17. Zhu Changzai, Dai, the daughter of Ji Lu, the armor man, was originally a palace maid.

On February 24 of the third year of Xianfeng, he was named Zhu Chang.

Xianfeng died on the sixth day of May in the ninth year, was buried in the color coffin on the seventh day of the first month, the first sacrifice was performed on the eleventh day, the big sacrifice ceremony was carried out on the fourteenth, and the west of the village was temporarily settled by Xihua Garden on the seventeenth.

On September 25 of the fourth year of Tongzhi, he was buried in the Tomb Concubine's Garden.

18. Hawk is always there

瑃常在(?) ——1859), the concubine of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty, had no children. At the beginning of the spring nobles. Later, it was reduced to Ming Chang Zai, Ming agreed, and was named Yu Chang Zai. She often rises and falls in the concubine position, for unknown reasons. , Xianfeng was a noble person in the first year; Three years to the Ming Dynasty; Five years to a clear promise; Six years for the eternal stay; He died in the ninth year (1859).

In the harem of Emperor Xianfeng, there is more than one concubine who rises and falls.

In ancient patriarchal societies, the emperor's concubines were the closest group of women to the center of power, and most of them enjoyed a luxurious life in the palace. However, the respondent believed that no matter how rich the material conditions were, they could not hide the tragic fate of the concubine group.

First of all, let's start with the abundant material conditions. Under the ancient centralized political system, the emperor was the irrefutable sole possessor of the imperial concubines, and the living conditions of the imperial concubines reflected the face of the imperial family from the side. The respondent believed that although they were close to the core of the supreme power, the emperor's reward was not simply awarded to individuals, but reflected the great significance of the emperor's grace. Therefore, while the imperial concubine enjoyed the glory and wealth, she was also firmly controlled in the palace by the strict harem system.

The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi has such a sentence in "Song of Long Hatred": "There are 3,000 beauties in the harem, and 3,000 are favored in one." "Although the harem concubines are all the emperor's exclusive sexual objects, the size of their group is huge, ranging from thousands to more than 10,000. In the "New Tang Book", it is recorded that the harem of Tang Xuanzong "has a large rate of 40,000 palace concubines". For many concubines, there are obviously only two fates for them, that is, whether they are favored or not.

The extreme gender imbalance of an emperor's possession of thousands of people of the opposite sex inevitably leads to a situation in which most of the concubines, with the exception of a few concubines who interacted frequently with the emperor, wasted their youth in vain. Just as Du Mu contained in "Abang Gongfu" "There are those who can't be seen, thirty-six years", the bitter and lonely life of the concubines in the harem can be seen.

And for the very few lucky people who are favored by the emperor, even if they live a rich and glorious life, it cannot change their humble and subservient status. As the saying goes, "a companion is like a tiger", if you don't obey the emperor's orders, you will encounter accidents, dethroned at the least, and given death at the worst. In the face of men with the highest power in a patriarchal society, concubines are only a tool to satisfy their desires and pass on their ancestry.

Due to the large number of concubines in the harem, in addition to pleasing the holders of the highest power and wealth, it is also necessary to "work hard" on other people in the group. Because of the supremacy of the object of the competition for favor, it is inevitable that the competition will develop from fierce to cruel. After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lu took revenge on the concubines he loved during his lifetime, and even made Mrs. Qi a "human biao", the cruelty of which the Lord did not want to describe.

In ancient times, there was no formal channel for women to enter the government, and even harem women could not directly participate in politics. If they want to gain power, they can only go through the emperor. And the only way to achieve this goal is "sex" and "sex". In history, there is no Empress Lu, Wu Zetian, and Cixi who are not in power by relying on men. At the same time, women's holding of supreme power comes at a huge cost. In order to ascend to the throne of power, Wu Zetian did not hesitate to poison his own son and stepped on the bones of his own daughter. Family affection is swallowed up by power and interests, and the original motherhood is also lost. It is recorded that in the dynasties, the battle between the harem concubines has never stopped.