After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, why were there people guarding the imperial tomb? Who pays the guards?

Let's learn about the tombs of the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, there were two mausoleums in the customs, namely the Qing Dongling in Malanyu, Hebei Province and the Qing Xiling in Yixian, Hebei Province. In fact, according to the emperor shunzhi's idea, his descendants should be buried with him in the Qing Tombs, just like the Ming Tombs. Everyone is in a mausoleum, and there is feng shui.

As the saying goes, this plan can't keep up with the changes. The emperor shunzhi never imagined that the Qing Dongling, including him, had just moved into two places (Shunzhi and Kangxi) and began to choose another mausoleum site, because when Yong Zhengdi chose a supplementary mausoleum site for himself, he couldn't find a suitable one in the Qing Dongling, either because the geomantic omen was not good or his favorite place was not good, and the underground palace was prone to water. So he was cruel and began to look for Zhili in other lands.

When the two mausoleums of the Great Qing Dynasty still existed, it was natural that the imperial court stationed special mausoleum guards to stick to them for a long time, and then the imperial court paid wages. These tomb guards can pass on their work to their sons and grandchildren, which is an iron rice bowl. So every mausoleum area has formed villages, such as Dingling Village next to Dingling and Yuling Village next to Yuling. However, after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, during the transitional period of the Republic of China, due to the peaceful evolution, the royal family of the Qing Dynasty reached an agreement with the government of the Republic of China, and all the expenses and wages of the imperial tomb staff were paid by the Republic of China, so they persisted. But then the government of the Republic of China reneged (after Feng Yuxiang's coup), and these grave keepers lost their wages. Because they have lived here for generations, they can do nothing else. After losing their income, most of them began to farm and support themselves with their hands. Of course, in the later period, there were also some unscrupulous descendants who did grave robbing activities.