What is the first eunuch case opened by Gao Lishi How did he step by step counterattack

Hello everyone, when it comes to Gao Lishi’s words, everyone must have heard of it.
People have prejudice against Gao Lishi because of the Li Bai incident, thinking that he was a treacherous minister. However, politically speaking, Gao Lishi was a loyal minister for stirring up chaos in the Tang Dynasty, and his treachery only occurred in small matters of life.
Gao Lishi once served Wu Zetian, but was expelled from the palace due to a small matter. Afterwards, he made friends with Tang Xuanzong, who was a prince, and became his confidant. Do you know how Gao Lishi counterattacked step by step?
Gao Lishi’s original name was Feng Yuanyi. His father was the governor of Panzhou and was demoted to slavery for committing crimes. This pampered young master was also sentenced to palace torture and became a eunuch. After several years of training, he was brought into the palace at the age of 15. He was admired by Wu Zetian for his intelligence and cleverness, but since he was young, he couldn’t help but overcome the arrogance of his young master. Soon after, he made a mistake and was expelled from the palace.
Eunuchs found it difficult to survive outside the palace, so in order to make a living, he deliberately approached the most ambitious feudal lord, Li Longji. Soon after, there was turmoil in the court, and Li Longji took advantage of the situation to become emperor. To show loyalty to Gao Lishi, he took the lead and killed Princess Taiping, who posed the greatest threat to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
Gao Lishi has made many contributions, and Tang Xuanzong did not want to treat him as a pet anymore, so he was appointed as the General of the Right Supervision Gate. Although Tang Xuanzong killed Princess Taiping, she had many followers in the court. In order to eliminate her followers, Tang Xuanzong arranged for Gao Lishi to enter the court.
Before him, there had never been any eunuchs intervening in court affairs, and later generations referred to it as the ‘rise of eunuchs’. After entering the court, he made many contributions. Firstly, he effectively regulated the relationship between the emperor and the prime minister. At the beginning of the founding of the dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang appointed Yao Chong as the first prime minister to handle various affairs in the court.
Yao Chongsheng is naturally timid. He knows he has no outstanding qualities and does not understand why the emperor entrusted such a heavy responsibility to him? In order to seek peace of mind, he sent his subordinate officials to inquire about the emperor’s opinion, but unexpectedly, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang disappeared behind closed doors. Gao Lishi started from the grassroots and was good at understanding people’s hearts. In order to ease the relationship between the two, he explained Yao Chong’s intentions to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, who then opened his heart to Yao Chong.
Secondly, Gao Lishi dealt with the treacherous minister Li Linfu and preserved the Tang Dynasty’s territory. Tang Xuanzong once asked Gao Lishi how to entrust all military power to Li Linfu in pursuit of immortality? Without even thinking about it, Gao Lishi said in a righteous tone, ‘If the ruler’s prestige is once shaken in the court and the public, who dares to speak again?’. If it weren’t for Gao Lishi’s remarks, with Li Linfu’s ambition, the Tang Dynasty would sooner or later have become his possession.
But he openly challenged Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and also violated the taboo of being a minister. From then on, he no longer dared to speak about the affairs of the court. The “Zizhi Tongjian” records that “he dared not speak deeply about the affairs of the world. But later on, Yang Guozhong fought against Nanzhao and suffered repeated defeats. He lied to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang about a great victory, and the people in the court were afraid of Yang Guozhong’s retaliation and dared not speak the truth. Gao Lishi couldn’t bear to let Tang Xuanzong be deceived by this, so he gently told him the actual situation of the war.
According to historical records, Gao Lishi was a favored minister of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, but in my opinion, the two of them are more like good brothers who sympathize with each other. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang allowed Gao Lishi to marry in order to avoid loneliness, making him the first eunuch in history to do so.
Although Gao Lishi often slanders, he is loyal to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. After the outbreak of the An Lushan Rebellion, Gao Lishi was exiled by eunuch newcomer Li Fuguo. During his exile, he heard that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had passed away, and he was deeply saddened. He vomited blood and died. His own brothers were not limited to these two, and their feelings were inseparable.
Although Gao Lishi was treacherous, he acted with conscience. However, the complex and intricate interests involved were not something that a mere eunuch could handle. His ability to resist Yang Guozhong and deal with Li Linfu consumed all his courage. There are too many misunderstandings about Gao Lishi in history. To be fair, the benefits of Gao Lishi becoming an official outweigh the drawbacks, but he pioneered the introduction of eunuchs into the court, bringing hidden dangers to future generations.