Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

It was still the same small classroom where the "Dragon Slaying Technique" professor taught, but there was one more Zhu Yuanzhang than before.

Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes were still sitting in their original seats, while Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting in the last row with Zhu Biao.

On the podium, Yan Changqing stood in front of the blackboard and wrote on the left blackboard [The development and changes of the centralized system over thousands of years!].

Then Yan Changqing turned around, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and other emperors and princes below and said:

"About 3,450 years ago, on the land we are standing on, the ancient King Yu established the first national dynasty in history, and his name was [Xia]!" 1

“When King Yu was old, he followed the [concession system] used by the ancient Chinese ancestors when they were in a tribal state to elect the next successor.

"[The abdication system] represents the common world."

“That is to say, the position of emperor does not belong to a certain family or surname stably for a long time. Instead, all the people jointly select talents and decide who is suitable for the position of emperor!

"For example, your Majesty may be the emperor today, and I may be the emperor tomorrow, and the next day, another Zhang San or Li Si may become the supreme emperor of the 17th Emperor!"

Below, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes heard such rebellious words from Yan Changqing: "Today it is possible that their father will be in charge of the emperor's responsibility, and tomorrow he may be sitting on the throne of the emperor." .

They all couldn't help but quietly turned their heads and glanced at their father, Zhu Yuanzhang, and were extremely worried about Yan Changqing's rebellious words [Jin Zaikang made their father furious!

What surprised them was that even their father Zhu Yuanzhang, who heard Yan Changqing say such treacherous words, still maintained his previous calm appearance at this moment.

Even, they could see on their father's face that he was thinking about the meaning behind what Yan Changqing just said!!!

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed thinking.

【Three thousand four hundred and fifty years ago?!!】

[Is the legendary Xia Dynasty so far away?!!]

[In addition, how did he know the year and time that were almost accurate to single digits?!!]

Because in this era, it is difficult to say that even those who specialize in history can have an accurate understanding of the time before Qin.

Yan Changqing on the podium did not know that his casual words would make Zhu Yuanzhang fall into surprise and thinking again.

Yan Changqing turned around and wrote on the blackboard [Xia Dynasty] on one side, and then wrote [Concession System] and [Gongtianxia] under [Xia Dynasty], and continued to speak on the other side:

"But after the death of the ancient King Yu, his son Qi seized the throne and passed it on to his descendants!"

"It was also from that time that political power changed from [passing on the virtuous] to [passing on the son], and the throne was passed down within one family and one surname."

"[Family World] gradually replaced [Gongtianxia], and [Concession System] was replaced by [Hereditary Throne System], and it became a common practice."

"For example, after the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, the throne was sometimes passed from father to son, sometimes from elder brother to younger brother, but in general it was within the same family."

"At the same time, the Xia and Shang Dynasties at that time had already established an administrative system from the central to local governments."

"For example, in the Shang Dynasty, there were prime ministers, ministers, etc. in the central government, who were in charge of government affairs; local princes and uncles were granted the title. As the leaders of the Fang states that submitted to the Shang Dynasty, they paid tribute to the king of Shang on a regular basis and were ordered to conquer.

"Although the country at this time has begun to take shape, in fact it can only be said to be a union of many large Yuanshi tribes and Fang countries."

"The state power is still relatively loose, and the emperor is still the nominal supreme leader of the country."

"And this is the beginning of the country's central and local system and the hereditary system of the emperor!"

Everyone, including Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, listened with rapt attention.

For things like history, whether Zhu Yuanzhang was trying to learn lessons from history, or other princes were being educated by the chief lecturers using various historical allusions while listening to lectures from the palace lecturers.

As emperors and princes, they naturally understood it more or less.

But what they know about the past history generally goes back to the Qin Dynasty at most.

The Xia, Shang, and Zhou before the Qin Dynasty were of little significance to them.

After all, Qin Fa is the beginning of a hundred generations, and it is not a joke.

Therefore, it is rare to know that before Qin, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as princes such as Zhu Biao, Zhu Hua, Zhu Gang, and Zhu Di were more interested in the more ancient Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties.

"After that, about 2425 years ago, King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou and destroyed Shang, and established the Zhou Dynasty!"

"In order to effectively rule, King Wu of Zhou granted the land and people in the vast areas outside his direct rule to the royal family, meritorious officials, and the descendants of King Wu of Zhou, allowing them to establish vassal states to defend the Zhou royal family."

"Through the enfeoffment system, the Emperor of Zhou strengthened his local rule, expanded his ruling area, and formed a political pattern in which all the stars of the Zhou royal family were held in high esteem!"

"Under the enfeoffment system, the Emperor of Zhou had supreme authority, and the state power also tended to be strict from the looseness in the Xia and Shang periods."

"But at the same time, other princes and kings also have relatively strong independence within their own territories."

“Such as setting up officials, building an army, collecting taxes, etc., it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a country within a country.

"And this was also the reason for the subsequent decline of the Zhou Dynasty."

Yan Changqing wrote on the blackboard all the way down the Xia Dynasty, from [Concession System], [Gongtianxia], to [Hereditary Throne System], [Jiatianxia], and then to the Zhou Dynasty [Feudal System].

A tree-like vein gradually took shape.

At this time, whether it was Zhu Yuanzhang or the princes such as Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, etc., they gradually began to have speculations in their hearts.

Because they had seen such a tree diagram last time.

The last time, in order to explain the inevitability of the abolition of the power of the prime minister, Yan Changqing wrote the changing context of the monarch's power and the power of the prime minister based on the trend of thousands of years of historical development.

[His mother-in-law, is this Yan Changqing planning to use the tide of development and change in thousands of years of history to explain why the vassal system we established will inevitably lead to vassal rebellion within three or five generations? ?!!】

Zhu Yuanzhang thought rather uneasily.

Although he asked Yan Changqing to give him a convincing reason why rebellion would occur in the vassal system within three or five generations.

But he did not ask Yan Changqing to use this general trend, which is directly based on the historical development and changes of thousands of years, to explain the reasons why the vassal system will rebel within three or five generations!

Even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear this method of constantly throwing out a huge trend of development and change over a thousand years of history to prove the reasons for his conjectures and inferences!

Because if Yan Changqing’s conjecture and inference are correct, doesn’t it mean that Zhu Yuanzhang went against the general trend of historical development and changes over the past thousand years?!!

In particular, he is preparing to completely abolish the power of the prime minister in line with the trend of the previous thousand-year historical development of monarchy and prime ministerial power.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, he went against the general trend of historical development and change for another thousand years?!!

And if it goes against the general trend of historical development and change for a thousand years, what good end can there be?!!

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