%The methods of the Qing Dynasty were not necessarily the same as those of previous dynasties.
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"The second is to use a sharp blade to cut open the scrotum and peel off the testicles. Castration by this method obviously does not require complete removal of the reproductive organs, but it can still achieve the goal. This method is recorded in Volume 8 of "Yi Jian Zhi" written by Hong Mai. According to other records, in ancient times, there were so-called "rope tying method" and "kneading method". The former was used when boys were young. A hemp rope is tied from the root of the "testicle" of the genitals, which does not affect the urine, but hinders the normal development of the genitals. Over time, the boy's genitals will lose their function. The latter occurs when the boy is young. People who are familiar with this method should gently knead their testicles every day. After gradually getting used to it, they can then increase their strength until the testicles are crushed. However, cutting off or crushing the testicles can be completely avoided if they are already developed. Insemination, but the sexual desire and the ability to seduce the court will still exist for a certain period of time, and some people will even become stronger and more durable because of it."
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Men are affected by it. Castration is generally understood to mean cutting off the penis from the roots, but according to ancient records, there are also cases of destroying the scrotum and testicles. For example, the book "Yun Hui" says: "The external kidney is the force, and the male is cut by castration. The external kidney refers to the scrotum and testicles. If they are destroyed, the human gonads will no longer develop, the penis will not be able to erect, and sexual ability will be lost. .
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“In addition to public marriage, concubinage, and eating in pairs, fornication between eunuchs and maids, and between eunuchs and concubines was also common. During the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Queen Feng had a lewd temperament. When Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong led his army to march south, Feng had an affair with Bodhisattva Gao, a middle official. The Queen Hu of Emperor Wucheng Gao Zhan of the Northern Qi Dynasty also had an affair with the eunuch. These are recorded in official history. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Liu Rong had an affair with many maids. The incident was exposed and he was deposed. During the Tianqi period, the eunuchs Wei Zhongxian, Zhao Jinjing, and Xu Yingyuan became prostitutes and committed adultery in the palace. At the same time, Wei Zhongxian and another eunuch Wei Chao had an affair with the Hakka family, the wet nurse of Emperor Xizong Zhu Youxiao. This was even more scandalous and well-known.
In the Ming Dynasty, eunuchs raped women from time to time. In the late years of Hongwu, when Shi Yun was in charge of inspecting the affairs of Henan Province, he once went to the private sector incognito and heard sad cries coming from a family. When he inquired about it, it turned out that the daughter of this family was forced to rape by an eunuch because of the humiliation. And committed suicide. Shi Yunchang reported this matter to the court, and Zhu Yuanzhang accurately reported it and arrested the eunuch and sentenced him to death. In the first year of Jingtai (1450), Xu Gui, the right counselor of Datong, reported that the eunuch Wei Lizhuan raped the wife of an officer. When the wife refused, Wei Lizhuan beat the officer to death with a cane. Emperor Daizong Zhu Qiyu asked the censor to inquire, but there was no result. In the first year of Tianshun (1457), Huo Xuan, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, also reported that whenever Wei Lizhuan held a banquet, he would find prostitutes to accompany him, and he would also forcibly marry the daughters of his officers as concubines. Yingzong was very angry, so he sent people to arrest Wei Lizhuan and punish him according to law.
Those who were able to marry, keep wives, eat in pairs, have fornications with concubines, or use their power to rape women were mostly eunuchs with a certain status and eunuchs with a certain amount of power. Those lower-status eunuchs or eunuchs who served as low-level servants in the palace often went out to visit prostitutes. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a place called "West Courtyard" in the brothel school of the capital, which was specially designed to receive eunuchs and ordinary eunuchs in the palace. Such prostitutes are despised by their peers in fireworks. Most of the people who come here are dismissed eunuchs or young eunuchs. Not only do eunuchs with a certain status refuse to go to the "West Courtyard", but if they hear that any eunuch goes to prostitutes, they are severely punished, and some are even punished. Tortured to death. After the trend of eating in pairs became popular in the palace, some eunuchs fell in love with a prostitute outside and officially married her back home. During the Wanli period, one day a woman disguised as a man was discovered in the palace, acting suspiciously. When she was caught and interrogated, it turned out that she was a prostitute. A eunuch took possession of her, but he did not pay her the full amount of money he owed her for the night. She did not dare to go out in the palace, so the prostitute had to disguise herself and sneak into the palace to ask the eunuch for payment. Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun knew about this and sent a decree to hand over the eunuch to the Supervisor of Ceremonies for punishment, and to hand over the prostitute to the Justice Department for investigation, but it is unknown what the outcome was. During the Chongzhen period, the imperial court issued an edict prohibiting inmates from marrying wives and sleeping in prostitutes outside the home, but in the end they were not able to ban it.
Some eunuchs behaved more obscenely and even had anal sex with other men. When eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty purified themselves before entering the palace, they only removed their testicles and did not cut off their penises. During the Wanli period, there was an eunuch who had an affair with a boy who was singing. The eunuch inserted the penis that could not erect into the boy's anus. Unexpectedly, he could not pull it out. The penis swelled bigger and bigger inside, and the boy was sent away in extreme pain. He died, and the eunuch was also sentenced to death. The Qing Dynasty accepted the lessons of the Ming Dynasty and cut off the penis and testicles of the selected eunuchs when they purified themselves before entering the palace. During the Qianlong period, an official reported to Emperor Gaozong Hongli that although the eunuch's penis was cut off, in many cases it would still grow to a certain length. Therefore, he suggested that a general inspection should be carried out immediately to eradicate the eunuchs who had grown penises again. Emperor Gaozong agreed to his suggestion, and many eunuchs were forced to undergo a second castration. It is said that the official who made the suggestion came up with this method to take revenge because the eunuch offended him. ”
It can be seen that the thorough and clean cutting, annual inspection, re-examination, and “stubble washing” began in the Qianlong period, and the methods recorded by foreigners were also methods after Qianlong.
In history, only the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were able to strictly control and restrict all aspects of the country's social life. The newly found information shows that when the Manchu Qing Dynasty compiled the Twenty-Four Histories, they made a large number of revisions to historical materials since the Jin Dynasty, and destroyed a large number of original folk books through literary inquisition, such as some Yongle Dadian, Tiangong Kaiwu, and Wu The classics have been lost forever. Another example is the slander that there are 100,000 eunuchs (the general secretary of the Forbidden City only has 99.5 rooms, and it is impossible to live in the royal family, maids, and offices), and Zhang Xianzhong killed 100 million people in Sichuan (how many people in China at that time Population? ), and the #arbitrariness of the Qing emperor's historical records (the emperor was absolutely not allowed to read the actual records, let alone change them, because the history pen was as sharp as iron. The first # emperor to read the actual records was Li Shimin, who killed his brother to seize the throne. #塡, forcing his father to abdicate, the name is not justified, so he read the real record.
But after all, he didn’t dare to change, he just found someone else to help him#