The Hereditary Supplement System of Military-Post in Northern Song Dynasty——Taking Defense Officials and Training Officials for Example
The hereditary supplement system is a kind of institutionalized privilege and favor in which the imperial court values the political status of the elite class and confers official positions on its descendants.After the promotion,defense and regimental training officials become the symbol of identity and status to indicate the appointment to a certain post.The appointment system is mainly applied to imperial clansman,eunuchs,relatives and senior military attaches.To maintain the political stability and ensure the treatment of defense and regimental training officials,they are awarded preferential supplement treatment by the Northern Song Court.At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty,there was no disaster of civil unrest.Therefore,we should pay enough attention and give a positive evaluation to the hereditary supplement system in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Northern Song Dynastyhereditary supplementdefense officialsregimental training officials
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