The emperor of a country, holding the power of life and death in the world, it is precisely because of this absolute power, I don't know how many people in the past and the present are worried about the throne, whether it is the nine sons and wives, or the civil rebellion, but these people have never thought of poisoning, to know that once the emperor dies, it is definitely easier to start an army.
Maybe they thought about it and voted, but they didn't succeed, why? Let's start with the etiquette, in the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, there is a saying called "the punishment can not be a doctor, the etiquette can not be a shuren", the "Left Biography" records that when the Chu army fought with the Jin army, the Jin army was defeated, when fleeing, the chariot fell into the mud, the Chu soldiers not only did not kill the killer, but also helped the Jin army out of trouble.
And before the ancients fought, they would also tell each other how many people and horses they had today, the two armies were fighting in a dignified manner, at that time the two sides fought like this, not to mention poisoning the king, it was a big joke, but it became very possible to poison the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties.
Wu Zetian had poisoned his own sister, so poisoning was also possible, so was it possible to poison the emperor's meals?
According to the "Zhou Li", there were fifty-nine departments responsible for catering, of which twenty departments were dedicated to the dietary life of Zhou Tianzi and the queen and shizi, such as the "chef" in charge of the royal meal, the "cook" who was in charge of the king and queen, and the "Kuren", "Neiguo", "Hengren" and so on.
The Zhou Li also contains: Two sergeants, four sergeants, eight corporals, two fu, four Shi, two Xu, and twenty disciples. In contrast to the head of the diet, the superior cook is mainly responsible for the inside and outside, responsible for preparing his subordinates, like the lowest level, who is responsible for going out to buy ingredients.
After purchasing ingredients, after handing over to the previous level for processing, and then layer by layer, with the evolution of the dynasty, the imperial court meal is more cumbersome, just buy vegetables, processing dishes will be tested in advance for abnormalities (similar to poisoning), want to poison in the hands of the person who buys vegetables, unless you can buy the entire imperial court meal.
When the dishes are ready, the eunuch is responsible for passing the dishes, in the imperial dining room to the emperor's residence, both sides of the road will be full of guards and eunuchs responsible for supervision, these small eunuchs who pass the dishes have no possibility of starting, when brought to the emperor, they will not eat immediately, at this time it is the turn of the "palm spoon" to come forward.
Generally, the emperor will have three palm spoons around him, they are a kind of eunuch who is responsible for the imperial meal trial of the court, after the little eunuchs are sent to the imperial meal, the palm spoon will use the silver needle to test the poison, after the silver needle has finished the poison test, the other palm spoon will be tried, and the tasting can only eat three bites.
After the trial, it is necessary to wait for a period of time, if the eunuch is fine, you can bring the meal to the emperor, but now the emperor eats the meal is almost cold, which is why for generations, the rebels are not willing to be poisoned, the poison is not done, but it is easy to expose themselves.