"And the dynasties of the feudal kings of the past dynasties, those feudal kings will all be in chaos without exception."

"For example, the Rebellion of the Seven Kings of the Han Dynasty."

"But it's human nature for them to do that." Qin Yu continued, "After all, the rivers and mountains are all built by their hard work, and they want their descendants to enjoy their fruits, which is called fertilizer and water not flowing into the fields of outsiders." ”

"And if a few sons sit on one side, it will be easier to keep their family."

"But this approach is actually unreliable, and even contrary."

"If you want to keep your dynasty alive, the best way is to be good to the people, not to force it by force. Reign by coercion by force can never last. ”

"Even those vassal kings would sit on one side and endanger the emperor's rule, which ultimately had the opposite effect."

"So, is Sir against dividing the feudal king?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at each other and asked. When he divided several sons as vassal kings, he was also opposed by the ministers, but Zhu Yuanzhang acted arbitrarily and insisted on giving his sons kings.

The ministers also pointed out the lessons of history to him, and Zhu Yuanzhang also understood these truths, but he just didn't adopt them.

"It's not against it." Qin Yu said, "After all, everyone has selfish intentions, even Zhu Yuanzhang can't be completely selfless." The Ming Dynasty that he worked so hard to fight, why can't he give it to his son? ”

"We also can't be too demanding of others, we can't hold others to the standards of saints."

"And for the vassal system, Zhu Yuanzhang also did a better job, and learned the lessons of the previous dynasties. Let those vassal kings not have the power to recruit troops, and they will not become a threat to the imperial court in the future. ”

"In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention of dividing the feudal king was just to let his sons enjoy glory and wealth from generation to generation."

"And they also use brocade guards to monitor various palaces, just for fear that they will cause chaos in the future."

Send a brocade guard to spy on the vassal palace?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked embarrassed for a while when he heard this, these small actions of his own were actually known to Qin Yu clearly? was also dismantled in front of Zhu Di, and there was a feeling of being stripped naked in public.

"The country was fought down by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is understandable that he wants his sons to enjoy the glory and wealth of generations." Qin Yu said, "And Zhu Yuanzhang also restricted the vassal king from recruiting troops privately, when Zhu Di was the king of Qin, there were only 100 soldiers in the palace, and he was completely unable to resist...... It can be said that in terms of management and restrictions on vassal kings, Emperor Zhu has done a good job. ”

"So it's not wrong for Zhu Yuanzhang to divide the feudal kings, people started with a bowl of the country, and they didn't allow his descendants to enjoy the glory and wealth?"

As far as the people are concerned, everyone is reasonable and can accept this. Those vassal kings can enjoy glory and wealth forever under the shadow of their ancestors, who told them to be reincarnated? ”

"But the premise is, don't harm the people."

"The birth and death of your ancestors only gave you the blessings of enjoying life, but did not give you the right to harm the people."

"What the gentleman said makes perfect sense!" Zhu Yuanzhang listened and said again and again. Qin Yu's words reached his heart, and Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose of dividing the feudal kings was also to let his sons simply enjoy wealth and wealth.

I don't want them to harm the people or the court at all.

That's why he added a lot of restrictions to the vassal kings, and even sent Jinyi guards to spy on the news.

"Then why did Zhu Di settle down?" Qin Yu said, "It was caused by a series of brain-dead operations of Emperor Jianwen later. ”

After the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang named Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunwen as the emperor's grandson, and later Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, which was later Emperor Jianwen. In just four years, he lost his country. ”

"How did he do it?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to ask.

"As soon as he came to power, he began to make drastic cuts." Qin Yu said, "Actually, this is not necessary at all, didn't you say it earlier, Zhu Yuanzhang has already added many restrictions to the vassal kings." ”

"The vassal king has a special agency to supervise the vassal king, and the soldiers under the vassal king are only a few hundred at most."

"They are not a threat to the emperor at all."

"Zhu Yuanzhang just wanted those vassal kings to enjoy the glory and wealth in peace, but as soon as you came to power, you went against your grandfather's will and launched a severe campaign to cut the feudal domain on a large scale."

"Don't give those uncles a way to live."

"It's still the same sentence, the rivers and lakes are not fighting and killing, the rivers and lakes are sophisticated."

"And Emperor Jianwen doesn't understand any human feelings. As soon as he came to power, he targeted his own uncle, what does it mean? It's completely impersonal. ”

"Why did Emperor Jianwen do this?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze when he heard this, "Could it be that he is the kind of person like Li Er?" ”

"It's not." Qin Yu said, "He was fooled and lame by that group of civil officials." ”

"That group of civil officials, when Zhu Yuanzhang was crowned the vassal king, tried their best to oppose this matter. However, their opposition was of no avail, and when a go-shi who had strenuously opposed the king was killed, they did not dare to speak again. ”

"Zhu Yuanzhang is too powerful, they can't handle it, but they can handle the young Emperor Jianwen."

"So as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang died, they took turns to educate Emperor Jianwen, saying that dividing the feudal kings was the disaster of the previous dynasties...... The Youyou Qingli tells us that the vassal kings were the greatest scourge of the imperial court, such as the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the emperor must immediately dismiss the vassal kings, lest they bring harm to the court in the future. Your Majesty, not only do you want to cut down the feudal domain, but you can't give them a way to live......"

"These hateful civil officials!" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze when he heard this, "Take advantage of our death to fool the young and ignorant Emperor Jianwen?" ”

"That's true." Qin Yu said, "So the literati misled the country, and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed in the hands of that group of Qingliu." The group of people around Emperor Jianwen was like this, and the later Donglin nobles were even more so. ”

Later, Emperor Jianwen really followed their advice and severely cracked down on his uncles who were vassal kings. The king of Zhou was demoted to a concubine, the king of Qi was not only demoted to a concubine, but also imprisoned in the capital, and the king of Xiang was forced to commit suicide......"

"These are Zhu Yunwen's own uncles, who were either demoted to concubines or committed suicide."

This also proves that Zhu Yuanzhang has a lot of control over the vassal king, so that they have no ability to resist at all. But as long as the vassal kings have the ability to resist, they will not be so miserable by Emperor Jianwen. ”

"Zhu Yuanzhang prevented the vassal king from harming the court, but he didn't expect that the vassal king would be so miserable, which can be regarded as a mistake."

"Those vassal kings just want to live a rich and prosperous life in peace, why can't anyone tolerate them?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze when he heard this.

"There's no way, those civil officials can't get used to it." Qin Yu said, "From the very beginning, they opposed the vassal king system. ”