Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Tomorrow is sighing.

The mentaiko was in a daze.

The kings of the Ming Dynasty have already started to make noises.

"Father defeated Hu Yuan, then can we also go on a Western expedition and achieve immortal feats?"

"Fourth brother wants to conquer the West again... But this voice also said that it is too much to control the West with Hu Yuan's tyranny, and the distance is far away. What should we do if there is a change?"

"Fifth Brother, I also want to join the Fourth Brother in the Western Expedition..."

Zhu Bai, who had just turned ten, watched his brothers argue with great interest. For him, he could still understand the words, but it was a bit difficult to understand the meaning.

So when he saw the fourth brother and the sixth brother talking about Chen's desire to lead the Western Expedition, and the fifth brother who had different opinions arguing with the two brothers, Zhu Bai simply stood beside Zhu Ju:

"Don't bully Fifth Brother!"

Zhu Di immediately started to knead his brother's face hard:

"Xiao Bai forgot that it was your fourth brother who was holding you just now."

After rubbing it, he explained:

"And who is bullying whom? There is no right or wrong outcome. In the end, it doesn't all depend on dad's decision."

Zhu Ru nodded in agreement and patted his little brother's head.

Empress Ma was immediately relieved when she saw this. As long as the brothers were harmonious, it would be difficult for the uncle and nephew to become strangers and even force them to live or die.

But... Empress Ma also felt a little confused. Biao'er was the most lenient person, so how could he teach Xiongying to have such a cruel heart that drove his uncle to death?

"Hero?"

Since she couldn't figure it out, Queen Ma simply waved to her grandson and called her to her side.

The emperor and the prince were looking at the light curtain and communicating in low voices. She might as well take this good grandson with her, making sure that he knew benevolence and love, and established himself as a wise king.

Zhu Biao kept in mind the evaluation of the window period mentioned by later generations, and in response to his father's comment that it was not easy for his descendants to understand him, he almost blurted out:

"My son will do his best to share this trouble with his father!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, then said with a straight face:

"Hongwu has the merits of Hongwu, and Yongle has the merits of Yongle."

"How can a father not ask for full credit and let his son do the work for him?"

"The affairs between the north and the south are my father's responsibility. Biao'er just needs to understand the maritime disasters well."

…

Putting down the completely different picture of iron heavy armor in his hand, Kong Ming was somewhat relieved by this statement:

"What a window period..."

"Kong Ming, what does this window period mean?"

Liu Bei felt that these few words were somewhat brief, so he simply asked his military advisor in detail.

When he looked up, Kong Ming saw that not only Xuande Gong, but also Cao Cao, Xun Yu and others were looking at him with puzzled expressions.

So Kong Ming simply stood up and hung up the map from the Japanese Kingdom in the east to the end of the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and then pointed with his feather fan:

"Previous and later generations have evaluated the fruits of science and technology, and papermaking, printing and gunpowder were both on the list."

"Liang believes that the functions of papermaking and printing are now quite clear to Xuande Gongding."

Liu Bei nodded at this, and even turned to explain to Cao Cao:

"Zuo Bo's paper was also used by Meng Deding. Although its quality is good and its price is comparable to gold, it is useless."

"Then there were several ways to make paper. The bamboo, papyrus, rice straw, and other paper made became cheaper and easier to use."

"Meng Deshi didn't know that there are now hundreds of small schools in Hanzhong and Guanzhong in Jingyi, and each school has thousands of words in it."

"The paper it uses only takes a hundred craftsmen three months, and the printing of the text only takes three to five stone engravers and less than ten days. What a benefit!"

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei and was speechless. His eyes were full of one meaning:

Xuande, you don’t need to say any more.

Of course he knew about Zuo Bozhi, and he even hid a lot of it and was reluctant to use it, but he never thought about how much it could extend.

Kong Ming nodded and continued:

"Another sharp weapon is gunpowder. After it is used in battle, there will be no unbreakable city in the world, just like this heavy armor of infantry..."

As he spoke, Kong Ming brought up the drawing he had just drawn. The details were clear, and there were even close-ups of joints such as knees and elbows. Kong Ming's various conjectures were scrawled on them. After all, he didn't know what was going on inside the armor from what he just saw. But even if This was shocking enough, and Cao Cao sighed even more.

"Such a good armor can only be obtained for one hundred thousand dollars, and one hundred thousand dollars is used to make gunpowder..."

Kong Ming shook his head, Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao, and before he could speak, Cao Cao said simply:

"I know its power and benefit very well."

Kong Ming smiled and nodded at Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao feel better, and then continued:

"Westerners obtained paper and printing technology, which led to the development of civil society, and obtained the use of gunpowder, which revolutionized military governance."

"Old laws are difficult to follow and new laws have not yet been established. This will lead to changes in the continent and usher in the spring and autumn and warring states of the world."

“Rather than talking about a window period, it’s better to say that the world war begins here.”

"Countries and tribes frequently fight against each other. If you adapt to the situation and seek knowledge, you will be strong and survive. If you stay in isolation and stay safe, you will be weak and fall apart."

The eight-foot-tall Kong Ming stood there with a calm expression.

But when his words fell on everyone's mind, they seemed to set off huge waves.

[To this day, the war that broke out again among the Slavs is called a showdown between autocracy and democracy.

There is no doubt that democracy is the universal value pursuit of modern political civilization.

But when it comes to democracy, there will always be people who say that Genghis Khan, who founded the Mongol Empire, wanted to be more democratic. Whether this is true or not, we can follow this and talk about the demise of the Mongol Empire.

Generally speaking, Temujin's democracy is believed to be due to the Khuritai system he founded.

This system simply means that no one can have the final say on any major matter, and the leaders of each family must discuss it.

It can basically be summarized as the "Mongolian Noble Representative Assembly". Temujin's original intention was to take into account the interests of all parties as much as possible and avoid internal friction caused by armed conflicts within Mongolia.

In the era at that time, it can indeed be called aristocratic democracy, but it is difficult for the illiterate Temujin to consider what is needed to defend such democracy? Looking at the rise and fall of the Mongolian Empire, there is basically an answer.

Before Temujin died, he passed the Khanship to his third son Ogedei, and according to the Mongolian custom of "the youngest son guarding the stove", he left most of the army to his youngest son Tolui to supervise the country.

The majority here refers to leaving 100,000 troops for Tolui, and the remaining three brothers each have 4,000.

Then let's put it into the situation. If you were Tolui, what would you think?

Facing a vast empire and the reality of 100,000 to 4,000, I'm afraid anyone would think that the third brother is in a good position, and I want to sit there too.

In fact, Tolui, who had the power of regent, did not even need to use force. He only needed to suppress the kurultai assembly and Ogedei's Khanship would be difficult to land.

After all, Temujin stipulated that the new Khan needed to be voted through by the kurultai assembly before Ogedei's Khanship could be legitimate.

As for forcing Tolui to hold the kurultai assembly, that was even more nonsense.

That was a 100,000-man army. Who forced whom? 】