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

Chapter 711: The First Precedent - Minister and Secret Agent System

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Liu Che read the entire article and summed it up in four words.

"Educate the barbarians."

These four words are simple, but their weight is extremely important.

Because these four words reveal the legal principle of "great unification" of the Qing Dynasty.

Xiao Liu couldn't figure it out, so he looked at the emperor and said seriously:
"Father, I don't understand, what does educating the barbarians have to do with destiny?"

Liu Che reached out and held little Liu Ju in his arms, smiled, and said seriously:
"Because of Yongzheng's view of the barbarians and the Chinese since ancient times."

“Once this knot was broken, the unified territorial rule gained ideological legitimacy, and completely changed the local governance model that had existed since ancient times.”

"The most obvious example is the reform of the native system. From then on, education was not only the responsibility of the governors and officials in the interior, but also the responsibility of the frontier officials who governed the wild and barbaric areas on the outskirts."

"To put it another way, if the people in the Central Plains need to be educated to change their customs, then the people living in the barbarian lands should also be eligible to be included in the scope of education."

Liu Che looked up at the sky, his heart filled with indescribable complexities, and in the end he could only sigh:
"Rather than being classified as a barbaric and uncivilized area and abandoned like previous dynasties..."

"In other words, the connotation and scope of education have undergone tremendous changes."

"Besides, even if these places are lost again by the unfilial behavior of future generations."

“Even if it was lost for hundreds or thousands of years.”

"The legal system of this place will still be China."

"Because... with education..."

"Yes, the Yanhuang culture."

Xiao Liuju blinked his eyes and suddenly said:

"Father, my great-grandfather wrote in the book, 'The root of Tao is virtue, and the root is followed by the form.' Is that right?"

Liu Che never carefully read the approval document written by Emperor Wen, but this did not prevent him from admitting it.

"Yes, that's right! That's what I mean!
……

Ming dynasty.

"A genius with a strong mind."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the residue on his hands and uttered something incoherently.

"He is indeed a wise master."

Empress Ma looked at Old Zhu and hesitated to speak, and finally couldn't help but said:
"If you're unhappy, just vent it out..."

I think it's abnormal that you are so smiling!
Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes.

"I'm not angry, why should I vent my anger?"

Empress Ma became even more panicked. She reached out and touched Zhu's forehead.

"I don't have a fever...but why are you talking nonsense?"

Lao Zhu felt the coolness on his forehead and suddenly said:

"No, why are your hands so cold?"

"Did you take the medicine the imperial physician prescribed for you?"

Queen Ma looked at Old Zhu, who was holding her hands and clasping them in his palms, and rolled her eyes at him.

"have eaten!"

But I didn't continue to ask questions.

Zhu Biao on the side looked at the loving old couple with a smile.

But there was also a trace of melancholy in my heart.

He understood why his father didn't want to say it, and also understood why his father was not angry.

Because the blueprint that only existed in fantasy has come true.

Zhu Biao Brick looked up at the sky.

All the Chinese and foreigners at home and abroad are following suit.

……

Ming Dynasty Wanli Period
The little emperor was extremely surprised.

This is a shock to the world view!
"Nanman... just like that... just like that..."

how many years.

The Ming Dynasty drove out the Rong and Di tribes in the north and subdued the barbarians in the south.

No matter how hard we try, it still remains unstoppable.

Then you tell me that this can be accomplished by just one generation of emperor?

What a fantasy this is!
Zhang Juzheng, who was standing by, felt filled with absurdity and speechless irony.

From this perspective, the understanding of the concept of barbarians in the Ming and Qing dynasties was completely different.

The Ming Dynasty upheld the traditional discourse of distinguishing between Chinese and barbarians.

Basically, the northern Di and southern barbarians were treated like untamed wild beasts.

Since they are wild beasts, they should naturally be regarded as enemies to be conquered and eliminated, without any intention of regarding them as objects of education.

"Yu Shaobao used the Song Dynasty's Chanyuan Alliance as an example to analyze the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Oirat in his "Memorial on the Inconvenience of Negotiating Peace with the Bandits". He even used very similar words, such as saying that China and the bandits had an irreconcilable hatred, and that the ugly bandits were greedy and deceitful, etc."

"But the situation of the barbarians in the north and south is different, and the way to deal with them is also different."

"If the Miao people rebel, they will not submit; if they submit, they will not rebel."

"The Northern Di are not like that. They come and go. We cannot make alliances or pledge trust."

"But the Miao people are naturally prone to fighting and killing each other, and they cannot be punished by Han law."

"It is impossible to fight quickly, nor is it possible to sustain a long battle. Therefore, since ancient times, no one has ever achieved great success against the southern barbarians.

The little emperor nodded immediately after hearing this.

Yes, that's right! This is normal!

"But sir, why can he?"

Zhang Juzheng looked at Yongzheng in the sky, and at the words "Why is there still a distinction between Chinese and foreigners?" He lowered his head and said bitterly:
"Because we were wrong...we took the wrong path...we understood it wrongly."

The little emperor's heart was lifted. His intuition told him that the word "we" had a heavy connotation.

Licking his lips, he asked in a hoarse voice:

"Sir, I don't understand."

Zhang Juzheng still kept his head down and sighed.

"When Gui Taifu wrote the preface to the Great Ming Map, he raised objections to the Great Ming's unification."

"He believed that the true meaning of great unification should be benevolence and great merit, not a simple concept of regional rule."

"Because Emperor Taizu's idea of ​​unification was to transform the barbarians into Xia people, rather than simply seeking to seize the land and people from all directions."

"Rather, the goal is to make all the Chinese and foreigners follow the trend."

At this point, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but pound his chest, took a breath and said:
"I used to think that these remarks were nothing more than exhortations to benevolent, but now I realize what I am doing."

"It was the officials who later misinterpreted the Emperor Taizu's intentions and only levied taxes on the indigenous peoples from the perspective of profit, and constantly engaged in battles with them, completely losing the original intention of educating the barbarians with benevolence!"

"My country has different policies, and my family may have different customs!"

"There is a unification in name only, but there is no unification in reality!"

Zhang Juzheng hated it!
He hated those people who were only interested in gaining favors and had no ambitions!
Zhang Juzheng regrets!
He regretted not seeing through the mystery earlier! Someone had clearly revealed the secret before!
"So, if we talk about it in detail, Huayi is China, and the four corners are barbarians!"

"As far as Huaxia is concerned, the Central Plains is China, and the border areas are barbarians!"

"It is not a species like animals!"

"What Lu Ji said is true!"

Zhang Juzheng began to feel happy again.

The good news is that the southwestern region can be completely assimilated into the Ming Dynasty!
……

Qing Dynasty and Qianlong period
There was a "crash" sound.

Qianlong said with satisfaction:
"All the people in the world are my children!"

Yongyan below rolled his eyes silently.

You've said this so many times.

"This is the pattern of my Qing Dynasty!"

But going against Marfa is your mentality.

"What Wang Fuzhi and his gang have been saying all along is that the difference between the barbarians and the Chinese is that they grew up in different regions, so the Chinese people are also devoured and exhausted by them."

"It is the duty of the emperor to keep the racial boundaries clearly visible."

"Humph, you are just like Fang Xiaoru. You are petty-minded."

Qianlong sneered, then laughed:
"How could you know! There is no Dao outside of the world, and there is no person outside of the Dao!"

"There is no one outside the Tao, and there is no religion outside the Tao!"

"Even if you are a child, you should be educated!"

"Hahahaha!"

……

【Yongzheng was lonely.】

[In fact, this is also the feeling of all kings. ]

[In the western warm room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation where Yongzheng worked, there hangs the three characters "It is difficult to be a king" written by him. ]

[“It is difficult to be a king” comes from The Analects of Confucius. ]

Duke Ding asked: "Is it possible for a country to prosper with just one word?"

Confucius replied: "You can't say so much. People say, 'It's hard to be a ruler, and it's not easy to be a minister.' If you knew how hard it is to be a ruler, wouldn't you be able to make your country prosperous with just one word?"

[People say it is difficult to be a king, and it is not easy to be a minister either. ]

【But if the monarch knows how difficult it is to be a monarch, he will be more diligent and strict with himself, and he will be able to achieve the goal of building a country with just one word. 】

[In a nutshell, a wise ruler can make a country prosperous with just one word. ]

【Yongzheng wanted to be a wise ruler for all ages, so he was more aware of the difficulty of being a ruler and the loneliness of being at the top.】

[Not to mention the various criticisms that the reforms such as rectifying the administration of officials and allocating taxes to each acre of land have encountered.]

【But Yongzheng enjoyed this kind of solitude. 】

【“To rule the world with one person is not to serve one person for the world.”】

[What he wanted was not only the power to be the only one in the world, but he also did not want to be a useless emperor who was held in high esteem by the people of the world.]

……

Datang.

Li Shimin knew where this sentence came from.

It was the article written by Zhang Yungu, who was beheaded in East Market by him in a rage.

"He ruled the country and made decisions on his own, which was in line with Yongzheng's temperament."

"Being a talented and highly ethical emperor was Yongzheng's original intention."

"The king is unique. His loneliness contains many aspects. The dictatorship derived from loneliness gradually develops and becomes a unique standard for the king."

"What is Gao Ming?"

Li Chengqian had read "Han Feizi".

"It's the Eight Traitors."

"One is sharing a bed, which refers to the dangers between husband and wife. The concubine who shared a bed often used sweet words and flattery to seduce the king, and took advantage of the king's drunkenness and satiety to tell him about her desires."

"The second is those who are beside him, including eunuchs and others. They seem to be submissive in front of the king, but they commit illegal acts in public." "The third is the father and brother, that is, the sons of the concubines. Because of their special status as royal nobles, they are the most capable of sowing discord between the ministers and the king."

"The fourth is to foster disasters, that is, officials use the people's money to beautify the king's palaces and terraces, and decorate his children, dogs and horses, in order to amuse and disturb the king. They do extravagant and decadent things, waste the people's money, just to please the king."

"The fifth is the people's initiative. When a minister distributes public money and performs small favors for the people, the reputation belongs to the minister and the dissatisfaction is attributed to the monarch."

"The sixth is popularity. The ministers instruct the lobbyists to win over the king with clever words, so that the king will listen to the words of the ministers who support the guests. If the king unfortunately listens to the evil words, it will bring disaster to the country and the people."

"The seventh is to be powerful. To be a minister and gather sword-bearing guests, to raise soldiers who are bound to die, to seek profit for oneself, to establish power for oneself, to harm the interests of the ministers and the people, and also to harm the interests of the king."

"Eight is the four directions. The ministers deliberately use the conflicts between countries to threaten and blackmail the king, or increase the taxes of the people, plunder the treasury to bribe other countries, or deploy troops on the border to weaken the internal strength."

Li Shimin twirled his beard and nodded with satisfaction.

"The book is well memorized."

"What do you think?"

Li Chengqian pursed his lips.

"Being a king is not easy."

"There is danger everywhere, and you are never alone."

Li Shimin smiled, he knew that the child was a little scared.

Yes, but I don’t really feel anything when I memorize the text.

But once the experience matches the great article in your heart.

The true meaning of that article will be hard to forget in my lifetime.

The emperor in the sky could be the various manifestations of the meaning of the "Eight Traitors"...

Especially the Tang Dynasty...

Li Shimin restrained his smile.

You can find these eight in the Tang Dynasty.

Even one emperor held several titles!

It’s his mother’s fault!

My hands itch when I think of him!

"So, you have to be alert at all times."

Li Shimin said this expressionlessly, with his hands behind his back and his fists clenched.

"I have something to do, I'll be back soon."

……

【If you want to be an excellent and wise ruler, you can't be closed-minded. 】

【Yongzheng was very grateful to the Ming emperors, because of them, Yongzheng knew that he was not facing ministers, but a combination of ministers and officials. 】

【And facing them, the emperor can only win. 】

[Because failure to win will lead to the same fate as the Ming Dynasty emperor.]

……

All the emperors of the Ming Dynasty sighed in unison.

Stop talking...come up with a plan now.

We are ready.

……

【Then, Yongzheng started the spy's highlight moment. 】

[The secret memorial system shone with the brightest light in his hands.]

[The Qing emperors all knew that the Ming dynasty relied heavily on eunuchs and their attendants to obtain information about officials. The harm of this system was that it could easily lead to eunuchs causing chaos in politics.]

[In order to ensure the longevity of the country, we must find a more appropriate way that is less likely to breed political chaos. ]

[So as soon as the Manchus entered the country, Emperor Shunzhi began to propose a new way of "sealed memorials" - officials and the emperor could "talk" directly and report what they saw and heard to the emperor. ]

[But this method is just an experiment and has not formed a fixed model. ]

【The Kangxi Dynasty consolidated this method, and the scope and objects of memorials increased. 】

【However, the use of this system during the reign of Emperor Kangxi was still carried out in secret.】

[Because Kangxi felt that every official should not feel that there was a pair of eyes watching him at all times, as this would be detrimental to the stability of the government.]

……

{I still don't quite understand the secret memorial system. Why did it exist? Didn't ministers always submit secret memorials to the emperor? Only the emperor could read these memorials?}

{No, you misunderstood. The reports that a minister makes to his sovereign can be in many forms, including chapters, memorials, memorials, discussions, memorials, letters, notes, notes, and sealed reports.}
{According to convention, the reports of Qing Dynasty officials were mainly in two forms: memorials and memorials.}
{Regarding matters such as money and grain, impeachment, military affairs, murder, theft, and criminal charges that need to be made public, a report is often used. This type of report is extremely formal, has a fixed format, and must be stamped, which means that officials must clearly stamp their seals.}
{Other memorials, which did not involve official state laws, were mostly private in nature, such as taking office, promotion, expressing gratitude, and personal matters. They did not need official seals and were equivalent to reporting private work to the emperor.}
{The title book is usually first reviewed by the cabinet and then handed over to the emperor. Both styles of writing are forwarded to the cabinet through the Tongzhengsi and then directly to the emperor.}
{Because the title is too formal, it must be written in regular script, and it must also have an abstract, etc. It is required to be written in both Manchu and Chinese characters, so this kind of document is complicated and slow to write.}
{The memorial could save these tedious procedures and allow the emperor to get the information as soon as possible. The only problem is that the memorial has to go through the Tongzhengsi, which makes it difficult to ensure confidentiality.}
{The slow memorials, although formal, are often "old news" by the time they are received. The memorials, although quick, are difficult to keep confidential due to procedural issues.}
{But the emperor needed a faster and more confidential form of reporting, so the secret memorial came into being.}
……

Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
"Ugh……"

Zhu Di had nothing to say.

Don't even mention why the Ming emperor didn't think of the secret memorial...

Starting from Zhu Jianshen, the emperors were too lazy to attend court. Who would they show the secret memorials to?

Eunuch?
But then again…

The use of eunuchs was a precedent set by ourselves.

So the eldest brother shouldn't talk about the second brother.

it's the same.

Don't ask why you didn't think of it.

Not to mention that he was a latecomer and could not achieve the level of Kangxi.

Isn't there a Jinyiwei?

Although it is useless...

……

[That's right, it's a secret after all. 】

【But it is obvious that Yongzheng did not think so. 】

……

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Kangxi felt a little numb.

He knew what his big son was going to do.

……

On the canopy.

A stick figure of an emperor holding a memorial in his hand.

Then they were handed to the ministers one by one.

The scene shifts to a minister's hand.

The memorial was opened, and four large characters were written on it.

"You are a spy"

……

[If Yongzheng wants to obtain confidential information, he must cultivate his own intelligence team. ]

【As the emperor, he could not and did not want to form an alliance with officials.】

【So he came up with the idea of ​​a secret memorial system.】

[So-called secret memorials are just communications between a few ministers and the monarch, and have not been extended to the entire court. ]

[To put it bluntly, isn't it just snitching? ]

[Since it is a snitch, who can play with the Qin Dynasty? 】

【Yongzheng realized it.】

[So, he combined informing on others and secret reports, setting a precedent for encouraging ministers to become "spies."]

[Yes, Yongzheng’s intelligence department was not a specialized organization.]

【But every one of his ministers! 】

[The emperor only needs officials to be loyal to him, and he is ready to expose other officials around him. ]

[Officials needed to win the emperor's trust through the exchange of this kind of intelligence.]

[During the Kangxi period, secret memorials were generally a privilege unique to the governors of each province. This move could make the provincial governors more proud psychologically and willing to contribute their personal efforts to the emperor outside the "official system."]

【Yongzheng expanded this system, and officials such as the governor, general, provincial governor, provincial inspector, and education commissioner also had this right.】

……

Big man.

"Oh..."

Liu Bang touched his beard and was very surprised.

"His workload... is not small..."

"Do you have the physical strength of Zhu Yuanzhang?"

"Don't tire yourself to death."

Lu Zhi rolled her eyes at him.

"Instead of talking about those nonsense, why not think about whether his secret memorial system can be used."

Liu Bang's body stiffened for a moment.

Do you want Naigong to read hundreds of kilograms of bamboo slips every day?
You evil woman! You actually want to work me to death!
"E'ou...if we really do this...the bamboo slips that come and go every day would weigh thousands of pounds...this is not very realistic."

Lu Zhi was obviously disappointed.

Liu Bang was so angry that his teeth were itching.

As expected! You just want to tire your father to death!
……

Oh my god, I haven’t even written about Qianlong yet, and you accuse me of slandering Qianlong?

Not afraid of slapping you in the face……

I still remember that someone made a bet with others in the chapter description, saying that if the author dared to write about the Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres of Jiading, he would be the leader.

Then I wrote it and he deleted the comment.

Hahahaha!

Don't argue with me! I have screenshots!
……

That girl...a cool online article made me write an analysis of Ming and Qing Dynasty historical materials.

Don’t even mention Qidian.com, there are no other websites that have this kind of Tianmu article that doesn’t express emotions but focuses on Ming and Qing historical materials!

Stand proud for a while with your hands on your hips.

…But writing emotional articles earns more…

OTZ
……

Add more? No more.

Not only will the author not update the novel, he will even have to take two more days off this month!
One day to buy New Year’s goods, one day to celebrate the Spring Festival.

……

I looked at the sales of the work and it seems that it will not exceed 10,000 orders.
What a pity.

……

Yongzheng...what reward did you give!!!

It’s so hard to imagine!
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