In ancient times, there was a group of more special people, called "eunuchs" by our modern people, they were male slaves in the ancient palace, and there were many titles in ancient times, such as eunuchs, eunuchs, internal attendants, etc., in fact, "eunuchs" were originally the highest rank among eunuchs, but over time, people generally called them "eunuchs".
The historical "eunuchs" had a bad reputation, because they had physical defects, coupled with the status of slaves in the palace, so few people would look at eunuchs; At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, such a powerful figure as Cao Cao was often burdened by the status of a "descendant of eunuchs", and you can imagine how much people despised eunuchs.
The word "tai" of eunuch is very exquisite, and a "big" plus a little, which means that eunuchs can be big or small; Ordinary eunuchs, whose status is extremely low; But if it is a eunuch who is liked by the emperor, it is really under one person, above ten thousand people, and some powerful courtiers do not dare to offend too much, such as Wang Zhen, the eunuch during the Ming Yingzong period, who is the first person in the history of the Ming Dynasty to have eunuch dictatorship!
Eunuch dictatorship, eunuch power, eunuch chaos, this series of pejorative terms that belong exclusively to eunuchs, all of which show people's hatred of eunuchs, but it is not difficult to find that there are really many eunuchs who have made chaos in history.
Of course, there are also heroes and great people in eunuchs, such as Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty, although he was a eunuch, but with his diplomatic skills, military strategy and spiritual quality, he won the respect of the world, "Zheng He went to the West" influenced the world and was noticed by all countries at that time.
Although eunuchs are good and bad, in modern times, eunuchs have become a curse word because of their physical defects.
As we all know, there were many women in the harem of ancient emperors, and in order to prevent these women from having an affair with slaves, there was a tradition of castrating eunuchs; The so-called castration is to destroy the eunuchs...., many people understand, there is no need to say more here.
In the modern humane era, castration is a very inhuman means, but in ancient royal palaces, it was very common. Imagine that in ancient times, the royal palace was the most sacred place in a country, and if some slaves and master's women committed adultery in it, it would not bring shame on all the people of a country.
As a result, castration before eunuchs entered the palace became the norm.
Castration is also known as "purification", also known as "palace punishment", many people think that only eunuchs will be "purified", in fact, the palace maids in ancient palaces are also likely to be "purified".
The huge royal palace could not only have male slaves, but also many female slaves, who were called palace maidens. What many people don't know is that some palace maids may also face "purification" after entering the palace.
So, how are the palace maids "cleansed" handled?
Palace maids, like eunuchs, can still soar into the sky if they can be favored and favored by the emperor. Historically, there are not a few empresses born as palace maidens.
Having said that, if an ordinary palace maid wants to fly on a branch and become a phoenix, it also needs great luck; Because the palace is so big and there are so many palace maidens, only some palace maids who have the opportunity to meet the emperor are likely to be favored by the emperor. Even many palace maids in the palace have never been able to see the emperor in their entire lives.
But if there are palace maids who are favored by the emperor and are lucky, it is not entirely a good thing, because this will cause the jealousy of the harem concubines, if the emperor spoils you every day, where will they be placed?
Therefore, if some palace maids who are favored by the emperor are targeted by some concubines with evil intentions, then I am afraid that the end will not be good. As long as the emperor is not around, those concubines can persecute the palace maids at will whenever they move their mouths, and in order to prevent the palace maids from becoming pregnant with dragon sons, they will even "purify" the palace maids.
The so-called "purification" of the palace maid, also known as "claustrophobia" in ancient times, was to prevent the palace maid from having an affair with the emperor.
The operation of this method is mentioned in the "Tales of the Remaining Stones": "Hitting a woman in the chest and abdomen with a mallet, that is, a thing falls and covers her household, only to defecate, and humanity will never be wasted", which is commonly referred to as "claustrophobia".
After translation, it is to use a wooden stick to hit the palace maid in the abdomen until one of the objects falls, so that the palace maid's way can be permanently abolished and prevent it from having an affair with a man.
Since there was no color ultrasound and the like in ancient times, there are different opinions about what was shot down, but according to ancient books, this method of preventing women from getting pregnant is still relatively effective, but it sounds really cruel.
All in all, even if this technique has no effect, those who have evil intentions will come up with various ways to prevent the palace maid from getting pregnant, and even kill her, because the emperor has every opportunity, and it may be impossible to forget it if he does not see it for a day.
Therefore, many palace maids without background in ancient times, even if they were favored by the emperor, would inevitably have a good ending!
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