Li Lianying was the big red man next to Cixi, the eunuch of the Qing Dynasty, and his daily work was to accompany and serve Cixi, and he had been doing this job for more than 50 years. He was the eunuch who was the most favored by Cixi, so Cixi took him with her wherever she went, and gave him a lot of power. Later, Cixi died of old age.
After Li Lianying handled Cixi's funeral and kept her filial piety for 100 days, she chose to retire and leave the palace. But at that time, the qing dynasty's national fortunes declined and the whole country hated Cixi, so Li Lianying, the great eunuch next to Cixi, was also a thorn in the eyes of the common people, so after he left the palace, he had been living a miserable life, and finally died of death, and there was not even a complete body in the grave.
First, the eunuch ceiling
Each era has different characteristics of the times, these characteristics are reflected in all aspects of society, such as occupations, with the development of the Internet, from the millennium onwards, more and more Internet celebrities and anchors with goods have appeared. Later, with the popularity of e-sports games, there were many professional game players.
In the ancient Chinese feudal society, there were also some occupations that could reflect the characteristics of the times, such as eunuchs. This profession fully embodies the core of feudal culture - the monarchy, as long as the emperor has needs and the emperor likes, he can destroy the bodies of ordinary people. This profession has a very long history in China, probably recorded in the Shang Dynasty.
When it comes to the most famous eunuch in Chinese history, it should be Li Lianying. Li Lianying was a eunuch at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and when he was young, his family was very poor, so his father and mother sent him to a palace at that time to become a eunuch when he was only seven or eight years old. But he has a special eye view since he was a child, probably because he has seen other people's eyes from a young age.
Later, he entered the palace and did not begin to work as an errand boy in front of Cixi until he was 16 years old. Li Lianying can be regarded as a template for the profession of eunuch, on the one hand, because he has gained cixi's approval through his own efforts and has gained a lot of wealth and power. At that time, it was almost one person below ten thousand people, and it was difficult to imagine that a eunuch could do this.
On the other hand, I have to say that his business ability is also worthy of recognition, because at that time Cixi had all kinds of eunuchs in front of her, and she always took Li Lianying with her, which must be because Li Lianying served the most thoughtfully. Li Lianying's hands were very clever, whether it was combing her hair or pounding her shoulders and pinching her back, which made Cixi very satisfied. Moreover, his mind is also very meticulous, and he thinks from Cixi's point of view everywhere.
2. Cixi and the former Big Red Man
Li Lianying was a big red man in front of Cixi, and he became the head of the eunuch when he was 26 years old, but in the history of the Qing Dynasty, this position was generally obtained by old eunuchs who had worked in the palace for more than 30 years.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the actual power was in the hands of Cixi, and Li Lianying was particularly valued by Cixi, so many ministers of culture and military affairs of the imperial court suspected that Li Lianying would interfere in the government affairs. There were many courtiers who would be above the court, hoping that Cixi would drive Li Lianying out of the palace, but no matter what these ministers said, Cixi was still very kind to Li Lianying as always.
No matter what kind of reward, the same is not bad, give him. But Li Lianying was not a party for personal gain as the ministers said, and when Li Lianying first started working as a eunuch in the palace, Cixi had another popular eunuch by her side. As Cixi's favor for him slowly increased, the grand eunuch became arrogant and self-respecting, and finally Cixi was unhappy and was expelled from the palace.
At that time, Li Lianying felt that as a eunuch, she must serve the master well and also have her duty. Li Lianying was a eunuch who stayed with Cixi for the longest time, he accompanied Cixi for 53 years, in the early stage they were more like a pair of master servants, but later Cixi slowly grew older and became very in need of companionship, so in the later stage, the two people were more like a state of mutual companionship.
Third, the evening scenery is desolate
People will always age slowly, and then Cixi will die, which is a fatal blow to Li Lianying, which means that li Lianying will have no one to protect her from now on. Although Li Lianying had not formed a party for personal gain in the past few years in the palace like other ministers had attacked him, it was true that he had secretly embezzled a lot of money.
Cixi died, Li Lianying was also old, so he only wanted to live the rest of his life in peace and stability, so he took the initiative to resign and left the palace. Before that, he had dealt with Cixi's funeral and given her 100 days of filial piety, when the Qing Dynasty had come to an end, and Cixi had actually been infamous in the hearts of the people of the whole country.
Even Li Lianying was a thorn in the eye of the common people, and many times Cixi made some wrong policy decisions, and the civil and military officials did not have these methods to scold Cixi and pointed the spearhead at Li Lianying, saying that Li Lianying had misled Cixi. In this way, Li Lianying's reputation is even worse, which also makes many people want to put Li Lianying to death.
When Li Lianying was still in the palace, no one could do anything, but after retiring from the palace, there was no security. There are also wild histories that say that Li Lianying was very sleek, and he was afraid that the people he had worked with before would give him a trip after he left the palace, so he sent a sum of money to each of these people before leaving the palace to appease them, and the right was to spend money to buy peace.
Later, Li Lianying died three years after leaving the palace, but the specific cause of death was unknown. After the founding of New China, Li Lianying's grave was discovered, and in the process of excavating and opening the coffin, it was found that only his braids and clothes were left in his grave, and his body trunk was missing.
This is very strange, because in the ancient Chinese feudal culture, the body must be complete when the parents are buried, but his grave is like this, so many people suspect that he died of death.
4. Summary
The eunuch Li Lianying had all kinds of opportunities in this life, and at the beginning he had to become a eunuch here when he was seven or eight years old because his family was poor. Later, he met the noble person in his life, Cixi.
This made him expensive in the palace for more than 50 years. But later, after Cixi's death, he also lost his greatest dependence, so his old age was very desolate, and even after he died, he did not even have a whole corpse.