Daming: Teach the prince about dragon slaying skills at the beginning

"However, we not only want the princes and vassal states to defend the central government, but also want the central government to strengthen the management and control of the directly-administered areas!"

"Even the Zhou Dynasty or the Great Qin Dynasty failed to achieve the best of both worlds."

"You can't say that he is Han Gaozu, so he can take advantage of both?!"

"It doesn't make sense to think about it."

"So later Han Gaozu also realized this, and began to worry that the princes and vassal states were too powerful to compete with the central court like the princes of the Zhou Dynasty in the past."

"So in order to solve this potential threat, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty put out the slogan 'Unless the surname of Liu in the world cannot be king', and then began to weaken the strength of the princes and vassal states, such as King Yan, King Chu and other kings with different surnames, were all killed Han Gaozu found a reason to be wiped out."

"In this period, the power that was originally dispersed to the local princes and vassal states was once again gathered back by the central government, and the centralization of power was strengthened again."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes all knew what was going to happen next.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang's vassal clan system itself was based on the Dahan's vassal clan system, but only made some minor modifications.

In order to study and solve the hidden dangers behind the Ming Dynasty's own royal family system, they all went to check and understand the history of the Han Dynasty, hoping to find a way to solve the hidden dangers of their Daming royal family system.

"Although Han Gaozu eliminated kings with different surnames and strengthened centralization to a certain extent, he did not suppress kings with the same surname. Instead, he divided up more princes and kings with the same surname."

"I want to rely on Liu's political structure of 'one family under heaven' to consolidate Liu's imperial power and stabilize the world."

"Such an idea cannot be said to be wrong."

"Because during the reign of Han Gaozu and Han Huidi, these princes and vassals with the same surname were very close to the emperor. They were not father and son, but brothers."

"Living together since childhood, there is a deep foundation of family affection."

"So these princes and vassals with the same surname can work together with the emperor and the central court, watch and help each other, and defend the central government."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nodded, with a look of approval on his face.

The reason why he established such a vassal king system and entrusted the vassal kings to the frontier fortresses was that he hoped that the descendants of the old Zhu family would work together to serve as barriers between the inside and outside, governing and defending the Ming Dynasty together.

Yan Changqing on the podium also saw Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, and then changed the subject:

"' ˇHowever, after Emperor Wen of Han came to the throne, the kinship relationship between the central emperor and the feudal princes became weaker."

"After all, since Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, it has been the third generation of the Liu family to be passed down to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. The relationship between each other has gradually changed from close relatives to distant relatives."

"At the same time, the emperor and the feudal princes don't see each other a few times a year, so how can there be such a deep relationship?!"

Underneath, Zhu Yuanzhang's face began to look a little ugly. He had already guessed part of the reasons why Yan Changqing said that the vassal king system he formulated would inevitably rebel within three to five generations.

On the podium, Yan Changqing continued to say:

"More importantly, with the restoration and development of the early Han Dynasty, the power of the princes and vassal states continued to expand, and their influence continued to grow. They began to substantively separate one side, and the contradictions between the central court and the local vassal states began to intensify."

"Even the local princes and vassals began to rely on their own strength to resist the central imperial edict!!!"

"And this is a sign that the old Zhou Dynasty began to weaken, and the princes and vassal states began to rise."

"It can be said that if the central court does not cut down the vassals, then as time goes by, the vassal kingdoms become stronger, then (well, okay) sooner or later they will repeat the mistakes of the Zhou Dynasty!"

"So starting from Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, the central court began to continue to cut down the vassals."

"During the period of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty promoted the idea of ​​'many build princes but less power', and divided Liu Fei's feudal state [Qi State] into six, and [Huainan State] into three."

"This is the first step of the Western Han Dynasty to weaken the power of princes surnamed Liu."

"During the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty also began to implement the "Policy of Reducing Fans" in order to cut down the feudal clans, which caused the 'Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms'!"

"The consequence was the 'Seven Kingdoms Rebellion', which was put down in three months."

"Six of the seven feudal states that participated in the uprising were directly abolished and converted into counties."

"At the same time, the right to appoint and dismiss the kingdom's officials has also been taken back, further strengthening the centralization of power!"

"Later, in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han promulgated the "Tweeting Order" and other related measures to reduce the vassals, completely removing the threat of the princes and vassal states."

"So far, in the early Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, dispersed the power of the local princes and vassal states."

"Once again, all of them were gathered in the center like the Great Qin Dynasty in the past, and the centralization and strengthening of power was further completed!"

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Chapter 1 and Four: Cutting down the feudal clan, the difference between an emperor through the ages and a vegetable dog 【Please subscribe, please order in full】

Yan Changqing wrote on the blackboard next to the [Han] [Prefecture and State Parallel System], and wrote the words [Cutting Fan] and [Re-unifying and Centralizing Power].

"Although the Han Dynasty first implemented the parallel system of prefectures and states, and the central power was dispersed, but with the rise and growth of the princes and vassal states, the potential threat to the central court was even a conflict on the surface."

"In the end, in order to consolidate its rule and authority, the central court either actively or passively began to cut down and centralize power."

"Although there have been rebellions by the princes and vassal states during this period, in the end, the power of the local areas has been returned to the central government again!"

"And this process, from Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, to Liu Che, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, has gone through exactly five generations."

In a calm tone, Yan Changqing made a summary of the process from the decentralization of power in the early Han Dynasty to the centralization of power.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting at the bottom, looked extremely ugly.

[The first and second generations are recuperating. 】

[The third generation began to grow stronger and stronger, the fourth generation began to contend against the central government, and finally the fifth generation completely cut down the feudal clan! ! ! 】

[Could it be that the vassal system policy we formulated will also go through this process in the future? ! ! 】

[No, no, probably not, we also learned the lessons of the rebellion of the princes and vassal states of the Han Dynasty in the past! ! ! 】

[We are only giving the name of princes and vassals, without the reality of cracking the ground. We just let them be responsible for guarding the border and defending the center, not the real vassal state! ! ! 】

[Shouldn't rebel!Will not! !Will not! ! ! 】

After Yan Changqing said this step, although Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that the vassal king system he had formulated was likely to rebel in the future.

But Zhu Yuanzhang still kept making excuses for himself in his heart, trying to pass the difference between the vassal lands in the vassal system he formulated and the vassal kingdoms in the Han system.

This is an attempt to explain that the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty will not rebel like the vassal kings of the Han Dynasty in the future.

Otherwise, if the future vassal king of Ming Dynasty also rebelled, wouldn't he have learned a lot of loneliness from the lessons he learned from the Han vassal system? ! !

Although Yan Changqing on the podium didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking at the moment, he also knew that such an inference alone was not enough to convince Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, Yan Changqing continued to turn around and write the word [Jin] under [Han] on the blackboard again.

"Since the collapse of the Great Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms of Sun, Cao and Liu fought for hegemony, and finally Sima usurped Cao Wei and unified them."

"The Sima Clan's regime in the Western Jin Dynasty was achieved with the support of the gentry bureaucrats. The Western Jin Dynasty was also the first unified dynasty in Chinese history that was completely controlled by an aristocratic family."

"It can be said that the gentry was the class basis for the Western Jin Dynasty to maintain its rule."

"Therefore, the series of political and economic measures formulated by the Western Jin Dynasty after the founding of the country were all based on the premise of protecting the interests of the gentry and consolidating their own autocratic rule."

"For example, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system guarantees the political privileges of the gentry to be officials for generations, while the yin kinship system guarantees the economic interests of the gentry."

"The purpose of formulating these preferential treatment measures for the gentry is to obtain the effective support of the gentry for the Sima regime."

"However, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, also realized that the gentry, as a privileged class, had a strong class power that could play a positive role in consolidating their rule."

"However, if its power is allowed to continue to expand and expand, it will constitute a potential threat to the Sima regime."

"After all, Emperor Wu of Jin himself obtained the throne through the 'Chan Dynasty', so he was naturally aware of the crisis of too strong class power, and he was worried that the story of his 'Chan Dynasty' would repeat itself."

"In addition, he believes that a very important reason why the Cao Wei regime will not last long is the lack of protection from the clan's clan."

"Based on these reasons and considerations, Emperor Wu of Jin took a series of targeted measures, the most important of which was to enshrine the children of the same clan as kings."

"When the Western Jin Dynasty was founded, Emperor Wu of Jin enfeoffed 27 kings with the same surname, and the county was the country."

"Afterwards, the power of the clan kings continued to expand. The kings could choose Chinese, Chinese and military officials to collect taxes from the feudal country."

Speaking of this, Yan Changqing paused, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang below, Zhu Biao, Zhu Yu, Zhu Fang, Zhu Di and other princes smiled and said:

"Does this sound familiar again?!"

Hearing Yan Changqing's question, Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes all nodded subconsciously.

Can this be unfamiliar? ! !

Isn't this about his mother's just mentioned about Han Gaozu Liu Bang entrusting the princes and kings of the descendants of the same surname? ! !

It took less than half a quarter of an hour to finish talking, so naturally they would not forget.

Yan Changqing sighed leisurely:

"Essentially speaking, the original intention of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, to entrust the princes and kings with the same surname was actually to enfeoff the princes and kings with the same surname as Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. The idea is the same."

"However, what is the final result of the Liu family's 'one family under heaven' that Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, hoped for?!"

"The Rebellion of the Seven Kings, the vassal king was abolished, and the feudal kingdom was removed!!!"

"However, such a result is still good. At least Emperor Han Wen, Emperor Han Jing, and Emperor Han Wu are the best choices among emperors in terms of strength and means."

"Especially Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, another emperor through the ages who can be called together with the First Emperor Yingzheng."

"Thus, although there were turmoil in cutting down the feudal clan and suppressing the rebellion, the central government of the empire finally completed the centralization of power, and it did not cause too much irreparable damage and loss."

"But Jin Wudi of the Western Jin Dynasty is not the case. In terms of ability, he may be barely comparable to Han Wendi, but in terms of the excellence of his own descendants, Jin Wudi can't catch up with Han Wendi even if he flatters him."

"Emperor Han Wen has an excellent son like Emperor Han Jing who collectively created the 'Government of Wen Jing', and he also has a grandson like Emperor Han Wu who is an emperor through the ages."

"But Sima Zhong, Emperor Huidi of Jinwu Emperor, was blunt, and Shi Yan even called him an idiot, plus Empress Jia's dictatorship."

"It eventually led to the mighty Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty that lasted for 16 years!!!"

"Brought the massacre of the Five Disorderly Chinas, and the great division of the sixteen countries' long-term separatist party!!!"

"The disaster and harm brought to the land of China and the people during this period are almost beyond words!!!"

Having said that, Yan Changqing heaved a long sigh.

Enfeoffing princes and kings and cutting feudal vassals are not something that can be played casually.

If you play well, that is to strengthen the centralization of power, and even one emperor through the ages!

If you don't play well, it's not just that you delete your account, but even your entire country and nation are almost banned!

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Chapter 1: A group of vassal princes who have betrayed the vassal class 【Please subscribe, please order in full】

[First the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Western Han Dynasty, and then the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty.]

[It’s just that in the Western Han Dynasty, there were Emperor Han Wen, Emperor Han Jing, and Emperor Han Wu. Three successive generations of British lords emerged in succession. Therefore, the reduction of the vassals was successful, the rebellion of the vassal kings was suppressed, and finally the centralization of power was strengthened and the great unity was consolidated. 】

[However, Emperor Wu of the Western Jin Dynasty had no successors, the central court failed to cut down the vassals, and was unable to suppress the princes and vassal states, which eventually led to nearly 300 years of disputes and turmoil, with 16 vassal states separatist! 】

[So as long as the system of vassal kings and princes is established, no matter what the time is, will there be rebellion in the end? ! ! 】

[The difference is only in whether the later central court can successfully reduce the vassal, and whether it can suppress the vassal rebellion that occurred later? ! ! 】

[Vanking, since its birth, is it a potential source of future rebellion? ! ! 】

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Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Yu, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes were all thinking solemnly.

Because of the existence of the vassal system and the harm caused by the rebellion of the vassals, it is really too uncertain for a country~ not sure!

If the rulers of the country were heroic emperors like Emperor Wen Wen, Emperor Han Jing, and Emperor Han Wu, then even if there was a vassal rebellion later, it could be suppressed and quelled, and on the contrary, the centralization of power could be further strengthened.

But if the ruler of the country is an idiot like Emperor Hui of Jin, then the country might split into more than a dozen vassal states, each with their own side, and the disputes and divisions that have lasted for hundreds of years will end.

Therefore, even the princes who have been named vassal kings, such as Zhu Yu, Zhu Yu, and Zhu Di, are thinking about themselves, or the existence of the vassal kings they represent, whether it is really necessary to continue to exist sex? ! !

Because as far as the two examples mentioned by Yan Changqing are concerned, whether it is the Western Han Dynasty or the Western Jin Dynasty, or whether it is Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, or Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, the two founding monarchs, what kind of feelings did they have for the vassal king at the beginning? The expectation is also good.

But in terms of actual results, all the feudal lords of these two countries rebelled in the end, without exception!

This made them have to think about the existence of the vassal king and the vassal king system for a country.

Are the advantages outweighing the disadvantages? ! !

Or does it do more harm than good? ! !