The Qing Dynasty's Domain and Throne: A Contesting for Positions in the Game of Power.
I. Introduction. The Qing Dynasty, as the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history, had a rigorous official system and a wide range of positions. In the local administrative system, the feudal clan and the feudal platform are two roles that cannot be ignored. They were the feudal divisions and the feudal divisions, and were responsible for the political, military, financial, and judicial affairs of a province. So, which of these two positions has higher status and more power?This paper will analyze the Qing Dynasty feudal and Zhentai to reveal their position struggle in the power game.
2. The background of the establishment of the feudal platform and the feudal platform.
Domain: The Domain, the full name of which is "Political Envoy", was established in the early years of the Qing Dynasty and was mainly responsible for the government, finance, civil affairs, and ethnic affairs of a province. The feudal clan was known as "feudal dai", which means "the platform of the feudal domain", reflecting its central position in the local political system.
Zhentai: Zhensi, the full name of "according to the inspection of the department", was established in the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty remained unchanged. The department is mainly responsible for the judicial, supervision, public security, education and other affairs of a province. The status of the platform is relatively low, but it also has an important position in the local political system.
3. The power game between the feudal and the tai.
Comparison of powers: In terms of government affairs, the feudal authorities have greater power and can coordinate the finance, civil affairs and other affairs of a province;The station is mainly responsible for the judicial field and plays a decisive role in the supervision and trial of cases at the local level. Therefore, the status of the feudal domain in government affairs is higher.
Status contest: In the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, the competition between the feudal and the taitai was particularly fierce. On the one hand, as the supreme person in charge of local government affairs, the feudal platform has a certain degree of restraint on the judicial power of the regionOn the other hand, the platform threatens the feudal platform and its subordinates through its supervisory power. Therefore, the two check and balance each other in terms of status.
Power interaction: In practice, it is often necessary to work closely with the feudal authorities to handle local government affairs. In this case, the power interaction between the two is particularly important. Generally speaking, both the feudal and the feudal lords would strive for their own interests in the power interaction, so that the higher status of the feudal lords would have an advantage to a certain extent.
IV. Conclusions. Generally speaking, in the local political system of the Qing Dynasty, the status and power of the feudal tais and the taitais were quite important. Although the status of the feudal domain is higher in terms of government affairs, it also has a status that cannot be ignored in the judicial field. The contest between the two is essentially the result of a power game. In practice, it is necessary for the feudal clan and the feudal platform to cooperate with each other to jointly maintain local political stability. In the interaction of power, the feudal lords are often able to rely on their advantages in the field of government affairs to have a better position.
However, it is worth noting that the Qing Dynasty officialdom was seriously corrupt, and there were also problems such as benefit transfer and power rent-seeking between the feudal and the tai. In this case, the status and power game between the two is more complicated. This paper attempts to reveal the inherent contradictions and dilemmas of the local political system during this period by analyzing the status contest between the Qing Dynasty feudal and the Zhentai. This is of great value for us to understand the ecology, political culture and evolution of the bureaucracy in the Qing Dynasty.
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