The personal equipment of Khitan soldiers is mainly divided into three categories: projection weapons, melee weapons, and armor.

The bow is the main projection weapon of all Khitan soldiers, and the bow and arrow used by the Khitan people are the common plastic bow in the Yanbei region; The bowstring uses animal leather, which has the advantage of being tough and not easy to break, and the Khitan arrow is a wide-bladed arrowhead; Can bleed enemies without armor.

The melee weapons of the Khitan soldiers included swords, bones, axes, javelins, spears, iron forks, etc.

The shape of the Khitan people's swords, guns, swords and spears was inherited from the Han and Tang dynasties, and the blade was long and broad; The blade is slightly curved upwards for immediate splitting.

Guduo is one of the favorite melee weapons of the Khitan people, and there are images of guards holding Guduo on many Liao tomb murals.

The Khitans cherished armor so much that the emperor even issued a decree prohibiting the use of armor as a funeral item.

The "History of Liao: Bingwei Zhi" stipulates that Khitan soldiers need to prepare their own iron armor.

The common Liao armor is the armor all over East Asia, and the armor process is cumbersome, time-consuming, and expensive.

The forged Khitan body is divided into four petals, and the iron leaf in the middle of the forehead protects the nose, and the overall appearance is good.

All ethnic groups in China, whether Han or ethnic minorities in the north and south, attach great importance to military etiquette, and the Liao State is no exception.

The military salute of the Liao people not only has the characteristics of local grassland shamanism, but also is deeply influenced by the military salute of the Central Plains. It is a phenomenon of blending north and south.

On the eve of the Khitan Emperor's personal expedition, he needed to lead the clan personnel to the Taimiao Temple to worship the "Three Divine Ancestors", and slaughter the green ox and the white horse to sacrifice the heaven, earth and the sun god.

The green ox and white horse are the mounts of the immortals in Khitan mythology, and they are the main means of transportation of the Khitan people; The gods of heaven and earth and the sun are in charge of the weather and the earth.

The Khitans believed that offering the former to the latter would ensure good weather and a smooth march road.

An important departure ceremony of the Liao army also included the shooting of ghost arrows, which would carefully select a group of death row prisoners, tie them to the pillars in the direction of the march, and then shoot them with arrows.

Death row prisoners play the role of the enemy in this ceremony, shooting them in the direction of the march; It symbolizes that the direction of the advance has been uprooted, and indicates that the war will be won.

Ghost arrow shooting will also be held after the end of the war, after the Liao and Song Dynasty concluded the alliance of Lanyuan; The Liao army of the class division shot and killed the Song prisoners as they set off.

During the war, the Liao army also had many taboos: first, the army was not allowed to contact monks, nuns, and funeral processions on the march, so as not to overshadow the "yang energy" of the soldiers.

Second, according to the results of divination, the Khitans will use mugwort leaves and horse dung to roast the pipa bones of the white sheep for divination, and if the sheep bones are burned, they can travel as originally planned; If the sheep bones are not burned, the camp will be closed.

After the Liao army returned to the court, the generals should make a summary report to the emperor and hold a tribute ceremony; Give the captive handsome men and women to the emperor.

The salute and the hand-holding salute were carried out at the same time, after the general sent out the captives; The emperor will hold the hands of the meritorious generals for careful condolences, and then he will rarely come to the official to make a wish and reward gold, silver and cloth.

Finally, the emperor organized a grand classical concert to convey the good news of victory to his ancestors in another world with loud and piercing music......

The prisoner sacrifice ceremony held by the Liao people will soon be held in Bianjing, and the more Emperor Zhenzong thinks about it, the more excited he becomes; Sleeplessly, he turned over on the bed.

The emperor couldn't sleep at night, and alarmed Gong'e Qing'er, who was waiting outside the house.

Qing'er was on duty tonight and heard the emperor in the bedroom tossing and turning; So he walked in lightly and stood in front of the bed and listened.

Seeing that the emperor hadn't fallen asleep yet, Qing'er shouted like a kitten: "Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Zhenzong heard the shout and turned sideways to look; Seeing Qing'er standing in front of the bed, she shouted a little excitedly: "Qing'er, come here!" ”

The emperor's shout almost lifted Qing'er's soul, and she was arranged by Empress Zhang Mu to be a maid by Zhenzong's side because of her beauty.

The current queen of Zhenzong is Empress Zhang Mu Guo Shi, and Guo Shi is the second daughter of Guo Shouwen, the envoy of Xuanhui Southern Court; In the 4th year of Chunhua (993 AD), Zhenzong was the king of Xiang, and Taizong of the Song Dynasty gave him the title of Mrs. Luguo; Soon she was promoted to the title of Lady of Qin.

Zhenzong ascended the throne in March of the 3rd year of Zhidao, and in May he canonized Guo as empress; Guo Hou gave birth to three sons, and the prince Zhao You died at the age of nine.

Empress Guo of Zhangmu was preceded by Empress Pan of Zhanghuai (968-989 AD), the eighth daughter of Pan Mei, the envoy of the Zhongwu Festival; In 983 AD, the 16-year-old Pan was married by Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty and gave Zhenzong, who was the king of Han at the time, the wife of Juguo.

Empress Zhang Huai, Pan died of illness in May of 989 A.D., that is, the second year of Duangong, at the age of 22, leaving no children.

Emperor Zhenzong is now with Liu Emei, and Empress Zhang Mu Guo can only keep the empty room alone; And Empress Guo's greatest wish to wait by the emperor's side is to hope that Qing'er can be favored by the emperor.

Qing'er has been waiting for this day to come, but not long ago, Liu E invited Li Lanhui from the temple to serve the emperor; Qing'er was very sad in her heart.

Intentionally planting flowers is not red, and there is no intention to plant willows and willows.

How could Qing'er have thought that the emperor would be so interested tonight, summoning himself to be a servant?

Qing'er walked up to the emperor reluctantly, and Zhenzong grabbed her soft little hand.

Qing'er's heart almost burst out of her throat: the emperor really wants to pamper Qing'er, and Qing'er was so excited that she left tears of gratitude......

Sleeping is a matter related to the bloodline of the emperor's heirs, and the emperor will choose a concubine to sleep according to his own interests; The attendants include the concubines, palace maids, and face heads.

In special cases, there will be women who are presented by officials, and women who are gifted; In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor would use the method of "flipping the brand" to decide which concubines to sleep; Most of the concubines were carried into the door by eunuchs.

In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a Yin Decree in charge of the monarch's affairs, and in the Han Dynasty, there was a court decree - the day is not exhausted for eight quarters; The person who was the emperor was recorded by Bai Lu was to record who served the royal bed that day before the night came.

After the Eastern Han Dynasty, this task was taken care of by the eunuchs, and there was a memorandum in the palace of each dynasty; Write down the emperor's fortunes for future reference.

Just as the ministers of the foreign court are conscientious in their duties, the eunuchs in charge of this position are also meticulous; And Zhou Huaizheng, who followed Zhenzong, was the eunuch who recorded the concubines and palace maids who served the emperor.

Emperor Wencheng of the Northern Wei Dynasty accidentally climbed the tower to look around, and saw a beauty in the Pingcheng Palace; Emperor Wen Cheng asked the people left and right: "How good is this woman?" The crowd agreed.

So, Emperor Wencheng walked down the white building and walked towards the beautiful woman; The two stayed in Zhaiku, and the woman Li became pregnant.

Later, the queen mother inquired, and there happened to be a keeper who wrote down the time and events on the wall of the library, and the two sides checked that there was no error, and the fetus conceived by Li was recognized.

It can be seen from this that although the emperor did whatever he wanted, the recorder could also capture the traces, and the keeper of the library was not responsible for this position, and the matter was very important, and it had to be recorded in time.

In the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs in the clerical room were responsible for recording the emperor's nightly sleeping place and the names of the palace concubines; The history of the female official Tong is responsible for recording the concubines and palace maids who were fortunate to be in the emperor's bed. It seems that the Ming Dynasty was a double record, and the eunuchs and female officials were recorded separately according to the deeds of the emperor and the concubines.

Myojin Sect first happened to the Queen of the Imperial Palace, and kept it silent afterwards; Later, the Wang family became pregnant, and the queen mother was eager to hold her grandson; checked the records in the clerical room, and then told the Divine Sect about it; Shenzong didn't want to admit it.

The Queen Mother then ordered someone to bring the inner living note to him to see, and Shenzong had to admit it.

Shenzong's attitude was because he was no longer interested in the Wang family, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was customary for the palace maid to be enshrined as a concubine after being pregnant; He didn't want to be crowned the king, he just wanted to fool the past.

The concubine's concubine's pendant, the ring, has a certain significance in the emperor's imperial system.

The ring is the same as the same sound, and the concubine asked the emperor when he was going back when she was sleeping, and she didn't say it bluntly, but used Peiyu to sing the ring; Asked: "When is the big cut?"

This made another turn, because the ring was tied to the cutter head; Use the cutter head instead of the ring.

Such as the queen concubine palace maid meets the moon. When you can't sleep, you can't say it directly, but you can take Dan on the face and burn it as your knowledge.

Lizards are known as "shounomiya" because of their unique use, and lizards are fed with cinnabar in utensils; Because he feeds on cinnabar (tribute - red mineral), his body is completely naked, and after eating seven catties, he pounds it into minced pieces.

Using these red powders to apply or dot on the limbs of the palace maids can be extinguished for life, but when there is intercourse, they will be extinguished.

There is a poem in Li He's "Palace Doll Song": "The wax light hangs high in the sky, and the flower room smashes the red palace at night." ”

The emperor's footsteps towards the harem were a little hesitant, and he couldn't decide who to go to; Where to stay tonight?

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Tianbao, there were as many as 40,000 women in the harem, and he didn't know how to arrange them to serve him.

Later, Xuanzong came up with a way to gather a group of palace concubines together every day and let them roll the dice, and the best winner among the winners went to bed that night; Privately, eunuchs referred to dice as file-horn matchmakers.

In the spring and autumn seasons, Tang Xuanzong ordered the harem women to plant flowers in front of the door; Xuanzong followed a butterfly, and the butterfly landed in front of whom's door, and stayed there that night, calling this method butterfly luck.

Because there were too many women who entered the palace, it was difficult for Xuanzong to remember their names and appearances one by one, so he invented a romantic method, and put the seal of "wind and moon are always new" on the arms of the palace maids who had entered the palace; Then stain with cinnamon red paste, so that the imprint is firm and does not fade after washing.

Since Yang Guifei entered the palace to win the emperor's exclusive favor, the file matchmaker, butterfly and "wind and moon are always new" seals are useless, and the harem women have to complain to the Cowherd and Weaver Girl on Qixi Festival.

Tang Jingzong invented a kind of merry arrow, which was also intended to decide the matter of serving; make bows out of bamboo skin, and arrows out of paper; The middle of the paper is densely stored with dragon musk incense.

The palace concubines got together, and Jingzong shot an arrow; The strong fragrance of the arrow touches the body, and there is no pain.

Later, the words "in the merry arrows - everyone wishes" circulated in the palace.

Due to the large number of palace concubines, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, initially had a headache about where to spend the night.

Later, he invented the sheep cart, which used the sheep cart to roam the path of the harem, and whoever stopped the sheep in front of the door would be served by him; The palace concubines all hoped that the emperor's sheep cart would stop in front of their door.

Then a wise woman showed wisdom; They stick bamboo leaves in front of the door and sprinkle salt juice on the path leading to the door to lure the sheep to lick it. with salt juice; Walk to the door and eat the bamboo leaves on the door, so the car stopped.

In the Ming Dynasty, when the harem was getting dark every day, the concubines lived in front of the palace gate; Two red sarong lamps were hung, and the lamp on the door of the palace was removed when the emperor was in a certain palace, indicating that the emperor had chosen a place to sleep.

Therefore, the eunuch who was in charge of patrolling the streets ordered the other palaces to unload their lights and sleep; The frustrated concubines had no choice but to extinguish the red sarong that they wanted to be pampered and put it back on tomorrow night.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty came to the residence of the concubine for the first time, and the palace was to be paved, and the eunuch decorated the room newly, and the concubine who was fortunate should also be decorated accordingly. The emperor's fortunate place burns incense as usual, the aroma is abnormal, and its intention is to say that "the nose is not clear, and the veins are fragrant and charming." The rain trails and clouds are easy to pull, and the sky is light and bright.

The concubines of the Qing Dynasty were different from those of other generations, and it was no longer the emperor who came to the door in person; The Qing emperors had their own system.

At dinner every day, decide which concubine will sleep that night. Each concubine has a green head card with the name of the concubine on the card. When preparing for dinner, the eunuch of the Jingshifang put more than ten or dozens of green head cards in a large silver plate, which is called the meal card.

When the emperor's dinner was finished, the eunuch raised his plate and knelt in front of the emperor. If the emperor is not interested, say "go". If you want to belong, pick out a card, buckle it, and turn it up. The eunuch took the card and handed it to another eunuch, who was responsible for carrying the concubine who would ask for the blessing to the emperor's bedchamber.

Out of the high vigilance of the Qing Dynasty emperor, to prevent assassins from appearing among the concubines, the concubines must be naked. The body came to the emperor's bedchamber.

The method was that the concubine was taken to a room not far from the emperor's bedchamber. Dressed barely, the eunuch wrapped her in a red brocade quilt or coat, carried her on her shoulders, and carried her into the emperor's bedchamber.

Qing'er is really happy tonight, and Emperor Zhenzong has been pampering her until dawn......