"The grace of the dripping water will be repaid by the spring." This is an old saying in ancient China, which means that even if the other party only helps you very simply, you should try to repay it and thank others for their kindness. Moreover, China has always been a country that attaches great importance to etiquette, so it is even more important to repay favors.
Not only ordinary people, in fact, even a high-powered emperor attaches great importance to repaying the kindness of others.
Qianlong was a very famous emperor in the history of our country. Once, a bodyguard saved Qianlong. Qianlong was grateful and asked what kind of reward the guard wanted. I thought that the bodyguard would take the opportunity to seek an official and a half-job or a treasure of gold and silver, but who would have thought that this guard would actually say, "Just reward me with a fat palace girl." "You must know that there are countless palace women in the ancient palace, so the requirements of the guards are actually very simple.
So why is this fat palace girl so important to this guard? What's going on here? If you want to know, in fact, you still have to start from the historical background at that time.
The historical origin of the position of bodyguard
If you want to understand why this bodyguard has such a request, you still have to understand what kind of status and identity the bodyguard was in ancient China.
In ancient times, in order to ensure his own safety, the emperor would always have a lot of guards around to escort him. Moreover, these guards are not ordinary people, each of them is highly skilled in martial arts and has special skills. But we also know that everything is both pros and cons, these guards have always been guarding the emperor's left and right, while ensuring the safety of the emperor, it is inevitable that sometimes they will also be suspected by the emperor, so it is also a potential threat to the guards.
Therefore, the selection of bodyguards is also very strict, not anyone with high martial arts skills can serve as a bodyguard.
Therefore, when selecting guards, it is not only necessary to examine their martial arts and talents, but also to conduct a detailed investigation of their physical background to see if there are any reactionary forces in their families, and it must be ensured that every guard is born very innocent and clean.
Even if there are many requirements and the selection is very cumbersome, there are still many people who want to become royal guards, because in ancient times, becoming a guard around the emperor was a thing that could honor the ancestors, which was very proud.
And Chenggong became a bodyguard, and the treatment was also very good. Especially if this bodyguard can successfully save the car and successfully protect the emperor, it will be a great reward for him. It is precisely because of the abundance of the reward system that the guards around the emperor often work very hard and are loyal to the emperor.
Because the bodyguards were clean and innocent, and they were strong, strong in force, and followed the emperor all day, if the guards did a good job, it was actually easy to promote. Therefore, in ancient times, many of the guards were very famous.
And the name of the guard I'm going to talk about today is Highlander. He was a very famous bodyguard of the Qing Dynasty.
Heroic Highlander
During the Qing Dynasty, the emperor also had many bodyguards around him, but there was one bodyguard who was very unusual, and that was Highlander.
Highlander was the most loyal and brave bodyguard at the qianlong emperor's side. At first, he was awarded the title of second-class bodyguard for meritorious service, and later because of his continuous meritorious service, he was eventually awarded the title of first-class bodyguard. This was already a very high honor at the time.
In Highlander's career as a bodyguard, there were many times when he completed the task well, and the more famous of them was Highlander's pacification of Jinchuan. At that time, during the Qianlong period, Hailancha was sent to attack Jinchuan, and the situation at that time was very dangerous, and the disparity between the enemy and us was not large, and it was difficult to decide the winner or loser.
But Highlander did not flinch, and after several mistakes, conducted self-reflection, although some difficulties, but finally succeeded in quelling the rebellion of Jinchuan. It was also this meritorious service that made Highlander completely become a red man in the eyes of the emperor and became famous.
The escort has merit and asks for the fat palace girl
Not only that, But Hailancha once succeeded in saving the life of the Qianlong Emperor. During a hunt, because Hailancha successfully pacified the Jin army, the Qianlong Emperor was very happy and decided to take Highlandcha to hunt. However, the unexpected always came so suddenly, and in the midst of this hunt, there was a danger that could not be prevented.
At that time, Qianlong and Highlander were looking for prey. Suddenly, a group of wild wolves rushed out and surrounded the Qianlong Emperor. Although the emperor had weapons in his hands, he was outnumbered after all.
Therefore, he was accidentally knocked off his horse by the wolf, and just as the wolf was about to pounce on the emperor, Highlander immediately rushed forward, slashed at the wolf, and then fled the hunting ground with the Qianlong Emperor. Therefore, Highlander truly saved the emperor's life at that time.
The Qianlong Emperor was naturally very touched, and he loved Highlandcha even more, and decided to reward Highlander vigorously. He asked What kind of reward Helancha wanted.
But who knows, Highlander didn't ask for anything, just said he wanted a fat palace girl. The Qianlong Emperor not only laughed when he heard this, but also fulfilled his request. And why did Hiranta make such a request? In fact, according to historical analysis, Highlander is not due to the rise of color, but out of consideration for his own future.
Because we all know that the emperor has always been very suspicious, it is difficult to absolutely believe in a person, even if this person saves his own life, it is impossible. Therefore, at this time, in the face of the emperor's inquiry, if Highlander really put forward what kind of gold and silver treasure he wanted or an official and a half-position, no matter whether the requirements were high or not, once the requirements for interests were involved, the emperor would feel that Highlander was too greedy for money, which might be detrimental to Highlander's future development.
Therefore, out of consideration for his future development path, Highlander only said that he wanted a palace girl, which was easy to satisfy for the emperor, and at the same time, it would not make Qianlong suspicious.
epilogue
In fact, speaking is also an art. Many times we need to think twice, not to blurt it out, but to think carefully and deliberately. Just like Highlander's request, it looks funny on the face, but it is actually an act of self-preservation.
Moreover, taking history as a mirror, in the future, when we look at a thing, we cannot limit ourselves to only looking at the surface. Just like Highlander wants a fat palace girl, it is not just a matter of coveting beauty.
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