Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

Seeing the enlightened faces of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, Yan Changqing smiled and continued:

"As you may think, the Jiedushi who took control of military power, political power, financial power, and civil rights in the later period were not so much Jiedushi as they were princes and kings wearing the title of Jiedushi.

"Similarly, the vassal town they control is actually a vassal state with the name of vassal town."

"When Jiedushi masters military power, civil rights, and financial power, they also have independent capital."

"The relationship between the Jiedushi, who had an independent foundation, and the Central Committee of the Tang Dynasty was nothing more than a replica of the Zhou royal family and the princes and vassal states in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

"When the Zhou royal family is strong, the local princes will obey the central government; when the Zhou royal family is weak, the local princes will segregate themselves."

"The same is true for the Jiedushi envoys in the late Tang Dynasty. When the Central Court of the Tang Dynasty was still strong, the Jiedushi envoys of the feudal towns would obey the edicts of the Central Court of the Tang Dynasty.

"But once the Central Court of the Tang Dynasty weakened, these governors of the vassal towns would17 rebel against the edicts of the Central Court of the Tang Dynasty."

"For example, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the border towns had 490,000 troops in Shijie, while the central court's forbidden army at that time only had only 120,000 troops!"

"If the leader is weak and the ministers are strong, then things like bullying the leader, disrespecting the central government, and even local rebellions and separatist rule will naturally happen."

"The Anshi Rebellion at that time was an example."

"After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, it entered the period of division and war in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms."

Yan Changqing turned around, wrote the word "Song" again under the word "Tang" on the blackboard, and then wrote the words "A glass of wine releases military power" next to the word "Song", and at the same time said:

"After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin learned the lessons of the separatist rule of vassal towns since the late Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. He accepted Zhao Pu's suggestion and took measures such as "a cup of wine to release military power" to take back the military power of the generals and military envoys in the court."

"At the same time, elite soldiers and generals from various regions were mobilized to enrich the central imperial guards and strengthen the military strength of the central court.

“Administratively, the central court dispatched civilian officials to serve as local governors, and at the same time set up a general magistrate to be responsible for supervision.

"Financially, a small part of local taxes is used as local expenditure, and the rest is controlled by the central court."

“Finally, local administrative, military, and financial powers were once again brought back to the central government to prevent the recurrence of local decentralization and separatism. After the Qin Dynasty, Hanzhong, and the early Tang Dynasty, the unified centralization of power was further strengthened!!! "

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

[Finally, one dynasty knows how to absorb the lessons from the collapse of other dynasties!!!]

[And until the demise of the Song Dynasty, there was no phenomenon like the Western Zhou, Western Han, Western Jin, and Tang Dynasties where the feudal princes, vassal states, and vassal towns fought against the central court. 】

[From this point of view, the Song Dynasty has indeed absorbed the lessons of the segregation of vassal towns since the late Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and has not fallen into the trap of princes, kings and vassal states again. 】

[Let me tell you, how can every dynasty be so stupid? If you fall into the trap of princes, kings and vassal states again and again, you will be considered a pig...]

Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes just wanted to sigh, even a pig has jumped into the trap of princes, kings and vassal states for so many times, it is time to improve their memory.

However, they couldn't laugh when they thought that their "pig", the old Zhu family, had jumped into the trap of princes, kings and vassal states five times after the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

The fifth time!!!

Counting the Ming Dynasty, this is the fifth time that a dynasty has stepped into the pit of princes, kings and vassal states!!!

Why don’t they, the old Zhu family, have a longer memory?!!

Yan Changqing on the podium, under the word [Song] on the blackboard, then wrote [Yuan], and at the same time wrote the three words [Provincial System] next to [Yuan].

“After the fall of the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty took its place.

"Because there are few people in Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty, China is vast."

"So in order to better maintain its rule and exploit the Han people, the provincial system was created and implemented!"

“The original intention and direct purpose of the establishment of the provincial system was to maintain its autocratic rule by force and exploit the people.

"But when we look at it from the perspective of latecomers, or evaluate the historical role of the Yuan Dynasty's provincial system."

"We will find that the provincial system model of the Yuan Dynasty facilitated the central court's management of local areas. At the same time, after the Song Dynasty, it further strengthened centralization and consolidated the unity of the country."

Having said this, Yan Changqing walked from the podium to the side of the small classroom door and gave up the blackboard where he was writing.

From the transformation of Xia Dynasty [concession system, public world] to [hereditary throne system, family world], to the establishment of the Shang Dynasty [central and local administrative system], and then to the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty [feudal system]!

Then from the Western Zhou Dynasty's "Feudal System", to the Qin Dynasty's "Great Unification and Centralization System", and then to the Western Han Dynasty's "Parallel System of Prefectures and States", "Cutting of Fans", "Tianfeng Order", and "Prefecture and County System" .

Then from the great unification and centralization of power in the Western Han Dynasty, to the "restart of the enfeoffment system" in the Western Jin Dynasty, which caused the rebellion of the Eight Kings and led to the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms.

Then the Sui Dynasty ended the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, once again unified the world, and restored the unified central government.

After the death of the Sui Dynasty II, the Tang Dynasty once again unified the world, established the "Imperial Examination System" and the "Three Provinces and Six Ministries System", and once again strengthened the centralization of power and the imperial power of the emperor.

However, from the disaster of vassal towns caused by the "Jiedushi" in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, to the "Release of Military Power over a Drink of Wine" in the Song Dynasty, local power was re-acquired to the central government and further strengthened the centralization of power.

Finally, the [provincial system] of the Yuan Dynasty further strengthened centralization of power!

This simple panel letter clearly analyzes and presents the changes in the development of centralized power in the past 3,450 years to Zhu Yuanzhang and the princes such as Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Gang, and Zhu Di. before.

At this moment, the writing on the blackboard seemed to turn into an invisible, intangible, but yet seemingly real, mighty and majestic trend of historical development and change over the past 1,450 years.

Directly towards Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, they rushed away overwhelmingly and overwhelmingly!!!

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