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Speaking of eunuchs' chaotic power, people will think of the Ming Dynasty's East Factory, but with the Ming Dynasty system, even if the eunuch has great power, as long as the emperor can still kill him with a word, such as Liu Jin in the time of Emperor Mingwuzong, the power is so great that he is called "Emperor Standing", and Emperor Mingwuzong wants to clean him up, it is only a matter of one sentence. But there is such a dynasty, compared with the Ming Dynasty, it is the opposite, they are not the emperor to kill the eunuchs, but the eunuchs in turn to kill the emperor.
This dynasty is the once powerful Tang Dynasty, in the kaiyuan heyday of Tang Xuanzong, the Tang Dynasty was once a powerful country in the world, but only a few decades later, even when Tang Xuanzong was still alive, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and this turmoil also destroyed Tang Xuanzong's first heroic name. Since the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty has suffered an unprecedented impact, the national strength has declined, and even after the suppression of the rebellion, the country still faces the threat of moderation and cannot concentrate power.
In the midst of this external trouble, there are also internal worries, and inside is the eunuch's power. Tang Xuanzong was fine in his lifetime, and there was a loyal GaoLishi following. However, in the hands of Li Heng, the son of Tang Xuanzong, but because of the support of the eunuch Li Fuguo, he gave him military power, and since Li Fuguo, the eunuchs have completely stepped onto the stage of the Tang Dynasty, so that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty either died directly or indirectly at the hands of the eunuchs.
The reason why it is indirect is because two of the four emperors of the Tang Dynasty who died at the hands of eunuchs died, although they were not killed by eunuchs, but died because of eunuchs. The first person who was indirectly killed by the eunuch was Tang Suzong, who used Li Fuguo, when Tang Suzong's empress and Li Fuguo fought for power, Li Fuguo executed him in front of Tang Suzong, Tang Suzong was already weak, and after being so frightened, he died directly, which is considered to be an indirect death from the eunuch.
The second was Tang Wenzong, who had the power of eunuchs when Tang Wenzong succeeded to the throne, and his brother Tang Jingzong was killed by eunuchs. Tang Wenzong did not want to follow in Tang Jingzong's footsteps, so he decided to eliminate the eunuch forces, and he conspired with his ministers, Li Xun and Zheng Zhu, to plan to deceive the eunuch Qiu Shiliang into going to watch in the name of watching Ganlu, and ambushed Jia Shiliang in advance to kill him, who knew that Qiu Shiliang was aware of it and ran away. Qiu Shiliang, who escaped from death, was enraged and led his soldiers to kill in the palace, killing and injuring countless Korean officials, and even Tang Wenzong himself was caught under house arrest by Qiu Shiliang, in this massacre, Qiu Shiliang killed four prime ministers, which is the famous change of ganlu in history.
After the failure of the Ganlu Rebellion, Tang Wenzong remained under house arrest, and the military and political affairs of the DPRK and China were in the hands of Qiu Shiliang's eunuch clique, and Tang Wenzong could do nothing about it. Once, he asked a minister named Zhou Qi, "How does Shuo compare to the previous monarchs?" Zhou Qi replied, "Your Majesty is like Yao Shun." Tang Wenzong said with a bitter smile: "Tang Wenzong still has self-knowledge, how dare he compare with Yao Shun, in my opinion, He is not as good as Emperor Xian of Han, Emperor Xian of Han is at least subject to the power of the courtiers, but now that he has fallen, he is not as good as a family slave eunuch." After saying these words, Tang Wenzong was already in tears. It wasn't long before Tang Wenzong was depressed in a palace under house arrest.