Suzhou weaving is a product officer.

Suzhou Weaving was a royal merchant who set up a bureau in Suzhou in Ming and Qing Dynasties to weave silk goods needed by the court. Ming dynasty was woven by the prefect and the eunuch was in charge. In the early Qing Dynasty, this system still existed. During the Shunzhi period, it was managed by the Ministry of Housing and still belonged to the eunuch thirteen yamen. Every time Kangxi and Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River, they lived in the Vega Palace in Suzhou. Suzhou Weaving was a royal merchant who supplied textiles to the imperial court.

"Quality" and "Grade" of Ancient Officials

Product refers to the official rank of ancient officials. In the Han Dynasty, salary was used to indicate the rank of officials, such as Shiwan, 2,000, 1,000 and 800 stones. Because every official position has a fixed salary scale, sometimes salary scale refers to official position. For example, the salary of a county magistrate is 2000 stone, which is the general name of a county magistrate.

Since Wei and Jin Dynasties, officials have been divided into nine grades, with the first grade being the highest. In the Sui Dynasty, the nine grades to the first grade officials were called "inside the stream", and those who did not enter the nine grades were called "outside the stream". There are also grades outside the stream, which are used to arrange petty officials, but they are always called dirty in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Some officials say that they have no actual duties, but only give their duties to old and sick ministers or people with certain honors and services as the basis for receiving salaries and enjoying certain courtesy, and they do not bear actual responsibilities. Such officials are called scattered officials.