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

Chapter 689: Pacification of the Three Feudatories
The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
"It's nothing more than buying horse bones with a huge sum of money."

Liu Che didn't believe in any nonsense like being soft-hearted.

But then again.

"In the face of persecution, he turned the tables and seized power."

"This way, I can control my emotions and not let them get out of control."

"This kid is really hard-hearted."

Although I still feel uncomfortable looking at this little pockmarked boy.

But Liu Che had to admit that this kid's methods and cunning were indeed incomparable to his peers.

“Being able to let go is not a skill, being able to let go and take back is a talent.”

Wei Zifu said lightly:
"Who knows if it's bright at the beginning and dark at the end."

Liu Che flicked his sleeves.

"That's better than being in the dark all the time."

Not to mention anything else, according to the law, Oboi should have been executed along with his entire family, but Kangxi only killed his two younger brothers and a nephew.

As for him, he was spared from death due to his military achievements.

As the culprit in this case, Oboi undoubtedly deserves to be killed.

However, looking at how Kangxi handled the matter, he imprisoned him just like he would any member of the royal family who had committed a crime.

This move conveyed that Kangxi was still aware of the dangers of Oboi's abuse of power.

……

{Kangxi did not kill Oboi because although Oboi was a master of indiscriminate killing, he was mainly targeting officials of the Plain White Banner who were originally under Dorgon and suppressed the two Yellow Banners, and there was no record in history books that he had committed usurpation and murder.}
{As for various TV dramas and movies that followed, such as "Kangxi Dynasty" and "The Deer and the Cauldron", which exaggerated that Kangxi suddenly visited Aobai's mansion and saw through Aobai's wearing a yellow robe and intending to usurp the throne, these were all groundless fictions.}
{If Oboi really committed acts of usurpation and murder, even if it was just a figment of his imagination, it would certainly become the biggest highlight of his evidence.}
{The crimes of Oboi recorded in historical records were inevitably exaggerated by Kangxi, but Kangxi would definitely not ignore the charge of usurpation and murder. This alone could make Oboi's case an ironclad one.}
{The Oboi case was mainly a struggle for power. Kangxi wanted to truly rule the country, but Oboi was unwilling to return the power.}
{It was for this reason that Kangxi ordered Oboi to die in prison after the crime.}
{Forty-four years later, Kangxi specially conferred the title of the first-class male on Oboi, and his nephew and grandson inherited the title.}
{The reason why he wanted to rehabilitate Oboi and overturn the ironclad case he had decided was because Oboi had only the intention of "monopolizing power" from the beginning to the end, and continued to control the absolute power of the regent, but he had no behavior of obtaining imperial power, usurping the throne, or deposing or enthroning emperors.}
……

Datang.

Li Shimin saw a familiar shadow in Kangxi's actions.

"Emperor Wen?"

Or yourself?

"The upper limit of a person lies in his or her tolerance."

"If a clay pot is used to hold water, it will not be as good as the ocean that holds all rivers."

"Looking at his mind, it is limitless."

Li Chengqian had some other considerations.

"Aye, won't this make others have other ideas?"

Li Shimin stroked his beard and sighed:
"Because he's not afraid."

"He is confident that he can suppress all dissenting opinions."

"That's what it means if you don't kill Oboi."

"Aobai was eliminated because he had no respect for the emperor and father, and he coveted the imperial power, which was a crime of conspiracy and treason."

"If we don't kill Oboi, it will tell the whole court."

"There are punishments for mistakes and rewards for merits."

"Just do the thing, not the person."

……

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Yinreng looked at the sky, then looked at Kangxi, and then looked at the sky again.

"Just say something."

Kangxi looked at his son whose eyes were wandering and said helplessly:

"Will I hide anything from you?"

Yinreng touched his eyebrows and said:

"Since Oboi, the main criminal, could be pardoned, why did Khan Ama execute Ban Ershan and other accomplices?"

As soon as Kangxi heard it, he knew that this silly boy still didn't see the secret.

He didn't want to beat around the bush and said bluntly:
"After Soni's death, I appointed Banershan as Grand Secretary of the Secretariat from the Minister of the Imperial Guard. He has two positions at the same time, and his power is no less than that of the Regent."

"However, Banbulshan, who held two important positions of power, formed a clique with Oboi for personal gain, and all matters were decided in private before being implemented."

Kangxi looked at the sky and said calmly:

"Bumbleshan is truly ambitious."

"He is a member of the royal family and a direct descendant of the founding emperor."

"He was close to Oboi, and he used Oboi as a vanguard while he plotted how to usurp the throne and kill the king."

The so-called window screen is a layer of paper.

It was only after I exposed it that I realized it was so obvious.

Yinreng suddenly realized what was going on.

No wonder Banbulshan was impeached by the ministers for twenty-one major crimes, executed by hanging, and his descendants were all deprived of their royal status.

If there is no solid evidence, even if the emperor has the power of life and death, he cannot impose such severe punishment on the royal family!

Only if a close relative of the royal family committed bloody treason would they be permanently expelled from the royal family.

Kangxi put his hands behind his back and said leisurely:

"Obai's crime is serious, but it does not deserve death."

"Bumble is extremely evil and needs to be completely destroyed."

……

On the canopy.

The thin and gaunt young emperor looked at the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

A pair of big black eyes stared at the south.

……

In the 1673th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign (), the three princes guarding the south petitioned for retirement from the old age by Shang Kexi, the prince of Pingnan, and the princes of Pingxi, Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, the princes of Jingnan, to withdraw from the feudal system. All of them were approved by Emperor Kangxi.

[Shang Kexi asked to be the last one to leave. He also requested to allow his eldest son Shang Zhixin to continue to guard Guangdong, but was rejected by Emperor Kangxi.]

[The young Kangxi believed that the Three Feudatories were too powerful to be eliminated and were detrimental to the rule of the country, so he decided to abolish the feudal system.]

【This was not a sudden idea of ​​Kangxi.】

[When the Qing army entered the pass, some Ming generals surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Although they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, they still had their own army, and their power at the time could not be underestimated, so the situation of the Three Feudatories was formed. ]

[The Three Feudatories refers to Wu Sangui, the King of Pingxi who guarded Yunnan.]

[Shang Kexi, the King of Pingnan, and his son Shang Zhixin, who guarded Guangdong. ]

[King of Jingnan Geng Jimao and his father Geng Zhongming, who guarded Fujian, and Geng Jimao's son Geng Jingzhong. ]

[Although the Three Feudatories belonged to the Qing Dynasty on the surface, they were actually "independent kingdoms." ]

[Starting from Emperor Shunzhi, the Qing Dynasty allocated money to the Three Feudatories every year for administrative and military expenses. Among them, Wu Sangui, the King of Pingxi, was the most powerful and received the most money from the court.]

【Take the 17th year of Shunzhi as an example, the national tax revenue was 8.75 million taels of silver, but Yunnan had to spend more than 9 million taels. Therefore, it was formed that even if the national financial resources were exhausted, it was still unable to meet the needs of one vassal.】

[After Emperor Kangxi took power, the country's financial situation did not improve, and most of the country's funds were still consumed by the Three Feudatories.]

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Ming dynasty.

Queen Ma ate nuts and couldn't help complaining:

"That's at least a reason."

"After all, just based on this one reason alone, the young emperor has enough reason to withdraw the feudal fiefdom."

"Not like Zhu Yunwen."

Zhu Yuanzhang, with dirty armor, messy hair and a dusty face, was sitting on a chair with a sword in his hand.

Crazy rice digging!

"Hululu! Xilulu! Ha!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the last bite and burped.

Queen Ma could no longer hold back her curiosity and asked:

"With that emperor around, how could you still be in such a mess?" Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment after hearing this. After a long while, he sighed:

"We almost died in Japan."

"Those barbarian cannons...are indeed powerful weapons on the battlefield."

Queen Ma was puzzled.

"With Zhu Houcong's skills, can't he protect you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was embarrassed for a moment.

"That...this..."

"Weren't we afraid that he wouldn't be able to move freely at the beginning, so we just watched from a distance..."

"Who knew that little place had so many cannons! And they can fire so far!"

"Damn it! It's completely different from what's shown on the sky screen!"

As he spoke, Lao Zhu became angry and embarrassed.

"No! We have to build that thing too!"

Queen Ma ate hazelnuts and said:

"Then you have to think carefully about how to deal with this ancestral system."

When it comes to ancestral rules, Zhu Yuanzhang is overwhelmed!
The ancestral system is linked to the system. The system is to ensure the safety of the people and to establish officials. The officials are established because these people are so fucking unreliable!
“…What is going on…”

Zhu Yuanzhang pressed his temple, looking worried.

……

[In addition, the Three Feudatories also privately set up tax stations, minted coins, and even occupied land and kidnapped people.]

[Wu Sangui also selected officials on his own, becoming the "Western Selection", acting like an emperor.]

【So the Three Feudatories became the most urgent issue that Kangxi needed to deal with after he took power. 】

[Otherwise, these three feudal lords who did not respect the emperor would sooner or later threaten the Qing Dynasty's dominance over the entire China.]

[But we cannot just withdraw the Three Feudatories because they still control a certain amount of troops.]

[In the 12th year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign, the Three Feudatories petitioned to withdraw from the feudal system.]

[Faced with the petitions of Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, most officials in the court were opposed to the abolition of the feudal system. They believed that as long as the three feudal lords did not rebel, they should be retained. Only a few ministers supported the idea of ​​abolition.]

Kangxi insisted on his own ideas and said, "Wu Sangui and others have been plotting for a long time. If they are not eliminated as soon as possible, they will become a disaster in the future.

If you withdraw, you will be defeated. If you don’t withdraw, you will be defeated. It is better to strike first.”】

【So, an order was issued to move all the "Three Feudatories" outside Shanhaiguan. 】

[Another imperial decree was issued to strip Wu Sangui of his official title and publicize his crimes. Soon after, Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong, who remained in the capital, was arrested and executed.]

……

{In fact, the ministers did not agree to abolish the feudal system at this time not because of fear. Although the Qing court had established its capital in Beijing and ruled the Central Plains, the long-term wars had seriously damaged national production.}
{The Three Feudatories had a large number of troops, continued to grow in power, arbitrarily appointed and dismissed personnel, strictly controlled finances, and expanded northward, becoming the biggest cancer of the Qing Dynasty after it had finally conquered the territory of the Ming Dynasty.}
{As early as the period of the Four Ministers led by Sony, the imperial court had already taken action against Wu Sangui, who was separatist in Yunnan. In the second year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, he was confiscated from his seal of the General of Pingxi on the grounds that the military operations in Yunnan and Guizhou had stopped, and then his power to select and appoint local officials was returned to the Ministry of Personnel.}
{In the sixth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Wu Sangui resigned from his post as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. The abusive Oboi ordered the governors of the two provinces to obey the central government and deprived him of his judicial privileges. He ordered that all escapes in the area under the jurisdiction of the Prince of Pingxi must be handled by the relevant officials and that officials of the Prince's Palace were not allowed to interfere.}
{After Oboi was overthrown, Wu Sangui, seeing that Kangxi was still young, frequently tried to inherit Yunnan, but was also rebuffed by the ministers.}
{It can be said that abolishing the feudal system was essentially the unanimous goal of the Qing court, but it was not the best time to do so, because rushing to do so would have accelerated the rebellion of Wu Sangui and others.}
{Besides, at that time, Yang Qilong was leading a rebellion in the capital, and Aerni was in rebellion in Chahar.}
{In addition to the war, a major earthquake also occurred in the capital at that time, and a fire broke out in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.}
{Kangxi's beloved empress, Hesheli, also passed away. Things that caused headaches to the emperor and his ministers happened one after another. Officials in the capital did not want to fight, so they did not agree with Kangxi's decision to withdraw the feudal fiefdoms.}
……

Great Qin.

Ying Zheng remained calm, but a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.

That's nice to say.

I'm afraid those ministers have already sent their families out of the capital.

But because of this, Ying Zheng saw Kangxi's courage even more.

"We will oppose if we withdraw, and we will oppose if we don't withdraw."

"Then take the initiative and force him to rebel!"

Therefore, Kangxi would never take back the decision to abolish the feudal system, but would instead strengthen his determination to do so.

After all, there is the example of Chongzhen, and the most taboo thing is to be indecisive.

Besides, this is also an opportunity...

The four people in the hall sat together, looking at the emperor whose eyes were twinkling.

Without Liu Bang's presence, they suddenly felt very insecure.

I wonder what the hell this guy is thinking about!
……

Big man.

"This is an opportunity."

Liu Bang wiped the grease from his hands and exclaimed:
"It is to defend the imperial power and at the same time give myself the opportunity to establish my authority in the world."

"So he wanted to focus on discrediting Wu Sangui and turn him from a former Ming criminal into a traitor to the new dynasty."

"Their countermeasure was to strike at Wu Sangui, the strongest of the Three Feudatories, and never give him a chance to compromise or make peace."

"Then open the door to recruiting other rebels, so as to divide the enemy forces, weaken Wu Sangui's wings, and thus isolate Wu Sangui."

Lu Zhi thought it sounded familiar, lowered her head to think for a moment, raised her head and raised her eyebrows and said:
"Qin destroyed the six kingdoms?"

Liu Bang nodded, his eyes filled with admiration and a bit of regret.

"Of course."

……

[Wu Sangui, who was far away in Yunnan, was having a meal when he heard the news. He was shocked, so he put on the clothes of the Ming Dynasty and led his soldiers to the tomb of Zhu Youlang, the Yongli Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and cried bitterly.]

【Then, he killed Zhu Guozhi, the governor sent by the Qing Dynasty to Yunnan, detained Zherken and Fu Dali, the imperial envoys sent by Kangxi, and issued a manifesto of "Restore the Ming Dynasty and Defeat the Invaders" on the pretext of restoring the Ming Dynasty. 】

[Wu Sangui called himself "the Grand Marshal of the Army of the World", grew his hair, changed his clothes, and the following year sent a general to lead the army to attack Hunan, captured Changde, Changsha, Yuezhou, Lizhou, Hengzhou and other places, and sent people to spread proclamations to denounce the Qing Dynasty.]

[Local officials such as Guangxi General Sun Yanling and Sichuan Governor Luo Sen all rebelled against the Qing Dynasty.]

[Geng Jingzhong imprisoned Fujian Governor Fan Chengmo, lured Governor Liu Bingzheng to surrender, and called himself "General of the Army". He also grew his hair, changed his clothes, and divided his troops to attack.]

[In just a few months, six provinces, namely Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi, Fujian and Sichuan, were lost. For a time, the Qing Dynasty was in danger.]

[Wang Fuchen, the governor of Shaanxi, sought an opportunity to shoot and kill Mo Luo, the new Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace who came to govern Sichuan and Shaanxi, with a bird gun, in response to Wu Sangui.]

[Shang Zhixin of Guangdong took Wu Sangui's seal of Prince Fude and inherited the title of Prince Pingnan of the Qing Dynasty. He played tricks on Emperor Kangxi and expanded the rebellion to Guangdong, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces.]

[For a time, most of China became the territory of the Three Feudatories’ rebellion.]

……

Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
"Will you win?"

"It's a sure loss."

Zhu Di saw absolutely no hope that Wu Sangui and others would win.

"The Three Feudatories were just a special cooperative product of the Qing army's compromise and use of former Ming generals before and after entering the pass, using their power to jointly suppress the resistance forces."

"This system of enfeoffment of kings with different surnames obviously did not meet the ultimate needs of the Qing Dynasty's political rule."

“They will not leave no means of countermeasures.”

"Looking at Kangxi's methods, he seemed to be planning before taking action."

Zhu Di put his hands into his sleeves and sighed:
"Therefore, for Kangxi, who defeated Oboi by using the weak to defeat the strong, abolishing the Three Feudatories must have been a great plan."

"As the saying goes, the first citron to stick out gets rotten first."

Besides, Wu Sangui was thinking about how to conquer the world.

Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin and others may not necessarily want to change the king into an emperor.

……

【Kangxi made Hunan the focus of his military offensive and ordered Shuncheng Prince Le Erjin to be the General of Ningnan to pacify the invaders, commanding the army to Jingzhou and Wuchang to confront Wu Sangui head-on and attack Hunan.】

[He ordered Beile Shangshan to be the general of Anyuan and Jingkou, and to march into Yuezhou.]

[Prince An Yue Le was appointed as the general to suppress the bandits in Dingyuan, and he was sent from Jiangxi to Changsha to attack Hunan from both sides.]

[In addition, Kangxi also made full use of Han generals and soldiers in battle.]

[At the same time, General Tu Hai of Fuyuan marched into Shaanxi, General Jie Shu of the Order went to Zhejiang, and General Dong E of Dingxi advanced into Sichuan.]

[Finally, the eight-year-long Three Feudatories Rebellion was put to an end when Wu Sangui's grandson Wu Shifan committed suicide.]

[Wu Sangui hastily served as emperor for five months, but also died of illness.]

[Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin and others were forced to surrender and all died in an untimely manner.]

(End of this chapter)