The Evolution of Qing Exploit Tablet,Exploit Certificate and the Integration of Diversified Military Systems and Cultures
The military contribution reward system of the Qing Dynasty had two types of qualifica-tion document,including exploit tablet and exploit certificate,the former was awarded to Eight Ban-ners,and Mongolian domains the latter was awarded to the Green Camp soldiers and other patriots.The tablet originated in the rising days of Manchu in Manchuria while the certificate inherited from the old system of the Ming Dynasty,and the two of them had a merging process in the middle and late Qing Dy-nasty.In the days of Emperor Qianlong,Qing Court changed wooden tablets with paper ones while re-formed the rewarding principle of Green Camps exploit certificate,making it able to be qualified for he-reditary titles.The Eight Banners and Green Camps showed poor performances in battles in the late Qing,but the locally trained forces,navy and new armies grew to the stage,pushing Qing Court to ad-just the military reward system and making the certifiates bound with different official ranks come to be-ing.This new kind of certificate takes the name of exploit tablet while be written with the format of ex-ploit certificate,embodying the late Qing integrative process of diverse systems in military field.
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