In the fantasies of countless people, the harem of the ancient emperor is the most beautiful paradise, because it represents not only the ultimate status of women, but also the ultimate enjoyment of men. However, if you want to enter the harem, you can only take the form of a woman, or you can only become a eunuch who is neither male nor female, which has become an embarrassment for many people.
However, in the emperor's back garden, the men were not exactly eunuchs, and there were also some masculine men, who were called the Great Inner Guards. In the history books, these special groups of people guarded the safety of the harem and were known as the most loyal and powerful troops.
In many film and television works, these characters can fight with Ye Gucheng and other people who walk on the wall, and can protect the top of the Forbidden Purple Without threats, which can be described as mighty. However, film and television works are fictional after all, so in the real historical records, what kind of experience do these tough boys have? Do they have alternative privileges? Let's take the Qing Dynasty as an example to talk about it.
Regarding the Great Inner Guard of the Qing Dynasty, the earliest can be traced back to the Qing Taizu Nurhaci period. According to the Manchu language, the guards were translated as shrimp, and they were direct subordinate troops who followed the Great Khan. During those turbulent years, their role was somewhat similar to that of the ming general's bodyguards, who had repeatedly protected Nurhaci in the battlefield.
However, as the Qing Dynasty grew stronger and more powerful, these guards gradually changed from a force linked to the army to a formal guard.
Judging from the historical records, the earliest reforms should have begun in the early days of the Shunzhi Emperor, when the Qing Dynasty was already entering the customs and constantly improving the Han system in the hands of Dorgon. Therefore, with regard to the guards, the original army has been changed from the original army to the palace guard, and the official selection has begun.
At that time, the selection criteria were based on the yellow flag and the yellow flag, and only these two types of people could enter the palace, of course, which also implied the struggle between the Shunzhi Emperor and Dorgon.
However, even so, the great internal guards selected in the early days were absolutely loyal to the emperor. And because it was a war year, most of these selected young people had experienced war and had a bloody spirit, which was an absolute team of high-quality talents.
Later, the Shunzhi Emperor defeated the remnants of Dorgon, he took control of the entire Eight Banners army, and also established the Eight Banners of Menghan, so the number of guards was expanded again, but it still set a threshold, that is, those who had to go to the Three Banners could be selected, namely Zhenghuang, Huang and Zhengbai, but these people began to enjoy privileges.
So what rights do these people have? Generally speaking, most of them could act in the name of emperor Chincha, and local officials had to respect them three points. Moreover, at certain times, these people can exercise judicial power when handling cases, and even kill people without paying for their lives.
Under the prestige, these early great internal guards had a feeling of a Ming Dynasty Jinyi guard. Because they had followed the emperor for a long time, these people were accustomed to seeing the ministers of one or two products, so every time they came down to do things, they were like eagle eyes staring at people, and where the eyes passed, the murderous spirit was rampant, and the arrogance was domineering, which really looked quite frightening.
Later, during the Kangxi period, there was a rich development of the Great Inner Guard, and during this period there were imperial ministers and leading guards, and even later there were imperial guards and Qianqingmen guards.
But interestingly, the Kangxi Emperor did things somewhat eclectically, just like when the Southern Study was set up, and he did not set fixed personnel and rank restrictions on these categories at all. The feeling is that these people are like the cabinet members of the Ming Dynasty, and when the emperor wants to use them, they are so powerful that they even dare to take ministers. But as long as things change, it is also thrown away.
However, because the Kangxi Emperor liked wrestling in his early years and had also secretly calculated Aobai, the guards in this period had a special mental outlook. Although his men did not really participate in the war, to put it mildly, these people were the real images of the Great Inner Guard in film and television works.
Some scholars have studied, many of these people are wearing yellow coats, of course, these yellow coats do not have privileges, just honorary clothing. Moreover, one by one, tigers with bears on their backs, holding swords, stood behind people. As for martial arts and physical fitness, during the Kangxi Emperor period, the Great Inner Guard definitely reached the best level, and even during this period there were some grassland wrestling masters, who were also a top four or five people.
Of course, these great internal guards changed in the later period, and the reason is very simple, and the later development of the Kangxi Emperor was inclined to political reform. As a result, the members of the Great Inner Guard gradually became Mongol princes and nobles, and even the sons of the Zong clan, and the number of excellent people who were originally mainly appreciated by the emperor shrank considerably.
In the late Qing Dynasty, those guards were more inclined to become officials, and they basically inherited the appearance and selection characteristics of the previous generation of Great Inner Guards, but the Great Inner Guards had a clear definition of rank.
According to the historical documents of the time: the ministers of the interior of the leading guard, these people are often zhengyipin titles, the general number is only 6 people, two of the three banners are selected. This was followed by the guards of the Guards Department, the most powerful of them were the first-class guards, who were also first-class guards, and the official position was Zheng Sanpin, about 60 people. This was followed by a second-class bodyguard, with 150 people. Finally, there are the third-class bodyguards and the Lan Yi guards, which are zhengwupin and zhengliupin respectively, one is 270 people, and the other is 90 people.
Judging from these records, the Great Inner Guards were no longer pure warriors, they had become formal staff, and most of them were linked to the interests of the family.
Of course, we may not be able to clearly feel it from the numbers, but there is one person whose experience can well reflect this, and this person is Hezhen in the Qianlong period.
The history books record that after Qianlong's 34th year and Yan Yan failed to participate in the imperial examination, he was attacked and made a third-class light vehicle lieutenant. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he was finally awarded the third class bodyguard in Qianlong 37, and then selected as a guard at the sticky pole. It was precisely because of the foundation of these official positions that He yan's talent was gradually manifested, and because of his reliable work, he was finally promoted to a member of Qianlong's honor guard.
And because the honor guard was close to Qianlong, he shook his wit in time to make himself stand out, and because he could gain Qianlong's trust, he later served as the minister of treasury, and then climbed step by step to the position of minister in charge of the ministry of internal affairs.
It can be said that the history of Hezhen's fortune began with the Great Inner Guard, and the characteristics of his Great Inner Guard are not only tiger-backed bear waist, good force, but more importantly, he is good at guessing the intentions and has the talent of political economy, which has soared.
Therefore, in the real historical records of the Great Inner Guard and the film and television works are very different, in the early years they had to protect Nurhaci in the battlefield, these people are the most bloody, ordinary people can not accept their killing.
After the Kangxi Emperor period, the Great Inner Guard was strong in martial arts and was very energetic, which was the best stage of temperament. By the late Qing Dynasty, most of the Great Inner Guards had become figures like Hezhen, who had become the existence of official attributes, paying more attention to personal talents than pure martial arts. However, for the sake of façade kung fu, they are also very good in all sizes, and the fierce light is exposed, but more is that Neihua is not obvious. And this is the history of the real Great Inner Guard.
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