Xi Jiangyue (Yang Shen)
The flying rabbit in the sky is gone, and the world has come and gone.
Shen Yinqu index talents, more or less success or failure.
Rich song and dance hall, desolate abandoned mound wasteland.
Looking back at the dust, only the green mountains did not change.
Scholars have always despised the eunuchs, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The reason may be that the group of eunuchs is more special, but xiaobian believes that it is more political. Eunuchs were very close to the emperor, and it was easy to sway the emperor's will and use the imperial power to do things for themselves. To say that it is a disaster to the country and the people is to be a blessing to the people; to say that it is small, it also squeezes out the political resources of the scholars. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuch clique can be said to have won a great victory over the scholars, and the two "disasters of the party" made the scholars deviate from the Eastern Han Dynasty and breed ambitions. Therefore, it is reasonable to blame the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty on eunuchs to some extent.
In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and other zhongchang attendants were known as "Ten Constant Attendants", using the trust of Emperor Hanling to amass wealth for themselves and their relatives; in the later period of Emperor Hanling, they also favored a eunuch named Jian Shuo. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Jian Shuo was included in the "Ten Constant Attendants", but in history, Jian Shuo and the "Ten Constant Attendants" were not exactly the same person, and later Jian Shuo was betrayed and killed by the "Ten Constant Attendants". The following xiaobian will talk about the character of Jian Shuo.
Zhongping took five years to gain momentum
When it comes to Jian Shuo, many people will think of another famous figure, that is, Cao Cao. At the age of twenty, Cao Cao became a lieutenant in northern Luoyang, equivalent to the head of a public security substation in the capital. The new official took office with three fires, and in order to establish a name for himself, Cao Cao set up a five-colored stick in Yamen and ordered that if anyone violated the curfew, he would kill the magnates. Jian Shuo's uncle did not believe in this evil, so he let Cao Cao beat him to death.
Some people feel that Cao Cao's move to kill Jian Shuo is a manifestation of not being afraid of power, but in fact, this is still debatable. Why? Because at this time, Jian Shuo was not yet a powerful eunuch, he was just a small yellow door; while Cao Cao had the rich connections and financial resources brought by Cao Teng and Cao Song, compared with Jian Shuo, Cao Cao seemed to be a magnate. Therefore, Cao Cao did not receive retaliation from Jian Shuo afterwards. However, Cao Cao's attitude still aroused the envy of other eunuchs or magnates, so Cao Cao was demoted and demoted from northern Luoyang to Dunqiu County.
So when did Jian Shuo gain power? In fact, it was in the fifth year of Zhongping (that is, 188 AD). In this year, which was an eventful autumn, the Yellow Turban Yu Party revived in the Baibo Valley, that is, the so-called White Polish Army; and the state assassin Shi Zhang Yi was killed by Tu Gehu; the Runan Yellow Turban revived; the Yizhou Yellow Turban revived, killing Yizhou thorn Shi Xi Jian, which can be said to be "chaos in the world.".
It is also expected that the angry people will claim that there will be a military disaster in Luoyang. Emperor Han Ling decided to strengthen the garrison of Luoyang and set up another unit, that is, the Eighth Lieutenant of Xiyuan. Among them, Jian Shuo, as a lieutenant of the military academy, commanded the other lieutenants, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao (who had already returned to Luoyang and became lieutenants of the military academy) were all under the orders of Jian Shuo, even including He Jin, a great general. At this time, Jian Shuo had reached the peak of his political career, and he could be regarded as a power eunuch and a favored eunuch.
So how did Jian Shuo become a lieutenant colonel? Mainly by temperament. Yes, Jian Shuo was as distinct in the eunuch group as a firefly at night. He did not have that feminine temperament, but was burly and masculine, and he also had some military ability. If The Han Ling Emperor wanted to master such a forbidden army, the most trusted candidate was a eunuch who must be attached to himself, and the eunuch had always been discriminated against and could not serve the public, so he had to find a eunuch with majesty. It was with this temperament that Jian Shuo got into the position.
So how did Jian Shuo's military ability come about? It must be known that eunuchs do not need to go out to fight. Xiao Bian speculated that it may have been cultivated by the Han Ling Emperor. There are historical records that after the outbreak of the "Yellow Turban Rebellion", the Han Ling Emperor increased his emphasis on the military. Eunuchs were the most loyal group to the emperor, and emperor Han Ling most likely wanted to be able to train a eunuch who knew military affairs for his own use.
The "Yellow Turban Rebellion" occurred in the first year of Zhongping (that is, in 184 AD), and it was likely that Jian Shuo entered the eyes of the Han Ling Emperor at this time and accepted the study of military theory; in the fifth year of Zhongping, he officially rose to serve as the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan. Therefore, the rise of Jian Shuo was not based on the means of flattery, nor did it have much to do with the "Ten Constant Attendants" eunuch group headed by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Jian Shuo is also included in the "Ten Constant Attendants", which is a literary processing and does not conform to history.
The highly trusted Jian Shuo was ordered by the Han Ling Emperor
Unlike Zhang Rang and others, although Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong had unlimited scenery, they were only Zhongchang servants, and the reason why they were powerful was because of the care of the Han Ling Emperor, and the twelve leg hairs on the big thick legs of the imperial power were only. Jian Shuo, on the other hand, had the military power of the Eighth Colonel of West Park. If we talk about the most favored eunuch in the late Han Ling Emperor, Xiaobian believes that it is this Jian Shuo who relies on temperament and talent to eat.
Emperor Hanling had some sons, but he did not know why he died early, leaving Liu Jie and Liu Xie in the end. Liu Xie was born to Empress He, and his identity was the eldest son of Concubine, but his personality was relatively frivolous, and from the perspective of Dong Zhuo's performance in Beijing, he seemed to be a little cowardly; Liu Xie was born to Wang Meiren, younger than Liu Jie, and the concubine was not involved in either aspect. However, Liu Xie was more favored by the Han Ling Emperor. On the one hand, there is the patriarchy, and on the other side is personal intention. The Han Ling Emperor never established an heir. On his deathbed, Emperor Ling of Han finally ordered Jian Shuo to help Liu Xie ascend to the throne.
Jian Shuo could nominally command He Jin and these people, but he also understood that after losing the support of emperor Han Ling, he greatly reduced his authority over the Eighth Colonel of the West Garden and the general He Jin. And He Jin, as Liu Zheng's uncle, is undoubtedly the one who supports Liu Zheng the most. In order to fulfill the edict of Emperor Hanling, perhaps also to compete for power and firmly attach himself to the imperial power, Jian Shuo decided to get rid of He Jin when he entered the palace, and then help Liu Xie ascend the throne as emperor.
However, Jian Shuo's authority was insufficient in the end, and his Sima Panyin revealed Jian Shuo's plan to He Jin, and He Jin said that he was ill and could not enter the palace. As a eunuch, Liu Xie's other supporter, Dong Zhong (the nephew of Liu Xie's adoptive mother Empress Dong), was not as powerful as He Jin. With the support of Empress Dowager He, He Jin, He Miao, Wu Yangjun and others, the position of the "Ten Constant Attendants" clique was also inclined to Liu Zheng, or the He clan behind Liu Debate, and Liu Zheng's name as the eldest son of Liu Shuo was justified, so Jian Shuo could only give in, and Liu Zheng smoothly took the throne.
Betrayed by the "Ten Constant Attendants", he was killed
As can be seen from the emperor's heirs, Jian Shuo and the "Ten Constant Attendants" are completely wrong. Jian Shuo supported Liu Xie, and the "Ten Constant Attendants" supported Liu Xie. Later, Jian Shuo was killed because of the betrayal of the "Ten Constant Attendants". He Jin's birth was not high, the butcher was born, how could he get the support of the scholars? There is a target that is very high, and it is the common enemy of He Jin and the scholars, that is, the eunuch. He Jin put on a posture of "yin rules and regulations", and indeed attracted the support of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Qi Ji, He Yuan, Xun You, and others.
Faced with this situation, Jian Shuo sensed a crisis. Although Jian Shuo and the "Ten Constant Attendants" were not on the right path, they both belonged to the eunuchs and were the targets of the foreign relatives led by He Jin. Jian Shuo then took the initiative to unite with the "Ten Constant Attendants" in an attempt to strike first and get rid of He Jin. However, at this time, the "Ten Constant Attendants" were still dreaming of wooing He Jin and Empress He to continue to be mighty and blessed, not only refusing to stomp Shuo, but also betraying Jian Shuo with their backhands, and handing over Jian Shuo's letters to He Jin, he Jin then ordered The Yellow Gate order to capture and kill Jian Shuo.
In the end, the "Ten Constant Attendants" did not achieve their goal, and their relationship with He Jin broke down, first booby-trapping He Jin, and then being expelled and killed by Yuan Shao and others. Losing imperial power and betraying The Military Commander, the eunuch clique was utterly defeated in the struggle against the foreign faction.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han Dynasty