In many Qing Dynasty TV dramas, we often see a position called the Viceroy of Liangguang, and the people in this position usually have very great power, and even we see in some TELEVISION, they don't even see the emperor in their eyes, so many people are curious, isn't this position sealed by the emperor? How does it feel like the emperor is looking for a father for himself, and he is working against himself everywhere?
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During the Qing Dynasty, there were eight viceroys, and in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, a special governor of the three eastern provinces was added, a total of nine, and the comprehensive level of the viceroys of Liangguang really only ranked third, in front of him were the viceroys directly subordinate to him and the viceroys of Liangjiang. The so-called directly subordinate governor is actually in charge of the area around the capital, that is, the current governor of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan and Shandong, while the governor of Liangjiang manages Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places, which is the richest area during the Qing Dynasty.
The so-called Governor of Liangguang is the governor of Guangxi, Guangdong, although the land is poor, there is no way to produce grain well, but here is a place to connect the world, the Qing Dynasty is not like the Ming Dynasty, there is only one window for trade and smuggling in the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou is the only treaty port, so Guangzhou merchants became the most powerful merchants at that time, so for the governor, Liangguang slowly became a very attractive place.
However, to put it bluntly, the governor of Liangguang was not easy to do, as a key area where the revolution broke out and foreign invasions were concentrated, how many people were dismissed because they had no way. Lin Zexu was the governor of Liangguang, and was eventually exiled, and Qi Shan was also raided for dereliction of duty after taking office. In the end, Ye Mingchen took the throne to catch up with the Second Opium War, although he was not run by the Qing Dynasty, but he was captured by foreigners, and when he died, there was no way to return home.
Therefore, for a long time, the selection of the viceroy of Liangguang was very strict, and the imperial court also attached great importance to it, and generally sent out were very trusted ministers, such as Lin Zexu was one of them. And the official title is generally above the second pin to go, and once appointed, the emperor will also specially increase the title, and finally it is generally added to the official from the first pin.
Later, when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, the governors of the southeast began to unite together to protect themselves, and they even almost escaped the control of the Qing Dynasty in the end, although these governors finally returned to the Qing system, but they were no longer afraid of the emperor's rights at this time, and it was their daily life to despise the emperor.