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

Chapter 601: Ming Currency and Ming Dynasty Vassal State

{With all the shitty things Jiajing did, I really think I could do it as well as him, or even be better than him.}
{But if I put myself in the shoes of the 14-year-old Jiajing, I would be trembling with fear.}
｛There were many incompetent emperors in ancient times, but people like Jiajing who had the ability to do a good job but insisted on showing off are really more hateful.｝
{Other people's fourteen years old: playing with the ministers.}
{My fourteen years old: playing in the mud.}
{…If a 14-year-old is still playing in the mud, he is still a rare talent.}
{He is definitely capable of being a wise ruler, but unfortunately he is too selfish and only thinks about his own immortality. Such a person is more hateful than those incompetent rulers.}
……

Great Sui.

"Hard to say……"

Yang Jian disagrees with Tianmu's statement
Can he really turn the tide with his abilities?

It is impossible for someone who has relied entirely on winning over one faction and fighting against another within the civil service group to shake the foundation.

This also means that innovation is difficult.

Do you want to save the Ming Dynasty without reform?

It's just a pipe dream.

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Tang Dynasty and Emperor Gaozu's period
Li Jiancheng looked at the cauldron and Li Shimin fanned the fire.

Li Yuan crossed his legs and took a sip of the teacup.

“The Three Stages of the Ming Dynasty.”

"Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty cut off the country's upper limit, while Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty buried the root of the country's demise."

"To be honest, the first twenty years of Jiajing were really good, but later on he got scared, compromised, and divided the spoils."

"He had the ability to fight back, that's why Hai Rui was so distressed."

Li Jiancheng glanced at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin fanned the fire slowly without saying a word.

Jiajing simply picked one faction among the civil servants to fight against another.

But after all the fighting, power is still in the hands of civil servants.

Without strengthening the foundation, everything will be in vain.

If the foundation is disturbed, the neck will be strangled to warn.

……

Ming dynasty.

"speak."

Empress Ma rested her chin on her hand and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, with a gloomy expression:

"Why don't you speak?"

Zhu Yuanzhang had a sour face.

What? What else can I say?
"Everyone is guilty, but I am the one to blame."

……

Qing Dynasty Yongzheng Period
"As long as they are ambitious and have the will to be emperors, they all aspire to act in a righteous way and exercise their imperial power in the most correct way."

Yongzheng sat cross-legged in the center of the Arhat bed with his hands on his knees.

Sometimes the relationship between the emperor and his ministers is simple, and sometimes it is complicated.

"Unfortunately, there are very few emperors who have such conditions. Generally, only the founding emperors have such abilities and conditions. As time goes by, the emperor loses more and more power until the country is destroyed and the emperor dies."

"The Ming Emperor Shizong was a very pitiful, sad, and helpless emperor. There was nothing that could be done about it."

Hongli was fanning himself leisurely.

Listen quietly.

Yongzheng was not angry when he saw him like this.

Just reminding carefully:

"In the end, he became an extremely selfish emperor, but he only had the title of emperor. He never had the real power of an emperor."

"The real power of an emperor requires hard work and many conditions. One does not possess the real power of an emperor simply by having the title of emperor."

"Just like the imperial power of Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty could never compare to that of Emperor Hongwu."

"We can even conclude that since the founding of the country, the emperor's actual power has been continuously reduced until the end of the dynasty. The emperor's power has been completely weakened, so the country has fallen."

“The relationship between a fallen nation and its emperor is complex and simple at the same time.”

“Many times, it is not because the emperor loses his power that the country is destroyed, but because the emperor loses his power that the country is destroyed.”

"What you need to do is to ensure the imperial power while ensuring the people's livelihood."

Hongli closed his fan and said softly:

"My son understands."

Guarantee the imperial power.

……

{I feel that Jiajing is a bit like Sun Quan.}
{He ascended the throne at a young age and stabilized the major forces, but later on he was provoked by some things and became like a lunatic. He also lived a very long life and was also very violent for a very long time.}
{Sun Quan gave up completely after Zhuge's death, knowing that there was no hope.}
{Even Shu Han began to give up. If Fei Yi had not been assassinated and Jiang Wei had not started the Northern Expedition, Shu Han itself might have collapsed.}
{However, Sun Quan had already died when Jiang Wei led the Northern Expedition.}
……

Cao Wei.

Cao Cao looked at the sky.

"It's not easy. There are still people who remember you."

Sun Quan's face was unhappy. "It's better not to mention it..."

Cao Cao chuckled twice, then toasted Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and said:

"Then Jiang Wei, I will gladly accept it."

……

【Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty - Zhu Houcong】

[Military achievements: Gengxu Rebellion, Southeast Anti-Japanese War]

[Evaluation B+, 3.5 points]

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Later Tang Dynasty: Zhuangzong Period
I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Li Siyuan felt that Tianmu's attitude towards Japan seemed very strange.

This feeling existed during the reign of Emperor Last Emperor of Jin.

Now it feels even stronger!
"Could it be possible that there is some unrest in this small country that could endanger China?"

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Later Zhou Dynasty: Emperor Shizong's reign
Guo Rong felt that the word "Sejong" was very irritating.

I was even more speechless when I saw the ratings.

"How can you get 3.5 points by dragging out the Gengxu Rebellion?"

"Is the achievement of pacifying the Japanese in the southeast so great?"

"If there hadn't been the Gengxu Change, wouldn't this have gone straight to more than four points?"

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[Institutional Construction: Zhu Houcong's only contribution to the construction of the Ming Dynasty was the management of the royal family.]

[The increasingly heavy expenses of the Ming Dynasty's royal family were also one of the important reasons for the Ming Dynasty's financial tension. 】

In the 28th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the annual tribute of rice for the princes of the Ming Dynasty was 10,000 dan, which was gradually reduced to 200 dan of rice for the lieutenant of Fengguo, half of which was paper money and half was grain, which became a custom.

[In addition to the clan salary, clan members also enjoyed various subsidies according to their titles, a considerable portion of which had to be paid in silver.]

[In addition, the royal family also had other incomes such as land occupied and land granted. ]

【Due to Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations, all members of the royal family can receive royal salary according to the rank of their nobility.】

[The eldest son of a prince inherits the throne without interruption, and the remaining sons are demoted by one or two ranks.]

【Therefore, the population of the royal family in the Ming Dynasty increased rapidly, doubling approximately every thirty years.】

[The number of males increased from 58 in the Hongwu period to 2,980 in the Zhengde period, 8,200 in the eighth year of the Jiajing period, and more than 9,800 in the 32nd year of the Jiajing period.]

[The combination of these two factors became a heavy burden on the Ming Dynasty’s finances.]

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{In terms of national finance, the Ming Dynasty suffered a great setback.}
{Since the promulgation of the "Two Tax Law" in the Tang Dynasty, the national finance has been moving towards the direction of monetization and unified digitalization. By the Song Dynasty, there was already a financial management system that calculated annually in copper coins.}
｛However, in Zhu Yuanzhang's imagination of an agricultural society, he abandoned the practice of managing the state finances with copper coins, regressed to the grain standard, and used "shi" as the unit of calculation for the state finances.｝
{The imperial court’s tax collection involves conversions for every item, but according to regulations, it cannot be totaled using copper coins as a medium, and the unit “shi” must be retained.}
{It was not until the Zhengtong period that the ban on silver was lifted and one stone of rice was converted into 0.3 taels of silver, which barely formed an intermediate currency unit.}
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Period of Emperor Guangwu of Yanhan Dynasty

Liu Xiu couldn't help scratching his head when watching this.

"Zhu Yuanzhang..."

It is known that the land tax in the Ming Dynasty followed the practice of the "Two Tax System" of the Tang Dynasty and was levied in summer and autumn.

So wheat is harvested in summer and rice is harvested in autumn.

Since the total number is calculated by "stone", how are the prices of the two crops calculated?

In a total weight, part is wheat and part is rice. The value of the two crops is different, so the price will fluctuate.

However, the existence of "stone" limits the two crops from being counted equally.

What about those that cannot be directly added to rice and wheat by weight?

But the imperial court deliberately did not use copper coins as the standard.

So what is the exchange ratio between one stone of rice and one piece of cotton cloth?
Then the princes and royal families consumed a huge amount of rice every year.

"Why don't you just trade it for something?"

Copper coins are not used as proof of the value of items.

Then why do you still use copper coins? !
Throw the ball!

"This monetary system, coupled with the Ming Dynasty's vassal state..."

Liu Xiu couldn't help scratching his head again.

"Zhu Yuanzhang..."

……

[The cost of supporting the royal family was too high. The annual rice allowance alone was as high as 8.53 million dan, more than double the annual income of 4 million dan in Taicang. At the same time, the middle and lower-level royal family had a meager income but were not allowed to engage in production.]

【Therefore, the "Zongfan Regulations" formulated by Li Chunfang, the Minister of Rites, was approved for promulgation. 】

(End of this chapter)