Chapter 14 3. Going to the homeland is empty

After the defeat, Tian Lingzi hijacked the emperor and fled again. This escape did not save the eunuchs and the emperor as before.The emperor who had gone through ups and downs finally passed away and left the empire that did not belong to him. It seemed that the root cause of the disease had been caused. After Tian Lingzi was defeated, he thought of running away again.This time, the eunuch was more anxious than the emperor.The two most powerful phalanxes in the world joined forces to deal with Tian Lingzi. Tian Lingzi became timid, knowing that he had angered both the lion and the tiger.If you don't run fast, you will die without a place to bury you.

Tian Lingzi wouldn't run away by himself, if the emperor wasn't around, Tian Lingzi wouldn't even be as good as a trivial matter.So Tian Lingzi wanted to hold the emperor hostage again.To Tian Lingzi's surprise, the emperor didn't listen to Tian Lingzi as much as last time.The emperor has grown up. Xizong was playing football with the eunuchs.It is unimaginable that the emperor still wants to play football in such a situation where soldiers and horses are raging outside the gate of the capital.Tian Lingzi ran into the palace in a panic, and said with some breathlessness: "Your Majesty, Wang Chongrong is going to rebel, and we need to avoid the sharp edge of the rebels." Xi Zong stopped and stood in the middle of the field, his face flushed from intense exercise Beads of sweat hung on his forehead, his forehead was throbbing with veins, his chest heaved violently, his hands were on his hips, and he stared at Tian Lingzi sideways.

Xi Zong's eyes made Tian Lingzi a little scared.Tian Lingzi watched Li Yan grow from a child to a teenager to a young man, but he had never seen Li Yan's eyes like this.Tian Lingzi felt the hairs all over his body stand on end.This was a feeling Tian Lingzi had never had before.Tian Lingzi couldn't figure out why he suddenly felt this way.In order to conceal his uneasiness, Tian Lingzi made a gesture of urgency, and continued: "Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong have already attacked the imperial guards in the capital. Lao Nu and Zhu Mei tried their best to defend against the enemy, but in the end they were outnumbered and had to retreat into the city."

Although Xi Zong is playful and not diligent in political affairs, but his IQ is not low, he has a good temperament, actuarial arithmetic, and is good at swordsmanship.It's just that facing a lot of mess, he felt powerless and helpless, so he simply broke the pot and threw it.More importantly, the political affairs were all controlled by the eunuchs who held great power, the emperor was emptied, and his intelligence was useless. Later, Emperor Xizong simply stopped worrying about it.Smart people have to find a place to display their cleverness, otherwise they will be suffocated.Xi Zong was unable to govern, so he had to devote all his wisdom to playing football.Xi Zong Li Yan's game skills are very high. He is proficient in defensive attack, dribbling and ball control, long pass and short play. If he was born in today's world, he can compete with Maradona.He once said with a good feeling about himself: "If the imperial court selects players for football, I will definitely be the champion of football." How can such an extremely smart person be so easily fooled?

Xi Zong said in a mocking tone: "If my father hadn't provoke Wang Chongrong, I'm afraid there wouldn't be today's chaos." Tian Lingzi heard Xi Zong scolding him, his face turned red and pale, and he didn't dare to speak. Xi Zong said again: "I don't believe that Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong, who have the merits of recovery, will rebel at the same time?" Seeing the emperor's stubbornness, Tian Lingzi gritted his teeth, took a breath, took a few steps forward, and said, "Your Majesty, the troops outside are in a state of chaos, and it's hard to tell if it's real or not. We'd rather believe in something than nothing. You Wancheng The body, don't play tricks! Let's avoid it for now and wait for the situation to become clear."

Xi Zong frowned, and asked, "Avoid? Where can I avoid? I just returned to the capital. Where can it be more important than the capital? Where can it be safer than the capital?" After speaking, Li Yan turned his head away from Tian Lingzi. Tian Lingzi rolled his eyelids, smiled awkwardly on his old face, and replied: "Your Majesty, let's stay in Fengxiang for a while, and let Zhu Mei gather all the towns to destroy Wang Chongrong. I believe you will return to the palace in a few days." Xi Zong puffed his cheeks, closed his thin lips tightly and remained silent, sitting down on the steps of the veranda, his eyes glaring at the ball on the open field.

Tian Lingzi felt it, this time Li Yan was a little angry with him.The old thief Tian Lingzi was in a hurry, he had to go if he didn't want to go, if he left late, the emperor was fine, but he was about to suffer.I lost the "little head" when I was a child, and if I lose the "big head" when I am old, I will not be human at both ends.Thinking of this, Tian Lingzi went up and tugged at Li Yan's sleeves, urging: "Your Majesty, time is running out. If rebels break into the palace, the consequences will be disastrous." Although Xi Zong was unhappy, under Tian Lingzi's intimidation and urging, he had no choice but to leave Chang'an, bumping all the way to Fengxiang to escape.

Wang Chongrong was also very surprised, he didn't expect the old thief Tian Lingzi to play this move again.In desperation, both Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong stopped attacking and dared not fight any more. In the second year of Emperor Xizong Guangqi (886 A.D.), Li Ke returned to Jinyang with his class teacher.At the same time, Li Keyong and Wang Chongrong jointly wrote a letter asking the emperor to return to Beijing and restore political order.The two blamed Tian Lingzi for the war crimes. As long as the emperor returns to Beijing, everything can be discussed. How could Tian Lingzi dare to go back to the capital again? Going back would be tantamount to throwing himself into a trap. The old thief made up his mind to grit his teeth and continue running, and ran again to Sichuan, the territory of his brother Chen Jingxuan.Tian Lingzi was willing to run to Sichuan, but the emperor was unwilling to escape this time.But also, what Li Keyong and Wang Chongrong are going to deal with is Tian Lingzi, not my emperor?Besides, when you fight a war, it’s not that I am the emperor’s instigator, so it has nothing to do with me?Therefore, this time the emperor had no motivation or sense of crisis to escape.Tian Lingzi panicked when he saw that the emperor refused to leave. He knew that all his arrogance was based on the emperor's trust. If he lost the emperor's trust, he would be a pig with a shaved hair.Panicked, Tian Lingzi jumped over the wall in a hurry and took the risk.On a dark and windy night, Tian Lingzi led the Shence Army to forcefully break into Emperor Xizong's residence, took the emperor out of the hot blanket, wrapped him in clothes, stuffed him into a car, and ran to Baoji.

Du Rangneng, a Hanlin scholar, was on duty in the palace that night for drafting the decree.The ancestor of Du Xueshi was Du Ruhui, one of the prime ministers of the early Tang Dynasty, "Fang Mou Du Duan".Du Rang could hear the commotion and chaotic walking, and came out to check what happened, only to find that the emperor had been hijacked into the car and left.Du Rangneng was afraid that the emperor would be in danger, so he didn't bother to inform the others, so he spread his feet and chased after him.This powerless scholar ran for more than ten miles in one breath, basically reaching the level of a marathon.

Just when Xueshi Du was out of breath and exhausted, he found a lost horse.The horse had neither a bridle nor a saddle. Du Rang could untie the ribbon around his waist to tie the horse's neck, climbed up the horse's back with difficulty, held the horse's mane tightly, lay down on the horse and continued to chase the emperor. I caught up with Tian Lingzi's team in Baoji. Not only did the prime minister and ministers not know about this sudden change in the middle of the night, but even the people around the emperor did not realize it. There were only a few hundred eunuchs and guards accompanying him.The next day, Prince Shaobao Kong Wei and several others also came one after another.Emperor Xizong conferred on Kong Wei the imperial censor on the spot, and sent him back to summon all civil and military officials.Due to the hasty escape, the emperor's ancestral temple tablet was lost on the road. This is disrespectful, and it is equivalent to discarding the ancestors. Li Yan, Emperor Xizong, was very annoyed by this.Kong Wei notified the convened officials to rush to Baoji one after another. The leaky house happened to rain all night, and the broken boat caught the wind. They never expected that the scholar-bureaucrats who were chasing the emperor encountered robbers on the way, and they were robbed and looted by the robbers. The scholar-bureaucrats came to Baoji almost naked to join the emperor.

At this time, seeing that Tian Lingzi had caused such a big disaster, and was so vulnerable, so unreliable, and seeing how powerful Li Ke and Yong Wang Chongrong were, Zhu Mei and Li Changfu were shaken, and turned around to make peace with Li Keyong. Cooperation with Wang Chongrong. Cooperation requires not only gestures, but also action and price.Zhu Mei led 5,000 cavalry to take back the emperor and go to Fengxiang. At this time, the army is in dire straits, who is the trustworthy person?The world is disturbed, where is the shelter?The emperor also lost his mind.Zhu Mei and Li Changfu's hasty performance actually frightened the already frightened emperor.The soldiers and horses from the two towns of Pingning and Fengxiang soon came to the emperor's palace and had a fierce battle with the Shence army. The Shence army could not resist and was defeated.This magic strategy army has never won a single battle internally and externally, which is really amazing.The sound of gongs and drums as the two armies fought in front of the battle resounded through Baoji City and shook the palace.Seeing that something was wrong, Tian Lingzi hijacked the emperor again to escape from Baoji and ran to Sichuan, leaving Yang Sheng, the commander of the Shence Army, as the Jiedu envoy to guard Sanguan and be in charge of breaking the queen. You can't just run if you want to.The roads were in chaos, and the roads were full of displaced people and scattered soldiers. Not only the traffic was blocked, but also there were guns, sticks, noses and eyes everywhere, which could be described as dangerous and dangerous everywhere. The emperor's convoy couldn't move an inch.Tian Lingzi sent Shence Army envoys Wang Jian and Jin Hui to clear the way. Wang Jian used five hundred strong men with long swords to slash and slash in front of him. Finally, he cut a bloody road and the emperor's chariot was able to pass.Xizong saw that the young man Wang Jian was brave and loyal, so he ordered Wang Jian to follow the guards on the left and right, and handed over the Jade Seal of Chuanguo to Wang Jian to carry on his back. Soon Li Changfu led his men to catch up, and encountered the fleeing emperor's team in Dasanling, and a battle broke out between the two sides.Li Changfu set fire to the watchtower.Just when the watchtower was crumbling, Wang Jian supported the emperor and jumped over the fireworks, and finally escaped the catastrophe temporarily.It was at this time that Wang Jian, who had emerged at this time, became the king of Sichuan in the future, and coexisted with the separatist regimes of the princes for decades. After Zhu Mei surrounded and occupied Baoji, she and Li Changfu went straight to attack Sanguan, but failed to capture it.Zhu Mei's military operation was blocked, so she had to go back to her teacher Fengxiang. Unexpectedly, she got an unexpected harvest on the way.Tang Suzong's great-great-grandson Xiang Wang Li Yun was ill at this time, and fell behind on the way to escape with Emperor Xizong, and was picked up by Zhu Mei.As if Zhu Mei had found a treasure, a bold and brand-new plan was formed in Zhu Mei's heart. Since then, Zhu Mei gave up the idea of ​​chasing Emperor Xizong. When Wang Chongrong, Li Keyong and others were denouncing Tian Lingzi in full swing, Zhu Mei saw that Emperor Xizong was really incompetent and was very disappointed. Zhu Mei started a new stove. Although the pot was smaller, the soup was hot enough. Zhu Mei felt that Tian Lingzi was with Emperor Xizong every day. Moreover, Xizong grew up with Tian Lingzi since he was a child, and he was in awe of Tian Lingzi.Now, under the hostage of Tian Lingzi, the emperor ran to Sichuan again. Sichuan is the territory of Tian Lingzi's younger brother Chen Jingxuan.This stalemate is not an option. An impatient person has his own way.Zhu Mei is undoubtedly impatient, and her head is relatively simple.Zhu Mei hijacked the backward Xiang Wang Li Rong, entered Chang'an, and conspired with Li Changfu to support Li Rong as the new emperor. Zhu Mei said to the people around: "The emperor was in exile for six years. The soldiers in the Central Plains were born and died. The common people provided food and wages. After several battles, seven or eight people died in battle and starved to death. Only then did they recover the capital. The world is celebrating the return of the car and the palace. At the same time, the emperor transferred the achievements of the princes and kings to the eunuchs and entrusted him with great power. As a result, the government's political guidelines and disciplines crashed, and they found trouble for nothing, harassed the town, and finally caused chaos and disaster. I was ordered by my honor to welcome the emperor yesterday. Gaining the emperor's trust, but enduring the bad name of coercing the emperor. We all serve the country with a lesson to learn from the sun and the moon, and we have done our best to fight against the thieves who harmed the country. How can we continue to swallow our anger and bow our heads? How can we still be at the mercy of eunuchs? Li Shi There are so many descendants, why don't you change the course for the country and the country?" People around persuaded Zhu Mei that although Emperor Xizong had no great talent, he had no obvious faults either. The eunuchs were responsible for all the country's disasters.Zhu Mei didn't listen, she walked to the crowd with her sword in her hand, and directly announced: "I want to re-establish a descendant of the Li family to supervise the country, and anyone who dares to dissent will be executed!" In April, the weather gradually gets hotter.Under the manipulation of the quick-tempered and thoughtless Zhu Mei, Xiang Wang Li Rong was supported as the acting emperor in Chang'an, and he was fully in charge of military and state affairs.Zhu Mei herself is the prime minister and has all the power.At the same time, in order to show off, Zhu Mei still sent people to Xingyuan, Sichuan to pick up Xizong and invite Xizong to return to the court.In the name of King Xiang Li Rong, Zhu Mei bestowed rewards on all the princes from all walks of life to win over people's hearts. Six out of ten princes in the Guandong who were mercenary came forward to express their support for Zhu Mei and King Xiang Li Rong. At the beginning, Li Changfu, the envoy of Fengxiang Jiedu, and Zhu Mei, the envoy of Fengning Jiedu, conspired to establish King Xiang.But later, Zhu Mei put aside Li Changfu and dominated the court by herself.Li Changfu didn't get any benefits.Li Changfu was very angry and broke with Zhu Mei. He refused to be an official of Xiangwang Li Rong, and instead of being under Zhu Mei's command, he paid allegiance to Emperor Xizong who was far away in Xingyuan. At the invitation of high-ranking officials to buy, most of the Guandong princes sent tribute to Chang'an, but Emperor Xizong of Xingyuan was lonely and unattended, lacking food and clothing, and his life was difficult to sustain. Du Rangneng suggested to Emperor Xizong: "Yang Fuguang and Wang Chongrong fought side by side to defeat Huangchao and regained the capital. Their relationship has always been very good. Yang Fugong is Yang Fuguang's elder brother. If you send important ministers to Hezhong to lobby Wang Chongrong and ask Yang Fugong to help persuade him, Maybe Wang Chongrong can change his mind and submit to the imperial court." Xi Zong thought, this is the only way.Immediately, Liu Chongwang, a right-handed admonishment doctor, was sent to Hezhong in a hurry to meet Wang Chongrong with the emperor's edict and Yang Fugong's letter. Wang Chongrong had no intention of going against the emperor, but now the situation is highly complicated, far beyond the original imagination, and a small court has emerged, adding to the chaos.With the emperor's edict, Wang Chongrong stepped down from the donkey, immediately expressed his support for Emperor Xizong, and donated 100,000 pieces of silk for the emperor's daily use.More importantly, Wang Chongrong requested to attack Zhu Mei in the name of Master Wang. There is not much benefit in simply expressing support for the emperor. Only by destroying Zhu Mei can he gain both fame and profit. This is very clear to Wang Chongrong, who has experienced battles and wars. Li Keyong heard that Zhu Mei had arbitrarily supported a puppet emperor, and he was furious. Didn't this mean that he was reprimanded for instigating troubles, allowing Zhu Mei to take advantage of the loophole?Gai Yu, the general of Hedong, suggested to Li Keyong: "The emperor is in trouble and he is exiled in another country. Everyone in the world thinks that it is caused by us in Hedong. Now if we don't kill Zhu Mei and depose Li Rong, we will jump into the Yellow River and we will not be able to clean up." Li Keyong nodded in agreement when he heard the words, burned Li Rong's imperial edict, imprisoned the envoys of the small court, and notified the neighboring towns: "Zhu Mei deceived the towns, fooled the princes, and blatantly declared that the emperor was dead, a heinous crime! Thirty thousand troops from both the Han and the Han have been mobilized to fight against the rebels. Let us cut off the culprits together and make great contributions together!" Xi Zong and the court ministers saw that Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong had expressed their positions, and felt that the time was ripe.The main contradiction was repositioned wisely, and this time the enemies were identified as Zhu Mei and Li Rong.After all, one country cannot tolerate two masters, and Zhu Mei and Li Rong have directly provoked and threatened the best interests of the current emperor, so the top priority is to consolidate the throne first, after all, only after one's butt is firmly seated can one feel more at ease and confident. Due to the situation, the emperor asked Yang Fugong to come out to work again.Yang Fugong, who came back as a privy envoy, passed on to Guanzhong and offered rewards to encourage the princes: "Whoever gets Zhu Mei's head will be rewarded with the post of Jingnan Jiedu envoy." At this time, Zhu Mei realized that she was the only naked naked woman standing on the beach. The swimmer looked around with mocking, sinister, strange and cold eyes. Zhu Mei's general Wang Xingyu, who was fighting in Sichuan, was unfavorable in the war and was defeated by the army several times.Wang Xingyu was afraid that Zhu Mei would be punished for his ineffective efforts, so he discussed with his subordinates anxiously, "Now that you return without success in the battle, you will be punished by Zhu Mei, and the blame is inevitable. Why don't we all take Zhu Mei's head? level, calm down the capital, welcome back the emperor, and earn rewards from Binning Jiedu envoys for meritorious service, and share wealth and honor." These army leaders were originally a mob without a backbone, let alone beliefs and principles. Bold action is brewing.This shows how weak Zhu Mei's mass base is.The plan was decided, and Wang Xingyu led the deployment from Fengzhou back to the capital without authorization. Zhu Mei was working at her desk at this time, and when she heard that Wang Xingyu had withdrawn before the battle, Zhu Mei was furious and ordered someone to call Wang Xingyu.Zhu Mei angrily reprimanded Wang Xingyu: "You returned to the teacher without authorization, are you going to disobey orders and rebel?" Standing opposite Zhu Mei, Wang Xingyu said coldly, "I don't want to rebel, I just want to kill the traitor Zhu Meier!" Zhu Mei was shocked, she didn't expect Wang Xingyu to do such a thing suddenly.While Zhu Mei was dazed and hesitant, the guards in the hall were surrounded and beheaded by Wang Xingyu amidst howling.The incident happened in a flash, and because of being caught off guard and unprepared, Zhu Mei was stunned and stood there at a loss.At this time, Wang Xingyu drew out the sword at his waist, rushed to the case, stabbed with his body, and pierced Zhu Mei's chest with a sword. After controlling the situation, Wang Xingyu went on a killing spree. Hundreds of people following Zhu Mei were killed, and the streets of Chang'an were once again bloodied.When Pei Che, Zheng Changtu and others heard about Wang Xingyu's disturbance, they hurriedly led all the civil and military officials of the small court to protect King Xiang and fled to the river.On the surface, Wang Chongrong pretended to welcome Li Rong, and when the officials of the small court entered Puzhou City, Wang Chongrong unceremoniously captured and beheaded all these defenseless officials.Even Li Yun, who is the descendant of the dragon and the grandson of the dragon, did not receive special preferential treatment and a chance to confess his love, so he was executed on the spot by Wang Chongrong.Wang Chongrong kept doing nothing, put the head of Xiang Wang Li Rong in a box, and sent it to Xingyuan to present to Emperor Xizong.Although Emperor Xizong was cynical and reckless in politics, he had a strong desire for revenge. Perhaps this was a deformed psychology that had been manipulated and suppressed by eunuchs for a long time.Emperor Xizong issued an edict to execute the prime ministers of the small court, Xiao Yu, Zheng Changtu, Pei Che and others on the spot.The massacre involved many people, and many people were sentenced to death and exterminated.Fortunately, Du Rang was able to fight with all his strength to save some people's lives.For Wang Xingyu who killed Zhu Mei, the imperial court honored his promise and named him the envoy of the Jingnan Army. Tian Lingzi knew in his heart that no one in the world would let him go.The old thief was in a state of panic all day long, thinking day and night about how to get out.At this time, in order to resolve the conflict, he recommended the privy envoy Yang Fugong to replace him as the lieutenant of the Youshence Army and the envoy of the Guanjun Rong. Tian Lingzi himself asked to go to Xichuan as the envoy of the Supervising Army and take refuge with his younger brother Chen Jingxuan. As soon as Yang Fugong was in power, he immediately rectified military affairs and carried out a drastic transformation of the Shence Army. He transferred all Tian Lingzi's party members away, transferred Wang Jian to Lizhou Governor, Jinhui to Jizhou Governor, and Zhang Zao to Wanzhou Governor. Li Shitai is the governor of Zhongzhou. After this thrilling escape, the test of life and death, and the washing of blood and fire, Emperor Xizong finally realized how big the tricks Tian Lingzi had made, and realized that only by removing Tian Lingzi himself could he be forgiven by the powerful princes. Only by following the princes' wishes can the emperor's life continue.Xi Zong gritted his teeth, stomped his heart and stomped his feet. In February 887, he issued an imperial edict to deprive Tian Lingzi, the governor of Sanchuan, of the official title and exile him in Duanzhou. However, relying on his younger brother Chen Jingxuan's influence in Sichuan, Tian Lingzi refused to buy into the emperor's account and refused to obey his orders, and the court had nothing to do with him.It was not until six years later that he was captured and killed by Wang Jian, who aspired to be the king of Shu.It can be seen from this that the power of the eunuch group in the late Tang Dynasty was so strong that it was almost unshakable, and strong enough to hold the emperor above the ground. Neither the emperor nor other bureaucratic groups could do anything to them.This is the reason why Tian Lingzi's disciples dared to blatantly harm public welfare and private interests, and dared to hijack the emperor again and again. There is a reason why the eunuch group is so big.After the late Tang Dynasty, the relationship between eunuchs and emperors became a very special, deformed, and weird relationship.The reason why eunuchs can control the government is mainly through the emperor, who is a tool for eunuchs to seek self-interest rather than a backer. The reason why it is said that the emperor is a tool of the eunuch is that in the interaction between the emperor and the eunuch, the eunuch takes the initiative.If the emperor is the backer, then the emperor takes the initiative, and the eunuchs are just the emperor's eagle dogs.Eunuchs were eunuchs who served the emperor after being castrated. Their status and personality were originally very low. They had only obligations but no rights, and they could only be enslaved.This is a great invention of the Chinese imperial power system. It achieves the purpose of completely destroying the human spirit by harming the human body. It is thought that these useless people who are like walking corpses will only serve and not cause chaos. . "The instigator has no successor"?It happened that the emperor who invented the eunuch used the position of the eunuch as a favorite, so that this group of "no descendants" eunuchs made waves, tossing the emperor's empire into darkness and even being riddled with holes, and finally pushed the imperial power empire. Towards the dead end of "no future". Everything has a gradual process.Around the time when Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty favored Gao Lishi, the emperors of the Tang Empire began to favor eunuchs and develop to reuse eunuchs. The eunuchs of the Tang Empire were mainly engaged in transactional slavery work, and began to transfer to the two major areas of power. On the one hand, they gradually penetrated into the process of conveying and processing official documents of the government, and even intervened in the decision-making process; The emperor reported work, directly restrained the commanders of the army, and gradually controlled the military power.The changes in the work content of eunuchs, in turn, consolidated and enhanced the status and power of the eunuch group. There are four reasons why eunuchs do bad things differently and more than ordinary people. One is that eunuchs have no family and no descendants.Eunuchs pay attention to the splendor and comfort of this life, "only want to enjoy this life, not for future generations", and never worry about the honor and disgrace of their descendants and family.The courage and determination of a person who has no worries about the future is unimaginable. The second is that eunuchs do not hesitate to be famous.After being castrated, they have become useless people with no personality and no reputation. Eunuchs only seek profit but not fame. Morality has no effect on their binding force.Go your own way, let others say it, as long as others have no way to go. The third is the revenge psychology of eunuchs.Eunuchs are ridiculed by thousands of people and trampled under their feet. Their psychology is extremely inferior and dark. As long as there is a little possibility, their desire for revenge and persecution will be extremely inflated.There are two first-choice objects of revenge—the person who caused them to be disabled and the person who disdained them. These two kinds of people are nothing more than the emperor and court officials.How terrible, the eunuch's first revenge is actually the emperor! Fourth, eunuchs concentrate.Eunuchs are not like ordinary people who are distracted by many affairs and hobbies. They have only one thing to do and concentrate on their business.As long as they think the business is useful, they will devote all their minds to delve into it.Although most eunuchs have no cultural education, they can stand out from the crowd and stand out after painstaking efforts. To display the eunuch's ingenuity, he still needs to find an effective entry point.Accompanied by the change of emperors in the late Tang Dynasty, this entry point provided the possibility for eunuchs to rise up, and it was a more convenient and effective way, which accelerated the vicious expansion of eunuch power. Compared with the children of ordinary families, the children of the royal family are actually very lonely, let alone compared with the children of today.Today's children are surrounded by all the eyes of the family every day, and they are loved by all kinds of people. They are clicked by parents, grandparents, grandparents, and grandparents more than tens of hundreds of times a day.Although the emperor's children have high social status, they do not have much family status, and it is difficult to get the care and love of their parents.Since the birth of princes and princesses, they have been breastfed by wet nurses and served by eunuchs and court ladies.When they grow up a bit, cultural lessons will be taught by masters selected by the royal family, accompanied by the children of eunuchs or ministers in the palace.The emperor has many children, and the emperor's father and mother have become scarce resources in the family.Many princes and daughters do not see their parents several times throughout the year. Even if they have the opportunity to meet their parents, they mostly do so at large celebrations. This kind of meeting is mostly for outsiders to see, and the content of emotional communication is minimal.Several emperors, including Emperor Xizong, had nothing to do all day long when they were vassals, and the royal family was also neglected in training and discipline.Therefore, the closest and most direct acquaintances around these little princes are eunuchs. From the time the prince was weaned, these eunuchs stayed by their side, and stayed with them for several years or even ten years.This "accompanying" is definitely not the other's "training", it is companionship rather than training.Any eunuch who can get close to the little prince is well versed in the secret career treasures handed down by their ancestors of all generations. One of the essentials of the treasure book is to take accompanying the young prince as the starting point of a eunuch's life.Whoever controls the little prince controls his own destiny. "I am the master of my destiny", this is the great pursuit of the eunuch group's life.Of course, the eunuch cannot directly make the decision, he has neither the capital nor the means.Now "starting from the baby", starting from controlling the young prince's body and mind, everything will become full of warmth and nature. The eunuch's "concern" for the little prince was redoubled. If the first companion is not enough, then the second companion, the second companion, the third companion, and the third companion, the fourth companion. As long as the little prince is happy, he can accompany him in any way.Starting with the little prince's liking, the eunuch gradually controls his psychology after winning the little prince's favor, so that the little prince becomes dependent and fearful of the eunuch.Then to further control the little prince's thoughts, this is the ultimate goal of the eunuch. The eunuch puts the little prince's thoughts in the palm of his hand, and the little prince becomes their bargaining chip and tool for them to fight for power and profit.In a few cases, some little princes transformed into new emperors.Now, the eunuch who controls the prince has won the jackpot and pocketed a fortune.Many new emperors have always been afraid of eunuchs, and some emperors have lived under the shadow of eunuchs throughout their lives, which cannot but be said to be a kind of sadness.The eunuch actually became the role of the Supreme Emperor. For example, Emperor Xizong Li Yan called Tian Lingzi "Father". In the third month of Yangchun in 887 AD, the Emperor Xizong, who suffered from frequent disasters, lost all face, was weather-beaten and haggard, returned to the imperial capital calmly. The capital of the emperor, the capital of the emperor, the emperor cannot live without the capital, and no one can live without the emperor. The emperor returned to Beijing, and the princes also returned to their towns. Xi Zong, who had gone through two ups and downs, was already emaciated and haggard. He leaned on the wider dragon bed, his absent-minded eyes were sunken under the two browbones, and his slender and pale fingers were twitching and trembling uncontrollably. The ministers randomly reported important or minor affairs.Not long after Xi Zong returned to Beijing, he fell ill and passed away soon after, leaving this boring and difficult post of emperor that he couldn't figure out and couldn't get rid of.I was twenty-seven years old.