During the Chinese feudal dynasty, it was not forbidden to wear swords at first, and until the Song Dynasty, there were still many pedestrians wearing swords in broad daylight. However, in ancient China, the possession of armor has always been regarded as a serious crime, in the past dynasties, as long as the concealment of armor is found, no matter what purpose the armor is used for, it will generally be crowned as a major crime of rebellion, degraded to the common people, and the exile of the whole family is open to the net, because the private armor is copied and beheaded by the whole house.

"One armor tops three crossbows, and three armor enters the underworld", why was the private armor crowned as a felony by successive dynasties?

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there are relevant regulations on the private collection of armor among the people, and it has become more and more strict in the Tang Dynasty, mainly because the armor is constantly developing, the defense force is constantly increasing, it has become a key to success or failure on the battlefield, but at the same time it is also the invincible existence of the people, so for the rule of the dynasty and the stable development of society, the successive dynasties have been so strict with the armor, because if it is not strictly controlled, just imagine, if everyone has a pair of armor, it is not a mess.

For example, in history, when Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy to see Zhou Bo. At that time, Zhou Bo put on armor and met the envoy of Emperor Wen of Han, so Zhou Bo was arrested. If it weren't for Emperor Wen of Han's mother who came forward to protect Zhou Bo, it was obvious that Zhou Bo would have finished playing. Later, when Zhou Bo's son Zhou Yafu was old, his son wanted to prepare for Zhou Yafu's funeral in advance, so he bought 500 armor and burned it to him when Zhou Yafu died. As a result, he was discovered, so Zhou Yafu was arrested. Zhou Yafu's son said, "This is to be burned to the underworld." Tingwei said that this means that you want to go to the underworld to rebel. Zhou Yafu eventually committed suicide.

It can be said that Zhou Bo and Zhou Yafu's father and son were all punished by the emperor because of the problem of armor. The emperor believed that they were all suspected of rebellion, so he punished them. It can be seen that armor is indeed a thing that cannot be touched at all.

In the minds of the ancients, as a weapon, armor was obviously more powerful than an offensive sword. We all know the story of Nurhachi's 13 armor uprisings. Nurhachi rebelled, and he should first have offensive weapons. Without offensive weapons, Nurhachi would not have been able to fight the world. But the history books do not say how many offensive weapons he has at all, but only mention the issue of Nurhachi's "13 pairs of armor", obviously, in the history books, armor is more important than offensive weapons.

In fact, since the beginning of the Shang Dynasty reform, there have been very strict requirements for armor, which clearly shows that the people cannot hide armor privately. Qin has a very famous "military merit title system", in this "military merit title system", it is said that if a soldier kills a soldier on the battlefield, then the soldier can get a hectare of fertile land, a residence, and a servant. You know, the reward is very large. The soldier who killed the armor soldier quickly became a superior person.

In short, as long as there is armor, it is directly associated with rebellion. Therefore, the private possession of armor is basically evidence of rebellion.

In ancient China, the government has always banned the possession of weapons by the people, and the value of armor, a special military tool, can only be realized through war. Once the people have the armor, the official determines that you have a motive against the imperial court.

And the combat power with armor often has a very terrifying combat effectiveness.

Therefore, both in terms of motives and possible outcomes, the imperial court must strictly control the possession of armor by the people. This is also the reason for the formation of the phrase "the top three enter the underground".