"Students, open the textbook. Today we will talk about Chapter 2, Section 2, the changes in the enfeoffment system in the Ming Dynasty." The history teacher stood on the podium and wrote these nine words on the blackboard as he spoke.
Yun sat down and watched the teacher write, and at the same time sighed in his heart: "I can no longer look at the world with the same old eyes. Although I know that this world is different from the world in the first life, because the level of social development is similar, it is always
I'm subconsciously using the experience of the first life to trick this life. I must remember in the future that I can't fool around with it.'
Yun saw the demonstration last night and after reading the news, he was very curious about the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the so-called vassal territories, the political system and immigration policy of the Ming Dynasty, but he couldn't figure it out based on the little introduction in the news, so he started with this
Putting things aside, I took out the historical books at Zhu Shihuan's house as planned and continued to learn more about history.
Seeing 11 o'clock in the evening, Yun put down the book to wash up and go to bed. Remembering the history teacher's instructions to preview, he took out the history textbook from his school bag, opened the second section of the second chapter, and took a rough look at the content in preparation for the next day.
The teacher asks questions during class.
But after just a few glances, Yun's face was full of surprise. He also received nine years of compulsory education in his first life, so of course he knew what the history textbooks in his first life were like. The content of modern history was closely related to contemporary times.
, the content is very brief, and many important and influential things, such as the "price breakthrough" in 1988, are not mentioned; the Central Plains of this world is still ruled by the Ming Empire, so even the history of the early Ming Dynasty will be closely related to the present day, he believes
Again, I'm just talking about it roughly.
But the content of the textbook was completely different from what he had imagined. This section introduced the enfeoffment system in great detail, starting from Zhu Yuanzhang's enfeoffment of kings in the third year of Hongwu's reign, and continuing to the last change in the vassal territorial policy ten years ago.
Concealed and taboo content. Yun spent half an hour reading this chapter of the textbook. Then he remembered that there was another book called "History Textbook Supplement", and took it out to read the content corresponding to this section until early in the morning.
I just finished watching it at 1 o'clock.
Yun Zheng sighed with emotion when he saw the teacher finish writing the nine words and turned to look at the students. He paused and said, "Teacher knows that some students are more aware of the changes in the enfeoffment system than the teacher, but we still have to listen carefully to the teacher's lectures.
Because the teacher will focus on the key content of the exam, when you understand this period of history, you will not say which points will be tested in the future exam."
There was a burst of low laughter below. Half of the students in the classroom were from noble families, and they were also poor nobles. The poor nobles had nothing to brag about, they could only brag about the glorious deeds of their ancestors, and it would also involve some matters involving the feudal system, so the classroom
Most of the aristocratic students here are indeed more aware of the enfeoffment system than their teachers.
The teacher also smiled, and then began to teach. "The enfeoffment system of the Ming Empire began in the third year of the Fuxing calendar and the third year of Hongwu. Emperor Taizu canonized the second son of the emperor as the king of Qin, and the third son of the emperor as the king of Jin..., Huangjiu
The son was King Zhao, and the only grandnephew of the emperor was King Jingjiang. Later, in 11 years, 24 years, 25 years, and 26 years, other princes were conferred as kings."
"The reason why Emperor Taizu ennobled the feudal lords was because he was worried that the generals would rebel, so he sent his princes to station in various places to assist the emperor in defending the country. But obviously, this policy was problematic. Even though the vassal kings that Emperor Taizu canonized were not like those in the Han Dynasty
The feudal king has all the power of the fief, but it is also a destabilizing factor."
"This led to the Luxie Rebellion in the 32nd year of the Fuxing Calendar and the first year of Jianye. We have already talked about the Luxie Rebellion in the previous lesson. If the three guards of the King of Qi were not under the jurisdiction of the King of Qi, then the Luxie Rebellion would
It is impossible for Yuan to mobilize the army; it is impossible for King Yan Li to raise troops to respond."
Hearing the words 'King of Qi' and 'King of Yan Li', Yun smiled slightly. After Zhu Di died, Yun decreed that he be crowned King of Yan Yang. This made Gao Xu and Gao Chi extremely happy. 'Yang
'' is certainly not a good word, but based on Zhu Di's actions back then, it was already very magnanimous for Yun to admit that he was a prince. Anyway, Zhu Di was not in the Central Plains when he died, so it would have no impact not to give him a posthumous title. After Zhu Di's death, Yun issued an edict to commemorate him.
His achievements after becoming a monk completely treated him as a monk. He was not named a prince and certainly had no posthumous title. Therefore, when he had to mention what happened when he was a prince, he was only called the King of Qi.
"So after that, Emperor Zhao gradually abolished the vassal kings in the traditional Central Plains area. In the 72nd year of the Fuxing calendar and the 41st year of Jianye period, he transferred the stepson of King Zhou Xian (Zhu Youdun) to overseas. Only Ningxia remained in the traditional Central Plains area.
King Qing of Ganzhou, King Su of Ganzhou and King Shu of Chengdu. These three princes did not change their titles because their lands were close to the border."
"At the same time, Emperor Zhao conferred many vassal kings overseas. Starting from the first year of Jianye, Emperor Zhao conferred vassal kings in Nanyang, northwest and northeastern regions, and divided the Min kings in Myanmar respectively... In the 37th year of the Fuxing calendar, Jianye
After Emperor Zhao learned of the discovery of Hanzhou at the end of the sixth year of his reign, he first changed the title of the King of Xiang to the King of Shang and granted him the land of Jinchuan. After that...;... until the death of Emperor Jing, all the places that could be granted a title except India and Moliejia Continent.
They all made vassal kings, so much so that a king of Castile at that time said that there were more kings in the world with the surname Zhu than without the surname Zhu."
"The enfeoffment of vassal kings by Emperor Zhao and subsequent emperors is completely different from that of Taizu. Taizu only had a virtual title, while Emperor Zhao was a real one. Except for the officials of the Wang Xiangfu, the vassal kings had the right to appoint and remove all other officials in their own fiefs.
, has independent military command power and incomplete diplomatic rights. Of course, the lord still abides by the regulations that were not written in the written language at the time but were known to all lords."
"On the surface, it seems that because the vassal kings have greater power, the possibility of rebellion has increased. However, until the first social revolution, no vassal kings rebelled; indeed there were vassal kings who did not obey the central government of the empire.
Government affairs happen, but through secret bargaining, the central government and the vassal state can always reach an agreement, even if it is sometimes very reluctant."
"The reason for this is very simple, because: First, the vassal king's fiefdom is too far away from the seat of the central government. The farther the distance, the lower the possibility of a rebellion successfully overthrowing the original emperor, and the less economical it is for the vassal king. It is wise to
The vassal kings only increased their power by resisting the orders of the central government and strengthening their control over the palace of the king and prime minister, without thinking about the almost zero possibility of becoming emperor."
"Second, the vassal state needs the support of the central government. The places where Emperor Zhao granted vassal kings were all areas where non-Han people gathered. He required each vassal king to work hard to implement the assimilation policy of the local indigenous people in the fiefdom, and to migrate Han people from the Central Plains.
When it comes to the vassal state, the first generation of vassal kings are weak and unable to resist the central government, so of course they will not rebel. When some ambitious vassal kings of the second and third generations estimate the success rate of their rebellion, they will suddenly discover that their own
Although Feng Guo is very powerful, it will be in a very embarrassing situation if it rebels."
"At this time, the assimilation process has not yet been completed, and there are still many local indigenous people in the fiefdom. In the past, the reason why these indigenous people did not resist the assimilation policy and the collection of taxes was because there was a powerful suzerain state above the vassal state, and the resistance could not succeed; but if
If the vassal king rebels, the powerful suzerain state disappears, and the vassal state's army still has to fight the suzerain state's army and is unable to deter them domestically, the natives will no longer obey the orders of the vassal state government, and may even rebel against the vassal state."
"At the same time, because the assimilation policy has been implemented for many years, there are many Han Chinese and assimilated locals in the fiefdom. If the assimilation policy is abolished, it will also cause dissatisfaction among these people, and they will no longer support the vassal king. In short, once the vassal king
If they rebel, not only will they not be able to mobilize all the power of the vassal state, but they will even be divided within the vassal state, so they will not rebel."
"And the central government has not withdrawn the vassal state at this stage. If it withdraws the vassal state, the central government will be responsible for the things that are borne by the vassal state. If things go wrong and lead to a large-scale rebellion by the natives, whether it is sending a large army to quell the rebellion, or giving up the vassal state general
The cost of bringing the local Han people back to the Central Plains for resettlement was too great, and the gains outweighed the losses. Therefore, the emperors of all dynasties did not withdraw from the vassal vassal."
"Originally, if there were no large-scale social changes, the central government of the empire and some vassals would gradually decay, and the oppression of ordinary people would become more and more severe, leading to rebellion among the people, the decline of the central empire, and the vassals without decay would take the opportunity to send troops to the Central Plains.
Trying to become emperor."
"But the Industrial Revolution changed everything. I will talk about the Industrial Revolution in detail later, so I won't go into detail in this lesson. In short, with the rapid development of productivity and the changes in the political and military systems, the conflicts between big countries and small countries have
The gap in national power increases exponentially. In an agricultural society, a weak side may defeat a strong side due to the high morale of the army, genius command, etc. However, in an industrial society, a strong side will only retreat because the costs are higher than the benefits.
, could not be defeated by a weak party. The first social revolution was basically passed smoothly, there was no large-scale turmoil in the Central Plains, and the vassal country had no possibility of successful rebellion, and of course it would not rebel."
"However, with the further development of industry after the first social revolution, the feudal kings were forced to rebel. After the first social revolution, the aristocrats included the capitalists into the ruling class, and Confucian scholars, even the Mingli Confucian scholars advocated by Emperor Zhao
It has also completely stepped aside, and the aristocrats and capitalists have joined forces to control the country."
“After they joined forces to take control of the country, they exploited ordinary people in the Central Plains to the extreme, dumped large quantities of goods in the vassal states and foreign countries, tried to destroy the industries of the vassal states and foreign countries, and turned the whole world into a dumping ground for industrial products like India.
The interests of most people in the vassal states and foreign countries were harmed, and they were very dissatisfied with the imperial center. Under such circumstances, the vassal states and foreign countries had to change their policies with the imperial center and resist exploitation."