We must know that in addition to the imperial guards of the Qing Dynasty, the emperors of successive dynasties have swords around them to protect the safety of the emperors, and we can also explore one or two from various film and television dramas and works of art. While appreciating the wonderful works of art, we will inevitably have a question, why don't those who assassinate the emperor in the works of art buy the guards around the emperor and directly take the emperor's life? As the emperor's guards carry weapons that cause casualties, will the emperor worry about them assassinating himself?
Being able to be a royal bodyguard requires a rigorous examination
To be able to be a royal guard requires multi-level assessments, born in a family, to ensure that they are all royal communities of interests, and some of the emperor's childhood companions, playmates, etc. This kind of step-up to the glory and wealth of the position, not who wants to be able to be. For example, The forty bodyguards of Emperor Taiji were from the Imperial Family, the sons of Mongolian Xun Gui, the sons of Manchu officials, or the sons of Emperor Taiji's own clothed servants.
For example, the inner court guards in the imperial guards, which are the closest to the existence of the emperor in the entire Forbidden City, so in order to ensure the loyalty of the guards, the inner court guards can only choose from the three banners of the three banners personally commanded by the emperor, namely the yellow flag, the yellow flag, and the blue flag. Because there is a distinction between the so-called Han Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of The Eight Banners, the Han people were not considered in the early days.
The Imperial Guards have a well-established and detailed management system
Imperial guard was an official position in the Qing Dynasty, not a guard in the simple sense. This system of guards originated in Nurhaci, which developed and grew with the continuous concentration of imperial power in the Qing Dynasty, and gradually formed a system. Whether it is the rank of the guards or the status treatment, there were detailed specifications in the early Qing Dynasty. After the Emperor Taiji ascended the throne, the palace guard system was innovated, and the palace guards formed an independent team.
The official system of guards began to be established, and most of the imperial guards at this time came from the nobles and sons of the Manchu princes. By the Kangxi period, the system of bodyguards was more perfect, and all the guards had positions and ranks. This change was very important, not only giving the imperial guards a name and status, but also raising their sense of honor. This greatly increased the allegiance of the imperial guards and was a shortcut to obtaining high-ranking officials. Ancient people pay attention to the glory lintel, with such status and treatment, who will assassinate the emperor.
The sabre is strictly restricted and can only be worn by a small number of people
Not everyone has the right to sabre, only guards with a rank of more than four pins are eligible, so the number of people who can use swords is extremely small, and those who can do more than four pins are also people who are extremely trusted by the emperor. In addition, Manchu torture was also one of the reasons that restricted their ideas of committing crimes, and in the face of the harsh Manchu Ten Tortures, no one had the courage to challenge the taste of these tortures.
During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Chen De, a cook in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was about to lose his job, and because he was worried that his life would not be settled after losing his job, he wanted to assassinate the emperor himself as the son of heaven, of course, this naïve idea was also shattered by his arrest. Since an ordinary citizen wanted to sit on the throne after assassinating the emperor, it had to be said that it was too delusional, and then Chen De, who failed to assassinate Chen De, was executed, and how painful it was before his death, and the two children and mother-in-law of his family were also cursed to die.
To sum up, the emperor of course also a little worried that the guards would carry out assassinations, so he gave them very high treatment, and the strict system also made the success rate of the guards assassinations very low, and the consequences of failure were not something they could bear, in addition to their own great pain, they also had to implicate their families. In this kind of enwei and casting, no bodyguard is really stupid enough to assassinate the emperor, because assassinating the emperor does not do them any good. There is no such thing as a if, because such a stupid person cannot be tested by layers and become a royal guard.