The emperor, princes and princes present were once again shocked by this truth. Everyone knew what he said, but no one would consider the problem from this perspective. It was basically equivalent to a child who grew up in a temple.
It was the first time a monk knew there were women in the world.
Zhu Yuanzhang remained calm at the critical moment. When everyone could not recover, Lao Zhu asked: "There is no need to mention the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. The Rebellion of the Eight Kings is also an unusual thing, but if there are princes who rebel like An Lushan,
, how to deal with it?" This is the first time Lao Zhu has asked a question today, which shows how much he attaches importance to these words.
Yunxi put down the tea cup and carefully organized his words. He answered Lao Zhu's direct question for the first time today and made sure there was nothing wrong. He replied: "Returning to Grandpa Huang, An Lushan himself is a barbarian, and he is a foreigner."
Only when he became the Jiedushi of the three towns in Hebei could he have the strength to rebel. If Xuanzong appointed him as the Jiedushi of Jiaozhi, how could he have any intention of usurping the throne? At most, he was just self-reliant, and he could not threaten the Central Plains or the Tang Dynasty at all.
country."
"If a certain uncle or brother is sealed to Hami, even if he conquers the entire Western Region with the support of the central government, unless the Central Plains is really in chaos, how can he have the intention to move eastward? If the Central Plains is really in chaos, it means that the Central Plains is in decline.
, wouldn’t his successful march eastward be equivalent to recreating the Ming Dynasty?”
Among the princes who came back to their senses, someone immediately noticed that what he just said was "uncle and brother". This is how he almost regarded himself as the prince. King Qing Zhu Zhuan thought. But he was not disgusted.
It is impossible for him to become the prince, and the views or policies that Yunxi just put forward are the most beneficial to the kings, so it is best for him to succeed to the throne, and others may not implement such a policy.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Then how to avoid wasting national power in the process of territorial expansion?"
"First of all, of course, be careful not to rush." Yun Xi said. Next, he talked about the theory of diminishing marginal effects. "Secondly, during the Warring States Period, the population of Qin did not exceed ten million, but it could maintain an army of 600,000 for a long time.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the country's population of more than 50 million was able to dispatch 500,000 troops to attack Lingnan while maintaining continuous attacks on the Xiongnu. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, the country's territory had further expanded, but it was difficult to organize hundreds of thousands of troops for the Northern Expedition.
The territory of the Tang Dynasty was the most vast, and the population exceeded that of the Han Dynasty. However, the number of troops used to conquer Goguryeo in the east and the Turks in the north were smaller than the number of troops dispatched in the Han Dynasty. It can be seen that as the country becomes larger and larger, there are more and more bureaucrats, and the country can mobilize
On the contrary, the people's power is getting smaller and smaller. If a certain place is granted to a certain uncle, because there are few petty bureaucrats in the management area, the people's power he can mobilize must be far greater than the people's power that can be mobilized in the hands of the central government, and the people will not rebel.
.In this way, the consumption of national power is reduced.”
This principle is not complicated. Everyone present understands that the more management levels there are, the more management expenses need to be borne, and there are too many layers. It is also difficult to detect corruption and violations of the central government’s orders, resulting in a large amount of resources.
It is wasted on the middle management. If it is divided, these disadvantages can be partially avoided.
Everyone was still digesting the opinions they heard today, including Lao Zhu. Zhu Yuanzhang habitually looked to the side of the door and found his personal eunuch Li Jinzhong standing there, holding a book in his hand. So he said: "We have no time to chat today.
It’s not long, let’s stop here, and you can go back to your homes to rest.”
Everyone also realized that a lot of time had passed, more than half an hour. Everyone had already dispersed at this time a few days ago. They stood up one by one, stretched themselves, and bowed according to seniority and age before leaving. Yunxi was the only one.
One of several juniors, he was of course ranked at the bottom. When he saluted and was about to go out, Lao Zhu, who had already taken the paper and started reviewing it, asked him to wait until all the other children and grandchildren had gone out, and said to Yunxi: "
Yunxi, what you just said was something you thought about before, or did it come to your mind in the past two days?"
Yunxi replied: "The examples I gave are all those I have seen before. Grandpa Huang also knows that I didn't like reading before. The historical examples and other things mentioned today are all I can remember; most of the opinions and so on are
What I have been thinking about in the past two days is also what I have just been inspired by the opinions of several uncles and brothers."
As soon as Lao Zhu said that everyone had dispersed, Yunxi came to his senses and realized that what he had just done was a little too much. The real Yunxi didn't like reading, and I'm afraid he didn't give everyone the impression that he was someone who could give these historical examples.
, now I can only try my best to make amends; fortunately, Yunxi’s ideas usually don’t take an unusual path, so his ideas and thinking angles don’t feel too abrupt.
Lao Zhu had been looking at him when he was talking, and his eyes didn't look like he was looking at his grandson, but Yunxi didn't raise his head so he didn't know. Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "When you go back today, write down what you just said into a manuscript, and finish it tomorrow.
Later I asked the eunuch to get it."
Yunhe replied "yes", paused, and seeing that Lao Zhu had no other instructions, he bowed and left.
After everyone else left, although Lao Zhu was criticizing the book, he was a little absent-minded today. Zhu Yuanzhang has not been so absent-minded since the death of Empress Ma. The main reason is that Yunxi's views today "surprised" him too much
.Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, viewpoints that no one had ever thought of were placed in front of him. As a result, although he was criticizing Zhezi, he couldn't help but think about it.
If the country is governed completely according to Zhu Yunxi's method, there are three major advantages: first, it avoids brothers fighting each other in order to reduce the vassal; second, it avoids the country's subjugation due to insufficient food; third, when the central power collapses, it is possible
There are vassal states that can recreate the Ming Dynasty, and no matter how difficult it is, there is a country named Zhu that can survive. However, the theory is still just a theory after all. It is hard to say what problems will occur in actual implementation; there may even be problems in the theory, but he has not discovered it now.
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When Yunxi spoke today, he mentioned that "uncle or brother was granted the title of Hami". Of course Zhu Yuanzhang also noticed it, but he didn't dislike it. How could a person be an emperor if he didn't even have this kind of courage? Just rely on Yunxi.
Today, this theory is unexpected but reasonable. Zhu Yuanzhang has already considered Yunxi as his first successor (Yunxi probably has someone to take over), but he has never considered Yunxi as his successor before.
, I don’t know what his ability to deal with things is. The next step is to find a suitable excuse to send Yunwen and Yunxi out to deal with some things. If Yunxi is too short-sighted and has a weak hand, it will not work.
Absently approving a few folds, Zhu Yuanzhang realized that he was not paying attention, pushed the folds away, and saw that it was already three quarters to noon, so he asked the eunuch to go to the imperial dining room to pass the meal, and walked out of the room by himself.
The room where you usually eat.
While eating, Zhu Yuanzhang always felt that there was something he hadn't noticed, and there was always a hidden worry in his heart, but he didn't know what it was. After eating, Zhu Yuanzhang came to a small and unique room in the west pavilion of Jinshen Palace to prepare for a lunch break
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At this time, another of Lao Zhu's eunuchs, Su Huai'en, walked in and said: "Today we have arranged to pay attention to the three emperors' grandsons in private..." After hearing this, Lao Zhu suddenly lost all sleep, because he finally knew that his hidden worry was
What's wrong! That means Yunxi is different from before, has changed, and the change has been great.
If it weren't for the fact that in the palace, especially the Wenhua Palace before and after Zhu Biao's death, it would be impossible for someone to come in unnoticed, he would have suspected that Yunxi had been transferred! Even now, he doubted whether Yunxi had been transferred to someone else.
A borrowed corpse brings back the soul.
However, according to the circulating cases of resurrecting corpses, there should be no memory of the dead (as an ancient person, Zhu Yuanzhang certainly could not imagine that high-tech soul traveling from more than 600 years later could retain the original memory); and when Zhu Biao died, Yunxi's
Sadness is not fake, no one can deceive Lao Zhu about it.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't figure it out, and finally decided to continue observing. "If you are really not Yunxi, there will be traces." Zhu Yuanzhang thought this way.
