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Speaking of eunuchs, everyone's first reaction was that Li Lianying, the first eunuch of the late Qing Dynasty, was corrupt and perverted the law, or the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian at the end of the Ming Dynasty, who caused chaos in the court, and perhaps the East Factory, which made people feel frightened, was even few people knew about it, which was covered by the long river of history
A generation of loyal ministers Chen Ju.
In 1547, at the age of nine, Chen Ju was sent to the imperial palace by his father because of his family's poverty and assigned to the Four Mile Prison, when the young eunuch was trained as the secretary of the crown prince. He studied uniformly in the inner study. Chen Ju studied palace affairs with the eunuch Gao Zhong.
Three years later, I replied that I would lead a large army to the capital city, and Gao Zhong led the Shenji battalion to participate in the defense, heroically kill the enemy, and make great achievements. From then on, Chen Ju was determined to be as loyal as Gao Zhong, to do things for Daming, and to be loyal to the emperor.
Under the cultivation of Gao Zhong's meditation, Chen Zhi began to express himself in the inner court, often ordered to go out of the palace to do errands, at that time many eunuchs were greedy, often took advantage of the opportunity to go out to do things to accumulate wealth, usually embezzled and bribed, extortion, arrogance was very arrogant, and Chen Zhi only managed to do things for the imperial court, never took money, and only managed to live in office and not picky eaters.
If you see something unfair, you'll deal with it. He was even called "Buddha" by the common people, and on the way to do errands, he also wrote books such as "Dihua". After Chen Ju became a eunuch, he took "patriarchal Dharma, the way of the holy Ming" as his life purpose.
What Chen Ju admires most is that he handled the shocking "Demon Book" case. One morning in November of the 31st year of the Wanli Calendar, many ministers of the imperial court received an anonymous letter entitled "Xu Youwei Detective", which roughly stated that Emperor Shenzong's favored concubine Zheng Shi had united with some powerful ministers in the imperial court to plot to replace the crown prince.
Chen Zhi was ordered to try this case, and the shock was not small. Chen Zhi did not take this opportunity to attack political enemies, exclude dissidents, and even refuse all solicitations, so that the case did not implicate many ministers and the imperial court was stable.
After that, Chen Zhi took charge of the East Factory again, and it can be said that he was the first among the eunuchs, and he had great power. At this time, the East Wing was the least arrested in history. Order in the capital is very stable. After that, Chen Ju spoke to the emperor, instructed his subordinates, kept a low profile, and never enjoyed luxury.
Chen Ju held a high position of power, but never for the benefit of the family, his brother's meritorious name was still his own diligent efforts to obtain, is the "sage" among the eunuchs, in 1607, Chen Ju died at the age of 69. Emperor Shenzong gave Chen Ju the word "Qingzhong".
After Chen Zhi's death, all the civil and military officials mourned for his plain clothes, and the streets of the people in the city were blocked on the day of the funeral, even if thousands of years have passed, there are still people sweeping the graves of "saints", which is also a rare example of eunuchs.
What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo (French)