As the supreme ruler in feudal society, the emperor has boundless power. A saying describing the emperor's rights is very good: Kings have long arms. Leading the army of the soil, is it a king? It is the best description of the peak of the emperor's power.
But the emperor is also a human being, and he is more afraid of death than most people, because when his eyes are closed, his legs kick. The rights in the hands are gone, the luxurious life is gone, and the three thousand beauties in the harem are left to others. Then birth, illness and death are inevitable, but some accidental deaths must be done.
For example, the emperor's meals should be safe. We also know from the film and television dramas that the emperor's dining process is very laborious. In this regard, we are still very happy compared with the emperor today, because the emperor can't basically eat hot meals after this process. You can't eat too much of your favorite meals, because even if you eat one or two, even if it is toxic, it won't die for a while, and you can still be treated. The diet is basically no problem.
What comes next is assassination and rebellion. This is a major accident, but the probability of this accident is quite high. There were too many people who took a fancy to imperial power in ancient times, such as Wang Mang's new dynasty and the birth of Sui Dynasty. If the emperor doesn't do well or for some other reasons, the people will have a hard life, and the chances of changing dynasties will be greatly improved, and countless dynasties will perish as a result.
Rebellion is caused by the general environment, which requires a certain strength, while assassination is relatively simple, as small as an individual or a force. And this aspect of the emperor can also be avoided with great probability. Emperors of past dynasties will also pay attention to their own safety, surrounded by ouchi masters, personal bodyguards and cronies. But we can only try our best to be safe. Let's talk about it, because there are many successful assassination cases in history.
Yang Guang, for example, was forced to die by his own guards. In March of the 14th year of Daye (AD 618), a famous event happened in history. Jiangdu mutiny? Event, Yang Guang's Xiao Guo Army launched a mutiny in Jiangdu, and the result was that Yang Guang was killed by the rebels. And this is caused by the emperor's own personal bodyguard.
An Lushan, the first emperor of the puppet Yan, was killed by his own trusted eunuch. An Lushan was a vassal in the Tang Dynasty. It was Tang Xuanzong who began to exult in the later period. For this reason, border generals often provoked wars against foreigners to invite meritorious military service. At that time, the military system was changed from the government military system to the recruitment system, so that our time was combined with the soldiers in the military town, which led to the situation that the frontier generals were specialized in the army, and the influence of An Lushan, the conference semifinals, was increasing day by day.
Later, An Lushan took advantage of the political corruption and military emptiness in the Tang Dynasty to launch a famous rebellion with Shi Siming? An Shi rebellion? Therefore, the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. The rebels directly invaded Luoyang, the capital of the East, and later Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty led his people to flee to Chengdu, and An Lushan also established the puppet Yan regime with the title of Shengwu. In the end, I loved my youngest son. An Qingxu, the second son, instigated Li Zhuer, a trusted eunuch of An Lushan, to assassinate An Lushan.
Many emperors were killed by personal guards and cronies. The above two cases are good proof. Then the emperor was killed by his cronies or eunuchs around him, so he admitted that he was unlucky. Generally speaking, such people have followed the emperor since childhood, and their feelings are relatively deep, usually one by one. Such people are generally trusted by the emperor and generally difficult to guard against.
But there are many personal guards of the emperor, so it is difficult to guard against them. It is also much easier for a personal bodyguard to kill the emperor. After all, he is also with the emperor. And the general skill is good, and it is easier to successfully assassinate the emperor than ordinary people. So how did the ancient emperors avoid being assassinated by bodyguards?
First of all, the personal bodyguard of the emperor is a sensitive position, and not everyone can take it. Only those royal nobles who are loyal to the interests of the royal family and the royal family will be selected. In this way, we can both be honored and lost. When the emperor is cold, so are the guards.
people who are selected as ouchi guards are generally selected from these categories. Descendants or relatives of the royal clan, first of all, belong to one's own family, and there is basic trust, so it is natural to safeguard one's own imperial power. If the emperor is assassinated and the dynasty changes, the prosperity of these people will be gone. It must be trying to protect the emperor's safety. If he is usurped by his own family, it will be another story.
down comes the son or relative of an executive. For example, the governor, the governor and the company commander with the first, second and third grades. This is the same as the interests of the royal family. If the emperor is assassinated and the regime is changed, that is? Once every emperor and courtier? The situation, these people are bound to safeguard the imperial power.
It is also the best choice to let the descendants of this high official be bodyguards. Although future generations are going to be bodyguards to protect the emperor, this is not to tie the top-wearing hualing of the big official with the family. If the guards are not good, they will be in trouble if they are implicated in Jiuzu. And the power of executives is intertwined. The relationship between one's one's intimate friends and followers is complicated and numerous, so there are many considerations. It can be said that one step is wrong, one step is wrong, and one step is cautious. Think more about your own interests.
After the descendants of senior executives were elected as bodyguards, they were also threatened by the royal family in disguise. If they were unfaithful to the emperor, they could not be uprooted if they found a reason. Even if your descendants are guards with the intention of rebellion, they will annihilate Jiuzu. Who knows what the actual situation of future generations is in the palace. If before entering the palace, it is naturally a thousand exhortations. There must be no mistakes, protect the emperor or something.
and take the Qing dynasty as an example, choosing the children of the Eight Banners as guards. Although they are not as close as the royal relatives, they are, after all? One of our own? , and choose the three flags in the Eight Banners. Not for the last five flags.
Although personal guards naturally need to have some kung fu in hand, their loyalty to the emperor is the first priority compared with their outstanding martial arts. The emperor chose a personal bodyguard, and loyalty was a hard core. First of all, it is very unlikely that the personal bodyguard will assassinate the emperor at this point.
Some personal bodyguards were sent to the palace to study with the emperor and accompany their family and playmates when they were young. After all, their childhood friendship was still very pure. The personal bodyguard who grew up in this way has feelings for the emperor, plus a certain degree in ancient times? Brainwashing? Training, this kind of bodyguard only knows loyalty to the emperor. The security is greatly improved.
The personal guards are not allowed to go near the emperor. After all, they are armed. What if they attack the emperor? After the emperor's closest relatives, eunuchs, harem concubines and ladies-in-waiting. First of all, eunuchs, because they have no descendants, can only be attached to the emperor, which greatly reduces the threat to the emperor. Even if the rights of eunuchs become greater, they generally will not kill the emperor.
The concubines and ladies-in-waiting in the harem are even more the honor and disgrace of the emperor. If the emperor is gone, the end will be better than not being there, or being buried or something. Moreover, the people in the harem live in the palace all the year round, and have little contact with outsiders. The concubines with higher ranks can also meet their relatives or something. If the ranks are low, don't think about it. The ladies-in-waiting can't think about it except those who go out to work, unless? Retired? Then go out of the palace. As long as the emperor is not bad for the harem, he will generally not be assassinated by concubines and maids.
maids-in-waiting, eunuchs and others are the innermost protection of the emperor. If the guards want to get close to the emperor, they must be dealt with first, and the process of handling them is basically hopeless when the rescue is called. Unless the guards want to assassinate the emperor, it is a rebellion, and it is not an assassination.
After considering all kinds of situations, the personal bodyguard's loyalty is generally unknown, and the personal bodyguard is already very safe because of the same interests and the feelings of the emperor. Coupled with the inner guard of the maid-in-waiting eunuch, even the assassination by the personal bodyguard is difficult to succeed. Under various measures and protection, the safety factor of the ancient supreme ruler, the emperor, was extremely high.
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