The royal family of the feudal dynasty was extremely careful about the usual eating and wearing, and naturally had to have a large number of followers to serve them, so a special type of group of people was born, that is, eunuchs. However, the earliest eunuchs were actually normal people who entered the palace to serve, and the eunuchs who recorded this during the Qin Dynasty were also genuine men, and the emperor's trust in them was also extremely high. It was not until after the Eastern Han Dynasty that they were reduced to a special group of people, preventing and having an affair with the concubines of the harem. However, even eunuchs once had big people who covered the sky with their hands, and even more powerful people confused the imperial program, tampered with edicts, and even had the privilege of deposing the emperor. And Li Lianying is a famous legend among these many eunuchs.
One of the reasons for the demise of many dynasties in the later period was that eunuchs took the lead, mutilated zhongliang, and persecuted the people. However, the emperor trusted them extremely much and gave them supreme power and status, which was actually closely related to the anshi chaos in the past. Since the Anshi Rebellion, the emperor has been jealous of the military generals who hold military power. Especially in the Song Dynasty, it was a model representative of heavy literature and light martial arts. That is why there are eunuchs stirring up trouble in the courtroom, making the country unbearable and heading for ruin. However, This is not the case with Li Lianying, a eunuch, who, even if he has power, never abuses it and lives in peace. His grave was later discovered, but when Li Lianying's tomb was found in Beijing, 3 hammers were discarded before it was opened, and the scene inside the coffin also made experts inhale cool air. So what exactly was found?
Although Li Lianying was a eunuch who was deeply trusted by Empress Dowager Cixi, she never regarded herself too highly, and no matter who she got along with, she was very humble, kind, and not arrogant at all. Even the Guangxu Emperor, who had always had a grudge with Empress Dowager Cixi, trusted him and affectionately called him "Zhida", which is also the Manchu meaning of friend, which is enough to see that the Guangxu Emperor liked him.
Because Li Lianying was surprisingly high in emotional intelligence, when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Empress Dowager Cixi fled with everyone in a hurry, and Guangxu also took refuge in the south with Cixi. As a result, at the time of the escape, Guangxu was still imprisoned by Cixi, restricting his personal freedom. When it was cold, only Li Lianying quietly went to the place where Guangxu was imprisoned, gave him a quilt, and blamed himself for being late, making the emperor suffer. This is also why, despite being a powerful eunuch, no one punished him in the end and gave him a good death.
After Empress Dowager Cixi's death, Li Lianying left the palace for a hundred days as empress dowager, and died of illness at the age of 63 in the third year thereafter. After his death, the Qing Dynasty also specially gave him 1,000 taels of silver to arrange his posthumous affairs, not only buried him, but also built an independent cemetery for him in the tomb of a Beijing eunuch, and the specifications were also of the highest rank, and no one had ever enjoyed such a special honor before. At a school in Beijing in 1966, archaeologists discovered Li Lianying's grave, which alone covers an area of 20 acres.
Li Lianying was also afraid that the tomb would be stolen after her death, so she wrapped the cemetery in the outermost layer of the mausoleum with extremely strong materials, which were made of a mixture of glutinous rice, egg white and loess, and was as hard as granite. It took the experts 3 large hammers to open the outermost layer of sealing soil. As a result, after knocking on the outermost layer, there was actually a layer of rock inside, and it was impossible to enter. Due to the proximity of the use of explosives, experts feared that the mausoleum would be blown up, and the archaeological work was temporarily stalled. As a result, at this time, an old man found an expert, saying that when he was young, he had seen a secret passage into the mausoleum, and under the guidance of the old man, everyone was finally able to enter the tomb smoothly.
But the scene after the coffin was opened frightened the experts into taking a breath of cool air. It turned out that there was no body of Li Lianying in the coffin, only a skull wrapped in a layer of skin. Experts later studied for a long time and did not figure out why his body was missing. However, the entire mausoleum is very luxurious, worthy of Li Lianying, who has the title of the first eunuch of the Qing Dynasty, and it is reasonable to have such a luxurious mausoleum. Fortunately, his tomb was not stolen, and it should be known that the mausoleum of his master, Empress Dowager Cixi, was sacked by Sun Dianying, and even the night pearl contained in his mouth was not spared. It can be seen that Li Lianying's life can also be regarded as content.