After Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, "added yellow robes to his body", he was always worried that the military generals would follow him, so he engaged in two "cups of wine to release military power" to weaken the power of the generals. However, this heart disease is branded and passed on to future generations. Therefore, most of the Emperors of the Song Dynasty liked to let the eunuchs lead the troops, and they felt that this would be a little more reassuring.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, Li Shun of Shu prefecture and Zhao Yihou sent troops into Sichuan to quell the rebellion, which made Song Taizong feel embarrassed. The manager of Izukawa was not selected well, and it was too late to regret it, and the examples of Former Shu and Later Shu were placed in front. If the commander leads a large army into the river, closes the sword door, and claims the emperor by natural danger, at that time, you really don't have a temper.
Emperor Taizong of Song thought twice and chose a very reliable person, the eunuch Wang Ji'en. Wang Ji'en participated in several Northern Expeditions in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and had combat experience, the key point was that he had never heard of the eunuch calling the emperor king. For this reason, Wang Jicheng was appointed as an envoy to Xichuan zhao'an and led the forbidden army into Sichuan to suppress the rebellion.
Most of the emperors of the Song Dynasty were influenced by this concept, and often sent eunuchs to important military positions, the more famous ones were Li Shenyou, Dou Shenbao, Li Xian, Wei Shaoqin, Tong Guan, Tan Shu, etc. Relatively speaking, the eunuch Qin Han was a god of war who directly participated in the battle.
Qin Han entered the palace as a eunuch during the Song Dynasty, and during the Song Dynasty, he was not called a eunuch, he was called an internal servant, and his title was not called "Gonggong", and at that time, according to his position, he was honored as "Zhonggui ren". The title of eunuch was only known in the Ming Dynasty.
When Qin Han put down the rebellion in Yizhou, the rebel kings were firmly entrenched in the city, and the Song general Lei was unable to attack for a while, and the two sides fell into a stalemate. Qin Han went to Yizhou to assist in the suppression of the rebellion as an envoy to catch thieves in Liangchuan, he suggested that tushan be built north of the city to attack the city, and personally led troops to attack, and soon conquered the city of Yangma in the north of the city and burned the enemy watchtower.
In the entire Yizhou counterinsurgency, Qin Han led his troops to fight five battles and five victories, and did not notice the arrows on his body until he captured Yizhou. Qin Han was not only brave in battle, but also had a strategy. In the battle against the Liao, he killed Xiao Da, the king of Liaolanling. In the war against the Western Xia, more than 10,000 people were beheaded, tens of thousands of plundered people were rescued, horses, weapons and other materials were invincible, and the remaining enemy troops also left the country in a hurry.
Qin Han was rewarded by Emperor Taizong and Zhenzong, and Emperor Zhenzong of Song also placed him as an envoy to the imperial city, expressing his special favor for him. After Qin Han,the official zhi zhi, Zhao Xuan envoy, and the deputy envoy of the group of herdsmen, plus the Pingzhou regiment training envoy.
There have been some very bad eunuchs in history, which has caused people to have a bad impression of this group. Although Qin Han was a eunuch, he did not live by the emperor's side, either guarding the border pass or fighting with the enemy on the battlefield, whether it was domestic counterinsurgency or defending against foreign invasion, he could always be seen in the main battles. After a lifetime of conquest and 49 wounds, there was not a single general in the Great Song who did not praise Qin Han for his bravery.
Qin Han was not at all the kind of eunuch who coveted money in people's hearts, and all the rewards and rewards he received were given to the soldiers. After Qin Han's death, he posthumously gave him the envoy of Bei Prefecture and the envoy of the Zhangguo Army.
Zhao Heng, the True Emperor of Song, commented on him: "All his life he has been loyal to the country, never harmed others, and did not praise anyone casually." When Emperor Xian was there, Qin Han asked to go undercover to assassinate Li Jiqian, believing that as a eunuch, his life was not precious, and if he could remove thieves for the country, death would be worth it. ”