The imperial palace in the feudal period required a large number of male labor, but because there were countless beautiful women in the emperor's harem, it was certainly unwilling to let his wife contact the foreign male emperor every day, so the eunuch appeared. Men who want to enter the palace to run errands need to go through a procedure called purification, and then become commonly known as eunuchs.
In fact, for men, when eunuchs give up not only fertility, but also their own male characteristics, generally poor families have no way to go back to become eunuchs. But I have to say that when the eunuch is sometimes a way to seek wealth in danger, there are nobles everywhere in the palace, if you can do it left and right, it is very likely to ascend to the heavens one step at a time, and the eunuch, as the closest person to the emperor and the harem concubines, often holds great power.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were cases of eunuchs interfering in politics, and the emperor gave eunuchs too much power because he relied too much on eunuchs, which eventually led to the instability of the government and the collapse of the country. And the Qing Dynasty also had a high-powered, very famous eunuch, but he did not interfere in politics, nor did he do too many things that hurt nature and reason, so his reputation was good, he was Li Lianying.
He followed Empress Dowager Cixi for a long time, step by step to the position of Erpin eunuch, and was undefeated after four dynasties, which shows how good he is. Although Li Lianying was not born well, she was sleek and could talk. Even people like Cixi, who were uncertain, liked him and gave him countless rewards and favors. However, the cause of death of such a high-ranking and powerful person is confusing, some people say that he died of illness, and some people say that he was killed by someone, and there is still no conclusion.
In 1966, Li Lianying's tomb was discovered, and several archaeologists found a tomb in Beijing's Haidian district, but only human resources could not open the tomb, and it took a week for the people to dig a small opening, and through the gap, they saw that there was actually granite underneath, and the excavation work could not continue.
Later, an experienced old man came up with a solution, that is, to find a new entrance, and finally everyone found the tomb door and successfully entered the inside of the tomb. Inside the tomb is the main coffin, the main coffin looks valuable, and the purple-red coffin is carved with lifelike golden flowers, which looks very elegant.
After the coffin was opened, everyone saw the body of the owner of the tomb, which looked very well preserved, and the body was covered with a quilt. However, after everyone opened the quilt, they found that only the skull part of the whole body was intact, and when the quilt was opened, the body part underneath was actually some black mud, and the quilt quickly became powdery.
However, in order to better carry out research, everyone still decided to move the body away, and the owner of the tomb was buried wearing a robe, which was relatively intact, and could even be shaken and kept undamaged. But the body under the clothes is more miserable, and there are no human bones at all.
Archaeologists only found a string of Buddha beads on the waist of the corpse, in addition, the tomb found a lot of gold and silver jewelry, about fifty pieces, the owner of the tomb must be either rich or expensive. But this makes people wonder even more, why such a rich tomb owner, there is only one skull left in the body.
If the body of the owner of the tomb is naturally decayed, it is impossible to leave only the skull well preserved, if his body is artificially destroyed, it is impossible for those people not to take away the valuable things in the tomb, so it is inferred that the body of the owner of the tomb should be mutilated before burial.
Later, after investigation, experts found that the owner of the tomb was Li Lianying, and there was no trace of destruction in the tomb, which showed that the tomb robbers had not visited here. Many historical records record that Li Lianying finally died of illness, and judging from the situation of the corpses in the tomb, this statement is wrong, and the tragic condition of the body tells us that Li Lianying should have been killed by others.
In fact, there were various rumors before, and many people thought that Li Lianying might have been killed by the revolutionary party, after all, it was in the xinhai revolution period. Others believe that he died in a palace fight, and the claim that he died of illness was said by his adopted granddaughter. Through the excavation and study of Li Lianying's tomb, we know that he should have died at the hands of others, but the exact reason is unknown.