What are the benefits of enjoying the temple? What kind of courtiers can enjoy the temple?
Many people hear the phrase "Taimiao", they all hear it from the famous film and television drama "Do You Know If You Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin", this film and television drama is a story of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In film and television dramas, the eldest lady in Sheng Hong often says when crying: "My father deserves to enjoy the Taimiao", so what kind of courtier can deserve to enjoy the Taimiao? What are the benefits?
In fact, the enjoyment of the Taimiao is the emperor's greatest honor for a courtier, and the emperor gives the courtier the greatest honor in order to thank the meritorious man for his lifelong kindness.
Taimiao is actually a temple where ancient emperors worshiped their ancestors, and many famous courtiers of many dynasties enjoyed this honor after their deaths.
Zhang Tingyu in the Qing Dynasty was worthy of enjoying the Taimiao, he was the only Hanchen who deserved to enjoy the Taimiao, and it was precisely because of an honor that Zhang Tingyu was known as the leader of the Hanchen in the Qing Dynasty.
During the Qing Dynasty, there was a great distinction between the Manchu and Han ministers, and the emperor paid more attention to the Manchu ministers, and there was a clear difference between the Manchu ministers and the Han ministers.
But the earliest set up of the provision of enjoying the Taimiao was in the Cao Wei period, during the Cao Wei period, many ministers in the court were reused by the emperor, many of them were the founding generals of the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, after these people passed away, the emperor said that they were worthy of the Taimiao in order to thank them for their efforts.
This was the highest honor of the Cao Wei period, and was later continued by various generations of emperors.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang in order to be grateful to the heroes, the 8 founding generals were matched with the Taimiao, 7 years later, he arranged several officials in the court to pay more to enjoy the Taimiao, a total of 12 heroes won this honor.
But with the passage of time, Zhu Yuanzhang's later reign became mediocre, and he even opened a wide range of killings, killing all the courtiers who might threaten him, including the heroes who were worthy of enjoying the Taimiao by him.
Later generations commented on Zhu Yuanzhang as ruthless and murderous, but after these heroes were killed, Zhu Yuanzhang did not remove their tablets from the Taimiao.
Later generations commented that Zhu Yuanzhang was just afraid that these heroes would threaten his power, but he still recognized the dedication of these heroes.
Later, in all dynasties, there were important ministers who deserved to enjoy the Taimiao, but such officials were very few, because most of these officials needed to be officials in the court for decades, and some were even veterans of the three dynasties, and finally it was possible to have such an honor.
Imperial power is the highest power in ancient times, the temple was originally dedicated to the emperor's ancestors, and later the queen's family can also enjoy such a privilege, and future generations of emperors will enter the temple to worship their ancestors.
The officials who can enjoy the Taimiao will also be bowed, which is tantamount to the greatest honor for these officials, and the officials who can enjoy the Taimiao can accept the worship of the emperors of later generations.
Such a position is equivalent to enjoying the same honor as the deceased emperor, so if someone in the family is worthy of enjoying the Taimiao, then it is the greatest honor for future generations.
Moreover, it is not only honor that is brought to future generations, first of all, the Taimiao is already the highest in the court, and before that, countless gold and silver rewards must have been made, and the families of such ministers are very wealthy.
Although it is not hereditary to enjoy the Taimiao, future generations can enjoy endless benefits.
First of all, in terms of the amount of money in the family, if the descendants of the Taimiao are safe and keep to themselves, then the court will give money regularly, and if the wife of the hero of the Taimiao is still alive, the status is very high, and you can enter the palace at any time to meet the emperor.
The children in the family will also be different when they go to school in the future, they can enjoy the same resources as the prince in the palace, and if there is a high official position among the descendants, they will be especially taken care of by the emperor after becoming an official in the court.
In ancient times, it was more difficult for people to see a doctor, because in ancient times, it was traditional Chinese medicine, and the effect was relatively slow, so people wanted to invite a good man after suffering from a disease.
However, the more famous Langzhong in the past dynasties either did not rank up, or he had already become the imperial doctor in the capital, but if someone in the family was worthy of enjoying the Taimiao, he could find the imperial doctor in the palace for diagnosis and treatment.
The imperial physician in the palace not only would not refuse such a request, but would even take the initiative to go to the palace of these officials for diagnosis and treatment.
Moreover, if the daughters of the officials who are worthy of enjoying the Taimiao marry, the specifications are very high, most of them are married to other wealthy nobles as wives, and if the children in the family marry wives, the emperor will send someone to send congratulatory gifts in person.
This is also the reason why Sheng Hong's lady in the TV series "Know" can be arrogant, her father deserves to enjoy the Taimiao, but Sheng Hong's mother was originally married to Sheng Hong, this kind of thing rarely happened in ancient times.
For the descendants of the Taimiao, people say that these people have won at the starting line by birth, as long as they do not break the law, they will enjoy endless glory and wealth in their lives.
It can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to these heroes, not only one generation, but also the descendants of the heroes.
