Is it difficult for the Qing prince to be crowned a prince? Long life guaranteed to the bottom of the county king, the prince has ten **.
Many readers have recently inquired about the specific criteria for the promotion of a prince to prince in the Qing Dynasty, but when reviewing the relevant literature, the imperial history has not found a clear institutional rule. However, by studying the situation in the Qing dynasties, we find that there are still some patterns to follow for the promotion of the prince to the prince.
In the early Qing Dynasty, the criteria for knighthood of princes were based on their military exploits. Taizu Nurhachi started with thirteen sets of armor, unified the Jurchen tribes, and founded the Manchurian regime.
At this stage,"Baylor"He is the most honorable person except Khan. During the Mandate of Heaven, a complete system of title division had not yet been formed. During the Chongde period, Huang Taiji initially established the title of the clan, which was divided into Prince Heshuo, King Dorajun, Dorobele, Gushan Beizi, Zhenguo Gong, Fuguo Gong, etc.
Since then,"Prince"The name began to appear. In general, the Qing Dynasty's knighthood system was based on military merit before the Kangxi Dynasty, and after that, it was more concerned about the emperor's personal preferences.
During the Chongde period, a total of six princes were crowned, and they had one thing in common: before that, they were all the bannermen of the Eight Banners. For example, Prince Dai Shan and Yue Tuo were in charge of the two red flags, Dolgon the Prince of Rui and Duoduo the Prince of Yu were in charge of the two white flags, the Prince of Zheng Zierharang was in charge of the blue flag, and the Prince of Su Haoge was in charge of the positive blue flag.
This shows that during the Chongde period, if it was not for the clan of the banner master, he might not be eligible to be named Prince Heshuo. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the capital was set in Beijing, and the war for the unification of the Central Plains began, which lasted for more than ten years.
During this period, the main criterion for the title of Prince Jin was still military merit. In addition to the six princes who were divided during the Chongde period, there were also Prince Duan Bolo, Prince Jing Nikan, Prince Ying Aji and Prince Zhuang Shuosai.
The first and second batch of feudal princes, plus several feudal princes, were called the "founding kings", and eight of them were designated as hereditary "iron hat kings" during the Qianlong Dynasty.
In the early Qing Dynasty, it was a very significant feature to be knighted by military merits, so only four of Nurhachi's sixteen sons were named princes, and only three of Huang Taiji's eleven sons were named princes.
This shows that it is quite difficult for the prince to become a prince. After entering the Kangxi Dynasty, with the unification of the country and Chengping, the feudal system of determining titles based on military merits was no longer meaningful.
Therefore, the emperor's personal preferences and the prince's abilities became the main criteria for the Jin prince. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, he divided the older princes, of which the third, fourth and fifth sons were named princes.
It is worth noting that among the dozen or so princes under the reign of Emperor Kangxi, only three received the title of prince, and even some princes did not have titles.
The Kangxi Dynasty was a unique dynasty, although his princes were all intelligent, such as the eighth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother, etc., but because the Kangxi Emperor's crown prince issue was not properly handled, the princes fought for the throne.
Many princes did not get high positions because they were implicated, if Emperor Kangxi could follow Yongzheng and implement the secret reserve system, then more of his princes would definitely get the title of prince.
In contrast, the number of princes of Yongzheng is small, only a few minors and the third son of the emperor Hongshi, who is mired in political struggles, and the remaining Hongtian and Hongzhan are all named princes.
As for the Qianlong Dynasty, there are many princes, but it is not difficult to get the title of prince, as long as you don't go against Qianlong and don't make major mistakes, you can generally get the title of prince or county king.
Among Emperor Jiaqing's five sons, except for Emperor Daoguang and a minor prince, all the others were named princes, and the prince's bestowal rate was as high as 80%. Among the seven adult princes of Emperor Daoguang, in addition to Emperor Xianfeng, the other three were named princes and two were named county kings, which shows that the princes of Emperor Daoguang generally have higher titles.
However, since Xianfeng, there has been no new prince born in the harem, Tongzhi, Guangxu, Puyi three generations, there is no prince, so there is no way to talk about the prince in this period.
It has become the norm in the Qing Dynasty for princes to be divided into princes, especially after the Kangxi Dynasty, and those who are still alive among the emperor's brothers can obtain the title of county king or above. After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, the number of princes who were crowned princes accounted for the majority, such as Kangxi's three brothers were named princes, and Jiaqing, Daoguang and Xianfeng also named their brothers princes and county kings respectively after succeeding to the throne.
From this point of view, the members of the royal family of the Qing Dynasty, whether they were loved and appreciated by their fathers or not, as long as they lived long enough, when their brothers inherited the throne, they would be crowned county kings at the very least, and most would be crowned princes.
Moreover, if he can live until his nephews inherit the throne, then as the uncle and uncle of the emperor of the dynasty, the title of prince is almost certain.