Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 687
Republic 470 Sixth Year Summer

This year, Yan Guo sent a reconnaissance ship to the east of Binghuodi to conduct reconnaissance, especially to collect information on the Goguryeo people, so as to prepare for the future war against Goguryeo.

This year, the internal struggles within the Tang Empire were fierce, the contradiction between Guanzhong and Guandong, the contradiction between the powerful and the poor, the contradiction between the imperial power and the ministerial power, the contradiction between the central government and the local government, the contradiction between Li Tang's clan and the Queen of Heaven, and so on.

In order to consolidate power, Tianhou followed the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his later years and carried out the "Great Cleansing" in the Central Plains.

Anyone who opposed the queen was persecuted to death by Lai Junchen and other cruel officials.

Many famous generals of the Tang Dynasty were purged.

Lai Junchen, Zhou Xing, McCarthy, and other cruel officials invented all kinds of torture and pocket crimes, and wantonly eradicated dissidents in the court.

Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely not loyal!
Considering that the Guanlong nobles were unwilling to support her usurping the throne, the Queen of Heaven decided to relax the restrictions of the imperial examination system, recruit talents from poor families, and use poor families to check and balance the noble families.

Although the queen's real purpose of lowering the restrictions on the imperial examination system was to consolidate her own power, it objectively promoted class circulation in the Tang Empire and gave poor families more opportunities to enter the court.

This is the interesting thing about history. Many things are often like this, just like the fierce competition pressure during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which forced various vassal states to promote scholars and let them enter the center of power. This kind of thing would not have happened during the heyday of the Western Zhou Dynasty. times, unimaginable.

Is it because the nobles of Yan State are willing to give up poll tax and corvee?Or was it because of the strong external threat from the Central Plains that the noble council had to give up the poll tax and corvee in order to appease the hearts of the people in the country and avoid the country's subjugation due to internal and external troubles?

Hundreds of years ago, if it wasn't for Wang Ting's rebellion, the nobles of Yan Kingdom, in order to win over wealthy merchants in the guilds to help them suppress the rebellion, how could they allow some of the power to be shared with those guilds?

Appropriate internal rebellion can put pressure on the rulers, so that they dare not oppress the bottom too hard, and appropriate external threats can give the rulers a sense of crisis, so that they dare not relax too much.

If the people were honest and did not rebel, then the poll tax and corvee in Yan would have to continue for hundreds of years.

It was precisely because of the large-scale grassroots rebellion that the noble council of Yan State was forced to give up the poll tax and corvee.

Without the powerful external threat of the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that the nobles of the Yan Kingdom would have been just like the aristocratic families in the Western Jin Dynasty, and they would only enjoy luxury all day long.

It is precisely because of the powerful threat of the Tang Empire that the nobles of the Republic have to maintain an adventurous spirit and dare not indulge too much.

What Mencius said, invincible to foreign patients, the country perishes, is actually the truth.

Before Wu State perished, Sima Yan was still a standard Mingjun. Time to enjoy the rest of your life.

Not only Sima Yan is like this, but Li Longji in real history is also like this.

When he first came to the throne, when the empire was in trouble internally and externally, he could still work hard to manage it. After all the enemies were defeated, it was time to enjoy the rest of his life.

The Great Purge of the Tang Empire had a huge impact. Many famous generals were politically persecuted. The middle and lower-level officers were also frightened, their military morale was lost, and people's reports became common.

It's not that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not never do such things as reporting secrets, that is, the "Reporting Order", which was still useful in the first few months, and it did bring down many powerful families who evaded taxes.

However, later on, after the nobles and tyrants knew how to deal with the [Report Order], the situation turned bad.

Don't you, Liu Che, want to attack powerful families?Well, let's define prostitutes in brothels as powerful, roadside beggars as powerful, and poor people who don't have enough to eat. If you, Liu Che, are not afraid of subjugation, go attack them!Better hit it hard!
The powerful families hired people to report on ordinary people, which greatly increased the administrative costs of the Han Dynasty and caused panic among ordinary people.

At first, the implementation of the denunciation order made the people at the bottom of the Han Dynasty rejoice, thinking that they could really make a fortune by informing on wealthy people.But soon, the Gao Min Order became hated by everyone. From the nobles to the common people at the bottom, everyone hated Emperor Wu's Gao Min Order.

People's hearts are darker and more terrifying than we imagined, and the implementation of policies is not as simple and easy as we thought.

Empress Yan's simple [Abolition of Slavery Order] almost triggered the second civil war, and she was assassinated to death.

King Zhou of Shang deprived the priests and nobles of their right to sacrifice to the gods, and wanted to concentrate the divine power and royal power in his own hands. As a result, the internal struggle between Yin and Shang became fierce, and Xiaobang Zhou finally took advantage of it.

Wang Ting forcibly dissolved the aristocratic council and forcibly implemented the Confucian concept of loyalty to the monarch. As a result, the entire Yan Kingdom was full of rebels, and was finally sent to the guillotine.

Shang Yang's reform won the full support of Qin Xiaogong, but it still ended up being divided into pieces.

Wu Qi went to the state of Chu to reform the autocratic monarchy, weakening the power of the nobles, and finally died a miserable death.

Since ancient times, reform and reform have not been something you can change if you want to.

People who do this kind of thing can be considered a good end in prison, and a miserable death is a normal ending. It is not uncommon for people to be exterminated from three or even nine clans.

If Wu Qi was allowed to carry out reforms in Yan State, he would still end up in a miserable death.

The nobles of the Wang family are no less cruel than the nobles of the Chu State during the Warring States Period.

If Shang Yang is allowed to come to Yan to carry out reforms, it will not be as simple as five horses, at least ten horses.

The resistance to the reform of autocratic monarchy in Yan State is countless times greater than that of Qin State. Even if Emperor Yu's support for Shang Yang is [-] times stronger than Qin Xiaogong's, it is almost impossible to succeed.

Times make heroes, and heroes come at the right time!

Unknowingly, Yan State has become a part of history.

Because of the "Great Cleansing" by the Empress Dowager, the Tang Empire was in a state of panic and internal turmoil.

Zhou Guo, Yan Guo, Turkic (later), Khitan, and Kumoxi, naturally could not miss this opportunity, and took the opportunity to increase their plundering efforts against the Central Plains.

While you are sick, I will kill you!
Since you are fighting inside, then I will not be polite!

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When Wu Zhao came to power, the Tang Empire, as the world's most powerful country, was busy with internal strife.

Therefore, the Xueyu Zhou Kingdom united with other countries that were dissatisfied with the Tang Empire, and took the opportunity to counterattack the Central Plains.

During this period, also known as the [Zhou Gong Tang Shou] period, the Central Plains Empire was forced to shrink strategically, and the emperor Ji Fa VI of the Snowy Zhou Kingdom also ushered in a highlight moment in life. ——"General History of the World Song Dynasty Li Qingzhao"

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