We all know that the Qing Dynasty had the Eight Flags system, and the Eight Banners were all the chiefs of the Eight Banners, and the rank was from one product, to the horse to manage the army and the people, to take charge of the hukou of the flag, education, inheritance of officials and knights, production labor, military training, and all other affairs, and had great power.
The governor of the Qing Dynasty was the supreme administrative, economic, and military governor in charge of a province or provinces. From the official rank, it belongs to the main two products, and can also be matched to the first product through the title of Shangshu of the Imperial Household Department or the title of the Right Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspection Temple. You can also receive a university diploma, and you will become a positive product.
This is a proper feudal official, whose status and power can be seen.
If there is such a comparison, then I am afraid that many people would rather be governors than to be unified, and the reason is that the governor has a greater scope of jurisdiction, more management, and naturally greater power.
But in fact, in the Great Qing Dynasty, whether it is the unification of the capital or the governor, the size of the power is not set in stone.
In the first year of Yongzheng, the Eight Banners were established, which was a change. Previously, the capital of the Eight Banners was recommended by the flag owner to the emperor, and naturally obeyed the flag owner. But from the beginning of Yongzheng, it was different, all of them were directly appointed by the emperor, and the office location was different.
There are also differences within the Eight Banners Metropolitan Government. In simple terms, it can be divided into three categories.
The first type is the flag affairs capital, which is the commander of the Eight Banners of the Beijing Division. The second category was the commander of the Eight Banner Army stationed in the provinces of the Qing Dynasty. The last category is the conferral of titles, which is a temporary assignment of positions and is a fictitious title.
In a sense, the metropolitan government is not only responsible for the military, very similar to the governor, but it is very limited, and it is the flag bearer who manages it.
However, in the early days, the capital could directly mobilize the army in the jurisdiction, but the power came from the emperor, which needs to be explained. However, the governor was more restricted, especially the Eight Banner Soldiers. As for the local garrison, the governor cannot be mobilized, which is also to prevent them from taking the lead in making trouble.
Therefore, the right to transfer troops is actually in the emperor's place, and the governor and the capital are only serving the emperor.
If we compare the two, it is not difficult for us to find that the power of the metropolitan government is actually very large, and the status is also transcendent, and it is definitely not comparable to the governor. After all, the Qing Dynasty is the world of the Manchus, and the Eight Banners are the lifeblood of the Manchus, so these can be seen that their strength should not be underestimated, although there is no governor to manage widely, but the status is greater than the governor.
However, in the late Qing Dynasty, it was different. The power of the governor was also increasing, especially in the years when Cixi controlled the government, and more and more attention was paid to Han Chen, which also led to the local governor's power being too large, like a small kingdom.
On the contrary, due to the decline of the Eight Banners, they could not fight the war, and at best they became an aristocratic group that did nothing. Then the jurisdiction of the capital has also changed, and even many times, the unity feels like it has disappeared.
But even so, the natural status of du tong was absolutely higher than that of the governor. Although the power is no longer as great as that of the governor.