Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 236
The Ming Dynasty actually had three large-scale restrictions on the clan. The first time was Jianwen and cutting down the vassals. The result was naturally taught by his fourth uncle to be a man.

The second time was Emperor Taizong. Although his old man was the successor of the vassal king, after he came to power, he was not at all polite to the clan who was also the vassal king.

During his reign, the old man not only completely separated the royal officials from the local officials, prohibited local officials from concurrently serving as royal officials, but also prohibited the two parties from making friends and communicating in private.

Through the monitoring of the royal officials, the vassals are completely prohibited from interfering in a series of common affairs such as local government affairs, military affairs, and taxation. They are even prohibited from going out to hunt in the city.

In addition, Emperor Taizong relied on his strong personal charm to make the vassal princes from all over the country "write their own books" one after another, and handed over the military power of the palace's personal guard commander.

Since then, the strength of each palace has changed from a 3000-person guard commander to a palace guard of less than 500 people.

Against this background, the Yongle Dynasty still implemented the system of annual pilgrimage established by the Taizu.

However, because the territory under Emperor Taizong's rule was extremely safe.

Therefore, the vassal kings who entered the pilgrimage voluntarily reduced the number of accompanying guards.

During the Yongle period, when the prince entered the pilgrimage, he brought a guard of 200 people. When it came to Renxuan, there were even fewer.

As for this meeting.

Most of the princes, with their official guards, are controlled at around 50 people.

The remaining servants and nurses will add up to no more than one hundred. Counting the maids and maids, there will be a team of about 200 people.

If this number is exceeded, the extra people must be maids or servants.

As for the king of the county, he only brought twenty or thirty guards, and the entire team would not exceed 100 people.

As for the clans such as Fuguo General, who went further down, they didn't even bring their own guards with them, so they rushed into the capital with their entourage.

As a result, whenever they went to a place, the first thing they did was to go to the local magistrate and ask for guards to be sent for protection.

Like King Min, with a team of 300 people, and 200 of them are official guards, it is not uncommon, but he is the only old man!
Looking at the team approaching far away, Shu Liang narrowed his eyes after being shocked, and said softly to Hu Yan beside him.

"Uncle Da Zong, the grandeur of Prince Min's arrival in Beijing is really grand enough, I am worthy of your old man coming to greet you in person."

Hu Yi glanced at him, but there was no reaction on his face, he just replied softly, and said.

"A guard of 200 people, this is an old rule in the Yongle period. Prince Min has always been like this. Emperor Taizong didn't twist it back then."

Shu Liang nodded and stopped talking. A smile instantly appeared on his expressionless face.

He is here today to greet him, so he has to wait on him.

Not long after, a huge guard of honor came to the gate of the city, and the guards on horseback dismounted one after another, forming a semicircle, guarding the luxurious carriage that was originally in the middle of the team, and came to the gate of the city.

The carriage stopped leisurely at the gate of the city, and the two young maids walked to the carriage respectfully, one at a time, and raised the brocade curtain of the carriage with their hands.

In the large carriage, there are soft couches, tables, fruit plates, small stoves and other daily necessities.

In the middle sat two people.

Sitting facing the door of the carriage was a white-haired old man, wearing a large red robe with auspicious clouds and dark patterns, eyes slightly closed, sitting upright in the frame of the carriage.

Beside the old man was a young man wearing narrow sleeves and over-the-shoulder python pattern. He looked around twenty, gentle and elegant, serving beside the old man.

When the curtain was lifted, wisps of cold wind suddenly entered into the warm carriage. The old man frowned and coughed violently.

The young man on the side opened his mouth, as if he wanted the maid to put down the curtain, but seeing that the old man had opened his eyes, he immediately continued to kneel and sit on the spot without saying a word, but his eyes couldn't help flashing A trace of worry.

Hu Wei had seen this Min King before.

After only looking at it for a while, he gave a long bow and said respectfully.

"Hu Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Shan, Minister of Honglu Temple, have met Prince Min."

Yang Shan also bowed deeply like Hu Wei, as for the green-robed officials behind them, they bowed long and said in unison.

"Your Majesty is waiting to welcome Prince Min."

Among the crowd, only Shu Liang bowed his body halfway and said.

"I've met Prince Min, and Shu Liang, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, is here to greet you by the order of the emperor, and pay his respects to the prince."

The old man in the carriage coughed again, and the young man wanted to go up to help him, but he glanced at the prostrate officials below, and held back again, not getting up.

King Min glanced at the young man, a trace of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, and he restrained himself immediately.

Scanning dignifiedly at the officials below, King Min paused on Shu Liang's body for a moment, and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. This king will enter the palace to see you later."

Shu Liang said with a smile on his face.

"Lord Min, don't worry, the minister will definitely bring the words to you."

However, King Min ignored Shu Liang, as if he didn't pay attention to this person at all.

Shu Liang was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood what the emperor meant when he said that the prince might not have a good attitude towards the eunuch.

In the eyes of this prince, it seems that he is just a tool to spread the word.

The reason why he spoke to himself as a tool man was because he passed on His Majesty's words, other than that, he was not interested in saying a word to himself.

However, thinking of the emperor's order, Shu Liang didn't dare to get angry, took two steps back, and stood aside respectfully, as if he was not the powerful admiral of Dongchang, but an ordinary domestic slave.

After the old prince finished speaking, he glanced around again, then fixed his eyes on the leader Hu Wei, his expression sank, and said.

"The Minister of Rites, Hu Wei?"

Hu Wei didn't get up, but continued to maintain the posture of saluting, said.

"The subordinate is here."

The Ming Dynasty treated the prince very well. All the ministers, no matter how high their official positions were, in front of the prince, the ministers of the court were called subordinate officials, and the officials of the palace were called ministers.

However, there is a small difference, which has only just been formed in recent years. The first is that the title "His Royal Highness" is only used for princes or princes who have not yet been knighted. Prince.

But no matter what, in front of the prince, all ministers must bow their heads and listen respectfully.

Therefore, facing this Prince Min, even with his identity as Hu Wei, he was very respectful.

Now, all the officials waiting at the gate of the city bowed and bowed.

But the old man in the carriage didn't have the slightest thought of making them get up, snorted coldly, and the old prince reprimanded in a deep voice.

"Since you are the Minister of Rites, you should know the rules of etiquette."

"Taizu Dinghuang Ming Zu said that all dynasties are not allowed to come at the same time, from the descendant to the concubine, from the elder to the young, when one king comes to the court, after returning to the country without any worries, other kings can come to the court."

"The emperor ordered the royal families to enter Beijing for a while, which is an act against the system. Since you are the emperor's uncle, you are in charge of rituals and worship, why don't you advise?"

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