4hw.org: eunuchs play an indispensable role in the history of our country. Even in some periods, the rights of eunuchs are higher than those of emperors. Eunuchs are also called eunuchs. They were sent to the imperial palace to serve the royal family after the ancient men had their genitals cut off. In fact, eunuchs originated in ancient Egypt at the earliest. Do you know why eunuchs should be clean?
Eunuch behind Jing
Eunuchs were first called eunuchs The original meaning of the eunuch character is official or official, so the eunuch character is often connected with the official character, which is called eunuch, so there is a saying of the ups and downs of the eunuch sea.
Why should eunuchs clean their bodies? According to the history, the first emperor of Qin set up the post of middle minister, whose main task was to enter and leave the court freely, serve the emperor and his family members, convey imperial edicts, master documents and so on. These people were called eunuchs. In order to prevent these eunuchs who can enter and leave the palace freely from causing trouble in the palace with beautiful women, the imperial court stipulated that before entering the palace, the eunuch must first castrate the genitals, so the eunuch became a non male non female eunuch.
In a word, it is to prevent the safety of the concubines in the palace and ensure the blood of the Dragon Prince.
There are three thousand beauties in the imperial palace. There are always some lonely and intolerable people who are out of favor. The emperor doesn't want his posterity to bring you a green hat behind his back. Then he will turn those men who serve the posterity into eunuchs.
The emperor cut the man's penis, the original intention is to cut off the chaos in the harem, but the trouble often comes from the eunuch. If the eunuch is not completely clean, there is no difference between the eunuch and the ordinary man, and there will be sexual desire and sexual function.
It's said that Cixi has a relationship with Andrea and Li Lianying. That's what happened. Therefore, this is also an important reason why eunuchs should be clean!
In the past, there were two kinds of organizations for men's clean body, one was the official one, the other was the private one.
Of course, there are family workshops. The risk of clean body is very high, the mortality rate is very high, only about 40% can survive. Therefore, most eunuchs are poor families, and they have no way to choose this way. Generally, people don't do this kind of thing.
In Chinese history, the number of eunuchs in Ming Dynasty is unprecedented, but their selection must go through strict procedures. The first is to apply for castration. According to the Ming code of rites, it was stipulated at that time that if there were four or five sons in the people's home, they could report to the government to castrate one son if they wanted, and the government would make a list of candidates.
If the people intend to castrate without permission, they should be severely punished by sending border guards to the army. It needs to be mentioned that neighbors have the obligation to report to each other, and those who do not report shall be punished together. The second is alternate employment.
In the early Ming Dynasty, eunuch recruitment was mainly in the charge of the Ministry of rites. Later, because the eunuch affairs in the palace were all in the charge of the Si Li Jian, the recruitment of eunuch gradually became to be handled by the Si Li Jian together with the Ministry of rites. In the sixth year of Wanli, Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty ordered the celebrants and the Ministry of rites to select 3570 eunuchs for use in the palace.
As for the procedure of eunuch recruitment, according to the records of the central government written by Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of the late Ming Dynasty, every candidate eunuch of the inner court, after the primary election in the hall of the auditorium by the officials of the auditorium together with the eunuch in charge of the imperial court, will live for a night in the vegetable factory outside the door of the eastern gate of the auditorium. The next morning, he was called to Dong'an gate, went to the internal official prison, and strictly selected again. Those who were qualified were given ebony cards, waiting for orders. Finally, the eunuch in charge of rites in the palace printed the eunuch or BingBi eunuch, and assigned them to work in the palace before Longevity Hill.
Therefore, it is not so easy to be a eunuch. There is also a set of strict procedures. Here, we can see the ancient class relations.