Senior officials in the Song Dynasty lived in the official residence when they were in office, but after their death, the official residence was taken back, leaving their children with no place to liv

Senior officials in the Song Dynasty lived in the official residence when they were in office, but after their death, the official residence was taken back, leaving their children with no place to live. In the early Song Dynasty, most officials rented houses to live in. According to Zhu, officials have no private property regardless of rank, and even the prime minister has to rent a house to live in. It is said that the state should provide official residences for senior officials, live in them when they are in office and hand them over when they leave office, which not only takes care of the image of senior officials, but also prevents corruption caused by occupying real estate under the guise of their positions. ? The official residence does exist, but not every official has the opportunity to live. A great man, Rainbow Anshi, has enjoyed it. According to Zhou Ping Cotan, when Wang Anshi was an official in jiangning house, he lived in a house provided by the state. When she left office, she had to hand over the house. Mrs. Wang Anshi especially liked a chair and took it away. I don't want local officials to check the list of fixed assets when they close the house and find that a chair is missing. They even ignored the face of the old leader and asked for it until they moved the chair back to the official residence for the next official to use. From this point of view, the furnishings in the official residence are quite complete, and household items are readily available, but you can't take anything with you when you leave, so you must keep it as it is. Giving a house is also a kind of official residence. In the fifth year of Tianxi, Song Zhenzong heard that the living conditions of Cao Liyong's family in Tang Tang were very poor. While assigning someone to find a suitable place for Cao's adult to expand the house, he gave Lao Cao a house to live in temporarily. Since it is a transitional house, it will definitely be taken back in the future. ? According to the History of Song Dynasty, Liu Fu, a general who fought alongside Song Taizu and Song Taizong in his early years, also had an official residence. Worried that the official residence would be taken back sooner or later, the children advised the elderly to use the resources they still had to build a mansion for their families to live in. General Liu flew into a rage. When it comes to stubborn fathers, children can only bear it. As a result, after Liu Fu's death, the official residence was nationalized, and the children didn't even have a shelter. The emperor was very moved when he heard about it, and allocated 5200 yuan for them to buy a house to live in. Wang Anshi was famous and powerful in the Tang Dynasty. The general is the arm of the country. When there are official residences on the books of the imperial court, it must be the emperor's priority, but such people are rare. Even an admirable figure like Academician Wang Yucheng has no official residence. He once wrote a poem "Renting a House", feeling: "The description of the old illness is declining, and he rented a house to live in the capital for ten years." The house in Beijing is too expensive to buy, and the emperor doesn't give it to the official residence, so he can only rent a house to live in. The rent is ten years. Even celebrities like Ouyang Xiu want to rent a house. Of course he doesn't want to, and he is full of complaints. He once lamented that even if there was no broken house, he could only rent someone else's house. ? The official residence is also temporary. During Song Shenzong's reign, it was stipulated that "Guan Jun and Bujun's lieutenants all ordered the above-mentioned officials to live in idle places, but they were not over 30 years old, but returned to their official positions". These public houses are provided free of charge to eligible officers' families, but they are only used during officers' funerals. Once the funeral is over, they must leave, not stay, let alone rent a house. Strictly speaking, no one likes this kind of welfare treatment and is a little reluctant to be called official residence. Think of it as a kind of caring treatment provided by the state to officials. In contrast, officials now are much happier. Interesting, informative and in-depth author | Sun Yabin Source | Lecture Room Magazine