It is undeniable that in the early days of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners actually made a great contribution, if there was no strong Eight Banners army, the Qing Dynasty was very strong and rapid from the north to break in, and drove south for a long time, until it won the Central Plains and unified the world, and after the Qing Dynasty was stable, it was indeed very caring for the Eight Banners, because after all, they were once great heroes, and it should be very normal to have some special care.
Throughout the Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng, Kangxi, Qianlong for the Eight Banners are increased subsidies, at that time, a lot of the Eight Flags people subsidies are enough for them to do nothing, do not have to do anything to maintain their own lives, and after this, the Eight Flags children have a lot of special features, such as some eight flags descendants can get a lot of land, to know that in that era, the wealth represented by the land is very large.
The author has compiled a group of old photos of the Eight Banners disciples at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and we can get a glimpse of their "style" at that time!
The old photo above is of two Eight Flags children facing the camera, some proudly showing their "pets", looking very leisurely and leisurely, and in the eyes of many people, it has almost always been a "standard" of the Eight Flags children, and their daily work seems to be such a cage playing with birds.
The one in the picture above is wearing sunglasses that were very eye-catching at the time, sitting on a rickshaw, looking up at 45 degrees, looking very invincible, and next to him is a special person to carry his beloved bird cage, it should be said that such a scene was often seen in the Qing Dynasty at that time.
The old photo above shows the scene when several Eight Flags children are smoking a big cigarette together, only to see them either sitting or lying, holding a cup of tea in their hands or holding a big cigarette, when the Eight Flags children smoked a big cigarette is a very common thing, many of the Eight Flags children are because they are hooked on big smoke, and eventually their family property is scattered, but still unrepentant, spraying all day to spit fog, not happy.
In addition to playing with birds, smoking and other things, usually a few people find together, playing fighting cockroach is also a big pleasure, a few eight flags children to find a place, each took out their own so-called "ace cockroach", so that a play is a whole day, but also feel very "full"!
You may be a little strange after reading this, because we know that the old photos of the Qing Dynasty that we can see now are basically taken at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the Great Qing Dynasty of that era is already in a state of turmoil, with internal troubles and strong enemies outside, and the Qing Dynasty cannot have an effective way to solve it.
As the Eight Banners disciples of the "superior people" of the Qing Dynasty, are they not worried about playing like this every day? You know, the reason why the Eight Flags disciples have such a life is entirely because of the existence of the Great Qing, if one day the Great Qing is gone, how will they live?
In fact, for this problem, the author personally believes that it is precisely because of the long-term relatively rich life that the eight flags children have long had the fighting spirit and ideals of the task, they only care about their own fun and enjoyment, and as for some other things, they should not be so concerned, this is also a drawback brought about by the long-term comfortable life, it will make people not think of making progress, satisfied with the status quo, if we look at this problem from a historical point of view, this is not only the misfortune of the Eight Flags, but also the misfortune of the Qing Dynasty.
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