He was a eunuch in the late Qing Dynasty, and he was remembered by the two empresses, and after opening the tomb, why did he scare the archaeological team
As we all know, China's feudal society said goodbye forever in the long river of history at the end of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, There were also some unique systems and customs in China, such as the existence of eunuchs in the imperial palace, of course, there would be a large number of women, some of them were either in the palace, some were concubines. If you want to live more smoothly in the more complex life circle of the palace, you must have your own set of connections and your own hands. Then do you know that in the late Qing Dynasty there was a eunuch who was more special, who was once looked up to by two high-ranking empresses, even if this eunuch died, it would make the empress dowager feel very worried, what is going on?
In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, he began to try to reduce the official position of eunuchs, so as to prevent eunuchs from interfering in politics. However, the development of things is unpredictable, and there are also some eunuchs who are mixed up, not only to achieve the highest position that eunuchs can do, but one eunuch has been promoted to a higher official position. This person is Li Lianying, the grand eunuch in front of Empress Dowager Cixi, who actually became a second-grade official when his official position was at its highest, you know, the highest official position of a eunuch in the Qing Dynasty could only hold sipin, so Li Lianying absolutely received a special honor.
Li Lianying's original name was Li Jinxi, and before entering the palace, she was also a child of a poor family, and she was sent to the palace by her family when she was a teenager. When she first entered the palace, Li Lianying was also a small eunuch who did not understand anything, but Li Lianying was very clever, he was attentive everywhere, and he was very good at observing the color and insight into people's hearts. When he first entered the palace, there was a favored eunuch named An Dehai, who was a little capable, and the empress dowager liked him very much. However, because of his arrogance, he often violated the palace rules, and even left the palace without authorization, and finally ended up with a beheading.
From this incident, Li Lianying understood that the master is the master, that is, to win the love of the master again, and not to mess with the rules of the master and servant. From then on, he was more cautious and devoted to his liking, and often pleased Empress Dowager Cixi. He tried his best to understand Cixi's hobbies, living habits, and even learned to freshen up and make up, especially the design of the head shape is very set, and soon he will step forward and gain Cixi's favor. Even the name Li Lianying was given by Cixi.
In 1908, Lafayette closed his eyes forever. After Li Lianying handled Cixi's funeral, she was also ready to return to her hometown. After all, it was an old man in the palace, and Empress Longyu not only allowed Li Lianying to leave, but even gave him a monthly distribution of Feng Lu, and all the treatment was the same as that in the palace. Two years later, Li Lianying inexplicably died in her own home, and after Empress Longyu heard about this incident, she specially allocated 1,000 taels of silver from the national treasury to build a tomb for her.
Later, the archaeological team opened his tomb and found that there was only one skull, no body, everything valuable in the tomb was there, and there was no trace of theft in the tomb, which frightened the archaeological team. Later, it was speculated that Li Lianying probably did not die of illness, but was killed by him, and was persecuted by the involvement of the royal family, who had attached great importance to him, but his inexplicable death could only be compensated by a thick burial. However, some people say that Li Lianying is a false eunuch, afraid of being discovered by the world, so there is only one skull in the tomb.
For such a result, it also shocked the archaeologists present, so what would be the reason for this phenomenon? Later generations have also put forward various speculations about this. In 1985, Tong Xun published an article entitled "The Mystery of Li Lianying's Cause of Death", in which he put forward the view that Li Lianying died of death, which is very different from the relevant historical records that he died of illness.
There are also a series of theories in the folk about the end of Li Lianying's death, some people say that he offended some people in the palace, and these enemies only let Li Lianying end up like this in order to take revenge; others believe that Li Lianying died at the hands of the revolutionary party, because Li Lianying's death date was in the period of the Xinhai Revolution. However, these claims are still just some speculations, and there is not enough evidence to prove it, so as to what the truth is, perhaps the mystery may be fully revealed after many years.