1636, Nurhaci's son Huang Taiji was appointed emperor and changed the country's name to Qing . From Nurhaci's founding Later Jin to the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's emperor's family Aisin Gioro family. Therefore, the royal family of the Qing Dynasty began with Nurhaci, with many children and descendants of his four younger brothers.
Aisin Gioro was the royal family of the Qing Dynasty. The second only to their status was the family that married the Aisin Gioro family, such as the family members of the queen and many concubines, as well as the family members of the concubines of the princes and the families of the concubines of each prince. The status of these families is higher than that of the Eight Banners.
The status of the Eight Banners children is not as high as that of the emperor's relatives, but not even as high as that of the first, second and third rank officials of the imperial court.
The Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty was founded in 1601. At that time, Nurhaci had more and more troops under his command. In order to facilitate management, he composed the Jurchens to Zhenghuang Banners , Zhengbai Banners , Zhenghong Banners , and Zhenglan Banners . In 1915, it was expanded into the Eight Banners of the Manchus.
The establishment of the Eight Banners Army was for military management. After all, they were to help Aisin Gioro conquer the world. Their duty was to maintain the imperial power of the Aisin Gioro family. If they were to say their status, their status could only be higher than that of the Han people and other ethnic groups, because they were all Manchu people.
The relationship is for example, your status in your family. You only belong to your family. The status of the patriarch in your family is definitely the highest. However, although you are from the same family as the patriarch, your patriarch's wife and daughter-in-law's family must have relatives. The status of these relatives in your patriarch's heart will definitely be higher than that of you, the so-called family member.
But in the eyes of foreigners, if your family has a high status in the local area, you will naturally benefit from a little bit of money as a member of that family. However, if you want to say that your status is only lower than that of the patriarch, then you have to work hard to become a right-hand assistant around the patriarch, so that you can improve your status.
After entering the pass, the Qing Dynasty called the grassroots officials who managed the Eight Banners the Zuling. The official position of this Zuling was only a fourth-rank official. Such a rank was really low compared to royal relatives and court officials.
However, as a whole, the Eight Banners have a relatively high status. The Eight Banners are a military organization. They do not need to participate in agricultural production and various physical labor. These people are supported by the imperial court, and their military positions are hereditary.
But the same is true for the bannermen to leave their flags at will. Apart from being a soldier, they only want to do other things, which is almost difficult to complete.
In the later period, because the population of the banner clan increased, the army did not need so many people. If there were a few bannermen with their sons in the family, there would be a few that could not be soldiers or eat imperial grain. They could not do anything else, so they could only be idle at home as idle people.
The bannermen in the late Qing Dynasty even became a laughing stock. They did nothing all day long, had no legitimate career, let alone status, and it can be said that they had almost no status.
Division of the Eight Banners
Eight Banners was originally a military organization composed of the Jurchens. However, with the expansion of territory and the expansion of war, the original Eight Banners Army could no longer meet the needs of the rule of the Aisin Gioro family. So they added the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Han Army on the basis of the Eight Banners of Manchus.
Among the three Eight Banners armies, the Manchu Eight Banners have the highest status. Below the Manchu Eight Banners are the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and behind the Eight Banners of Mongolia are the Eight Banners of Han Army.
is divided into three upper and five lower flags among the eight banners of the Manchu tribes. The three upper flags of are the highest among the eight banners. They have the largest number and are directly led by the emperor. These three flags are Zhenghuang, Yinghuang, and Zhengbai . Their task is to be responsible for the guards of the imperial city. The guards around the emperor all come from these three flags.
The lower five flags are white, red, red, blue, and blue. Their mission is to be responsible for the guards of the capital. In addition, the Eight Banners garrisons from all over the country also come from these five flags.
To sum up: The Eight Banners Army was a military organization in the Qing Dynasty. Their overall status may be relatively high, especially the Eight Banners of Manchus. They were members of the emperor's family, but if subdivided into individuals, the status of the Eight Banners children is not high compared to the emperor's relatives and court officials, unless the Eight Banners children can achieve very high official positions.
is divided into the eight banners of Manchu, Mongolian and Han dynasties. The eight banners of Manchu have the highest status. Among the eight banners of Manchu, the upper three banners have higher status than the lower five banners. Among the three banners, the upper three banners can become guards around the emperor, and the status is higher.
