It means that the house is luxurious, the trees have just been planted, and there is no strong sense of wind and frost; Newly painted walls, no mottled sense of history; Calligraphy and painting works are all new works by famous artists, and everything is dazzling and incompatible with culture. Then this person must be a nouveau riche in the mixed internal affairs department.

This is a proverb used in Qing Dynasty to describe satirical upstarts. Used to describe people who get rich overnight and have little ink in their bellies, but are arty.

The court finance in Qing dynasty mainly came from the income of Huangzhuang and belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Of course, with the royal monopoly on mink and ginseng in Northeast China, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also changed the price of surplus items in the palace to obtain income. In addition, the Ministry of the Interior is also engaged in commercial activities such as buying and selling official residences and leasing.

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a unique institution in the Qing Dynasty, with as many as 3,000 officials, more than ten times as many as the most complicated households. It can be said to be the largest institution in the Qing Dynasty. The main function of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is to manage royal affairs, such as food, clothing, storage, etiquette, engineering, farms, animal husbandry, guards' retinue, mining and catching of Yamazawa, etc. And control the salt policy, collect tariffs and accept tributes. The main organization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is "seven departments and three hospitals".

After the Revolution of 1911 in the third year of Xuantong (191), the deposed emperor Puyi still lived in the palace, and the internal affairs office serving the emperor remained until the thirteenth year of the Republic of China (1924) when Puyi was expelled from the palace.

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