观风整俗使与雍正帝合法权威建构

Official for Rectifying Customs and Constructing the Authority of The Emperor YongZheng

雍正帝继位后,随着汪景琪、查嗣庭、曾静、吕留良案的先后爆发及允禩一党对雍正帝的污名化行为曝光,影响了雍正帝在民间合法权威。而天主教在中国的传播同样威胁到了儒家传统礼法的尊严和皇权独尊的思想。为此,雍正帝先后委任了浙江、福建、湖南、广东四省观风整俗使,意图扭转民间对其态度,重新树立皇帝的合法权威。作为皇帝特派官员,观风整俗使通过整饬风俗对地方施加影响,在大案之后为雍正帝进行"危机公关",成为建构皇帝合法权威的重要角色。

After the accession of emperor YongZheng, The occurrence of some major cases had a great influence on the authority of the Emperor. In order to maintain social order and construct the authority of the Emperor YongZheng, he sent official for rectifying customs to Zhejiang,Fujian,Guangdong and Hunan Provinces. The officials were directly responsible to the Emperor, they exerted influence on the people by investigating and rectifying social customs.Official for rectifying customs conducted "crisis PR" for the emperor,their actions were designed to build the authority of emperor YongZheng.