The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty in ancient China, although it was established by the Manchus, many systems were still used in the Ming Dynasty, and the titles of the Qing Dynasty largely followed the five titles that had prevailed since the Zhou Dynasty, namely dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons.
In addition to these common characteristics, the Qing Dynasty also carried out a more detailed division of titles, dividing them into three categories: clan titles, heterosexual meritorious service titles, and Mongolian titles. And on the basis of the three categories, further division.
Titles such as the title should be attributed to the Qing Dynasty clan titles. The Titles of the Qing Dynasty Were Divided into Twelve Grades, which could be divided into Super Grade and Ordinary Grade according to the different privileges enjoyed.
The twelve products are: Prince Heshuo, Lord of Doro County, Dorobelle, Gushan Beizi, Feng'en Zhenguo Gong, Feng'en Fuguo Gong, Not Entering Bafen Zhenguo Gong, Not As Good As Eight Points Auxiliary Guo Gong, Zhen Guo General, Fu Guo General, Feng Guo General, Feng En General, of which the Prince's title is the highest, which belongs to the super grade title.
For what is not into the eight points, what is it, there is such an explanation in the historical data, "into the eight points" means that there are eight kinds of signs, namely: Zhu Lun, Zi Jiang, Back Pot, Purple Pad, Gem, Eyes, Pimp, Eunuch.
Not scoring eight points means not having such a privilege.
For different titles, there are also different requirements for clothing, for the super grade of knighthood, you can wear a python suit, one of which can be embroidered with five claws and nine pythons, and then according to the different levels, the number of pythons and the number of claws will be reduced.
This is a regular situation, and there is an unconventional situation, and it is also a more interesting phenomenon, that is, some super one-pin princes also wear dragon robes, which is not available in other dynasties.
During the Qing Dynasty, such a phenomenon did exist, and it was limited to princes. These dragon robes are often different from the emperor's dragon robes.
The emperor's dragon robe was golden yellow with nine flying dragons embroidered on it, and careful people in some museums could generally only count eight dragons, while another was embroidered inside the clothes.
Pictured: The back of the Qing Dragon robe
It is said that the wonderful thing about this dragon robe is that no matter from which angle you look, you can see five dragons, which is also in line with the "Ninth Five Supreme".
The dragon robe of Prince Chaopin will have some differences, first of all, the color of the dragon robe is dark yellow, not bright yellow.
Second, dragons have the same number, but one less claw. At the same time, the form of the dragon also became a coiled dragon. This implication is very obvious, you do shed the blood of Ai Xinjueluo, so you can give you face and let you wear dragon robes, but you must remember that there is only one emperor, it is the dragon you give me to coil, it is the tiger you give me to lie down.
Therefore, the dragon robe is only a symbol of privilege and a noble status, and as for how much power there is, it depends on what kind of power it is. In ancient China, the idea of centralized power, all power, was concentrated in the hands of the emperor alone, and in the Qing Dynasty, this centralization of power was developed to the extreme.
In such a centralized environment, there is no reason why the relatives of the emperor and the state with special status will not be strictly guarded. In order to prevent the emperor's relatives from threatening the imperial power, the emperor will give them supreme glory, but he will never give them real power.
Although there is no real power, the emperor will use money to win over these imperial relatives, and these real gold and silver can make the prince spend several generations of wine without feeling shy.
Here, I would just briefly say that prince Heshuo, who is located at the first place in the title, "the annual silver is 10,000 taels, the rice is 10,000 hu, the shizi is 6,000 taels of silver, and the rice is 6,000 hu."
According to modern speculation, during the Kangxi to Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, one or two pieces of silver can buy 150 kilograms of high-quality rice, and if it is calculated according to the current 5 yuan of a kilogram of rice, the purchasing power of one or two silver is equivalent to 750 yuan.
Then a prince only needs to go to the court a year, participate in large-scale gatherings, do not care about any real things, do not have to worry, and earn seven and a half million a year. Who wants to rebel with this kind of treatment? It can be seen that although the prince wearing the dragon robe has no real power, he has a lofty status and can live a rich life of paper drunk and gold fans.