Zhang Zilie once wrote in the "Zhengzi Tong" that "the royal sound is known as qin, the royal envoy is known as qin, and the common name is qincha", which is the origin of what we usually call the minister of chincha. Literally, "Chin" refers to the emperor's hand-picked meaning, while "poor" means to drive someone to do something, so in a row, chincha minister means a person who is hand-picked by the emperor to do something specific.
On a larger scale, in fact, the Chincha thing can be counted as a special system within the feudal state system, and it has become more important with the continuous strengthening of centralized power. The position first flourished in the Ming Dynasty, and was directly inherited in the Qing Dynasty, and even became the emperor's favorite type of person. So how much power does the Chancellor chincha really have? This position is equivalent to several official positions, and can it mobilize the army in the end?
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I don't know if you have ever seen a documentary broadcast on CCTV, called "Patrolling the Sword", which is actually about the real process of the central government directly sending people to eliminate bad trends, which is similar to the Chincha we want to talk about.
As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a position called "special envoy" appeared, and in the Qin Dynasty, the inspection system was vigorously promoted, mainly responsible for supervision, such as the mobilization of the army and the construction of people's livelihood projects.
In the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up a "thorn history system", which was mainly responsible for the same supervision work, and if there was anything inappropriate about what the local officials did, the thorn history would be reported to the central imperial court, so although the position of thorn history was not high, the power was really not small.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, the power of the envoys was further enhanced, and the scope of responsibility was further expanded, and in the Ming Dynasty, the position of Assassin Shi was officially renamed "Qin Cha", especially after Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the system of prime ministers in one fell swoop, directly dividing the original powers of the prime ministers and separating the military, judicial and administrative powers.
During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, a live-action version of "Chincha" appeared for the first time, realizing the specific division of labor of Chincha.
In the Qing Dynasty, the authority of Chincha was more clear, for example, the famous anti-smoking minister Lin Zexu, when he was sent to Guangdong, was actually past as a Minister of Chincha, and Li Hongzhang, who later went to the West for "business trips", also went abroad as Chincha.
However, the identity of the Chincha Minister is actually more awkward, everyone is always discussing whether the official position of Chincha has a grade, but regarding the question of how many products the Chincha Minister worships, it should not be difficult for everyone to think that because the Chincha Minister is hand-picked by the emperor, he himself must be an official of rank.
Generally speaking, ordinary people and even officials of lower rank cannot become Chincha ministers, after all, they are likely to be unable to enter the eyes of the emperor at all, even if they are sent to perform special tasks, they may not be able to serve the public, so the people who can become Chincha ministers must not be of low rank themselves, and the position of "Chincha" itself has no grade.
Another question that everyone is curious about is that since Chincha directly represents the emperor, does Chincha have military power in his hands? The answer is no, after all, in that era of centralized power, military power was the most important, and such power was often directly controlled by the emperor, even if Chincha had the right to move, it was bound to go through a very complicated procedure, which was not much different from nothing.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > chincha ministers have shangfang swords? </h1>
Friends who have seen "Divine Doctor Xi Laile" know that Xi Lai Le later had a yellow coat given by the emperor, which could really "walk sideways", and the Minister of Chincha, as the first spokesman of the emperor, naturally also had their relics.
Seeing this, there may be many people who will blurt out the "Shangfang Sword", yes, before the Qing Dynasty, all the Chincha ministers had a Shangfang sword given by the emperor, and the so-called "beheading the Emperor on the top and beheading the traitorous minister" is how it came from.
However, after the Qing Dynasty, the symbol of this Chincha minister was replaced by a piece, from the Shangfang Sword to the "Qibilong Waist Sword".
The origin of this waist knife is also very legendary, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a minister named Shu Bilong, who was actually similar to the Minister of Tuogu, and when the Kangxi Emperor was young, this Shu Bilong could manage the government for Kangxi.
However, this person was ill-intentioned, colluding with Aobai and allowing him to devour the regime of the Qing Dynasty, which caused Strong Dissatisfaction from Kangxi.
After Kangxi returned his rights, in addition to Aobai, he naturally had to deal with Qiu Bilong, giving him an instruction to cut and raid the house, and the waist knife that Shu Bilong carried with him naturally became a royal thing, and later even became a status symbol given by the emperor to Chincha.
In addition to the waist knife, the emperor would also give the ministers of Chincha a gold medal to avoid death, the emperor's edict, etc., to prove their identity and avoid some unnecessary disasters.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > can the Chancellor of Chincha do whatever he wants? </h1>
According to the above statement, although the minister of Chincha does not have an official position and cannot mobilize military power, after all, he is a person who can make some decisions on behalf of the emperor, so is it that if Chincha goes anywhere, it will make local officials extremely respectful, and even lead to a certain degree of improper atmosphere?
The answer is naturally yes, because the Chincha Minister has a lot of power, and there is also a certain degree of autonomy, basically can assume the local management position, so the corresponding local officials must be responsive to the Chincha Minister, and in the long run, they will definitely give the Chincha Minister "spoiled".
However, the emperor must have been able to think of this problem, so he also set up a series of control measures against the chincha ministers to prevent them from abusing their power for personal gain and doing whatever they wanted.
Because the status of the Chincha Minister is very special, the Central Committee of the Qing Dynasty specially formulated a series of control measures for this group, such as making clear restrictions on the powers of the Chincha Minister, the number of followers, and the code of conduct, strictly prohibiting the Chincha Minister from interfering too much in the behavior of local officials, and only allowing them to report to the Central Committee according to the facts.
At the same time, in the regulations, when local officials receive the minister of Chincha, there are clear restrictions on the means of transportation and the specifications of the stations, and the pomp and circumstance of Chincha's travel is strictly controlled, and extravagance and waste are prohibited.
On the issue of handling government affairs, if Chincha had any opinions or suggestions, he had to write a letter to the imperial court jointly with local officials, and only after obtaining the consent of the imperial court could he act in accordance with the rules.
Therefore, since the emperor dared to give the minister of Chincha supreme power, he naturally made every preparation to prevent the minister of Chincha from taking advantage of his power for personal gain.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" > summary</h1>
In general, the Chincha minister is more like a "doppelgänger" sent by the emperor to various places, although the power is very large, but the actual power is not much, not only has no rank, but also can not mobilize military power, more things can be done only to write to the emperor to explain the situation, and then act as a "microphone" position to supervise the local officials.
However, it is worth affirming that the emergence of the Chincha chancellor has very effectively strengthened the centralization of power of the Rulers of the Qing Dynasty, which can connect various things that happen in the localities, and at the same time strengthen the establishment of a clean government to a certain extent, building a bridge between the imperial court and the people, and allowing the Qing government to more effectively deal with the contradictions between the imperial court and the people.
Reference: Orthographic Pass
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