Who is there beside the emperor?

Answer 1

There were many people around the emperor, and the following were some of the more common ones:
1. ** Imperial Guard **:
- Its origin could be traced back to the Wei set up in the Qin Dynasty, the Yu Lin set up in the Han Emperor Wu Dynasty, the Bei Ya Imperial Army in the Tang Dynasty, the Imperial Guards in the Song Dynasty under the management of the Imperial Department, known as the "Bands in Front of the Palace", the Jinyi Guards in the Ming Dynasty, and the Imperial Guards with sabers in the Qing Dynasty.
- The selection process was very strict, and the candidates usually had good backgrounds. For example, during the Manchu and Mongol dynasties, the candidates were mostly nobles or relatives of the Mongol and Manchurian princes, and the upper three banners were the best. They were paid well, had many opportunities to perform, and had a good promotion mechanism, but they had high loyalty requirements. Their roles included serving as honor guards, informing the emperor, observing openly and secretly, and being on guard. They had to stand up when the emperor was assassinated.
2. Personal eunuchs: They were responsible for taking care of the emperor's daily life, such as food, clothing, and other matters. Some eunuchs were also given certain powers to participate in the management of court affairs, but there were also cases where eunuchs controlled the emperor.
3. ** Royal wet nurse **: responsible for raising the emperor when he was young. Most of them were selected from the various assistant leaders and managers of the Internal Affairs Office. They were good at Manchu and familiar with Manchu customs. The emperor and the wet nurse often had a deep relationship, and the family of the wet nurse would also receive a lot of preferential treatment, such as granting hereditary positions (descendants could inherit), the women in the family could not choose beautiful women, and they might be raised flags.
4. Concubine: The emperor's wives and concubines. They had a husband-and-wife relationship with the emperor in the palace. Some of the concubines were deeply favored by the emperor, such as Concubine Yang of the Tang Dynasty, Wan Zhen 'er of Zhu Jianshen of the Ming Dynasty, and Concubine Dong E of the Shunzhi Emperor. They would have different degrees of influence on palace politics and the emperor's decisions.

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