Guangxu thirty-four years (1908), out of the palace.
Spent 52 years in the palace. He is the favorite personal eunuch of Empress Dowager Cixi.
He was also a great eunuch with the highest taste, the greatest power, the most wealth and the longest service in the Qing Dynasty.
Stepsons share the inheritance.
Guangxu thirty-four years (1908)
Less than 24 hours after the death of Emperor Guangxu.
Empress Dowager Cixi, who ruled China for nearly half a century, also died.
Li Lian's gold chain shone like a star, just shining on the princess, and finally the princess wanted it very much. Won completely lost his prestige. Thank you for your kindness.
Allow him to "abandon the original product"
Choose Nanyuan as a place for the aged.
For decades
Even if Li didn't amass so much wealth.
His second salary
He can also enjoy the splendor.
Enjoy a life that others can't. Let me comment: The legend of Pangu can't be traced back because of its long history, but this legend has been handed down as a historical civilization, and it is also confirming the history of China for thousands of years. Although people have polished the original Pangu legend, just like this ancient axe, it has been deified more and more, but the prototype of the story has basically been preserved for future generations to read and witness. Meet. Although he has no real son,
But there are four stepsons related to him (all four stepsons are his brother's sons).
These stepsons are all senior officials of the imperial court. However, the arrogant princess was not satisfied with the gold ring. She asked him to give her a pair of silver shoes. The magician's son changed a pair of silver shoes for her. "The princess's heart was not touched, and she didn't even thank him. The young man decided to punish her for her ingratitude in quitting. but
He chose the South Garden as his retirement home with ulterior motives.
There is only one purpose.
He wanted to show his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty to the officials.
Although Ren Shan left the palace at the age of ten, his family suddenly suffered a catastrophe. His parents were seriously ill at the same time, and all kinds of treatments failed, and they died one after another. Ren Shan only felt that the sky was falling. With the help of all his neighbors, he buried his parents in a hurry.
But don't leave the royal domain. besides
There are many famous trees and flowers in the southern garden.
Elegant and quiet
This is really a good place for the elderly.
After Li arrived in Nanyuan,
There are several little eunuchs waiting on him.
A thousand times stronger than ordinary low-level eunuchs who leave the palace. The vast majority of eunuchs in the Qing palace lived in poverty. In the village where Shi Wa lived, there was a girl named Huamei. This flower looks like a peony that has just opened. She is clever and good at embroidery. No girl can catch up with her. Every day Huamei tells the girls in the village to sit in front of the window and embroider, embroider, embroider. They embroidered all the beautiful flowers on the brocade, and then made these beautiful brocade into clothes to wear. Everyone is beautifully dressed. old age
In this cold winter, a little beggar came to Lei Chunsheng's door. The little beggar was unkempt and ragged, and his face and hands were covered with chilblains. When Lei Chunsheng saw this, he felt pity. He invited the little beggar into the house, sat him by the fire, then filled him with two bowls of rice and found a cotton-padded coat he didn't wear. Finally, he asked the little beggar where he came from. Why did you go out begging? I can't serve my master anymore.
I was kicked out of the palace by my master. They have no children.
No one can rely on/ask for help.
be homeless
Most of them can only go to some temples in Beijing but survive. After the death of Empress Dowager Cixi
A large number of eunuchs who served her were expelled from the palace.
Except Li.
He can continue to live in Nanyuan.
But after Li left the palace, he was not the same Li.
In any case, you can't do whatever you want as before. While losing the arrogance and hegemony of the past.
Then there is extreme depression and fatigue. He is listless all day.
Deep eye socket
No one can see that this is the great manager of that year. Go out of the palace in the second year.
It was in the spring of the second year of Xuantong (19 10).
62-year-old Li faltered.
Speech dullness
There are already all kinds of omens that are not far from death. in?that?case
His heirs and nephews began to think about his funeral.
Xuantong three years (19 1 1 year)
Li has been out of the palace for two years. At this point, he was terminally ill. Facing imminent death
He summoned his heirs and nephews.
Explain the aftermath. First of all, he tearfully told the younger generation that he was castrated and entered the palace at the age of 9.
And then get the favor of Empress Dowager Cixi.
The experience of climbing to the position of general manager step by step
For the rich family property under the Li family's "home".
Tell the younger generation to be careful about housekeeping.
Prevent financial resources from drying up.
He also confessed to the younger generation.
Don't act blindly after his death.
Everything about his funeral must be told to the court.
Please allow Queen Jade Dragon to make a decision. finally
Li Rang (Li Shengtai, the fourth brother of Li's second son)
Li adopted him as his heir) and divided the money in his hand among several heirs and nephews. it is said
His four stepsons each received four hundred and two thousand pieces of silver.
And a big pocket of jewelry. The other nephews got 202,000 silver.
His two stepdaughters got 654.38+0.72 million. besides
Li still has more than three million taels of silver and two boxes of jewels in the palace.
He already knew that these treasures could not belong to him.
So it is very "wise" to tell future generations.
Don't think about it. of course
This wealth is only a part of his accumulated wealth.
And it doesn't include several properties with huge amount and value.
In addition to wealth such as real estate,
There is a gap between the wealth left by Li to the younger generation and the sum of his accumulated wealth. the original
After Li left the Qing Palace,
Many people covet his wealth.
Not only is his successor small, but also bureaucrats.
Some of his relatives and stepsons. These people went in and out of several of Li's residences.
All for his wealth. besides
There are also some unidentified barbers, barbers and people who repair pots and shoes.
Usually without permission
Break into Li's house and look around. These people are actually cronies sent by small people.
Come here to find out the truth. Except for his four stepsons.
His grandson, granddaughter's wife, nephew, niece, niece and other relatives
And noisy at Li's retirement home all day.
Its purpose is to carve up his property.
After the division of property is completed
Out of the oil pan into the fire pit. In the process of distributing silver to stepson Li
Only some money buried in the ground of the two mansions, Jizhai and Outer Courtyard, was divided.
The money in the bank hasn't been touched at all. Who knows that these four stepsons see that Zhang Qiushan is a famous painter. He likes painting Buddha statues best, and he is best at painting Buddha statues. Longchang people believe in Buddhism. On weekdays, Longchang people worship Buddha and seek Tao. Therefore, the Buddha statue of Zhang Qiushan is particularly popular. It is very convenient to buy a Buddha statue and hang it at home, so you can worship Buddha every day. Besides, if you have a Buddha at home, you will naturally be blessed by the Buddha. So Zhang Qiushan's Buddha statues sell well. red
The excavated silverware and jewels were quickly taken away by four stepsons. Li saw that this method was ineffective.
I want to distribute the property by paying by silver ticket.
But the four stepsons didn't listen at all.
Continue the investigation
As soon as I saw the money, I plunged into it.
Even quarrels and fights. Li said to him.
be extremely sad
But all this is his legacy.
It's impossible to stop it now.
And his stepson, nephew, relatives and friends are arguing about his wealth.
Li's life is coming to an end. Although Li Chengwu and others have tried their best.
in a thousand and one ways
It also failed to save the life of this once powerful eunuch. Li finally died on February 1 of the third year.
Hold a grand funeral after death
After Li died.
His brothers and children followed his instructions before his death.
There was no immediate mourning. Li Chengwu and others wrote a letter to the court.
Ask the Queen Mother Yulong to issue a decree.
Send a funeral to Li. The sixth day of February
The Queen Mother Yulong issued a decree.
According to the ancestral family law
Li belongs to a eunuch above grade six.
Grant a piece of land
Buried in the Grand Duchy of Enjizhuang
Also give altar silver 10, crossing the mausoleum. The prince said to his little sister, "Come on, let's play in the garden." 00 Liang.
Angel lee after receiving the order
Immediately prepare the arrangement and date of the funeral. then
The Li family also invited the Queen Mother Yulong.
Request to send Li a funeral according to the level of the founding father. And claimed that
The national treasury is tight
The expenses are borne by the Li family.
The queen mother approved the request of the Li family.
A eunuch who started as a politician.
After death, you can enjoy the "treatment" of the country's founding fathers
This is ridiculous. In order to expand their influence, the Li family
Distribute funeral reports inside and outside the capital.
Li had some good friends before his death.
And those who benefited from Li also came to offer their condolences.
Or send a silver sacrifice.
Some North Korean civil affairs and military ministers also came to express their condolences. During the month-long condolence activities,
The Li family spent tens of thousands of silver.
Zhuang understands that this is a painting, but this is a naked person. Jin Fan's face was covered with red clouds, and he was embarrassed to watch any more. In the realm of eunuchs
Since the Ming Dynasty, more than 300 officials and eunuchs have been buried.
But no one's grave is as grand as Li's. Li twisted his beard in the eunuch county magistrate cemetery and looked as if he were as rich as an enemy. A Taoist priest formed in the field said, "Yes!" Independent courtyard
There are stone bridges and archways in front.
The words "Tomb of General Manager Li from Qin" are written on the horizontal eyebrow of the archway. All the houses are forty or fifty rooms.
For the Li family to rest when sweeping the grave. There is a Guandi Temple in Jean Village.
There is an ancestral temple in Li on the east side of Guandi Temple.
There is a portrait of Lee. Z in the ancestral hall. When the family comes to visit the grave,
Unfold this portrait.
It is usually rolled up. Li's tombs and ground buildings cover at least 10 mu. The stone archway and altar in front of the tomb are all built in imitation of the Qing tomb style.
It's just a little small.
The Li family is Li Li's white marble monument, which is 3.5m high and 1 m wide.
The word "immortal" is engraved on the stone tablet. Throughout the Qing dynasty, Harry thought, "I'll see him myself, and you'll come later." Putting on casual clothes, Harry went to the lilac garden again. For hundreds of years.
It is unprecedented for eunuchs to erect such tombstones after their death. Li Lianying was very powerful before his death.
But it has a bad reputation.
It is difficult to find a celebrity to write an inscription for him after his death.
In the end, it can only be touted by his younger generation. In just a few hundred words of inscriptions,
Li is fully flattered and beautified. The rich laugh without anger. "all right! I admit that you did a good job. From tomorrow, you can eat the master's small stove meat and double your salary. "
It's full of whitewash. But no matter how much Li's descendants beautify themselves.
As the real power supervisor of the late Qing Dynasty,
The evil he did can't be covered up by any beautification words.
Selected from Literature and History Expo, July 2009.
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