During the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a great eunuch named Shi Xian. This man was vicious and vicious, flattering, and deeply favored by Emperor Yuan, and he dealt an extreme blow to the ministers in the imperial court who opposed him, fabricated charges, and framed Zhongliang.
Unlike many people's impressions of eunuchs, Shi Xian's eunuch is more special:
First of all, he was not castrated voluntarily, he was sentenced to palace punishment for committing crimes in his youth, and he had no choice but to enter the palace as a eunuch.
Secondly, he has a relatively high cultural quality, is proficient in criminal law, and has a strong working ability.
With these two principles alone, he was much stronger than the average eunuch.
Shi Xian was already serving in the palace during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han. Emperor Xuan was very important to Shi Xian, who was well versed in the laws of punishment, and appointed him as a zhongshu servant. During the Xuan Emperor's reign, Shi Xian did not make a move.
After Emperor Xuan's death, the crown prince Liu Yi succeeded to the throne as Emperor Yuan of Han. Emperor Yuan did not have the talent of an emperor, and his personality was cowardly and had no talent to speak of. And the health is not good, often can not go to the dynasty.
Shi Xian, seeing that the emperor was cowardly and had an opportunity to take advantage of it, took the initiative to flatter him in an attempt to gain the emperor's favor. His efforts were not in vain. Shi Xian, who was proficient in affairs, proficient in law, shrewd and capable, and good at reading Emperor Yuan's wishes, soon won the trust of Emperor Yuan, promoted him to be Zhongshu Ling, and became the emperor's confidant.
Emperor Yuan of Han was convinced of the theory of heavenly induction. Shi Xian, who had seized on the emperor's thoughts, often used celestial anomalies and human calamities to frame the chancellor.
In the summer of the first year of Yongguang, sunspots appeared in the sun, and civil famine continued. The emperor was deeply frightened, lest the heavens were condemning. Shi Xian took the opportunity to offer a speech, believing that it was the government decree that did not work, which led to the anomaly of the heavens. Emperor Yuan was convinced of this, and he scolded his subjects for being "incompetent", angering the heavens. In order to "cooperate with the emperor's performance", high-ranking officials such as the chancellor, the grand sima and the general of the che rider, and the imperial master successively "induced" their resignation. In order to eliminate the disaster as soon as possible, Emperor Yuan did not retain these ministers, but really let them resign. Shi Xian was very happy to see that his words had played a role in the emperor's heart. Since then, he has become more and more fearless.
The new chancellor and the imperial master are good at protecting themselves, and they often encounter things and mud, and they dare not confront Shi Xian. However, the two ministers in the imperial court, Zhou Kan and Zhang Meng, were hard bones, and they were upright people, believing that the traitors were no one else, or Shi Xian, who was manipulating right and wrong in the imperial court. They always contradicted Shi Xian, and even quarreled in public. Shi Xian deeply resented the two of them.
Once, together with other foreign relatives, he told Emperor Yuan that the reason why the natural disaster was so tragic was because Zhou Kan and Zhang Meng acted rudely and they had to resign their posts to apologize. Natural disasters resisted, and Emperor Yuan was worried that he could not find an excuse, so he simply descended the slope and demoted Zhou Kan and Zhang Meng to the post of official. Shi Xian took the opportunity to carry out a "personnel cleansing", and the court simply became his world.
However, in the second year of Zhou Kan's debasement, eclipses, earthquakes and other visions appeared frequently, and natural disasters not only did not alleviate, but became more serious. Emperor Yuan panicked and hurriedly summoned his courtiers to discuss countermeasures. Kuang Heng had quite a political strategy, first praising Emperor Yuan for his state administration and amnesty year after year, which benefited his subjects a lot, and then euphemistically suggesting that Emperor Yuan should also be close to Zhongliang and alienate the traitors, so that the national fortunes are bound to go to a higher level.
After Emperor Yuan listened, he woke up. He promoted Kuang Heng to the position of Grand Master of Guanglu, and at the same time transferred Zhou Kan and Zhang Meng back to the capital to assist the government. He rebuked Shi Xian, saying, "You once said that natural disasters were caused by Zhou Kan and Zhang Meng, so why are there still natural disasters after they were degraded?" Whose fault is this? ”
Shi Xian bowed his head and said nothing.
However, although Zhou Kan and Zhang Meng returned to the imperial court, many of them were Shi Xian's henchmen, and the two of them had almost no real power and did not benefit the korean situation. Later, zhou kan wanted to see Emperor Yuan's side, and under his grief and anger, he was depressed. Shi Xian also did not "let go" of Zhang Meng, he fabricated charges, and constantly slandered Zhang Meng in front of Emperor Yuan. Zhang Meng was forced to be helpless and committed suicide in the official office.
During the Yuan Emperor's reign, Shi Xian, with the trust of the emperor, flew high and tumbled, and enjoyed all the glory and wealth. After the death of Emperor Yuan, Emperor Hancheng took the throne. Once a heavenly son and a courtier, Shi Xian soon fell out of favor. Many of the officials he struck at went to the stage of impeachment of Shi Xian. Emperor Hancheng threw this useless man back to his hometown. On the way back to his hometown, Shi Xian's mood was not smooth, and he was depressed and died. For such a big demon, such a way of dying is simply too cheap for him.