What is the "Zongren House" in Qing Dynasty? Why did Yu Ji turn pale when she heard it, and would rather die than surrender?

When we watch TV plays in the Qing Dynasty, we always see the emperor furious and say. Into the ancestral temple. At this time, the prisoner always cried and shouted: is the emperor merciful? I know my mistake, and so on. What kind of family house is this? Why are these usually arrogant princes and grandsons so afraid and turn pale at the smell?

First of all, correct one point: if the concubines of the Qing dynasty make mistakes, the internal affairs office is responsible for management, not the imperial clan.

The function of ancestral hall

There were two kinds of administrative departments in Qing Dynasty. One is to manage the official offices of non-royalty, and the other is the Zongren House, which only manages the internal members of royalty.

Who are the descendants of Nurhachi and his brothers? Imperial clan? This is the identity of the flag bearer. The so-called identity corresponds to a management system, and the imperial clan institution corresponds to the imperial clan mansion.

Imperial clan mansion belongs to nine families in charge of managing the emperor, and records the official positions, names, titles, hereditary titles, dates of birth and death, marriages and posthumous title's burial. In short, the imperial clan mansion is responsible for everything related to the children of the imperial clan.

The clan mansion is responsible for compiling jade records, updating genealogy data, recording clan population and investigating the inheritance of each branch.

All the royal families can get their salaries when they reach a certain age, and the clan office will pay them according to the household registration book, and the clan office is responsible for handling the marriage of the clan members.

The titles of imperial clan members will also be registered in Zongrenyuan, which is responsible for the change and inheritance of titles.

Imperial clan crimes shall be tried together, and enclosure is prohibited.

In short, all the honors and disgraces of the royal children are managed by the clan government, and the behavior constraints of the royal children are also managed by the clan government.

The officials of Zongren House are all members of the royal family.

Zong Renfu was originally set up in the Ming Dynasty, and this system was used after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. The establishment of Zongrenfu was confirmed from the emperor shunzhi, and was revised and improved by Yongzheng and Qianlong.

An official who plays the role of imperial clan must be a member of the imperial clan. There is a supreme chief named Zong Ling, who must be a prince and a county king.

Zong Zheng on the left and Baylor and Beizi on the right are eligible.

There is one person on the left and one person on the right, who must be the town Lord, the auxiliary country Lord and the general, and choose the wise men later, without being restricted by the title.

The power of the family mansion

Since Zongrenfu is responsible for managing all the affairs of the royal family, it is natural for Zongrenfu to be responsible for judging the mistakes of royal personnel. In that case, where is the real fear of Zongrenfu?

Being imprisoned in Zongren House means that all the privileges that the royal family should have are over, which is the terrible thing about Zongren House.

For the royal children: When handed over to Zongrenfu, there are often two results, one is to ban it, and the other is to withdraw from the Yellow Belt. Of course, some emperors were merciful and were acquitted.

In Kangxi's later years, in order to inherit the throne, the nine sons competed for the throne, and the competition was fierce. Many princes were banned, among them, the thirteenth brother Huang Hongfa was banned 10 year. There is no difference between the confinement of Zongrenfu and the usual imprisonment. There is no one to serve, no freedom of movement, and the possibility of being released is very slim, just like life imprisonment.

The other is to remove the imperial belt. There are two kinds of children in imperial clan. The first level is the imperial belt, and the second level is the red belt. If the prince is removed from the yellow belt, it means losing the right of inheritance, such as Hong, the eldest son of Yongzheng.

Under normal circumstances, the most common mistake made by Wang Ye and Brother A is demotion and salary deduction, but it will not be easily handed over to Zongrenyuan for handling. After all, mistakes in the workplace do not need to use the laws and regulations of the Zongren House, but those handed over to the Zongren House often infringe on the rights and interests of the emperor, and major moral issues will also be handed over to the Zongren House for handling.

Zongrenfu will not punish the children of the royal family easily, and will not let them suffer the pain of flesh and blood. But only the emperor decided who to put in Zongren House, saying that the sacred heart was unpredictable and hard to think of. It is this hopeless life that scares the arrogant aristocratic children at ordinary times.