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

Yan Changqing once again wrote the words "Cutting down vassals" and "Re-unifying and centralizing power" next to "Parallel system of prefectures and states" in "Han" on the blackboard.

"Although the Han Dynasty implemented a parallel system of prefectures and states at the beginning, and the central power was decentralized, with the rise and growth of princes, kings and vassal states, it posed potential threats to the central court, and even overt conflicts."

"In the end, in order to consolidate its rule and authority, the central court either proactively or passively began to reduce vassals and centralize power."

"Although there were rebellions by princes, kings and vassal states during this period, they finally restored local power to the central government again!"

"And this process started from Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and ended with Liu Che, the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It happened to go through five generations.'

Yan Changqing calmly summarized the process from central decentralization to centralization in the early Han Dynasty.

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

[The first and second generations are recuperating. 】

[The third generation began to grow stronger, the fourth generation began to compete with the central government, and finally the fifth generation completely eliminated the vassal!!]

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

[No, no, it shouldn’t be. We have also learned the lesson from the rebellion of the feudal princes and vassal states in the Han Dynasty!!

[We 243 only gave the princes the name of vassal kings, but did not actually break the soil. We just made them responsible for guarding the borders and defending the center. They are not real vassal states!!!]

【There should be no rebellion! No!! No way!!!】

After Yan Changqing came to this point, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that the vassal system he had established was likely to lead to rebellion in the future.

But Zhu Yuanzhang still kept making excuses for himself in his heart, trying to use the difference between the vassal states in the vassal system he established and the vassal states in the Han vassal system.

This is used to try to explain that the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty will not be as rebellious as the vassal kings of the Han Dynasty.

Otherwise, if the future vassal king of the Ming Dynasty also rebelled, wouldn't it mean that he had learned the lessons learned from the vassal king system of the Han Dynasty?

Although Yan Changqing on the podium did not know what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking at this moment, he also knew that such 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.

"After the collapse of the Han Dynasty, the three kingdoms of Sun, Cao, and Liu fought for hegemony, and were eventually unified by the (bhag) Sima clan as Cao Wei."

"The Sima clan's regime in the Western Jin Dynasty was achieved by relying on the support of the gentry and bureaucrats [The Western Jin Dynasty was also the tenth dynasty in Chinese history that was completely controlled by aristocratic families."

"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 its own autocratic rule."

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

"The purpose of enacting these preferential treatment measures for the gentry is to gain effective support from the gentry for the Sima regime."

“But Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, also realized that as a privileged class, the gentry’s strong class power could certainly play a positive role in consolidating their rule.

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

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

"In addition, he believed that a very important reason why Cao Wei's regime would not last long was the lack of protection from the clan and feudal lords."

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

"When the Western Jin Dynasty was founded, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty enfeoffed twenty-seven kings with the same surname and made counties the country."

"After that, the power of the clan kings was continuously expanded. The kings could choose their own civil and military officials in the country to collect taxes from the feudal country.

Having said this, Yan Changqing paused, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes below and said with a smile:

“Does this sound familiar again?!!”

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

Is this unfamiliar?!!

Isn’t this what his mother-in-law just said about Han Emperor Liu Bang’s enfeoffment of princes and kings who were descendants of the same surname?!!

It didn't take even half a quarter of an hour to finish talking, so they naturally wouldn't forget it.

Yan Changqing sighed leisurely:

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

"But what is the final result of the Liu family's 'One World Family' that Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, hoped for?!!"

"The Rebellion of the Seven Kings, the vassal king was deposed and the feudal country was eliminated!!!"

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

"Especially Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, another emperor who can be called the first emperor of the world along with Ying Zheng."

"Therefore, although there were some ups and downs in cutting down the vassals and suppressing the rebellion, in the end the imperial center still completed the centralization of power, and it did not cause too much irreparable damage and losses."

"But this is not the case with Emperor Wu of Jin in the Western Jin Dynasty. In terms of ability, he may barely be able to match Emperor Wen of Han, but in terms of the excellence of his descendants [Emperor Wu can't keep up with Emperor Wen of Han even if he tries to flatter him]"

“Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty had an outstanding son like Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty who together with him created the ‘Government of Wen and Jing’, and he even had a grandson like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who was the only emperor in history. "

"But Sima Zhong, Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty and Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, was dull in nature, and Shiyan even called him an idiot. In addition, Empress Jia was in dictatorship."

"Eventually led to the mighty Eight Kings Rebellion of the Western Jin Dynasty that lasted for sixteen years!!!"

"Bringing about the massacre of Wu Huan Hua and the great division of the sixteen countries that have been divided into one side for a long time!!!"

"The disasters and harm brought to China and the people during this period are almost unspeakable!!!"

Having said this, Yan Changqing sighed.

The enfeoffment of princes and kings and the reduction of vassals are not something that can be done casually.

If you play it well, it will strengthen the centralization of power, and even make you an emperor for eternity!

If you don't play well, not only will your account be deleted, but your entire country and nation will almost be banned!

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