Tong Guan created at least a few "most" in his life:
He was the eunuch who had the most military power in the history of China.
In the history of China, the eunuch was the one who held the relieving for the longest time.
He is the eunuch with the highest title in the history of China;
He was the first eunuch to represent the country in the history of China.
He was also the only eunuch who was crowned king in the history of China.
If the eunuch status is removed, these records are insignificant, but it is his eunuch status that makes these records meaningful.
According to historical records, Tong Guan was tall, with bright eyes and a sparse beard on his chin. Being a eunuch can grow a beard, which is unprecedented and unprecedented.
Of course, this is a joke. None of us really met the ancient eunuchs. It's normal not to grow a few beards. If you cut that thing, androgens still exist. Besides, Tong Guan didn't become clean until he was an adult, so it's not surprising that he has a long beard.
After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, some eunuchs went out of the palace and were photographed. According to those old photos, some eunuchs have such sparse beards.
Historical materials specifically record Tong Guan's sparse beard, probably to highlight his samurai spirit and masculinity.
After Tong Guan entered the palace in vain, he studied under Li Xian, who was also a eunuch. This Li Xian is a famous eunuch in Song Shenzong. He has served as an army supervisor in the northwest frontier for many years, and has made some meritorious military service.
Tong Guan stayed in the army with Li Xi 'an every day, and he learned a lot of military knowledge. This is at least the reason why he became an expert in holding military power.
Song Shenzong's reign, Tong Guan has always been somebody else's minions, obscurity, no future. Until Song Huizong succeeded to the throne, Tong Guan finally got the appreciation of the emperor, but not because of his military talent, but because of his proper handling of glory.
At this time, Tong Guan was over 40 years old and had rich life experience. The emperor needs a prudent man like him to handle affairs.
Song Huizong is a literate man and an artist. He likes those calligraphy and paintings. Tong Guan is responsible for collecting calligraphy and painting from all over the country and bringing it to the emperor. This is a beautiful job with a lot of oil and water.
Tong Guan became a rich eunuch. He is generous and generous, so he knows many powerful people in the DPRK, including the calligrapher Cai Jing.
When I first met Cai Jing, Cai Jing was demoted to Hangzhou, which was the time when he was down and out. Cai Jing gave his treasured Wang Youjun Ci to Tong Guan and helped him collect good calligraphy and painting. Tong Guan was dedicated to the emperor, and Song Huizong was very happy. He was surprised that Tong Guan, who had only studied in a private school for four years, had such a skill in wine tasting.
Song Huizong is happy, and Tong Guan is naturally happy. He is very grateful to Cai Jing for his help. They established a deep friendship, and later Cai Jing was transferred back to Beijing. Tong Guan said a lot of nice things and got through the joints.
After all, Cai Jing is a great calligrapher. He writes well, and Song Huizong likes these artists. In less than a year, Cai Jing jumped to the position of prime minister.
After Cai Jing reached the summit, he did not forget Tong Guan, who was grateful to him. After he presided over the National Government, an important measure was to recommend Tong Guan to supervise the northwest, so as to quell the northwest rebellion and recover Qinghai and Gansu.
This position must be Tong Guan's own, and his ambition is military.
Tong Guan served as a military supervisor and went to Huangchuan, Qinghai with the army. They are here to rest their troops and hold a swearing-in meeting. Just then, I suddenly received an order from Song Huizong to stop the war. It turned out that the palace was on fire, which Song Huizong thought was ominous and unsuitable for war.
Tong Guan read ShouYu, silently carrying, quietly. Subordinate asked him what the emperor's instructions, Tong Guan said, your majesty wants us to seize the flag.
Tong Guan, this is an objection!
Will not be subject to foreign military orders. Tong Guan ignored Song Huizong's instructions and went to war as planned. He really has some skills. He fought a series of beautiful battles to quell the northwest rebellion.
At the celebration dinner, everyone happily drank openly. Tong Guan did a disappointing thing-take out Song Huizong's letter before the war and hand it over to others.
Everyone was shocked after reading it. Tong Guan explained: "At that time, morale was high. If you don't fight at this time, how can you fight in the future? "
Someone asked, have you considered what would happen if we lost this time?
Tong Guan replied: "If I lose this battle, I will bear the responsibility alone!" People listened to their admiration for Tong Guan, and their tears almost came down. From then on, they remained steadfast to Tong Guan. You have to admire Tong Guan's manipulation skills.
Later, Song Huizong did not punish Tong Guan for disobeying orders. The Song Dynasty badly needed a victory, which was a long-lost military victory and could inspire the people and the court. So Tong Guan moved troops back to Korea and was warmly welcomed from top to bottom.
But slowly, the political friction between Tong Guan and his old friend Cai Jing also increased.
Tong Guan armed to the teeth, no longer as cautious as eunuchs. He presided over the northwest military. When appointing and promoting officials, he often reports directly to the emperor without going through government procedures, and sometimes even acts first.
Cai Jing, as prime minister, has great opinions. Appointing an official must go through him first. Now Tong Guan obviously doesn't take him seriously. Cai Jing's character is vengeance will be mine, so he often plays tricks behind his back and holds Tong Guan hostage.
Cai Jing's handwriting is good. If you want to plot against him, it's not as good as Tong Guan, a eunuch. Being a eunuch is exquisite, but it is not obvious.
The two men struggled secretly. On the one hand, Tong Guan used his eunuch power in the palace to speak ill of Cai Jing in front of the emperor and concubines.
On the one hand, the officials who have contradictions with Cai Jing in the DPRK are wooed to engage in impeachment.
Tong Guan also wooed the Taoist priest who was taken a fancy to by Song Huizong and played that mysterious trick, saying that there was something against the imperial court in the night scene, because there was an official who was in conflict with the charm of Dasong, and that official was Cai Jing. Song Huizong was so superstitious that he had to leave Bianjing and live in Hangzhou.
After leaving Cai Jing, Tong Guan became more prosperous.
Song Huizong wants to recall Tong Guan from the northwest and send him to North Liao. At that time, a minister in the DPRK objected that sending an unhealthy eunuch as an ambassador might be laughed at by Liao people and make me look like a nobody in the Song Dynasty.
Song Huizong said that the Khitans in Liao heard that Tong Guan was playing badly and they all wanted to see him. Just take this opportunity to send Tong Guan to Liao to inspect the situation of the Khitan, and prepare for the war with them in the future.
In order to make the Khitans feel that Dasong attached importance to this visit, they not only sent sesame officials, but also promoted Tong Guan to proofread Qiu, which is the highest position of military attache and the highest military chief except the emperor.
Tong Guan made a big mistake when he went to Liao country, and conspired with Ma Su, the minister of Southern Institute of Liao country, to recover sixteen states. This Ma Zhi is a Han Chinese. Although he was an official in Liao country, he was concerned about his motherland. The two men reached a strategy of uniting Jin to resist Liao. A few years later, Song and Jin countries formed a maritime alliance.
Song people think that the alliance with Jin people is to make distant friends and attack near. This is true, but there is another truth, that is, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. The Liao country was sandwiched between the Song and Jin Dynasties, which could have played a buffering role. The Song Dynasty could have pursued a balanced policy. With the demise of Liao, didn't the Jin people covet the fat of Dasong?
In Water Margin, it was written that after the water margin, the court wanted to woo Sung River and let them attack the peasant rebels in Fang La. In fact, this is purely a credit for robbing Tong Guan, and it is Tong Guan's credit for putting down the Fang La Uprising. Therefore, he was made a Taishi, and he was also named the King of Chu.
Shortly after the suppression of the Fang La Uprising, Song and Jin launched an attack on Liao. The main force of attacking Liao was the Jin people who had a deep hatred with Liao, while the Song Dynasty just wanted to recover sixteen states.
Under the attack of Song and Jin Dynasties, the Liao Kingdom finally perished, and the Song Dynasty regained sixteen states as it wished. Tong Guan was named King of Yang Guangjun because of his outstanding achievements.
However, behind this victory, it is actually a surging crisis, which has laid a curse for the difficulty of Jingkang. After Jin Taizu's death, the heir decisively tore up the covenant and invaded the Song Dynasty on a large scale.
Faced with the invasion of the Jin people, Song Huizong was so scared that he quickly passed the throne to Prince Zhao Huan, who changed his name to Jingkang.
There is a great contradiction between Qin Zong and Tong Guan. Qin Zong thought that a eunuch's position in Tong Guan was too high, which led to disaster. But Tong Guan looked down on Qin Zong because of his series of military achievements, and there was only one master in his bones, Song Huizong.
Song Qinzong just came to power, he still needs to bully and collect the relieving power, and Tong Guan is his stumbling block. It is also an unwritten rule that the new emperor ascended the throne, slaughtered former ministers and consolidated his rule.
When there is a crisis in the national war, it is generally necessary to find someone "responsible" in North Korea. Tong Guan, who is too powerful, has become a target of public criticism and has been pulled out as a scapegoat.
Tong Guan was charged with dozens of major crimes, one of which was "being enemies of Liao and Jin, creating a border barrier". This is really not wronged him. If it weren't for his alliance with Ma Su to fight against Liao, there might not be Jin people invading south today.
In the first year of Jingkang, namely 1 126, Tong Guan was demoted to three levels. On the way to being demoted, Song Qinzong still felt uncomfortable. Only when Tong Guan is dead can he feel at ease.
Send someone to supervise the suggestion and Mr. Zhang to execute Tong Guan. On the way to being demoted, Tong Guan heard that the emperor had issued a new will to supervise the suggestion. He thought that the tense war made Song Qinzong "wake up" and had to rely on him to lead the troops.
Tong Guan smiled and smoothed her sparse beard and said, "I am still indispensable!"
I didn't expect to be supervised by Mr. Zhang. First read Tong Guan's dozens of deadly sins, and then announced the emperor's will-beheaded before making a decision!
Immediately, Zhang Cheng's men carried broadswords and cut off Tong Guan's head with one knife. ...