Chapter 170, Kangxi's slashing law

In a blink of an eye, it was already the fifteenth night, and the fourth master had summoned Niu Hulu's family, Geng's family, and Wu's family to serve them respectively, but tonight they had to come to Lin Xianyu's Fuyu Hall.

Lin Xianyu couldn't help but complain to the fourth master about the Song family, "I also understand, she can't see the school-age teenager next to her every day, but that's my eldest brother's grandson!" That's Bojili's nephew! ”

Yin Zhen smiled: "Bojili is not your own child, in fact, it's nothing." ”

Lin Xianyu has a black line, almost forgetting that the people are full of people and loves to ignore the seniority!!

Yin Zhen replied again: "But Khan Ama now attaches importance to etiquette, so forget it." ”

Lin Xianyu breathed a sigh of relief, she was really worried that the fourth master would also ignore his seniority and marry his daughter casually.

"It's no wonder that Song's mind is floating, she just cares about Bojili." Lin Xianyu asked in a low voice, "Fourth master, Bojili...... Won't soothe, right? ”

Yin Zhen frowned, "Khan Ama just married Dun Ke to Horqin last year, and he has no intention of marrying for a while." ”

Lin Xianyu hurriedly said: "Otherwise, you take advantage of this gap, it is better to set up a marriage for Bojili." ”

Yin Zhen looked at her deeply.

Lin Xianyu sighed: "I also grew up watching Bojili, thinking about how most of these princesses who marry far away have died young, let alone Bojili." This child's temperament is not tough and tenacious, if he marries far away, I am afraid it will be ......"

Thinking of this, Lin Xianyu couldn't bear it after all.

No matter what the biological mothers of these children are, these little Gege are really well-behaved and lovely, if they can help one or two, Lin Xianyu doesn't mind doing it.

Yin Zhen sighed, "If you want to marry Bojili, you have to invite Khan Amma." Where can the master call the shots in private? ”

Lin Xianyu was gloomy, thinking about Kangxi's scumbag father, there are so many daughters, few of them stay in Beijing, most of them marry Mongolia, and most of the princesses who marry Mongolia die early.

Yin Zhen said: "Therefore, Bojili's marriage should be slow, at least for a few more years." ”

Lin Xianyu nodded, the princesses also married later, it is not for nothing that they only married in eighteen or nineteen or even twenty, and Bo Jili is only fifteen years old.

Yin Zhen said again: "The lord has three daughters, and Khan Ama will not give all of them to marry the feudal Meng, but always leave one or two in Beijing." ”

Lin Xianyu was speechless, what is this? Is it considered a consolation prize?

Thank you, the old lady and Mu have been comforted!

Seeing that his face was drooping, Yin Zhen said quietly: "Master knows that you feel sorry for the children, and I can't wait for them to stay in the capital." But you also know that the eldest brother had the sacred heart of Khan Ama like the one before, and he had four concubines on his knees, two of whom were caressing. ”

Lin Xianyu pouted in disgust: "That's because he doesn't feel sorry for his daughter!" "——Now that the eldest brother is imprisoned, even if he stays married to the two Geges in Beijing, he is afraid that life will not be easy.

This Yinyu died by himself, affecting his wife and children!

Fortunately, Da Fujin died early, and he didn't see his daughters in such a situation, otherwise he would not have died of distress?

Yin Zhen was silent for a moment before he said, "Master will do his best." "-Fortunately, he is now the respect of the prince, even if Bojili is a concubine, he can be crowned a county monarch grade Dorogge, if it is Fumeng, how can the grade be upgraded by one level, that is, the county lord grade Doroggege.

The nobles of the Qing Dynasty were divided into seven grades, Princess Gulun, Princess Heshuo, Heshuo Gege, Dorogge, Gushan Gege, Xiangjun Gege and ordinary clan daughters.

Princess Gulun is the daughter of the queen's concubine, and Princess Heshuo is a concubine.

The daughter of the prince and the prince can be crowned and Shuogege, that is, the county lord.

Dorogge is relatively special, and it is divided into the county main grade Dorogge and the county monarch grade Dorogge. Only the daughter of the county king can be crowned the county lord grade, and the daughter of Baylor is the county monarch grade.

The daughter of Gushan Beizi is called Gushan Gege, and the daughter of the prince of the town of Bafen and the daughter of the Duke of the Auxiliary State is the township monarch.

Daughters who are not under the eighth of the male are not sealed, and are only called clan daughters.

In addition, the daughter of the concubine is more than the concubine to be sealed by two ranks, so even if Bojili is the daughter of the prince, as usual, she can only be equal to the daughter of Baylor and be crowned a county king. But if it's Fumeng, you can make an exception to increase your level.

The worst thing is the concubine of the person who is extremely below Gushan Beizi, and she can only be called the daughter of the sect and cannot get the title.

For example, the daughters of Jiubeizi Yinyu, because they are all concubines, can only be called "clan daughters" in the future, and they marry with a royal status.

No wonder these princes squeezed their heads one by one to win the heir, even if they don't win the heir, they have to find someone to support them. In the future, if you mix a prince and a county king, your children and grandchildren, your wives and daughters will be able to benefit.

This can't blame the emperor for slamming the door, think about the Ming Dynasty, there are countless princes, and in the later years of the Ming Dynasty, the huge expenses of the clan are enough to drag down a country. The descendants of partial children cannot change the ancestral system, and can only raise a bunch of idlers.

The Qing Dynasty was very good at learning the lessons of the fall of the previous dynasty, and did not allow eunuchs to be literate and use words to limit the power of literati, so that the eunuch party and the Donglin party, and also strictly restricted the clan titles, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, the upper limit of the eight iron hats was set, that is, the maximum number of hereditary princes was eight.

Kangxi further suppressed the issuance of titles to his own sons, and so far, only the two sons Prince Cheng and Prince Yong have been named princes.

Although this behavior is a scumbag act, it does effectively limit the clan title and reduce the expenditure of the treasury.

There are also titles of the noble ladies of the clan, in fact, at the beginning, they were sealed regardless of their concubines, but Kangxi lowered the titles of the concubines by two levels, ostensibly to show the difference between the concubines, but in fact, it was to pick the door. Because once these noble ladies of the clan get the title, they will also receive the country! The higher the title, the higher the salary!

There are also the descendants of the clan, which are also strictly restricted, except for the eight iron hats and a few hereditary positions, the rest of the titles are hereditary, usually the eldest son, the descendant, and the generation is lower than the next.

What's even more tragic is that other concubines and concubines other than the eldest son of the concubine get the title even lower than the concubine of the clan, and they must also participate in the national "examination", commonly known as "examination seal".

In addition to the children of the lord, the children of other clans have to participate in the examination when they are twenty years old, and only through the examination can they obtain the title - and this title is often relatively low, and the difficulty of the exam is not low, to test the translation, foot bow, riding the bow, every three years to take the seal, every time to hang a large piece, but it doesn't matter, you can continue to take the exam after three years! You can drip as many times as you take the test!

Therefore, some of the children of the clan are still taking the exam at the age of forty-five!

If you don't pass the exam for a day, you will always be just a bald sect.

Taking Prince Heshuo as an example, the eldest son will generally be crowned as the prince, so naturally he does not need to participate in the examination. Except for the eldest son, other concubines can pass the examination and seal up to the eight-point auxiliary state duke, the side room is a second-class town general, and the concubine is a third-class auxiliary general. - Of course, the premise is that you must pass the examination and be excellent in all three exams before you can be awarded the title you deserve.

Taking this as a benchmark, two excellent and one flat, down one level; One excellent and two equal, two excellent and one inferior, two inferior and two downgrade; Three equals, one excellent, one flat and one inferior, three grades; One superior and two inferior, two equal and one inferior, one equal and two inferior and all inferior, will not be knighted.

With such a strict examination of the clan, the proportion of people with titles in the Qing Dynasty clan was relatively low, and the expenses of the clan were also greatly reduced.

This is Kangxi's law of slashing the door and governing the country!!

Although it is very picky, I have to admit that this reduces the country's expenditures, which is very beneficial to the long-term rule of the Qing Dynasty.