Chapter 48 Violators must be punished severely

As Li Lianying's power grew, his words and actions became more and more arrogant, and he became more and more rude to the eunuchs in the palace.The behavior of the eunuchs was also different: Generally, eunuchs who entered the palace late and had low positions had to swallow their anger; those who were more alert felt that they could not defeat Li Lianying, and avoided confrontation with Li Lianying early, so as not to have a direct confrontation with Li Lianying; Although the eunuchs who entered the palace were slightly lower than Li Lianying, they were also the chief eunuchs of the third and fourth ranks. Although they dared not tell Cixi about Li Lianying's wrongdoings, they talked about Li Lianying behind his back and recounted his criminal history. Wei Baohua is the most obvious.

In fact, Li Lianying is well aware of the criticisms behind these scenes, because he has planted trusted aides everywhere, no matter when and where, whoever said something unfavorable to him, he can get the news in time.The eunuch Cui Yugui often persuaded Li Lianying to do something to them in order to express himself.Although Cui Yugui was insidious enough, compared to Li Lianying, he was still too simple. Li Lianying taught these people a lesson with the most vicious trick.He first ordered people to search around the palace with great fanfare, creating a terrifying atmosphere and putting them under ideological pressure.Then, relying on the advantage of more opportunities to get in touch with the Empress Dowager Cixi, he reported that some of the eunuchs were found to be in poor health, and they might cause trouble in the harem. He suggested that the Empress Dowager Cixi order someone to have their bodies checked.

Cixi did not believe that such a thing would happen, but Li Lianying said that most of the eunuchs were young when they entered the palace, so it was difficult to confirm that they would be completely purified.Cixi did not dare to be careless about this, so she ordered Li Lianying to be in charge of the inspection.If you do, you must purify yourself a second time. What Li Lianying wanted was this oral order from Cixi. With this sentence, it would be much more convenient for him to act.Soon, Li Lianying personally went to Bi's house in the accountant's alley on Nanchang Street, found Bi Wu, and gave Bi Wu a list of eunuchs who had always had trouble with her, asking him to find fault with these people and clean himself up again.

Before Li Lianying entered the palace, she had purified herself at Bi Wu's house. Since Li Lianying gained power, Bi Wu had been more loyal to Li Lianying, otherwise they would not have sent children to the palace.Therefore, they tried their best to meet all Li Lianying's requests, and this time was no exception. After Li Lianying made arrangements at Bi Wu's house, he went back to the palace and called the eunuchs who he thought were often complaining to him into his room, and told them that the Empress Dowager Cixi thought that they hadn't completely purified themselves when they entered the palace and needed to Check again, and then decide whether to move the knife a second time.

These people have all come here and know what it's like, so of course they don't want to experience that pain again.They also understood that Li Lianying was using Empress Dowager Cixi's hands to punish them.But after all, there was the queen mother's order, so he couldn't resist, so he had to go to Biwu's house for inspection.Bi Wu had already received Li Lianying's instruction that no matter who came, he would give them another knife. Firstly, these eunuchs were old, and secondly, they were really unprepared to be stabbed again. Many of them lost their ability to work and had to apply to leave the palace, and they were completely kicked out.Li Lianying adopts a policy of suppressing those who oppose her, and the obvious result is the fate of violating him.

There is an old eunuch Zhang Quan who does odd jobs in the Summer Palace. He is a fellow of Li Lianying. Because he is too honest, he has never developed.Once there was a flood in his hometown, and his relative Xiaoliuzi had nowhere to find food, so he entered the palace and went to Zhang Quan.Zhang Quan had no time to take care of himself, so he had no choice but to recommend him to Li Lianying.Li Lianying didn't want to refute her face, so she took her in. The little six had just entered the palace and fell ill because they couldn't adapt to the life in the palace. Li Lianying pretended to send four pills in order to test Zhang Quan's loyalty to him.Unexpectedly, Zhang Quan found out that the pill was expired and bad, so he threw it away in front of the little eunuch who delivered the medicine in a fit of anger. His actions caused a fatal disaster.The little eunuch who delivered the medicine returned everything to Li Lianying, and Li Lianying was very dissatisfied.Li Lianying decided to let Zhang Quan see his methods.

Li Lianying went to Le Shoutang to complain to Cixi, saying that a new eunuch named Xiaoliuzi didn't understand the rules and etiquette at all. Originally, it was nothing. I was sick, and I still refused to be disciplined, which was very annoying. Cixi is worrying about Japan and Russia going to war in the northeast these days.Because the northeast is where the mausoleum of the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty is located.Hearing what Li Lianying said, she happened to fall asleep and hit the pillow, which gave her an outlet to vent.So, two eunuchs were ordered to find Xiaoliuzi.At this time, Xiaoliuzi had just entered the palace, hadn't learned etiquette, and his limbs were weak, so he couldn't maintain a correct kneeling posture in front of Cixi.Cixi saw that Xiaoliuzi really had no rules, and immediately ordered him to be punished eighty times.

There were many methods of punishing eunuchs in the Qing palace, among which there were two kinds of criminal laws for beating eunuchs, one was rod punishment and the other was board punishment.During the execution, the number was reported while typing.The eunuch who is being punished can't act like a tough guy and keep silent. He must be beaten while begging for mercy.Otherwise, they will be suspected of disobeying discipline, and the crime will be increased, and the torture will continue until they are forgiven. Little Six just entered the palace not long ago, no one told him this.So, when the call got urgent, the little six sons yelled at Cixi and Li Lianying, saying that both Cixi and Li Lianying would die and be bombarded by thunder.

Seeing that a little eunuch dared to insult her, Cixi ordered him to be executed immediately.Xiaoliuzi was killed for insulting Cixi, but after all, it was Li Lianying's obstruction, which can be regarded as Li Lianying's crime.