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

Chapter 509: Zhu Yunwen: Everyone, look at me! I have something to announce!

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
"Is this to reduce the power of the feudal lords?"

Liu Che confirmed the truth at a glance.

The first one can be said to be normal, after all, there is a will.
The second one is interesting.

This meant that from now on, the kings could only control the troops under their own jurisdiction, and local civil and military officials were no longer allowed to follow the orders of the royal palace.

"He couldn't wait to attack the vassal king before he even ascended the throne."

"How scared he is."

Wei Zifu thought of the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty.

"Maybe they are afraid of repeating what happened in the Western Jin Dynasty?"

Liu Che thought it made sense.

The Western Jin Dynasty was indeed destroyed quite thoroughly.

"It would alert the enemy."

……

Western Jin Dynasty·Era of Emperor Wu
"It is possible to offend all the vassal kings at once."

“It’s also a kind of ability.”

Sima Yan couldn't understand what this man was doing.

His prestige was damaged to a considerable extent from then on.

Maybe I'm too useless...

"After all, the feudal lords must be reduced, and the sooner the better..."

……

【The young emperor is ready to implement his ruling plan. 】

[He dismissed a number of old officials from the Hongwu period and began to employ new people.]

[Among these newcomers, there was Qi Tai, who was promoted from Vice Minister of the Ministry of War to Minister of the Ministry of War, Huang Zicheng, who was promoted from Compiler of the Hanlin Academy to Minister of Rites, and Fang Xiaoru, who was promoted from Professor of Hanzhong Prefecture to Lecturer of the Hanlin Academy.]

[Zhu Yunwen was born in the imperial palace. He was surrounded by poetry and books since childhood. Most of the people around him were scholars and learned the Confucian way of governing the country with benevolence and righteousness.]

[These three people are all well-educated people in the empire, and they are the moral benchmarks among scholars. Their words and deeds lead the scholars all over the world. ]

[Under the guidance of these three people, Zhu Yunwen set the policy for governing the country]

【Govern the country with Confucianism and rule the country with rituals. 】

……

Tang Dynasty and Emperor Gaozu's period
“This is the necessary path.”

Li Yuan felt that this policy was fine.

"It's the serial killings during the Hongwu period, where major cases were linked to important cases, and important cases were linked to major cases."

"When you stab your enemy, you are also stabbing yourself."

"It's hard to tell who is the enemy and who is the friend in the entire Ming Dynasty."

"Then Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the meritorious officials and generals."

"Who else can this grandson who grew up in the deep palace rely on if not the Confucian officials?"

Li Shimin disagreed.

"Aye, just look at the example of the Song Dynasty and you will understand."

"Scholars governing a country do not lack high-spirited sentiments, nor do they lack policy programs."

"But what they often lack is a sense of overall control."

"Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened, but listen to only one side and you will be in the dark."

"If Zhu Yunwen cannot distinguish right from wrong, I'm afraid he won't be able to keep his position."

Li Yuan glanced at him.

"Do you need to tell me? He must have died early since he has the character hui in his name."

Li Shimin had a blank expression on his face.

Okay, there's no reason to just find fault with it, right?

"It's a pity that not everyone who gets a high score has made great contributions."

Li Yuan looked back expressionlessly.

Good boy! That's awesome!
Li Jiancheng sat aside and watched the show.

It is said that being debt-free brings relief; when the thought of giving up one's position arises, the world suddenly feels wider.

It would be interesting if you two fought.

……

[According to the "History of Ming Dynasty", one year after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, the number of prisoners reported by the Ministry of Justice of the Ming Dynasty decreased by three tenths compared with the Hongwu period.]

[Zhu Yunwen trusted Fang Xiaoru, and Fang Xiaoru suggested that the emperor use the Zhouli system to redefine the ranks and honors of the various departments in the bureaucracy.]

[In order to stitch together the scattered hearts of scholars across the country, Fang Xiaoru suggested that the court should return the civil officials to their proper status.]

【Under Fang Xiaoru's suggestion, Zhu Yunwen revised the official system. 】

[The six ministers were promoted to the first rank, and left and right ministers were appointed, ranking above the ministers.]

[Literary and Historical Museums, and the establishment of Zhengxin Hall Academicians]

[The Censorate was changed to the Censorate, and the Chief Censor was changed to the Grand Censor]

【The twelve prefectures were abolished and divided into the left and right courts, the Tongzhengshisi was changed into a temple, and the Dali Temple was changed into a department.】

……

{This was the first time that the six ministers were promoted to the same level as the chief ministers after Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system.}
{You should know that after Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system, he only set the rank of the six ministers in charge of various government affairs in the country to the second rank, and the status of military officials was higher than that of civil officials.}
{For example, the rank of the left and right governors of the Five Military Governors' Office in the central government is the first rank.}
｛Zhu Yunwen's significant promotion of the status of civil officials revealed a signal, that is, suppressing military power and respecting culture.｝
{The revision of the civil service system heralds the beginning of civil service rule, so the root has been found.}
……

Song
"Everything goes to extremes, everything goes to extremes."

This civil official is obviously trying to trick the young emperor into giving up his power.

To put it nicely, he is asked to rule the country without doing anything.

"The emperor is still young."

Zhao Kuangyin felt that the Ming Dynasty would follow the same path as the Song Dynasty.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with civil servants, it’s just that Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed them too harshly.

This is bound to backfire.

"Respecting culture and suppressing martial arts... it cannot be suppressed."

……

【For Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, Emperor Jianwen's reliance and trust in them gave them endless motivation.】

[Unfortunately, this motivation was not transformed into efficiency in governing the country in a timely manner.] [The high enthusiasm of the literati was exchanged for political immaturity and recklessness.]

[When the new emperor ascended the throne, all matters needed to be taken up. Even before the reign title of Jianwen was changed, Zhu Yunwen put the issue of reducing the power of the feudal lords on the agenda. ]

……

On the canopy.

The young Zhu Yunwen looked at the officials below with an unhappy expression.

The official turned a blind eye and said passionately:

"The princes are arrogant and lawless, violating the imperial rules. If they are not punished, the imperial court will not be able to maintain discipline."

"If we reduce it, it will hurt the relationship between your majesty and the vassal kings."

"If you want long-term peace and stability in the world, you might as well adopt the strategy of Jia Yi in the Han Dynasty and establish more princes to disperse their power."

……

[At that time, the imperial court was divided into three factions on the issue of reducing the power of the feudal lords]

[A hard-line group represented by Qi, Huang, and Fang]

[Believes that tough measures are necessary to reduce the power of the feudal lords, and that military force should be used when necessary to resolve the feudal lord issue once and for all]

[The second faction is the moderate faction represented by Gao Wei, the left judge of the former Military Governor's Office, and Zhuo Jing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue]

[It is suggested that Emperor Jianwen implement measures to change the fiefs of the princes in various places, such as exchanging the princes in the south with the princes guarding the border in the north]

[The sons of the northern kings were given fiefs in the south, and the sons of the southern kings were given fiefs in the north.]

[At festivals and holidays, gifts were often given to these vassal kings. The wise ones were rewarded by imperial edicts. Those who were arrogant and lawless were tolerated for the first offense, pardoned for the second offense, and if they did not change for the third offense, they would be reported to the Taimiao and deposed.]

【The power of the vassal kings was reduced without being reduced.】

【The last faction is the opposition, which is against the imperial court's reduction of the feudal fiefdoms. 】

[Not only did he oppose the reduction of feudal lords, he also demanded that the imperial court treat these feudal lords with more favorable conditions.]

[This group is represented by Yushi Yu Xin and others. They believe that the feudal policy was established by Emperor Taizu in order to consolidate the Ming Dynasty and ensure its eternal rule.]

【“The laws of our ancestors cannot be changed” should be the basic national policy of the Ming Dynasty and cannot be shaken. 】

……

The period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty
"If he had any brains."

Liu Qi raised his robe sleeves and said mockingly:
"Then he should have chosen the moderate version."

"But I don't think he has."

"On the day he ascends the throne, he will do something to seize the power of all the vassal kings in the world."

"It can be seen that it is childish and abnormal."

Little Liu Che held his head and asked curiously:

"Isn't that what you do, Father?"

In one word, Liu Qi was directly described as Hong Wen.

"I am expanding your grandfather's victory!"

"Do you know what relentless pursuit means?"

Little Liu Che rubbed his ears.

I see no difference...

……

Song Shenzong Period
Zhao Xu covered his face.

He now can't bear to see the words "laws of ancestors".

These four words are really deceptive!

He was really scared of being cheated!

"The person who said this deserves death!"

"There are only a handful of reliable people among the civil and military officials in the court."

"Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang, what do you think when you see this scene?"

……

Ming dynasty.

This is what Zhu Yuanzhang thought.

This grandson is just not born yet, otherwise...

"We must put him back into his mother's womb!"

When the father is alive, observe his son's aspirations; when the father is dead, observe his son's actions. If you do not change your father's way for three years, you can be called filial.

I just died and you're already sharpening your knife to attack your uncle?!

good boy!
It seems that winning people over with virtue and then controlling them with courtesy are all just deceiving us?!
"Ha, we really have raised an ungrateful wolf!"

"Disobedient and rebellious person!"

Queen Ma rolled her eyes at him.

"You blame him? If you hadn't killed all the ministers who were capable of fighting, would this child be so scared?"

"You won't be worried if you have food in your hands. If you scatter all the food, who won't be worried?"

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head away angrily.

Grandma!
Ever since the skylight came to us, I haven't had a moment of comfort!

……

[On the surface, they increase favors, but secretly weaken them, honoring them with courtesy and extending them with favors. ]

【To Zhu Yunwen, the emperor and his ministers, who were determined to reduce the power of the princes, the moderates' reasonable remarks were obviously indulgence of the princes.】

[This suggestion was not adopted, and some people even used it to impeach Gao Wei, forcing him to resign.]

【At this point, the matter of reducing the power of the feudal lords was hastily decided. 】

[In June 1398, the fifth uncle, Prince of Zhou Zhu Su, was the first to suffer misfortune.]

[Zhu Su's second son, Zhu Youxun, the Prince of Runan, reported his father's "rebellion"]

[After receiving Zhu Youxun's dirty laundry, Emperor Jianwen acted without hesitation.]

[First, he pretended to issue an imperial edict, ordering Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, to prepare for the border. He passed through Kaifeng, and suddenly sent troops to surround the palace, arresting the King of Zhou who was completely unaware of the situation.]

[He was then stripped of his royal title, demoted to a commoner, and his father and son were exiled to border areas such as Menghua in Yunnan.]

[In August, he was taken back to the capital and imprisoned.]

[The inexplicable reduction of power began like this. 】

(End of this chapter)