Li Lianying's real photos were exposed: her face was full of pustules and her face was ruthless, why did she only win the favor of Empress Dowager Cixi?李莲英真实照片曝光：满脸脓包，面相阴狠，为何却独得慈禧恩宠？

 Li Lianying's real photos were exposed: her face was full of pustules and her face was ruthless, why did she only win the favor of Empress Dowager Cixi?

Speaking of the celebrities around the Empress Dowager Cixi, besides Li Hongzhang, Li Lianying, the chief eunuch. He accompanied the Empress Dowager Cixi for 53 years, and was highly regarded by the Empress Dowager Cixi. He was the most powerful eunuch in the late Qing Dynasty. For him, the Empress Dowager Cixi even broke the royal ancestral system that "eunuch ranks are limited to the fourth rank" and named him the chief eunuch of the second rank. But after the real photos of Li Lianying were exposed, many people were very curious. How did such a "pushy face and gloomy face" eunuch win the favor of Empress Dowager Cixi alone? Let me introduce it to you today.

Li Lianying enters the palace

Li Lianying, formerly known as Li Jinxi, was born in Dacheng County, Shuntian Prefecture. His father was originally a vagrant, but later he often helped a distant uncle who had no children. He was adopted as an adopted son, and only then did he get a wife. Li Lianying has four brothers in total, and he is the second eldest. Due to the family's financial difficulties, he was sent to Prince Zheng's Duanhua Mansion as an eunuch. Later, under the introduction of Shen Lanyu, a eunuch from the same village, he entered the palace as an errand.

When he first entered the palace, Li Lianying didn't have the chance to meet Cixi. He worked successively at the memorial office and Jingren Palace on East Road. Later, when Cixi's hair-combing eunuch retired, Li Lianying had the opportunity to serve Cixi. Originally, it was an old eunuch who combed Cixi's hair, surnamed Liu, who was not only gentle and polite, but also had a cheerful smile on everyone he saw.

The court ladies were very kind to him, and they would borrow needles and threads from him whenever they were short of needles and threads. The court ladies respected him, greeted him when they met, and asked auspicious words, and Eunuch Liu would return the greetings. Cixi knew that eunuch Liu was popular, so he asked him to go down to find a maid to make tea. But eunuch Liu never takes credit for himself, the more favored the queen mother is, the more low-key he is. This is also the reason why he can stay with the Empress Dowager Cixi all the time.

From Eunuch Liu, Li Lianying learned the rules of court survival. After Eunuch Liu retired, he became Empress Dowager Cixi's hair-combing eunuch by virtue of his excellent hair-combing skills. And as Cixi's trust in him deepened, Li Lianying's status in the palace also rose. In the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, Li Lianying became the chief eunuch in charge of the Chuxiu Palace. He was only 26 years old at this time. Under normal circumstances, this position requires 30 years of service in the palace to be eligible.

Reasons why Li Lianying was favored

But Li Lianying was not overwhelmed by joy, because before him, An Dehai was also very favored. Because An Dehai failed to straighten out the relationship between master and slave and was too arrogant, Ding Baozhen, governor of Shandong, beheaded him. From the An Dehai incident, he had learned a lesson. That is, we must put ourselves in a correct position, and don't use the power of the old lady to pretend to be powerful. So when Cixi sent him to inspect the Beiyang Navy with Prince Jin, he not only dressed plainly, served Prince Jin saddle-backed, but also refused officials to visit. So much so that the censor Zhu Yixin wanted to criticize Li Lianying but could not find any evidence.

The reason why Cixi has kept Li Lianying by her side for more than 50 years is that, in addition to being obedient and sensible, and having the unique skill of combing hair with one hand, it is also because of his high emotional intelligence, which has helped Cixi resolve embarrassments several times.

For example, once Peking opera actor Yang Xiaolou wanted to ask Empress Dowager Cixi to give her a blessing after her performance. As a result, Cixi's blessing was written a little more, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while. At this time, Li Lianying came out to smooth things over: "Lafayette's blessings are a little more than anyone else in the world!" Yang Xiaolou also borrowed the slope to go down the donkey and said: "Lafayette's blessings are more than that of anyone in the world!" Fu, how dare a slave accept it!" Cixi said smoothly, "Then I will write to you next time!"

And such examples are too numerous to enumerate. Li Lianying was by Cixi's side and helped her solve many problems. Therefore, over the past few decades, the people around Cixi have changed one after another, but Li Lianying has never left. This has nothing to do with Li Lianying's appearance, what Cixi cares more about is her understanding. According to the "Late Qing Court Life Experience", Cixi in her later years, "three meals a day, morning and evening, they both sent eunuchs or greeted each other face to face." At this time, Cixi and Li Lianying were no longer masters and servants, but Meet friends who have known each other for many years. If it was a real friend, would you think he was ugly?

This society has been a "society based on faces" from ancient times to the present. Take the Qing Dynasty as an example. The standards for selecting and selecting officials during the Qing Dynasty were extremely strict.

In feudal society, the selection of officials has always been based on "body, speech, writing, and judgment" as the primary conditions.

The so-called "body" refers to a person's appearance and body shape. If you want to be an official, at least your facial features must be correct, and your appearance must not be distorted.

Eunuch Li Lianying, as the celebrity in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, not to mention the dignified appearance and majestic facial features, at least the facial features should be correct.

But judging from the photos, Li Lianying is a pussy-faced, ugly, disgusting, wretched person. This subversion of people's cognition is inseparable from Li Lianying's own ability.

Li Lianying's Promotion

Li Lianying, formerly known as Li Jinxi, was the second child in her family. Because her parents were heavily in debt, she had to sell herself into the palace and become a eunuch.

After entering the palace for fourteen years, through various chances and coincidences, he came to Cixi's side. Because Cixi thought his name was too vulgar and rustic, she named him Li Lianying.

At this time, Li Lianying was just an inconspicuous little eunuch next to Cixi, and An Dehai was the big celebrity next to Cixi.

An Dehai acted as the contact person between the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces and Prince Gong. Because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted to be the chief eunuch.

But An Dehai knew too many secrets, and later sentenced him to death for being too arrogant and shameless.

Finally, An Dehai's head fell to the ground and his body was separated.

From this, Li Lianying understood that there was an insurmountable gap between the master and the slave, and learning to correct the relationship between the slave and the master was the most important thing.

The epitaph said that he was "respectful in everything and lenient in everything. If he has years, he will not slack." This is probably the secret of his ability to reach the second rank.

Li Lianying's wisdom can be reflected in many places.

The discord between Cixi and Guangxu is well known, but he was able to please both sides.

On the way back to Beijing after Cixi and others escaped, the conditions were not good. Cixi's residence was extravagant and gorgeous, but Guangxu's residence was difficult to keep warm. After learning about it, Li Lianying hurriedly pleaded guilty to Guangxu, and donated her bedding to Guangxu for use.

Empress Guangxu once said: "Without Li Anda, I would not be alive today." Guangxu respected him very much, and Cixi also trusted and loved him when he came to recall the suffering of fleeing west. Li Lianying is really a god-man.

Li Lianying was able to win Cixi's favor at first because of his skillful hands.

Skillful Li Lianying

No woman can deny beauty. As the most honorable woman in the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Cixi would never allow herself to appear unkempt in front of everyone every day, so it is particularly important to groom and groom carefully every day.

One day by chance, Li Lianying happened to be combing Cixi's hair. His movements were gentle but full of rhythm. After combing her hair neatly, Cixi was surprised to find that none of her hair had fallen out, unlike those clumsy little girls. Eunuch, every time you comb your head, you want to pluck your hair out.

Cixi asked Li Lianying curiously: "How can your hands be so skillful that you comb my hair without losing a single strand?"

Li Lianying replied respectfully: "Of course, your hair grows well, ma'am. Besides, how could Lafayette lose his hair?"

Cixi was immediately elated, and coupled with Li Lianying's various deeds afterwards, Li Lianying gradually became Cixi's personal eunuch.

But is it true that Li Lianying's dexterity can keep Cixi from losing her hair? actually not.

Li Lianying is a very wise man. The clothes he wore when he combed Cixi's hair were special clothes, and he sewed cat fur on the cuffs of the clothes.

We all know that cat hair has a strong adsorption effect. Even if Empress Dowager Cixi loses her hair, it can still attach to the cat hair during the movement. It looks like a single hair has not fallen out, which is really seamless.

It is worth mentioning that calling Cixi "Lafayette" began with Li Lianying. The term "Lafayette" accurately reflects Cixi's dignity and uniqueness as the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty.

It can be seen from this that Li Lianying's tongue is also very clever, she can speak well, and she is also very good at dealing with her boss.

Because of Cixi's favor, Li Lianying also suffered disasters.

Some people said that he "intervened in the government and planted private parties", that he had power in the government and the public, and accepted bribes. As long as he trusted him, he could easily become a high-ranking official.

In 1886, Cixi sent Prince Chun, who was Guangxu's biological father, to inspect the Beiyang Navy. According to etiquette, eunuchs were required to accompany him.

Because Prince Chun wanted to reduce the suspicion of Lafayette Cixi, he asked Li Lianying to accompany him.

At this time, there were many rumors about Li Lianying in the court, and an official named Zhu Yixin even impeached him, saying that he would accept bribes.

Every day he accompanied Prince Jin to travel, he dressed simply, kept his posture extremely low, and when he returned to his residence, he did not see outsiders, acting extremely low-key.

In the end, there was no substantive evidence to prove that Li Lianying had committed the above crimes, and Lafayette trusted him very much, so he demoted Zhu Yixin from the censor to the master.

Greedy Li Lianying

In fact, Li Lianying was indeed guilty of forming a party for personal gain, but he was too cautious before, so it was difficult to find out.

Perhaps Cixi's love for Li Lianying was too much, and Li Lianying's heart gradually grew bigger. He started not to hide it.

The Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Beijing, and Cixi and others fled westward. On the way to escape, Cixi's ostentation became more and more serious.

At the time of purchasing, the little eunuchs with some power needed dozens of silver to send them away. As the chief eunuch, Li Lianying, the filial piety was not worth a hundred taels.

Cixi condoned this very much. She thought it was a trivial matter for eunuchs to be greedy for money. The first task was to serve her well, and nothing else was important.

This also gradually magnified Li Lianying's ambitions, and the real gold, silver, and antique paintings that converged on him were innumerable.

Conclusion:

Wool comes from sheep, and figures of the feudal ruling class, such as Cixi, lie on the bodies of ordinary people to suck blood, sacrificing the most simple ordinary people one by one, feeding their increasingly greedy hearts and gluttonous stomachs.

When experts excavated Li Lianying's tomb, they found that Li Lianying's death was strange, and only the head remained in Li Lianying's tomb. Maybe it was being hunted down by the enemy, or maybe it was a serious illness, the real reason is already unknown.

Indulging eunuchs to run rampant, it can be seen that the demise of the Qing Dynasty is inevitable. The ending of Li Lianying's untimely death is also inevitable.

Li Lianying is a sad person. Because he was the second son, he was not favored very much. He stayed away from his parents and family when he was young, and entered the place where people cannibalized.

There are many cases around him of losing his head accidentally, and he has to be careful at every step. He has to learn to please, learn to frame, and learn to stand out.

After grasping the beauty of power step by step, he couldn't let go. Unexpectedly, behind him was an abyss full of bones and eternal doom. He couldn't shrink back, he could only expand more and more. Unexpectedly, there is also an abyss ahead, he fell, and he will never recover, and the cause of death is unknown.

李莲英真实照片曝光：满脸脓包，面相阴狠，为何却独得慈禧恩宠？

要说起慈禧太后身边的红人，除了李鸿章之外，就是总管太监李莲英了。他陪伴慈禧太后长达53年的时间，深得慈禧太后器重，是清末最有权势的宦官。为了他，慈禧太后甚至打破“太监品级以四品为限”的皇家祖制，封他为正二品总管太监。但李莲英的真实照片曝光后，很多人却大感好奇，这样一个“满脸脓包、面相阴沉”的太监，是如何独得慈禧恩宠的呢?今天就来给大家介绍一下。

李莲英进宫

李莲英，原名李进喜，出生在顺天府大城县。他父亲本是一个无业游民，后来经常帮一个没有子女的远房叔叔干活，被收为养子，才讨得一房媳妇。李莲英共有兄弟四人，他排行老二。由于家里经济困难，就将他送到了郑亲王端华府当太监。后来在同乡太监沈兰玉的介绍下，进了宫里当差。

一开始进宫，李莲英也没机会见到慈禧，他先后在奏事处和东路景仁宫当差。后来是慈禧的梳头太监退休，李莲英才有了伺候慈禧的机会。原先给慈禧梳头的是一位老太监，姓刘，不仅为人温和、有礼貌，而且见谁都是乐呵呵的一张笑脸。

宫女们见他都很亲切，每当缺少针线，就会向他借。宫女们尊敬他，见面请个安，问句吉祥，刘太监都会回礼。慈禧知道刘太监人缘好，便让他下去找宫女沏茶喝。而刘太监从不居功自傲，太后越宠信，他为人越低调。这也是他能一直待在慈禧太后身边的原因。

从刘太监的身上，李莲英学会了宫廷求生法则。刘太监退休后，他便凭借一手出色的梳头技艺，成为慈禧御用的梳头太监。而随着慈禧对他信任的加深，李莲英在宫中的地位也水涨船高。同治十三年，李莲英便出任了储秀宫掌案首领大太监，此时的他年仅26岁。一般情况下，这个职务需要在宫中服役满30年才有资格担任。

李莲英受恩宠的原因

但李莲英并没有被喜悦冲昏头脑，因为在他之前，安德海也很受宠。因安德海没有摆正主子与奴才之间的关系，过分狂妄，被山东巡抚丁宝桢砍了脑袋。从安德海的事件上，他吸取了教训。那就是一定要摆正自己的位置，不要利用老太后的权势狐假虎威。所以当慈禧派他随醇亲王去巡阅北洋海军时，他不仅穿着朴实，鞍前马后地伺候醇亲王，而且谢绝官员拜访。以至于监察御史朱一新想抨击李莲英都找不到证据。

而慈禧之所以将李莲英留在身边50多年，除了听话懂事，有一手梳头的绝活外，还在于他的高情商，数次帮慈禧化解尴尬。

比如有一次京剧演员杨小楼表演结束后，想请慈禧赐个福字。结果慈禧的福字却多写了一点，场面一度很尴尬。就在这时候，李莲英出来打圆场：“老佛爷之福，比世上任何人都要多出一‘点’呀!”杨小楼也借坡下驴道：“老佛爷福多，这万人之上之福，奴才怎么敢领呢!”慈禧顺水推舟地说：“那我就下次再给你写吧!”

而这样的例子，不胜枚举。李莲英在慈禧身边，帮她解决了很多难题。因此，几十年来，慈禧身边的人换了一茬又一茬，但李莲英却始终不曾离去。这和李莲英的相貌无关，慈禧更看中的是对她的理解。据《晚清宫廷生活见闻》记载，慈禧到了晚年，“每天三顿饭，早晚起居，他俩都互派太监或当面问候。”此时的慈禧与李莲英，已经不再是主仆，而是相遇相知多年的挚友。如果是真正的朋友，你会嫌他丑么?

这个社会从古至今一直是一个“看脸的社会”。就拿清朝来说，清朝时期的选拔和选拔官员的标准是异常严格的。

在封建社会，官员的选拔一向以“身、言、书、判”为首要条件。

所谓“身”，就指一个人的外貌和体型，想要当上官员，至少得五官端正，不能长相扭曲。

太监李莲英作为慈禧太后跟前的红人，不说仪表堂堂五官威风帅气，至少也要五官端正吧。

可是根据照片来看，李莲英却是一个满脸脓包奇丑恶心、形容猥琐之人。这样颠覆人们认知的事情，和李莲英的自身本领离不开干系。

李莲英升职记

李莲英原名李进喜，家中排行老二，由于父母做生意负债累累，不得已卖身进宫成了一位太监。

进宫十四年之后，通过种种机缘巧合，他来到了慈禧身边。由于慈禧嫌他名字过于粗鄙土气，便赐他名为李莲英。

此时李莲英只是慈禧身边的一位不起眼的小太监，安德海才是慈禧身边的大红人。

两宫太后和恭亲王之间由安德海充当联系人，由于他表现的十分出色，就升官当了总管大太监。

可是安德海知晓的秘密实在是太多了，后来便以他过于张狂无状的名目，给他判了死刑。

安德海最终脑袋落了地，尸首分离。

李莲英就此明白了主子和奴才之间有着不可逾越的鸿沟，学会摆正奴才和主子之间的关系是重中之重。

墓志铭中说他“事上以敬，事下以宽，如是有年，未尝稍懈。”这大概就是他能官至二品的秘诀吧。

李莲英的智慧从很多地方能够体现出来。

慈禧和光绪之间的不和睦众人皆知，但他却能做到两面讨好、八面玲珑。

慈禧等人出逃后返京途中，条件并不算好，慈禧的住处铺张华丽，光绪的住处却连保暖都难以实现。李莲英得知后赶紧向光绪请罪，并将自己的铺盖赠予光绪使用。

光绪后曾说：“若无李安达，我活不到今天。”光绪对他尊敬有加，慈禧也来回忆西逃的苦楚时对他信任宠爱，李莲英真乃神人也。

李莲英能获得慈禧的宠爱，最开始还是因为他有一双巧手。

巧手李莲英

没有哪个女人能拒绝美丽。身为大清国最尊贵的女人，慈禧太后绝对不会允许自己每天蓬头垢面地出现在众人眼前，每日精心地梳洗打扮显得尤为重要。

偶然的一天，正赶上李莲英为慈禧梳头，他的动作轻柔却又充满着节奏，将头发梳得齐整之后，慈禧惊奇地发现，她的头发竟然一根未掉，不像那些个粗笨的小太监，每次梳头像是要将头发薅光。

慈禧好奇地问李莲英：“你的手怎会如此的巧，为我梳头竟然未掉一根发丝？”

李莲英恭敬地答道：“当然是娘娘您的头发长得好，再者说，老佛爷岂会掉发？”

慈禧当即心花怒放，再加上之后李莲英的种种事迹，李莲英逐渐成为了慈禧的贴身大太监。

然而事实真的是李莲英的手巧能让慈禧不掉发吗？其实不然。

李莲英是一个很有智慧的人，他在为慈禧梳头时穿的衣裳是一件特制的衣裳，他在衣服的袖口上缝上了猫毛。

我们都知道，猫毛有着很强的吸附作用，就算慈禧掉发了，也能在动作中附着到猫毛上，看起来就像是一根头发没掉，真可谓是天衣无缝。

值得一提，称呼慈禧为“老佛爷”是从李莲英开始的。“老佛爷”这一词精准地体现了慈禧身为大清国太后的尊贵与独一无二。

由此可见得，李莲英的口舌也十分的巧妙，能说会道，还十分会与上司打交道。

由于慈禧的宠爱，李莲英也遭遇过灾祸。

有人说他“干预朝政，广植私党”，权倾朝野，收受贿赂，只要投靠他就能很容易地当上高官。

1886年，慈禧派遣醇亲王，也就是光绪生父前往巡阅北洋海军，依照礼法是需要有太监作陪的。

由于醇亲王想让慈禧老佛爷减少猜忌，便要求李莲英陪同他一齐前往。

此时朝廷里对李莲英的流言很多，有一名叫朱一新的官员还上奏弹劾他说他定会收受贿赂。

他每日陪同醇亲王出行便穿着简朴，将姿态放得极低，并且回到住处后就不见外人，行事极其低调。

最后没有实质性的证据表明李莲英有犯过如上罪过，老佛爷也十分信任他，便将朱一新由御史降为主事。

贪财李莲英

其实李莲英确实是有结党营私的罪过的，但是他之前过于谨慎，很难查出来。

或许是慈禧对李莲英的宠爱过于过火了，李莲英的心也渐渐变大了。他开始不掩饰了。

八国联军入侵北京，慈禧等人西逃。在逃亡的途中，慈禧的排场却越来越大了。

在采办的时候，有点权利的小太监都需要几十银子来打发，身为总领太监的李莲英，孝敬银子没有个一百两可是下不来的。

慈禧对此十分纵容，她认为太监贪财是小事，首要任务就是将她伺候好，其他的都不重要。

这也就逐步放大了李莲英的野心，收敛到他身上的真金白银、古董名画可是不可计数了。

结语:

羊毛出在羊身上，慈禧等封建统治阶级人物，是躺在老百姓身上吸血，以牺牲一个个最质朴无比的老百姓，养活他们日益贪婪的心、养活他们饕餮般的胃。

在专家挖掘李莲英之墓的时候发现，李莲英死的蹊跷，李莲英的墓中只剩下头颅了。或许是被仇家追杀，或许是身患重疾，真实原因已经不得而知了。

纵容宦官横行，可以看得出，清朝的灭亡是必然的。李莲英死于非命的结局也是必然的。

李莲英是一个可悲的人，他因是第二子不甚受宠，幼年净身远离父母家人，进入了那个吃人的地方。

他身边多的是一不留心掉脑袋的事例，不得不小心翼翼步步为营。他要学着讨好，学着陷害，学着出头。

一步一步掌握到权利的美妙后便无法放手，谁知背后是满是尸骨、万劫不复的深渊，他不能退缩，只能愈发膨胀。谁知前头亦是深渊，他坠落了，万劫不复，死因不明。

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