The system of the Qing Dynasty borrowed a lot from the Ming Dynasty, because ethnic minorities settled in the Central Plains. They themselves did not have such a rich cultural heritage, nor did they have too many red tape and rules!
However, the authority of the emperor must be restrained by etiquette, so after entering the customs, I didn't have time to revise the rules one by one, so I went to a wrap-up meeting to directly absorb all the court etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, including the eunuch system!
Pack it up and collect it first, and then slowly modify and adjust it after the world is calmed down and no more contact!
In other words, when Shunzhi entered the capital, the eunuchs who stayed behind in the Forbidden City, those who had experienced the two masters of Chongzhen and Li Zicheng, were still alive!
These people taught the Manchus how to enjoy being emperors. They retained etiquette, but at the same time they also retained many of the eunuchs' own cultural traditions!
Of course the eunuch world has its own inheritance, and they even have their own world view, outlook on life and values!
You must know that the Eunuch Party was a very huge political force in Chinese history!
In the last years of the Eastern Han and Western Han Dynasties, the eunuch forces had always been the third faction in the DPRK that could compete with the emperor and relatives!
In the late Tang Dynasty, the eunuch party could single-handedly control the emperor's dethronement and establishment!
Throughout the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the Dongchang, Xichang, and Jinyiwei institutions controlled by the eunuchs can be said to have turned the people of the country into disgrace!
This is because the eunuch group has been in contact with the core of power, they have tasted the sweetness of power, and this group is not all illiterate.
In fact, many eunuchs in history had very high levels of education!
They have knowledge and culture, and have been exposed to the core of power. The history is still very long... What's more important is that the eunuch's own independent cultural system has not been eradicated!
This is very critical, because during the revolutionary periods when dynasties in China changed, it was rare for new rulers to kill all the eunuchs of the old rulers!
This is very interesting, because eunuchs are not considered human beings, they are just a tool attached to the imperial power, and it really takes time to train this tool well!
You can't conquer the capital with a large army, go back and kill all the old eunuchs, and then raise a new batch of eunuchs yourself, right?
How many men do you need to castrate? What percentage of people survive after castration? The surviving batch are all novices. Who will train them?
The key is that he wants to enjoy the new emperor. He cannot wait for several years for the new eunuch to become good at serving others!
Therefore, the new dynasty accepted the eunuch system of the old dynasty, and this became an unwritten practice!
It is precisely because of this convention that the secret cultural inheritance system among eunuchs has not been interrupted!
That knowledge system that relies heavily on word of mouth has been quietly developing!
How to serve the emperor and make him happy? How to observe words and expressions? How to teach the little emperor the posture on the bed curtain? How come the Three Thousand Imperial Women doesn’t hurt your body enough?
How to match the food to best suit the master's wishes? How to cut the fabrics and clothing that have been out of print for thousands of years? What are the tips for using various palace utensils?
The secret to managing a eunuch’s harem? Even including the torture secrets passed down from Dongchang and Xichang?
Everything needs to be passed down orally, and it has become a subculture that is both independent from outsiders and very dependent on the imperial power, which is difficult for outsiders to pry into!
Don't underestimate these inconspicuous knowledge inheritance. Why does it only take three generations to produce a noble? Many people have to be small to see the big!
Why does Jia Mu know 'Ruanyanluo'? Why don’t you even recognize Wang Xifeng? The devil is in the details!
If the rulers of the new dynasty want to be promoted to hereditary nobles quickly and truly have the bearing of a noble, they need these little insights!
Wang Zhong opened Zaicheng's eyes today. This unique skill of gouging out fish eyes is really unbelievable!
You can't die, and the fish-eye meat won't cause fatal damage, but it hurts, to your bones, to your heart, so painful that you can't control your bowels!
It hurts so much that even coma is a luxury!
Zaicheng was fascinated by the sum of 650,000 taels of silver. He was scratching his head and restless in the quiet room, but in the end he went down the well and got into the secret room again.
But when I entered, I saw Wang Zhong tortured Manshun. This eunuch was even more ruthless in killing each other. The sight of Manshun being tortured made Zai Cheng tremble with fear!
The knife cut out the flesh piece by piece. Wang Zhong's hand holding the knife was covered with blood. The two of them were close to each other. Wang Zhong roared, "Speak if you want to survive! How many treasure caves are there? Hurry up." talk!"
"Ah...Wang Zhong...you will have your retribution sooner or later...no...no more...there is no treasure cave...just this one..."
"You still dare to lie to me? I think you really don't want to live anymore! How could it be just this treasure cave? How could it be..." Wang Zhong went up and stabbed him again, and another piece of fish eye flesh was gouged out.
Zai Cheng's eyes shrank in fear, and Manshun's screams made his heart tremble. He couldn't understand what belief supported Manshun in refusing to speak until now.
He waved his hand and walked over. Wang Zhong quickly backed away when he saw his master coming. Zai Cheng said to Man Shun, "Why bother? Why do you bother?"
"That's great, you can save yourself a lot of suffering! What kind of ecstasy soup did Zai Chun fill you with? Why are you so loyal to him?"
"Tell me, what do you want? As long as you ask, I guarantee that you will be rich and peaceful for the rest of your life...I can even protect a few officials from your family. Is this a suitable deal?"
"Stop holding on, you are loyal, do others really take you seriously?"
"If the emperor loses you, he will immediately replace you with a new one... But if your family loses you, then there will be nothing..."
Zaicheng thought he could convince Manshun by being a lobbyist, but unexpectedly he heard Manshun's ghost-like laughter.
"Hehe...hehehe...hehehehe..." This was not a laugh, it was the sound of air from the lungs hitting the throat. Manshun seemed to be just using this method to relieve pain.
"Cheng Beile... you... you don't understand... you don't understand anything..."
"Eunuch... what is a eunuch? Eunuchs are imperfect people... they are bitches who can't even enter their ancestors' graves after they die!"
"Even if I...even if I become the head eunuch...I can earn countless talents for my family...I can even build the most gorgeous tomb..."
"I also have to be buried outside... I am not wanted in the ancestral grave... No one in this world wants us eunuchs..."
"What choice do we have... We can only rely on the imperial power... The emperor is our only hope..."
"With the Emperor... we have a way to survive... Without the Emperor, we have nothing..."
Manshun was in so much pain that he was hallucinating. What was going around in front of his eyes like a revolving lantern were scenes of accompanying the emperor in Europe. It was the happiest time in Manshun's life!
There are no strict rules of superiority and inferiority as in the country, the emperor does not have such a big airs, and foreign devils will not come to bully him.
Everything is new, everything is beautiful, and you can learn a lot of new things every day!
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty only has this... a coin bank... no more... no more..."
After saying this, Manshun suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, then suddenly lowered his head and fainted from pain!
"Damn! Pour cold water on him... wake him up!"
