Li Lianying, the most favored, most powerful, and most powerful eunuch around Empress Dowager Cixi, was a bad person in the eyes of many people, and she followed Empress Dowager Cixi to do no evil, even worse than Empress Dowager Cixi.
And is this the real history of him?
A few months before the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Li Lianying, the most powerful eunuch of the late Qing Dynasty, died at the age of 63.
Li Lianying was a powerful eunuch who was deeply valued by Empress Dowager Cixi, and Empress Dowager Cixi even broke the imperial ancestral system of limiting eunuch rank to four products, and appointed Li Lianying as the chief eunuch of Zheng Erpin and commanded all eunuchs in the palace.
At the same time, Li Lianying was also the first person to call Empress Dowager Cixi "Lafayette".
Li Lianying, in the eyes of the world, is an out-and-out bad person.
His master was the "notorious" Empress Dowager Cixi, a woman in the eyes of the world, a woman who played with power, a woman who destroyed the Qing Dynasty, and a woman who let China be beaten. And Li Lianying, as the first "dog leg" around Empress Dowager Cixi, helped her do evil, helped her seize power, helped her oppress the Guangxu Emperor, and helped her oppress the ministers who changed the law...
This is a bad man who is unscrupulous and mischievous, a bad eunuch.
However, is Li Lianying really a bad person in history?
No, the historical Li Lianying is not a villain.
Li Lianying entered the palace since she was a child, because she could comb her hair and win the favor of Empress Dowager Cixi, she slowly became the chief eunuch and began her legendary life.
For work, Li Lianying is very conscientious.
However, compared with other great eunuchs in history, Li Lianying was very good, although he was in a high position, he did not arrogant because of his power.
After Li Hongzhang's Beiyang Navy began to take shape, Empress Dowager Cixi sent Prince Alcohol to inspect it, but Prince Alcohol was worried that Empress Dowager Cixi would be jealous of him, so he asked Empress Dowager Cixi to send Li Lianying with her.
Although Li Lianying went, he was not arrogant at all, he not only changed his two-pin top wear to four-pin top wear before leaving, but also followed Prince Alcohol like a class, and was appreciated by Li Hongzhang and Prince Alcohol.
If it was another great eunuch, could li Lianying do this step?
Some people say that Li Lianying and Empress Dowager Cixi abused the Guangxu Emperor together.
But the truth is that Li Lianying and the Guangxu Emperor had a very good relationship. According to records, when the Guangxu Emperor was imprisoned, Li Lianying often accompanied the Guangxu Emperor. In the last years of the Guangxu Emperor, others fell into the well, but Li Lianying was extremely kind to him and always did her best to take care of him. Therefore, when the Guangxu Emperor died, he also said to the dragon and the tiger: "Treat Li Lianying well." ”
This is a great eunuch with a conscience, and a great eunuch who is not arrogant because he is in a high position.
Li Lianying knew how to retreat bravely, and after empress dowager Cixi's death, he retired after a hundred years of filial piety for empress dowager Cixi.