Preface
In ancient China, the emperor was the heaven of the common people, and all the people under the world were the emperor's subjects, so the emperor had supreme power, which could even be above the law.
The eternal truth of killing people to pay for their lives and repaying debts is useless when it comes to the emperor, who can not only kill people at will, but also can copy the home of the richest man by raising his hand, and the people shout "Long live" in exchange for the opportunity to steal his life.
It is rumored that Emperor Yongzheng was short-tempered and had extremely strict requirements for shaving his hair, so that not many shavers could meet them, so he would kill someone every time he shaved his head.
1. The shaving order of the Qing Dynasty
In the first year of Chongde, Huang Taiji unified Manchuria, and then became emperor, in order to consolidate his rule, he proposed a series of measures, one of which was to unify hair accessories.
After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the Shunzhi Emperor began to implement the shaving order, as early as after the Chongzhen Emperor hanged, the Manchu Qing began to order the people to shave their hair under the auspices of Dolgon, but because the people's resistance failed to materialize, at this time the world has been decided, and the shaving order has become a national policy to promote.
The reason why the Manchus were so obsessed with getting the common people to have a uniform hairstyle was mainly because of the experience of the Yuan Dynasty, which was a minority regime and its military strength was very strong, but why did it eventually perish in less than a hundred years? In Huang Taiji's view, it was because of a lack of cultural self-confidence.
As we all know, after the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, but because Kublai Khan himself admired the Han culture, the bureaucratic system of the Yuan Dynasty was almost always the same as the Tang and Song Dynasty systems, requiring Mongolian officials to learn Chinese and speak Chinese, these measures gradually made the Mongolian culture gradually decline, so it perished.
The rulers of the Qing Dynasty believed that in order to avoid following the old path of the Yuan Dynasty, the Manchus should be the main body from the beginning, because the Manchus were the rulers, so the people of the whole country had to abide by the rules of the rulers, not the rulers to get used to the rules of the common people.
It has to be said that although the shaving order was indeed an inhumane policy, it played a very effective role in ruling the people, especially in the early Qing Dynasty.
100,000 Qing soldiers entered the customs, until the Shunzhi Emperor ascended the throne in the Forbidden City, at this time there were only 500,000 bannermen in the pass, in order to avoid conflicts, the shaving order made everyone's hairstyle consistent.
The Han people could not distinguish which of the people around them were banner people and which were Han Chinese, which would create a strong psychological implication to the people that the whole world was Manchu, which was conducive to the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, there are many wealthy households in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the policy of shaving their hair and making it easy to wear clothes has encountered strong obstacles here, and if it is acceptable to shave their heads and keep braids, it is indeed more difficult to require the people to wear Manchu clothes.
The traditional hanfu has a cross-collar and no buttons, so it is easy to put on and take off, and there are no restrictions on the neck and wrists when working, which is much easier.
The Manchu costume is completely different, it is a standing collar, a buckle, and there is a feeling of uniform when you put it on, and the people can't adapt to it for a while, because of the promotion of the shaving order, the people of Jiading rose up to resist, and finally the city was slaughtered by the Qing army.
Second, Yongzheng's hidden disease
It is rumored that Emperor Yongzheng has extremely strict requirements for haircuts, and few barbers can meet them, and once Yongzheng is not satisfied, the barber has only a dead end.
At the beginning, the eunuchs who gave Yongzheng a haircut were the eunuchs in the palace, and in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, the eunuchs would wrap a piece of silk cloth around Yongzheng, and then carefully shave off the stubble growing on the forehead with a razor, and could not hurt the scalp or braids.
For a person who often shaves people's hair, this is not a difficult thing, but to shave the emperor's head, the psychological pressure is huge, some little eunuchs have trembling legs and trembling hands when shaving their hair, where can they complete the task perfectly?
Gradually, the people in the palace found that every time the eunuch who shaved Yongzheng's head was gone, no one knew the whereabouts, and finally learned from the mouth of a guard that Yongzheng had killed these people.
It turned out that Yongzheng had a skin disease after becoming the emperor, and moss grew on the top of his head, which caused Yongzheng's scalp to be very itchy.
So repeatedly, Yongzheng's head is full of scabs, and the shaving person will scratch the scabs if he doesn't pay attention to it, which hurts Yongzheng and grinning, but in order to shave his hair, he can only endure it, and wait until the little eunuch is finished, in order to prevent the eunuch from going back and talking nonsense, Yongzheng simply kills people and kills people.
Over time, the news that Yongzheng's head couldn't be touched spread in the inner palace, so that no one dared to give the emperor a haircut, but fortunately, Yongzheng was the most diligent emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and most of his time was devoted to work, eating was simple, and there was not much time to shave his hair, so many people were spared.
Once, the thirteenth elder brother noticed the scar on the top of his head when talking to Yongzheng, so he asked Yongzheng why he was not treated, Yongzheng replied that it was just itchy, and it was not painful, so he simply did not treat it, and the thirteenth elder brother knew that Yongzheng was afraid of seeking medical advice, so he sent someone to find a Taoist priest from the people, and treated him under the pretext of shaving his head.
3. Miraculous Taoist priests
At the insistence of the thirteenth elder brother, a Taoist priest surnamed Luo entered the palace, he came to shave his head for Yongzheng, and when he came to the Qianqing Palace, Taoist Luo made a big gift to Yongzheng, and then began his own performance.
Unexpectedly, Daoist Luo didn't take out the razor, but he took out a small black bag from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, please order someone to bring a basin of warm water." ”
Yongzheng was also the first time he had seen such a head shaver, and he didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he asked the eunuch around him to fetch a basin of hot water.
Luo Daoshi threw the black bag into it, and in an instant, the water in the basin also turned black, and under the stimulation of the heat, a good aroma filled the air.
It turned out that this small bag contained Chinese medicinal herbs! Luo Daoshi used a towel to absorb the potion, wrung it out and put it on Yongzheng's head, a wonderful pleasure swept through the whole body, and Yongzheng, who was still a little nervous, suddenly relaxed.
Seeing that Yongzheng closed his eyes, Daoist Luo knew that Yongzheng was very useful at this time, so he took out a razor and shaved his head clean in a few clicks, Yongzheng didn't feel any pain, and even a little unsatisfied.
Luo Daoshi also received heavy rewards for this and became Yongzheng's royal head shaver.
It turned out that Luo Daoshi added grass and mint to the herbs, these two herbs have a paralyzing effect, and the temperature of hot water is added to soften the scar, even if it touches the wound, Yongzheng does not feel pain.