Preface
In ancient times, the status of women was low, and the implementation of the spouse system was monogamy and polygamy, that is, a man, in addition to the wife of the Ming media being married, could also accept many concubines and enjoy the blessings of all people.
According to such a system, in ancient times, if a concubine who married a noble princess could still take a concubine?
If you want to take a concubine, what requirements does the colt need to meet?
The origin of the colt
It is known that the concubine was the husband of the princess, but in the beginning, the concubine referred to the close attendant who was in charge of the emperor's chariot.
In the Book of Han, there is such a record: The horse is the captain, the horse is in charge, and the first place of Emperor Wu.
In ancient times, when the emperor traveled, in order to prevent being assassinated, there would be several carriages of the same specification to confuse the enemy, and the person who drove the main car, that is, the car in which the emperor was sitting, was called Fengche Duwei, and the person in charge of the auxiliary car was called the horse Duwei.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Horse Commander, the Fengche Commander and the Riding Commander all belonged to Guangluxun, who had the qualifications to go to the court and was controlled by real power.
In the Wei and Jin dynasties, although the old system of the Eastern Han Dynasty was continued, the clan and relatives were the captains of the horses.
At this time, the lieutenant of the horse had no real power and became an officer.
During the time of Emperor Yuan of the Jin Dynasty, the officials of George were appointed as the commanders of the horses, and the captains of the carriages and the captains of the horses were abolished.
And most of the horses were the princess's husbands, and gradually, the horses referred to the princess's husband.
The difficulty of the colt
The status of the ancient princess was very high, and she lived a life of fine clothes and food since she was a child.
And those princesses who are favored by the emperor have to be windy and rainy.
But their only pain is that their marriage is not free.
Generally speaking, the marriage of the princess has a lot to do with politics, the lucky princess can stay in the capital, the emperor gives the princess a mansion, if she is not lucky, she will be married to the border fortress, and consolidate the peace of the frontier.
In ancient times, women were married very early, and they were already married in their teens, and according to today, they are only the age of middle school students.
This is because the lifespan of ancient people was very short, the average age was forty years old, and if you wait until you are in your twenties to get married, you will have a feeling of half-cutting your body into the ground.
The princess is not worried about getting married, because of a holy decree, no matter how high your official position and power are, there is no room for refusal and resistance.
Even if the colt has a heart in the future, he has to greet him with a smile, thank you.
Moreover, the princess's husband is very good, after all, they grew up in fine clothes and food, and have such a powerful maiden family, the emperor will not marry his daughter to a poor family.
However, such an emotionless union often makes the princess and the concubine particularly aggrieved, just like Princess Gaoyang in the Tang Dynasty, because she didn't like the concubine, she had an affair with the monk, and the concubine not only did not stop it, but also helped them cover up.
In the Qing Dynasty, it was not easy to become a concubine, and for the princess's happy marriage, they had a set of "trial marriage" schemes.
The colt needs to have a good family, have a certain political status, and be quite talented in its own right.
These requirements alone are already very demanding, and after layers of screening, the people who can be qualified are basically the dragons and phoenixes among the people.
But getting married, meeting these external conditions, is only a plus, and the most important thing is that the intimate relationship can go smoothly, in order to ensure this, before the princess gets married, there will be a "trial marriage".
This kind of trial marriage is not what modern people call premarital cohabitation, but there is a special "trial marriage qualification".
Emperor Kangxi's third daughter married Nala Anping, a concubine who was very talented and had a high political status.
But the emperor is not at ease, in case the physical fitness is not good, it will delay the daughter for a lifetime, so the queen sent a maid around her, to be a "trial marriage", after special training, live with the horse for a few nights, if you feel good, go to report the accurate situation with the queen.
After passing the last step of assessment, the marriage is basically decided, and the maid who tries to marry will also be named a concubine.
However, it should be noted that the colt must be fertile, and if he has been married to the princess for many years and still has no heirs, and the problem lies with the colt, he will be convicted of bullying the king.
Xiangfu Aiyori
In ancient times, the three wives and four concubines paid attention to "one wife, two flat wives and four partial concubines", which were generally managed by the wives in the backyard, and the flat wives assisted the left and right, and the partial concubines were very statusless, and they needed to serve the three ladies and husbands wholeheartedly.
In ancient times, it was a serious crime to spoil a concubine and kill a wife, and the punishment was different depending on the dynasty, but the lightest was to fill the army and distribute it.
Because of the decision of feudal etiquette, the ancient three outlines and five constants were the basis of social life, the monarch was the minister, the husband was the wife, and the father was the son.
Courtiers, wives, and sons are required to obey the monarch, husband, and father, but in turn, the monarch, husband, and father must also bear the corresponding responsibilities and be responsible for their wives.
Therefore, this kind of behavior of spoiling concubines and killing wives violates the three outlines and five constants.
This kind of blessing of Qi people, the horse is unbearable, if the princess does not agree to the concubine, even if the horse has this idea, it is not the courage to implement it.
On the surface, the concubine is indeed very beautiful, with the title of the emperor's son-in-law, the ruyi Langjun of the princess of the dynasty, and a veritable relative of the emperor.
With such a status, even if the prime minister is under one person and above ten thousand people, he has to be honored as a concubine.
The inner concubine is very aggrieved, in ancient times, what woman did not regard her husband as the sky?
The concubine doesn't dare to put this score, the princess's golden body is very delicate, just say a few words in front of the emperor, and the horse's head has to see if it can still be on the head.
For the princess's words, the colt could only completely obey and did not dare to resist.
Unless the princess is very virtuous, the colt is very aggrieved at home.
Conditions for taking a concubine
Whether the concubine can marry a concubine is essentially a matter between him and the princess and his wife.
If the princess is arrogant and unwilling to serve a husband with another woman, the concubine is not allowed to take a concubine.
But if the princess has a weak personality, takes her husband as the guideline, and obeys the concubine, as long as the princess agrees, the concubine can take a concubine.
Historically, Wang Ji, the concubine of Emperor Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, married Princess Changshan, the daughter of Emperor Wen of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Zhao, and married several concubines, leaving the eldest son Wang Zhuo and the second son Wang Yu.
Zhao Hui, the concubine of the Ming Dynasty, did whatever he wanted, because Zhu Yuanzhang's youngest daughter, Princess Baoqing, had a weak personality and followed the tradition of her husband singing and following her wife, Zhao Hui picked soft persimmons and pinched them, and accepted no less than 100 concubines, more than the emperor's harem.