As we all know, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, there was a great eunuch named Gao Lishi. In the impression of many people, eunuchs are from poor families, after all, who is the child of a rich family who is a eunuch? However, according to historical records, Gao Lishi was a descendant of the famous Lady Sin after the famous door. So why did Lady Sin's descendants, Gao Lishi after the famous door, become eunuchs (eunuchs)?
Lady Xian's husband was named Feng Bao, who was originally a descendant of the Northern Yan royal family, and his ancestors were exiled to the Southern Dynasty after the fall of Northern Yan. ordinary
In the eighth year (527), Feng Bao was appointed by Emperor Wu of Liang as the Taishou of Gaoliang Commandery (高梁郡, in modern Yangjiang, Guangdong). In order to establish good relations with the local ethnic minorities, Feng Bao married the daughter of the local tribal leader Xian Shi, who later became the famous Lady Xian .
Feng Bao and Lady Xian's son was called Feng Bao. In the process of replacing Southern Liang by the Chen Dynasty, Feng Servant, under the guidance of his mother, took the chen dynasty in a timely and correct manner. Therefore, the Chen Dynasty allowed the Feng family to be officials in Lingnan for generations, and the Feng family became the boss of the local forces in Lingnan. After the Sui Dynasty unified the world, Lady Xian returned to the Sui Dynasty with her grandson Feng Ang, the son of Feng Shu, and Lingnan was reunited many years later.
In the first year of Renshou (601), Lady Xian died, and the position of the first leader of the local forces in Lingnan passed to Feng Ang. In the fifth year of Wu De (622), Feng Ang submitted to the Tang Dynasty and became one of the noble relatives of the Tang Dynasty, and Feng Ang's son Feng Zhijie later married the daughter of Xu Jingzong, a famous adulterous minister during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. That is to say, Gao Lishi was not only a descendant of Lady Xian, but also had xu Jingzong's bloodline on him.
Logically, the Feng family, which has been operating in Lingnan for many years and married with the hot quan, should be as stable as Mount Tai. But unfortunately, the Feng family encountered a period of political turmoil in the history of the Tang Dynasty- the Wuzhou Dynasty Tang Dynasty. In order to consolidate his position of power, Wu Zetian implemented the "cool official politics" after taking power, and a large number of high-ranking eunuchs were exterminated under the blows of the cool officials, and the Feng clan in Lingnan was also doomed.
In the second year of Longevity (693), the overseers Yushi and the cool official Wan Guojun framed the rogues in Lingnan for plotting a rebellion, and massacred the liumen in Lingnan. Feng Junheng, the son of Feng Zhiheng, who was then the assassin of Panzhou (present-day Gaozhou, Guangdong Province), was also falsely accused of participating in the "rebellion" of the exiles, and Feng Junheng himself died as a result, and the whole family was confiscated by Wu Zetian, and the Lingnan Feng clan, which had been prominent for more than a hundred years, completely declined.
Feng Junheng's younger son, Feng Yuanyi, was not yet ten years old at the time, so he was not killed, but was castrated as a eunuch. Because the age of the eunuch was too young, Feng Yuanyi was adopted by the eunuch Gao Yanfu after entering the palace and changed his name to Gao Lishi. Interestingly, this Gao Yanfu is also from the Lingnan family, and the adoption of Gao Lishi may still have a little nostalgia for the old lord.