The imperial clan of the Han Dynasty carried out imperial edicts in order to promote favor, and all generations became people like ordinary people. The descendants of Liu Fa, the son of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, came to his father Liu Qin's generation, and he only became a small official in Jiyang County. Liu Xiu can only make a living by planting. If it weren't for the decline of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu might have become a farmer or lived a mediocre life.
Liu Pengzi is a descendant of Liu Zhang, the son of Liu Bang. After his grandfather Liu Bang, he was just a herdsman. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the royal family passed the lineage hierarchy, and after several generations, they were just like civilians. Those who have the ability can be officials, and those who have no ability can only rely on a civilian for self-reliance. For example, Li Zhou, the fifth grandson of Emperor Taizong, was only a junior officer at the beginning of his enlistment because of his outstanding achievements, but in the end he could only become a secretariat. Lee Jae-yong, the descendant of Prince Li Chenggan, can only start from a soldier. Li Zongmin, a descendant of Wang Teng, the son of Li Yuan, became a commoner because of his poor family. Because of his thirst for knowledge, he finally passed the imperial examination and became an official.
And those who live in remote areas, have no value and rights, live like civilians. In addition, Li Longji also built 16 palaces to accommodate the royal family of the empire, but only in a short distance, and the cost in far places is the same as that of civilians. Imperial clan in Song Dynasty also carried out this policy.
But Zhu Yuanzhang had the lowest treatment for all courtiers, but the highest treatment for imperial clan. His descendants enjoy all the privileges. Because he gave the royal family a higher economic priority. In some dynasties, clans almost became local tyrants and evil gentry, and for their own privileges, even for local officials, they oppressed the people and killed them. For example, Zhu Huakui killed a local official at that time because of his own selfish desires. According to the system of the Han Dynasty, Zhu Huakui's family had become ordinary people, but due to Zhu Yuanzhang's system, Zhu Huakui could still enjoy privileges, because Zhu Yuanzhang's policies turned the Ming family into the happiest dynasty, but it also became the suffering of the people.