There are two modes from ancient times to the present:
One is that the emperor and the literati rule the world together
One is that the emperor and eunuchs rule the world together
Most of the scholars entered the court as officials through the imperial examination.
Today, they are top students graduating from Tsinghua University and Peking University.
Starting from township and county cadres, these people are educated and capable;
Most eunuchs were slaves serving the royal family.
This kind of person is incompetent, doesn't know how to govern a country, and can only lick ass
Because of the close relationship with the royal family, it is easy to be "re-employed"
Eunuchs are not necessarily eunuchs.
Large-scale castration began in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Through history we can find a pattern:
The period when the emperor and the literati ruled the country together was generally peaceful and prosperous.
And the dynasty in which the emperor relies heavily on eunuchs will soon be replaced by another dynasty.
For example, during the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang did not like eunuchs. He valued scholars and officials. As a result, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuch group rose to prominence. Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang, and even Cao Cao's grandfather were all eunuchs. Soon, the Three Kingdoms emerged in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang did not trust eunuchs and never used them. As a result, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the East and West Factories, which were controlled by eunuchs, emerged. Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, who were powerless and harmed the country, led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty, with the experience of previous generations, formulated a strict policy of "eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics". The previous emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng implemented it well, but in the Cixi era, there were still people like An Dehai and Li Lianying...
Therefore, the three forces of the emperor, the literati, and the eunuchs
The basic structure of traditional historical political competition
Just like the blockchain triangle paradox
Source: Internet