What is the difference between a bodyguard and a bodyguard with a knife?

Among the guards of ancient emperors, the guards with knives were higher than ordinary guards.

2. Different responsibilities

Both the Royal Guards and the Royal Guards with knives have the responsibility to protect the ancient emperors. Relatively speaking, guards with knives have a greater responsibility, which is the kind of personal protection for the emperor.

3. Different status and power

Because with and without a knife are two different concepts. At that time, being able to carry a knife with you in the palace was a symbol of status, and the guards with knives should be graded, so the status of guards with knives was higher than that of the imperial guards.

Ancient emperors could not carry weapons with them. As the most lethal weapon, knives were forbidden to be brought into the palace. In our TV series, we saw that ministers were summoned to the palace to check whether they brought weapons into the palace. Those generals won the battle on the border and came back for promotion and knighthood to unload their weapons to meet the emperor.