Why is the eunuch An Dehai so favored by Cixi?

An Dehai's love for Cixi is incomparable. However, Ding Baozhen killed An Dehai, but Cixi did not deal with him. What is the reason? It turns out that after Ding Baozhen killed An Dehai, he did something important to An Dehai's body. It was this incident that made Cixi very grateful to Ding Baozhen. What is this?

Let's see how much Cixi dotes on An Dehai. One is to get married. /kloc-in the winter of 0/868, An Dehai held a grand wedding in Tianfutang Hotel, the most luxurious hotel in Beijing. Marrying him is the flower of Marseille in Anhui class. Marseille is the time of flowers 19 years old. She is both beautiful and elegant. She is quite famous in Beijing because of her good looks. An Dehai is good-looking. At first glance, he is charming and can be regarded as a handsome man, with Marseilles flowers and not surrendering to her. Unfortunately, An Dehai is a eunuch. It is shameful for eunuchs to get married.

Therefore, An Dehai's marriage is widely circulated in Beijing, and the influence is really bad. However, An Dehai's master, Empress Dowager Cixi, didn't care about the hearsay, and specially sent someone to send 1, 200 taels of silver and 1, 000 pieces of silks and satins to show her affection. The second is to violate the ancestral system. 1869, Tongzhi wedding is coming soon. Relying on Cixi's favor, An Dehai begged her for the news of "going out of the palace to buy a dragon robe" and left the palace with a group of people. According to the ancestor system of "eunuchs are forbidden to leave the palace" in Qing Dynasty, An Dehai committed a great crime.

But with Cixi as the patron, the courtiers just pretended not to know about it, and no one would impeach him. An Dehai, known as an imperial envoy, has a commanding presence all the way. Everywhere, local officials not only greet each other with courtesy, but also give a lot of bribes. Cixi knew that An Dehai was domineering outside, but she didn't stop him, not to mention the crime of policing Dehai. These two things, in fact, are not trivial. Especially in the Qing dynasty, the control of eunuchs was very strict. It can be seen that An Dehai is indeed greatly favored by Cixi.

So, why can An Dehai get the love of Cixi? Unofficial history recorded that An Dehai was false eunuch and Empress Dowager Cixi was a widow. They have an indescribable relationship. This statement was widely circulated at that time, which had a very bad influence on the reputation of Cixi. Is this the real reason? When Cixi entered the palace, she was only knighted. Because of his shrewdness, An Dehai became the eunuch of Xianfeng command, that is, the personal eunuch. The ambitious Cixi secretly bribed An Dehai to please Xianfeng.

An Dehai has a good eye. Seeing that Cixi was not an ordinary person, he not only refused to accept her bribe, but also waited for an opportunity to make her lucky. Since then, Cixi has been favored by Xianfeng by ingenious means. Of course, she reciprocated and praised him in front of Xianfeng. 186 1 year, Xianfeng died in Jehol, and Zai Chun, who was only 6 years old, succeeded to the throne as Tongzhi emperor. Cixi's mother, with her precious son, was honored as Empress Dowager Cixi together with Ci 'an. Since Xianfeng was alive, Cixi often helped Xianfeng read the memorial and carry out government affairs.

Therefore, she doesn't want eight ministers appointed by Xianfeng, including Su Shun, to dominate the state affairs. In order to seize power, Cixi secretly ordered An Dehai to try to get to Beijing to find Prince Gong and prepare to launch a coup with Prince Gong. An Dehai risked his life to deliver the letter written by Cixi to Prince Gong safely. Later, he threaded the needle. Finally, with the help of Prince Gong, Cixi successfully seized power by launching a "coup with heart".

Later, in order to help Cixi remove the power of Prince Gong, An Dehai secretly found someone to impeach Prince Gong on trumped-up charges. Finally, Cixi achieved her goal and consolidated her power. Visible, if An Dehai is not exquisite enough, these things are doomed to failure. By that time, can Cixi have the following things? Cixi, who was obsessed with digging wells, not only promoted An Dehai as the general manager in charge of all eunuchs, but also regarded him as a confidant and was constantly favored by him. An Dehai can not only solve the urgent needs of Cixi, but also be good at observing the face and color, which won the favor of Cixi.

Cixi likes listening to opera. In order to get rid of loneliness, An Dehai specially built a beautifully decorated stage in Xiyuan, and specially recruited famous actors to rehearse operas for Cixi. Because An Dehai had a thorough understanding of Cixi's personality and hobbies, Cixi became more and more fond of An Dehai, so that she had to serve An Dehai herself when eating and sleeping. An Dehai, because of his love, is a little spoiled. He doesn't care about anyone, even Cian and Tongzhi.

Sometimes, he fabricates ill words about Ci 'an and Tongzhi in front of Cixi. When An Dehai went to Dezhou, Shandong Province, Zhao Xin, a local official, did not dare to neglect him. An Dehai was not in the palace and immediately reported the matter to Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong Province. Ding Baozhen, an honest man, had long been dissatisfied with An Dehai's behavior. He immediately tipped it off to Ci 'an and Tongzhi. With the permission of Ci 'an and Tongzhi, An Dehai, who was overbearing, was quickly arrested. After some interrogation, An Dehai was decisively executed on the spot.

However, in order not to embarrass Cixi, Ding Baozhen took off An Dehai's trousers after being executed in An Dehai, and exposed herself in the street for three days. It was this move that made Cixi not retaliate against Ding Baozhen. Because of this move, the rumor that "Cixi secretly loves An Dehai" naturally broke down, and Cixi's reputation was restored. (refer to historical materials: clear draft)