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The General History Of China:
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA :
Containing a Geographical , Historical , Chronological , Political , and Physical Description of the Empire of CHINA , CHINESE-TARTARY , 5 £ c . [ Continuedfrom Page 104 . ]] princes of the blood-royal of Chinahave neither powei
THE , nor credit with the people ; they are stiled regulo , and are allowed a palace and a court , with officers and a revenue conformable to their rank ; formerly , when they were dispersed in the provinces , the officers of the crown remitted them their revenues every three months , that they might spend them as fast as they received them , to prevent the laying up any part of them , lest should be enabled to
they create troubles , and sow sedition , and Tvere forbidden upon pain of death to move from the place appointed them for their residence ; but since the Tartars have been masters of China , the Emperor obliges all the princes to live at court under his care ; ' they have also houses , lands , and revenues , beside what the Emperor allows-themand improve their b
, money y the industry of theirdomestic ' s , so that some of them are very rich . The Emperor alone disposes of all places in the Empire ; it is he that names the yicenrys and governors , and displaces them according to their merit ( for no place , generally speaking , is vendible in
the Empire ); even the princes of the blood don ' t bear that title without his leave , which they could not obtain if their conduct was irregular . It is he that chuses which of his sons shall be his successor , and if * he thinks that there is none of his famil y capable of governing well , he names one of his subjects , which of them he thinks is most
proper , to succeed him ; there have been formerly examples of this nature , Princes that have been remarkable for preferring the welfare of their subjects , to the glory and splendor of their own family ; nevertheless for these several last ages the Emperor has chosen a prince of his own blood for his successor , which of them he pleases , provided thathe bath true merit and a capacity to govern , otherwise he would
lose his reputation , and infallibly occasion great disorders ; but if he prefers to the eldest one who has more merit , then his name becomes immortal : if he that hath been declared his successor with the usual solemnities , forbears to pay him the due submission which he ought , or commits any great crime , he has it in his power to exclude him from the succession , and to name another in his place . The late Emperor Cang-hi , in such a case , deposed one of his sons in a very singular manner , the only one which he had from
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The General History Of China:
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA :
Containing a Geographical , Historical , Chronological , Political , and Physical Description of the Empire of CHINA , CHINESE-TARTARY , 5 £ c . [ Continuedfrom Page 104 . ]] princes of the blood-royal of Chinahave neither powei
THE , nor credit with the people ; they are stiled regulo , and are allowed a palace and a court , with officers and a revenue conformable to their rank ; formerly , when they were dispersed in the provinces , the officers of the crown remitted them their revenues every three months , that they might spend them as fast as they received them , to prevent the laying up any part of them , lest should be enabled to
they create troubles , and sow sedition , and Tvere forbidden upon pain of death to move from the place appointed them for their residence ; but since the Tartars have been masters of China , the Emperor obliges all the princes to live at court under his care ; ' they have also houses , lands , and revenues , beside what the Emperor allows-themand improve their b
, money y the industry of theirdomestic ' s , so that some of them are very rich . The Emperor alone disposes of all places in the Empire ; it is he that names the yicenrys and governors , and displaces them according to their merit ( for no place , generally speaking , is vendible in
the Empire ); even the princes of the blood don ' t bear that title without his leave , which they could not obtain if their conduct was irregular . It is he that chuses which of his sons shall be his successor , and if * he thinks that there is none of his famil y capable of governing well , he names one of his subjects , which of them he thinks is most
proper , to succeed him ; there have been formerly examples of this nature , Princes that have been remarkable for preferring the welfare of their subjects , to the glory and splendor of their own family ; nevertheless for these several last ages the Emperor has chosen a prince of his own blood for his successor , which of them he pleases , provided thathe bath true merit and a capacity to govern , otherwise he would
lose his reputation , and infallibly occasion great disorders ; but if he prefers to the eldest one who has more merit , then his name becomes immortal : if he that hath been declared his successor with the usual solemnities , forbears to pay him the due submission which he ought , or commits any great crime , he has it in his power to exclude him from the succession , and to name another in his place . The late Emperor Cang-hi , in such a case , deposed one of his sons in a very singular manner , the only one which he had from