My clinic is familiar with ancient times, Zhu Biao came to seek medical treatment

"I discussed with the ministers after I went back. The policies of economic reform, attacking the Japanese, and promoting high-yield crops are all very good, but they are not suitable for the Tang Dynasty.

Not to mention the ministers, even I am not as confident as I was at the beginning, so I would like to ask how the Tang Dynasty solved the aristocratic families headed by the Five Surnames and Seven Families?

Could it be that I have a divine hand in the future, so I can catch them all in one fell swoop? Or has the successor finally realized my dream?

Who is this successor? My crown prince Li Chengqian? Or some future emperor?" Li Shimin asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "I thought you were going to ask how long the Tang Dynasty would last."

Li Er said: "Zhu Di had revealed that after the Tang Dynasty, there were the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Song Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty. There was a gap of 700 years between Zhu Di and me, so I roughly calculated the Tang Dynasty's national life, which is estimated to be no more than 250 years."

Li Zhongfu said: "It is definitely more than 250 years, but not much more. Let me answer your question about the aristocratic families first.

Yes, the problem of the aristocratic families that has troubled several dynasties was indeed solved in the Tang Dynasty, but the person who solved it was not the emperor of your Li Tang later generations, but a man named Huang Chao."

Li Er was overjoyed: "It's good that it has been solved. This Huang Chao is a talent, but I don't know which Tang emperor's minister he is? What method did he use?"

Li Zhongfu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Qiyu looked at each other, and they all couldn't help laughing.

Is it okay for Huang Chao to be a minister of the Tang Dynasty?

He is a gravedigger of the Tang Dynasty.

"Huang Chao is similar to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in nature." Li Zhongfu said.

Li Er: ...

"As for his solution to the aristocratic families, I'll read you a poem and you'll know.

In the third month of the spring of the year of Guimao in Zhonghe, the flowers outside Luoyang City are like snow.

No one is on the road in the east, west, south, or north, and the green willows quietly fade away with fragrance...

The prosperity of the past is all buried, and there is nothing left when you look around.

The inner treasury was burned to ashes, and the bones of the nobles were trampled on the streets...!"

Li Er: ...

"It turns out that killing everyone is the solution to the problem of the aristocratic families." Li Er sighed and was a little bored.

Li Zhongfu half-jokingly said: "In my world, there is a kind of soldiers called mercenaries, who are paid to do dirty work.

If you, Li Er, can't do it, you can ask the Hongwu Emperor next to me for help. No one is more familiar with killing people and implicating others."

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his hands: "Doctor Li knows me, Li Shimin, what do you think? As long as you are willing to pay, we promise to do the job beautifully."

Li Er smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Eradicating the aristocratic families is tantamount to cutting off the flesh of a person's body just for the bones inside. It's not worth the loss."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then you can only grind slowly. If the emperor after you is as wise as you, it should be solved in three or two generations, provided that you buy various technologies from the Ming Dynasty, including printing, papermaking, plows, water wheels, etc."

"This method is not bad. As long as the influence of the aristocratic families is weakened step by step, they will sooner or later be unable to make waves." Li Er said.

He turned and asked: "Doctor Li, after my death, Chengqian should have done a good job, right? With your and the other Ming emperors' help, could he have solved the aristocratic families in his dynasty?"

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Li Er's shoulder with empathy and sighed.

Li Er was a little creepy by his sigh: "Doctor Li...?"

Li Zhongfu said directly: "According to historical records, Zhu's crown prince Zhu Biao died of illness in the 25th year of Hongwu, so Zhu Di was able to rebel successfully later.

If Zhu Biao had not died, Zhu Di would always be his elder brother's general in the north.

And you, Li Er, are in a similar situation. Although your crown prince Li Chengqian did not die of illness as a crown prince, the Xuanwu Gate inheritance system you created was used by him in its entirety, but he did not have your original team, so the rebellion failed and you demoted him to a commoner."

Li Er was scratching his head in worry.

What day is today?

Why is there no good news?

The great Tang Dynasty shouldn't be like this!

"Doctor Li, Chengqian is the crown prince, how could he rebel?" Li Er asked hoarsely, unable to face reality.

If it were a few days ago, Li Zhongfu would definitely answer that it was because Li Chengqian was controlled too strictly, and his beloved Chengxin was killed, plus some people were making noise, and there were troublemakers like Li Tai making trouble, so his position was unstable, so he chose to take risks.

But since Li Er came once, he has been preparing for this day, specifically looking up information and conducting in-depth research.

So his answer is: "Because he is too similar to you."

Li Er was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"Just like Emperor Wu of Han's crown prince Liu Ju would at the last momentChoosing to rebel finally proved that he was the son who was most like Emperor Wu of Han. Although your crown prince Li Chengqian was taught by Li Gang and other civil officials to be relatively gentle and well-mannered, he was your son in his bones.

To you, he is not the only son, nor the only minister, and needs to be warned and guarded against. But to him, you are the only father and the only emperor. You don't pay too much attention to him, so you don't understand him.

And he understands you too well, just as those people understand him too well. They know that he is very similar to you, and they know that if he comes to power, he will work hard like you and make them have a hard life.

So they try every means to alienate you and make you and your son fall out. In the end, he has no choice but to rebel.

If he succeeds, he proves himself. If he fails, it can also warn you and the kings behind. "

Although Li Er still didn't know what happened, he still guessed most of the things with his keen political sense over the years.

He couldn't help but burst into tears: "Cheng Qian, my son, you have suffered! "

If Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look down on Li Shimin, it must be that he suppressed his eldest son Li Chengqian too much and took elixirs in his later years.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the eldest son of a minister or commoner should be half the head of the family.

And the prince should cultivate the ability to control the country from an early age, and the emperor should always stand behind the prince to support him.

As for taking elixirs to achieve immortality, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been a monk, knew too well the little tricks of monks and Taoists.

If you really can live forever, wouldn't it be better for others to live forever and then play around in the world and watch the rise and fall of the dynasty?

After clinking glasses with Li Er, Zhu Yuanzhang said bluntly: "You really did not do this right. Even if Li Chengqian is mediocre, as long as he doesn't lose the country, there is no reason to abolish him, not to mention that he is so outstanding.

Think about it, once this precedent is set, all the princes in the future will follow suit. Not only will it consume national strength in vain, but it will also cause discord among the royal brothers. It is not worth it at all.

Now think about it, your elder brother Li Jiancheng is also a prince. Although you are better than him, he is not a waste. You killed him for the position of prince. Isn't it another bad example?

No wonder Doctor Li jokingly called the way your Li family succeeded the throne the Xuanwu Gate inheritance system. "

Li Er: ...

So I am not only sorry for my son, but also for my brother?

Think carefully, before and after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, I fought in the south and the north, conquered cities, but my elder brother was in charge of the center, dispatched troops, raised food and grass, and never dragged his feet. Isn't it also a great contribution?

It is said that those who are good at fighting have no glorious achievements. Is my elder brother really worse than me?

Didn't Liu Bang say that those who led the army to fight were all meritorious dogs, while Xiao, who planned and coordinated the central command, was a great hero. What is a meritorious person?

Besides, my elder brother did a good job in the limited number of battles he led. If I were to swap positions with him, I'm afraid he would be the general of Tiance.

Thinking of this, Li Er burst into tears again.

The future Li Chengqian is not the past Li Jiancheng?

When the prince competing with him for the throne has made more and more contributions, and there are a group of ambitious subordinates around him, how can there not be disputes?

"After all, the emperor is just an important chess piece that everyone expects." After a long silence, Li Er suddenly said.