A Study On The Booi Of The Imperial Household Department In Kangxi And Qianlong Periods

Booi is a special group of the Qing Dynasty society.Booi is the abbreviation of Manchu"Booi Aha"and also"Aha"."Booi"means"home";"Aha"means "slave."Chinese translation is"home slave",or"slave".Historically,Booi is the lowest class in the Qing Dynasty.The Booi was occupied by the Manchu aristocracy,without personal freedom,and was forced to engage in various housework and production labor.The sources of the Booi are prisoners of war,criminals,debt bankrupts,and children born to the painter.After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty,the Booi were expensive because of their military skills,but they still retained their slave status.At the beginning,the status of the Booi was low,but after a long-term struggle,in the political and economic life,the status of the Booi was gradually changed,and there was a significant class division within the Booi.At this time,the boundary between the Booi and the Booi of the Imperial Household Departmentf.Although the Booi of the Imperial Household Departmentf are also slaves,they are obviously slightly higher than ordinary servants and servants.As the emperor,they have more opportunities to reach out to the power center.Although there are customary regulations in the Qing Dynasty,the Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel are only allowed to work in theImperial Household Departmentf,and they are not allowed to serve out of the Imperial Household Departmentf.However,it is worth mentioning that during this period,a part of Booi has broken this customization and served as a foreign official.The Kangqian period was an important period of polarization in the covering class of the internal affairs government in the Qing Dynasty.The Booi families of Wuya,Wanyan,Gao,Jin and so on reached great prosperity in this period.These Booi gradually got rid of the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs through the imperial examinations,shades,and donations,and went to the foreign dynasty.The women of the Booi family entered the palace through small elections and even became emperors.The accompanying"Taiqi"brought the Booi family into its heyday.Since then,the harem-house of government-the former dynasty has formed a close-knit circle of power,which is also the external expansion of the Booi family forces rooted in the Imperial Household Department.The appearance of the Booi of the Imperial Household Department was the product of social development at that time,and it was a new species that was born under a specific historical background.