In order to make the eunuchs have the ability to confront the civil officials, the emperors of successive dynasties have constantly delegated power to the eunuchs. First of all, the eunuchs were given freedom of movement, and later they were given the same treatment as civil officials in terms of rank, and then the eunuchs were allowed to participate in the control of the generals as superintendents, and finally the power to approve the red was simply given to the eunuchs. The plan decided by the Cabinet, the highest body of civil service, must be forwarded to the emperor through the celebrant of ceremonies, the highest body of the eunuchs. After the emperor decides, the red can be distributed to various departments only after the approval of the celebrant and the superintendent. In other words, if the opinion of the cabinet could not pass through the celebrant superintendent, it would not be possible for the emperor to see it. While the celebrant issued instructions in place of the emperor, he also caused problems for the cabinet. Use Jinyiwei to supervise hundreds of officials, use Dongchang to supervise Jinyiwei, use the cabinet to check and balance the six departments, use the celebrant to stifle the cabinet, and the emperor controls the celebrant behind his back, this is the emperor's method. Eunuchs are eunuchs after all, and their lives are in the hands of the emperor, so the emperor does not have to worry that they will be disloyal to him.

But there are no absolutes, and after these eunuchs of the celebrant tasted the taste of power, they began to have their own ideas. They began to be exploited by the cabinet or the civil servants, and their loyalty to the emperor began to waver. The ministers of the cabinet taught the eunuchs to be corrupt and use their power to deceive their superiors and subordinates, and they co-opted the eunuchs step by step. Although he was noticed by the emperor several times and dealt with a group of eunuchs, greed and the desire for money prevailed over everything. More and more eunuchs began to join forces to deceive their masters, either alone or with civil officials, and began to collect money with impunity. More often than not, the emperor was kept in the dark by these people and became a deaf, blind, and fool.

The eunuchs who tasted it began to have a new idea, they wanted to replace the civil officials and become the biggest controllers of the imperial court. They began to use their power to suppress or persecute civilian officials, intentionally or unintentionally. The emperor did not know the truth, and thought that the eunuchs were using this way to show their loyalty to themselves, so the emperor not only did not stop it, but also enjoyed it. After all, eunuchs are not cultural people, they don't need any face, and they don't care about doing things. They bloodily suppressed all opposition voices and persecuted all those who stood in their way in every possible way. Only then did the civil official realize that he had raised a big tiger, a big tiger that was hungry and would not even let go of his own people. The civil servants joined forces against the eunuchs, and this led to the current antagonistic situation.

When the emperor gradually learned about the eunuchs' private behavior through the civil officials, he began to find that he could not control the situation. Because he believed in eunuchs too much before, the people around the emperor were actually eunuchs' subordinates or eyeliner. The emperor's every move was controlled and monitored by the eunuchs, who had an easy time dealing with the emperor. An order goes down to the emperor, it is difficult to move an inch, a small action can make the emperor sit still, and a word can make the emperor disappear or die inexplicably. Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde appeared to have died in an accident on the surface, which was caused by his usual excessive neglect of his body. In fact, not only Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, almost every emperor is like this, why did Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao die? Some people suspect that the real cause of death of Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde was because Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde investigated the eunuchs around him and died "accidentally". After Liu Jin's death, some eunuchs hid the matter of Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao and was known to Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao. The young and vigorous Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao began to send people to investigate the eunuchs around him, the purpose was to see if these eunuchs were loyal to him. But he forgot one thing, whether it was the person being investigated or the person who went to investigate, it was all eunuchs. As a result, the investigation was not carried out, and the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao died in an accident during one of the most ordinary hunts. Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde is good, and he is not very old, he will never be like this, the only explanation is that he was killed by people around him, and lied to the outside world that an inevitable accident had occurred.

After Emperor Jiajing became emperor, it took nearly five years to unify the eunuchs on the surface, but in fact this was not the case. Qin Tai has heard people talk about Lu Fang many times, although Lu Fang is a servant of Emperor Jiajing, but he is also a eunuch from the root. The eunuchs stayed with Emperor Jiajing with him as their representative, and tried to ease the relationship between Emperor Jiajing and the eunuchs. On some irrelevant issues, Lü Fang tried his best to accommodate Emperor Jiajing, and in some places where fundamental issues were involved, Lü Fang would remind and advise Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing always thought that Lü Fang was just a eunuch's microphone, and Lü Fang was still his cronies. Later, when Emperor Jiajing found out that Lü Fang had done a lot of things behind his back on behalf of the interests of the eunuchs, Emperor Jiajing completely gave up on Lü Fang. When Lü Fang left, he left three moves, and Chen Hong was the first step, stepping forward to serve as the eunuch left by Lü Fang, and officially faced the eunuch and Emperor Jiajing. Huang Jin was the second step, which was used to replace Chen Hong and continue to control or influence the emperor. Feng Bao is the third step, which is used to control the next two generations of emperors.

After Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, he felt that the matter was serious. The civil officials outside did not listen to him, and the cabinet almost went its own way, and Emperor Longqing could not command the cabinet people at all. The harem is controlled by Concubine Li, and the eunuchs do not let go of power, and Emperor Longqing has an empty title of emperor, and he can't do anything. In addition, the foreign feudal domain is also unstable, and from time to time someone comes out to say that the emperor will be changed. The reason is that Emperor Longqing's personality is too cowardly, and his health is not good. For the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the country and the majesty of the royal family, these so-called royal relatives demanded that Emperor Longqing step down. Emperor Longqing had to make a choice in status and power, and if he wanted to keep his position as emperor, he had to cooperate with civil officials, and he also acquiesced to the status of eunuchs in the harem. If Emperor Longqing wanted power, he would ignore the foreign vassals and concentrate on suppressing the cabinet and eunuchs. Emperor Longqing was not sure to deal with the cabinet, nor was he able to eliminate the eunuchs, and he was more worried about losing the support of civil officials and eunuchs for him, so Emperor Longqing chose to keep the throne and took a powerless puppet emperor.

Due to the concessions made by Emperor Longqing, the situation was unstable at that time. The cabinet intervened to negotiate with the eunuchs, and out of mutual interest, the two sides reached a resolution. The civil officials and eunuchs joined forces to help the Longqing Emperor deal with the opposition of the foreign domains. The civil officials criticized the behavior of the foreign vassals from the perspective of reason and law, and repeatedly explained the legitimacy and legitimacy of the Longqing Emperor. The eunuchs used the "black material" they had in their possession to make a fuss about the troublesome vassal kings, forcing these vassal kings to take the initiative to give up their attacks on the Longqing Emperor in both speech and practice. However, there were still a few vassal kings who did not cooperate, and they clamored to bring troops to the capital to force Emperor Longqing to step down, and then everyone chose a new emperor to come to power. Seeing that these people did not cooperate, the eunuchs did something that surprised the civil officials and Emperor Longqing. In just a few days, these vassal kings who were clamoring for rebellion died one by one, and the causes of death were varied. It seems that the eunuchs have already placed their own people around these people, and if these people get out of control, they can deal with them immediately. The civil officials and the Longqing Emperor were very jealous of the eunuchs' ruthlessness and strength. I just don't know if there are such people around them? Not only the subordinates, but are there any eunuchs among their relatives? The more suspicious they are about the people around them, the more they are afraid of the eunuchs, and they dare not easily attack the eunuchs. Emperor Longqing is even more dead, he wants to be a happy emperor for a few years, not a corpse. Emperor Longqing simply allowed the cabinet and eunuchs to control the situation, and neither side did not interfere. He also privately warned Li Guifei not to interfere too much in the affairs of eunuchs, so as not to affect him.

Emperor Longqing died after being the emperor for a few years, and the foundation of the new emperor was not as good as that of Emperor Longqing. Therefore, the foreign ministers, the vassal kings and the eunuchs are the three mountains that the little emperor cannot overcome. As the biological mother of the little emperor, and as the actual master of this court, Empress Dowager Li certainly hopes to use this opportunity to solve the three mountains in the best way. In this way, the position of the little emperor is more stable, and she, the queen mother, is more powerful. Qin Tai is the focus of all hopes, and it is also an important link in whether Empress Dowager Li can realize her ideals. Qin Tai didn't know, even if he knew, what could he do?