Mansion "refers to the palace, which has different meanings and is the residence of a person with the title of first-class (auxiliary) Duke. The laws of the Qing Dynasty have strict limits on house grade and house area.
The residences of county princes and princes can only be called mansions, and they are assigned to them by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Generally, the residences of scholar-bureaucrats can only be called "zhai", and the rest can only be called "zhai". Basically, they are called residences. Baylor means "title". Except for a few "titles" that are awarded by the emperor,
Mansion" is the same as "title" in terms of property rights. , in principle, it cannot be exceeded. There is another level between the mansion and the house, which can be called "fu" and "di".
Take the Qing Dynasty as an example. The residences of officials of the third rank and above can only be owned by princes. In fact, the mansion and the residence are two different terms for houses of different levels, generally "di" and "zhai". You have to buy it with your own money, and "fu" is an imperial property managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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The Royal Palace is the residence of the nobles with the highest level in feudal society. The existing royal palaces in Xicheng District, Beijing were all left over from the Qing Dynasty and are divided into four levels: Prince's Palace, County Prince's Palace, Baylor's Palace, and Beizi's Palace.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners of Manchuria lived separately in the inner city of Beijing, and most of the royal palaces were built in the east and west cities of Beijing. After Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty entered Beijing and made Beijing his capital, the princes and princes granted by subsequent dynasties built 30 royal palaces in Xicheng, including 18 princely palaces, 9 princely palaces, and 3 Mongolian royal palaces. . In addition, there are several Baylor Houses and Beizi Houses.
The princes and princes can only accept the title, but there is no "country" to go to. The palaces are all built in Beijing, and the property rights of the palaces belong to the court. The prince only has the right to use them, but has no ownership or inheritance rights.
If one of the prince's sons seizes the title, he can naturally continue to live in the prince's palace. If the prince has no heirs, or is deposed, the prince's palace will be taken back and distributed by the emperor to other princes. live. The princes and princes of the Qing Dynasty were all princes. They lived in the Forbidden City when they were minors, and moved to the various palaces in the city when they reached adulthood.
According to statistics, there were nearly 70 princes and princes in the Qing Dynasty, but there were only 40 royal palaces in Beijing.
Some princes died early, before reaching the age of branch office, some were even posthumously granted title, and some princes had successively lived in several princes. In the Qing Dynasty, there were twelve levels of royal titles.
There are two ways to inherit the title. One is "hereditary succession", that is, one of the descendants of the prince or the prince always inherits the title. If the person who seizes the title commits a crime, the title can still be sequestered by someone else. This is what people call the "Iron Hat King."
Reference link: Baidu Encyclopedia - Wangfu