Ancient China was a feudal and autocratic society, in such a social form, people have the concept of inferiority and inferiority, so the clothes worn by each person are mostly different, whether from the accessories, or in the clothing and color there is a clear distinction. For example, Bai Juyi, when he was demoted to a minor official like Sima of Jiangzhou, a purple official uniform was withdrawn, leaving only a green coat, which has the famous phrase "Sima Qingyi wet in Jiangzhou".
Not only in the official arena, even in the army, different clothes show different identities, for example, some of the soldiers in the Qing Dynasty army are printed with the word "bing", some are printed with the word "yong", although there is only a word difference, but the status is very different, today we will talk about what kind of differences they have.
First of all, let's take a look at the soldiers dressed in the word "bing", most of them are flag people, the previous generation was either fishing or hunting, and later followed the Shunzhi Emperor into the pass, which made their identity change, and since then they have become the regular army of the Qing Dynasty. They no longer need to carry out any labor, they are soldiers all their lives, enjoy the corresponding treatment given by the state, and the work is very simple, either watching the gates around the palace, or stationed in various cities and pools, eliminating the pain of living in barracks in the wilderness. Even if they are old, they can still choose a child from their own family to inherit his position, so it is not unreasonable for one person to become a soldier and the whole family is not hungry.
However, these old soldiers, they led the military salary and did not do anything, all day long except for pretending to finish their shifts, after work, they walked birds and played cards, and usually did not train, so the combat effectiveness of the regular army of the Qing Dynasty plummeted, and even those rebellious peasants could not beat them. After all, they are all Full, broken bones and tendons, so the Qing Dynasty thought of a way to recruit township heroes.
Therefore, when we see Qing Dynasty soldiers with courageous characters printed on them, we must first be clear that they are not formally formed, but only temporary contract workers, which is somewhat similar to the current auxiliary police, who help the formal police to deal with problems together. Since the regular army of the Qing Dynasty was increasingly incompetent for the work of suppressing thieves, this part of the matter was done by Xiang Yong. Township braves come from various places, directly recruited by the local commanders and commanders, township heroes do not enjoy the state's "five insurances and one gold", they only have a meager salary, and the living environment is relatively poor, generally in the barracks outside the city. The townspeople are temporary contractors, and once the war is over, they will also be repatriated on the spot, and they can be re-recruited when the next war breaks out.
Although the treatment of the township braves was not so good, they were definitely much stronger than those regular troops in the war, fierce and fierce. The suppression of the Twist Army and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement were all their main forces, and the rulers of the Qing Dynasty discovered their availability, so by the late Qing Dynasty, Xiang Yong also slowly turned into a regular army, and some of them also became a new army, and their status was unprecedentedly improved. However, this is all in vain, blame the Qing government for reusing them too late, at this time the Qing Empire is already like a loft in the sky is shaking at any time, as long as there is a gust of wind in an instant it will collapse ah!