Eunuchs are a special existence under the ancient feudal system in our country, and some men, for various reasons, lose their normal sexual ability, enter the imperial palace, and become male officials serving the emperor and his family. Because of their specialness, they became the most trusted people of the emperor and his concubines.
At the same time, they also had a lot of power, and some of them even monopolized power, controlled the government, and became famous eunuchs in history.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was a chaotic period of eunuch dictatorship.
At that time, eunuchs and foreign relatives controlled the power of the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the ambitions and desires of eunuchs were also very large. A large number of people, high official positions, dare to support the young emperor to ascend the throne, dare to threaten the Son of Heaven to seize power, dare to directly participate in the imperial meeting, dare to meddle in the judicial system, dare to preside over ceremonies and sacrifices...
It can be said that the eunuchs at that time did not dare anything.
Even during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the only eunuch in Chinese history who was posthumously awarded the title of emperor was Cao Teng.
Who is Cao Teng? Probably most people don't know it, but his grandson, as everyone knows, is the famous Cao Cao.
Cao Teng has a cautious personality and is very cautious in doing things, so he started from Xiao Huangmen, but in the end he was able to receive the title of "Marquis of Feiting" and move to the Great Changqiu.
During Cao Teng's lifetime, he served 4 emperors and established emperor Huan of Han to succeed him.
However, as a eunuch with power, Cao Teng was okay with this person, and did not refer to deer as horses like Zhao Gaoren.
He will recommend talents, and the recommended people are all celebrities in the world.
At the same time, he is tolerant and broad-minded.
It can be said that compared with other great eunuchs, he is a very good eunuch.
There was no cruelty to loyal subjects, and no indiscriminate killing of innocents.
So, how did he get posthumously crowned emperor?
All this stemmed from his adopted son. Cao Teng was a eunuch, but after entering the palace, he married his wife and married a woman surnamed Wu.
Although Cao Teng had a wife, he had no heirs.
In order to have a descendant, Cao Teng found an adopted son in the clan, that is, Cao Song.
After Cao Teng's death, Cao Song inherited Cao Teng's title, laying the foundation for Cao Cao's great cause.
After Cao Rui ascended the throne, he posthumously crowned Cao Teng as emperor, and in this way, Cao Teng became the only eunuch in Chinese history to be posthumously named emperor.