"Detective Di Renjie" not only shows Di Renjie's meticulous reasoning ability, not inferior to Holmes's case-breaking skills, but also shows the unfathomable martial arts of Di Renjie's guards. These guards have a resounding name: Qianniu Wei.
Di Renjie's guard, in addition to the captain Li Yuanfang, there were also Zhang Huan, Li Lang and other members of the team, all of whom were from Qianniu Wei. Although the team members are generally not as shrewd and strong as Li Yuanfang, they also show strong combat effectiveness. Generally speaking, every time Lord Di travels on business, as long as he brings a few Thousand Bull Guards, safety is not a problem. Those "bad guys" who wanted to attack Lord Di, as soon as they saw the Thousand Bull Guard wearing a Thousand Cow Guard costume next to Lord Di, they were discouraged for three points.
Qianniu Wei is not only excellent in ability, but also quite transcendent in political status. Taking Li Yuanfang as an example, he was first a general of the Qianniu Wei Zhonglang, and later directly promoted to the "Great General of the Qianniu Wei of the Inspection School". This general position belonged to Zhengsanpin in the official rank of the Tang Dynasty. And Di Renjie, as the prime minister of Wu Zetian, also belongs to Zheng Sanpin. Look, Li Yuanfang and Di Renjie are actually on the same level, so in real history, Qianniu Wei has a lot to come, and although Di Renjie is the prime minister, he may not be able to use a Qianniu Wei like Li Yuanfang.
So, what are the origins of Qianniuwei?
First, unveil the old bottom of the Thousand Bull Guard
The word "Thousand Cows" in the name of Qianniu Wei originally referred to "Thousand Cow Knife", and "Thousand Cow Knife" refers to the sharp knife that solves the cattle in Zhuangzi's "Ding Ding Xie Niu", although the knife slaughtered a thousand cows, the sharpness is still the same, it is actually a treasure knife. Therefore, after the emperors created the sword, they liked to name it "Thousand Bull Knife" and use it as a self-defense weapon.
With a thousand cattle knife, there must be a knife bearer or a person who manages a thousand cattle knife. From the Northern Wei Dynasty onwards, the government called this kind of person who managed the Qianniu Dao "Qianniu Beisheng", and the literature said that "Qianniu Beishen" was in charge of the Imperial Sword Qianniu Dao, responsible for the security of the emperor, and was a kind of high-level janissary military attaché. However, there was no such thing as the "Thousand Bulls" that commanded these "Thousand Bulls" until the Tang Dynasty.
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi set up the "Left and Right Qianniu Fu" institution to specifically manage the "Qianniu Bei", and when Emperor Zhongzong of Tang changed his name: "Left and Right Qianniu Wei". In this way, the official position of Qianniu Wei finally appeared, and they were the ones who specially commanded the "Qianniu Bei", and they were the commanders of the high-level Janissaries, and their rank was quite high.
Comb through their relationship is: Thousand Cow Knife - Thousand Cow Preparation - Thousand Cow Guard. To put it bluntly, it is the emperor's bodyguard commander.
As for how the Qianniu Wei was selected, it was amazing. There are three major requirements: first, tall and handsome, can be an honor guard; second, extraordinary skills, can help the building to fall; third, good birth, qualified political examination. In particular, this third point, difficult, requires that it must be the descendants of officials with more than three pins, and if it is put to the present, it is required that the descendants of senior officials at the provincial and ministerial levels be selected. Maybe it's for safety reasons!
It can be seen that the background behind the Qianniu Wei is strong, and some of the Qianniu Wei are directly relatives of the emperor and the state. For example, Li Shimin's cousin Li Daozong was a Qianniu Wei, and li Daozong was such a person, if in the era of Di Renjie, Di Renjie might not be able to afford it.
Second, Qianniu Wei has a bright future, and his promotion speed is far beyond Di Renjie
Most people think that the imperial examination system became customized in the Sui Dynasty, and then relied on the imperial examination to select talents; civilian officials rely on literary lifting, and military attaches rely on military lifting, but this is not the case at all.
Taking the Tang Dynasty as an example, the imperial examination is only an auxiliary measure for the selection of talents, mainly relying on recommendation and door shade to enter the army. Therefore, the sons of officials are still officials, the sons of the people are still the people, and the Tang Dynasty is also an unequal aristocratic society.
QianniuWei is a typical example, Qianniuwei is only selected among the descendants of high-ranking officials, which is a great welfare for the descendants of high-ranking officials. Imagine that the father is a high-ranking official, and the son is a thousand cattle guards; the father is close to the emperor because he is a high-ranking official; the son is the emperor's guard, and he is also close to the emperor. Father and son are close to the emperor, close to the water tower platform first to get the moon, the royal benefits will definitely not be less accounted for. Therefore, to be a Thousand Niu Wei promotion thief is a kangzhuang avenue and a shortcut.
According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, after five years of being a Qianniu wei, you can participate in the selection of officials in the official department and the military department, and then you can directly become an official. Since these Qianniu guards themselves have a backstage, it is almost effortless to obtain an official position in the military department and the official department. The subsequent promotion will also be very smooth due to nepotism. For example, Li Daozong, the brother of Li Shimin's party mentioned earlier, was born in a thousand cattle, and later promoted to a rocket, and became the commander-in-chief of the march in his twenties, which is equivalent to the current commander-in-chief of the front army. Of course, Li Daozong is a bit special, he is too close to Li Shimin, his ability is too outstanding, and his promotion is excusable. But in his case, he can still explain part of the problem.
In the Tang Dynasty, the Qianniu Wei group generally had a sense of superiority, mainly because their speed of promotion was fast, which was incomparable to a birth like Di Renjie. Despite his ability, Di Renjie worked at the grassroots level for 18 years, only to be transferred to the Central Committee at the age of 46; he worked in the Central Committee for another 16 years, and only became prime minister at the age of 62. It is incomparable to the Qianniu Wei.
Perhaps Di Renjie would have many sighs when facing the Qianniu Guards, although these young Qianniu Wei were his own subordinates, they might be on an equal footing with himself in a few years. Isn't Li Yuanfang of the same grade as him? After the same grade, it is a little difficult for Di Renjie to use Li Yuanfang again, but it is used in the TV series, and I can only say one sentence: TV is TV after all, not history.
Third, the demise of Qianniuwei
The Tang Dynasty's janissaries were divided into Southern And Northern Guards, and QianniuWei belonged to Nanya, in other words, Nanya was the home of Qianniuwei. The family of Nan ya is very large, there are a total of "sixteen guards", the full name is "Nan Ya sixteen guards", of which 4 guards are full-time emperor guards, and the other twelve guards are "remote leaders of the national government soldiers". Speaking of fubing, Nanya is based on the Tang Dynasty military system, then, the rise and fall of Qianniuwei has a great relationship with the prefectural military system.
The prefectural military system is a typical "soldier and civilian integration" system, which began in the Northern Wei Dynasty and declined in the Tang Dynasty. So, why did the Tang Dynasty decline? The Tang government distributed land to the peasants on the condition of military service, and then set up a military government to manage these militarized peasants. However, after the land was divided, it could not be divided again, and the prefectural military system could not be maintained, and could only disintegrate. In this way, the Southern Ya, which was built on the basis of the prefectural military system, had no soldiers to manage, and had to be sold. With the withdrawal of the Southern Guard, the Qianniu Wei establishment inside was no longer set up, and the position of Qianniu Wei disappeared. The Tang government then relied only on Beiya to manage the entire forbidden army.
Although Qianniuwei has disappeared, its once strong figure has been deeply imprinted in people's hearts, and after the promotion of "Detective Di Renjie", it is even more well-known and widely circulated.
bibliography:
New Book of Tang; Six Classics of Tang, etc