In the eunuch world, he was called "the ancestor of the emperor", while Ming Taizu eunuch Wei Zhongxian, who also claimed to be "nine-year-old", was arrogant and domineering. What's even more outrageous is that three eunuchs have been made kings in the history of China. Let's see how they were named kings.
1. Zong Ai
Zong Ai, the eunuch of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, was not as powerful as Wei Zhongxian in the Ming Dynasty, but he was also a powerful eunuch during the Zhengping period of Wutai in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Zong Ai's life experience is unknown, and his birth and birthplace are not recorded in the history books. He was brutally castrated for "sin" and later sent to the Northern Wei court to become a eunuch at the bottom. In the palace, Zong Ai did some chores. Because of his diligence and resourcefulness, he was later appointed as Zhong Changshi by Emperor Xiao Zhong and became the eunuch around the emperor.
In the eleventh year of Taiping County, Mrs. Wu led a great army to attack Liu Song in the Southern Dynasties, and Zong _, as the emperor's personal eunuch, went south with the holy drive. The northern Wei army was invincible and won an unprecedented victory in attacking the Song Dynasty in the south. In the first year of Pingyi, he served as minister on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Zong Ai, a close confidant of the emperor, was made King of Qin, becoming the first eunuch in China history to win the King of Qin.
Later, Wu Taibei expedition and appointed TaBaHong as the Minister of State Supervision. However, Zong Ai was more involved in the affairs of the prince and spent his leisure time with his subordinates Qiu Ni Daosheng and assistant minister Ren Cheng. Zong Ai was afraid that the future crown prince's accession to the throne would be unfavorable to him, so he waged a power struggle with the Eastern Palace forces and relied on Tuoba Tao's trust to frame the crown prince and his minions for rebellion. Unexpectedly, Tuoba Tao believed him, ordered the purge of the Prince's mansion, and killed assistant minister Ren Pingcheng and Qiu Nidaosheng, cronies of the Prince. Prince Tuoba Huang also died of accumulated anxiety at the age of 24. Later, Tuoba Tao knew that the prince was innocent and regretted it very much. He made Tuoba Huang the "Prince of Mu Jing" and named Tuoba Gui, the son of the Prince, the king of Levin.
But Zong Ai saw this and worried that Mrs. Wu would liquidate those who framed the prince in front of him at first, so he didn't do it at all, and it was a step better than the two years of Zhengping in the Northern Wei Dynasty. In March, he killed Tuoba Tao, the Emperor Wu's Taiwei, in his sleep. A rare monarch in the history of the Northern Wei Dynasty died tragically at the hands of eunuchs, and Zong Ai became the first eunuch in the history of China who planned to kill the emperor.
After the death of Tuoba Tao, the court wanted to make the third prince Tuoba Han the emperor of Dongping, but Zong Ai had a bad relationship with Tuoba Han, so he pretended to be the queen and killed Tuoba Han. And under the guise of the queen's life, he killed the ministers of Shang Shuling, Lan Yan, Xing Wu and Tai Yuan, and then made Tuoba Yu, the king of Nan 'an, emperor. Tuoba Yu knew that he was neither the eldest son nor the prince. Being an emperor is entirely due to the support of Zong Ai.
In order to express his gratitude, TaBaYu appointed Zong Ai as Fu Fu Fu, General, A surname, Commander-in-Chief of Chinese and Foreign Armed Forces, and Minister of Ren Zhongshu, and was promoted to the rank of Lord. As a result, Zong Ai became the number one minister in the country's military and political power. He has been recorded in Fuyuan three provinces and has been banned. He is called a public official and his power is getting bigger and bigger. "Because Zong Ai's ultra vires dictatorship caused the concern and dissatisfaction of the DPRK officials, TaBaYu tried to regain the imperial power, but was killed by Zong Ai. In just a few months, Zon
Zong Ai killed Tuoba _, but kept a secret for him. When the generals and leaders knew about it, they immediately conspired with the princes of Shaofu, Shang He, Li and Shang Houhou. The palace is guarded by Youya, Heyuan and Changsunhou. Lu Li and Liu Ni welcomed Sun Huang Tuoba GUI into the palace and acceded to the throne. Liu Ni led the army to the East Temple and captured Zong Ai and his henchmen Jia Zhou. In order to avenge Zong Yi's killing of his father, patricide and patricide, the new emperor Wencheng Tito domineering ordered Zong Yi and his followers to be punished with five punishments, and all three families were killed to show their hatred. This eunuch, known as "the craziest eunuch in China's history", took his own life.
2. Li
Li, whose real name was later called protecting the country, was later changed to assisting the country. Tang Suzong is a eunuch in power. From then on, he became a tyrant, and he was assassinated by the police in Tang Daizong.
As a servant of eunuch Gao Lishi, he was ugly, but he was proficient in writing. After the age of 40, he began to take care of the stables, and later served as Prince Hengli. In the 14th year of Tianbao, the "An Shi Rebellion" broke out and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty fled to Shu. Follow the Prince to Mawei Port, protest to Prince Jin Yang, and persuade the soldiers to move northward to recover lost territory. When Prince Lingwu ascended the throne, he was Su Zong and Yao Zun was the emperor's father. Because of his merits, Fu was named Marshal Sima, regarded as his right and left arm, and named him "defending the country and defending the country". Later, it was renamed as "auxiliary country" and began to master military and political power.
Later, Li Suisu returned to Chang 'an, appointed him as the Lord protector, and set up a "procuratorate" to spy on the activities of officials. He decides the cases tried by local officials and judicial departments in Jingzhao County. He signed it before the imperial edict came into effect, and I dare not criticize it. Li was also honored as "Wu Lang" by the imperial clan nobles. Li Zhuo, then prime minister, called him the "Five Ancestors" at the ceremony of holding the baby. After Tang Xuanzong returned to Beijing, the rich countries suspected that there was a restoration plot around Tang Xuanzong. In 760 AD, in the first year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong was forced to move westward to Taiji Palace, and Gao Lishi, a confidant of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, was demoted or dismissed from office.
In the first year of Baoying, Xuanzong died of depression, and Su Zong was also critically ill. Queen Zhang wanted to murder Prince Li Yu, set up Wang Danni, and sent hundreds of eunuchs to control the palace. After Li knew it, he ordered the eunuch Cheng Xian to take the prince away, and then launched an imperial army to attack the palace and killed the queen Zhang He. On that day, Su Zong died of fright, so he made Prince Li Yu emperor.
Tang Daizong became the first eunuch prime minister in the Tang Dynasty because of his meritorious service, which opened the prelude to the eunuch dictatorship in the Tang Dynasty. Since then, the auxiliary country has become increasingly arrogant, claiming to be "the old slave who oppressed the emperor." He once said to Dai Zong, "Everyone is sitting inside, and foreign affairs are handled by old slaves."
In fact, it is to let Dai Zong entrust all military affairs to him. Hearing this tyrant's words, Daizong was very unhappy and determined to destroy the auxiliary country. So Dai Zong treated the auxiliary country on the surface, respecting it as a "father-in-law", but in private, he interacted with eunuch Cheng, took medicine to lead the Marshal House to March Sima, mastered the imperial army and seized the relieving. "Auxiliary office, into the king Rupert bit. Soon, he was assassinated in the middle of the night, his head was cut off and thrown into the toilet. Then the woodcarving buried his head, offered it as a teacher and made a fool of himself.
3. Tong Guan
Tong Guan, a native of Kaifeng, was one of the "six thieves" in Huizong period of Northern Song Dynasty. According to the records of the Song Dynasty, Tong Guan was "burly and far-sighted, and wanted to have more than a dozen children. He is as strong as iron, so
In the first year of Zheng He, Tong Guan was promoted to Qiu, who was in charge of the Privy Council. This is the first time a eunuch has presided over the Privy Council. From then on, Tong Guan ranked in the land of the three public places, fought heavily in the northwest frontier, and made friends with foreign nationalities in Xia, Liao and Jin for more than ten years. In the second year of Xuanhe, Uighur sent Tong Guan to command Fu Xuan and led10.5 million troops to suppress the peasant uprising army in Fang La, and fought fiercely for more than 450 days, killing more than 70,000 insurgents. Tong Guan takes Gong Wei's name. At this point, Tong Guan is a brilliant minister. At that time, Cai Jing was called "public phase" and Tong Guan was called "phase".
In the seventh year of Emperor Xuandi, Tong Guan was king of Yang Guangjun, commanding the frontier fortress and stationed in Dawan. At that time, Jin had destroyed Liao and invaded the south on a large scale. Seeing that the tide was gone, Tong Guan fled from Dayuan to the capital of song dynasty. He didn't listen to Qin Zong's order to stay in Bianjing, but made a southern tour with Hui Zong. Therefore, university student Chen Dong wrote that Cai Jing, Tong Guan and other six people were six thieves.
Tong Guan's main crime is "making a border gap with Liao and Jin". In fact, the feud between Liao and Jin was not caused by Tong Guan, nor was the estrangement caused by Tong Guan. Tong Guan has been a soldier for 20 years. In the battle with Xia, Liao and Jin, there were victories and defeats, but he did his best and did not defect. The fundamental reason for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was Hui Zong's inaction, which led to the corruption of the imperial court and economic collapse. An important reason for Tong Guan's public criticism is that he was born as a eunuch and court officials looked down on him. In addition, Tong Guan was arrogant and made many enemies. Hui Zong became a Zen, Qin Zong became a king, and Tong Guan fell from power. In the first year of Jingkang, he was demoted three times in a row. In July, Ji Yang's army was demoted, and Tong Guan was sentenced to death for ten major crimes.
On the seventh day of September, Rizo's return to Tong Guan was hung high in Bianjing City, causing a sensation in Beijing. The eunuch with the longest army, the largest military power and the highest title in China took his own life. A year later, a great tragedy happened in the history of China-"the difficulty of getting well-being".
Eunuchs were officials who served emperors, monarchs and their families in ancient times. At first, they were just servants in charge of court chores and were not allowed to participate in state affairs. But because they live with the royal family day and night, there is still a chance to gain trust. Therefore, in some dynasties, eunuchs held the power of state affairs.