Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

【Influenced by Zhu Yuanzhang's guiding ideology, the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty later picked up the view of the God of Cars that "although the king conquers with military exploits, he must eventually govern with civil virtues."

Of course, it is undeniable that there is also a considerable influence of the Jingnan Campaign.

These factors combined eventually made the rulers of the Ming Dynasty begin to focus on internal peace, and therefore the Ming people did not have the expansionist ambitions of the Tang people.

Under such circumstances, the Ming Dynasty inevitably neglected military training after the foreign enemies retreated and the world was stable, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers also declined.

And after there was no need to expand the border, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty would naturally not be as "dedicated to military affairs" as the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, and polo would naturally be difficult to become popular, not to mention the birth of such a good story as Xuanzong personally playing polo to win glory for the country.

But its negative impact is actually more than that. It was also during the reign of Emperor Xuande, the protagonist of "Xuanzong's Pleasure Picture", that the horse policy of the Ming Dynasty began to deteriorate.

"Horse Policy in the History of Ming Dynasty" records that "after Xuande, the ancestral system was gradually abolished, and the military was particularly serious, and horse policy was one of them".

Yang Shiqiao, a Jinshi in the Jiajing period, wrote "Horse Policy Records" and said, "Horse policy is the most detailed in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the most corrupt in the Ming Dynasty", which shows that the horse policy in the Jiajing period was in name only.

Basically, it only lasted for more than a hundred years. The "891,280 horses in total" that was only available during the prosperous horse policy in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty basically became history, and the Ming Dynasty fell into a dilemma of having no good horses available.

Therefore, it is no wonder that the emperors of the entire Ming Dynasty did not play polo, and the people did not play polo either. Polo also degenerated from a military training method to a special performance that only appeared during festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival and the Double Ninth Festival. Therefore, in "Xuanzong's Pleasure Picture", polo has a performance attribute greater than a competitive attribute, which is enough to glimpse the decline of the martial virtue of the Ming Dynasty.

Another book that can also give us a glimpse of the horse politics in the Ming Dynasty is "Journey to the West". The author of the novel, Wu Cheng'en, lived during the Jiajing period when the horse politics in the Ming Dynasty was completely corrupted. The official position of Bimawen, to which Monkey King was recruited by the Heavenly Court, was also in charge of horses.

We all know that this official position was of a very low status, which made Monkey King ashamed of it all his life.

But in fact, there were not various mechanical means of transportation in ancient times like in modern times. Horses were the most important strategic materials and means of transportation at that time. The rise and fall of horse politics was related to the strength of the country, and the rank of horse-raising officials could also reflect the degree of corruption of the government's horse politics at that time.

The contempt of Bimawen by the gods in the Heavenly Court in the novel was precisely a reflection of the social reality of the waste of horse politics during the Jiajing period. 】

Zhu Yuanzhang did not play polo, but it did not affect his good riding skills.

How could he not understand that this younger generation was talking about polo by using a picture of Ming Dynasty's pleasure, but in fact, it was just a pretext to talk about horse politics.

Horse racing was flourishing during the Tang Dynasty, so polo emerged. Li Longji, who was praised for bringing glory to the Tang Dynasty through polo, was also one of the emperors who revitalized horse racing during the Tang Dynasty.

But... "We have said it several times, horse politics is the most important thing for the country!"

"How can an official in charge of horse politics be ashamed of his official position?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said this with a heavy tone, and turned around while speaking, with a deep sense of confusion in his words:

"How can our descendants, who can follow the words of the "Ancestor's Instructions", neglect the horse politics that we have repeatedly stated is important?"

The princes of the Ming Dynasty behind were overwhelmed by their father's powerful look, and they all shrank back. Several brothers lowered their heads and exchanged glances. In the end, it was the Prince of Qin Zhu Chong who stood up:

"Dad, we brothers are not the crown princes, so it's useless for our sons and grandsons to say anything about horse politics..."

The words were not finished, but the meaning was very clear - what does the later emperor of our Ming Dynasty have to do with us vassal kings? Dad, don't get angry in the wrong direction, you should be angry at the eldest brother.

Although it was the first time to see the light screen, Zhu Yu had a clear understanding of the relationship in a short period of time, so he could even persuade:

"Dad, don't blame me too much. The affairs of future generations are not what you can control. It's all because future generations are biased towards Dad's words and don't understand their meaning and reason..."

Listening to what the third brother said, Zhu Di, Zhu Zhen and others immediately buried their heads deeper, and Zhu Biao couldn't help but put on a bitter smile on his face.

As expected, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty became even angrier when he heard his son say this, and he almost slammed the table and yelled:

"We made you kings to be the vassal of our Ming Dynasty and to protect the Zhu family's country! Not to raise pigs!"

"When the country is in danger, you should fight to the death. When you see that the Ming Dynasty is biased, you should also write a letter to correct it. How can you sit back and watch the Ming Dynasty sink?"

Being spit on his face for no reason, Zhu Yu felt a little wronged.

After all, intuitively speaking, if he had told his father that he would make his descendants do this before today, he would most likely be spitted on, and he could even guess what he would be scolded for. Most of them would say how could the descendants sitting in the court hold the treasured instructions and do things in a biased way?

But after all, the arm cannot twist the thigh, and Zhu Yu can only swallow the spit on his own face.

Zhu Biao could understand his father's anger a little better. The later generations used a painting to make a point, and his father was also using the topic to vent his anger.

He was still young, so he could despise his own life and death, but it did not mean that he did not understand how much his father valued and cherished him, so he could also understand his father's heart-wrenching feeling every time he saw the word Yongle - his father probably hoped that he was really the Yongle Emperor.

But unfortunately, he was not. In the history books of later generations, he was just a crown prince who died young.

But now that his father's anger has gone, Zhu Biao also tried to persuade him:

"Dad, since those words of comment on the Sui Dynasty made our Ming Dynasty invincible from the outside and content with the inside, and abolished the military, why not..."

The meaning of these words is very clear. My son is here for his "ancestral teachings"!

"Let's think about it again."

Zhu Biao was a little discouraged when he heard this:

"Dad, you said last time that you wanted to discuss it again and think about it again, but three months have passed and we haven't discussed it yet."

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately glanced at his eldest son:

"Why rush? We can live another twenty years, and there is plenty of time to think about slow changes. And why should we rush to make temporary changes if there will be troubles a hundred years from now?"

However, these words were ultimately unreasonable and weak. Tomorrow then quickly changed the topic:

"As for the battle of Jingnan, does Biao'er have any ideas?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately pondered and said nothing. Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang coldly snorted:

"We know that you have always cherished your brother and refused to say it, but I can see clearly now that there are only three parties that will determine the situation a hundred years from now: the words of the ancestors, the discussions of the officials, and the matter of peace."

"Since the country is governed from within, it can be seen that this difficulty originated from within. It cannot be said that the disaster originated from Xiao Qiang!"

Zhu Yuanzhang has been thinking about this matter in his spare time for three months. At this time, he has vaguely deduced a general idea:

"This difficulty must have arisen due to Biao'er's misfortune, so some of my disciples have developed the heart of a beast."

"You want to deceive me into old age and make me the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

All the brothers in the Huagai Hall were shocked.