The eunuch group was almost a symbol of invincibility in the Hengling era, they began to rise after the defeat of Liang Ji, and after the elimination of Dou Wu, they went to glory, and gradually reached their peak, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was the turning point from prosperity to decline, and the death of Emperor Ling sounded the death knell for it, and was finally buried by the relatives and the scholar group.

They were also the main boss group before the Three Kingdoms period.

When Liang Ji was in power, the world belonged to foreign relatives, and the eunuchs did not have a high political status, and they succumbed to the imperial power and the power of foreign relatives. This situation was not until Emperor Heng united with five eunuchs, including Tang Heng, Shan Chao, Zuo Qi, Xu Huang and Gu Yuan, to fight the general Liang Ji, and the five eunuchs such as Tang and Shan were also greatly rewarded and became marquis, and were called "five marquis" by the world.

Tang Heng, Shan Chao, Zuo Qi, Xu Huang, Gu Ying and other "five marquis" are also the first generation of leaders of the eunuch group in the Hengling era, they made great contributions to the elimination of Liang Ji, obtained the corresponding power and status, and led the eunuchs to start fighting for power and profit.

But after these guys gained power, they were too proud and too unscrupulous, and those upright scholars and students couldn't stand it, so they joined forces to launch the "Qing Discussion", and at that time, the power of the eunuchs was far less powerful than in the later period, and Emperor Heng was not completely indulgent to the Yellow Gate and the regular attendants, so the "Five Marquis" was beaten.

After the defeat of the "Five Marquis", those scholars and students continued to denounce the eunuchs, especially Li Ying and others, whose actions were more radical, which seriously stimulated the eunuchs, so they framed these scholars and students as "party members" and demanded punishment, and as a magistrate, Emperor Heng was very dissatisfied with the behavior of the "party people" beating dogs without looking at the master, so he ordered the party members to be imprisoned for life and not to be officials.

Fortunately, Emperor Heng died soon after, and his cousin Dou chose Liu Hong to inherit the great cause, but in the end this was also the greatest misfortune, because Emperor Ling came to power.

After the death of Emperor Heng, the power was controlled by the relatives of the Dou family, the father of the Empress Dowager Dou Wu was named a general, he as the leader of the scholars, first abolished the party, and then also prepared to get rid of the eunuchs with Chen Fan and others, they first killed the Chang Shi Guan Ba and Su Kang, Dou Wu also further asked the Empress Dowager Dou to remove Cao Jie and others, but the Empress Dowager Dou hesitated, causing the Dou family to miss the opportunity.

Later, the eunuchs found out the attempt of Dou Wu and others, under the battle, Cao Jie and others successively kidnapped Emperor Ling and the Empress Dowager Dou, completely controlled the palace, and then ordered the arrest of Dou Wu and others, Dou Wu understood the eunuch's attempt, but also let it out, he refused to be called, directly into the barracks to transfer troops against the eunuchs, but unfortunately the eunuchs were deep in Luo**, and got the help of Zhang Huan, the general of the Huns, Dou Wu finally failed.

After the eunuchs eliminated Dou Wu, they were basically invincible.

In history, Emperor Heng used the power of eunuchs to hit his relatives during his reign, which made the eunuchs' power begin to grow, but Emperor Heng still had some restrictions on the eunuchs, but when he arrived at Emperor Ling, Liu Hong could be said to be a living puppet for the eunuchs, and the eunuchs were unscrupulous and troubled the government with the help of the emperor's trust.

In the early days of Emperor Ling, the eunuch group was headed by Cao Jie and Wang Fu, who were deeply trusted by Emperor Ling, and launched the second party rebellion, which almost overturned the Shidafu group.

But even such a powerful eunuch group had bad luck, and the actions of the eunuch group at that time made many bureaucrats unbearable and very dissatisfied with it, including Yang Biao, Yang Qiu and others.

After Yangqiu became the lieutenant of Sili, he got the corruption materials provided by Jingzhao Yin Yang Biao that Huangmen ordered Wang Fu to let his protégé extort more than 70 million yuan of property from various counties, and Yangqiu entered the palace on this basis to ask for the arrest of Wang Fu and Zhongchang Servant Chun Yudeng, Yuan Yu, Feng Yi and others, and finally really arrested Duan Cheng, who was attached to the eunuch, and Wang Fu, who was on vacation at home, and arrested Wang Fu's son Yongle Shaofu Wang Meng, Peiguo Xiang Wang Ji and others.

Yang Qiu personally went to the prison to torture Wang Fu and others, Wang Fu's father and son died under the cane, Duan Cheng also committed suicide, confiscated all the property of Wang Fu's family, and his wife and children were all exiled to Bijing.

Yang Qiu later prepared to take further action against Cao Jie and others, but Cao Jie took the first step to slander Emperor Ling, let Yang Qiu turn to serve as a guard lieutenant, lost the position and power of Si Li's captain, and after taking the lead, Cao Jie and other eunuchs framed Yang Qiu and others, resulting in Yang Qiu was finally arrested and sent to Luoyang Prison, where he was executed, and his wife and children were exiled to the frontier.

Cao Jie died of illness in the fourth year of Guanghe (181) and was posthumously awarded the title of general by Emperor Ling. After Cao Jie's death, the eunuch group formed a group of ten permanent servants headed by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, including Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, Duan Qi, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Kui, Song Dian and other twelve eunuchs, all of whom held the position of Zhongchang Servant, after which the eunuch group developed to the peak of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After the deaths of Cao Jie and Wang Fu, Emperor Ling turned to reuse Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, and even said to others many times: "Zhang Rang is my father, and Wang Fu is my mother." to show trust in it.

In history, the ten permanent servants were more traitorous, and they were even more tyrannical, selling official positions, their fathers, brothers and children were all over the world, rampant in the countryside, scourging the people, no one dared to take care of it, making the world dark and abnormal at that time.

But on the other hand, the actions of the Ten Standing Servants also greatly intensified the social contradictions at that time, and the result was the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, although the Yellow Turban Rebellion was finally put down, but the eunuchs paid a heavy price for it, their own power not only shrank because of the uprising, but also turned over the foreign relatives group and the scholar group, He Jin became a general, and the party was also lifted.

Since then, the eunuch group has been declining.

Five years later, Emperor Ling, the eunuchs' biggest backer, died, and the general He Jin, with the help of Yuan Shao and others, began a major counteroffensive against the eunuch group.

This time, the group of relatives and scholars absorbed the experience of the failure of Dou Wu and others, and they worked step by step, first gradually eliminating Jian Shuo, who had military power among the eunuchs, and Dong Chong, a hussar general who was inclined to eunuchs, and completely controlled the military power in their hands.

But after the eunuchs lost the opportunity, they did not sit still, they and Yuan Shao and others began to compete for the support of the foreign relatives group, they successfully won over the Empress Dowager He and He Jin's younger brother Che cavalry general He Miao, many times successfully stopped He Jin's actions, and once hoped to change He Jin's mind, but under the guidance of Yuan Shao and others, He Jin finally had no way to retreat, and could only fight the eunuchs to the end.

In a desperate situation, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong fought against the water, although they successfully killed the careless He Jin, but the eunuchs who had lost their military power still couldn't stop the counterattack of the scholars, and the eunuchs in Luoyang were all killed in the end.

Although the Ten Standing Servants failed in the end, in the end they did not make their relatives, scholars, and party members feel better, and the result of the fire of the two groups was that the snipe and the clam competed, the fisherman profited, and the foreign warlord Dong Zhuo became the biggest beneficiary.

And Dong Zhuo's evil is ten times worse than that of eunuchs.