The emperor who slept all night came to "chong long ditch" in the morning, and he was refreshed and felt wonderful in an instant.
As for those palace ladies who served the emperor to "chong long ditch", their eyes lit up and they were overjoyed, which was really a great thing.
Some people may say, what is "Chong Long Gou"?
Is it to flush out the shameful "Mariana Trench" on people's bodies?
I'm really sorry, you want to be crooked, this "dragon ditch" is not the "dragon ditch" you imagined.
1. What is "Chong Long Gou"?
This matter starts from the habits of the Jurchen nobles, you know, the Jurchen nobles are mainly beef and mutton.
Drinking wine in large bowls and eating large pieces of meat leads to a large amount of food residue in the mouth after eating food every day.
After a night of fermentation, there is a very unpleasant smell in the morning, which is called "too heavy breath".
For this situation, the Jurchen nobles in the early days were gargling with water, which was the same as the common people.
However, the people are called "gargling", and as an emperor, this is not called "gargling", but "Chong Longgou".
The early Manchu leaders only gargled with water, and later, began to gargle with tea water.
Therefore, it can be said that the Qing Dynasty was not just Qianlong in the "Chong Long Gou", but, basically without exception, each emperor would carry out the so-called "Chong Long Gou".
So, the question is, isn't this just a job of serving people, why are the palace ladies so excited?
Could it be that giving the emperor Chong Longgou would have great benefits for the palace women? Otherwise, why go to the Dragon Gully with great joy and scramble?
With all due respect, the palace ladies helped the emperor "rush the dragon ditch", which really has great benefits!
2. The palace ladies have great interests in "rushing the dragon ditch"
(1) Those direct benefits brought by "Chong Long Gou"
As the saying goes, the world is bustling, all for profit; the world is bustling, all are for profit.
As the saying goes: no profit is too early!
This law exists not only in thousands of years of life in the city, but also in the imperial palace.
The emperor got up in the morning and used to rinse his mouth with "tea water", which was not an ordinary tea, most of them were top tea, giving the people below a hundred heads, and did not dare to "shoddy".
The problem is that after the emperor "flushed the dragon ditch", he was busy with his own business, and this top tea was only a bubble, and no one dared to take the remaining tea leaves, and then continue to make tea for the emperor to drink, that is also a matter of losing his head.
If the tea leaves can talk, then it must be reluctant: just brew me once and don't brew, who do you look down on?
At this time, the palace maid who served would put away the remaining tea leaves and dry them.
At this time, careful friends will have questions, can the dried tea be sold for money? Of course.
How do you sell it for money?
There is only one way, through the eunuchs who make purchases in the palace to achieve the goal, of course, it is necessary to give the eunuchs a share of the money, otherwise, who will do this?
The eunuch took out the dried tea leaves, which had been brewed only once, and sold them either to a related household or to a tea shop, so that the money went into his pocket.
Such a leftover tea sales line, the palace maid is the first ring, the eunuch is the second ring, and even, the purchase of eunuchs plays an extremely important part of the sales, and the profit may be more.
Not to compete with the eunuchs, for the palace women, this is an absolute windfall, and it is easy to earn, why not enjoy it?
This is the reason why the palace ladies are eager to "rush the dragon ditch".
(2) Chong Long Gully may bring indirect "serendipity"
Chong Longgou means that you can serve the emperor at close range, so when the emperor is very energetic in the morning, will he suddenly impulsively come to a wave of inexplicable operations when he sees the beautiful and delicious palace women?
If that were the case, the palace maid might turn a crow into a phoenix and live a life of a superior person from then on.
In fact, this situation will happen in the Ming Dynasty, but it is difficult for the Qing Dynasty to happen, the emperor goes to bed together, the eunuch follows, even if you want to do something, it is not easy, blocking the "clan system".
However, although the palace women of the Qing Dynasty could not fly with the emperor, through the "Chong Long Gou", if they performed well, they could get the emperor's reward, which must be considerable.
In addition, the palace women of the Qing Dynasty could handle the relationship with the purchasing eunuchs who left the palace through the "Chong Longgou".
This is very important, the eunuch who has a good relationship can help pass on the news with the family, and can also help to purchase some favorite things.
In an era when there were no mobile phones and poor communication, it was too important for someone to help pass on information and help purchase something.
Back to the beginning of the article, the palace ladies rushed to "rush the dragon ditch", that is, there are a lot of interests in it, so who would let go of such a wonderful opportunity?
In addition, in addition to making money through the "Chong Long Gou", it is also very important to obtain the emperor's reward and the approval of the purchasing eunuch.
[Knowledge point: Chong Long Gou is not to flush the shameful groin, but to assist the emperor to gargle with tea water! 】