Because of the policy tone set by Zhu Yuanzhang that "the descendants of the Zhu family are supported by the state finance", the titles of the Ming Dynasty are all super-quality, and the hereditary succession is not replaced, so the imperial family is full of firepower to create people, and the descendants of the Zhu family are flourishing, but unexpectedly, the cost of supporting the children of the clan later dragged down the national GDP and accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
After the Manchu Qing ruled the world, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the predecessors, but also to encourage the children and grandchildren to work hard, the knighthood implemented a hereditary system of demotion, of course, for the royal children with outstanding merits, they would also reward hereditary resignation to show royal kindness.
In the past three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, there have been 12 hereditary thrones, which are commonly known as the "Iron Hat King".
Eight of them were the sons of the clan who made great contributions in the early days of the Qing Dynasty, and rewarded them with hereditary resignation in recognition of their outstanding military achievements; four in the middle and late Qing Dynasty were counted as enfengs in recognition of their efforts to stabilize the country.
The eight Iron Hat Kings of the early Qing Dynasty were formed after three dynasties and two formal knighthoods, and it was not until the hereditary succession and the title of throne during the Qianlong period that were clarified: Daishan the Prince of Li, Zilharang the Prince of Zheng, Dolgun the Prince of Rui, Duoduo the Prince of Yu, Hauge the Prince of Su, Shuosai the Prince of Zhuang, Yue Tuo of Keqin County, and Leke Dehun the King of Shuncheng County;
Prince Daishan of Li, Prince Of Rui, Dolgun the Prince of Rui, and Duoduo the Prince of Yu were all concubines of Nurhaci, who followed Nurhaci and Huang Taiji around in battles, and made immortal contributions to the unification of the Qing Dynasty.
Daishan was the head of the Four Great Belles, commanded the two red flags, accompanied his father on expeditions to build qigong many times, and was originally the best candidate for the Khan's throne, but because of his favoritism towards his stepwife, he abused his former wife's sons Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo, and was deposed by Nurhaci. After his father's death, Daishan led the people to support Emperor Taiji's succession to the throne, and after Emperor Taiji's death, he supported his son Fu Lin to ascend the throne.
The Dorgon and Dordor brothers were Nurhaci's favorite children, nurhaci gave the yellow flag to Dordo before his death, announced that after his death, his relatives and soldiers were handed over to Dordor's command, and also intended to leave the white flag to Dolgun, but unfortunately he died before the transfer was completed, and his birth mother Abahai was forced to be martyred.
The Dorgon brothers, who had lost the protection of their parents, were only a teenager, and they followed their elder brother Emperor Taiji to the southern expedition to the northern war, spelling out a splendid future with their flesh and blood, and then assisting the government of Shunzhi and entering the Central Plains, and were the ministers of the Qing Dynasty.
They were all noble in status, they were all princes who were qualified to inherit the mantle of Nurhaci, and they made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, and it was not too much to allow them to have a glory and wealth passed down from generation to generation.
Prince Zheng Zilharang was nurhaci's nephew, raised in Nurhaci's side from childhood, in his youth he followed Nurhaci in the southern conquest of the northern war, military merits; with Emperor Taiji's feelings are very strong, his father and brother rebelled and are still used heavily, after the death of Emperor Taiji, together with Dolgun as an "uncle king", shunzhi loved. Later generations commented that he "was founded at the beginning of the country, the wind and rain, the world was determined by a hundred battles, and the kings were mediocre."
Prince Hauge of Su and Prince Shuosai of Zhuang are the sons of Emperor Taiji, Hauge has made great achievements in battle, and was once a popular candidate for the heir of Emperor Taiji, and it is very powerful not to say more; Shuosai's battle achievements are all fought down with elders such as Duoduo, and there is no prominent personal merit, so the reputation is not so big, it is estimated that Gu Quan Emperor Taiji face, leaked a hereditary replacement for Shuosai.
Yue Tuo, the king of Dorokqin County, was the eldest son of Daishan, and the king of Doro Shuncheng County, Leke Dehun, was the grandson of Daishan, the former had meritorious deeds, but his personality was arrogant, he was demoted many times before his death, and after his death, he was posthumously honored as the king of the county, and was hereditary; the latter's father was The third son of Daishan, Sakhalin, a talented and meritorious disciple of the clan, but unfortunately his life was short, and Shunzhi rewarded the honor that his father did not enjoy to Luckehun. Zongheng felt that these two county kings were rewarded by Emperor Taiji for looking at the good face.
The four iron hat kings of enfeng in the middle and late period were: Yin Xiang the Prince of Yi and Prince Yi of Gong. , Prince Yizhen of Alcohol, Prince Yili of Qing.
Yin Xiang, the Prince of Yi, was Yongzheng's nemesis and the best partner for yongzheng, and after Yongzheng ascended the throne, Yin Xiang worked hard to assist him in rectifying the country and making great contributions to the prosperity of the country.
Yin Xiang was Yongzheng's most trusted and beloved brother, and Zongheng felt that giving him hereditary replacement was not only a reward for his officialship, but also Yongzheng's love and gratitude for his brother.
Prince Gong Yi? He was a major vassal of the Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and Guangxu dynasties, who fell in love with and killed Cixi, and obtained the hereditary title of Prince Shuangfeng and Wang Jue;
Prince Yizhen of Alcohol contributed two emperors to the imperial family, his son Guangxu and his grandson Puyi, and the two unfortunate emperors exchanged their fate for the short-lived glory of Prince Alcohol.
Prince Yi of Qing married Cixi, mixed with a prince, saying that it was hereditary succession, but he did not die, the Qing Dynasty died, and the title was only his generation.
It is worth mentioning that if the heir of the iron hat makes a mistake, he will also be deposed, and those who are stripped of their titles will be inherited by others in the clan, which shows that the real iron is the hat is not the person who wears the hat!