The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 466: The One-Eyed Stone Man - Provoking the Yellow River to Revolt

On the canopy.

The emperor looked at the territory of the world with great confidence.

The minister looked at the blue sky and sighed.

The king and his ministers, who had been so close to each other, now turned their backs to each other.

……

[In May 1344, the reform policy had only just begun, and the effect of the new policy had not yet appeared. The Yuan Dynasty was still in the haze, and the light of rejuvenation had not yet been able to shine on the earth.]

【The Prime Minister Tuotuo resigned from the position on the pretext of "gradually weakening due to illness". 】

[After Tuotuo resigned, Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty appointed three prime ministers in succession, and then used the technique of balancing and pulling strings to make the left and right prime ministers hinder each other and do nothing. The power of the prime minister was weakened, and all matters, big and small, were handled by the emperor himself.]

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Period of Jihan and Emperor Huai

Liu Chan held his forehead and shook his head weakly.

"I thought it was my father and my husband."

"Is the result Zhao Gou and Yue Fei?"

Zhuge Liang clenched his five fingers around the fan handle.

How dare you compare Zhao Gou with the late emperor!

If I knew you were not smart, I would let you see what a military advisor and lieutenant general is!
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Tang Dynasty and Gaozong period
Li Zhi's smile gradually faded, and he picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Chang Sun Wuji, who was standing by, stroked his beard and sighed as if he had not heard anything:
"It seems that Tuotuo's resignation was not voluntary, but the result of the coercion of Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty."

"Right."

"A young man who has been oppressed since childhood, and after becoming emperor, he was held hostage by two powerful groups of officials, and endured in darkness for more than ten years."

"What will you think once you have the highest power in the empire?"

Li Zhi paused, slowly put down the teacup, and said calmly:

"Besides the desire to work hard and become a saintly ruler."

"There is also an extreme obsession with power and an extreme sensitivity to any infringement of that power."

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During the Song Dynasty and Renzong Period
"This emperor is no good. He is far inferior to Your Majesty."

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Even if Tuotuo doesn't abuse his power, once he becomes prime minister, no matter how careful he is, he will end up with too much power even though he doesn't abuse it."

"This has touched the emperor's heart and made him feel threatened."

"Yes, yes, yes."

"So, it was inevitable that Tuotuo would be excluded from the court."

"That's right, that's right. Not every emperor trusts Zhuge Wuhou as much as Liu Houzhu does."

Zhao Zhen, who was standing aside, was completely at a loss as to what to do when he saw this group of ministers who had no reservations at all.

As for the last sentence...

For a moment he couldn't tell whether it was a compliment or a scolding.

……

[Without a prime minister, Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty focused his administration on four major tasks: "revising laws and regulations", "establishing laws for recommending and appointing officials", "sending envoys to tour the country", and "recruiting hermits and eliminating monks and nuns".]

[Revising the laws means revising the legal code. The Zhizheng Tiaoge was compiled. This was the third and final law promulgated by the Yuan Dynasty. It was a useful supplement to the Da Yuan Tong Zhi, especially restricting the extra-legal privileges of the Mongols and Semites to a great extent.]

[The law of recommending and appointing officials is to conduct strict assessment of the appointed officials]

[Sending envoys to tour the country means sending officials to inspect and supervise the entire country, "inquiring about the people's sufferings, clearing up grievances, and eliminating troubles and harshness"]

【The restriction on the number of monks and nuns is to restrict temples from occupying too much land.】

……

{It seems that the last monarch of every great unified dynasty was not a bastard, except Hu Hai.}
{Guangshen applies for a fight!}

{Yang Guang said that my part had passed, hadn’t it? He also said that Hu Hai and I had no other similarities except that we were both kings of lost states!}

{The Mongol Yuan Dynasty's "follow-foot" system doomed it to be short-lived. The poems written by the poets of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty all expressed their frustration at not being recognized for their talents. However, it can be seen that the emperor was aware of the problem. But it was too late.}

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Daqin
Ying Zheng took a deep breath.

After comparing the Han Emperor, compare the Wei Emperor, and after comparing the Wei Emperor, compare the Jin Emperor

Apart from being on par with the deceased emperors of the North and South, he was slightly better than Emperors Huizong and Qinzong.

No one can compare to him!

……wrong!
What else can I do than this!
……

Great Sui.

Yang Jian said "Puh".

"What Yang Guang? There is no one named Yang Guang in this world!"

"These two words cannot be put together!"

"There is no such name in the world!"

……

【Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty worked very hard and personally took care of everything.】

[Whenever someone was selected for an official post, he would personally inquire about it, ask the Ministry of Personnel to provide their resumes, and also have them "apply to the emperor's orders" for an interview.]

[Every time I met an official, I would teach him: "Your duty as a magistrate is like herding sheep. If they are hungry, I give them grass; if they are thirsty, I give them water. If you do not miss the right time for hunger, thirst, work and rest, then the sheep will multiply. You are my shepherd. If you do not let them lose their homes and suffer from hunger and thirst, then you will be a good shepherd."]

[The Yuan Dynasty was vast, and officials were numerous. One can imagine how much work it would take to inspect and meet them one by one.]

【The intention of Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty to work hard to govern the country at this time was indeed genuine.】……

Dayuan.

The more Kublai Khan listened, the more his brows furrowed.

With all these actions, I can’t say he is comparable to Emperor Taizong of Tang, but at least he is comparable to Emperor Taizu of Song, right?
So what happened afterwards that made all these achievements go to waste?
Liu Bingzhong on the side looked at it for a long time and then looked confused.

You’ve done everything... except rectifying the bureaucracy?

So what's the difference between you doing nothing?
……

[However, from 1344 to 1349, Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty’s five years of hard work did not reverse the downward trend of the Yuan Dynasty.]

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On the canopy.

The thundering flood destroyed the riverbank.

The raging waves swept away everything on the earth!
farmland! houses! livestock!

The people struggled, but were eventually covered by the waves.
Only the flood roared between heaven and earth.

The scene changes.

The vast barren fields were full of cracks.

Countless people were dragging their children and wandering on the road like zombies.

Occasionally a few people fell down and never stood up again.

overhead.

A swarm of colorful locusts whizzed by, making a buzzing sound.

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[As early as May 1344 AD, when Tuotuo had just been dismissed from his post, the north suffered a rare flood]

[It rained heavily for more than 20 days, causing the Yellow River to overflow. The Baimao and Jindi were completely broken, and the water depth at the bottom reached 20 feet.]

[In just one month, Jining, Shanzhou, Yucheng, Dangshan, Jinxiang, Yutai, Feng, Pei, Dingtao, Chuqiu, Wucheng, Caozhou, Dongming, Juye, Yuncheng, Jiaxiang, Wenshang, Rencheng and other places in the Yellow River basin were all flooded, and "the old and weak people were fainted, and the strong were displaced in all directions"]

[This time the Yellow River flood affected a wide area, with Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hebei and other places all suffering. It can be said that it almost covered the entire Central Plains. ]

[Counties and prefectures across the north were submerged in a swamp, and countless people lost their homes and lives.]

[In the first month of 1348, the river broke again, first flooding Jining Road, then invading Anshan to the north, merging into the Grand Canal, and extending to Jinan and Hejian.]

【Amid natural disasters, man-made disasters arise again. 】

[The floods caused a large number of starving people and vagrants. After being exploited at various levels, the relief materials provided by the imperial court were only husks left in the hands of the starving people.]

[In order to survive, "bandits rose up along the river in Henan, Shandong and other river flood areas, plundering without restraint, and the authorities were unable to stop them"]

[In the seventh month of the leap year of 1349, Emperor Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty recalled Tuotuo to serve as the Right Prime Minister of the Secretariat, in charge of state affairs.]

[After returning to the position of prime minister, Tuotuo convened a special meeting to discuss river management]

【Jia Lu, the Grand Canal Transport Commissioner, proposed his own proposal for river management: "We must dredge the southern river, block the northern river, and repair the old course. We must not start a large-scale project, and the damage must not be stopped."】

【Tuotuo made a prompt decision and decided to execute it immediately.】

【However, Minister of Works Cheng Zun and others objected, saying: "Jining, Cao, and Yun have suffered from famine for consecutive years, and the people are living in poverty. If 200,000 people are gathered here, I am afraid that the worries in the future will be more serious than the river disaster!"】

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The period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty
Liu Qi now understood what the trap was.

"River management requires money and manpower, and the faster you manage it, the more it costs."

"The people of the world simply can't afford to toss around."

"But if we don't repair it... the final result will actually be the same."

Little Liu Che hugged his chest and sighed like a little adult.

"The predecessors did not cultivate virtue, leaving this situation for the later generations."

"Natural disasters and man-made disasters."

"The people can no longer tolerate you, even if heaven or earth tolerates you."

……

On the canopy.

There were two benches and a few crooked tables in the shed built with bamboo poles and straw mats.

There are several wooden blocks around each table.

Three shirtless men in shorts were sitting on a wooden stool.

The three of them were discussing something very excitedly.

One of them drank the water in the bowl and said quickly and quietly:

"Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, my brother saw it clearly!"

"It is said that on that night, the sky suddenly became full of red light, and it could be seen from miles away!"

"Not only him, but the whole village saw it, and they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed."

The other person listened attentively, looked around, lowered his head and whispered:
"So what? What does Maitreya Buddha look like?"

The man at the beginning straightened his back and said:

"Look at you, you're anxious again! Don't be anxious, just listen to me slowly."

"The red light lasted for about an hour or two. When it faded, my brother went over to take a look and saw a stone tablet on the ground. It said..."

The man seemed to remember something and said nervously:

"The world is in chaos, King Ming is born!"

"The stone man has one eye, stirring up rebellion across the Yellow River!"

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(End of this chapter)