When it comes to the title system of the Qing Dynasty, many people also think of the so-called Iron Hat King! After all, this is the peak of knighthood, and those who can have such glory are generally royal relatives with great merit! Because of their outstanding military achievements, they are also known as "iron hats"! And there are many doubts in the people of later generations, the legendary Iron Hat King, how iron?
In fact, the Iron Hat King "is only a title, not an official position, only titles, fenglu, and mansions and no fiefdoms or feudal territories, so it is impossible to form a divided force that cannot be destroyed, which makes the central government more centralized, ensures the unification of imperial power, and avoids the phenomenon of constant war due to clan internal strife, so there was no war for the throne similar to the rebellion of the eight kings in the qing dynasty."
After several generations of the early Iron Hat King, he was basically excluded from the power center, leaving only the treatment of a prince. The power of the Iron Hat King of the current dynasty depends on the emperor at that time, such as Prince Yi in the Yongzheng Dynasty, who was an Optimus Prime figure. Therefore, the title of the Iron Hat King also depends on the situation, not that you can sit back and enjoy the world! Think about it, the emperor still changes it often, and your prince is not abolished!
In fact, as many netizens said, the so-called Iron Hat King"is not a word to withdraw! “。 The Iron Hat King can indeed be hereditary, but if he is convicted, the king can still be deposed, or even killed. In the last years of Xianfeng, one of the eight ministers of The Eight Ministers, Prince Zaiyuan of Yi was given suicide by Cixi after the Coup d'état of Xin You, deposing the prince. Not the same!
In fact, in today's view, those iron hat kings at the beginning were just the emperor's act of buying people's hearts, after all, no one did not like fame and did not like profits, which is also a kind of reward for meritorious and famous people, nothing more!