"No matter how ruthless a person is, he will be grateful to his benefactor, because without his benefactor, he would not be who he is today. Wei Zhongxian is no exception. At first, he didn't want to kill Wang An, but the appearance of a person strengthened his determination. ”
In the first year of the Apocalypse, Wang An died in Nanhaizi, ostensibly a normal death, but what was hidden behind it was the cruel means of culling. Culling, the use of sacks filled with dirt to oppress criminals and suffocate them to death, is a common method of secretly executing prisoners in prisons.
Although Wang An did not serve as the first eunuch for a long time, he was the de facto chief eunuch because he had helped two emperors ascend to the throne, Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youxiao.
But why did he end so tragically?
Wang An started from humble chores, and it was not until he served Zhu Changluo that he had the opportunity to change his fate. Many people covet Zhu Changluo's position as the crown prince, but why did this good fortune fall on Wang An?
Although Zhu Changluo is the crown prince, his position is not stable and may be overthrown at any time, because his father Wanli does not like him, and his identity is also a little unexpected.
In the year Zhu Changluo was born, Emperor Wanli inadvertently glanced at his mother, the palace maid, when he went to the Empress Dowager Li's bedroom to greet him. Although this may be just an ordinary glance, but this time, for some reason, Emperor Wanli actually moved the idea of the palace maid of Linxing.
And the palace maid did not live up to expectations, and was pregnant with Zhu Changluo after only one luck. At that time, Emperor Wanli had no other sons, and the empress did not give birth, making Zhu Changluo the best person in the future.
However, the premise of all this is that Emperor Wanli is a normal father. However, Emperor Wanli was not a normal person.
Wanli doted on Concubine Zheng because the other concubines behaved like ladies of the family, but Concubine Zheng had a bold personality. She dared to joke with Wanli, and even said that Wanli was like an old man (due to the hunchback), which added a lot of color to Wanli's life.
In the Ming Dynasty, many emperors were made crown princes before the age of ten, and some were even concubines who were only two or three years old. However, Zhu Changluo was not crowned crown prince until the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, that is, when he was nineteen years old.
During this period, Wanli and the ministers have been arguing about who to appoint as the crown prince, which is the "Fight for the Country" in history. If Wanli hadn't felt desperate (the ministers didn't support him, even his mother wasn't on his side, and Empress Dowager Li was also a palace maid), Zhu Changluo's position as crown prince might have been replaced.
In this case, there are several eunuchs who are willing to serve Zhu Changluo, and may even face the danger of sitting together.
After Wanli's death, Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, and Wang An, who was a minister of the dragon, was promoted to the leader among the eunuchs. However, the eunuch's brilliant career did not last long, as Zhu Changluo died of overindulgence in beauty after only one month of reign.
Zhu Changluo's departure left a tricky situation, as his favorite concubine Li Xuanzhi wanted to control the emperor and make the princes obey her. At that time, Zhu Youxiao, who was only ten years old, was placed under her control, and if Li Xuanzhi really wanted to do this, the Ming Dynasty would face the risk of interfering in political affairs for the first time in the harem.
Fortunately, Wang An appeared. He was able to go deep into the harem and rescue Zhu Youxiao from the clutches of Li Xuanshi, helping the Ming Dynasty avoid a major crisis, an event known as the "Palace Removal Case".
Unbeknownst to Wang An, however, he had sparked a deeper power struggle, with a eunuch named Wei Zhongxian secretly stirring up.
Wei Zhongxian, who was originally unknown in the palace, was called "Wei Fool" because of his gambling, lust and hippie smile. However, his shortcomings turned into strengths at critical moments.
Who would have thought that Li Xuanzhi's personal eunuch turned out to be him?
Zhu Changluo was the turning point in Wang An's fate, while the Hakka family was the turning point in Wei Zhongxian's fate. Who is Hakka? She is not an ordinary nurse, but Zhu Youxiao's nurse.
Unlike other nursing mothers, she accompanied Zhu Youxiao until her death, and the relationship between the two was unusual. This kind of intimate relationship was not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty, where Ming Xianzong once cohabited with Wangong Nu.
The relationship between the Hakka family and Zhu Youxiao also proves that she is not an ordinary woman, she has strong desires. This happens to be Wei Zhongxian's specialty. He used the art of the room to win the favor of the Hakka clan, which made his power even stronger.
Although the palace is large, there are times when it is negligent. It is said that during the Jiajing Dynasty, there was a eunuch named Liu Rong, although he lost his male ability, his sexual function was normal, and there was even a case of a folk girl being raped and killed by a eunuch.
It is no wonder that "Jiashen Dynasty Affairs" will record: "Looking at the number of things, the eunuch's adultery is not false." Wei Zhongxian took advantage of this and successfully "fought" with the Hakka family, that is, they became "husband and wife".
However, without Wang An's help, Wei Zhongxian may not be able to "eat" with the Hakka clan.
Wei Zhongxian expected that the Hakka clan would change his fate, but he knew that in the process, he would have to get rid of the Wei dynasty first. Because the Wei Dynasty was the husband of the Hakka family, and Wei Zhongxian was only a eunuch who managed the warehouse, and the eunuch Wei Dynasty who managed the imperial diet could not be compared at all.
However, he succeeded in driving the Wei dynasty out of the palace and killed him on the way. So, why is that? Because of Wang An's support. So, why would Wang An support him?
The answer is simple, because he gave gifts to Wang An regardless of the cost.
Although Li Xuanshi's harem political plan was forced to be terminated, Wang An's name was undoubtedly among them in the process of liquidating his henchmen. This was the first time Wei Zhongxian received Wang An's favor.
Wei Zhongxian later received Wang An's favor again by assisting Wang An in eradicating the Wei Dynasty. And the third time Wei Zhongxian received Wang An's favor was after he married the Hakka family.
The Hakka did everything in their power to help Wei Zhongxian improve his status. Although Wei Zhongxian did not participate in the construction of the imperial tomb, his name was prominently listed on the reward list, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the ministers and wrote one after another.
This exposes a problem, that is, Wei Zhongxian's wings are not yet full. If his wings are already full, what if he still needs to look for a superficial reason? After all, his later marquis titles were all based on some unwarranted merits.
Zhu Youxiao didn't have any sense of closeness to Wei Zhongxian, after all, there wasn't much intersection between them, and what really made him pay attention to the Hakka family. He made it clear that the Hakka clan should be managed by the ministers, but Wei Zhongxian was handled by Wang An.
Because Wei Zhongxian is Wang An's subordinate and belongs to Wang An's jurisdiction. If Wang An had made a move on Wei Zhongxian at this time, the historical course of the Ming Dynasty would undoubtedly change, but he let Wei Zhongxian go out of emotional considerations in the past, which instead accelerated Wei Zhongxian's collapse.
This incident made Wei Zhongxian realize that only Wang An** could he truly feel at ease. At that time, Lu Shou, the eunuch in charge of the seal, was dismissed from his post due to work problems, and it was common sense that Wang An would enlist a close confidant to take over.
However, the gun was the first bird, and he feared that his mistake would get him into trouble. Therefore, he chose to direct behind the scenes and let others take the risk. However, this time he had no choice, because he was the only senior eunuch left.
So, he could only go into battle in person.
The first thing he did as usual was not to start processing official documents, but to play to Colonel Zhu You, claiming that he was too weak to be overwhelmed. This is not the case, just as it was when the Founding Emperor ascended the throne"3. Persuasion"It is a façade of hypocrisy.
However, Wang An did not realize that he had fallen into the Hakka scheme. On the grounds that Wang An was old and that retirement would be beneficial to him, the Hakka persuaded Zhu Youxiao to accept his resignation.
With Zhu Youxiao's level of intelligence, it would be strange if he could realize that he was being used by others. Mr. Monson commented on him"Extremely stupid, extremely unscrupulous"。Wang An's life's work was in vain without warning.
At this time, he just wanted to retire quietly, after all, he was the eunuch of the two dynasties, and he still had a family background. However, the Hakka did not want him to live such a life.
Although Wei Zhongxian is a scumbag, he still knows how to be grateful, and he has no intention of killing Wang An further. However, Hakka passed"The case of the transfer of the palace"thinks that Wang An is not a simple character, and if you want peace of mind, you must kill him.
Wei Zhongxian naturally did not dare to slack off on the Hakka family's opinions, after all, everything he had was given by the Hakka family, so Wang An could only die. This scene is so similar to the scene hundreds of years ago, Qin Hui was also hesitant to kill Yue Fei back then, and his wife stood up and insisted that Yue Fei must be killed, otherwise his position will not be kept.
While justice is sometimes late, it will always come. Although Wang An has passed away, Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family have not escaped the punishment they deserve. Wei Zhongxian ended in suicide, but his "merits" still caused him to be tortured by Ling Chi, and Hakka was beaten to death with sticks.