Zhu Yuanzhang's harem: the tragic ending of maid-in-waiting living with eunuch

Anyone who has seen the concubines in the palace knows that the maid-in-waiting and the eunuch live together, which is called "eating and eating", and it tastes a bit like being a master. This thing has been around since the Han Dynasty. Here, bloggers are unable to do academic research and have no energy to do panoramic description, so let's focus on the court in the Wanli period of Daming.

"Love for food" is very real and often develops into "marriage for food". From love to sacred marriage hall, their marriage is also very romantic. Although the Forbidden City isolates freedom from the world, it can't isolate moonlight from planetesimals, nor can it isolate rose petals from rain. These miserable people "swear to each other before and after the stars." Of course, it costs money to fall in love and get married. In order to date his sweetheart, my father-in-law spared no expense to get a kiss.

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Since we love each other and get married, we have to give each other a name. In the Forbidden City, you said "madam" and I said "husband". Of course, the secret was leaked, so there was a secret code. When a eunuch becomes the husband of a maid-in-waiting, he is called a "vegetable farmer", which sounds like saying that his father-in-law is a maid-in-waiting's dish. Of course, "vegetable farmers" can't be called casually. Those eunuchs who carry water and chop firewood can't call others "vegetable farmers", but "some old lady". For example, Wang Zhi is called "Shao Chunhua's old lady's brother", and the old lady is the honorary title of maid-in-waiting. Over time, the secret code became a clear number, even the emperor knew it, and even accepted this fact, so that when he saw the maid-in-waiting, he would ask, "Who is your boyfriend?" Or ask the eunuch, "Who is your girlfriend?" Maids-in-waiting and eunuchs don't have to risk "bullying the monarch" to hide it, just report it directly. Anyway, such a love marriage won't kill anyone. Cut some slack if you can.

Of course, there are also leaders who don't like "eating". Zhu Yuanzhang is a serious leader and has no room for any sand in his eyes. In his hands, corrupt officials will be skinned, and eunuchs will be skinned if they have an affair. Needless to say, an iron fist can cure corruption, but it is time to discuss it. Emperor Wanli can't tolerate "love to eat". Anyone involved in the red line of "love to eat" will be sentenced to death, and those who use this as a medium will also be killed by a board, which is the so-called "court staff." However, the secular desire can not be stopped by peeling and beating the board, its existence is reasonable, and the rationality of the personnel structure of "food love" can not be stopped by peeling and beating the board. Therefore, "love of food" has been stubbornly existing and developing, just as Shen Defu recorded: "However, it cannot be banned".

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How did the eunuchs in ancient times make love?

Ancient eunuchs (eunuchs) lost their normal "sexual" ability through * * *, but there are many signs that they still have certain "sexual" requirements. From a physiological point of view, although the eunuch's * * * is * * *, the gonad is still there, and the sex hormones are still secreted, which may lead to the existence of sexual requirements; From a psychological point of view, the sexual intercourse between the emperor and the imperial concubines is not taboo because of the special status of eunuchs, and may also form a * * * relationship with them, thus inducing sexual desire.

Even in a sense, this abnormal psychological development will make it have stronger expectations than ordinary people. The so-called "deaf people prefer to listen and blind people prefer to watch" is precisely the truth.

How do eunuchs (eunuchs) and women satisfy * * *? This has always been a mystery. But first of all, one thing is certain, that is, for many eunuchs, it is obviously impossible to have a normal sex life without * * *, so the way to satisfy * * * is bound to be abnormal or even morbid. However, fundamentally speaking, only through vision and touch can psychological and physical needs be met.

From the analysis of visible historical data, there are roughly two kinds:

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One is comfort and * * *. "Notes on Wandering in the Qing Dynasty" said: "Eunuchs are close to women, always caressing their mouths and biting, and when they are nervous, they stop sweating. It is also abnormal for Gai * * to vent his anger at this point. "

The second is to use weapons. Qing Dynasty recorded in A Sea of People that Tian Guifei, the favorite concubine of Emperor Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty, used the ambiguous relationship between eunuchs and maids to provoke the relationship between Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou. One day, Tian Guifei deliberately asked the maid-in-waiting to sit in a sedan chair to see Emperor Chongzhen. Chongzhen is very strange. What he saw was the ladies-in-waiting sedan chair, not the usual eunuch sedan chair. Tian Guifei took the opportunity to explain: "Eunuchs are very arrogant, especially the little eunuchs in Queen Zhou's Palace, so they all hide far away." Chongzhen was originally a suspicious person, and immediately ordered a search of the Kunning Palace where Queen Zhou lived. Sure enough, all kinds of utensils used by eunuchs were seized, and Queen Zhou vomited blood on the spot. At this moment, an old imperial secretary reminded Chongzhen: "Is there no one in Tianfei Palace?" You can also search. "As a lamb, Chongzhen did find a batch of weapons.