In "Tongdian? Sixteen Officials? Empresses" records that "the emperor married twelve daughters, which is the Xia system", and "the Yin people added 3927 to 39 people." If you don't verify whether it is accurate, from these records, we can know how many spouses the supreme rulers at that time had. Later, the folk commonly known as the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards is the best proof. There are also reasons why the monarchs used these eunuchs to participate in the government affairs in the later period. There are two reasons: 1. Eunuchs are in the palace and are more convenient to send, and they can execute the emperor's orders in time. 2. Most eunuchs were born at low birth rate.

Wei is easier to control than ordinary officials who were born in aristocratic families. Moreover, people must be instinctively trusting people who live with them day and night. The emperor came to contact with concubines in the palace, just contact eunuchs, and a few relatives and imperial teachers (the teacher must not be ignored. Many emperors have used the power of their teachers, such as the more typical Kangxi and Guangxu, which is well known to the public. Therefore, ancient emperors were very cautious when choosing teachers for their descendants, so in addition to eunuchs, there were imperial teachers.

But there is another point that under the influence of ancient Chinese Confucianism, a very subtle consensus emerged, which is that strict teacher produces high disciples. The more serious the teacher is, the higher the teaching level of this teacher, and one thing to note is that high knowledge cannot be linked to high teaching quality. That is, although the teacher is full of knowledge, he may not teach good students. Moreover, in feudal society, the emperor can decide the life and death of ministers with just one word. Therefore, the profession of imperial masters seems extremely noble, but in fact it is more dangerous than ordinary ministers. Therefore, every imperial master is actually worried when he is in class, for fear that the emperor's eyebrows will be wrong. The emperor's eyebrows will be frown and the whole family's life will be gone. Therefore, the imperial master is not a person who can make the emperor feel close. For example, Zhang Juzheng and Emperor Wanli, the relationship between the master and the apprentice is actually very bad. The evidence is that Zhang Juzheng was later crushed by Emperor Wanli, which is really miserable.

Then a new point appeared, which was the eunuch. Because eunuchs and the emperor had a very clear relationship between masters and slaves. Only by pleasing the emperor can eunuchs obtain the capital to continue to develop and the opportunity to rise. Therefore, the eunuch's goal was clear at the beginning, to please the emperor, commonly known as flattery. As long as flattery is good, it would be great. At first, the eunuch system was to prevent the weakening of the monarchy's power. But with the establishment of the eunuch system, eunuchs' participation in politics was institutionalized and legalized. This was an important sign of the emergence of the eunuch system. Since then, the power of eunuchs has been further expanded and has been continuously extended from the inner court to the outer dynasty.

Until the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch system developed to the extreme. In the Ming Dynasty, there were parents but no brothers when choosing a crown princess. This basically eliminated the power of relatives. The cabinet composed of court officials was controlled by the Silijian composed of eunuchs. It was equivalent to the power of court officials being under the eunuchs. Whether the court officials could stay in the cabinet was gradually not the emperor's final decision, but the eunuchs had the final decision. This led to the original three forces becoming only one, and the power of checks and balances with eunuchs was further weakened. Therefore, the phenomenon of eunuchs being dominant in the late Ming Dynasty, and the most typical guy was Wei Zhongxian.

When the eunuch system first appeared, there was not much exposure. However, when time entered the Qin Dynasty, China's first feudal empire and one of the shortest lifespans, a figure like Zhao Gao appeared. A story about fingering a deer as a horse has been passed down for thousands of years and also showed the unique skills of those politicians. This is also the evidence that eunuchs first ascended the central power throne. After Zhao Gao wiped out the last bit of the spirit of the Qin Empire, Chinese history entered a new Han Dynasty, and the rights of eunuchs gradually expanded. In the Han Dynasty, eunuchs' rights mainly included participating in court meetings, inspecting talents, interfering in the judiciary, leading the imperial guards, supervising the army, etc. At this time, the main body of China's eunuch system was finally completed, and the eunuch system was truly produced and established, and began to have a profound impact on Chinese history.

China's central political system has also been improved. No matter who it is, it cannot be denied that in China's feudal society, the group of eunuchs will never be avoided. However, eunuchs are not all negative. For example, Cai Lun of the Han Dynasty and Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty have set a good look for the Chinese in later generations, but it has to be said that there are too few examples of eunuchs. Therefore, we can have a new idea that eunuchs are also a human group, but because they did not get a suitable position, a deformed soul appeared behind their deformed bodies, which made the tragedy happen. And once a group of people who are in charge of the central government starts to have problems, it will definitely be a national impact. Therefore, how can we be careless about power?

By the Qin and Han dynasties, China's feudal system began to be promoted nationwide, and the landlord class held power. Rulers could expand the harem more freely and increase their own concubines on the basis of a system that was far superior to the slavery of the Western Zhou Dynasty, thus forming a complete system of concubines and palace systems. The eunuch system was naturally formally established. Why are other civilizations not enough to produce eunuch systems like China? It is precisely because they do not have that kind of institutional basis. On the basis of slavery, eunuchs can only

It was applied in the aristocratic class, but it was difficult to last. The eunuch system had limited survival ability under slavery. On the basis of the feudal system, the eunuch system was born. The eunuch system was a system that cooperated with the feudal system. China was the first to enter the feudal era and had to have corresponding institutional support. The eunuch had already developed initially at that time, and in the feudal reforms, corresponding changes would naturally occur. In order to serve the theme of feudalization, the eunuch system was born through the continuous efforts of rulers of all dynasties.

To sum up, there are reasons for the emergence of China's eunuch system and its existence. It is just one of many political systems in ancient China. Although it is a very harmful political system. While exploring the reasons for the emergence of the eunuch system, we should also see that the eunuch system has killed human nature and bounded history. This system is a completely undesirable dregs. The lesson this system teaches us is that when establishing a central system, we must not satisfy our own selfish desires. The eunuch system appears to satisfy the emperor's own selfish desires. Therefore, the formulation of rules such as systems and laws must strictly follow the public will and serve the vast majority of ordinary people. This is the experience and lesson this central system gives us.

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