Among many famous eunuchs in history, Li is obviously a representative one. As a red man around Empress Dowager Cixi, he served as the eunuch general manager in the Qing Palace for more than 40 years. Cixi has always been eccentric and can spend more than 40 years safely under such a character. Li obviously has his own skills.
It was because of the trust of Empress Dowager Cixi that the princes and nobles at that time had to avoid three points in front of him, but time flew by. On June 5438+0908 1 15, Empress Dowager Cixi died, and all her former slaves were scattered. After leaving Empress Dowager Cixi, Li lived alone for three years. Without his past rights and status, how did he live?
From Li Jinxi to Li, the road to the transformation of small people
Li, formerly known as li jinxi, was born in a very poor family. His parents were lowly laborers at that time. Li Jinxi's family has four brothers. Although his parents work very hard, it is still difficult for him to maintain food and clothing for his whole family. Li Jinxi was chosen by her parents at the age of eight and sent to Zheng Qinwang as a eunuch because she really couldn't afford the expenses at home.
At that time, he was only eight years old, and he was still an ignorant child, but he was forced to accept the feudal treatment of that era. As we watched, we had to sigh a sad sentence, but Li Jinxi probably didn't know at that time, because he chose this road, his life had reached the peak.
Time flies, Li Jinxi 16 years old, this year is also a turning point in his life. After working in the performance office in Donglu and Ren Jing Palace, she was assigned to serve Empress Dowager Cixi.
Li jinxi suffered a lot in the process of slave growth, but he also developed a sense. In our modern words, his emotional intelligence is extremely high, which laid the foundation for him to serve Cixi and win the favor of the Queen Mother in the future. After An Dehai was executed, li jinxi's outstanding performance attracted the attention of Cixi, thus opening the next chapter of his life.
Favored by Cixi, Li is in a high position.
After being favored by Cixi, Li Jinxi became the general manager of the eunuch. At this time, Cixi had gradually come to power, and her position in North Korea was extremely high. As Li's favorite man, his position naturally rises. At the age of 26, she was appointed as the chief eunuch by Cixi.
Not only that, according to the ancestral training of the Qing dynasty, the highest grade of eunuchs is four, and they cannot be promoted upward. This also restricted the rights of eunuchs from the side, but Cixi ignored this law and dressed Li Liangpin in Hualing, which shows that Li's status is extremely high.
With such great power in his hand, Li naturally became the object of many officials' curry favor with him. At such a hot moment, he is consistent and still cautiously doing police work beside Cixi, which makes people have to sigh again that his emotional intelligence is high and at the peak, but he still does not forget his roots.
Nevertheless, because of his great power, those who have received his help are grateful, while those who have not received Li's response are bitter, which also makes him many enemies.
After Li Taihou died, he led a miserable life.
1908, Empress Dowager Cixi, a woman who was in charge of the whole Qing Dynasty, passed away. When the building collapsed, the trees attached to it were not spared. Li also knows this truth. After a hundred days of mourning for the empress dowager, he left the palace wall where he had lived for more than 40 years.
Li lived alone for three years after leaving the palace. Although the history books of these years have not accurately recorded his specific life scenes, it is only said that he hardly appeared again and spent the last few years of his life in a big house in Beijing. Some history books say that he died of illness, but the life record of serving Cixi in the palace cannot be erased.
Although he kept a low profile, he also made many enemies. How can it be so easy to really enjoy your old age? Besides, under the feudal system, he was suddenly free in his later years, and he certainly couldn't adapt at that time. In order to spend the rest of his life, Li began to smoke a lot of cigarettes, and he never left his hand all day. According to his stepgranddaughter, he died of dysentery after smoking.
1966, Li's tomb was opened. Surprisingly, there is no body inside, only a lonely skull. If it was a normal death, it wouldn't be like this. The real cause of his death was ultimately inconclusive.