C2183 Great Qing Seeds (1/2)
What was the most important task to be an emperor? Ten thousand people might have ten thousand answers, but one of them was something that everyone in the Forbidden City knew very well, but no one was willing to answer openly.
To be an emperor, one's most important task was to be a stallion. To put it bluntly, it was to have more seeds.
In a country with a feudal and centralized power system, if the emperor wanted to maintain the social structure of the world, the most important point was that he had to have more descendants, the more the better. Naturally, it came from a breeding ground.
Thus, even though the previous emperors had spoken in a righteous manner on the surface, the obscenities and extravagances of the imperial harem were not enough for outsiders.
Kang Xi had 35 sons, 20 daughters and an adopted daughter, a total of 46 people.
dryad gave birth to 17 sons and 10 daughters. These were the two kings of the Qing Dynasty in its golden age.
Further down the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin gave birth to 14 sons, his daughter gave birth to 21 sons, and Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty gave birth to 26 sons...
From this, it could be seen that all the famous monarchs in the history books, without exception, were stud horses. Only by being born would they prove that the dynasty was prosperous and only by being born would they prove that the imperial family was endless.
There were two things that the kings of history cared about the most. One was to build a mausoleum for themselves, and the other was to find a woman for themselves.
The seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Six Academies were all deceiving people. In reality, the emperor owned all the women in the entire imperial palace. Not only was it a Forbidden City, even the women in the surrounding palaces were his private property.
Three thousand! Thirty thousand! If so many women wanted to sleep, they could only sleep that way. In the eyes of the commoners, this was heaven.
However, no matter how tasty the food was, it would naturally be stale once the food was eaten. When a woman played too much, she would naturally have some aesthetic fatigue. At this time, the eunuchs' secret techniques would be used to increase the taste.
The four eunuchs by Zai Chun's side were not just for show. The so-called eunuchs being unable to conduct politics was actually just a bullshit. The people who were attached to the emperor with their lives on the line were the most loyal of the group. Naturally, the emperor believed in their judgement.
Er Mao was the leader of the four eunuchs. His important role was to help the young emperor analyze western studies and provide a certain level of translation. He did not dare to say that he understood all the problems related to Europa, but he knew that he could at least find the crux of the problem.
Da Sixi was ranked second below Hairy # 2, and what he found complicated was the little emperor's etiquette. Although he had a servile look, this person was able to call out half of the Eight Flags's names, and even knew about the complicated network between them.
In a few diplomatic occasions, the little Emperor needed him to remind him when he walked, spoke, coughed and even spat on the ground. Rites were too important to the Emperor, and Rites lubricated the complicated network of relationships.
Man Shun was ranked fourth, and was known as the Fiery Eyes of Truth in the Forbidden City. Not only had he studied for three years at the construction office, he had also left the palace to learn from a group of famous scholars and emperors. To the left of the number one Ghost Eye in the capital, left pumilus was his master.
Basically, there was nothing he did not understand about Chinese cultural relics. Although he was not familiar with Western cultural relics, he was still able to make a judgment regarding the appraisal of gold, silver, precious stones and other items.
In the envoy, he had the detailed list of all the gifts and treasures. If the little emperor wanted to present a gift, he would definitely need to ask him for advice.
Not to mention that gifting was not a study, the more important people paid attention to gifting gifts, which was an important method to link people and give gifts to the right person. This was a science.
The first, second, and fourth places have their own division of labor, so what about the third place Xiao Sixi?
This fellow's unique skill was even more amazing. What he had in mind was a secret technique passed down from mouth to mouth by eunuchs, a secret technique of the imperial family.