From the time of Qin Shihuang to the last feudal dynasty of Qing Dynasty, all emperors had their own three palaces and six courtyards. However, in our impression, the woman who can be chosen as a concubine in the palace must be very beautiful. But the Qing dynasty was different, and his choice of concubines was really getting uglier and uglier.

During the Qing dynasty, many black and white photos were left. We must have seen all these photos, and most people feel ugly at first sight. In fact, this is closely related to the system of choosing concubines in the Qing Dynasty. First of all, the system of choosing concubines in the Qing Dynasty has an identity threshold, that is, it must be a flag bearer, but most of them are full of eight banners. There were 198 concubines in this period of Qing dynasty, of which 153 were full of eight banners. The age limit is also very large, and it must be a female of 13- 17 years old. In addition, they need to go through layers of screening. According to this rule, all the selected women should be beautiful, but why are they so long?

First of all, Manchu and Han did not marry at that time. The main thing is to watch out for the Han people, but the number of Manchu people is so small that fewer people can meet the requirements, so the scope of beauty is more limited. Secondly, we know that in such an environment, everyone can't help themselves, and they can't marry their beloved girl. Basically, it is a strong alliance. Not good-looking, as long as it helps the country, good-looking can't be eaten as a meal. So there is basically no love between them, only politics and etiquette.

Therefore, as an emperor, you can't do whatever you want, and you must take care of the overall situation in everything.