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

Yan Changqing didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking at this moment, and his uneven voice continued:

"Until the Spring and Autumn Period, the power of the Emperor Zhou fell to the side, and he could only control the area around the capital."

"At the same time, the princes and kings fought against each other in order to control more land and people."

"During the Warring States Period, some powerful princes were no longer satisfied with their titles and changed their titles to kings one after another!"

"After four hundred and eighty years of struggle for supremacy in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the struggle for hegemony during the Warring States Period."

"Finally, 1,600 years ago, King Yingzheng of Qin finally ended the feudal separatism that lasted for hundreds of years [truly establishing the tenth centralized empire of ten unified states in history].

Qin!"

Yan Changqing once again wrote a big "Qin" under the "Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period" after the "Zhou Dynasty", and wrote the words "Great Unification and Centralization of Power" next to "Qin".

"After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor Yingzheng learned the lessons of the Zhou Dynasty."

"The central government implements the system of three officials and nine ministers to manage national affairs.

"The local feudal system was abolished, replaced by the county system, and local powers were transferred to the central government, thus achieving direct and effective control of local power."

"It has further strengthened the centralization of power, consolidated and maintained the unity of the country [effectively avoiding the recurrence of the chaos of feudal separatism during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!"

“This was a ground-breaking innovation for the feudal system before the Warring States Period, because there had never been such a centralized system before!”

"And this centralized system has also laid the basic pattern of the political system for 1,600 years since then. It has been used by successive dynasties, and has been continuously strengthened and improved!"

"Even if one imperial dynasty after another collapsed during this period due to one reason or another, no matter how divided and chaotic the world became."

"Any king who is determined to compete for the world will eventually establish the same unified centralized dynasty again!"

"It can be said that the political system of Qin has been implemented for a hundred generations, and nothing better than this!"

"If there was no unification by the First Emperor Ying Zheng, or if the First Emperor Ying Zheng adopted the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty instead of the prefecture and county system."

"Then maybe after the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of 480 years and the separation of princes and kingdoms, in the next 1,600 years, there will still be repeated Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods one after another, and princes one after another. The kingdom is divided into separate kingdoms!"

In Yan Changqing's words, he did not hide his admiration for the First Emperor Ying Zheng.

The First Emperor Yingzheng was not a perfect man, nor was he without any shortcomings. He also made many mistakes in his later years.

But just the fact that he truly founded a unified dynasty and established a centralized system is enough to cover up all his shortcomings!!!

The merits outweigh the faults. The merits of unification and centralization are enough to cover up all the faults in the future!

"snort!"

Hearing Yan Changqing's praise of the First Emperor Ying Zheng and the respect in his words, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but snorted.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang also admitted that the achievements of the First Emperor Ying Zheng were indeed great, Yan Changqing praised the system of prefectures and counties established by the First Emperor Ying Zheng. When faced with him, Zhu Yuanzhang said that the vassal system he established would lead to rebellion within the next three to five generations!

He and the First Emperor were both emperors, but the way Yan Changqing treated him differently naturally made him unswervingly loyal!

After all, as the founding emperor who fought his way through troubled times, no matter who he was, he was an extremely confident person.

Even if you acknowledge the achievements of your predecessors, you will not think that you are inferior to your predecessors!

At least for the founding emperor!

"Then the Qin Dynasty collapsed and the Han Dynasty took its place." "

"Perhaps the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, wanted to learn a lesson and avoid following the old path of the Qin Dynasty, or perhaps he wanted to fulfill the promise he made as a hero and lord when he was fighting for hegemony in the past.

"Therefore, they wantonly divided the heroes, royal family members, and their own descendants into princes and kings, established princes and vassal states, and let them defend the central government."

"What, does this sound familiar?!!"

Yan Changqing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes below and smiled.

"Isn't this the enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty that I just mentioned?!!"

Zhu Bo, the youngest King of Qi, blurted out immediately when he heard Yan Changqing's words.

The feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty is exactly the same as the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty that I just heard about, and there are no changes between the two!!!

Yan Changqing nodded, confirming Zhu Bo's statement, and then, as if he saw what Zhu Bo was thinking, he shook his head slightly and continued:

"The system implemented in the early Han Dynasty was somewhat different from the enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty."

"Perhaps the Emperor of the Han Dynasty found that after learning the lessons of the Qin Dynasty, he became what the Zhou Dynasty was like in the past."

"So in order to avoid going back to the old path of the Zhou Dynasty, they absorbed the lessons of the Qin Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty."

"In the end, in addition to the feudal heroes, royal family members, and own descendants, the system of prefectures and counties will be implemented in the places directly managed by the central government and within the vassal states!"

"This is the parallel system of prefectures and states in the early Western Han Dynasty!!!"

"At this time, the centralized power that was originally strengthened by the first emperor Yingzheng through the county system was destroyed. The central power that was originally strengthened and centralized was once again dispersed to local princes, kings and vassal states."

Yan Changqing turned around and wrote [Han] under [Qin] on the blackboard behind him, and then wrote [Parallel System of Prefectures and States] next to [Han].

"However, I not only want the princes, kings and vassal states to defend the central government [but also want the central government to strengthen the management and control of the directly governed areas!"

"Not even the Zhou Dynasty or the Qin Dynasty could achieve the best of both worlds."

"You can't just say that because he is the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, he can take advantage of both, right?!!"

"It doesn't make sense even if you think about it."

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

"So in order to deal with this potential threat, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty issued the slogan 'No one with the surname Liu can be king in the world', and then began to weaken the strength of a number of princes and vassal states, such as King Yan, King Chu and other kings with different surnames [all were Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty found a reason to eliminate them."

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

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

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang's vassal and kinship system itself was based on the vassal and kinship system of the Han Dynasty, with some minor modifications.

In order to study and solve the hidden dangers behind the Ming Dynasty's own royal kinship system, they all deliberately checked and understood the history of the Han Dynasty, hoping to find ways to solve the hidden dangers of their Ming Dynasty royal kinship system.

“Although Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty eliminated kings with different surnames and strengthened the centralization of power to a certain extent, he did not suppress kings with the same surname. Instead, he enfeoffed more princes and kings with the same surname. 11

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

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

"Because during the reigns of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, the kinship between these princes and vassal kings with the same surname and the emperor was very close. They were either father and son, or brothers."

"We have lived together since childhood and have a deep foundation of family ties."

“Therefore, these princes and vassals with the same surname can work together with the emperor and the central court to watch and help each other and protect the officials.

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

The reason why he formulated such a vassal system and enfeoffed vassal kings to frontier fortresses was that he hoped that the descendants of the old Zhu family would work together to govern and protect the Ming Dynasty.

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

"."But after Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, the emotional relationship between the central emperor and the princes and vassals became relatively weak."

"After all, it has been the third generation since Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, to have passed down the Liu clan to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. The relationship between them has gradually changed from marriage to marriage selection.

"At the same time, the emperor and the princes and vassals rarely see each other a few times a year, so how can they have deep feelings?!"

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 system he established would inevitably lead to rebellion within three to five generations.

On the podium, Yan Changqing continued to speak:

"What's more important is that with the recovery and development of the early Han Dynasty, the power of the princes, kings and vassal states continued to expand, and their power continued to grow. They began to substantively separate one party from another, and the contradiction between the central court and the local princes, kings and vassal states began to intensify."

"Even local princes, kings and vassal states began to rely on their own strength to resist the central court's edicts!!!"

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

"It can be said that if the central court does not reduce the vassals, then as time goes by and the strength of the princes, kings and vassal states becomes stronger, sooner or later they will make the same mistakes as the Zhou Dynasty!"

"So starting from Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the central court began to continue to reduce vassals."

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

"This was the first step taken by the Western Han Dynasty to weaken the power of the princes named Liu."

"During the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty also began to implement the "Strategy to Eliminate the Vassals" in order to reduce the feudal vassals, which caused the 'Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms'!"

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

"Six of the seven feudal states that participated in the army were directly abolished and changed to counties."

"At the same time, it also took back the power to appoint and remove officials in the kingdom, further strengthening the centralization of power!"

“Later, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated the "Tuien Order" and other related measures to reduce the vassal state, which completely eliminated the threat of the princes and vassal states.

"At this point, the power that was once dispersed to various local princes, kings and vassal states by Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty in the early Western Han Dynasty."

"Once again, just like the Great Qin Dynasty in the past, they were all gathered in the center, further completing the centralization and strengthening of power!"

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