Chapter 21 7. Non-eunuchs in the palace

Yuan Shu is Yuan Shao's cousin, both of whom were born in the family of prime ministers for generations.Moreover, Yuan Shu was a famous Erlangzi in the Three Kingdoms period. He was not short-sighted, but more courageous than others.Bold and reckless is the distinctive style common to rich men, because no matter how big a calamity a child from a rich family causes, someone will stand up to him, so this Yuan Shu is more vigorous than his cousin Yuan Shao, and is known for his chivalry and courage. It is precisely because of Yuan Shu's relatively rough style that He Jinzhi appreciates it deeply.When He entered the palace, he asked Yuan Shu to bring 200 tiger and cardinal soldiers with him.At this time Yuan Shu was waiting outside, hearing the chaos in the palace, he hurriedly pulled a young eunuch over to ask him, only then did he know that the eunuch had killed Piggy He Jin.

At that time, Yuan Shu was in a hurry. He was protecting General He Jin. He Jin was killed, and he was very responsible.I am afraid that the scholar-bureaucrats in the court must make him bear the corresponding legal responsibility. What should I do? Yuan Shu thought to himself, in this matter before me, only by killing all the eunuchs who killed the general would I be able to fulfill my duty.But if you kill the eunuch, you have to enter the palace.But although Yuan Shu was bold, he still didn't dare to bring troops into the palace, because that would mean rebellion.Well, I can't enter the palace, and the eunuch is hiding in the palace and refuses to come out, the only way is...

set fire! So Yuan Shu set fire to the Qingsuo Gate of the Jiade Palace in Nangong, trying to burn all the eunuchs hiding in the palace.At the same time, Yuan Shu hastily sent someone to call his cousin Yuan Shao, maybe Yuan Shao could do something. The palace was on fire, and the eunuch Zhang Rang and others were frightened, so they hurried to find He Jin’s sister, Empress He, and said, “The general’s subordinates have rebelled, and they have already entered the palace. Follow me quickly, and leave the palace quickly… ..." So Zhang Rang kidnapped Empress Dowager He, the young emperor Liu Bian and his younger brother Liu Xie, and escaped through a secret passage in the palace.

At this time, Yuan Shao came with troops, and He Jin's younger brother He Miao also came with troops. Everyone gathered together to discuss it. It seems that there is no other way at the moment, but to enter the palace and take this opportunity to kill the eunuch first. Kill them all, and talk about other things later. So Yuan Shao drove his troops into the palace and killed the eunuchs when they saw them.According to historical records, the eunuchs in the palace, regardless of age, were killed, and many unnecessary non-eunuchs also died unjustly.At the end of the killing, the non-eunuchs were afraid of being killed, so they all took off their pants and exposed their lower bodies, so they survived.

Judging from the records, it should be Yuan Shao who chased the eunuch who had escaped from the palace and started killing in Luoyang city.If the killing field was limited to the palace, it would be hard to imagine that there would be many men pretending to be eunuchs hiding in the palace... However, considering the chaotic political situation at that time, such a thing was also very possible. Yuan Shao killed more than 2,000 people, and pursued the eunuchs who had held the emperor hostage. He chased them all the way to Xiaopingjin, and finally stopped them all. The eunuchs were so frightened that they all lay beside the young emperor Liu Bian, some hugged their legs and some hugged their waists, begging His Majesty for help over and over again.

Now we can understand the reasons for the behavior of the eunuchs. They are fear, poor animals who are frightened by the slaughter of the scholar-bureaucrats. The opening chapter makes it clear: the general trend of the world, long-term division must be united, long-term unity must be divided... Why is the situation in this world, divided and united, tossing back and forth, but there is no long-term peace and stability?This is because imperial power is obtained purely by violence, without the authorization of the people, it is always in an illegal state.The emperor ruled the country, and the power can be maintained entirely by the coercion of violence.Once a new violent group is formed, the previous violent group will be reduced to the meat of the case and be cut by others.

To put it plainly, the reason why the Eastern Han regime fell apart was purely due to the law of violence.So Lian understands that a regime that relies solely on violent coercion will collapse sooner or later. But the scholar-bureaucrats at that time, instead of trying to understand this truth quickly, seeking a way to completely free the people from tyranny, instead raised bloody butcher knives and rushed to kill the poorest eunuchs.They want to push all the responsibility for the violent end to the eunuchs.Just imagine how frightened and wronged the eunuchs felt in their hearts? It is not to say that the eunuchs are not at fault, but it is somewhat too much to blame all the knots of the violent regime itself on the eunuchs.

But it's useless to say these things at this time, if people like Yuan Shao were reasonable, the eunuchs wouldn't be so frightened. At that time, the one who chased Xiaopingjin was Min Gong from the central part of Henan Province. Seeing him majestic and majestic, he pointed at him with a long knife: "Hurry up, you can come here however you want, don't make me bother." The eunuchs cried out: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, look at him..." What are you looking at?The poor emperor was almost scared to death by Mingong's appearance, he could only close his eyes and cry desperately, he dared not intercede for the eunuchs.

The eunuchs had no choice but to kowtow to the young emperor Liu Bian, crying: "Your Majesty, the world will be in real chaos when we are all dead. You have to be careful..." The original words in the history books are: "Your Majesty waits for you to die." Annihilation, the world is in chaos, only Your Majesty loves himself..." With a splash, all the eunuchs threw themselves into the river.