Historically, Pang Tianshou was a native of Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture. During the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, he served as a eunuch in the Directorate of Ceremonial. Before Li Zicheng breached Beijing, Pang Tianshou was ordered to Nanjing. However, the capital fell before he could even arrive. Consequently, he shifted his allegiance to the Hongguang Emperor. Zhu Yousong, the Hongguang Emperor, dispatched him to Fujian and the Liangguang region to collect taxes. No sooner had he arrived in Fujian than Nanjing fell as well, forcing him to switch his allegiance yet again, this time to the Longwu Emperor, Zhu Yujian.
In the second year of the Longwu era, he was ordered to Macau, intending to secure Portuguese troops to defend against the enemy. But shortly after his departure, Fuzhou fell. This "man of many falls" of the Great Ming Dynasty had no choice but to lead three hundred Portuguese soldiers to Zhaoqing to serve the Yongli Emperor. He followed the Yongli Emperor through the Liangguang, Yunnan, and Guizhou regions. Due to his performance, he was promoted by the Yongli Emperor to be the Head of the Directorate of Ceremonial and Commander of the Yongwei Battalion. However, he later colluded with Ma Jixiang, participated in factional strife, and pressured the Yongli Emperor to abdicate in favor of Sun Kewang, leading to the "Case of the Eighteen Gentlemen."
(During the Yongli period, Sun Kewang sought to seize power. Court officials such as Wu Zhenyu were ordered to…
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