In the Song Dynasty, even the prime minister had to rent a house to live, so how could he live in a mansion with nothing?
Modern young people are under great pressure and find it difficult to buy a house. The ancients were also house slaves!
Even in the most bourgeois Song Dynasty, the prime ministers had to rent houses. Zhu Xi once complained that all the officials had no house to live in, and even the prime ministers had to rent houses.
When the son of the great writer Su Shi got married, he borrowed a friend's house to hold the wedding ceremony. My younger brother Su Che, I am seventy and have no house, Ouyang Xiu could only rent in a small alley, and Fan Zhongyan was even worse, unable to get a house in the capital until his death. ?Sigh, I came to the capital to take shelter in a clean house, with leisurely streets and ancient houses, and humble clutter? Ouyang Xiu's "Reply to the Plum Saint Yu Seeing a Mail in the Heavy Rain"
Han Chuang studied hard for twenty years, and once He won the first place, was named on the gold list, became an official in the court, worked diligently, but in the end he couldn't afford the house and had to rent it!
This is too miserable. Isn’t there a good way to build a mansion with empty gloves? Don’t tell me, there really is! Let the emperor give a house?
The so-called "gift house" is a house that the emperor rewards his officials. It is called "gift house" or "gift house house". It is a commonly used form of reward in ancient times.
How can we get the emperor's "granted house"?
If you want to own a luxury house for free, you need to first become a "House Grant Candidate".
It is definitely not ordinary people who can be rewarded with houses by the emperor. In the Song Dynasty, the people who enjoyed this right were mainly divided into the following categories.
Emperor’s relatives
The first is “emperor’s relatives”, such as the emperor’s brothers, sons, princesses, seventh aunt, eighth aunt...
Since the early years of the Song Dynasty, there have been relevant systems stipulating their residences. After the emperor's brother or son is named a king, the court will build a mansion specifically for him and live in a centralized manner. In the seventh year of the Taiping and the rejuvenation of the country, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty dismissed his younger brother Zhao Yanmei, King of Qin, from the post of Kaifeng Prefecture Yin, asked him to stay in Xijing, and granted him the first district of Xijing.
The princess will also be given a title when she gets married. For example, in the first year of Jianlong, when Song Taizu's sister remarried Gao Huaide, Song Taizu granted her the title of Xingningfang. In the third year of Kaibao, when Taizu's daughter Princess Zhaoqing married Wang Chengyan, the general of Zuowei, she granted her the title of "Xingningfang" outside Jinglongmen. Generally, the prince-in-law of a princess is a powerful figure in the current or previous dynasty, which has a strong implication of political marriage. The house given to the princess when she gets married is not only the princess's dowry, but also a reward and respect for the prince-son-in-law.
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During the two and three hundred years of the Song Dynasty, 15 relatives of *** were rewarded with mansions, and only two of them were Those who had outstanding political achievements and were awarded titles include the famous general Li Jilong during the Taizong period of the Song Dynasty, who defeated Brother Yelvxiu, defeated Li Jiqian, captured Zhao Baozhong, and the talented Zheng Xingyi during the Xiaozong period of the Song Dynasty. They served in four dynasties, and their talents and reputations were unmatched. Except for the above two, the rest are mediocre and inactive people, sitting on their salaries.
The emperor bestows first titles on relatives, on the one hand, to encourage and reward their outstanding political achievements, and on the other hand, to provide special care and comfort to this group of people, who should be his own relatives. It is somewhat difficult for court ministers to use their status as relatives of the emperor to buy luxury houses. After all, reincarnation is also a technical job. However, relatives of the emperor are not the group that is bestowed with the most titles. The group of ministers is, especially Song Taizong. During the periods of Taizu, Renzong, and Shenzong, the ministers who were given titles accounted for the majority of the entire dynasty in the Song Dynasty. Most of the ministers who were given the title were ministers who had made meritorious services in the early days of the founding of the country, mainly military ministers. The court rewarded them based on their merits. After all, after following Zhao Jiaban's successful business, he didn't even have an apartment, which was unreasonable.
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In the early Song Dynasty, most of the people who were awarded the title were military generals. However, with the development of the dynasty, the number of military generals who received the title gradually decreased, and the number of civil servants who received the title gradually decreased. However, regardless of whether they are civil servants or military generals, they have actually made contributions to the country when they are given the title. However, there is a group of people who have made no contribution to national construction and even frequently caused harm to the country and the people. Instead, they are given the title. These people are treacherous ministers.
The treacherous ministers often accompany the emperor. They are good at flattering and making the emperor happy. Naturally, they get more benefits than others. The houses they are given are all spacious and gorgeous mansions. For example, ministers in the late Northern Song Dynasty The house given to Wang Fu was decorated with halls and pavilions, treasures were played with rocks, and palaces were banned. Even Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty praised him and said, "This is not a happy life!" ?. Prime Minister Cai Jing's residence was too spacious. Lu You once said that Cai Jing gave him the title of "Six Crane Hall", which is four feet and nine feet high. People walking under it look like ants. Qin Hui's title of "Wangxian Bridge" in Lin'an It's a feng shui treasure that he likes.
The title conferred by the treacherous minister is not only generous and gorgeous, but if there is a house that is not satisfactory, he will also ask the emperor to grant another title. For example, Wang Qinruo, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, already had a house, but the location was not very good. It was behind the Ancestral Temple, in front of the Hou Temple, and he could go to and from banquets. So he asked the emperor to grant him a new title, and Zhenzong actually granted it. He was bestowed upon him by the founder of Andingfang.
Among the ministers, although military generals and civil servants are still the majority who are given the title, the treacherous ministers have the right to choose the title. The house is not only large in size, luxuriously decorated, and in a good location, but if you are not satisfied, you can also raise it. Asking for a new grant, it seems that the treacherous minister is the real one? A mansion with empty gloves! ?
Submissions and eunuchs
In addition to the emperor's relatives and ministers, the surrenders and eunuchs who were recruited were also given titles by the emperor. Needless to say, those who submit must be given some benefits. When Song Taizu and Taizu unified the country to surrender, one of their appeasement policies was to arrange housing.
In the fifth year of Xuanhe, Li Chuneng, the son of Li Yan, the former prime minister of the Liao Kingdom, crossed the border and came to the DPRK to report the news. The imperial court directly rewarded him with a house in the capital. . When Taizu surrendered to Meng Chang, the last emperor of Shu, he directly built 500 houses for him to live in considering his large family. ?The imperial edict was posted outside the Shiye Gate, and a large 500th room was set up near the Bian River to wait for the water. The accounts were all prepared? "History of the Song Dynasty"
And eunuchs, especially those in the Northern Song Dynasty, were given titles. Not a minority, there were 7 eunuchs in the two Song Dynasties who were awarded titles, including 6 in the Northern Song Dynasty. These eunuchs either served as supervisors, led troops in wars, or participated in the formulation of major national decisions, which shows the huge power of eunuchs in the Northern Song Dynasty. .
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Those who could be bestowed upon by the emperor in the Song Dynasty were special groups. They might have special status, outstanding military exploits or political achievements, or they might be clinging to flattery. Use various methods to make the emperor happy, get a house rewarded by the emperor, and even more rights.
Although the size and level of luxury of the houses obtained by these groups vary, for the majority of ordinary officials, it is unthinkable to live in a luxury house with nothing.