When it comes to the "Iron Hat King" of the Qing Dynasty, many people know that the princes of other dynasties are passed down from generation to generation, such as the death of the prince, and the title is generally inherited by the eldest son, and the name remains unchanged. And the other sons are all named county kings, that is, one level lower than the prince.
However, the biggest problem brought about by this method is that the number of clan members has increased in disorder, and the number of offerings has increased, and it has even become overwhelming.
For example, in the thirty-second year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1553 AD, the total tax revenue that year was 23.76 million stone grain, of which 8.66 million stone was used to give the prince of the clan, accounting for one-third of the total tax. Therefore, some people say that the Ming Dynasty died in the clan, which is not unreasonable.
The Qing Dynasty learned the lessons of the previous Ming Dynasty and imposed very strict restrictions on the size of the clan, especially in the Jin Dynasty and inheritance.
For example, the succession of the prince is reduced from generation to generation. That is to say, whether it is the king of the iron hat or an ordinary prince, only one son can inherit it.
The difference is that the Iron Hat King inherits the same title from the previous generation and enjoys the same benefits. And ordinary princes, if they inherit again, they will be demoted by one level and crowned as the king of the county. Except for the sons who inherited the throne, the rest of the sons could only become idle clansmen.
Unless there is the emperor's permission, you can only participate in the scientific examination, which is the legendary "examination seal", in order to obtain the corresponding title. But even if you pass the scientific examination, the knighthood obtained is much lower, and there are many restrictions.
For example, if the father is a prince, the biological mother is a wife, and the first place in the scientific examination can only obtain the title of auxiliary duke. And the biological mother is a concubine, even if she ranks first in the exam, she can only be awarded the title of third-class auxiliary general, and the difference between the two is much worse.
If you rank last in the exam, you will not be given a knighthood, and you can only be an idle clan. The so-called idle clan's Yulu is older than 20 years old, and he is given three taels per month and 45 taels of rice. One Hu is about 130 catties now.
So the Iron Hat King must be a prince?In the final Qing generation, there were 12 hereditary iron hat kings, but not all of them were princes. Two of them are the King of the Iron Hat County, the King of Keqin County, Yue Tuo, and the King of Shuncheng County, Le Ke Dehun, and the two of them are half the age of the Prince of the Iron Hat.
In reality, the iron hat king is more good-looking, except that his descendants can inherit, there is no fundamental difference between him and ordinary princes in terms of fortune and mansions, especially in terms of rights.
The Qing Dynasty especially guarded against rebellion by the vassal kings, so the restraint measures for the princes of the clan were strict, and the same was true for the king of the iron hat.
In particular, it should be noted that the Iron Hat King can be hereditary on the surface, but who will replace him is a knowledge.
For example, the title of Prince Li Daishan was inherited by his son Mandahai, but Emperor Shunzhi transferred the title to Mandahai's nephew Jieshu on the grounds that Mandahai was close to Dolgon.
In terms of the number of Lu, there is no difference between the two kings, both are **10,000 taels, Lu rice 10,000 stone of annual salary. But the difference is that people can get 10,000 taels of ** and Lu rice for generations, while ordinary princes can only take one generation.
As for the comparison between these princes and hundreds of officials, according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty etiquette system: when meeting the prince, the prince of the county and Baylor should give way to the side, Beizi and the prince of Zhenguo should bow, and then the prince of the auxiliary state, the concubine Gulun, the princess, the general of the town, as well as the prince, the wait, the uncle, and the first-class officials must get off the horse or get off the sedan chair to give way, and the rest need to kneel and give way.
What should be especially noted here is that whether it is the king of the iron hat or an ordinary prince, the prince of the county, the prince of the county, and the relatives of the emperor, although the life is not worrying about food and clothing, it is by no means as comfortable as imagined.
The restrictions are extremely strict, such as going out of the city without permission and being guilty of the same crime as the common people, and even when to go to bed has strict rules, if there is a trace of non-compliance, the bowl of rice in Zongren's Mansion is not delicious.