Eunuchs are remembered as the root of cholera courts, and many dynasties ended at the hands of eunuchs. If Ah Dou had not favored the eunuch Huang Hao, perhaps the Shu kingdom would not have perished so quickly; if Wei Zhongxian had not had the unique skill of sneaking and patting horses, he would not have been unjustly imprisoned and claimed to be nine thousand years old; Zhao Gao's fingering of deer as horses was even more infuriating. Although there have been many villainous eunuchs in the past dynasties, there are still eunuchs in history who specialize in doing the right thing, and the 2 good eunuchs in ancient times, one specializing in invention and creation, and the other is also revered as an emperor.
Cai Lun should be regarded as a relatively unlucky person, in the pre-Qin and Western Han Dynasties, eunuchs were not all eunuchs, but from the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs were uniformly regulated, and they must first be purified before entering the palace, and Cai Lun became the first batch of guinea pigs under the reform. Cai Lun was born in a blacksmith family in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the imperial palace had a special iron official, so the Cai family had a close connection with the imperial court. When he was a child, Cai Lun was interested in growing hemp and raising silkworms, and when he was a teenager, he was already full of economy.
However, in 75 AD, when Cai Lun was 18 years old, he was recommended as a eunuch, and although he could see Long Yan, he did not know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. Cai Lun gradually revealed his talent during his tenure, not only helping the young emperor consolidate imperial power, but also being appointed as Shang FangLing to supervise the manufacture of weapons, which was one of the peak powers at that time. In 105 AD, after many experiments, Cai Lun successfully made paper and dedicated it to the Han and Emperors, hoping to promote it widely throughout the country. Cai Lun's papermaking spread to the whole world along the Silk Road, playing an indelible contribution to the inheritance and development of world civilization.
If Cai Lun relied on talent to become an extremely popular subject, then Cao Teng became emperor by strength. In 120 AD, Cao Teng was favored by Empress Deng and asked him to accompany emperor Shun of Han, who had not yet ascended the throne at that time, and after Emperor Shun of Han ascended the throne, Cao Teng naturally became the emperor's close attendant. After the death of Emperor Shun of Han, Cao Teng, in order to enjoy eternal wealth, secretly contacted the foreign general Liang Ji to express his support for Liu Zhi as emperor. After Liu Zhi succeeded to the throne, he made the "meritorious hero" Cao Teng the Marquis of Feiting. Cao Teng worked as a eunuch in the palace for more than 30 years and served four emperors, but during this period he did not make any mistakes, and he was very careful and cautious.
Cao Teng bowed down to the imperial court, under his recommendation, people with lofty ideals can enter the imperial court, there were provincial officials entrusted to send gifts to Cao Teng, but the sender reported Cao Teng for accepting bribes, Cao Teng not only did not blame him, but also praised him as a capable courtier, hoping that the emperor would reuse it, and Cao Teng was also deeply loved. In 229 AD, Cao Teng, Cao Teng, Cao Cao's grandfather, was posthumously honored as Emperor Gao, and Cao Teng became the only eunuch in Chinese history to be awarded the title of Emperor of the Orthodox Dynasty, which can be said to have reached the peak of eunuch power.
Presumably, with Wei Zhongxian and Zhao Gaoren, Cai Lun and Cao Teng are the correct way to open the eunuchs, although they have been purified, but they have not forgotten Zhong, they know that no matter what position they are in, they must consider the country, contribute their own strength, and let their talents be displayed and exerted to the greatest extent, and in the new era, is not it more so?