Chapter 310: The Ming Dynasty did not perish because of foreign enemies, but because of internal worries.
Piaotian Literature Sun Jizong, who followed Zhu Qizhen into the Renshou Palace, responded, holding back the tears that almost fell out, and stepped forward to support Zhu Qizhen, while whispering to persuade him, "Your Majesty, please get up quickly.
Don’t make your Majesty anxious.”
"I know, uncle." Zhu Qizhen smiled at Sun Jizong, walked forward a few steps, gently held the arm of the Queen Mother Sun, and said softly: "Mother, son, I will not let you down again...
…”
"The Queen Mother knows that you are a good son and a good emperor." Queen Mother Sun held Zhu Qizhen's hand tightly, as if she was afraid that he would disappear if she let go.
That night, Queen Mother Sun barely slept. Together with Sun Jizong, she listened to Zhu Qizhen describe his encounters and experiences in the past two years. Although Zhu Qizhen tried his best to use brisk language and a relaxed tone to tell the story.
But hearing all this in the ears of Queen Mother Sun still made her shed tears on her cheeks from time to time.
Just before dawn, I heard Zhu Qizhen talking about the final battle, breaking through the puppet Khan's court, capturing alive the puppet grand master and all the nobles from the prairie headquarters, and the entire prairie finally surrendered completely and surrendered to Zhu Qi.
When Zhu Qizhen was under the iron heel of the Ming Dynasty, Queen Mother Sun couldn't help but sigh deeply, and looked at Zhu Qizhen. In addition to being happy, there was more of a kind of pride and pride. "Emperor, you
To be able to accomplish such a feat is really something that...even your great-grandfather, Emperor Taizong, could not accomplish."
"Actually, the child is just a fluke. If the queen mother and uncles hadn't secretly helped each other in Beijing, the child might not have been able to do anything in the Xuan Mansion." Zhu Qizhen explained with a somewhat embarrassed smile.
"Your Majesty, why should you be so modest? All the former emperors regarded the dangers in the northern frontier as our powerful enemies of the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, we had been attacking each other with the remnants of the Yuan and Mongolia for more than a hundred years. However, after the death of Emperor Taizong...
..." Having said this, Sun Jizong, who was so excited that he felt that he had made a mistake, couldn't help but smile and said nothing. After all, this involved Zhu Qizhen's grandfather and father. If he had made it clear, he would have really offended people.
Zhu Qizhen didn't take it seriously. He changed the subject and went on to talk about returning to the capital and entering the city. "... In this way, the child can finally enter the capital and take charge of the overall situation."
"Okay, okay, God bless you. With the blessing of all the late emperors, my son can come back safely and return to the great treasure." Empress Dowager Sun couldn't help but said with lingering fear. After all, it seemed that there was no danger at this last moment, but if something really went wrong
, mother and son may never see each other again in this life.
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
After changing her mind, Empress Dowager Sun couldn't help but said angrily: "The same goes for Yu Qian. My son is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He is a minister of the Ministry of War, but he is so unreasonable. Didn't my son do enough? He actually wants to stop it."
"Mother, there is no need to be angry. Yu Qian is a direct minister, and what he does is for the country of Ming Dynasty. What's more, in the end, he figured it out, otherwise, the child will not know when he will be able to return to the capital." Seeing Queen Mother Sun acting like this.
, Zhu Qizhen persuaded with a smile. At this moment, he had already taken off his heavy armor and put on a set of regular clothes. His body was still sitting upright. Amid the warmth, he still maintained his dignity and erectness.
Looking at Zhu Qizhen, who was much stronger and stronger than when he left the capital two years ago. Although he was wearing regular clothes, he still looked like a strong and burly son. Empress Dowager Sun smiled and nodded slightly. "That's fine, you
He is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Ai Jia is just complaining. Speaking of which, although Yu Qian is impartial, he still has some achievements in his work."
"But your Majesty, the Ai family would like to know what you are going to do with Zhu Qiyu." After saying this, the Queen Mother raised her head after a pause and looked at Zhu Qizhen in front of her.
Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but be startled, his eyes fell on Sun Jizong's face. Sun Jizong was happy and stood up straight away, bowing to the ground towards Zhu Qizhen. "Your Majesty, I think that if
If you do not punish King Yin, if all the vassals in the future have different aspirations and act in accordance with the same intention, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger."
Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but have a headache. This was his uncle, and looking at his mother's expression, he might have the same idea as his uncle Sun Jizong. However, in this way, Zhu Qizhen felt that it was against his original intention, and more importantly
What is surprising is that what he will have to deal with and clean up in the future are not only the external enemies of the Ming Dynasty, but also a large number of internal contradictions. The most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty did not die from external enemies, but from internal troubles. Knowing this, how can Zhu Qizhen
Not careful and vigilant?
In later generations, Zhu Qizhen also liked history. For this reason, he was also quite familiar with history. Instead of discussing who was right and who was wrong, he only talked about the reasons for the demise of the Ming Empire. In fact, to sum up, the most important thing is
There are several reasons: natural disasters, refugees, party strife, revolution, eunuchs, traitors, economic system, etc...
And these reasons are all involved together. It can be said that these reasons, like a spider web of termites, gnaw at the foundation of the Ming Empire. In the end, the invasion of aliens was just the one that broke the old camel of the Ming Empire.
Just the last straw.
Since Zhu Qizhen has come to this era, and since he wants to save the future of the Ming Empire, he must make changes to these. And in order to make changes, of course he must set an example, and the clan issue is what Zhu Qizhen needs to solve.
, an extremely urgent and big problem.
The purpose of reducing the vassal state was to stabilize the centralization of power. After Zhu Di successfully succeeded in the Jingnan War, he naturally knew very well what kind of threat the vassal kings maintained to the central government with tens of thousands of troops. Therefore, Zhu Yunwen's unfinished business of reducing the vassal state was taken over by Zhu Di.
During Zhu Di's reign, he naturally wanted to further strengthen the authority of the monarch. At the beginning of Yongle, he successively restored the old feudal titles of the Zhou, Qi, Dai, and Min kings. However, when his throne was more consolidated, he continued to implement the reduction of vassals. Zhou, Qi,
In the , generation, the kings of Min were deprived again; the king of Ning was moved to Nanchang; the king of Gu was moved to Changsha and deposed as a commoner; the guards of the king of Liao were cut off. In short, all the vassal kings turned into a group of identities in the end
Noble, a prisoner who can enjoy endless glory and wealth but cannot have any freedom.
Due to their superior political and economic status, they could not participate in politics and lead the army, and had nothing to do all day long. The princes and grandsons of the Ming Dynasty often married concubines and concubines, and bred numerous sons and grandsons. Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the population of the royal family increased.
Reproduction shows the characteristics of high birth rate, low death rate and high natural growth rate. For example, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang gave birth to twenty-six sons, twenty-three of whom had children, and Renzong Zhu Gaochi gave birth to ten sons.
The guy Zhu Qizhen traveled through time was not bad either. Before his death, he gave birth to a total of nine sons. His son Xianzong Zhu Jianshen had fourteen sons, Shizong Zhu Houcong, and Shenzong Zhu Yijun each had eight sons... (
Add more and it becomes watering, haha.) In short, according to historical records, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the population of the Ming clan was only fifty-eight. By the Yongle period, the population doubled in about thirty years to one hundred and twenty-seven.
In the eighth year of Jiajing, the clan population recorded in the jade certificate reached 8,203, an increase of 6 times in one hundred years. In the 32nd year of Jiajing, it increased by about 1.5 times, reaching 17,600
Sixty-one people. During the Jiajing period, there were five princes, eighty county princes, generals, lieutenants, princesses, county heads, county kings, etc. in Henan alone, a total of 1,890 people, which was the highest in the world.
In only the 16th year of Longqing and the third year of Longqing, there were a total of 28,491 surviving princes, princes, generals, lieutenants and unnamed people. This does not include the female princesses and county princes in the royal family.
Lord, county lord, etc. In another twenty-six years, in the twenty-third year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the clan population recorded in the jade certificate reached more than 157,000. It is estimated that the Ming Dynasty will fall in another half a century.
At that time, the clan's population had exceeded at least 200 million, which was "unprecedented in the ages" as Wang Shizhen's "The Great Events of the Ming Dynasty" said.
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
ps: There is too much information, so I’m sorry to fill you with too much information, so I’ll save the following 500 words so that everyone can pay less.