He is Cixi's favorite "comb-hair eunuch". What did he look like when the color photo was exposed?

You can't skip a name when studying Qing history. The name is Li. He has no power all his life, but he has always been around powerful people. He seems to be just a servant, but he wrote his own colorful pen in the history of Qing Dynasty. He is not outstanding in appearance, ordinary, with pustules on his face, not an imposing handsome man, but he is extremely loved by Cixi. All this is actually related to his own personality and emotional intelligence.

1848, Li was born in a rural area in Hebei. His original name was Li Jinxi, and he changed his name after he entered the palace as a eunuch. Because he was born in a relatively poor family, he was raised by others since he was a child, so he also learned the skill of watching people eat food with one hand. Coupled with his natural eloquence, eloquence and eloquence, he laid a small foundation for his eunuch career. 1855 was purged as a eunuch and entered the Qing court. /kloc-at the age of 0/0, he was caught in the deep palace of Storm Monster. During this period, he also encountered many difficulties and almost killed himself. Fortunately, Li is a very powerful person, and he has long developed the ability to read people's words and talk nonsense.

Followed by 1869. After ten years of training in the Qing court, Li, who was only 2 1 year old, became a senior eunuch. Because of his high emotional intelligence, he was good at coordinating the relations between all parties, so he became the eunuch general manager. Because of his good personality and high emotional intelligence, even Cixi praised him. Later, at a young age, she was reused by Cixi. You should know that Cixi at that time was already a real power figure in the Qing court. Standing above ten thousand people, it was much worse than the little emperor who was a puppet at that time. Li became her confidant, that is, the position below one person. Later, she became a eunuch who specially combed her hair for 50 years, so she enjoyed 50 years of prestige. Being a confidant of the authorities is a hundred times better than being a puppet lackey. At least, his position seems to be much higher than that of some ministers in the Qing court. At that time, if a minister offended Li, he would have no value in front of Cixi and would basically be left out in the cold. In order to consolidate their position in the palace, several ministers went to please Li, hoping that he could put in a good word in front of Cixi and for himself.

If Li is the pride of eunuchs in his status and seniority, he has become a eunuch who wants to curry favor with ministers, which is a bit like when eunuchs came to power under the cabinet system in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, because many emperors were lazy to Li, their will needed to be conveyed by eunuchs. Some of these eunuchs can fabricate their own will and even crowd out and punish ministers, forming an extremely powerful eunuch party. It was not until a wise emperor began to clean up eunuchs that this phenomenon was improved. However, Li's situation was somewhat different from that of eunuchs and autocrats in the Ming Dynasty. He is smart, knows how to protect himself, and knows what to do and what not to do. He won't just peek at power that doesn't belong to him. As long as it has nothing to do with him, he dare not move at all. Cixi herself is very clever. Imagine if Li is really a wolf ambition. I have already gone to hell.

Cixi is also a person who can carry it clearly. Although during her administration, many things were ordered to be conveyed to Li, she had no right to ask about things that really related to state secrets. In addition, it is very important for Li Lai that he is not too arrogant and his wealth is not revealed. I remember an ancient minister who wanted to retire and return to his hometown. The emperor told him that he had worked hard in the imperial court all his life like him, and his political achievements were quite high. He must put on fine clothes and return to his hometown with wealth, otherwise it will be like a "gorgeous night outing". He wears gorgeous clothes, but he bullies at night, and others can't see his wealth and merits. Generally speaking, people who are officials have this mentality. If their achievements are high, they must bask in the sun, giving people a feeling of arrogance and extravagance. However, "showing off wealth" affects a person's image too much. After all, there is a saying that the most prosperous is often the object that has been erased.

The reason why Li can never turn over in the Qing court is because Li keeps a low profile. He loves money like life, likes to restrain wealth, wants to accept bribes from ministers, and also wants to accumulate rewards from Cixi. In addition, he also has his own salary and some oil and water that he occasionally comes into contact with, which are not shown in the tooling. In everyone's impression, he hardly dared to imagine that he was so rich. Keep a low profile so that he won't get into trouble.

Of course, although in the general historical perspective, Li has no hatred except his love for money, which is different from those sinister bad eunuchs in the past. Later, someone repaired an old photo of him and painted it in color, but he felt that this statement seemed incorrect, because he looked like a pustule in this photo, unlike a wise man who was passed down from mouth to mouth, and he looked a little sharp. However, all that glitters is not gold. The reason why Li can stay in the Qing court for so long is that he is adept and versatile. He must have a deep mind, which no one can deny.