The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are just the emperor's mouthpiece, the eunuchs have no descendants and there is no danger to the imperial power, it is best to use them to confront the civil officials, but the chaos brought about by the eunuchs in the history books makes him have to be vigilant, although he feels that the history books are exaggerated, but it is not unreasonable, the eunuchs are attached to the emperor, once they have the same military power as the literati, it is difficult to guarantee that some eunuchs will not move their minds, the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty are not in control of the life and death of the emperor, the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty are more outrageous than the Han Dynasty, the emperor of a country, After the death of Dezong, Tang Shunzong, who was half-paralyzed due to a stroke, succeeded to the throne. Shunzong was unwilling to be subject to the eunuchs, he relied on concubines inside, Wang Shuwen, a scholar of Hanlin and famous scholars Han Tai, Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi and others, trying to overcome the maladministration caused by the dictatorship of eunuchs in the Dezong Dynasty through guò reform. The reform touched the vital interests of the eunuchs, and the eunuch Ju Wenzhen and other eunuchs resolutely opposed it. Ju Wenzhen first thought that Shunzong canceled Wang Shuwen's right to enter the palace to discuss matters, and then conspired to force Tang Shunzong, who supported Wang Shuwen, to step down.

At that time, the crown prince Li Chun intended to ascend the throne early, and Ju Wenzhen and other eunuchs conspired with Li Chun, gathered around Shunzong day and night, and forced him to abdicate the throne violently. Shunzong, who was already in poor health, was afraid of the persecution of Ju Wenzhen and others, so he had to hand over the military affairs to the prince. Ju Wenzhen was not satisfied, he summoned the Hanlin scholars to the Jinluan Palace, forced them to draft an edict, and the crown prince ascended the throne, respecting Tang Shunzong as the emperor. Tang Shunzong, who had only been the emperor for seven months, was forced to abdicate by Ju Wenzhen, which is really a big joke in the world, and what is even more hateful is that after the crown prince Li Chun ascended the throne, he was called Tang Xianzong, and Ju Wenzhen was highly used because of his great merit. The forgetful Ju Wenzhen not only did whatever he wanted to the officials, but also showed no mercy to the eunuchs under him. Many eunuchs were executed for the slightest friction with them. The eunuchs hated and feared Ju Wenzhen, and Xianzong was also dissatisfied with Ju Wenzhen's merit and power. At this time, Ju Wenzhen, who was serving as the supervising army, caused public anger because he killed Li Kang, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, without consulting the imperial court. The government and the opposition competed to accuse Ju Wenzhen of being arbitrary and self-centered, and the eunuchs in the palace also attacked in groups. Ju Wenzhen gradually fell out of favor with Xianzong, and soon died, the eunuch Tutu Chengguang and Wang Shoucheng followed, and Tang Xianzong was also an incompetent lord, seeing that he couldn't deal with the eunuchs, and then began to pursue luxury and corruption in life, refusing to accept loyalty, and also begging for Fangshi, extravagant for immortality. Xianzong, who constantly took pills, became furious and often scolded the eunuchs around him. The eunuchs were precarious, and the people were panicked. Some eunuchs led by Wang Shoucheng conspired to kill Xianzong in order to protect themselves, but also to seek greater political capital, and planned to set up the crown prince Li Heng to succeed him.

In the fifteenth year of Yuanhe, Wang Shoucheng instructed the eunuch Chen Hongzhi to suffocate Xianzong to death in the Zhonghe Palace, and claimed that Xianzong died of taking golden erysipelas. Then Wang Shoucheng supported the crown prince Li Heng to ascend the throne for Tang Muzong. Since Wang Shoucheng, the eunuchs have held the monarch hostage and even killed the monarch to establish the monarch, relying on themselves, so the history said: "Since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the eunuchs have benefited and established the Son of Heaven, and in their hands, the authority is out of the right of the master, and no one dares to speak." Tang Muzong, who ascended the throne, was a mediocre and incompetent emperor who was incompetent and indulged in pleasure, and the military and political power was handed over to Wang Shoucheng and his cronies. Most of the prime ministers at Mu Zong's time were disciples who took refuge in Wang Shoucheng, and they did not make any achievements. In just a few years, Mu Zong died of illness, and his son Li Zhan ascended the throne for Tang Jingzong, and Wang Shoucheng had the merit of supporting it. Jingzong was only fifteen years old, and he handed over government affairs to the ministers, and played with the eunuchs every day. At that time, there were many disputes between friends, but in order for each faction to win, it must first win the support of Wang Shoucheng.

Tang Jingzong is very playful, in addition to hitting the ball and playing, he also likes to "play night foxes" in the palace, that is, catch foxes in the middle of the night. Mu Zong was young and energetic, and often played for several days and nights without tiredness, and the eunuchs who served him would be severely punished if he did not disobey his wishes, making these eunuchs complain. At this time, the eunuchs led by Liu Keming were also jealous of Wang Shoucheng's power, hoping to gain the emperor's favor by changing the new monarch, and then replace Wang Shoucheng's position. In 826 AD, Jingzong returned from fox hunting in the middle of the night and drank with the eunuchs. After drinking, Jingzong got up to go to the toilet, and suddenly the lights and candles were all extinguished, Liu Keming and others took advantage of the dark opportunity to kill Jingzong, who was only eighteen years old, and Jiao Zhao let King Jiang ascend the throne.

Liu Keming thought it was done, and began to dream of being good at government affairs. But is Wang Shoucheng an idle person? He united with his cronies and eunuchs, mobilized the Shence army to kill Liu Keming and his gang, and welcomed Li Han, the king of Jiang, to ascend the throne for Tang Wenzong. Wang Shoucheng has the merit of supporting the three dynasties, and the official residence is a hussar general and a lieutenant of the right god, and his power is unparalleled. Although Tang Wenzong came to power thanks to Wang Shoucheng's support, he deeply hated the domineering behavior of Wang Shoucheng and his cronies. Wenzong used the strategy of fighting poison with poison, taking advantage of the contradiction between Wang Shoucheng and Qiu Shiliang, the two eunuch groups, and successfully seized Wang Shoucheng's military power and gave him suicide.

After Tang Wenzong eliminated Wang Shoucheng, he also wanted to take the opportunity to destroy the eunuchs led by Qiu Shiliang in one fell swoop. After conspiring with Wenzong's favored retainers, Li Xun and Zheng Zhu decided to wipe out the Qiu Shiliang group when the emperor led hundreds of civil and military officials to appreciate the nectar. But because the matter was revealed, Qiu Shiliang and other eunuchs took advantage of the chaos to kidnap Wenzong, and immediately launched a bloody revenge, the palace was full of blood, more than 1,000 officials were killed, Li Xun's house was looted, Li Xun and Zheng Zhu were killed. The scoundrels in the capital also took advantage of the fire to rob, and the whole Chang'an chicken dog was restless. Prime Minister Wang Ya and others, who did not participate in the incident, were also executed, and their relatives were all killed. This event is known in history as the "Manna Change". After that, Qiu Shiliang regarded Tang Wenzong as a puppet. The history says that "everything in the world is decided by the North Division, and the prime minister is just a clerk." The eunuchs are vigorous, coercing the Son of Heaven, looking down on the prime minister, and the courtiers are like mustard. ”

In the fifth year of Kaicheng, Wenzong was seriously ill and ordered the prince to supervise the country. After Qiu Shiliang learned the news, he actually broke into the palace and claimed: "The prince is still young and sick, please change the position." Subsequently, despite the opposition of the courtiers, the crown prince was demoted to King Chen under a false decree, and Li Yan, the younger brother of Wenzong, was appointed as the emperor's younger brother. After Wenzong's death, Qiu Shiliang supported Li Yan to come to power for Tang Wuzong.

Tang Wuzong succeeded to power under the manipulation of Qiu Shiliang. He also knew how to be grateful, and after coming to power, he added Qiu Shiliang as the Duke of Chu, but as the emperor, he was naturally dissatisfied with Qiu Shiliang's dictatorship. Qiu Shiliang, who was accustomed to intrigue in the palace, saw Wu Zong's thoughts, so he offered to tell the old man to return to his hometown. Soon after, Qiu Shiliang fell ill and died, and someone took advantage of the fire to rob him and accuse him of illegal acts, resulting in thousands of weapons being searched from his home. In a fit of rage, Wuzong stripped him of his title and confiscated his property. It is said that his family's property was transported in 30 trucks and was not finished for more than a month.

Qiu Shiliang has gone through six dynasties and has been in power for more than 20 years. These eunuchs, are they not favored by the emperor, so that the emperor's life and death are in their hands, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, making the government a miasma, the heavens are angry and resentful, and the scourge of eunuchs is taboo for the emperors of all dynasties. Zhu Zhanji thought about it carefully, hesitated a little, and suddenly looked up and said: "Mr. Wang, do you think that if I reuse the eunuchs, will it bring disaster to the government and government?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Zhen showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, after all, he is still a eunuch, this undoubtedly reveals the emperor's distrust of eunuchs, but after all, he is no longer an ignorant eunuch who has just entered the palace, he doesn't understand anything, now he knows what to say, what to do, and even when to build momentum for himself, he can make good use of it, now is a good opportunity, thought about it and said: "Back to the emperor, will you see it as a slave?" ”

Zhu Zhanji sighed and said, "How do you say this?" ”

Wang Zhen did not answer immediately, but pondered for a moment, and said: "The slave recited the history book in his early years, and saw that the Tang book said that in the Shangyuan Dynasty, Wei Boyu, the envoy of the Northern Ya Army, was the envoy of the Shence Army, and the town of Shaanzhou was to reject Dongkou, and the envoy Yu Chaoen was the envoy of the Guanjun and the prison Boyu Army. And Bo Yu entered as the Yulin Shuai, out as the envoy of the Jingnan Festival, and Chao En commanded the Shence Army and suppressed Shaanxi. In the first year of Guangde, Tubo committed the Beijing Division, and Daizong avoided Di Xingshaan, and Chaoen greeted the army with a divine strategy. In the first year of Yongtai, Tubo invaded Gyeonggi, and Chaoen used his divine strategy to camp in the garden. Naturally, Shence Junheng takes the lieutenant officer as the commander. At the end of the construction of the middle of the country, the Beijing division was stolen, and Dou Wenchang used the Shence army to conquer the south of the mountain. and return to Beijing, the reward is incomparable. Zhen Yuanzhong, the lieutenant of the Shence Army, the lieutenant of the guard, the lieutenant officer, the lieutenant of the two armies. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs were just guarding the court, sweeping the court, and eating was just a matter of misconduct. After Zhongzong was reinstated, Empress Wei was in power, in order to expand the power of the inner dynasty, develop the power of the eunuchs, and awarded the eunuch Pinjue. Zhongzong also sent eunuchs to supervise the army, setting a precedent for eunuchs to supervise the army in the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, in order to spy on the will and listen to the news, the various factions of the palace government forces have been co-opting the eunuchs, since then the power of the eunuchs has gradually increased, and after the Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, the eunuchs to the fifth grade or more will reach thirty percent, and the great eunuch Gao Lishi has made the first contribution and has been promoted to internal affairs; Later, he played a role in the killing of Princess Taiping, and was promoted to the general of the right prison guard, the governor of the inner servant, and became the first person among the eunuchs. Li Longji has great trust in Gao Lishi, and the Quartet invites all the provinces first and then advances, and small matters are dictatorial, that is, the letters, texts, and chapters reported by the local government, and Gao Lishi selects the important ones after reading them for Xuanzong to see, and the general political affairs can be decided and handled by Gao Lishi himself, and there is no need to report it, which opens a precedent for eunuchs to deal with state affairs.

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