Qing Dynasty draft women every three years, after the harem is full, what to do?
It was very normal for an ancient emperor to have three palaces and six courtyards, after all, it was also for the emperor to have a queen. In the Qing Dynasty, it was necessary to choose a show girl every three years, to say that the system of selecting a show girl was still a matter that only existed in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and through this method to choose their own concubines, the original creator was the Shunzhi Emperor, which can be seen in the "Great Qing Huidian".
During the Shunzhi period, it was stipulated that whether Manchu, Han or Mongolian, any official of the Eight Banners should participate in a triennial show girl as long as there were female dings who were 14 to 18 years old. During the Qianlong period, it was even more stipulated that if you could not participate in the prescribed period for some special reasons, you were still not allowed to marry privately even when you were 20 years old.
To say that there is actually a very cumbersome procedure for selecting show girls, the main department responsible for the draft women is the household department, when the eight flags were sent to Beijing in advance after the launch of their daughters. After arriving in Beijing, this moment is nothing more than directly entering the imperial palace, but can only wait at the Shenwu Gate first, and then be led by the eunuch in the order of order, so as to meet the emperor and concubines. After that, only two women are selected every day, and after being selected, they will leave their signs, and those with brands will be re-selected on a regular basis, and further training can be carried out after passing.
Presumably, most people think that the draft women are only selected for the emperor, in fact, in addition to enriching the emperor's harem, it will also benefit other princes and princes of the right age. The chosen showgirl can become a Fujin even if she cannot become a princess. Of course, it does not necessarily mean that you can become a concubine immediately after you are selected, after all, the number of concubines is limited, and the show girl can only be an ordinary palace girl at the beginning, not only to serve the master, but also to do other chores. If you want to become a phoenix, then you can only have your own name after being blessed by the emperor.
In the Qing Dynasty, there were four emperors whose empresses became the lord of the harem through the status of showgirls, mainly because the emperors at that time were very young and could not succeed to the throne and get married, so they could only expand the harem through this method, and Cixi was one of them.
Then many people may ask, what should I do if the Qing Dynasty draft women are selected once every three years, and the officials are overcrowded? In fact, after the show girl entered the palace, if she was still not selected by the emperor at a certain age, she would be released from the palace and find another destination. And if you are favored by the emperor, but you have never been able to get favored, it is likely that you will not want to leave the Forbidden City at that time.