Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 180
After confirming what the emperor wanted to know, Li Xian's thoughts became much smoother.

After sorting out his language, he opened his mouth.

"Your Majesty, among the nobles and relatives in the capital today, it seems that the relationship is huge and chaotic, but in fact, when traced back to the source, it should be attributed to the three veins."

Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised.

He really didn't expect that Li Xian could really sort out the intertwined relationship between his relatives in a short time.

Suddenly, he became interested, so he continued to ask.

"Which three veins?"

Li Xian pondered for a moment, seemed a little unsure, and then said.

"I just made a rough summary. If there are any inappropriate words, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Now Zhu Qiyu became more curious and waved his hands.

"Just say it, it's okay!"

So Li Xian cupped his hands and said.

"Your Majesty, you should know that many of the honored relatives granted by the Taizu have stayed in Nanzhili, not the capital. Therefore, there are more than forty families of honored relatives in Beijing, most of which were granted by Jingnan, and a small number were granted by Renzong, Xuanzong and the Supreme Emperor. seal up."

Zhu Qiyu nodded, it's not a secret.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were two great meritorious officials, one was Taizu and the other was Taizong.

But these two groups of relatives did not merge together in the end, but separated from each other.

Because of Taizong's relocation of the capital, the relatives of Taizu's era, except for a few, were completely excluded from the political center.

Excluding these relatives of the Taizu, plus Yang Hong, Guo Deng, Fan Guang, and Tao Jin who were just rewarded, there are 47 relatives in the capital now.

Among them, including Li Xian who was just promoted, there are a total of four dukes, eighteen marquises, and twenty-five earls.

Among the 47 relatives, there are a full 33 of them, all of which were granted by Taizong.

Among the remaining fourteen families, three were sealed by Renzong and Xuanzong, seven were sealed by the Supreme Emperor, and the last four were just awarded.

Zhu Qiyu remembered these data better than Li Xian.

But just knowing this is useless. In so many families, the in-laws have been friends for several generations, and it is even more difficult to sort out the connections among them.

So Li Xian continued.

"In the imperial court, the lineage of honored relatives is mostly divided according to the time of knighthood, and is divided into Taizong's relatives and new Jin's relatives, but it is not the case."

This……

Zhu Qiyu frowned, he really didn't expect that when Li Xian opened his mouth, he overturned the default cognition of the court.

Seeing the emperor's puzzled expression, Li Xian continued to explain.

"Your Majesty, please think about it carefully. Among the civil servants, if they want to take the scientific examination step by step to become an official, they must also worship the so-called house teacher and seat teacher in turn, so as to be able to advance in the official career. Why is this not the case?"

"Since Emperor Taizong, the lineage of the nobles of the capital has been established. Although the new recruits are knighted for military exploits, they are all from low-ranking relatives."

"These people went to war in various places, and they obeyed the orders of the commander-in-chief. Only then did they gain military merits and be promoted. After being knighted, they often married their old relatives."

"Therefore, since Emperor Taizong, no matter when the honored relatives were conferred, they are all in the same line as Taizong's honored relatives, rather than forming their own line."

Zhu Qiyu understood what Li Xian meant.

Just like civil servants taking the imperial examination, any new scholar will not be without background involvement when he enters his official career.

From childhood, they will have fellowship, classmates, same subjects, and so on.

The same is true for Xun Qi.

No one can hit the big luck and become a knight alone.

But all knighted relatives must have been knighted step by step, relying on countless military exploits.

But how did they get these military exploits?

Naturally, it is impossible to lead the army and win meritorious service from the very beginning, but to start with low-level military positions such as commanders, generals, etc., and accumulate combat achievements step by step.

Then in the process, they will slowly and unnaturally integrate into the group of senior servants.

This is actually very easy to understand. From the beginning of the war, they have been under the command of the coach, and the one who can be the coach is himself a relative of Emperor Taizong.

They follow the coach to get credit, and they will naturally be included in the coach's network.

After they were knighted, they further strengthened this relationship through their in-law relationship. Naturally, they also integrated into the original and old power of relatives.

After thinking about this, Zhu Qiyu suddenly felt a little enlightened.

In his previous life, because of the civil war, he actually had a strong sense of distrust towards the remaining relatives in the capital.

Therefore, he never went to understand the situation of the relatives in such detail, but chose to trust civil servants on the one hand, and support the new relatives on the other hand.

But he didn't think about it, although the relatives he supported were bestowed by the last step of his grace.

But before that, they had already had various connections with their old relatives during their long time in the army.

Moreover, under the circumstance that the nobles in the capital have already controlled the power of the generals, these newly promoted relatives will inevitably have to integrate into the old system in order to gain a firm foothold.

After all, they are single and weak, facing the alliance of more than 30 relatives of Emperor Taizong, they have no other choice but to compromise.

So Zhu Qiyu asked.

"So what you mean is that in order to clarify the lineage of power of the honored relatives, we need to start from the very beginning, the division of power when Emperor Taizong conferred the title?"

Since the honorary relatives who were sealed later, it is inevitable to integrate into the old network of relationships.

So if you want to sort out the context, you can only trace the source.

Although the first batch of relatives in the Ming Dynasty were conferred by Taizu, because of the relocation of the capital, the source of the relatives who are now in power is undoubtedly the more than 30 conferred by Taizong.

Li Xian nodded and said.

"Your Majesty is wise. The court regards Taizong's relatives as one lineage, but in fact, these honorable relatives are divided into three lines."

"The old minister is not talented, so he divided these three lines into the Yanwangfu line, the Jingnan line, and the Beizheng line."

Zhu Qiyu carefully chewed these three words, but his curiosity became more and more intense. He did not expect that Taizong's relatives, who are usually regarded as one by the court, have such a detailed division.

But he didn't speak, but waited for Li Xian to continue to explain.

"The so-called lineage of King Yan's Mansion refers to the former officials of King Yan's Mansion when Emperor Taizong hid in his residence.

"Jing Nan's lineage refers to the generals who belonged to various places after Emperor Taizong raised his troops. Although they were also awarded the title because of Jing Nan's merits, they are not in the same line as the former officials of the Yan Palace."

"And the last line is the relatives who did not participate in Jingnan, or did not make great achievements in Jingnan, but followed Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition and won honors."

"These three-lineage relatives are basically the original layout of the current Jingzhong relatives."

At this point, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help asking.

"Li Qing, according to what you said, aren't these three veins also divided according to the order of titles?"

Li Xian naturally knew the doubts in the emperor's heart, so he said.

"What Your Majesty said is true, but the reason why these three lineages are divided is because they are different from the newly promoted relatives."

"These three bloodlines have different origins, but they are contemporaries. In terms of the time of ennobling, it is natural that the Yanwangfu lineage is earlier than the Jingnan lineage, and the Jingnan lineage is earlier than the Beizheng lineage."

"However, in terms of age, Beizheng's relatives are not necessarily younger than those of Prince Yan's family, and may even be older."

"Thus, each of the three bloodlines has its own background and relationship, and they are not convinced by each other. They fought with each other for many years in the Taizong era, and finally established the current structure of honor and relatives."

"As for the subsequent relatives, they all join after the pattern has been formed, so naturally they can only be integrated into one of them."

I see……

Zhu Qiyu asked curiously.

"Then Li Qing, which branch do you belong to?"

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