In the history of the Qing Dynasty, who was the most famous maid? Everyone must know this, her name is Su Ma Lagu, she is the personal maid of Empress Xiaozhuangwen, and she married her from her mother's family. At the same time, she is also Xiaozhuang's girlfriend and political right-hand man.
Su Ma Lagu was a child of a poor family, the daughter of a poor nomadic family in the Horqin steppe. When Su Ma Lama was born, what her parents saw was a large pocket with long hairs, so according to their habits, parents gave the child a name when they saw what they saw, and they named her Su Mo'er, which means a big pocket with long hair.
Later, Su Ma La followed Xiao Zhuang to the palace of the Emperor Taiji, everyone called her Su Ma La, in fact, you read it quickly several times, Su Mo'er and Su Ma La' two names are pronounced similarly, the basic meaning is also similar, and they can't leave the pocket. That is, the name of Su Ma Lagu in the back is after the death of Su Ma La, and the honorific title given to her by everyone is equivalent to the current mr. and lady.
As the son of The Later Jin Khan King Nurhaci, Huang Taiji had a prominent family and many wealth, and was naturally the object of competition among small tribes in the Mongolian steppe. The Kerqin Grassland, where Xiaozhuang is located, wants to consolidate its relationship with the Huang Taiji tribe through marriage.
Xiaozhuang has four older brothers, one older sister, and his eldest brother is named Wu Keshan. Before Xiaozhuang, Xiaozhuang's aunt Zhezhe had long been married to Emperor Taiji. Originally, he hoped that Zhe Zhe would be able to give birth to several princes and bring glory to their tribe, but Zhe Zhe gave birth to three daughters in a row.
Wu Keshan took a look at it, and immediately married his sister Xiaozhuang. Wu Keshan's other skills are not great, but this chess piece goes very well. When Huang Taiji was 34 years old, Wu Keshan personally sent his 13-year-old sister Xiaozhuang to Huang Taiji's hands.
Empress Xiaozhuangwen, of the Borjigit clan, was of the Mongol clan, the daughter of Zhaisang, son of Korbi Belle Mongols, and was named Bumubutai or Dayu'er.
The name of Xiaozhuang, Bumubutai, means "billions of descendants" or "noble people descended from heaven". After marrying, Xiaozhuang had 4 children in succession, including the later Shunzhi Emperor Fulin. Xiaozhuang assisted two young emperors, the Shunzhi Emperor and the Kangxi Emperor, one at the age of 6 and the other at the age of 8, making great contributions to the Qing Dynasty.
But behind Xiaozhuang there is a very wise woman, she is Xiaozhuang's maid Yiyi Su Ma Lagu. When Xiaozhuang married in the past, Su Ma Lama also followed, they were similar in age, and their relationship was very good. Under the guidance of Xiaozhuang's aunt Zhezhe, the first task of the thirteen- and fourteen-year-old little girls Xiaozhuang and Suma Lagu is to study, and for Suma Lagu, it is not only necessary to learn female red, but also to learn cultural knowledge, such as learning Manchu and practicing writing.
Later, because of Lama Suma's diligence and cleverness, she did both Manchu and writing very well. And Su Ma Lagu will also design clothes, clothes designed by her hands, wearing particularly close-fitting, beautiful. In the design of royal clothes in the early Qing Dynasty, Su Ma Lagu, as one of them, innovatively and together with everyone made contributions to the establishment of Qing Dynasty costumes.
The "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty" contains: Su Ma Lagu, the maid of Empress Xiaozhuangwen, and the crown ornaments of the beginning of the country, all of which are handmade.
So what did Su Ma Lama do for Empress Xiaozhuang? First of all, she was Empress Xiaozhuang's personal maid and was responsible for her daily life. Secondly, after the death of Emperor Taiji, when Emperor Taiji's eldest son Hauge and Emperor Taiji's younger brother Dorgon looked at each other angrily, saw each other as a thorn in their eyes, and competed for the throne. Xiaozhuang and Suma Lama won the support of Emperor Taiji's younger brother Dorgon. This required many communications between Xiaozhuang and Dorgon, among which the ideas and running errands in the middle were mostly done by Su Ma Lama. A good man and three gangs, if Xiaozhuang is fighting alone, it is estimated that it will be difficult to win.
After the Shunzhi Emperor succeeded to the throne, he was only 6 years old, and due to his young age, he was in great need of the guidance of virtuous teachers. In this regard, if Xiaozhuang can accompany the Shunzhi Emperor every day, it will definitely play a very good role. However, the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty stipulated that Xiaozhuang could only see Shunye once a month.
How can filial piety be assured like this? So her personal maid, Su Ma Lagu, was XiaoZhuang's eyes and hands, her own person. Moreover, Su Ma Lagu is not only intelligent and diligent, but also has a very high overall quality, which is enough to be a teacher in Shunzhi.
In the process of Shunzhi's growth, Su Ma Lama, as a teacher, taught Shunzhi and shuttled between the imperial palace where Shunzhi lived and the harem where Xiaozhuang lived, acting as a link between mother and child and a bridge to transmit the wisdom of Filial Piety.
Later, after Shunzhi's death, his son Xuan Ye, who was 8 years old, succeeded to the throne as the Kangxi Emperor. Before the Kangxi Emperor succeeded to the throne, there was a big thing, that is, he had smallpox, at that time smallpox was a stubborn disease, difficult to cure, very contagious, the princes and other people in the palace were avoided, and Xiaozhuang could not personally take care of his good grandchildren, so Su Ma Lagu carried this heavy responsibility on his shoulders. With the joint efforts of Su Ma Lagu and Kangxi's grandmother and others, Kangxi successfully survived the dangerous period of smallpox and turned the crisis into safety, which can be said to have made another great contribution to the Qing Dynasty.
After that, Kangxi's feelings for Su Ma Lama, who was more than 40 years old, became more and more intimate, and he relied more and more on her. Although the two of them are not related by blood, they are like relatives. Kangxi has always been grateful to Su Ma Lama for his feelings of "teaching the national book by hand and relying on qi to train Di".
In 1688, the 75-year-old Empress Xiaozhuang completed her life. And Su Ma Lama, who had never been married for life and had been guarding Xiaozhuang's side, suddenly went to the master, lost her good girlfriend, and her spirit began to wither.
The Kangxi Emperor looked at it and was anxious in his heart, and in order to distract Su Ma Lama's attention, he deliberately raised his twelve sons of the Emperor Ai Xinjue Luo Yin, which was also a precedent for the Qing Dynasty. People just can't sit idle, Su Ma Lama has found the joy of life, the goal of life, and took the raising of Ai Xinjue Luo Yin As the most important thing in life to do, so it was another 18 years.
Until Yin Qi was raised to adulthood, Su Ma Lama then ate and prayed to the Buddha, praying for the Master every day.
After Su Ma Lagu's death, Yin Qi, who had been calling her aunt, was very sad. He said
My aunt has raised me since childhood, and I have not been able to repay this, so I am willing to live for a few days, provide food for a hundred days, and chant the sutra for three or seven days. Yin Qi lived in the funeral palace, guarding the spirits, offering meals, and chanting sutras for Su Ma Lagu, while the other princes took turns to accompany Yin Qi every day.
Later, the Kangxi Emperor handled the funeral for Su Ma Lagu according to the concubine ceremony, and placed his coffin with Empress Xiaozhuangwen, fulfilling the lifelong love of their masters.
Kangxi's 12th son, Yin Qi, under the tutelage of Su Ma Lagu, was very outstanding in his handling of people, indifferent to fame and fortune, far from the dispute between the ninth son of Kangxi to seize the emperor, and was able to die well, living to be more than 70 years old, the longest-lived of Kangxi's 35 sons.
There are two other things that Su Ma Lama will remember for posterity, one is that she only takes a bath once a year, and the other is that she does not take medicine in her life. The fact that she did not take medicine all her life shows that she is in very good health. As for her bathing once a year, we'll elaborate.
The qing dynasty's hereditary heirs of the Iron Hat King family, the 8th Prince Li, that is, the descendant of Prince Li Daishan, Ai Xinjueluo Zhaozong, recorded in the historical notes "Miscellaneous Records of Xiaoting":
"Su Ma Lagu, the maid of Empress Xiaozhuangwen also." Good nature dharma, twilight life to maintain vegetarianism. He does not bathe all his life, but Chinese New Year's Eve the daily amount of washing, and drinks it from his own water, thinking that it is a cloud of repentance. ”
Here it is said that Su Ma Lama likes Buddhism and is a vegetarian in her old age. Only on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve wipe the bath with a little water, and drink the water to show your repentance.
So why did SuMa Lama do this? She doesn't bathe for years, and there is no smell on her body? History Talk Jun and everyone to analyze.
1. The reasons why Su Ma Lama only bathes once a year are as follows:
1, the environment in which she grew up, developed her habit of saving water.
Su Ma Lama grew up in a poor family, and grew up in the arid and rainless steppe. Water is the most important gift to them, so from an early age they have developed the habit of not wasting water and saving water.
2. The power of faith cultivated her reverence for water.
Since Genghis Khan, there have been rules that ordinary people cannot waste water, cannot desecrate water, and cannot throw filth into the water. Otherwise, the immortal heaven they believe in will punish them. Su Ma Lama is also very much in awe of water, which is the power of faith.
Second, is there no smell on Su Ma's body? Will it be disliked by everyone?
The answer should be yes, there must be a taste, a faint one, but it will not be very flavorful, and it will not be disliked, for the following reasons,
1, because of people's respect for her, although it is somewhat flavorful, it will not be disliked.
Because Su Ma Lagu made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, and received special favors from the empress, the empress dowager and the emperor, everyone had great respect for her, and of course they would not abandon her. Even if there is a little bit of smell on the body, I feel that it is from her smell, it is warm, there is a smell of love, it is a very normal thing.
2, Su Ma Lama will use some scented things to cover up the taste of the body.
As a woman who loves beauty, at that time perfume and essential oils were already available, Su Ma Lagu would spray these things on her body, and she would also carry sachets on her body. The clothes she herself wears also undergo some incense process. So under the protection of these natural scented plants, the smell of her body must be very small.
In summary, although Su Ma Lagu was a maid in the history of the Qing Dynasty, she was respected and loved by the Qing Dynasty royal family, which was related to the fact that she had paid a lifetime of youth and outstanding contributions to the Qing Dynasty.
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(Text/History Talk Jun, Yi Jiang Yue)