How hard is it for ouchi guards? What's the secret behind it?
"ouchi" is a word that often appears in martial arts novels. Looking for the ouchi in history often refers to the "treasury" of the palace. The "national treasury" is the economic lifeline of a country and a treasure house of national wealth. Naturally, it is guarded by many elite forces.
But it seems impossible to say that they are extremely skilled in the martial arts described in the martial arts novels, and they come and go without a trace, and they are killed in one stroke.
In fact, the director of ouchi in the Qing dynasty was not only not so beautiful, but also under great pressure. If he is not careful, he will be in danger of being beheaded.
Although this job is dangerous and has great responsibilities, not everyone can be an ouchi bodyguard. This job is also a "fat job", which requires a certain identity and a politically absolutely innocent family-people who have been guilty for nine generations and ten generations.
In the Qing Dynasty, there was a manager named Fu Cha, who was in charge of the safety of the whole palace. His Fu Cha family was a semi-noble in the strict sense, and it was a prosperous family in the late Ming Dynasty. There are many senior officials, and the lintel is very prominent, but it has declined only in his generation.
Therefore, the manager of ouchi or a higher official position is held by a declining aristocratic family, because it is not appropriate to say that it is the bottom. After all, there are many powerful people in the palace who come into contact with each other every day, and it is convenient to see the old lady, the emperor and the queen every day, so there are many people who want to be ouchi guards.
In the memoir of an Eight Banners bodyguard in the late Qing Dynasty, the situation of food, clothing, housing and transportation of the great masters in ouchi was revealed, which made us see their different hardships from ordinary people. Once the children of these declining aristocratic families or innocent civilian families are elected to the ouchi bodyguard, their safety depends entirely on the supreme ruler of the Qing court-the members of the royal family with the highest descent, and their honor and disgrace are all in the master's mood.
Moreover, there are many nobles in the palace, and no matter how arrogant they are, they also belong to the bottom people. People at the bottom will be questioned about their character and cleanliness. For example, guards should be on duty, not only to wash their mouths and change clothes, so as not to smoke the royal family, but also to deal with internal emergencies before taking up their posts, which can not be solved if they want to solve them.
In the memoirs of an old bodyguard in the late Qing Dynasty, six iron laws were written. These six iron laws were secrets that could not be known to outsiders, but with the demise of the Qing Dynasty, these secrets surfaced and appeared generously.
The first iron law is that the most beautiful thing for ouchi guards is to be on duty at the "forbidden door". In this place, no official above two levels can step into half of it. If there is an emergency military intelligence report, they can only stop on the steps 20 steps away and wait for it to pass. Violators will be executed.
"Forbidden Gate" is Jingyunmen. Only people at the prince level can enter and leave at will, but when the examination is strict, the prince can't enter at will, because it is too close to the square in front of Ganqing, and the emperor is afraid that someone will usurp the throne and murder him.
You can imagine the responsibility of the guards at Jingyunmen. If you don't look good, let them come in casually, and the guards will be accused and beheaded.
There were so many officials in the Qing dynasty that those who were face-blind could not remember them at all. Ouchi guards must not have face blindness. Everyone's official position and name must be remembered, so that they will not be arrogant when passing on. Therefore, the second iron law of ouchi guards is to recite the grade formula and learn it by heart, otherwise there is a danger of losing your head.
"Yipin Kirin flying crane Teng, second product lion golden pheasant line, third product leopard peacock falling, fourth product tiger Yanqi singing, fifth product cold bear silver pheasant, sixth product cold tiger crane spirit, seventh product Yong consumption? Fly, eight products rhinoceros quail essence, do Tianma practice finches ... "
Smart guards will remember to watch it for a few days. Fools have to recite it all night, and they can react as soon as they see it. The reflex arc should not be too long, or they will lose their heads.
The third iron law is that ouchi guards are called "quick reaction forces" They can't sleep well, so they must leave one ear on duty and wake up from sleep as soon as there is danger. It is estimated that some people who can sleep can't wake up when they sleep and thunder. When they get up, they will find that all the people have left, and they have gone to catch assassins or fight ... then he is in danger of losing his head because of dereliction of duty.
The fourth iron law is the rule of sleeping. The guards in Ouchi should sleep in a fixed position, which is related to the safety of geomantic omen and palace: head facing south and feet facing north, because Baihui point on a man's head belongs to fire, and Baihui point belonging to fire can be subdued by the north belonging to water, so it is auspicious to sleep. A sword-shaped copper rod should be placed under the pillow, so that once awakened, it is convenient to pick up weapons and fight immediately.
The fifth iron law is the problem of eating and internal urgency. Needless to say, the host's leftovers are rewarded to them. The greatest blessing of ouchi guards is to take orally. The master eats a lot of dishes every time he eats, and the dishes cooked by the chef are delicious. Those delicate hosts can't eat much at all, and the rest are eaten by the guards.
When they are full, they must solve their personal problems, but there are strict rules. They take turns on duty, have a fixed time to solve their own internal emergencies, and also have to hold back their own internal emergencies. So once they have time, even if they don't want to solve it, they have to force themselves to solve it, otherwise they won't have a chance to work for a while.
The sixth iron law is about the personal cleaning of guards. The guards are stationed near the latrine, which will attract many mosquitoes in summer, but they can't disturb the owner, so they have to sprinkle sea salt on the ground to remove the odor and kill the mosquitoes.
In summer, they will make a lot of ice cubes and soak them with clean pig urine to keep them cool and not sweat, for fear of being bad for their owners.
Therefore, the bodyguard is still an inferior person. Compared with the noble master, he can't live in pressure and danger. It is also a very depressing job.