The world is longWhy does Jin Fu call himself a minion?
In the ** TV series "The Long River of the World", we noticed that Jin Fu, one of the protagonists, is from Licheng, Shandong and belongs to the Han people. But the strange thing is that he called himself "slave Jin Fu" in front of Emperor Kangxi.
After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, in order to distinguish between the banner and the people, special regulations were made for the minister's self-proclaimed emperor.
The regulations clearly pointed out that only the nobles and bureaucrats in the banner could call themselves emperors as minions, not the nobles and bureaucrats in the banner, and even the descendants of Confucius, Yan Shenggong, must also call themselves emperors as ministers.
In the Qing Dynasty, nobles and bureaucrats could call themselves servants or ministers, but the specific title depended on whether they were in the banner or not. During the Yongzheng period, this was particularly evident. Emperor Yongzheng didn't like ministers to call themselves slaves, but he also stipulated that non-banner ** could not call themselves slaves, otherwise they would be ridiculed by their colleagues or reprimanded by the emperor.
This is because the self-designation "minion" represents a close relationship with the emperor, and it cannot be used by any person. Even when the flag and non-flag members are combined, they must both call themselves ministers, even if it means that the flag members need to call themselves ministers.
So while the "minion" may seem lowly on paper, it is actually very valuable.
In the TV series "The Long River under Heaven", we saw the plot of Jin Fu calling himself a slave in front of Emperor Kangxi. There are two reasons for this behavior. First of all, in the early days of entering the customs, the Qing Dynasty still retained a strong Manchurian old habit and attached great importance to the self-title of slave, and the ministers in the banner would be taboo if they did not call themselves slaves.
Secondly, although Jin Fu is originally from Licheng, Shandong, he was born in Liaodong, grew up in Liaodong, and was compiled in the Han Army Cattle Record with a yellow flag. Therefore, he is a banner man, the third rank of the Qing Dynasty banner people - the Han army banner man.
Therefore, it is also a matter of course to call himself a slave in front of Emperor Kangxi.
It should be emphasized that the Han army in the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, although its ancestors were also Han Chinese, was not included in the ranks of the people officially stipulated by the Qing Dynasty. The Han army was those Han Chinese who followed the Jurchens and Manchuria in the early years, and they were incorporated into the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
The people refer to those Han people who were not included in the Eight Banners and Niu Lu, that is, the Han people in the area ruled by the original Ming Dynasty.
Jin Fu's ancestors were hereditary military households during the Ming Dynasty, and their ancestors guarded Liaoyang as a hundred households, so their descendants settled in Liaoyang. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Jin family took refuge in the Jurchens.
During the reign of Tiancong and Chongde, Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty created the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and the Jin family was incorporated into the Han Army Ox Record inlaid with yellow flags, thus becoming the banner people.
Despite his background as a bannerman, Jin Fu did not pass the imperial examination, but entered the officialdom by virtue of the selection of pen posts and began his career. Later, he entered the Hanlin Academy, and after 22 years of struggle, he officially became the governor of Anhui in the tenth year of Kangxi, and was in the important place of the feudal territory.
Six years later, he was transferred to the post of Governor of the River and began his career in water control. He served as the head of the river for 11 years, until Kangxi was unjustly dismissed in the 27th year of his post and was forced to leave the water conservancy industry.
He died four years later, and was posthumously named "Wenxiang", which is quite a high honor, and even Zuo Zongtang, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, received this title after his death. It can be seen that Emperor Kangxi spoke highly of Jin Fu's ability and contribution, and posthumously awarded him the title of crown prince and Taibao in the 46th year of Kangxi, and gave him the hereditary position of cavalry captain, so that his descendants could be hereditary.
Originally, the Manchurian Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Army Eight Banners that people often said did not really exist, but belonged to different Niulu under the Eight Banners system, namely Manchurian Niulu, Mongolian Niulu and Han Army Niulu.
For example, there are both Manchurian Niulu and Mongolian Niulu and Han Army Niulu under the banner of Mosaichuang.
In the Qing Dynasty, in addition to Manchuria, Mongolian, and Han army Niulu, there was also a special identity, that is, Baoyi Niulu. Baoyi's status is lower than that of the bannermen subordinate to Manchurian Niulu, Mongolian Niulu, and Han Army Niulu, and they are the "house slaves" of the Manchurian ruling class.
Although after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, due to the shortage of manpower, a large number of baoyi were sent out to various places as officials, but nominally they are still "house slaves", especially the "three banners" of the clothed women, must participate in the internal affairs draft, enter the palace as a palace maid, whether you are a young lady of the general's family or the daughter of the governor's family, as long as the identity is baoyi, you may be selected to serve in the palace.
This is the obligation of the coating to the master.