In "Detective Di Renjie", Di Renjie's sentence "Yuanfang, what do you think?" makes Li Yuanfang in the play a fire. In the play, every time Li Yuanfang appeared on the stage when he reported to his family, he said that he was the general of Qianniuwei, which felt irritating. So, what kind of official position is Li Yuanfang's Qianniuwei general, what kind of official position is it equivalent to, and how many soldiers and horses does Qianniuwei have? Today, we will explore together.
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The name "Qianniuwei" began in the Tang Dynasty, and the official name is "Zuoyouqianiuwei". In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial army was divided into the south and the north. Qianniuwei was the south guard, occupying 2 of the 16 guards in the south. According to records, Qianniuwei's name is taken from "Zhuangzi", which means "sharp can cut a thousand cows".
Qianniuwei is not an ordinary big-headed soldier, they must send troops to fight, they belong to the emperor's imperial guard. When the emperor was traveling, Qianniuwei was responsible for guarding work, and at the same time responsible for the emperor's honour work. According to current standards, Qianniuwei is equivalent to the current guard and honor guard.
Qianniuwei is the emperor’s guard of honor and represents the emperor’s face. Therefore, they are gorgeously dressed. The history records Qianniuwei: "All of them are made up by the young and beautiful of Gao Yin’s children. Royal sword, flower-tin embroidered green clothes, holding an elephant wat, and serving as a guard." An army like this is not complimented in terms of combat power, and it cannot be compared with the frontier army. Later in the Anshi Rebellion, the Fanzhen soldiers of Anlu Mountain violently beat the Imperial Guards of Tang Xuanzong, their combat power was average and flashy!
How many people are there in Qianniuwei?
As mentioned above, Qianniu guards are around Qianniu guards. It stands to reason that each of the 16 guards in the Tang Dynasty should have a lot of people, but because Qianniu guards don’t have to go to war, they are only responsible for guarding and fighting. The role of the guard of honor, so their number is very small among the 16 guards. According to historical records, Qianniuwei has left and right generals. Under a general, Qianniuwei has 12 people and 100 people. In this way, Qianniuwei has about 2,400 people.
Inspect the General Qianniuwei
The boss of Qianniuwei is General Qianniuwei, who is directly responsible to the emperor. In terms of level, General Qianniuwei is a dignified third-rank senior general, which is equivalent to our current army general, but in the play Li Yuanfang’s General Qianniuwei also has the word "inspection" before it. Don't talk about it in the same way.
"Inspection" is an increase official appointed informally by "Zhao Chu" (the emperor issued a single batch). It can be seen that achievement is just an honorary title. He is not in charge of the "Qianniuwei", nor does he need to participate in large-scale court meetings and ceremonies, so he can follow Di Renjie to investigate the case.
General Qianniuwei is a virtual title, which can be said to be an honorary title. He has no actual power. He is a polished commander without command. The generals of the Tang Dynasty mentioned above are equivalent to our current army generals, and Li Yuanfang’s general Qianniuwei is equivalent to our retired army generals. The commander of the light pole has a big name and can bluff. Bluffing, but it's no use.
In the play, Li Yuanfang really has the real power in the position of Captain Di Renjie. Although the position is not high, after all, he is followed by the prime minister of Datang and his subordinates. The false title of General Qianniuwei is much stronger.
To sum up, in the TV series "Detective Di Renjie", Li Yuanfang, the "General of Qianniuwei" is actually equivalent to a modern army general who serves as a follower to the prime minister. Be the security captain! I really didn't know it. I was shocked when I saw it. I originally thought that Li Yuanfang's general was very good, commanding thousands of troops, who knew he was a polished commander. That's right, otherwise, how could he, a big general, agree to be Di Renjie a small security captain?
