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

Yan Changqing nodded, turned around and wrote on the blackboard behind him:

"The strongest fist of the emperor brings the emperor the greatest power of the emperor."

"However, as His Royal Highness the Prince said just now, the emperor's energy is limited, and there are so many things in a country that the emperor alone cannot handle them."

"So, fundamentally speaking, although the emperor has the greatest power, the emperor alone is unable to support such power that covers the entire world!"

"The emperor cannot support such a huge power, but the emperor needs to govern the entire world, so what should the emperor do?!!"

"The answer is-distribute the power of the world!!!"

Having said this, Yan Changqing wrote [Emperor], [Prime Minister], [Capital Civil and Military Officials], and [Local Prefecture and County Officials] under the [Power of the Emperor] on the blackboard.

“The emperor distributes the power of the world to the prime minister, the civil and military officials of the capital, and the magistrates of local prefectures and counties, so that the prime minister, the civil and military officials of the capital, and the magistrates of local prefectures and counties work together with the emperor to support the greatest power of the emperor, and thereby govern everything in the world! "

Looking at the context written by Yan Changqing, the confusion in the eyes of the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and others disappeared, and they completely understood what the right to distribute the power of the world meant.

"It can be seen from the 370 rows above that in this game of power, the emperor is at the top of power, and the power of the prime minister, the civil and military officials of the capital, and local prefectural and county magistrates all come from the distribution of the emperor."

"Then, is it possible that the power of the prime minister, the civil and military officials of the capital, and the local magistrates of prefectures and counties waits for, or even in turn bullies, the power of the emperor?!!"

Yan Changqing once again wrote [Prime Minister], [Capital Civil and Military Officials], and [Local Prefecture and County Officials] at the same height on the left and right sides of [Emperor] below [The Power of the Emperor] to express their power and [ The emperor] has the same power.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the dark room on the other side, suddenly narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

This question reminded him of his second biggest worry recently besides "Dragon Slaying Technique" - Prime Minister Hu Weiyong!!!

Or to be more precise, it is the power of the prime minister represented by Hu Weiyong!!!

Since Hu Weiyong became Prime Minister Zuo and became the head of the hundred officials, he has become more arrogant, domineering, arbitrary and authoritative. Many major cases such as life, death and deposition are often handled without first asking Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions.

He first took over the memorials from various internal and external departments to read, and withheld any that framed him and refused to submit them.

People who are keen on fame in various fields, as well as heroes and warriors who have lost their positions, in order to obtain an official position, or to avoid guilt, rush to their doorsteps, bribes, gifts of gold, silk, famous horses, and good games. Things are incalculable.

Hu Weiyong, who accepted bribes, often complied with the other party's wishes and gave the other party corresponding rewards!!!

As time went by, the civil and military officials respected and feared the Prime Minister Hu Weiyong more than the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang!!!

What kind of behavior is this?!!

This is usurping his power of punishment and reward as the emperor!!!

When a prime minister has the power of punishment and reward of the emperor, is he still just a prime minister?!!

In other words, is Zhu Yuanzhang still the emperor?!!

If it were the useless emperors of the Song Dynasty, facing such a capable prime minister under them.

Even if the prime minister is arrogant and domineering, even authoritarian, it doesn't matter to them. Instead, they will feel that they know people well and employ them well [I found ten prime ministers who can do their jobs to make themselves more leisurely and relaxed.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was not the useless emperor of the Song Dynasty who had no pursuits. Like any founding emperor, he had a strong desire to control power!

For him, he will never allow anyone to have more power than him!!!

So he has been waiting for an opportunity, and has been deliberately indulging Hu Weiyong's various arrogant and domineering behaviors!

Just to prepare for a heinous crime that could completely destroy Hu Weiyong and the position of Prime Minister!!!

It's just that no one else knows about these things except him and the Jin Yiwei who are responsible for helping him collect evidence.

In the classroom, King Qin Zhu Xi heard Yan Changqing’s question and immediately replied:

"The prime minister, the civil and military officials of the capital, and the local magistrates all come from the emperor. Their power comes from the emperor. How can they be equal to the emperor's power?!!"

"Not to mention overriding the power of the emperor!!!"

Yan Changqing smiled and did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked at the other princes and said:

"Where are the other highnesses?!! Do they all think so too?!!"

After Prince Zhu Biao pondered for a moment, he nodded slowly and said:

"The power of the prime minister may still be equal to the power of the emperor."

The main reason why he had such an idea was that during the year when he served as an assistant and supervise the government, he more or less felt the disrespect of Hu Weiyong, the prime minister, to him, the prince, and even to the emperor!

Sometimes, when he referred to the reviewed and processed memorials and sent them to Hu Weiyong, Hu Weiyong immediately said no!

After denying his opinion for reference and review, he did not take it seriously at all. Without even a single explanation, he directly regarded his opinion as the final result and then sent it to the Sixth Department for execution!!!

Although it may be related to the fact that he is just a prince who supervises the country and assists the government, rather than the real emperor.

But this kind of behavior really made Prince Zhu Biao feel that the power of the prime minister was equal to, or even greater than, his power as the prince who supervises the country and assists in government!!!

"The power of the prime minister may indeed be equal to the power of the emperor."

"For example, Cao Cao and Cao Mengde in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he used the emperor to control the princes!!!"

"This is not only equal to the emperor's power, but also suppresses the emperor's power!!!"

"But the power of civil and military officials and local, state, and county magistrates should not be equivalent to the power of the emperor, right?!!"

Zhu Di saw that his eldest brother and second brother had expressed their opinions, and then he also expressed his own opinions.

Speaking of which, he was able to know about the incident of Prime Minister Cao coercing the emperor to order the princes, and he had to thank Dao Xing for telling him stories about how the princes and kings seized the throne of the emperor and dominated the emperor from time to time.

After hearing that Zhu Di cited the thousand-year-old example of Cao Cao and Cao Mengde holding the emperor hostage to order the princes, all the princes immediately lost their doubts.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, Prime Minister Cao, was quite famous. Well, he mainly appeared as a lecturer in the royal palace, a doctor in the Imperial College, and as a negative example in the mouths of other Confucian great scholars.

Of course, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes are not interested in whether Cao Cao and Prime Minister Cao are negative examples. What they are interested in is Cao Cao's "hijacking the emperor to order the princes" and Prime Minister Cao's liking for wives. .

They have a strong desire for knowledge about these two aspects of things!

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