The royal family expanded rapidly in the early Ming Dynasty, and the demand for eunuchs increased. Since the palace became a ladder for many people to change their destiny. It seems to be an advantage to cut off your life and let yourself find a decent job, or even be promoted to a higher position. In the first year of Hongwu, when the Ming Dynasty was just established, there were only five prison officials, and later they even fell to six, and their status level was not as good as that of female officials in the palace. However, in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, the internal reference supervisor was officially classified as Zhengsi. Since then, the internal prison (headed by eunuchs) has formed its own bureaucratic system, which can compete with the scholar's scientific research all the way into the palace. The cost of being an "official" from the palace is much lower than that of studying. Changing one's destiny from the palace, just like reading, has become a chicken soup that inspires the whole people to make progress.
Not only the children of ordinary people chose to enter the palace, but also the children of soldiers began to join the "palace tide". Just after the Changsha Palace incident, Zhu Gaochi received a transcript, which was from Xu Yi, a soldier of Xingzhou Zuotun Wei (Hebei Qian 'an generation), saying that his son had been in the palace as an internal reference and requested to get rid of his army. This time, the emperor was really angry and replied, "Teach the son for the father, and support the relatives for the son.". Your son's self-mutilation, disloyalty and inhumanity are rooted in you. Let your son leave the palace for military service.
It's not a problem to always deal with trivial matters like this. The emperor issued an order to Jin Chun, the minister of punishments, and others: those who enter the palace in the future will never be forgiven. And to the university student Yang Shiqi and others, instructions to imperial edict banned from entering the palace, by the way, even castration is prohibited.
However, the power in the palace did not disappear because of Injong's disgust. During Xuanzong's reign, Ren Ben and other soldiers and civilians turned to the palace for help. Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, said that when the first emperor was around, people in the palace were sent to guard the border to cross their toes. Why are these people so bold? Then we will send them as usual.
Since then, the Ming emperors have insisted on the policy of prohibiting self-palace, and offenders are guarded by border guards. In the 13th year of Ming Yingzong orthodoxy, Li from Jiangxi and Shaanxi lied that he was ill and fell off his horse, resulting in the loss of reproductive organs. In fact, they are palace people, who violated the ban and were sent to Tieling to exile the army. In the third year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor ordered Shang Hu, a minister of the Ministry of Rites, to tell him that there were too many people in the palace, and those who made the forbidden palace order could be treated as unfilial as usual. In the sixth year of Hongzhi in Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, Luo, the wife of soldier Ma Ying, and Ma Wu, the son of a private palace, were sentenced to death after the incident. At that time, Wang Jiaqing, an official of the Ministry of Punishment, and others felt that it was too heavy, and suggested that the punishment should be changed to rod punishment. As a result, the emperor was furious. Not only Roche was beheaded, but also Wang Jiaqing and others were demoted. During the reign of Emperor Wudong of the Ming Dynasty, it was repeatedly reiterated that anyone who stayed in the capital without the permission of the palace would be put to death. At that time, 12 people caught from the palace should have been executed because they were too young to be tortured, but they were not released and kept in prison.
The policy of banning self-palace almost ran through the whole Ming Dynasty, but the "tide of self-palace" did not stop, but the more forbidden it was, the more prosperous it became.
The power of example is infinite.
If you become an internal supervisor just to find a job and make a living, you may not be able to attract so many people to risk being exiled and beheaded, pay the price of losing their children, and wave knives at your little brother. The real * * *, I'm afraid it comes from the emperors who issued the ban. Take a closer look, and you will know that many emperors with the strictest ban have a eunuch who has a great influence in the whole country, such as Wang Zhen around Ming Yingzong, which directly led to the change of the civil fort, the army was completely annihilated, and the emperor was captured. This person was also honored by "* * *" after the restoration of the English Sect. Another example is Cao Jixiang, the eunuch in the late Yingzong period, who almost took Daming's throne. Wang Zhi in Ming Xianzong, Liu Jin and Gu Dayong in Ming Wuzong, and Feng Bao in Ming Shenzong. Giving orders can not only enrich money crazily and lead a luxurious life, but also influence the political situation and control ministers' harem, princes and even emperors. Although the ultimate fame is inevitable, the benefits are obvious. The emperor's boredom and distrust of the minister turned into his full love for his internal prison, which was the main reason for everyone's madness.
For a long time, the power of the prison has overshadowed the power of the minister. For example, in the twenty-first year of Chenghua, the official Xu and Lu Yu refused to give way to each other, and the two sides clashed, and Xu beat Deng. Because of this incident, Xu was sent to the Royal Guards Prison, and later transferred to the prison for disposal, and received 30 big boards. In the thirty years of Wanli, when Aowenzhen, an official of the Ministry of Rites, passed by Xuanwu Gate, he happened to meet three jailers who had drunk a lot and rode horses. The three eunuchs not only "drunk", but also swore at Ao Wenzhen and smashed his sedan chair to powder. Ao was so scared that he hid in the door officer's house and sent someone to the Royal Guards for help. Unexpectedly, after the officers and men of the Royal Guards arrived, the prison guards actually "attacked the police" and beat the Royal Guards. Why dare you make such a noise? Because they are from Zheng Guifei.
In the Ming Dynasty, the prison had a complete official rank system, which actually formed another "* * *" in the palace. For example, the eunuchs in Li Si are almost equivalent to the "second stage", while the eunuchs in imperial horses involve military power. Under the eunuch Li Si, there are also a group of small jailers who call themselves "Neihan". They pretend to be the Imperial Academy and think tanks. The role of the internal supervisor can be not only in the palace, but also in supervising the army, making diplomatic missions, taking charge of finance and taxation, and even engaging in special agents (East Factory). Arrogant momentum overwhelmed the Royal Guards, and they were everywhere.
In terms of specific treatment, prison officials are also better than ministers. For example, the python suit is similar to the emperor's robe, except that one claw is missing. It was once given to foreign monarchs as the highest national gift. Later, it was awarded to eunuchs and then to ministers. For example, the emperor often gave eunuchs private seals, and the great eunuch Feng Bao got a seal engraved with the words "aboveboard".
You don't have to change your destiny just to be a eunuch ―― many people also think for the whole family. The adopted son and nephew of eunuch Cao Jixiang became officials because of him. In other words, it doesn't matter if the prison guards don't have their own. Relatives and children can get an official position in this respect, which is considered as a contribution to the family. There are many locations and wide opportunities, so it is no wonder that everyone is flocking to them.
On the surface, we are very strict, but there are still many women who have entered the palace in a muddle. Ming Yingzong orthodox years, Fujian company commanders Chen Mao, into the qingliu 108 people, received it. Sixteen eunuchs from Mubin's family in Qiandongnan Prefecture of Yunnan Province went to Li Si prison. During the Jingtai period, Fujian supervisors took away 59 people and entered the supervisor. You see, there are loopholes in the system, and I don't follow my own rules.
Even if the wind is tight, the people in the palace can't stay in the capital, nor can they mix in the palace. Then they can go to governors' houses, even governors' houses all over the country. As the saying goes, if you ask, you must pass through the palace. During Jingtai period, Zhu Zhipu, the king of Yongxing, privately collected fourteen eunuchs, who were condemned by the emperor and taken into Li Si prison. Since then, ministers and governors have banned * * *, often according to this example, only criticizing the income, but not asking. Of course, there are unlucky ones-during the Wanli period, Qian Gong was reported as a "private eunuch", and it is said that there were twenty "internal envoys" in his family. In addition, he was accused of conniving at human greed and abuse, and was named and beheaded by the emperor.
It can be said that the urgency of changing fate, the flexibility of legal provisions and the huge market demand have made the increasingly turbulent trend of self-restraint under the ban.
Since everything in the palace is good, it is not good at all, and men and women can't eat it all.
No sex life, which is a serious injury to prison staff. But nothing is absolute. What can you do with money?
Since the Han Dynasty, eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting have been paired, which is called "opposite food". However, in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, internal supervision was extremely strict, and intermarriage was forbidden. This rule was abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants. Xuanzong, who had always opposed the imperial palace, couldn't put it down. There was an inner prison named Chen Wu, and Xuanzong followed him before he became emperor. His feeling is not generally good. Immediately after Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne, Chen Wu made Wang Jin a eunuch, promoted him to the eunuch of the imperial horse prison, and received various rewards, including giving him a maid-in-waiting as his wife-there were two others.
During the period of Ming Yingzong, there was a eunuch named Wu Cheng who had a wife and a concubine at home. This Wu Cheng was killed in the change of the civil fort, but according to records, his concubine Yao Shi wrote to Emperor Jingtai, saying that Wu Cheng had bought a cemetery in Xiangshan before, and asked Wu Cheng to build a cenotaph in that place to evoke souls. Jingtai emperor also approved it. Later, the British Sect was restored and gave to Wu Cheng's wife, Nanjing Zhuangtian. All these show that Wu Cheng's sexual life was very rich before his death, and that the rules of Zhu Yuanzhang's era were completely destroyed.
Gradually, it became common for prisons and maids to pair up. You have to buy needles, thread, salt and oil yourself. If there is no supervisor to run errands, she will be laughed at by her female companion and think that she is unpopular, just like people now say "leftover women." There is even a matchmaker to match the prison maids and form an industrial chain, which can make money. During the Chenghua period, prison long Long Leap married Nanhe's wife Ying (a valiant soldier at that time, died at the age of 45). It is estimated that even the emperor felt too much and ordered them to divorce. Later, the eunuch Chang Ying accepted the son of * * * as a "goddaughter", which was very lively.
Prostitution in prison was also a scene at that time, and they were the most welcome guests of * * *. Some prisoners simply married * * *.
Not all the eunuchs who marry and prostitute themselves are palace ladies, which seems to have nothing to do with the tide in the palace. However, these things tell people that it is no big deal in the palace. Eunuchs have a way to shorten the life gap with ordinary people to a minimum. If he is rich and powerful, he can be above ordinary people. So, what concerns do those who have been in the palace have?
In the middle of Wanli period, a tramp with festering lower body decided to enter the palace in Suning, Cangzhou, Hebei Province. This man is tall, illiterate and cunning. He used to be a gangster with little savings, but he likes drinking and gambling, and he loves the life of spending a lot of money on fresh clothes. But with this heart, without this life, we will soon be on the streets, and without food, everyone will not like it. The tramp looked at his tattered clothes and unbearable body and thought, this is already the case. Why not be a eunuch and get a new career?
This man is Wei Jinzhong. With the click of the knife, his fate changed completely. He first became a formal domestic servant, and then he was recommended to the palace. Later, it was renamed Wei Zhongxian, and began to make waves, affecting the life of the emperor and state affairs. Daming, who has been hard to return, has completely embarked on the road of no return under the impetus of this palace. In the end, Emperor Daming had no choice but to have a "self-palace tide", but his country began to collapse in the hands of the self-palace people.