Chapter 8 For the sake of wealth
Men who dare to self-castrate and are mentally mature, how ruthless should they be? Can ordinary people kill themselves? How strong is their desire for power?
The first eunuch who self-castrated to become successful was Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen was a native of Yuzhou in the early Ming Dynasty, now in Yuxian County, Hebei Province. He had some knowledge of the classics and later became a teacher. However, he failed. After his failure, he was unwilling to fall. In history,
Among the countless examples of eunuchs who have become successful, they have found a shortcut to act on behalf of heaven and become rich in the world, and that is self-castration.
In order to embark on the road to wealth, Wang Zhen also fought hard. He really put his body and personality as a bet and entered the palace at the cost of self-castration.
After Wang Zhen, many people believed that this was a shortcut to rise, and began to castrate themselves into the palace, not to survive, but to gain wealth. For this wealth, they dared to do anything. Loyalty to the emperor,
In fact, they couldn't talk about it. They only wanted to please the emperor for their own wealth. For this reason, they dared to do anything they wanted to do to deceive others.
Liu Jin also castrated himself as an adult. His idol was Wang Zhen. He felt that he could be like Wang Zhen, but he would not end up like Wang Zhen.
Sometimes people just think that others are not good enough. When they hear something, their evaluation is: If this were me, then I, in fact, no matter who it is, the outcome is already doomed.
It's just that when everyone is at the center of the matter, it is difficult for him to understand these problems. However, Zhu Houzhao is not concerned about this problem, but Liu Jin. How should he deal with Liu Jin. This can be seen from the examples of Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian
After coming out, the powerful Ming Dynasty Quan castrates basically castrated themselves into the palace as adults. They were cruel to themselves and even more cruel to others.
They have no concept of good and evil and right and wrong in their hearts. They just want to stand out. They are not as loyal and simple as the eunuchs who grew up in the palace. But many times, you just need these people to do many things.
Over the past few days, Zhu Houzhao has actually felt the tension of Liu Jin and others. Obviously, Zhu Houzhao's closeness to civil servants and the eradication of the zoo made them feel that their status was threatened, so they would naturally have ideas. Of course, the ideas were definitely not
Instead of killing Zhu Houzhao, he thought of other ways to make Zhu Houzhao happy and gain Zhu Houzhao's favor again.
Naturally, there is nothing to do with women. Zhu Houzhao is only ten years old. Although the Ming Dynasty has no taboos in this regard, it is normal for men to have sons at the age of fourteen or fifteen. But if anyone dares to put a woman next to Zhu Houzhao when he is ten years old, then
The result is very simple, she will definitely die. The woman’s direction is blocked, so she can only take other paths. The prince doesn’t like the zoo anymore, isn’t there a martial arts arena?
These eunuchs are very attentive to the martial arts arena these days. They kept an eye on the martial arts arena when it was being built, and they couldn't be dissatisfied with anything.
The mace that Zhu Houzhao requested was also made with great care. At the same time, the eunuchs who were looking for a sparring partner were also very attentive and chose those who could fight from the four guard camps under the control of the Royal Horse Supervisor. You must know that in the case of the Crown Prince,
Arranging people around to compete for favor is not only a matter for Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao's personal eunuchs, but also a matter for the entire eunuch group.
As for the combat effectiveness of the Four Guards Battalion under the control of the Yumajian, this has been proven by actual combat. This army must start with the Yumajian. The Yumajian was the earliest institution for herding horses for the emperor and was one of the twelve prisons.
Later, the role of the Royal Horse Supervisor expanded from being in charge of the stable horses to being in charge of the horses and tributes, as well as overseeing the collection of horses and mules, and further evolved into two major functions: military and financial.
Since the Royal Horse Supervisor is in charge of horses, there are naturally people who raise and train horses. This gave rise to a forbidden army led by the Royal Horse Supervisor - the Tengxiang Four Guards.
The original source of the forbidden soldiers of the Tengxiang Four Guards was the able-bodied men selected from various guards, as well as young and middle-aged men who escaped from the Mongolian area. These forbidden soldiers did not belong to the top ten under the jurisdiction of the pro-army command department.
The second guard (later called the twenty-second guard), but its status is obviously higher than that of the upper twelve guards. It is the forbidden soldier among the forbidden soldiers. The duty of this forbidden soldier is to "become more direct" and serve as the permanent guard.
In the sixth year of Xuande's reign, there were 3,100 soldiers in this forbidden army, and they were given a formal name: "Yulin Three Thousand Households Station". Two years later, based on this, the guards of the Beijing Army and the horse-raising sergeants and soldiers were enriched.
The original Shenwu avant-garde army was organized into Tengxiang left and right guards, Wuxiang left and right guards, collectively known as the "Four Guards", also known as the "Four Guards Army". According to the establishment at that time, there were 5,600 people to one
Guards, the Fourth Guards Army should have more than 20,000 sergeants.
During the reign of Jingtai and Chenghua, the three major battalions of the Beijing Army were reorganized into regiment camps. The warriors of the Tengxiang Four Guards and the strong flag troops were transferred to form the Warrior Battalion and the Four Guards Battalion, and the battalion officers were selected from the commanders of the Four Guards.
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From this time on, the Imperial Guards under the jurisdiction of the Royal Horse Guards included the Tengxiang Four Guards, the Four Guards Camp and the Warrior Camp. Although the Royal Horse Guards had commanded the Imperial Guards from Yongle and Xuande, their real role had aroused the attention of the people of the time.
The attention came after the civil engineering changes in the 14th year of Zhengtong.
At that time, the Ora cavalry attacked the capital, and the defense battle of Beijing lasted for five days under Yu Qian's organization. The fiercest battles took place at Xizhimen and Zhangyimen. As the three major battalions of the Beijing army, the main force of the Ming army, were captured, the imperial guards guarding Xizhimen were
The nephew of the eunuch Liu Yongcheng, the Right Army Commander Liu Ju, took the initiative to attack the Wala Army at Changyi Gate. It was the Four Guards Warriors and the Banner Army who stayed behind in Beijing under the supervision of the Royal Horse Superintendent.
The combat effectiveness of this army is visible to the naked eye. In the last years of Chongzhen, it was the Warrior Battalion that protected King Fu, later Emperor Hongguang, when he fled to Nanjing.
In the ninth year of Zhengde, Emperor Wu selected elites from the 12 regiments of the Beijing Army and organized them into the front and rear battalions. They trained together with the warrior battalion and the fourth guard battalion in the West Official Hall to "select the front". This army was also expanded to
There were more than 40,000 people. This was also the army where Emperor Zhengde demonstrated his martial arts. It was regarded as the emperor's personal army. Among these people, the best were selected. The eunuchs obviously put a lot of effort into it.
The eunuchs held the power of the king, but the right to execute eunuchs was still a matter of the emperor's words. It has to be said that this kind of thing happened in the Ming Dynasty. If it were placed in the late Tang Dynasty, it would mean that eunuchs were abolished. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian was the same
Being hacked to death shows that the civil servants and gentry group of the Ming Dynasty was also very powerful.
In Xianyang Palace, Zhu Houzhao was sitting in the room to rest after finishing his busy day, while Liu Jin was diligently directing people to carry things up.
It was a mace of about 1.5 meters, but it was different from the regular mace shape. Although it was a normal short-handled mace, it was very thick, especially the large one on the handle.
Chapter completed!