Chapter 2 Zhu Yuanzhang’s new realm
Another most important reason is that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty also severely attacked Zhu Yuanzhang.
A true husband will inevitably have an unvirtuous wife and an unfilial son. Not to mention future generations. The only thing a person can manage is one hundred years. How will it be managed after hundreds of thousands of years? I can't control it even if I want to.
This also greatly weakened Zhu Yuanzhang's selfishness for future generations.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang's whole-hearted implementation of the feudal plan was the last thing he did for his descendants, even if the Ming Dynasty died in the future. The continuation of the feudal kingdoms in various places overseas can be regarded as his continuous blood, and the rest are children and grandchildren who will have their own blessings.
In addition, he wants the world to be unified, wants the people to live a good life, and wants the tragedy of Zhu Yuanzhang's youth not to happen again. This simple and unsophisticated idea was also Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention when he joined the rebel army, and it came back again.
Zhu Yuanzhang at this moment was extremely transparent. He has seen the most cruel and ugly fights in the world. But still adhering to the original intention of being simple and clean. He will not feel ashamed to use the most cruel means to deal with anyone. But in my heart, I still carry the same feeling I had when I was begging hungry on the street: It would be great if everyone in the world could have enough to eat.
Political education for the prince. Zhu Yuanzhang has always done everything himself. Zhu Yuanzhang's satisfaction with the prince is actually because the prince is a mirror created by Zhu Yuanzhang himself. Zhu Yuanzhang pinned some of his most hoped-for things on the prince.
Be kind.
Only kindness can win people's hearts. Zhu Yuanzhang was cruel to the people below him because he knew what kind of wolves, tigers and leopards the people below him were. It won’t work if it’s not strict.
You must understand political means. Profits and intrigues. Win people's hearts. etc.
Therefore, we cannot correspond to the world in terms of simple black and white.
The prince's kindness is true, and his skill is also true. He is Zhu Yuanzhang's ideal monarch. However, Zhu Yuanzhang now does not want to keep it.
Once the premise changes, nothing can go back to the past.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Biao'er, you actually know that the taxes you have reduced or reduced will not actually reach the hands of the real people. It is just to appease these people and stop doing small tricks. But if you do this, will they settle down? Next time, he will feel that this method is feasible. He will not do it again."
"Father," the prince said, "this time Uncle Xu went around Jiangxi and used more than 60 guard posts. Although the battles were not fought a few times, they consumed a lot of money and food. If this continues, the court will There is a huge burden. Now I know that there are millions more grain taxes. These big families may not really pay, but they still have to bear it on the common people. They will really live worse than death."
"Things will go well if things are slow."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "That's it."
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the brush and dipped it in cinnabar. Then he wrote a big word "execute" on a memorial. Then he threw it to the prince.
The prince took a deep breath and said, "Father, this------"
Does the prince know what this memorial is about? It is a matter for local officials to deal with local problems. The prince didn't want to kill anyone. The most he can do is dismissal from office and demoted. There are hundreds of them. As for officials and so on. It's simply not enough for this memorial.
Hundreds of officials were punished at once. There are probably tens of thousands of family members, subordinates, etc. involved.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The wolf is in the mountain. Let's ask the fox first."
Zhu Yuanzhang's sentence is adapted from an allusion. In the Han Dynasty, foreign relatives were in power, and the people were in dire straits. The imperial court sent a censor to investigate local officials. A censor once said: When the jackal is in power, ask the fox. This means that the most important thing is that the world's major problems are caused by the relatives. Where do you have time to ask the local magistrate those nonsense?
Now what Zhu Yuanzhang means is that this jackal is hidden in the mountains and forests and cannot be caught. I can’t figure it out either. After all, Jin Yiwei is not a god. Jinyiwei has only been established for a few decades. And local wealthy families frequently started their business after Jingkang.
Some connections. It's Jinyi Guards who don't know.
Since these jackals can't be caught, let's ask these foxes first.
Just these local officials.
In any case, this matter is under their rule, so it’s good that they know about it. It’s okay not to know. It doesn't matter whether there is collusion or not. Deal with it harshly first. Let them know whose official they are. What should they do if something like this happens again in the future?
The prince felt a chill in his heart. But he still fought hard and said: "Father, these people have certainly committed crimes. But their crimes do not lead to death."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Many taxes in the Ming Dynasty are stained with blood. The taxes I have formulated are not to this extent. How can the blood in these taxes lead to death?"
According to the policies formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty tax collection will definitely not force people to death. But what is the reality? It can only be said that Hongwu's political affairs were relatively clear. The officials below did not dare to mess around. Therefore, there has never been a shortage of officials who helped raise or lower taxes. Guo Huan is not the first person. Not the last one either.
There are some things that Zhu Yuanzhang knows, and there are some things that Zhu Yuanzhang does not know. But tens of millions of dollars in grain taxes are levied, and people die from it every year. Determination is not one or two. What specific number is it? No one can count it.
They are just buried in the soil under the steps of the Ming Empire.
The prince will not deceive himself and say that these people do not exist. It's just that the prince subconsciously felt that this was inevitable. After all, the people of Ming Dynasty were not actually rich. Tax from these people. It would be strange if nothing happens. This is true in every dynasty and every generation.
That's all it's ever been.
The lives and deaths of these people will not affect the overall situation. But the scholar-bureaucrats, as well as the power behind them, could influence the court.
It's the prince who wants to save it.
It's just that the prince did not get through Lu Xun. But Zhu Yuanzhang read it. It's always been like this, right?
The prince said: "Father, there are so many people to deal with, how can there be so many officials in the court?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It just so happens that another new student from the Imperial College has graduated."
The prince had nothing to say, only deep fear. Something he had always wanted to ask. But he didn't dare to ask. lingering in his heart. That is: "Father, do you really want to depose the prince?"
As mentioned earlier, the prince was the biggest backer for the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty. In other words, most of the civil service system is composed of princes. Now, Zhu Yuanzhang has replaced the original civil servants with Imperial College students. And all the Imperial College students were from He Xi.
The prince had a deep sense of crisis.
After all, this time, Zhu Yuanzhang went to Liaodong and brought King Yan there. King Yan and He Xi stayed in Liaodong for a long time.
The prince is a good brother. But also a political figure.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Prince, the foundation of our Zhu family is the common people of the world. Not these big families. It is the small people, not the officials. The common people die one by one. And the officials kill one group and another group. Think about it carefully." "
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After the prince withdrew from Qianqing Palace, he felt a little lost for a while.
In fact, there are rifts and crises today. Although the prince cared, he was not that concerned. the reason is simple. The prince's potential power in the court is actually very great. Bigger than ever before. Because of He Xi's influence, Zhu Yuanzhang established a secretary-supervised cabinet system. The power of the prince is close to the power of the chief ministers in future generations. It lasted for several years, so one can imagine how deep the foundation of the prince is.
Of course. Zhu Yuanzhang was not a later Ming Dynasty monarch. Zhu Yuanzhang defeated the entire Ming Dynasty. Not to mention that Zhu Yuanzhang has always been very diligent. There is no possibility of losing power.
Therefore, although the prince's authority is great. But he could still be cleaned up by Zhu Yuanzhang in a flash.
The prince's greatest sense of crisis. It is that he has always been able to grasp Zhu Yuanzhang's context. I dare not say that he could completely guess Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts. But it can be figured out afterwards. Now he couldn't understand it at all.
I simply can’t figure out why Zhu Yuanzhang did this?
Just like the matter of Qingzhang, and what Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for He Xi to do in Liaodong, as well as attacking Goryeo first and then Japan.
He even doubted that his current father was still the same father as before?
However, although the prince has a heavy sense of crisis, he still has one last card at this moment, a trump card. That is to find mom. ,
He Xi brings the greatest impact, Queen Ma is still there.
