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

Yan Changqing glanced at Zhu Di approvingly, which immediately made Zhu Di feel a great sense of accomplishment!

Immediately, Yan Changqing looked at the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes and went one step further:

"His Royal Highness King Yan is right!"

"Cao Cao and Cao Mengde in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, his power as prime minister exceeded that of the emperor!"

"In addition to Cao Cao and Prime Minister Cao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there were also Lu Buwei in the early period of the Qin Dynasty's first emperor Yingzheng, and Li Si in the later period of the first emperor's Yingzheng."

"In the future, there will be Li Linfu in the Tang Dynasty, Jia Sidao, Shi Miyuan, Qin Yi and so on in the Southern Song Dynasty."

"When they were prime ministers, the civil and military officials only respected the prime minister and not the emperor!!!"

"Their power as prime minister is equivalent to the power of the emperor to a certain extent, and they even in turn oppress the power of the emperor!!!"

Hearing Yan Changqing's numerous examples of the prime minister's power being equal to the emperor's power, and even in turn oppressing the emperor's power, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan and other princes were shocked and dumbfounded.

They had never thought that there would be so many prime ministers whose power could be equal to the emperor's power, or even the other way around - oppressing the emperor's power!!!

Even King Zhu Di of Yan, who took the initiative to propose the example of Cao Cao and Prime Minister Cao, was the same.

They thought this kind of thing was just an exception!

I never expected that examples of the Prime Minister’s power being equal to the Emperor’s power, or even suppressing the Emperor’s power, have occurred in every dynasty and every generation in the past!

Even in the Song Dynasty, there were many cases where the power of the prime minister exceeded the power of the emperor!

This made them wonder, what do those emperors do for food?!

How can he tolerate that the power of the prime minister is equal to the power of the emperor, and even in turn oppress the power of the emperor!!!

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the dark room on the other side, couldn't help but snort when he heard this. His eyes were even colder, with an expression like "I knew this!"

[Hmph! The position of Prime Minister really shouldn’t exist anymore!]

[Although there have been some virtuous prime ministers in the position of prime minister, most of them have been powerful prime ministers!]

[In the past, in all dynasties, there were prime ministers who equated the power of the prime minister with the power of the emperor, and even in turn oppressed the power of the emperor!]

[If this system of prime minister continues to be maintained, and one of the later generations of Lao Zhu's family produces a relatively weak emperor, then the power of the emperor as the emperor may be exceeded by the power of the other prime minister, or even vice versa. The power to oppress the emperor!】

[At that time, the emperor will not be like the emperor, and the prime minister will not be like the prime minister. How can there be any dignity of the emperor?!!]

[So for the future generations of the old Zhu family, the system of the prime minister must be abolished! For future generations, we must eliminate such a hidden danger to the power of the emperor!!!]

Yan Changqing in the classroom continued:

"Except that the power of the prime minister can be equal to the power of the emperor, and even the power to oppress the emperor."

"The power of the civil and military officials in the capital and the power of local prefectural and county officials, to a certain extent, can also be equated with the power of the emperor, and even the power of oppressing the emperor!!!"

"For example, the Jiedushi system during the Tang Dynasty was essentially a manifestation that the power of local prefecture and county officials was equal to the power of the emperor, and even in turn oppressed the emperor's power!"

"In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, local military governors each had their own small courts, troops, and finances. They turned a blind eye or listened to the orders from the emperor and the emperor, and even directly opposed the orders of the emperor and the emperor!!!"

"So, when it came to the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin absorbed the experience and lessons of the Tang Dynasty, as well as his personal experience of the Chenqiao mutiny and the yellow robe?"

"So they adopted the political idea of ​​emphasizing culture and suppressing military force, and strictly limited the power of local state, county, magistrates and generals."

"In case they once again become equivalent to the power of the emperor like the local Jiedushi, or even be promoted to bully the power of the emperor!"

"But as I said before, the emperor alone cannot support such a huge power of emperor.

"Even if the restrictions reduce the power of local state, county and military officials, the emperor still cannot take this power into his hands."

"After all, if the emperor can control this power, then the emperor will not need to distribute this part of the world's power from the beginning."

"When the power controlled by the Emperor remains unchanged, and the power of another place is reduced, it means that the power of another place must be strengthened!"

"The group whose power has been strengthened is the civil and military ministers of the capital, or to be more precise, the promoted officials represented by the civil servant group!!!"

"And when the power of local state, county and military officials was taken back, the power of the civil and military ministers in the capital was added instead."

…………Please give me flowers…………

"Then at that moment, the power of the civil and military ministers of the capital was actually equivalent to the power of the emperor."

“The phrase ‘the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together’ said by Wen Yanbo, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, is enough to show that the power of the civil and military ministers in the capital is equal to the power of the emperor!

"So, the question is, the power of the prime minister, the power of the civil and military officials in the capital, and the power of local prefectures and county officials all come from the power of the emperor, and they are all powers distributed to them by the emperor.

"But why can they be equal to the emperor's power within a certain stage, or even oppress the emperor's power in turn?!!"

Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes were all stunned when they heard this.

Then I followed Yan Changqing’s question and got into deep thinking.

【yes!】

[Obviously, the power of the prime minister, the power of the civil and military officials in the capital, and the power of local magistrates, prefectures, and counties all come from the power of the emperor, and are all powers distributed to them by heaven. 】

[But why are these prime ministers, civil and military officials in the capital, and local and county magistrates able to use the power distributed to them by the emperor to suppress the emperor?!!]

[Isn’t this just as funny as the prime minister, the civil and military officials of the capital, and the local and county magistrates controlling the emperor’s left hand and hitting the emperor’s right hand?!!]

[Left hand, right hand?!!]

A flash of light flashed across the sky, and Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes were vaguely aware of it. They felt as if they had found the root cause, but they couldn't catch the flash of light!

It feels as if I have already reviewed the relevant test content before taking the exam.

But when I saw the questions on the test paper during the exam, I couldn't connect the questions asked in the test paper with the answers I knew.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was listening in the dark room on the other side, couldn't help but think after hearing this. Before, he only saw the power of the prime minister threatening the power of the emperor, which led to the possibility of the emperor's power being sidelined.

But why the power of the prime minister could threaten the power of the emperor was a question he had not thought about.

In other words, he has never thought about it as deeply as he does now.

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