In the most prosperous era of the Qing Dynasty, there were countless famous courtiers, and we ignored the shortcomings and final outcomes of their personalities, and selected the most representative ones from the middle, such as He Yan, Ah Gui, Liu Yong and Fu Kang'an.
They are all "top-notch" ministers in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and they also have a fairly high reputation in the folk, so the question is, if four people sit together, then how should the seats be arranged? And what factors should be taken into account?
Photo: Qing Dynasty minister eating stills
I. The "Contest" between He yan and Ah Gui
1. The greatest and greatest
According to the system and etiquette of the feudal era, there are many rules for such officials to eat together, especially in the arrangement of seats, which must take into account the size of their official positions, the level of their titles, the background of the family, and the degree of grace of the emperor at the moment.
Let's first take a look at He yan and lord, in the Qianlong Dynasty, his highest official positions were the foreman of the military aircraft, the minister of the consular guard, the prince Taibao and the scholar of the Wenhua Temple, any of which was taken out as a member of the Eight Classics of Zheng'er, and in addition, his title also reached the peak in the Qianlong dynasty.
After the Jiaqing Emperor ascended the throne, Qianlong became the Taishang Emperor, and He Yan became a messenger between the two emperors, in fact, he was also the representative of the Qianlong Emperor's court officials, during which he was awarded the first rank of Zhongxiang Duke for his meritorious efforts in suppressing the White Lotus Sect uprising, which was the highest title of non-imperial minister.
Photo: Stills of He Yan and the Qianlong Emperor eating together
Official positions and titles, and Yan are basically at the peak, then look at his family background, according to the data, He Yan is a Manchurian Zhenghongqi person, his father has achieved the vice capital of Fujian, is a proper hereditary Manchu nobleman, he also has a younger brother and Lin, the official worship of the governor of Sichuan plus the title of Prince Taibao, is a local official of the real power faction.
In addition, He yan's son Feng Sheng Yin De married Qianlong's daughter, which allowed him to climb the relationship with the imperial family and belong to the imperial relatives, so the conditions of He Yan are absolutely not to say, it can be described as an extremely popular subject.
Image: Stills of The Dynasty on the official uniform
2, all aspects do not lose and burn
Looking at Ah Gui, he was a minister known for his hard work in the Qianlong era, and he also relied on his real skills along the way, especially in military achievements, and successively participated in large-scale battles such as pacifying the big and small Jinchuan, the big and small Hezhuo, the expedition to Burma, and the quelling of the Baodao rebellion.
Later, after entering Beijing, he achieved the positions of chief foreman military aircraft minister, Wu Yingdian university student, and prince Taibao, and it can be said that in all aspects, he was not worse than Hezhen, and Ah Gui's title was not low, he was a first-class sincere and heroic duke, and he was also indistinguishable from Hezhen.
The comparison of official titles and titles depends on the family background, Ah Gui is born in the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner, and later was carried into the Zhengbai Banner for merit, which belongs to one of the "Upper Three Banners" of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and its status is higher than that of the "Lower Five Banners".
Ah Gui's father was called Acton, a co-founder of the Qing Dynasty, and shangshu of the Punishment Department, which was much stronger than that of He yan's father, but Ah Gui's son did not marry a princess, so he could not be regarded as a relative of the emperor and the state, and his status was not as good as that of Hezhen.
Image: Stills of Ah Gui entering the palace
Second, the status of Liu Yong and Fu Kang'an
1. The "hard wound" of the Han family
The third we come to analyze Liu Yong Liu Lord, this should be one of the Most familiar Qing Dynasty officials among our people, but also a famous representative of Qing officials, if the previous He yan and Ah Gui are "stronger than the father", then Liu Yong is far inferior to his father Liu Tongxun.
Liu Yong's highest official position was traced to the Scholar of Tirenge University, although the rank was not low, but there was no real power, and Liu Yong himself had not been able to enter the military aircraft, belonging to the name of the prime minister and not the fact that there was no prime minister, and during the Qing Dynasty, the Han people could also have a knighthood, but Liu Yong did not even mix with the lowest viscount in his life, and this point was already behind He Yan and Ah Gui.
Image: Stills of Liu Yong talking to the Jiaqing Emperor
The background of Liu Yong's family is actually not as hard as the previous two, dahui believes that the most important factor is that the Liu family belongs to the Han people, although by the time of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, the "Manchu Han family" has been advocated, but it can only be said that the Han dynasty has been gradually reused, but the ethnic contradictions between the Manchu and Han have not been resolved.
More crucially, judging from the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty" and the living notes of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, they only had no choice but to put forward a series of Manchu and Han harmony policies in order to maintain the rule of the Manchu Qing in the Central Plains, but these emperors privately still refilled the Light Han, and this phenomenon continued until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Liu Yong's father, Liu Tongxun, belonged to a truly talented person, and he made a lot of contributions to the Jiangshan Sheji of the Qing Dynasty, so he finally became the chief military minister, but what about the title? There is still nothing, this is the gap between Manchu and Han, it is also a hard injury, and the rest need not be said more.
Image: Stills of Liu Tongxun
2. The "first person" outside the royal family
The last thing to be analyzed is Fu Kang'an, perhaps for non-history professional friends, always feel that Fu Kang'an's reputation is not as loud as He Yan, Ah Gui, Liu Yong, but in fact, casually open a book of historical materials will find that this Fu Da Ren was definitely the most cattle figure in the Qing Dynasty at that time in addition to the Ai XinJue Luo royal family, and there was no "one".
First of all, look at his official positions: Wu Yingdian University Sergeant, Military Aircraft Minister, Consular Guard Interior Minister, proper Yipin Senior Officer, in addition, his Wuxun is also very fierce, before and after the Chengdu General, Shengjing General, etc., these are all Manchu Qing high-level military attaches, both civilian and military Fu Da people hold all real positions, the power in his hands is amazing.
In addition, his title is also the highest of the four people, for Beizi, you know, this thing can only be enjoyed by the royal family, except for a few kings with different surnames in the founding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, basically no one in the Qing Dynasty can have this honor, more importantly, after his death, the Qianlong Emperor also posthumously named him the king of the county, which is amazing.
Image: Portrait of Fukang'an and stills of the introduction
His family is also as good as ever, is a typical "Shangsan banner" origin, his father Fu Heng is still Qianlong's brother-in-law, belongs to the old imperial relatives, Fu Heng is still the qianlong emperor's right hand man, the last Bohol Hall university scholar of the Qing Dynasty, ranked first among the university scholars, at the same time Fu Heng also served as the foreman of the military aircraft minister, and his sister was the original empress of the Qianlong Emperor.
And that's not all, both of Fukang's brothers married the daughters of the royal family and kissed them again. It can be said that these relationships can be taken out at will, and they can all walk horizontally in the Great Qing, but people's welfare and health are all available.
Image: Stills of Fukang'an
In summary, Dahui believes that four people sitting together, Fu Kang'an must be the most honorable in status, should be seated, followed by Ah Gui, the third is He Yan, and finally Liu Yong, and even take a step back, with Liu Yong's identity, it is difficult to say whether he can be on the table.
Article author: Dahui
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