If we talk about the emperors of ancient historical dynasties, in the face of such a person with supreme imperial power, solipsism, basically what pours into everyone's mind will be a man who exists like a god with a wise and noble temperament. Domineering such as Qin Shi Huang and Western Chu Overlord Xiang Yu, Xianming such as Tang Taizong Li Shimin and Kangxi Emperor, expanding territory such as Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che, prosperous world such as Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and so on.
It is not necessary for such a person to be worthy of the emperor in the minds of everyone. But there was a dynasty that enshrined a "fool" as an emperor and was embraced to the peak of power, and the person who supported him to the throne was actually a eunuch.
1. Eunuchs are chaotic
What is a eunuch? Eunuchs, also known as eunuchs, were a group of physically handicapped slaves who existed under the ancient feudal system. In ancient times, the masters who had the status of a noble royal family in the noble and luxurious mansions such as the royal palace and the royal palace could have slaves such as eunuchs to serve them. Although the eunuchs were born as male children, they were subjected to brutal castration.
As we all know, there are three thousand beautiful ladies in the emperor's harem, and even the palace mansion will have dozens of beautiful ladies, plus maids, and there are two or three hundred women in a palace. If the eunuch is not pure, it is bound to have an affair with many women in the harem and mansion, resulting in adulterous palace prostitutes.
In order to put an end to this trouble, the rulers came up with this terrible way. Basically, those who would enter the palace as eunuchs were all from poor families, willing to enter the palace as slaves in order to seek food and clothing, or were sold by human traffickers and sent in.
I don't know if it was due to physical defects that led to psychological disorders, eunuchs were more or less labeled as "sinister", "poisonous", and "perverted". But it is no wonder that the world will look at eunuchs in this way, in the ancient imperial politics, eunuchs did a lot of things to do. Dynasties and dynasties could not escape the curse of eunuchs interfering in politics.
Even qin shi huang, who was mighty all over the world, could not escape being interfered with by eunuchs to interfere with the regime, even to interfere with the crown prince, and to interfere with the usurpation of power and throne by the entire national fortune. In addition to the world-renowned achievements and feats of domination of the world, Qin Shi Huang's heroic achievements were also known to the people of the world because of this "famous" eunuch next to him, and his later dynasties were criticized by the world.
The eunuch next to Qin Shi Huang was Zhao Gao, who had persecuted the Qin state and forced the Qin Dynasty minister Li Si to "point the deer as a horse". Zhao Gao had always served Him around when Qin Shi Huang had just been welcomed back to the Qin Kingdom and was still a young prince, and because Zhao Gao was good at attacking his heart, being considerate and understanding, he was very favored, and Qin Shi Huang knew everything about him, and treated him as his childhood playmate and confidant friend.
Zhao Gao was well-behaved and obedient in front of Qin Shi Huang, but secretly he was a fox with false tiger power and viciousness. When Qin Shi Huang died of illness while on inspection, Zhao Gao forced the chancellor Li Si to forge the Holy Will, make the second prince Hu Hai emperor, and give the death of crown prince Fu Su and the general Meng Tian. Since then, the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty has fainted, the traitors have been in charge, the people have been in turmoil everywhere, the people are not happy, and finally perished.
Second, the foolish emperor
Such eunuchs were chaotic, not only Zhao Gao, but also a eunuch Ma Yuanzhen during the Tang Dynasty, and there was also more than that. The eunuch Ma Yuanzhen was a close eunuch of Li Yan during the reign of Emperor Wuzong of tang and the leader of the Divine Strategy Army.
His identity as the leader of the Divine Strategy Army was different from other eunuchs in the past, a eunuch who had substantial military power and great power in his hands, and his identity was no different from that of a great general, plus Emperor Wuzong had great trust in him, and his position in the court at that time could be said to be below one person and above ten thousand people. But soon after, Tang Wuzong died.
Since Emperor Wuzong had no heirs at the time of his death and was not a candidate for the crown prince, he had to choose one of the Li clan members to inherit the throne. Ma Yuanzhen was very anxious about this matter, not to mention that the matter of the throne was related to the world's social welfare, for Ma Yuanzhen, what was related to whether he could still hold heavy power and control the government was closely related to him.
Therefore, the condition for his selection of the crown prince was not meritocracy, but whether it was easy to control. As a result, Li Chen was fortunate to become the best candidate in Ma Yuanzhen's mind. Why? Because Li Chen was a "fool", he had been stupid since childhood, and he was often insulted and bullied by the harem people, and he almost died many times. However, it was because he was a "fool" that he was photographed by Ma Yuanzhen and suddenly became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, which really stunned the wen and wu officials.
But on the day of his ascension to the throne, to the ministers who opposed his ascension to the throne, Li Chen, who had been sluggish and stuttering from childhood to adulthood, suddenly looked like a torch, his mind was clear, his words were full of wisdom, his mouth was hanging like a river, and he was full of wisdom and talent to talk about the scriptures and talk about national policies freely! It stunned the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military officials and shocked them! The wen and wu officials rejoiced, but Ma Yuanzhen was dripping blood inside, and indeed moved a stone to drop his own foot.
Summary:
There must be something hateful about the poor, and the eunuchs are indeed pitiful, and the poor have been tormented since childhood, and they have endured such a cruel and inhumane pattern of purification, and they will be physically crippled and despised by the world for the rest of their lives. But they can also hate, but what is hateful is that they have angered the world for their pity, and have taken advantage of their relationship with the supreme ruler who has gained the moon in the near water tower, constantly cholera, amass wealth and deceive the people, mutilate loyalty, and flatter the evil lord, and finally be spurned by the people of the world.