Ancient eunuchs were not allowed to read books. Why can they read imperial edicts? Can they read?

Ancient eunuchs had two origins. One is that they entered the palace from an early age and were taught by special people. This kind of eunuch is dedicated to the emperor. He can read words and letters. There is also a family that is poor and then enters the palace as a teenager, that is, doing chores for the palace.

Now most people think that eunuchs refer to people who enter the palace, but they are not. Friends who have seen those things in the Ming Dynasty know that not everyone is called a eunuch, but only a powerful person can be called a eunuch. In this professional group, they are the highest leaders and the people the emperor likes and trusts most.

Our first impression of eunuchs is the way they read the imperial edict in TV series, but this man is not just a casual person, only professionals can. After all, it is to work for the emperor. This position has some very good positions among this special group of people in the historical profession. Such people are always taught to read by special people around the emperor. The eunuchs who read the imperial edict are people trusted by the emperor, otherwise the emperor will not let them read it.

As a eunuch, it is not so simple. You should always read the emperor's mind. Accompanying a gentleman is like accompanying a tiger, so eunuchs who read the imperial edict grew up with the emperor, and the emperor trusted people to do things. Such eunuchs have to read and trust the emperor to read the imperial edict. Of course, as Mr. Yue Ming wrote, after gaining great wealth and power, these people always have abnormal psychology, but these people have no descendants, so there is no eunuch who wants to be an emperor in the history we see, and the emperor understands this truth. So the emperor trusted eunuchs more than ministers.