Did the ancient aristocracy also have work pressures, fearing that their status would be replaced during lactation? Of course not, they are worried about their own appearance, or in order to conceive a child as soon as possible, so that the family can inherit (breastfeeding will inhibit ovulation). Therefore, the ancient nobles were to spend money in their own comfortable places, when they first heard the News that Zhang Cang of the Han Dynasty and Empress Dowager Cixi used, drank human milk to prolong life, and beautify and maintain health, every family had to hire the right nursing mother, children and adults had to drink. This approach makes the nursing mother a little embarrassed, sometimes their children can not be raised, milk to be distributed to adults to drink, it is really ironic.
There are many cases of hiring nursing ladies in the court, and there are also relevant departments and agencies that professionally manage nursing mothers. The Ming court referred to the nursing mother as the milk mouth, and it was selected in the ceremonial room slightly north of the Dong'an Gate for the inner court to announce. It was managed by the eunuch of the Imperial Household. Each season, forty milk mouths are selected and stored inside, called "sitting season milk mouths"; another eighty are selected, only their registration is registered, and they are allowed to live in their own homes, called "point milk mouths". The nipple must have a husband, fifteen years old and under twenty years old, the description is correct, and the third child is only three months old. The man who gives birth feeds the baby girl, and the one who gives birth to the girl feeds the baby boy.
There is a succession of hearings, there are specializations in the art industry, and the nursing mothers cultivated by this profession can sometimes make a big thing that leaves a name in the history books. Because the nursing mother and the milk are closely related, sometimes the milk may be better to the nursing mother than the biological mother, at this time, if the milk is a crown prince, it will give the nursing mother a great honor after ascending the throne in the future. For example, Emperor An of Han once named his nursing mother Wang Sheng "Wild King Jun"; Emperor Ling of Han named his nursing mother Zhao Luo "PingShi Jun"; Emperor Xian of Han posthumously named his nursing mother Lü Gui "Ping's Jun"; and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang made his nursing mother Yu Shi "Lady of Ping'en County". The generous emperor will also honor the nursing mother as the empress dowager, but this will easily increase the chance of foreign relatives chaos.
Most of the nursing mothers were women from poor backgrounds, and when they had the power to influence the emperor, the first thing they thought of was to give some benefits to their relatives. The mentality of "rich and noble, do not forget" has made the foreign relatives of many dynasties particularly powerful, and even the eunuchs who serve nursing mothers may become powerful courtiers. For example, Emperor Xizong's wet mother Keshi colluded with the eunuch Wei Zhongxian to disrupt the government. Keshi had surrendered to Zhu Youxiao, who was eighteen years younger than himself, and even the popular Donglin Party members could not shake her position. It seems that for the emperor, the role of the pillow wind is greater than that of outspoken advice.
There are even more powerful characters in the nursing mothers, who do not need the pillow wind, and can make the emperor obey with their own power. In the sixteenth year of Shunzhi, the news of Zheng's successful siege of Nanjing reached Beijing, and the Shunzhi Emperor Ai Xinjue Luo Fu Linqi had to go on a personal expedition, and the civil and military officials could not persuade him, and the empress dowager Xiaozhuang was even more swept away by his angry sleeves. Only fu lin's nursing mother gave advice that Fu Lin decided not to go on the expedition, and incidentally sealed the nursing mother Park Shi and her step-husband Kara. The grandmother's horse is more effective than the mother-in-law, after all, the feelings are there, it is not surprising.