In ancient times, there were many official names that surprised modern people, such as "walking", which was a person who transferred a certain position during the Qing Dynasty but had not yet given a formal official title; "Prince Washing Horse" was an official position that assisted the prince and taught the prince political affairs and liberal arts, but it was not something that ordinary people could do; "cattle man" was an official who raised cattle, so what position was the "prince Taibao" and "Prince Shaobao" of the Qing Dynasty equivalent to today?
In the Eastern Palace where the crown prince lived, there were "three divisions", namely the prince Taibao, the prince Taishi and the prince Taifu, the duty of the prince Taibao is to protect the safety of the prince, the prince Taishi is responsible for teaching, the prince Taishi is responsible for teaching martial arts, but this official position is not particularly rigorous, some emperors do not have a prince, but they will also appoint others as the prince Taibao.
"Shaobao" was the deputy of Taibao and belonged to the emperor's senior advisers. This also has to mention the eldest son of the university scholar Liu Tongxun, Liu Yong, who has the title of "Thick Ink Prime Minister", during the Qianlong period, Liu Yong was once crowned by the Qianlong Emperor as "Prince Taibao Royal Walking", that is, the prince's teacher can also serve as an attendant in front of the emperor, which shows that the Qianlong Emperor also appreciated Liu Yong.
Later, when the Qianlong Emperor died, the Jiaqing Emperor held real power, and Liu Yong was officially crowned as the Crown Prince Shaobao, and was ordered to handle the case of smuggling and bribery of the Hezhen Party; in the ninth year of Jiaqing (1805), Liu Yong died of his life, and the day after his death, he gave the crown prince Taibao and the title of Wenqing.
Although Liu Yong went from the Crown Prince Taibao Yu to the Crown Prince Shaobao and then to the posthumous honor, which is related to "Taibao" and "Shaobao", in the more than two hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, only the Kangxi Emperor explicitly appointed the crown prince, and the Jiaqing Emperor was secretly appointed as the crown prince in the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong (1773), and was not made public, but the official positions of Taibao and Shaobao appeared in all the emperors of the Qing Dynasty.
The "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty and the Chronicle of officials" says: "Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao are the three dukes. (Positive one product.) Shaoshi, Shaofu, and Shaobao are the three orphans. (From a pin.) Prince Taishi, Prince Taifu, Prince Taibao, from Yipin. Prince Shaoshi, Prince Shaofu, Prince Shaobao, (正二品. The chancellor of the Judong Palace, no limit, no special teaching. ”
That is to say, the crown prince Taibao actually belongs to the honorary official position, which is the emperor's grace to his courtiers, and according to the administrative level of the official position, it is roughly equivalent to the current deputy post of the CPPCC or the people's congress.
Prince Shaobao was also an honorary official, generally as a governor or a military general with military merits, titles or posthumous posthumous titles, Liu Yong in the late Qianlong period served as a directly subordinate governor, Libu Shangshu, and also in charge of the affairs of the state, although at this time Liu Yong was "not very reliable", and was later deposed from the post of university student.
However, Liu Yong had a good reputation, and was known for abiding by the law and being honest and honest, and the Jiaqing Emperor had already moved the idea of Hezhen, and it was most appropriate to investigate and handle the affairs of Hezhen and leave it to Liu Yong to deal with.
Prince Shaobao's investigation and punishment of Prince Taibao is regarded as a subordinate report to the superior, and the official position of Prince Shaobao is equivalent to the current chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions or a state councilor or a member of the Central Committee.
In addition, during the Qing Dynasty, the centralization of power reached a very high degree, although it followed the official positions created by the previous dynasty, but there were many false official positions, some official positions just sounded scary, in fact, there was no right, such as the Cabinet University Scholar, which belonged to the Zheng Wupin in the Ming Dynasty, and was zheng Yipin after the Yongzheng Dynasty, but the power of the Cabinet University Scholar during the Qing Dynasty was far inferior to that of the Cabinet University Scholar in the Ming Dynasty.