The profession of eunuchs was a very common existence in ancient China, and they served their masters with themBow down for the emperorMost of them came from very poor backgrounds, and they also wanted to be able to eat a full mealBut it was only in poverty that he embarked on this path.
But after the end of the feudal dynasty, the eunuchs gradually disappearedBut the last eunuch, Sun Yaoting, once served the last queen Wanrong, and who knows?What was his life like in the later years?
01 scramble to be a eunuch.
Many people don't understand why the profession of eunuch is so popular, and even some people squeeze into the palace at any cost, and even do not hesitate to wave a knife from the palace, giving up the dignity of being a man, giving up having children, and abandoning the behavior of owning a familyIs it just for the so-called glory and wealth to live a worry-free life?Yes and no.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the grassroots people lived in poverty and misery, and wars continuedNot only to resist the invasion of the Western powers, but also the scene of the ministers not agreeing on the opinions, completely in a turbulent environment of internal and external troubles, the people do not have to say that they are full, and it is the most satisfactory result to be able to surviveIt can be seen how difficult and arduous the people at the grassroots level were at that time.
So many boys have bad thoughts, they did not go to be soldiers, not to sacrifice their lives for the country, not to go to the front line to defend the national territory, but to raise the knife, thinking that in this way they could live a rich life directlyThere is no need to worry about what to eat for the next meal, no need to endure the blow of the cold, and fly directly to the branches to be a phoenix
Even the lowest eunuch, at least he doesn't have to suffer from hungerEven if you eat leftovers, you can eat enough, the profession of eunuch is very important to the former emperors, most of the eunuchs grew up with the emperor, understand the habits of the emperors, and they will not leave even if the emperor beats and scolds them, which is such loyalty.
The eunuch's heartfelt heart may be just for money, but in the eyes of the emperor, it is a very small matter for money, and it is precisely because of the emperor's trust in the eunuchs that he has also given them a lot of rights, and even let them write about the review of the foldsThis also made the eunuch slowly become the "lord of a country", although he had no real name, but the power was still in his hands.
02 The last eunuch.
Xiao Dezhang can be said to be one of Cixi's favorite eunuchs, Xiao Dezhang was bullied by the rich when he was young, and asked his mother how to become rich, and his mother joked and said, "Enter the palace to be a eunuch", I didn't expect it to be such a joke, so that Xiao Dezhang remembered it in his heart, hereally waved his knife from the palace and entered the courtyard of the deep palaceMany people who are eunuchs also share the same idea as him.
Thinking of the little Dezhang who returned to his hometown in fine clothes, he has enjoyed endless glory and wealthThe uneaten meals were even poured into the dogs, which made the children go crazyYes, their lives are not as good as a dog, and if you look at the people around them, most of them went to become eunuchs, and Tianjin was a rich producer of eunuchs at that timeSun Yaoting, who was only a teenager, was about to move, and he also moved his mind to become a eunuch.
An accident made me more sure of my mind to be a eunuch, and I just wanted to be a eunuchThat year, the bully in the village wanted a piece of land in Sun Yaoting's house, but how can this land be given to people casually, this is the lifeblood of Sun Yaoting's family, and the bullies can't grab it when they see it, simply prepare documents privately, saying that Sun Yaoting's family had sold this land to him.
After suffering such grievances, no matter who can swallow their anger, Sun Yaoting's father and the bully argued theories, and after all, they ended up with a beamLater, in order to keep the future trouble, the bully directly slandered Sun Yaoting's father for arson, and bribed ** to let him go directly to prison, Sun Yaoting's brother heard about it, and he was also going to go to the bully's house to mess around, but like his father, he was also arrested and imprisoned.
This incident caused a lot of trauma to Sun Yaoting's young heartThe grievances they suffer are all because they have no money and no power, He decided to reverse all this and enter the palace as a eunuch, but they didn't have the money to clean the ** in the palace, so they could only clean themselves privately, but although this saved money, it was extremely easy to be infectedIt can be said that he is betting with his life and betting on the future.
Eunuchs are the yearning of many poor families, a deformed role modelAt that time, many poor people would clean their children privately, dreaming of being able to enter the palace to serve the emperor, and from then on, Sun Yaoting's position at the beginning of the palace was just a lowly official with no salary, and the work he did was the dirtiest and most tiringThere is not a shred of dignity to speak of.
He was appreciated by Pu Yi for his ingenuity, was arranged to serve the queen, although the Qing Dynasty had perished at that time, but Wanrong still didn't want to wake up in her fantasy, and she was very strict with her subordinatesThis has also become a pile that Sun Yaoting does not want to recall, one by one, and almost every day is spent in fear.
03 Final Results.
In the end, like most eunuchs, Sun Yaoting chose to spend the rest of his life in the temple, but because of their physical reasons, they can't do some dirty work and can only rely on picking up garbage for a living, but with the reform and opening up, as the last eunuch in China, his treatment is quite good.
With the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the inhumane profession of eunuch has also entered the public's field of visionAlthough his health was still good at that time, in order to protect him, the relevant units took a lot of protective measures, such as restricting access and reviewing interview scripts.
Sun Yaoting lives in the backyard of Guanghua TempleHis superiors hired a caretaker for him, 24 hours inseparable, three meals are in charge of someone, therefore, Sun Yaoting's later life can be said to be carefree, he also likes to chat with others, because he believes that talking more about some old things for future generations to learn, if he doesn't say it, history will not be understood.
04 Summary. From the Qing Dynasty to the reform and opening up, Sun Yaoting witnessed the establishment of the entire New China, Seeing that the quality of the Chinese people is improving as a whole, they do not mind his life, there is no discrimination, and even take surprising care of him, which makes it touching enough to take care of others who have taken care of others all their lives.
Sun Yaoting's later life was also happy under the care of relevant departments, because this special profession is also famous in historyThere are no regrets, but the sad thing is the ancient feudal system.