Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 869 Li Yan Has Seven Primary Growths ([-]) (Subscribe!)
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"I dare to ask His Highness the Crown Prince again, has His Highness thought of the harm that the distribution order will do to His Highness?"

When Yu Yunwen said this, he was also worried - you must know that Li Yan is the first emperor in the ages, the emperor with the highest achievements throughout the ages, and he is obviously questioning Li Yan's decision-making!

The point is, Li Yan is really kind to Li Cun - Li Yan has nearly a thousand sons, but he single-handedly pushed Li Cun to the top position. In order to pass the throne to Li Cun smoothly, Li Yan really spared no effort. Li Cun cleared all obstacles before he ascended the throne.

Therefore, as long as Li Cun has a little bit of conscience, he can't let others slander Li Yan.

But from Yu Yunwen's point of view, this must be said.

Counting from the Qin Dynasty down, there are countless rebels in the past dynasties, but there are not many who participated in or led the rebellion as princes. After all, rebellion is a high-risk industry. As a prince with a high status, there is no need to take risks Another reason is that since the enfeoffment system was completely abolished in the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was difficult for the prince to gain real power, and his identity was too sensitive to gain the strength to rebel.

In other words, from the Qin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, especially the Song Dynasty, the power of the princes was very limited. Many dynasties even preferred to raise the princes as pigs, and did not let them touch the power.

Although this is a bit unfair to these princes, it has to be said that the effect is actually quite good.

Conversely, some dynasties, like the Tang Dynasty, had relatively less restrictions on princes. As a result, not including Li Shimin's Xuanwumen coup, there were Shenlong coup, Jinglong coup, and Mawei coup.

Of course, the reason why so many princes rebelled in the Tang Dynasty was also related to Li Shimin. The fourth younger brother Qi Wang Li Yuanji became more and more jealous, and the ministers of the two factions fought against each other. Finally, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident and shot and killed the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji near the Xuanwu Gate of the imperial capital Chang'an City. Afterwards, Li Shimin He also killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and removed them from the clan. Li Yuan was forced to give up the military and political power to Li Shimin. Three days later, Li Shimin was established as the crown prince. If you work hard, you can have the opportunity to own the world like Li Shimin, and you will not hesitate to take a chance.

When it came to the Dazhong Dynasty, Li Yan not only followed the old path of the Tang Dynasty, but was even more cautious—Li Yan actually threw more than 200 princes into every corner of Dazhong. Thousands or more princes were thrown into every corner of Dazhong, and then slowly promoted!
just in case!

How many out of thousands of princes, no, even if there is only one excellent prince, then Li Cunzhi's position may be unstable.

Yes.

Li Cun is extremely good and is not afraid of such things.

Yu Yunwen, who may have extraordinary power, can see things that others cannot see, that is, two hidden dangers in Li Cun.

The first one is Li Cun's physical problem. This problem can easily arouse the ambitions of the kings to fight for the throne. Imagine that one day, Li Cun accidentally fell ill. At that time, someone will take Li Cun You must know that the emperor of a country must not be a sick child, because this is too unstable, so, at that time, the ambitious prince may jump up and compete for Li Cun's crown prince.

In addition to this hidden danger, there is actually a huge hidden danger in Li Cun's body, that is, Li Cun has no children-Li Cun is really not good at women, and his health is not so good, so that Li Cun has only one child so far. daughter.

Being childless is a fatal injury to the crown prince, especially when Li Yan has many descendants—to take a step back, even if Li Cun becomes the emperor now, who will be the prince?Will Li Cun adopt one of his brothers, or will he establish a younger brother in the future?
Of course, Li Cun is still young after all, only 26 years old, and he still has a chance to have a son.

But this kind of thing has always been, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

Therefore, Li Cun's emperor's road is full of hidden dangers, so Yu Yunwen is very worried!
Moreover, Yu Yunwen is not only worried about Li Cun, he is even more worried about Dazhong, an unprecedentedly powerful empire—Yu Yunwen is very afraid that because Li Yan will send all the princes down, this great empire that was built with great difficulty will be destroyed. Create turmoil!

in fact--

Yu Yunwen's worry was not unreasonable.

Take the early Ming Dynasty as an example.

Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the enfeoffment system, sending many princes to the frontier and allowing them to have an army of a certain size.

Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention of this move was to guard the country's safety and avoid peasant uprisings.

However, the development of the matter was beyond Zhu Yuanzhang's expectation-the matter finally developed to the worst side.

The sudden death of the prince Zhu Biao aroused the ambitions of the kings to fight for the throne.

But Zhu Yuanzhang still insisted on making Zhu Yunqi, the son of Zhu Biao, the crown prince.

The princes were all resentful about this.

Among them, Zhu Di, king of Yan, had the most scheming mind. He secretly cultivated an army in an attempt to separate one side of the army.

When the time was right, Zhu Di overthrew Emperor Jianwen's regime on the grounds that he was "on the side of the Qing emperor", and successfully staged a tragedy of seizing the throne that caused Xiao Qiang.

If you delve into the reasons for its success, you will find that the "enfeoffment system" has contributed a lot.

For Li Cun, for Dazhong, an unprecedentedly powerful empire, Yu Yunwen stood up and reminded Li Cun without hesitation.

Li Cun stared at Yu Yunwen for a while, then asked without answering, "Are you finished?"

Yu Yunwen was a little puzzled, but still said: "The minister is finished."

Li Cun waved his hand and said: "After talking, let's go down."

Yu Yunwen was startled, and then wanted to say something more.

But Li Cun didn't even look at Yu Yunwen anymore, and then lowered his head and continued to review the memorial.

Seeing this, Yu Yunwen stood there for a while, and then reluctantly left Li Cun's study.

As soon as he came out, Yu Yunwen saw Chen Junqing standing at the door, as if waiting for him.

Yu Yunwen came to Chen Junqing, and asked bluntly: "Brother Yingqi (Chen Junqing's word) is waiting for me?"

Chen Junqing nodded and said, "Brother Binfu (Yu Yunwen's character), you did something wrong today."

Yu Yunwen frowned, and then asked: "I haven't consulted Brother Yingqiu yet, what did I do wrong today?"

Chen Junqing signaled Yu Yunwen and the others to leave first, and said, "Brother Binfu, you have been out of your mind for the past few days. When you heard the distribution order, you came to see His Highness in a hurry, and guessed that you must come to remind His Highness. Hurry up to chase you, but it's a pity that I was a step too late to let you say this."

Yu Yunwen took a deep breath, and then said, "He Wei, a real man, lives and dies."

Chen Junqing said bluntly: "Do you think I came after you because I was worried about your life?"

When Yu Yunwen heard the words, he was startled for a moment, then smiled, and said: "It turns out that I am being sentimental."

Chen Junqing said: "When it comes to national affairs, this little personal friendship between you and me is nothing."

Yu Yunwen smiled sassyly, and said: "That's right, you and I are not people who abolish public affairs for selfishness, so... what is the meaning of Brother Yingqiu's visit here?"

After walking for a while, Chen Junqing said: "I have also thought of the problem you thought of, and I also thought of speaking to His Majesty. For the stability of Dazhong in the future, it should be stipulated that the princes should not leave Beijing without an edict, and let everyone except the prince Prince, live a life of wealth and honor, and a life of stability."

Yu Yunwen seemed to have finally met a confidant, and hurriedly said: "Brother Yingqiu wanted to go with me! It's just... why did Brother Yingqiu say that I did something wrong again?"

Chen Junqing said: "Later, I read through the classics of rebellion by the princes of all dynasties carefully, and I got some insights."

Yu Yunwen didn't say anything, he was waiting for Chen Junqing's follow-up.

Chen Junqing continued: "The scourge of witchcraft, in the later years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Jingsheng, the son of the prime minister Gongsun He, was accused of using witchcraft to curse Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and committed adultery with Princess Yangshi, resulting in the death of Gongsun He and his son in prison. The princess and Princess Yangshi, Wei Qing's eldest son Changping Hou Wei and his wife were implicated and died. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Jiang Chong to investigate the matter. Said, the eunuch Su Wen and other four people framed the prince, Liu Ju rose up out of fear.

Because Liu Shao and his younger brother Liu Jun had done a lot of shady things, in order to prevent leaks, they asked for help from Yan Daoyu, a witch raised by his sister in the palace. Yan Daoyu helped them with witchcraft, and the matter was later known by Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty. They ordered the two to send Yan Daoyu away, but they didn't listen to Emperor Wen of Song. After learning that Yan Daoyu was still active in the East Palace, Emperor Wen of Song decided to abolish the crown prince and give Liu Jun the death. Instigated by Jun, Liu Shao led his troops to break into the palace at night, killed his father and king, and proclaimed himself emperor.

Although Tuoba Shao is a prince, he is vicious, cruel, sinister and rebellious, and does not follow the teachings. Tuoba Shao's mother, Mrs. He, was imprisoned in the palace by Emperor Daowu because of a mistake, and tried to kill her. Mrs. He secretly He sent someone to tell his son the news, and Tuoba Shao called several warriors and eunuchs under his tent to contact him that night to plan to jump over the wall and enter the palace to kill Daowu Emperor Tuobagui.

In the later period of Wu Zetian's administration, due to limited energy and no time to deal with political affairs, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Zongchang, who were deeply favored by him, began to intervene in political affairs. After Wu Yanji secretly discussed that the two were forced to death, the conflict between Wu's Group, Liu's Group and Er Zhang broke out.

Li Chongjun is the eldest son of Tang Zhongzong Li Xian. Although he was established as the prince, his position is extremely unstable. The Wu Clan headed by Chao Zhongwu Sansi is eyeing him, and there are Empress Wei and Princess Anle in the harem. Together with Zuo Jinwu General Li Qianli, Zuo Yulin General Li Duozuo, You Yulin General Li Sichong, Li Chengkuang, Dugu Yizhi, Sha Zha Zhongyi and others, led the left and right Habayashi army-level Qianqi more than [-] people to launch mutiny.

Not much to say about the Mawei mutiny. If it hadn't been for Tang Minghuang's old age and stupidity, so that the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Prince Li Heng would not have been able to stand on his own.

As for the Fujian kings Jipeng, Zhu Liang, and Zhu Yougui in the Five Dynasties period, which one was not a prince rebellion that broke out because the emperor was innocent or the prince was immoral.

As for the Xixia Li Ningling's rebellion, it was caused by Li Yuanhao Wudao. Li Ningling married Wuyi Jieshan's daughter, Wuyi, as the crown princess, but Li Yuanhao took a fancy to his daughter-in-law and took her away directly. As a concubine, named "New Empress", Li Ningling married the Wuzang family again, but was favored by Li Yuanhao again, and wanted to make her a queen, abolishing the original Yeli queen, and later the Wuzang family gave birth to Li Liangzuo, Li Yuanhao also wanted to change Li Liangzuo as the prince and depose Li Ningling, which caused Li Ningling's dissatisfaction with his mother and son, and the conflict between father and son escalated. "

After a pause, Chen Junqing concluded: "After reading these examples, I conclude that the prince's rebellion is mostly caused by the emperor's immorality or the prince's immorality, rather than a premeditated plan. Moreover, no policy is perfect, and there are always some people You are restless, or you are too self-motivated, so this kind of thing can only be determined according to the political situation. In addition, there are some objective realities that we must admit. First of all, there is also a father-son relationship between His Majesty and other princes It is impossible for His Majesty not to consider the future of other princes. Secondly, His Majesty’s princes are not only eight or nine or eight or ninety, but eight or nine hundred. There may be one or two thousand in the future. The key is that these princes There is indeed no shortage of talents, so under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for His Majesty to keep them all in captivity in Beijing."

Yu Yunwen said unwillingly: "Is there any possibility?"

Chen Junqing didn't answer but said: "Yanjing is only so big, how can it accommodate so many princes?"

Yu Yunwen could only slander in his heart: "Your Majesty is too capable of giving birth!"

Chen Junqing said again: "The following words are only from my mouth and entered your ears. They are not humane. If you are humane, I will beat you to death and refuse to admit it."

Yu Yunwen simply swore: "What you and I say today, if I tell a third person, teach me to die on the street, and I will be stigmatized forever."

Chen Junqing said noncommittally: "There are two more objective facts, I think you must know, that is, His Royal Highness is not in good health and His Royal Highness has no heirs."

Yu Yunwen said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because of these two things that I went to remind His Highness."

Chen Junqing said leisurely: "If my guess is correct, go and tell His Highness, His Highness probably didn't answer your words? Do you want to understand the reason?"

Yu Yunwen said truthfully: "Some of them figure it out, but most of them still don't understand."

Chen Junqing glanced at Yu Yunwen, and then said: "Do you think His Highness can beat His Majesty? If His Majesty rebels, is there any possibility of success?"

Without even thinking about it, Yu Yunwen shook his head and said: "Although His Highness is talented and outstanding in all aspects, he can't beat His Majesty no matter what. Your Majesty's achievements and prestige are too high, and there is no big mistake. No one will support His Highness." Rebels, therefore, if His Highness rebels, it will be tantamount to self-destruction."

After hearing this, Chen Junqing said leisurely: "Then why do you still go to tell His Highness about this matter? Even if His Highness knows all this, what can He do?"

Yu Yunwen stood there in a daze for an instant!
He figured it out!
Only under one condition can Li Cun successfully inherit Li Yan's throne, that is, Li Cun completely obeys Li Yan's arrangements, otherwise, no matter how good Li Cun is, it is impossible to inherit Li Yan's throne!
In other words, Li Yan really looked for Li Cun, and really wanted to pass on his throne to Li Cun. Li Cun's problems, whether it was poor health or not having a son, no, it was everything. Another problem, on the contrary, if Li Yan is unwilling to pass on his throne to Li Cun, then no matter what Li Cun does, he will have no chance to become the emperor of Dazhong!
Therefore, Li Cun's smartest thing to do now is to obey Li Yan's arrangements in everything, instead of acting rashly.

Obviously, Li Cun was already aware of this, so he didn't listen to Yu Yunwen's words, and Chen Junqing was also aware of this, so he came to stop Yu Yunwen from continuing to do stupid things.

At this time, Yu Yunwen had a complete realization, "The crown prince is very good, and he is very suitable to inherit the vast empire of Dazhong, but whether the crown prince can inherit the throne of His Majesty is not certain. It depends on His Majesty's final attitude. I will stand in line." early!"

Chen Junqing's voice sounded again: "What you and I should do is how to help His Highness establish virtue, assist His Highness in handling political affairs and run Dazhong well, instead of helping His Highness give ideas... For the sake of you being a talented Dazhong, Let me remind you one last thing, Your Majesty is the first emperor of all ages who conquered the country with nothing, and he never tolerates sand in his eyes, so you should do it yourself."

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PS: This is a two-in-one chapter, so that's it for today.

(End of this chapter)