86_86695Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty was quite chaotic in the management of the clan. From the perspective of clan management, the Manchu Dynasty was much more strictly regulated than the Ming Dynasty.

As far as the basic management institutions are concerned, as early as the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, there was a clear organization for managing the affairs of the clan, the Zongren Mansion. The head of the Zongjin Mansion is generally held by the prince of the clan.

After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, because Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di was born as a vassal king, it was difficult for Jing to seize the throne. This made Zhu Di and the subsequent emperors have a great sense of anticipation against the clan.

In this case, the Zongrenfu that managed the clan was abolished, and the management of the clan was transferred to the Ministry of Rites. The name of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu or Shilang is Dazongzheng, but the person in charge of the specific clan management is just a five-rank experience official.

The politics of the Ming Dynasty had significant characteristics among the feudal dynasties of China. The political life of the Ming Dynasty for more than 300 years basically developed in the struggle between the imperial power of the emperor and the power of the civil officials. With the efforts of the feudal bureaucracy, the imperial power of the entire Ming Dynasty, although there were some ups and downs because of the occasional emergence of strong emperors. However, from a macro point of view, the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty was a continuous decline throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty.

As a clan of the emperor's family, it is actually an extension of the power of imperial power. Because of the continuous decline of imperial power, the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty, as an extension of imperial power, their political status and interests are also in a process of shrinking.

The decline of the power of the Ming Dynasty clan was actually most obvious in Zhang Juzheng.

Speaking of which, it's simple. Zhang Ju is a native of Jingzhou, and his grandfather Zhang Zhen was the guard of the Liao Wangfu in Jingzhou. Everyone knows what kind of virtue the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty is. There is no political right, and he is confined in a fief like a pig.

Being confined to a small place like a prison all year round is naturally extremely harmful to people's psychology. Like all the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, this Liao King is naturally a mentally unstable guy. Being an errand around such a person is naturally extremely dangerous.

Zhang Juzheng's grandfather was very unlucky, and was killed in the process of a nervous attack of the King of Liao.

Zhang Juzheng has always kept this incident in mind. In the second year of Longqing, Zhang Juzheng, as the third cabinet elder, organized his henchmen to denounce the King of Liao. The Huguang officials rushed up, and the Liao King was exterminated by dividing it by two.

A simple truth can be seen from this matter. The decline of imperial power has a huge impact on the clan. A cabinet elder who ranks third in the cabinet only needs to give a slight gesture. As the prince of the clan, the King of Liao does not even have the basic ability to resist.

However, once the power of the emperor's imperial power is accused of being in the hands of a strong emperor, then because of the innate feudal legal theory, the power of the bureaucracy will be at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the power of the imperial power.

Emperor Wanli is one such example.

Emperor Wanli was the third most powerful emperor in the Ming Dynasty, and his ability to control the government was second only to Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle, and he was the grandson of Emperor Jiajing. He is also relatively combative. However, he was not Emperor Daojun himself after all. In the fight against the bureaucracy, he was on the defensive. If it weren't for Zhang Juzheng's death and the split infighting of the bureaucracy. His political power is also very limited.

Therefore, throughout the Wanli period, although the position of the Zhu family clan in the political life of the Ming Dynasty has improved somewhat, it is also in the political whirlpool of the bureaucratic struggle. Their rise and fall have been used as a weapon of struggle in the power struggles of the bureaucracy of different factions.

The rebellion of Chuzong took place against such a political background. It's actually quite simple. The core issue of the entire Chuzong Rebellion was about the succession of the princes of the Chu royal palace in Wuchang.

The whole thing is actually very clear. The old king of Chu died, leaving behind two posthumous sons. The two children are still young, and the Chu Wangfu has a big business, and the side branch prince of the Chu Wangfu is in charge of the Chu Wangfu.

People are greedy for money, and the prince of the side branch who presides over the palace is looking at the property of the Chu Palace, and in order to be able to occupy the property justifiably, he spreads rumors that the little Chu king is not the old prince's species.

The human heart is very dirty. After hearing such rumors, dozens or hundreds, a huge number of side branches of the King of Chu, felt that his opportunity had come. In order to obtain the inheritance of the prince, they gathered together and complained to the imperial court. It is said that the little king of Chu is not a serious bloodline of the king of Chu, and the history is known as the case of the pseudo-king of Chu.

In fact, if the Ming Dynasty had a clear clan management body composed of clans, this matter would be just a small contradiction within the clan. The Zongren Mansion sent someone to investigate, and it was over with a conclusion.

The bad thing is that the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty declined, and the civil officials of the bureaucracy had to intervene in everything. Therefore, the issue of the succession of the king of Chu has become black material for the bureaucracy of different factions to attack each other.

The bureaucrats of the feudal era, they played the role of a kind of-stirring stick in the political life of the state. The feudal bureaucracy pursued a zero-sum game in the struggle for power.

To put it simply, civil servants are not doing constructive work in the process of being in power. It's about concentrating on what you're dragging your feet in. That is to say, it doesn't matter if I don't do things, the key is to drag others back so that others can't do things.

The political struggle of the bureaucracy in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was basically a process of comparing the bad. This kind of political struggle, in which infighting was worse than rotten, lasted until the Southern Ming Dynasty. It can be said that it was this kind of zero-sum party struggle that led to the desolation and chaos of the Ming Dynasty.

Back to the issue of the Chuzong Rebellion.

Around the issue of the succession of princes in the Chu royal palace, the bureaucrats engaged in a complex and chaotic political struggle. With the intensification of party disputes, the succession issue of the king of Chu has also intensified, and there has been a super oolong incident of the branch clan next to the palace of the king of Chu and the robbery of the tribute to the emperor, which is known as the robbery case.

Robbery of tribute was quite rare in feudal dynasties. You must know that the Ming Dynasty in the Wanli era was not the stormy Song Huizong era.

After the robbery occurred, local magistrates arrested 32 criminals who had taken the lead in the robbery on the spot and sent them to prison. Then the Chu Wang clan made trouble and broke into the palace, wanting to recapture the silver two and the arrested clansmen. Deputy envoy Zhou Yingzhi and others could not be restrained, and were even beaten, so they had to hide among the people.

At that time, Zhao Kehuai, the secretary of the military department, the right deputy capital Yushi, and the governor of Huguang, acted very unfairly because of the obvious factional tendencies in the previous handling of the "Pseudo-Chu King" case. This made the Chu royal clan hate Zhao Kehuai deeply. When Zhao Kehuai interrogated the criminal, he was broken from the shackles by the clan criminal and killed on the spot.

Emperor Wanli was naturally furious, he killed the clan relatives who robbed the bar, and imprisoned the troublesome clan. The combination of the "Pseudo King of Chu" case and the "robbery case" is known as the "Rebellion of Chu Zong" in history.

The puppet Chu King case and the robbery case around the 33rd year of Wanli can be described as a farce co-staged by the Ming Dynasty's clan and bureaucracy. The ending of the farce is also very absurd, with the death of two clans and a governor. The relevant officials were either dismissed from their posts or demoted, which can be described as chicken feathers.

Since then, the entire clan in the Huguang region has become a landmine in the eyes of officials at all levels. In the case of lightness, whether it is the ministers of the court, or the governors of Huguang and local officials at all levels, no one will think of blindly participating with the clans of Huguang.

Although more than ten years have passed since the Chuzong Rebellion, the officials in the Huguang area still talk about the change of color of the clan, and they can't wait to not deal with them for the rest of their lives. Therefore, when Ma Songhua took the initiative to find trouble with the Zongfan of Zhijiang County, Tang Wenguang was quite incomprehensible.

Tang Wenguang, who stands from the perspective of the overall situation, does not understand Ma Songhua, who only cares about immediate interests in his eyes. Ma Songhua, who only pays attention to the immediate gains and losses, can't understand Tang Wenguang, who is so ambitious in his eyes.

Tang Wenguang is thinking about his future political future, and Ma Songhua is concerned about the actual interests in his hands. When the two of them faced Wang Shuhui, they made completely different choices.

The eldest and second masters of Zhijiang County adopted different strategies in their actions. Tang Wenguang, who had received Zhu Youzi's benefits, secretly sent his master to report to Zhu Youzi's house. And Ma Songhua, who has already regarded the Zhijiang Wang family as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, is gathering manpower and preparing to destroy Wang Shuhui's wharf warehouse in Jiangbei Village.

It's just that whether it is Ma Songhua or Tang Wenguang, their understanding of Wang Shuhui is from the wrong angle. Ma Songhua believes that Wang Shuhui is just a tyrannical son. Tang Wenguang thought that Wang Shuhui was a small role in the livelihood of the Zhijiang Wang Shizi's family.

They all thought that Wang Shuhui was just an insignificant little person, and Zhu Youzi was the core figure in the whole incident.

Under this erroneous perception, Ma Songhua gathered more than 50 ruffians to rob and destroy the dock warehouse in Jiangbei Village.

After one night's hard work, more than 50 big living people disappeared without a trace.

Ma Songhua made persistent efforts and once again sent more than 80 people to Jiangbei Village.

As in the first time, more than 80 sturdy hands were again nowhere to be found.

Ma Songhua continued to work hard and once again sent more than 30 well-known bandits and robbers from all over Jiangbei to Jiangbei Village.

This time, the result is, "Today's you and me, repeat yesterday's story". More than 30 bandits in the Jiangbei area of the famous town dissipated in the wind.

After tossing back and forth for more than half a month, Ma Songhua fell silent.

It's not that he doesn't want to regroup and make persistent efforts, but the underworld figures in the entire Jiangbei region have learned the news. No one dared to go to the location of the Zhijiang Wangbei Garden, the surrounding area of Wangfu Town.

The entire Gangbuk region is now legendary. The guards around the prince of Zhijiang were all from the Ouchi guards in the Imperial City of Jingshi. Their martial arts are all superb, and everyone can fly the eaves and walk on the wall and wade through the water. All of them have practiced the magic of protecting the body, and all of them are iron cloth shirts with golden bell covers. What swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, all kinds of magic skills are invulnerable.

It can be said that in the rumors of underworld in various parts of Jiangbei. The guards on Zhu Youzi's mansion are basically in the state of possession of Shaolin Temple and Wudang Mountain. That's really God blocking and killing God, and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha.

Ma Songhua is now completely bottomless. He has realized that the methods of the underworld have become completely useless. The Baidao method could not be used because of the non-cooperation of the county commander Tang of Zhijiang County. Ma Songhua himself put himself in the air, and he couldn't go up or down