What was the name of the last eunuch in Qing Dynasty?

Mr. Sun, who is nearly 40 years old, is the last eunuch in China.

Talking about his life may help us understand the fate of an era and a social group.

Sun was born in the 28th year of Guangxu (A.D. 1902), a native of Xishuangtang Village, Jinghai County, Hebei Province, whose real name was Jin.

His family is really poor. Four or five people in the family all rely on Sun Huaibao, the father who keeps gold, to do short-term jobs, carry big men and sell cookies to make money. Month?

It can be said that it is common to eat the last meal without the next meal; Unable to lift the lid, the whole family went out to hide.

Wandering around for a few months, then returning to their two thatched cottages in Tangshuang Village.

For the sake of a few mouthfuls that the whole family could not eat, the eldest brother who stayed in Jin sold himself to France as a Chinese worker when he was a teenager.

Speaking of the hard life of staying in the gold family, it's really a long story. Even Xiao Liujin, a few years old, worries about filling his stomach every day.

In the autumn when Liu Jin was six years old, there was a rumor in the village that Zhang Xiaode, the eunuch general manager at that time, was going home to visit relatives.

The fleet on the Grand Canal is several miles long, and the Daotai in Tianjin and the county grandfather in Jinghai County all meet on the canal.

It is said that when Xiao Zhangde comes home, he will invite the troupe to sing for three days, and he will also invite the whole village to eat a white-flour steamed stuffed bun.

Xiao Xiao is clamoring to watch the fun, and Liu Jin's father also wants to meet this husband who is younger than the master of Tianjin Daotai.

Fortunately, Zhang Xiaode's hometown Luguantun is not far from Tangshuang Village, so Liu Jin's father went to Luguantun with his little money.

On the way back, Xiao put Jin on his father's back and asked doubtfully, "Why are you so rich?"

"Take people out as' husbands'!" Dad answered him.

"Is it a' husband'?" Small stay gold still don't understand.

Dad looked back at Jin, smiled and gently touched Jin's silkworm chrysalis-like "chicken" and said:

"Just cut this thing off!" He understood.

From then on, Xiao Liujin often thought of this: when he became a "husband", he could eat white bread all day, and grandpa from the county town would curry favor with him all day.

Hum! Aren't you gonna cut that thing off? As soon as your eyes are closed, the pain will pass in a few days.

Xiao Liujin is determined to follow the path of Xiao Zhangde.

But when he put forward this request to his father behind his mother's back, his father was surprised and said:

"What, that's not a joke! If that thing is cut off, it will be peeled off when it dies! 」

But Xiao Liujin made up his mind: instead of starving all day, it is better to endure the pain and be a "husband"!

Then I saw that my mother was not there, so I went to tangle with my father.

Dad can't help but leave money to often say that there is no other way to change the poverty situation at home.

Liu Jin's father began to think about it and secretly inquired about the method of castration.

Palace castration is called "clean body", and the Qing palace also set up a "cautious punishment department" for this purpose;

But most people don't want to make a fool of themselves there.

If you castrate yourself, it's called "Private White"

Whether it is "clean" or "private", this is just a necessary condition for being a husband.

If you really want to enter the palace, you have to ask someone to enter through the back door!

Liu Jin's father was determined to be "private", so he asked around about the methods of "private".

Because there are many eunuchs in some counties near Beijing, most of them are castrated by "private complaints".

So he quickly asked about the method of "private confession".

There are several ways to introduce him:

One is the "tying method", that is, when a boy is young, he is tied up from the genitals and testicular roots with hemp rope.

After a long time, the genitals died and lost consciousness, so they cut off the genitals and testicles from the roots.

Another way is to pinch the boy's testicles slowly every day until they are crushed.

Or acupuncture testicles, in short, make it gradually lose sexual function.

There is another way, simply cut off the genitals and testicles together.

The first two methods are not urgent, but also zero pain, and the financier does not adopt them.

Although the third method is more painful, it is "clean and neat", which is what Liu Jin used.

When small 8 was 18 years old, one day, while his mother was not at home, Liu Jin took off his pants and lay on the kang and said, "Dad, do it!" 」

Father Liu Jin tied Xiao Liu Jin's hands and feet with hemp rope, and the sharpened long razor was already ready.

Panting and sweating, he said, "Son, you must bear it! 」

As he spoke, he gritted his teeth, picked up a long razor, and suddenly pinched the chicken's testicles.

It was cut off at once! Small just "alas", know nothing!

After Xiao Liujin fainted, he was in a coma for three days and nights, with a high fever and nonsense.

Liu Jinniang cried her eyes out, tearing her father and beating him hard.

Leave Jin's father to let her tear, motionless, only silently crying.

In this way, the whole family watched helplessly as Xiao Liujin lay on the kang for three months, at least holding the wall and walking.

It's true that you have to peel off your skin before you die!

Just when Liu Jingang Jr. was able to walk around the city wall, suddenly came the news that shocked Liu Jin's family: Emperor Xuan Tong abdicated!

It turned out that when Liu Huangjin was "privately owned", the revolutionaries launched the Wuchang Uprising, but the rural people lived in the hinterland and the information was ineffective.

I don't know anything about Wuchang Uprising, and even if I do, I don't know what this has to do with them.

The year after Wuchang Uprising, the emperor was forced to step down, and Sun Yat-sen became the interim president of the Republic of China.

Only then did they know that the revolution was related to the change of their destiny.

Why should small deposits be "private"? To drive away poverty and become a "husband";

Where to be a "husband"? Go to the palace to serve the emperor and his family.

But now that the revolution has taken place and the emperor has been forced to step down, where will Xiao Liujin go to be a "husband"?

If the "husband" fails, won't the child suffer for nothing?

Faced with this semi-disabled child, he simply doesn't know what to do.

At this time, a Mr. Fu was invited to a private school in the village. Although this gentleman failed to become a scholar,

But he also writes and calculates, plays chess and calligraphy, plays everything and sings everything. Everyone in the village says that this gentleman is very knowledgeable.

Liu Jin's father thinks that it is impossible for children to be "husbands". Let them study!

With knowledge, you can earn a bowl of rice as a bookkeeper for a rich family!

But he didn't have the money to pay the tuition, so he discussed with Fu: Fu helped him teach the children, and he helped Fu cultivate the land.

Mr. Fu agrees to waive his annual tuition fee 15 yuan.

In this way, Xiao Liujin read "At the beginning of life, nature is good" in the school in the village.

In a few years, I also watched Guan Yu, in Hezhou, and The Way of University, Mingde is close to the people and stops at perfection.

Later, I was able to "match":

Mr. Wang said "bonus", small money can help "willow green";

Mr. Wang said "fishing", but he could say "catching shrimp".

Mr. Wang said, "Summer rain urges frogs to drum", but you can answer correctly with "spring breeze sends swallows".

The teacher squinted with a smile.

Liu Jin's parents were happy from ear to ear. They began to weave new dreams.

Xiao Liujin studied in rural schools for four or five years.

One year, Liu Jin's father heard that Yuan Shikai was tired of being president and became the emperor of the Chinese empire.

He thought: If General Manager Yuan Da becomes Emperor Yuan, do you still need eunuchs?

Can Yuan Shikai rest assured that he has so many concubines, so many waiters and so many moms who love to wait on him?

You can't live without a clean body! He has a glimmer of hope to save money to be a "husband".

But this hope was quickly dashed, because Yuan Shikai was only emperor for 83 days, and he was blown down before he could invite a eunuch.

At this time, it was five years of the Republic of China. Although Emperor Xuan Tong has abdicated, according to the preferential terms of the Republic of China,

Xuan Tong is still lonely in the Forbidden City in Beijing (now the Forbidden City in Beijing).

The little emperor and his family still had eunuchs to wait on them, and even some eunuchs stayed in the Qing palace in Beijing.

Liu Jin's father heard that a distant relative of the Regent's family called He was a eunuch, so he asked someone to send a message to He.

Let him ask if there are any eunuchs in the palace or the palace.

Soon, he sent a message to Liu Jin's father, asking someone to send Liu Jin to Beijing.

This year, Liu Jin 14 years old. He recommended him to "Uncle" Zai Tao, who entered the palace and became a little eunuch to serve the prince.

The "clean body" scene of leaving gold finally came in handy.

Zai Tao is the seventh uncle of Xuan Tong Emperor Puyi. He was a minister in the Military Advisory Office in the late Qing Dynasty and was very famous. Although he was not a minister after the Qing Dynasty,

But you can still be king behind closed doors There are maids and eunuchs at home, and horses and chariots when going out.

There are armed guards in front of the government building, and the prestige remains the same.

At this time, Qiye Tao was less than 30 years old and was a famous amateur. He is best at playing the Monkey Show, and he can also play Hua Dan.

It is said that his performances of the Monkey King and Yang Guifei are more popular than professional actors.

Tao is a eunuch training school for Liu Jin.

He learned all kinds of royal rules here, such as how to kowtow, how to say hello, how to light a cigarette and take mouthwash.

Call yourself a "slave" when talking to the master, and the master should answer "Zha" when talking to himself, and so on.

Master Tao is very kind to his servants, but the family rules are unbearable, such as eating.

I only eat two meals a day. Every meal is noodles, every day.

What is even more frustrating is that Master Tao is only one yuan and fifty cents a month, which is far from his ideal of getting rich as a husband.

Not to mention buying a house or land, this money is not generous for my own pocket money.

So that when his second brother came to Beijing to see him, he couldn't even get the fare for his second brother to go home.

He thought, is it better in the palace than in the house? So he is planning the way to the palace.

Many things happen. /kloc-at the age of 0/6, Sun finally entered the palace through the introduction of a eunuch.

Although in the palace, I was only an official with a eunuch who was paralyzed in bed, it was a palace after all.

Moreover, even the imperial concubine and the emperor spoke highly of him.

The paralyzed eunuch's name is Ren Dexiang, and his position is "Assistant to the Governor of Jiutang".

That is, the deputy director in charge of all eunuchs in the palace.

At the age of 60, he was paralyzed The emperor gave him 100 cases of silver every month, and three eunuchs served him and told him to rest.

After Sun became an official, the old eunuch named him Chunshou.

At first, when Sun worked as a policeman in Qiye's house, because Qiye liked singing,

So he also told Sun to learn to sing opera and practice martial arts. Later, he was able to somersault and take the lead.

After Sun entered the palace to wait on the old eunuch, his knowledge of martial arts and opera somehow spread to Duan Kang.

Duan Kang is an opera fan, and there is a professional troupe in the palace, so he asked Sun to learn to sing opera.

Sun is clever and flexible, and often appears on the stage soon.

In this way, all the bigwigs in the palace knew Chunshou and even fell in love with him.

This created conditions for him to serve the queen and the emperor in the future.

One night, the palace caught fire and black smoke billowed, and half the sky in the Forbidden City was red.

The maids and eunuchs were shouting, and the little emperor Puyi was so anxious that he stamped his feet there.

Later, the Beijing Fire Brigade and Italian fire engines put out the fire.

The fire not only destroyed some houses, but also destroyed many national treasures.

As for the cause of the fire, it is not clear at last, but the little emperor Puyi thinks that the eunuch deliberately set fire to him.

After the fire broke out, Puyi decided to drive all eunuchs out of the palace. No matter how others persuaded him, Puyi refused.

Later, two imperial concubines said that besides the 100 eunuchs who served the imperial concubine, nearly a thousand eunuchs were driven out of the palace.

After the eunuchs were driven out of the palace, most of them were unaccompanied, or some were ashamed to see people, and some committed suicide by jumping into the river.

Sun was kicked out this time, and he had nowhere to run, so he had to have the cheek to return to his hometown in Jinghai.

Before Sun was driven out of the palace, Puyi was already "married" and married two at a time.

The queen's name is Wanrong, and the imperial concubine's name is Wenxiu, both about the same size as Puyi.

After the eunuchs were driven away in large numbers, the palace gradually felt understaffed.

In addition, the palace masters can't put down their airs at once, and there are old scores everywhere, which makes them feel that the call is ineffective.

So he decided to select some smart, obedient and diligent eunuchs from the eunuchs who were driven away, and then recall some.

In this way, Sun entered the Forbidden City for the second time and was assigned to Palace of Gathered Elegance where Wanrong lived.

In September of 13th year of the Republic of China (A.D. 1924), President Cao Kun of the Republic of China and his partner Wu,

The northeast warlord Zhang fought another battle in Shanhaiguan, which was called the second direct war.

In June 5438+10, the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, Feng Yuxiang, withdrew from the war and returned to Beijing to launch a coup and arrest Cao Kun.

The direct warlord was defeated, and Wu He fled south in a mess.

Puyi, the little emperor in the Forbidden City, is sitting quietly, watching tigers fight. I didn't expect this war to have anything to do with him.

But Feng Yuxiang said that the overthrown Emperor Xuan Tong still stayed alone in the Forbidden City in Beijing.

The government of the Republic of China has long been dissatisfied with paying millions of silver dollars in alimony to these feudal remnants every year.

It is considered that this is an incomplete performance of the Revolution of 1911.

Now that Feng Yuxiang has occupied Beijing, he is determined to get rid of this cancer.

165438+10.5, he sent a Ministry to land in the palace and ordered Pu Yi and his family, all maids and eunuchs.

Leave the palace in 20 minutes without delay.

At this time, Puyi was playing the piano in the graceful Palace of Gathered Elegance, and a song was not finished.

Ying Shao, Minister of the Interior, Rong Yuan of Puyi, Zhang Yue, etc. Urgent request, Puyi ordered a summons.

Ying Shao and others hurriedly reported to Puyi the news that the police commander of Gyeonggi, Lu He, and the police chief, Zhang Bi, led troops into the palace and decided to move out of the palace.

In fact, when Feng Jun went to Beijing from June to 10 in 5438, he listened to the rumors of eunuchs.

It is said that the eunuchs who were expelled from the palace by Puyi once jointly complained to Feng Yuxiang.

It is revealed that Puyi colluded with his younger brother Pu Jie to steal and sell a large number of treasures in the palace.

At that time, Puyi didn't care about these rumors. He didn't expect Feng Yuxiang to really kick him out of the Forbidden City.

Now it seems that a pot is boiling in the palace, and Puyi stamped her feet and shouted, "It's really retrogression, retrogression! 」

But the ministers told him that cannons had been set up on Jingshan Mountain in the north of the palace.

If he didn't leave the palace on time, Lin Zhong ordered a cannon to shoot at the palace.

Puyi then ordered Sun to inform Wen Xiu's imperial concubine, and quickly packed his exquisite clothes and gathered in preparation for leaving the palace.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Sun walked out of the palace with Puyi, Wanrong and Wenxiu.

Several cars were parked outside the creature gate, and the pistol team and broadsword team brought by Lu stood on both sides, heavily guarded.

Lu Linzhong said to Puyi seriously, "This is the bus to take you to Beifu." With that, he made signal with the lips and walked to the car.

Puyi was arranged to sit in the second carriage, and Sun and a maid-in-waiting gracefully boarded another carriage.

Lu and Zhang Bi took Puyi and others to Beifu by bus.

A large number of other ladies-in-waiting and eunuchs were also ordered out of the palace to find their own way out.

The so-called "Northern House" is the residence of Puyi's father, Regent Zai Feng.

After Sun, Puyi and Wanrong went to the northern government soldiers, they took out a dozen from his robe.

The gold ingot weighed several kilograms and handed it to Wanrong and said, "I brought it to you! 」

Wanrong was temporarily moved and didn't know what to say.

Shortly after arriving at the Beifu soldiers, Puyi slipped out of the Beifu soldiers and was picked up by the Japanese minister.

Seeing that Puyi was hopeless, Sun asked Regent Zai Feng for leave to return home.

Zai Feng gave him a trip to 50 yuan, saying that he would go to him when he was needed.

People who know that Sun used gold ingots worth tens of thousands of yuan for 50 yuan travel expenses all say that Sun is stupid.

Sun has been a eunuch for so many years, and he is so clean that he can't live at home.

Only found a place in a temple where eunuchs lived in Beijing, where they converted to Quanzhen religion.

A few years later, two eunuchs and a foreign official came to Manchukuo.

It is said that "Long live the Lord" has set up a base in the northeast, and he needs some eunuchs to ask Sun if he can go.

On second thought, Sun thought that this was not a matter in Chohoji.

Besides, he "led an honest and clean life" just to be a eunuch, so he went to Manchukuo again.

But soon after he was in Manchukuo, he was sent back to China because of lung disease and had to return to the temple to settle down.

Since Sun was 8 years old, she has been a "woman who leads an honest and clean life". 14, she became the "husband" in Taubeile Palace.

By the time People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded, he had spent nearly 50 years in the world.

For 40 years, he has suffered the bitterness and humiliation of the world.

Although the yellow triceratops flag in Qing Dynasty has been replaced by the red, yellow, blue, white and black five-color flag in China,

However, Sun still prostrated himself as a slave at the feet of the royal family of Ai Xinjue Roche.

He never thought that he could change from a slave to a citizen, a master who could control his own destiny.

However, the * * * production party entered Peking and established a new * * * Republic, which changed the fate of all China people.

Including those eunuchs who live in temples in Beijing.

Since 1980s, Sun became the only eunuch of the last dynasty in China.

In the past hundred years, he has read all the vicissitudes of life and his understanding of the last emperor and his royal family, and has become a walking dictionary for studying people in modern history.

Literature and history workers of CPPCC system, Shi Zhiban local chroniclers of various units, journalists of newspapers and magazines,

Even foreign writers and journalists were attracted to visit him.

Most of these people are trying to prove and understand history, while others are just curious.

Once, a western reporter went to interview Sun. He took off the camera around his neck and told Sun Yaoting to take off his pants.

Take a picture of his nakedness, take out a pile of money, and say that you have to pay for taking this picture of his nakedness.

This annoyed Sun, who angrily reprimanded the foreigner and said, "Get out, China people don't know this! 」

Western reporters shrugged their shoulders and walked away in confusion.

In the 1990s, although Sun was strong and clear-minded, he was an old man in his 90s.

For the sake of his safety and health, the state takes him as a key protection object.

It is stipulated that only with the approval of relevant departments can domestic and foreign tourists be received.

Now, Sun still lives a healthy life. In Guanghua Temple in Beijing, he planted flowers and practiced calligraphy, which may not be for many years. At the age of 90, he wrote a pair of couplets for his friends, "Harmony between the country and nature, official integrity and people's safety", which may express his current state of mind. Reprint ````