The Ten Attendant
The Emperor of Han has the privilege to own a palace full of harem, just like the middle eastern Ottoman harem palace. The eastern palace are usually inhibited by the court ladies for the emperor, in there are at least about hundred or more (there is even a record about thousand people ever inhibited in eastern palace). As you already know taking care of an adult female needs is no easy task. An adult female need at least a decent food, decent clothing, make up and cosmetics (well… they need to be beautiful, right?), toiletry, and so on (this is already discussed in Umineko episode 5). And let us not talk about their service to the Emperor. For this kind of daily needs, there would be someone tasked to fulfill the courtesan daily matter, and you need to be agree that being a woman is not easy (of course, being a man is not easy too). But who will take care of their daily needs? Another woman? Don't make me laugh! It would make the courtesan become insecure and also there is some jobs that needs a muscle. Even if you like it or not, a man power is needed beside them. But…. Would a normal person let another man to be near their woman, their most precious object? (not being anti feminist. As you know the equality between man and woman start at 20th century, not the 2nd century. The Narrator tried to think in 2nd century environment).
The eunuch is the answer. A eunuch is a castrated man. thus making them safer. Of course, how could those useless limp get any use even near the hottest babe in the world? Right? They are then more safer to perform some special duty. Through many history, because they are "safe" person , many royalty put much too much faith on them, making the ear of the emperor could only filled by they words. Because those safe person even taking care the matter about the seed of the Emperor. Thus, many of those safe person become corrupted and performed in many political standing.
In the kingdom of Qin, there is the eunuch Lao Ai who tried to stage a coup de etat against the King of Qin, Ying Zheng (at that time).
During the reign of Qin dynasty, the eunuch Zhao Gao plotted to seize power and succed by corrupting the mind of the foolish Qin Ershi, Huhai.
In the future, during the rule of Tang dynasty, the eunuch Gao Lishi because of his envy and hatred, slandered the greatly talented Li Bai or better known as Taibai.
But history also recorded some of talented eunuch.
In the future, during the rule of Ming dynasty. The history recorded about the journey of a eunuch named Marshal Zheng He through South East Asia Peninsula, Srilanka (Ceylon), even Madagascar preceding the voyage of Bartolomeu Diaz, Christopher Colombus and even Magellans.
And history recorded that during the reign of Han dynasty, there exist the historian Sima Qian who was humiliated with castration but did not submitted and instead completed his masterpiece, the Record of Grand Historian. Many consider his life as inspirational, because he did not surrender to fate but fight it.
And finally, history recorded a eunuch named Cai Lun, the inventor of paper.
Right now, during the rule of Emperor Ling, the glimmering light of Han dynasty has diminished and it seems that Heaven has forsaken this dynasty. Right now, the grand glory has for long began to decline and the imperial court has been corrupted due the emperor has refused to lend his ears to his loyal subject instead relying the matter in to the hand of his Eunuch.
The Ten Attendant, a group of eunuchs from the Eunuch Faction of the Han Imperial Court in China. Starting from the reign of Emperor Huan, the eunuch has grown power because the removal of Empress family members from power. Indirectly , through the mouth of the Son of heaven, the eunuch controlled the government. Because their murky background which outside the moral scope of Confucian teaching, the government official with their Confucian education disliked the eunuch and called their allegiance and faction as the Muddy Stream faction, while the officials with Confucian education referred themselves as the Clear stream faction.
By the time of Emperor Ling, the eunuch had grown even more powerful and caused many talent to be killed or banished. Making Zhang Rang , the leader of the ten attendant influence grew more powerful, even reaching the empress.
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When the Yellow Turban rebel broke out, excluding because they are a rabid otaku, there is another matter that they are fed up with the greediness of the imperial Han who tried to increase the tax of many commodities, including their favorite Zhang sister related good to increase in prices. He Jin tried to use this opportunity to decrease the influence of the Ten Attendant inside the imperial palace. That is the whole reason she accept the task to suppress the rebellion.
She is not wrong, but she forgot one thing. A half hearted effort will never succeeds. If she want to erase the eunuch influence, she should had the whole imperial capital cleansed before hand.
But that is not the matter now, because The Emperor has issued the edict to summoned the heroes who suppressed the Yellow Turban. The edict announce that the heroes would be granted with a fitting position for their great service.
General He Jin will be granted with a raise as the Grand General of the Army
Huangfu Song will be granted with the title as the General who conquer the east
While Master Lu Zhi will be given a raise in his salary.
As for many officials who participated will be granted with official positions and many gift.
Author Note: it seems that i favored one particular character too much in this story.