What kind of position is "Prince Washing Horse"?

This question is answered by Tu Bijun for your readers.

Before answering this question, shall we get to know the horse washer together? Wash? Words.

Wash is a polyphonic word, which is easy to mispronounce.

As we all know, when it is pronounced as xi (three tones), it originally meant to wash feet with water, and later it was extended to dust removal with water.

At the same time, it also makes a sound (three sounds). What is this? Washing horses? Few people know the exclusive pronunciation of this official name.

The difference in tone means a world of difference, and even the ancients often make jokes.

Why don't you meet Mr. Tu Biejun with readers? Washing horses? This seemingly wonderful official position.

The funniest official name in the history of China.

There is a joke in the book "The Ancient Road of Kuaiyuan" written by Zhang Dai, a great genius in the late Ming Dynasty.

During Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Yang was promoted by Hanlin as Prince Washing Horse. After taking office, Yang Xima took time to go home to visit relatives.

Due to underdeveloped transportation, the journey of the ancients was very long and arduous, but Yang Xima, as an official, had the right to stay in the post office.

The post station, shouldering the important responsibility of transmitting military intelligence and government information and receiving officials, has always been an important place under strict jurisdiction.

According to the Daming Law, officials can only enter the post station with the operator's license issued by the Ministry of War and the tooth card issued by the official department.

One day, Yang Ma saw the sun set and walked into a nearby post station. According to the regulations, he handed the relevant documents to Cheng Yi (the stationmaster) for verification.

This Cheng Yi is also a snob. Yang was bowing and bowing when he came in with dignity.

But when I saw that the certificate said the official position of washing horses, I thought Yang was just a handyman in the East Palace, the size of sesame and mung beans.

There was a sudden momentum, and I immediately stood up straight and wanted to compete with Yang Xima.

He narrowed his eyes and asked Yang, Is your job to wash horses? How many horses do you have to wash a day to complete the task?

That Yang is also a humorous person. He made up his mind to fight with Cheng Yi, so he said that if there was no specific task, he would wash more horses diligently when he was in a good mood and steal some lazy horses when he was in a bad mood.

The two of them were chatting like this when suddenly a report came from the outside door that an empire was going to stay in the post office.

That hurriedly got up to meet, urging Yang to wash the horse and leave the purlin.

Yang Xima, like nothing happened, told Cheng Yi that I was still a little tired, and it was not too late for me to let him go when the advice came.

Cheng Yi was too flustered to drive people away. He ran to the door to welcome the proposal and apologized as he walked, but I was sorry. I really didn't know you were coming. I went to the house and arranged for a handyman to wash horses in the East Palace. Wait a minute. I told him to pack up and live in the next place.

This guy doesn't know the goods, but his colleagues in the suggestion system do know that a prince with a higher grade than himself once lived in a post station to wash horses and went to visit Yang's room according to etiquette.

The suggestion also ignored the nonsense, took a few steps to wash the horse in the purlin and bowed to Yang.

At this time, Cheng Yi thought of the taste. It turned out that the horse washer was a big official and hurriedly climbed down the steps to beg for mercy. Yang Xima had a lot of knowledge but didn't share it with him.

Also in the Ming Dynasty, the owner of Fubaizhai recorded a cold joke about washing horses in his joke collection "Yabante".

It is said that in Jingtai three years, Huiyuan Liu was promoted to the Department of Economics to wash horses. On his way home, he happened to meet his good friend Wang Wei, assistant minister of the Ministry of War. Assistant minister Wang wanted to play a joke on his friend, so he said to Huiyuan Liu, you want a clean horse in this palace, Madoff.

That Liu reacted quickly and immediately replied that not only the horses in the palace should be washed, but also those of the two Sima's (Fu, the minister of war, and Shao Sima, the assistant minister of war) should be washed.

The old one? Washing horses? There really is a horse.

Since Qin? Washing horses? A position,

At the beginning of the establishment of this official position, it was really related to horses.

What was its original name? The first horse? Or is it? Ma Qian? .

This is the captain of the prince's honor guard.

Sima Biao's book "Continued Han" in the Western Jin Dynasty? There is a record in Guan Baizhi:? When the prince comes out, he should be straight and lead the way alone.

Because the pilot officer has the obligation to clean up the crowd on the street, one for two. The first horse? And then it evolved into? Washing horses? But the pronunciation remained.

The prince's favorite

Do you remember your first contact? Washing horses? This official name is in the article "Chen Qingbiao" written by Shi Mi, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty, and in the high school textbook.

At that time, Tubie Jun was also very curious. In order to get Shi Biao to the palace to wash the horses, Sima Yan also made a strict order?

This is obviously illogical.

So, Tu Biejun began to run to the library to read the information, trying to find out what grade this official position was.

To talk about the ins and outs of washing horses, you have to start from? Prince? Speaking of which.

As we all know, Chu Jun, the legitimate prince of the feudal dynasty, is the boss of all Wang Zizhong (regardless of age) and the future emperor.

Based on the importance of the prince to the future of the country, Torre is absolutely cautious when choosing people around him.

Since Shang Dynasty, a set of official system of Oriental Palace has been formed, which was gradually finalized in Qin and Han Dynasties.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this official system reached its peak and built a complex and mature system. The rank of officials in the East Palace is stricter, the division of labor is clearer and easier to understand.

The following introduction to Tubie Jun is based on the official system of the Eastern Palace in Ming and Qing Dynasties.