Chapter 34 Section 1 Eunuch Professional County

Suning, Hebei has been a place for eunuchs since ancient times.There are two conditions for a place to produce eunuchs: one is relatively poor, and the other requires some kind of demonstration effect.When a eunuch came out of a certain family, he changed from a hut to a high courtyard, which would naturally arouse the emulation of the people around him.There are many imitators, and the door is getting smoother, so it will naturally form a scale, just like the current professional cattle breeding village and rabbit breeding professional village, and become a successful model for one party to get rid of poverty and become rich.

Some people say it's cruel, but it's not necessarily true.Hegel called China a country of famine, while Adam Smith believed that the living conditions of the lower classes in ancient China were even more miserable than the beggars in Europe.Most Chinese people have lived in semi-starvation for thousands of years. In history, the "prosperous times" when they could eat enough food were less than the famine years when children were eaten and bones were broken into cuan.Therefore, sending a child who was destined to be poor all his life into the palace in exchange for food, clothing and even prosperity for the family is nothing less than a profitable business for the family and even for the child.

However, compared with most eunuchs from Suning, Wei Zhongxian's case is still special.Most people's family decides to cleanse themselves when they are young, but he resolutely castrated himself at the age of 22 when he married a wife and had a daughter.This fact reflects that there is indeed a certain extraordinary quality of daring to act in this person's character. The Wei family is obviously a poor family, which can be seen from the fact that Wei Zhongxian didn't even have an official name before entering the palace.Due to poverty, Wei Zhongxian did not go to school for a day.However, the Wei family is not destitute, at least there are a few acres of Susukida, otherwise Wei Zhongxian would not have married a wife at the age of seventeen, and would not often drink and gamble with the rascals in the village.

Judging from the current data, Wei Zhongxian is obviously an extroverted sanguine person.He should have been a mischievous master who climbed trees in the house since he was a child.This kind of person is full of energy, unwilling to be lonely, dare to think and do, and is destined not to become an honest farmer. Since he was a teenager, he has been following a few gangsters in the village all day long.He has a simple and straightforward nature, treats people with enthusiasm, and speaks of brotherly loyalty, so although his family is poor, he still has a considerable status among this group of people.Family life obviously didn't appeal to him too much. After dealing with the farm work, he spent all day with his buddies, stealing chickens and dogs, drinking and gambling.

According to historical records, his self-eunuch was due to a disappointment in a gambling: "With the group of evil people, he was invincible, suffering from suffering, and he (hui, angry) left the palace." After losing all his pants once, he hid in the street. In the tavern, he was found out by others, beaten up in the street, and almost lost his life.Amidst the sound of dunning, Wei Si (Wei Zhongxian's original name) said in a hurry: "I'll go to the palace as a eunuch to pay you back!" This few records obviously simplifies things.This urgent sentence undoubtedly reflects Wei Zhongxian's strong desire to change his destiny and some vague psychological preparations for a long time.In addition to his bloody personality, what supported this impulsiveness must also be more or less thinking about his own living situation, future and destiny.

Yes, as a young man with strong desires and unwilling to work hard on the land all his life, his future is so bleak.God had planted so many seeds of desire in his heart, but he was destined to let these seeds die of drought.Because his family background is too thin, it is only wishful thinking for him to make a fortune by his own hard work, not to mention that he knows that he can't afford that hard work, and in the Daming society where the household registration management is extremely strict, it is basically impossible to go out and make a living. He drinks and gambles all day long, so why can't it be explained as despair and resentment towards life?Although he doesn't care on the surface, he can't help but feel a deep sense of self-disgust for the failure and hopelessness of his life.Under such circumstances, any straw thrown into this deep pool may become a boat in his eyes.

Maybe this suffocated sentence pointed out a way for him.Yes, instead of starving for a lifetime, it is better to enter the palace and become a eunuch!Just treat this as a gamble, the capital is just two ounces of meat under the crotch, if you win, you will not have to worry about food and clothing, after a few years, you can make a good appearance, and when you return to Suning, maybe the county magistrate will do the same Meet in person! That night, Wei Si, who was lying next to his ugly wife, might feel more excited as he thought about it.Perhaps he would tremble with excitement as if he had discovered a great secret.He imagined himself, the man everyone looked down upon in the village, chatting with the emperor!Imagine yourself in fresh clothes and angry horses, galloping in Suning County.Imagine that this adobe house with air leaks everywhere has been replaced by a three-entry compound with green bricks and tiled houses.The more he thought about it, the more his heart soared.

However, determination is not something that can be said.The difficulty of this choice cannot be overstated.It is said that those who become eunuchs will not be accepted by the king of hell after death. Therefore, they cannot enter the ancestral graves, but can only find a place to bury them indiscriminately, and become lonely ghosts forever.There is no trace of what happened behind, so I don't think about it, but what is in front of me is obvious.To be a eunuch is to be a waste.What is lost is not just the meat, but a person's fundamental self-esteem and worldly happiness. Wei Si's hesitation, hesitation, tossing and turning, and confusion are conceivable.It is the battle of desire and desire, the measure of loss.In fact, there are cliffs on both sides, fire pits on both sides, and hell on both sides.Is it to emasculate the basic ability, or emasculate the only hope in life?

No matter what kind of image Wei Zhongxian was nailed on the historical exhibition stand in the end, he was just a prey chased by fate this night, suffering mental torture.