The god before the advent of monotheism, or the god of ancient Lianghe and ancient Egypt, was not an all-powerful god, but a god of limited power, or even an incompetent god. Man's obedience, worship and prayer to God are not infinite, but more to help him, to help God to do things, to enhance God's power and energy.

The gods of the ancient two rivers and Egypt are some nature gods, ecological gods, and these gods are related to the natural cycle, the ecological cycle, and then the harvest of food.

There are three main categories, the sun god, the plant god, and the animal god.

In fact, the ancient two rivers and Egyptians did not focus on the sun itself, the plants themselves, and the living organisms themselves, but with a more intrinsic force, the power that supports the normal germination and growth of plants every year, which may as well be called "ecological force".

The reason why we should pay attention to this "ecological force" is very simple, because this ecological force is directly related to the availability and lack of food.

Once this ecological force disappears, or weakens, wheat as a plant will not grow normally, the ancient West Asians will not be able to harvest enough wheat, they will go hungry, and even the whole society will face an existential crisis.

In the view of the ancient Asians, survival depends on food, and food depends on "ecological forces", and the sun, plants, and living tools are all related to ecological forces.

Then the original intention of worshipping the sun god, the plant god, and the animal god is not in these gods themselves, but in the ecological power contained in them; Even the original intention of worshipping ecological forces is not in ecological forces, but in food, food that can sustain their own basic survival.

Since the growth cycle of the plant is synchronized with the north-south movement of the sun, it is synchronized in time.

The north-south movement of the sun creates a change in the seasons, and plants grow in spring, grow in summer, harvest in autumn, and store in winter.

It was on the basis of this simultaneity that the ancient Asians established a link between ecological forces and the sun.

Then, they constructed the sun god, and believed that through sacrificial rituals, the power of the sun could be enhanced, and the power of ecology could be enhanced, which in turn would promote the normal growth of plants, ensure the harvest of wheat, and ultimately ensure the supply of food.

It is easier to understand the connection between the plant itself and the ecological force, because the plant germinates and grows directly under the support of the ecological force. The West Asians also constructed plant gods and developed corresponding sacrificial rituals to help plant gods carry out normal growth cycles through these rituals.

If it is easy to understand the connection between the sun, plants and ecological forces, and thus with food, it is difficult to understand the connection between living organisms and ecological forces and food.

As a result, later generations, especially contemporary people, have many misunderstandings about the worship of living objects.

A typical misconception is that it is associated with sex and sexual function, and it is said to be a sex cult.

And interpret it as a fertility cult, in order to want to have more children.

The initiator of this interpretation was Freud.

In fact, the worship of living utensils is the same as the worship of the sun god and the worship of the plant god, and it is still a kind of ecological worship and food worship.

Modern people see the image of the god of living weapons, and think of sex, sex, or giving birth to children, while ancient people see the god of living weapons, they think of the ecological power to ensure the supply of food.

The connection between the living and ecological forces is based on a principle of similarity. The gestation, birth, and growth of a child are similar to the fruiting, germination, and growth of a plant.

As a result, the ancient Siadians believed that there was a correlation between human beings and ecological forces, and constructed the god of living tools and developed corresponding sacrificial rituals.

They believed that through these sacrifices, the power of the living vessels and the ecological power contained in them would be enhanced, which in turn would promote the growth of plants and ultimately ensure the abundance of food.

Emasculation is a sacrificial act, castrating one's own animal and offering it to the god of life, which can enhance the power of the god of life, and then enhance the power of ecological power, and then ensure the normal growth of plants, so as to ensure the food supply of the society.

At this point, it is revealed why the eunuch sacrifice has to castrate the living utensils.

So when did the eunuch sacrifice originate, there is also no direct evidence on this question, but there is reliable indirect evidence.

From this evidence, it is possible to speculate on the time of the appearance of sacrifices and gods, and the time of the appearance of professional priests.

Excavate the ruins of early human settlements, and speculate on the state of civilization and mental thinking at that time by studying houses and cemeteries.

Through such archaeology, it can be found that around 9,500 B.C., that is, before 11,500 years ago, a type of room now known as the "sacrificial chamber" appeared in ancient Western Asia.

The "sacrificial chamber" is a place dedicated to the holding of sacrificial ceremonies, which is the predecessor of the later temple, and of course the predecessor of all specialized religious buildings and places, including the Christian churches of later generations and the mosques of the Christians.

The existence of a "sacrificial chamber" dedicated to the sacrificial ceremony means that there is already a god at this time.

There is also a god of living weapons.

Around the same time, a clay statue of a man was discovered, which was naked and highlighted by his living vessels.

This is the image of the early artifact god.

Later, the image of the god of living weapons was only living tools.

Such a god of life, as well as the sacrificial rituals, still existed in many countries in later generations.

Around 4500 B.C., the ancient Lianghe civilization entered a period of "Obaid culture".

During this period, there was a larger, more structurally and more complex religious building than the sacrificial chamber, which was the temple.

Such temples had special rooms for people, and the people who lived in the rooms were professional priests.

So, the appearance of professional priests is around 4500 B.C.

The appearance of the god of living weapons was 11,500 years ago, and the appearance of professional priests was 6,500 years ago, so the appearance of eunuch priests should be when? To determine this, it is necessary to determine when the sacrificial act of castration was developed.

A reasonable assumption is that it should appear with the god of living weapons.

However, it may be used seldom and only when there is a serious threat.

After the advent of the professional priesthood, some priests voluntarily offered their belongings to God as a sign of their devotion and devotion.

In this way, the sacrificial act of the castration becomes a regular thing.

Therefore, it is reasonable to speculate that the act of voluntary castration, that is, the appearance of the palace, can be traced back to 11,500 years ago.

And the self-palace became an institutional, routine thing, which probably happened 6,500 years ago.

Therefore, Wei Bao felt that eunuchs should have originated in primitive society, not Xia, Shang and Zhou, not the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, but earlier.

In ancient times, there were many criminal laws that were very scary, such as cutting off noses, ears, hands, heads, and eyes.

Since other parts of the body can be cut, then the same piece can of course also be cut, that is, the eunuch originated from the punishment, and after the punishment, he had to be a slave, and the lack of hands and feet was too scary due to the lack of nose, ears, and eyes, and the face was too scary, so only the person who was punished by the palace best met the slave standard, in other words, the group of eunuchs must have been produced with slavery.

The two tribes were at war with each other, and the defeated tribesmen became slaves in order to prevent the defeated tribes from rebelling.

The best thing to do is to keep them from having offspring. Cutters.

Later, it slowly evolved, as long as there is a slave system, there will be eunuchs, after all, the management of slaves is chaotic, if there is a beautiful female slave who is subordinated to the male **, and does not let the slave owner do anything, the slave owner is unhappy, and the slave will be castrated.

Therefore, every country will have eunuchs, and many slaves in the Roman Empire were also eunuchs, but only a large number of eunuchs in China have existed in modern times.

Eunuchs and the like were called in different dynasties.

Eunuchs come from a variety of sources, including orphans who have been sold since childhood, teenagers who are forced to make ends meet, prisoners of war, and even uncles who are trying to avoid gambling debts, such as the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, who are basically from the bottom of society.

Once such a person gains power, it is inevitable that he will be psychopathic and take revenge on society.

Of course, there is an exception to everything, Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty improved papermaking, and Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty made seven trips to the West to contribute to the prosperity of Chinese culture.

"Everyone sits inside, and listens to the old slave's punishment in foreign affairs", this sentence is undoubtedly the most awesome sentence said by the eunuchs that have been handed down, but there are even more awesome things that eunuchs do.

This sentence was said by the Tang Dynasty eunuch Li Fuguo to the Tang Dynasty Zong.

"Everyone" is the name of the close minister to the emperor.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs were so powerful that they could even support and kill the emperor.

Wei Bao was very confused when he saw these introductions at that time, even if the eunuch killed the emperor, why should the military general of the Chinese courtier Bian Guan obey the orders of a eunuch?

Later, Wei Bao read some relevant information and learned that although many emperors in the late Tang Dynasty were deposed and assassinated, eunuchs were indeed involved, but the mastermind behind them was the royal clan vying for the throne, but they themselves were embarrassed to come forward and let the eunuchs act as white gloves.

In the year when Li Fuguo said those words, he was dismissed and killed by Daizong.

The famous manna change, Tang Wenzong, Li Xun, and Zheng Zhu murdered the eunuch Qiu Shiliang to death.

Helplessly, Li Xun was greedy for merit, and was noticed by Qiu Shiliang, who preemptively slaughtered more than 600 courtiers.

But Wenzong did not lose power, but he himself had no mental politics, and his two sons died of illness, and after he was seriously ill, he was depressed and sighed all day long, comparing himself to Zhou Yun Hanxian.

After Wuzong ascended the throne, he took down Qiu Shiliang and killed him.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty is similar to the Ming Dynasty, both of which are changed by changing the emperor and changing the power of the prisoner, and at most they have the merit of supporting.

It is not a pity that the eunuchs who play with power tricks die, but the fate of more eunuchs is tragic.

From the first day they were castrated, they were unlucky.

The daily work and life in the palace is to do hard labor on errands, and not necessarily every eunuch is keen on the palace struggle, and whoever becomes the emperor is still brushing the toilet here.

Many people will never see the emperor for the rest of their lives, let alone soar.

The emperor must not dare to fully trust the civil and military officials, so naturally, he needs to release the vicious dogs around him to intimidate and bite everyone who makes him feel threatened.

Some eunuchs can live a long time if they judge the situation and do things in a high-profile manner and be low-key, while some eunuchs swell up and can't recognize their identities, and the end is very miserable.

There are three eunuchs in Chinese history who have reached the pinnacle of their lives.

They were Zongai of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Li Fuguo of the Tang Dynasty and Tong Guan of the Song Dynasty.

There is also Cao Pi abolished the Han Dynasty and posthumously crowned Cao Teng as Emperor Gao.

Cao Teng was supposed to be the only eunuch emperor in China.

These strange things are just the personal expansion of eunuchs, and the more they go on, the entire group of eunuchs swells.

The group of eunuchs swelled to the extreme during the Ming Dynasty.

They control the secret service agencies in the east and west, and can bypass the state judicial organs and directly carry out criminal investigation and arrest.

There are also mine supervisors and tax supervisors sent to various places, wars and supervising the army, etc., eunuchs are really everywhere and pervasive.

Nearly two thousand years have passed since the Qin Dynasty swept Liuhe to the Ming Dynasty, during which the imperial power fell countless times, so that the emperor wanted to use the courtiers but did not dare to fully trust the courtiers.

So what to do? Set up a team of personal thugs loyal to the emperor.

In other words, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty directly made public and institutionalized the use of eunuchs as white gloves by the emperors of the previous dynasties, which also shows the unprecedented strengthening of the autocratic centralization of power by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

It is also reasonable to say that the Ming Dynasty died in Chongzhen and killed Wei Zhongxian.

At that time, it was at the time of the country's survival, the government's finances were tight, Chongzhen called on hundreds of officials to donate, and there were no thugs to help him supervise and whip the ministers, and the hypocritical and greedy Donglin Party was willing to donate a tael of silver.

It's not necessarily the good people who fight the bad guys, they can be the worse guys.

The eunuch system itself is also a process of continuous improvement.

If the emperor is eloquent and has a long life, the eunuchs often do nothing; If the emperor is mediocre and content with pleasure, he needs to rely on others to do some dirty work.

The emperor first relied on the empress, the empress dowager and the group of relatives, but these people were always not easy to use, and they might be controlled by them, and the low-status and obedient eunuchs were undoubtedly the best choice.

The secretary of the first leader dares to on the head of the second in command, and the emperor is not afraid that the eunuchs will do evil outside, because the worse it is, the more people will be offended, and the more convenient it will be to clean up.

Most of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty lived a long life and were diligent, and set up institutions to tame their courtiers, such as the South Study and the Military Aircraft Department, and the emperor's autocratic centralization reached its peak.

Naturally, the eunuchs' thug function was no longer needed, and at the same time, the Qing Dynasty also learned from the lessons of the previous dynasty and designed a strict system to prevent eunuchs from abusing their power, making them more of an errand boy in the palace.

The reason why the reputation of eunuchs is so bad is mainly due to the fact that literati and scholars and historians are venerable.

They didn't dare to scold the emperor and scolded the eunuch, but if they couldn't get the eunuch, they wrote poems and books to stink him.

Ordinary people also like to see the affairs and intrigues of the harem and the power struggle in the court, and the eunuch is undoubtedly the best entry point and the best negative teaching material.

Eunuchs are a special group of people at the bottom of society.

They are the emperor's hounds to contain civil and military officials, the tools of the imperial family to fight for power and profit, and the slaves who serve the feces and urine for the concubines.

Wei Bao saw that Wang Tiqian was such a mentality, he was respectful on the surface, but he was very afraid in his heart, and he didn't know what perverted things these eunuchs who were very kind on the surface would suddenly do.

"I am grateful to my uncle for his concern for me, but I am really not as powerful as my uncle thinks, I am just a simple person, I want to do something for the court, but I am more afraid of death. If you have a chance, you can do some, if you don't have a chance, you can only save your life first. Wei Bao said weakly, looking timid and afraid of death.

Wang Tiqian glanced at Wei Bao deeply, trying to distinguish whether Wei Bao was telling the truth or falsehood.

"Xiaobao, you are in front of me, there is no need to hide it, the reason why I came to talk to you alone is to hear you open your heart." Wang Tiqian said: "With your current age, it is absolutely impossible to enter the cabinet, you are still too young, it is even more impossible to be the first assistant, at least you must enter the cabinet after the age of thirty, and it is good to be the first assistant before the age of forty." But that doesn't stop you from taking power now, as long as you start fighting him now! You are on your side, his side, and Donglin's side, you can either press him or Donglin, and you can naturally be greatly appreciated by Your Majesty, and you can also help Your Majesty share your worries. ”

Although he came to talk about cooperating with Wei Bao and fighting against Wei Zhongxian together, Wang Tiqian could see that he was still very afraid of Wei Zhongxian, and even if he talked to Wei Bao in private, he didn't dare to call Wei Zhongxian's name directly.

Wei Bao thought for a while and said: "Uncle, in front of you, I won't hide it, although Father-in-law Wei is too domineering in many things, but it is not bad for me, I can be knighted, and I can be a member of the third rank at the age of fifteen, and Father-in-law Wei has made great efforts." I can't fight him, it's forgetting my roots, and I'll be criticized. Secondly, the relationship between His Majesty and Mrs. Fengsheng and Gonggong Wei must be seen more clearly than I am, and their relationship is unbreakable. Your Majesty has a deep affection for Empress Zhang and his brother King Xin, and he may maintain it more, but it may not be true for people like us, precisely because my father-in-law is a British duke, so I have to be more cautious in doing things, and I can't affect my father-in-law's family. ”

"Xiaobao, how can you think that?" Wang Tiqian sighed and said, "You gave him silver, and he helped you, isn't it a normal thing?" On this note, who's to say you forget your roots? He is ruthless, if you don't have His Majesty's favor and the British Mansion as a backer, you really should offend his people, how many can die well? Now is your great opportunity, once Your Majesty entrusts you with what you have requested, your power will be greatly increased, and you will be able to fight against him, and from now on, your power will be able to share the world with his power in the court and the people of Donglin. ”

Wei Bao was taken aback by Wang Tiqian, and hurriedly said, "Uncle, don't scare me anymore, I'm cowardly." I advise you not to offend Grandpa Wei lightly, if you come to me by yourself today and don't inform Grandpa Wei in advance, I advise you to think of a proper excuse, otherwise, Grandpa Wei is very suspicious, once you doubt you, I'm afraid you can't stand it. ”

"Xiaobao, Xiaobao, I owe it to you that you are a masterpiece of the world, courageous and knowledgeable, brave and strategic, everything is in calculation, but I didn't expect that your vision is so short-sighted, and your courage is so small. He must have known about it this time, and since I dared to come openly, I was not afraid! This is such a good opportunity, if I shrink back again, I dare not act. I'm afraid I'll never be able to look down on myself. Wang Tiqian said a little bit of gritted teeth.