introduction
In the past feudal dynasties, every ruler would set very strict rules. As recorded in the Zhou Li, if a man wants to enter the palace as an errand boy, he must be castrated to enter. In the past, the men in the palace were generally eunuchs. And "eunuchs" did not exist only in ancient China, but also in other countries. Because of their late defects, in most cases it will lead to the rejection of their identity. But because eunuchs are generally the people who have the most contact with the emperor, they will also have a lot of power.
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The character we are referring to today is a eunuch named Li Lianying. When it comes to the more famous eunuch tombs, Li Lianying is one of them, and Chinese archaeologists have found Li Lianying's tomb in Beijing. Li Lianying was a eunuch during the Qing Dynasty, when Empress Dowager Cixi held great power in the palace. Although many people think that Empress Dowager Cixi's rule is not good, there is no way not to admit that she was in power at the end of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, Li Lianying was a eunuch who followed Empress Dowager Cixi, and Li Lianying's status and power were very high because she was even trusted by the empress.
As an emperor, he naturally had great power, but the Guangxu Emperor at that time still needed to curry favor with Li Lianying, so as to achieve the purpose of currying favor with Empress Dowager Cixi. Because at that time, all state power was in the hands of the empress, and the emperor was just an empty shell. Although Li Lianying was powerful and had a very high status at that time, Li Lianying did not live long and died when he was 63 years old.
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Later, archaeologists discovered an ancient tomb near Beijing. After the research and judgment of experts, this ancient tomb is Li Lianying's tomb, and there is an archway in the cemetery that writes Li Lianying's identity. It is reported that when Li Lianying died, his funeral goods took three days to complete. Li Lianying's rights are very large, so there are naturally many people who want to please him, and there are many properties in hand.
Although he was only a eunuch, Li Lianying's tomb was different. When the experts found the tomb, it took three hammers to scrap the tomb to open it. This is also because the production materials of Li Lianying's tomb are different from other tombs, and this production material is very hard. It took another seven days for the experts to dig out a layer of triad soil outside the burial chamber, and a layer of granite below. The rock is harder, and there is no way to dig it directly, only explosives to blow it up. However, if you choose to use explosives, it may have a certain impact on the tomb.
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The matter remained so stiff, until an old man came to help solve the problem. The old man said he had seen the burial of the tomb, so he knew how to get into it. Under the guidance of the old man, the experts also successfully entered the tomb. After entering the tomb, the experts immediately conducted a field investigation of the tomb and found that the tomb did not have any damage and there was no trace of thieves. Because there were many tomb robbers in the past, many tombs have been visited by them, and many cultural relics are missing.
Li Lianying's identity allows experts to find a lot of precious cultural relics in the tomb, and the final discovery of cultural relics is as much as the experts think. But when the experts opened Li Lianying's coffin and saw the scene inside, they all felt a chill behind them. After opening Li Lianying's coffin, what they saw was not the body of Li Lianying as imagined, because only Li Lianying's skull was in it, and the rest of the body was almost filled with cotton. The death of Li Lianying, whose bones are incomplete, has also sparked speculation among many people. Some people say that they were killed by bandits on the way to collect debts, and some people think that they were killed by Xiao Dezhang, who was next to him, which of course is only the speculation of the public, and the real mystery is still unknown.
epilogue
Seeing this, you may feel miserable for Li Lianying, who was a red person who everyone wanted to climb high before he died, but after he died, he did not even have a complete body. In this way, it can be imagined that Li Lianying, who is about to die, may have encountered something bad. However, in the "Li Lianying Tomb Inscription", it is shown that Li Lianying did die naturally, which is not known, after all, we have not participated in the truth or falsehood, and no one knows the truth.
Resources
《Zhou Li》
"Li Lianying's Tomb Inscription"