Puyi was not yet pro-government, the major affairs of the military state were handled by Empress Longyu. Therefore, if the minister of the DPRK wants to see Longyu, he must first see Xiao Dezhang, and without Xiao Dezhang's notification, you are even a relative of the emperor and the state and cannot see the empress dowager. Therefore, in the few years that Longyu was in power, Xiao Dezhang was really a person, and he was very powerful? However, the good times did not last long, and in the Wuchang Revolution in 1911, a few thousand people overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
In 1912, longyu was forced by Yuan Shikai to announce Puyi's abdication, and in 1912 the Republic of China was established. Empress Longyu could not bear the burden of the country's heart, and died of depression in 1913. At this time, Xiao Dezhang returned to his hometown of Tianjin with his huge wealth, and it can also be said that he returned to his hometown. Xiao Dezhang, who returned to Tianjin, began to live in the home of his adopted son Zhang Shusen, because he had no roots, and in order to prevent him, his eldest brother passed Zhang Xuesen over to him to extend the incense.
In 1922, he set his sights on a piece of land next to the British Concession and spent a huge amount of money to build a brick and wood mansion of more than 4,000 square meters and built a basement. However, he only lived in the mansion for 3 years, and in 1925, Prince Zaizhen of Qing traveled from Beijing to Tianjin, took a fancy to the mansion, and forcibly bought it. He had to buy another piece of land on Zhengzhou Road, and according to the original drawings, he rebuilt a mansion, a total of 13 buildings to form a luxurious courtyard.
When Xiao Dezhang left the palace, he was 38 years old, in his prime, and he had been living in this mansion on Zhengzhou Road. Here there were little eunuchs, servants at his service, and wives, who had married 4 wives, including his mother's niece and the daughter of the minister of the Court. The fourth wife married Xiao Dezhang at the age of 16 and lived until his death in 1976. Xiao Dezhang lived a comfortable second half of his life in a luxury house in Tianjin, without working, and had a large amount of income for him to squander every day.
Xiao Dezhang's life is very regular, every day in the courtyard with his children and grandchildren to practice martial arts, after practicing martial arts, he will refine dan medicine in the room in order to seek immortality. After the liberation of Tianjin, Xiao Dezhang donated his mansion in Zhengzhou Dao to the Daren School, Xiao Dezhang was also hired as a school trustee, and Xiao Dezhang's other residences were donated to the Tianjin First Workers Sanatorium. At this time, Xiao Dezhang was 73 years old, and he had no servants or property.
However, he still holds the interest on Beijing Xiangyi every year and the stock dividend of 1500 yuan that he previously invested in Yew Wah Glass. This money is also enough for him to enjoy his old age with taste. In 1957, Xiao Dezhang died in Tianjin at the age of 81. Although he lost the roots of a man when he was young, he also exchanged it for the unimaginable glory and wealth of ordinary people, perhaps Zhang Rand himself did not expect it.