When the ming eunuchs are mentioned, the people will think of Wei Zhongxian, but there is a eunuch who has been upright and honest all his life, and he is the great eunuch who guards the order inside and outside the court like a god and Buddha, and he is Chen Ju.
Chen Zhi was the thirty-first year of the reign of Emperor Shenzong and was appointed as the eunuch of The Imperial Household, that is, the head of the East Factory, and had great power. He entered the palace at an early age, and the reason why he was able to have a later character was mainly because of the eunuch Gao Zhong, who led him when he entered the palace.
Generally, eunuchs who have a little power should show off their martial prowess, especially when they go out of the palace to do business and return home, they often run amok and blackmail officials. However, Chen Zhi once went out to run errands, passing through his hometown to go to the grave, neither disturbing the people nor disturbing the local officials, quiet and clean. So people call him Buddha.
The reason why Chen Ju established his position in the palace and the reputation of later generations was related to the auxiliary Ming Shen Sect. During the reign of Emperor Mingshenzong, there was no upper dynasty for 28 years, he was a famous lazy emperor in history, and the affairs of the DPRK were handed over to Zhang Juzheng and Chen Ju to deal with, and when Zhang Juzheng died of illness in the tenth year of the Wanli Calendar, Zhang Juzheng's work before his death was fully entrusted to Chen Ju, and it can be said that Chen Juzheng can be regarded as Zhang Ju's successor on the road of assisting the emperor.
One day in November of the 31st year of the Wanli Calendar, many ministers woke up to find an anonymous letter on their doorstep called "Talks on Continuing to Worry and Danger", which probably contained a conspiracy theory that the favored concubines of the Wanli Emperor and some important officials in the palace conspired to usurp the throne of the crown prince, and the emperor was furious, and ordered Chen Zhi and Jinyiwei to conduct a big search, and they must catch the person who made this demon book, which was the "demon book case" that shocked the government and the opposition at that time. At that time, many people wanted to use this incident to eliminate their sworn enemies in the palace, and the entire court was shrouded in a terrifying atmosphere of mutual framing and everyone endangering themselves, Chen Ju resolutely refused those who wanted to win him over, tried his best to protect a group of people who were affected by the plant, and properly handled the storm, and social order was restored to calm. By handling the case, many officials who knew him and did not know him admired him.
Chen Zhi's life is very legendary, and in 1607 Chen Zhi died sitting in the inner straight room at the age of 69. After his death, he was not buried in a thick coffin, but was buried like a monk in a standing coffin, and the tomb site was next to the Ci'an Temple in Xiangshan, which he had chosen during his lifetime. In order to commemorate this Qing official, Emperor Myeongjin personally gave the Nine Altars, named "Zhongqing", issued a tomb protection order, and arranged for heavy troops to guard Chen Zhi's mausoleum. The image of Chen Zhi's honesty and integrity is still established in people's hearts, and there are still people who regularly visit his grave, which can really be described as a saint among eunuchs and a model in the court.
Chen Zhi was indifferent to fame and fortune before his death, never used the power in his hands for personal gain, and never asked for favors for his family. After his death, his younger brother was admitted to the examination, and his brother's fourth son, Yin Dae Kingo, was also born from this, not from him