After this imperial edict was issued, there was an uproar both inside and outside the court.
All the people and nobles, both Manchu and Han, could no longer remain calm.
For the Han people, this was a great thing that everyone celebrated. After all, after the preferential treatment given to the Manchus in the imperial examinations was completely abolished, it meant that they were starting from the same class.
For a farming and reading family that has been influenced by the imperial examination culture for thousands of years, if the preferential treatment for Manchus is cancelled and they still cannot gain an advantage in the imperial examination, they might as well find a piece of tofu and kill themselves.
The Han people were happy, but the Manchus were not so happy.
The reason is naturally that Yinreng raised the threshold for descendants a lot and also cut the upper limit in half.
What is this for?
This is going to cut off the foundation of the Manchus!
Now, not only the nobles disagreed, but all the bannermen whose families had official positions were also unhappy.
As soon as the nobles left, the leaders of the five lower banners came into the palace with anger on their faces to seek an explanation.
However, this time Yinreng was well prepared.
He called Yinsi, Yinlu and Yinzhen into the palace.
If it were in his previous life, even if Yinreng had successfully ascended the throne, he would not have acted so boldly. After all, he was not sure whether his brothers would be on the same page with him. Once he offended all the Manchus, his throne would be unstable.
But this life is different.
In the past twenty years or so, everything he did proved that he was doing it for the people and for the further development of the Qing Dynasty. Coincidentally, his brothers also trusted him unconditionally.
That's why he is so decisive and radical in this life.
When the leaders of the lower five banners walked into the Palace of Heavenly Purity and saw the three brothers surrounding Yinreng, their heads, which had been so fuzzy from the anger they had just received from the imperial edict, became much clearer.
Only now did they remember that Yinreng's throne was nominated by Yinzhi's vicious wolf cubs. Even if they wanted to incite the ministers to drive Yinreng off the throne, they had to get past Yinzhi and the others first.
But the 100,000 naval forces under Yinzhi alone were not something they could shake.
Not to mention, there are tens of thousands of infantrymen in Yin?'s hands!
When the princes launched the coup, they all saw the power of the firearms in the hands of the infantry. If they displeased their superior, they were afraid that Yinreng would not care and would liquidate them all.
The leaders of the five lower flags each had their own thoughts, and in the end, no one even spoke first.
In the end, after talking for a long time without being able to make sense of the matter, Yinreng was too lazy to waste time with them and simply sent them away.
Several people came in a rage and returned like lost dogs.
After leaving the palace, the five people began to accuse each other.
"As the leader of the five lower banners, you should have been the one protesting something like this. Why didn't you raise your voice just now? You've been rambling on and on, but you haven't gotten to the point!"
Takru, leader of the Bordered Blue Banner, glared at Prince Li.
Chuntai sneered.
"If you're dissatisfied, why don't you just say it yourself? We've been in the palace for a full half hour, plenty of time for you to express your dissatisfaction, so why didn't you say it? Are you talking nonsense?"
"you!"
Chuntai's words were extremely impolite. Takru's face turned red with anger, and he even wanted to attack Chuntai.
The other three quickly stopped him.
"Don't be impulsive!"
"Prince Li, aren't you being too harsh?! The Lower Five Banners follow the lead of the Zhenghong Banner. Since you enjoy all the privileges of the Zhenghong Banner leader, you should stand up for the people in this matter."
"Preferential treatment? Hahaha..."
Chuntai laughed even louder.
"I just realized now that you still don't understand the current situation!"
"What's the meaning?"
Prince Keqin frowned.
Chuntai put away the smile on his face.
"As the Emperor said, you are now serving as the flag master, but have you fulfilled your duties as a flag master? Or rather... how much say do you still have in the flag?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces suddenly turned ugly.
After the Qing army entered the pass, the emperor alone led the three upper banners, and the five lower banners were divided among the hereditary families of Prince Li, Prince Su, Prince Yu, Prince Keqin and Prince Zheng.
After Kangxi came to power, he consciously weakened the power of the leaders of the five lower banners.
Fifteen years ago, Kangxi conferred titles on his princes and placed all of them in the lower five banners, and his intention to seize power was obvious.
Today, fifteen years later, on the surface, they are still the glorious flag owners and the hereditary princes, but the power they actually hold is no longer the same as it was fifteen years ago.
In another fifteen years, I'm afraid they will all become wealthy and idle people who only rely on salaries and land to survive.
"It seems like he has figured it out."
Chuntai's expression turned completely calm.
"I've probably seen a little bit of what the Emperor means. He doesn't look at background, he only looks at ability. If you don't want your descendants to become useless and useless, living a life of idleness and waiting to die, I advise you to make plans as soon as possible."
"That's easy for you to say!"
Prince Zheng clenched his fists and glanced towards the Forbidden City.
"Will he really let people like us take the lead? As long as we are still the flag masters, he will not watch the power of the flag fall into our control!"
"My uncle is absolutely right. Even if we teach our children and grandchildren well, the royal family will not let us control the power of the flag!"
Chuntai rolled his eyes, disgust on his face almost overflowing.
"I say you're stupid, but you're really not smart!"
He turned and left, not wanting to bother with these stupid people.
Judging from the current leader's attitude towards the Manchus, it is hard to say whether the Three Banners and Five Banners will still exist in the future. Their hereditary banner owners will probably become empty shells in a short time.
At that time, I will have to rely entirely on the gods for my livelihood.
But given the current temperament, would he really reward the red belts of the lower five flags with food just because they are of the same blood?
In Chuntai's opinion, this is unrealistic.
All they can do is try their best to force their children and grandchildren to make progress.
They can take either the civil or military examinations. As long as they enter the officialdom, they can rely on their reputation to make the emperor take them into consideration and find them a better job.
Besides, there is only one title in the family, and the emperor is so exclusive of people with connections. It would be difficult for them to get another title from the emperor for their children and grandchildren who did not inherit the title.
Chuntai had four sons. He didn't dare to imagine that if only one son inherited the title a hundred years later, and the other three had neither titles nor jobs, how would they survive.
Do you rely entirely on your brothers for support?
Doesn’t the person who inherits the title need to raise a son?
If they still have illusions about living a life of idleness and waiting for death, Chuntai has nothing to say.
The four people who stayed behind looked at each other in confusion.
Not long after, they all went home with sad faces.
But everyone has made up their minds that when they get the chance, they will ask Chuntai what he really means.
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