At that time, the Buddhist delegation went to Zhu Ziguo, which coincided with the king's long illness, and posted a list of the emperor's medical treatment. The monkey was very naughty and decided to play Brother Pig. Then he made a wind, the list of empires wobbled, and he reached the pig's arms.

That's great. A captain rushed in, surrounded by two eunuchs. The captains with pigs are preparing to walk to the palace. But Bajie obviously doesn't know medical skills. I saw Brother Pig raise his voice and complain that the doctor should be his brother. He is still in the post office.

A captain didn't quite believe it, thinking that the pig-headed guy in front of him was just an uneducated wild monk, and even moved to take the official test. At this time, two eunuchs came to dozen circle field, "a captain, don't pull him. I am equal to the museum, and I will know the ending. "

Pig seemed ungrateful, so he quipped, "Your second mistress is a vassal."

Grandma, governor, what is this new term? The commander wondered, "This monk doesn't know the goods! How can I urge my father-in-law to call my grandmother? "

Pig said with a smile, "Shame on you! You are against Yin and Yang! Neither of his two old mothers called him mother-in-law or grandmother, but called him father-in-law? "

Make two eunuchs face red and white, very embarrassed.

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Pig Bajie turned to scold eunuch sissy, which can generally be considered as a rather vicious songwriter of the original author.

Yes, Wu Cheng'en lived in the Ming Dynasty, which was a big eunuch empire.

As of the Jiajing period (the author ordered), eunuchs did a lot of bad things.

For example, Wang Zhen, who played politics during the Ming Yingzong period, is an extremely bad example.

The powerful officials colluded with the bureaucrats inside and outside, bullying the city, building luxury houses in the capital and killing the honest officials one by one. If so, that's it. It's a big deal to drown in the wicked in the sea of officials. But this rootless man moved the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. It turned out that the barbarian tribe Vala invaded the border at that time. To show his great wisdom, Wang Zhen actually encouraged the royal expedition. The emperor grew up in the deep palace, where there would be no marching and fighting. Needless to say, everything Wang Zhen said is right. But this Wang Zhen, besides putting on airs, is also ignorant. As a result, the army went to the private fort and was chased by Walla soldiers. Completely annihilated, Ming Yingzong was captured.

The emperor became a hostage of others, which is a great shame since the Ming Dynasty.

When it comes to Liu Jin in the Ming Wuzong period, he is even more notorious.

Liu Jin, once an official, worshipped eunuchs in prison, was good at governing state affairs, governing the country for the good, and killing people. At that time, people called him the head of "Wild Goose Gate and Eight Tigers". There is even more nonsense, calling it "establishing an emperor", and as for "sitting as an emperor", it is Wu Zong. Later, Liu Jin was defeated and arrested and sentenced in the middle of the year. He found millions of gold and silver from his home, as well as forged seals, jade belts and other prohibited items.

It is said that hundreds of years later, a good foreign media voted for the "richest man in the world" at that time, and the eunuch with the highest vote was the one who had been in power for a period of time.

However, the harsh political environment of the Ming Dynasty can be seen.

I'm afraid it's hard for people of insight to have a good impression on the eunuch profession. Wu Cheng'en with a healthy heart is one of them.

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The original work is described more subtly in the same chapter of Rare Persimmon.

This rare persimmon is located in the west of Camel Luo Zhuang, on the Mount of Seven Wonders. There are many persimmon trees on the mountain, which can bear many persimmons every year. However, due to poor traffic, few people choose. Over the years, rotten persimmons have blocked Qijue Mountain into a muddy land. If the wind blows, the strange smell of rotten persimmons will float around strangely.

What does this have to do with eunuchs?

This is the magical place!

These seven unique mountains are the same as rare persimmons, which is just a pun. At first glance, this seems to be an ordinary place. But when you look in the dark, the mystery suddenly appears.

What do you mean by "Seven Wonders"?

The original book has long explained that "longevity, cloudy, no bird's nest, no insects, considerable frost leaves, bumper harvest and hypertrophy of branches and leaves". The ancients regarded men as yang and women as yin. It's cloudy, which coincides with the pig's gag. "This is the opposite of Yin and Yang. Neither of his two old mothers called him mother-in-law, nor grandmother, but father-in-law. "

As for no bird's nest and no insects, it actually shows the physical characteristics of eunuchs implicitly. The branches and leaves are rich, but they are a metaphor for the network of court eunuchs, which is difficult to eradicate, so the smell is strange and makes people cover their noses.

More interestingly, this "persimmon" and "temple" are connected in tone, but in ancient times, eunuchs had a different name, that is, "temple man".

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There is also a snake demon living in Luo Zhuang, a camel.

This is an extremely strange demon, as described in the original book, "inhuman, yin is still heavy."

It's daydreaming not to return to humanity. In ancient times, a man with weak yang was vilified as "heartless". Yin Qi is still heavy, and as I mentioned earlier, it may be feminine.

The image of a eunuch jumped into my eyes.

The weapon of this snake demon is "two tongues", that is, cracked tongues. The ancients called them eunuchs and often despised "two tongues in one spring, false words." This is another coincidence.

More interestingly, this snake demon has not been made into a human form. This is quite rare in the myth world of westward journey. You know, every demon in the abode of fairies and immortals, shrimp soldiers and crab generals, has the embryonic form of human beings. As can be seen from the author's metaphor, you eunuchs are not qualified to be human. This is obviously a bit obscure and abusive.

Because of this, the Buddhist scriptures passed this rare persimmon, and Bajie saved the day and arched a road. There is even a poem praising "The rare persimmon of the Millennium is clean today, and the seven unique hutongs are open today." At the same time, it should also carry some emotions of the author.