jdhmnovel Chapter 814 Is becoming a eunuch something anyone can do?
Chapter 814 Is becoming a eunuch something anyone can do?
The stick was raised high and fell heavily with a sharp whistling sound, hitting Zhu Biao and Yang Shaofeng with a loud "bang".
Yang Shaofeng, who had been clenching his teeth, immediately relaxed.
He truly deserves to be called a master of torture in the palace.
The water-fire stick, as thick as an arm, made a terrifying whooshing sound when struck, but when it landed on you, you felt nothing at all.
If the fighting style were different, there would probably be no sound at all, but the blows would still break bones and tendons.
Tsk tsk, no wonder Lao Deng only allowed county-level government offices to use flogging, and even strictly limited it to no more than twenty lashes. He didn't even give the county magistrate the power to administer corporal punishment.
If there are no restrictions whatsoever, and if they happen to encounter a ruthless official, who knows what kind of disaster the common people will suffer.
However, just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Zhu Biao next to him let out a miserable scream, a scream that was as pitiful and chilling as could be.
Yang Shaofeng turned his head and looked at Zhu Biao with a blank expression.
Did we not get hit by the same stick?
Or is it that the dead eunuch Chen Zhong secretly instructed the imperial guards to beat Zhu Biao hard?
He glanced down at Chen Zhong's feet and saw that Chen Zhong's legs were slightly turned outwards, with the distance between his feet being as wide as his shoulders. He looked up at Chen Zhong again and saw Chen Zhong roll his eyes helplessly and say, "Your Highness, this is Dengzhou Prefecture."
Zhu Biao's screams stopped abruptly, and he shifted into a more comfortable position, ordering the two guards who were carrying out the execution: "Hurry up."
Turning his head, Zhu Biao said to Yang Shaofeng, "If you get beaten up in the palace in the future, brother-in-law, you must remember to shout that it hurts, the louder the better, otherwise my mother will be so angry that she might come and beat you herself."
Yang Shaofeng suddenly felt speechless.
Did you learn from getting beaten up?
So, Zhu Biao, the historically renowned and perfect crown prince, was often beaten up by Empress Ma in the past?
I wonder if, when Zhu Biao was being beaten, Zhu Chongba, that old scoundrel, was feeling sorry for his eldest son or was shouting "Good job, sister!"
嗯，按照老登一直以来“妹子是真爱，孩子是意外”的作风来看，黑芝麻汤圆挨揍的时候，老登多半会在一旁喝彩叫好。
Yang Shaofeng was internally ranting when the sound of the stick banging rang out one after another, and soon the twenty blows were finished.
Several imperial guards hurriedly untied Zhu Biao and Yang Shaofeng from the stools, while Lame Wu and the head of the Eastern Palace guards quickly removed the cushions from Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Biao.
Chen Zhong coldly observed all of this and said loudly, "The Empress said that this time, considering it is your first offense, you will be given a small punishment as a warning. If you offend again, next time you will be punished severely."
After saying that, Chen Zhong's expression changed drastically, and he ran to Zhu Biao and Yang Shaofeng with a fawning smile, asking, "Is Your Highness alright? Is the Imperial Son-in-Law alright?"
Zhu Biao nodded and hummed in agreement, but Yang Shaofeng suddenly changed his expression, grabbed Chen Zhong's arm and said, "This official has been beaten."
Chen Zhong's face darkened, and he said directly, "Just tell me what you want, sir. If it's within my power, I will definitely do my best to get it done for you. If it's not, please don't bother asking."
That's so clever, so incredibly clever!
Do not shirk responsibility, do not make excuses or reasons, and directly discuss conditions.
Tsk tsk, no wonder Chen Laogong was able to stand out among all the dead eunuchs and become Lao Deng's chief eunuch.
Yang Shaofeng raised a hand and said, "I need fifty skilled eunuchs who can clean a person's body, but they cannot interfere with a person's ability to do heavy work."
Chen Zhong immediately widened his eyes and looked at Yang Shaofeng, asking, "Your Highness, are you joking?"
"Fifty more skilled eunuchs?"
"Even if you searched the entire palace, you wouldn't find five skilled eunuchs."
"Not to mention that you have to cut the person clean without affecting their ability to do heavy work."
"Let me put it this way, castration is a death trap, and it's hard to say whether you'll survive."
"Even if they survive, many people will hunch over due to the pain. Just trying to straighten their backs is incredibly painful."
Even if you survive the ordeal and stand up straight, your body will be weakened by the disability, making it difficult to do heavy work in the future.
After a slight pause, Chen Zhong simply said in a low voice, "Eunuchs often lose control of their bladders when doing heavy work."
Indeed, there were people in the countryside who couldn't make a living and would send their children to become eunuchs, and there were even adult men who had nowhere else to turn and came to become eunuchs.
However, not just anyone can become a eunuch.
First of all, one's appearance must be acceptable, and one's height and weight must also be acceptable.
Too ugly? Too tall? Too short? Thin is fine, but too fat is not acceptable because it affects one's image.
Secondly, one must consider the person's character.
Those who are too cunning should be avoided, and those who are too stupid should also be avoided.
Meeting these two requirements is only a preliminary qualification. Next, one must bathe, fast, eat and drink as little food and water as possible, and then drink anesthetic powder on the day of purification.
After the procedure, wound medicine or even just wood ash is used to stop the bleeding, and then a small tube is inserted.
This is not over yet.
Because the effects of anesthetic powder are only so-so, it will be very painful after the procedure. When people are in pain, they will unconsciously curl up their bodies, and if they keep curling up, they will easily become timid and withdrawn.
The eunuchs in the palace were timid and hesitant, which affected the image of the royal family and the court.
So they have to tie the person up, to a wooden board or frame, and make them endure the pain until the wound is completely healed and the tube is completely removed.
Because the person being cut needs to eat and use the toilet, they have to be taken down from the wooden plank or frame from time to time. As a result, some people develop a habit of hunching over and slouching during the time they are taken down.
From this point onward, the lives of the eunuchs began to secretly diverge.
Those who manage to get through it are mostly assigned decent jobs, and there are opportunities for promotion and salary increases in the future.
Those who hunch over and shrink back can prepare to do all sorts of menial tasks like sweeping and cleaning until they die; they'll never have a chance to turn their lives around.
but.
No matter what position these eunuchs eventually attained, they were destined never to do heavy labor.
Especially the heavy work that a certain prince consort mentioned.
Building cities, repairing roads, mining, and quarrying mountains—these types of heavy work are things that normal people can do, but if eunuchs were to do them, they would likely suffer from incontinence frequently, a consequence of their physical defects.
However, Yang Shaofeng just glanced at Chen Zhong and said with a forced smile, "Don't be silly. The short, ugly eunuchs in Japan can't do heavy work, so they'll naturally be whipped to do it. Even if they can't do it anymore, they can be used as materials for the medical school and then used to fertilize the land."