From ancient times to the present, the political forces of all dynasties and dynasties, roughly distinguished, are roughly these four strands, relatives, eunuchs, military generals, and civil officials.

Maybe there will be some changes, such as going back hundreds or thousands of years, there is a very terrifying force, called the wealthy clan, called the family gate.

Since the Song Dynasty, the family gate valve has disappeared, and a new group has replaced them, the civil and official group, or the group of people, or the group of educated and knowledgeable scholars.

It's just that from a wealthy family, Gao Zuo has become a family of poor families, and even a home of the people.

But the struggle for these forces has never stopped, and since the Tumubao Revolution in the Ming Dynasty, the civil official group has the upper hand and firmly sits on the top spot.

They have ambitions in their hearts, thinking that the people who are dedicated to Jun Yao Shun, assisting the emperor in creating great causes, and assisting the emperor in governing the country and the country, must be them, or even only them.

And they also have the advantage, the crown prince's masters are all served by these people, they can be when the prince is young, when the prince's three views are not yet perfect, to these people who will be in charge of the empire in the future to inflict countless private goods.

When the crown prince becomes the emperor and sits on the dragon chair, he may be very shocked, how can these people who are reused by him become involved?

The good ones have become the ones who fight for power with him?

At this time, another force will appear - eunuchs.

They can also be said to have taken the advantage, the prince is served by them when he urinates, and he is closest to the prince, and he can brush his presence at all times.

And they are also the crown princes, the most reassuring people of the emperor, after all, they are just domestic slaves, and it is difficult to jump out of the barrier of imperial power.

Therefore, the entire Ming Dynasty seems to have fallen into a strange circle, always the eunuchs and civil officials are fighting, or the eunuchs representing the imperial power are fighting with the civil officials representing the power of the ministers.

Either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind.

Like relatives, military generals don't even have a chance to play.

Staring at the erected middle finger, Zhu Houzhao's eyes were in a trance, his brows were tightly locked, revealing a thoughtful look.

After a long time, his eyes gradually cleared, and just as he wanted to say something, he paused his gaze, looked at the erected middle finger twice, and then asked: "Why does this gesture of the master always have a feeling of being offended in this palace?" ”

“.”

Xia Yuan withdrew his fingers and said, "This is your illusion." ”

"Oh."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao sighed, didn't talk about this question again, and then said with a serious face: "After listening to the words of the master, this palace understands now, and I will definitely pay attention to it in the future." ”

Xia Yuan frowned, "What should Your Highness pay attention to?" ”

"These masters have a lot of eyes, and this palace should pay more attention in the future."

"Who doesn't have a dim sum eye? It is only because you are the prince, you are the crown prince, and you are the future emperor that everyone surrounds you, so they look at you, so they respect you, obey you, please you, or teach you.

No matter what you do, everyone will take every opportunity to tilt the scale in your heart against them, or even directly to the bottom. ”

"The masters of the Zhan Mansion are like this, and so are your companions, when you become emperor in the future and come into contact with those military generals, they will also be like this, these people will try their best to sell themselves to you, belittle the rest of the group, and thus raise their status in your heart.

But every group has good people and bad people, all of them are traitorous and loyal, this highness must learn to distinguish by himself, especially the people around you, it is the most important thing, especially after becoming the emperor. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still said something that was a little taboo: "The imperial power is only within a hundred steps, or even ten steps. ”

"Within a hundred, within ten steps?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned at first, and then hurriedly looked left and right nervously, the patrolling forbidden army was on guard in the distance, and there was no one around, which was another reminder and a rebuttal:

"My father's decree can obviously be issued thousands of miles away, or even thousands of miles away. Master, you must not say this nonsense, if you teach others to hear it, and then reach the ears of your father, you will definitely be punished, and even the palace may not be able to protect you at that time. ”

"Yes, power can extend thousands of miles away, thousands of miles away, but all the decrees and decrees of His Majesty are issued to the courtiers within a hundred steps, or even ten steps."

As he spoke, Xia Yuan pointed to the guards in the distance, as well as the eunuchs and palace maids who bowed their heads and shuttled through the palace.

"There are guards in the palace, eunuchs, palace maids, yamen everywhere in Beijing, tens of thousands of state and county officials in the state capitals and counties of the Ming Dynasty, and countless armies in the frontier. Perhaps with just one decree from His Majesty, it can be easily dispatched.

The farther away from Your Majesty, the greater your power, and even a decree can make 100,000, millions, or even tens of millions of people follow and dispatch.

But within a hundred steps, within ten steps, the emperor is no different from ordinary people, the closer to the emperor, the greater the threat to the emperor. ”

"Before the power can be extended to thousands of miles, thousands of miles, what we have to do is to maintain the imperial power within these ten steps and a hundred steps.

The more people around you, the closer you are, the more you must be vigilant everywhere and always be vigilant. We must be vigilant and never take it lightly, if we fail, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Zhu Houzhao's heart was shocked, his eyes became a little dazed again, and his eyes were a little strange when he looked at this master, as if he knew him for the first time, and only after a while did he say: "Master. Why are you telling me this? ”

"You should take this as a kind reminder from your minister, as a reminder from your friend."

"Friends?"

"Yes, friend." Xia Yuan bowed his head lightly and asked again, "If I say that I regard you as a friend, do you believe me?" ”

"Faith!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded without thinking much about it when he heard this, "Master is not like those companions who flatter me or flatter me all day long; I won't be as respectful to me as those masters or the ministers of the DPRK and China, or even sometimes not at all, but I can feel that the master is sincere to me.

I also like to get along with the master, I feel very light, in fact, this palace does not treat the master as a master, and has always regarded you as a friend. ”

"The minister knows, otherwise His Highness would not have gathered a group of evil bandits to beat your uncle."

Xia Yuan nodded with a smile, it has been nearly a year since he came to this era, maybe only this absurd and out-of-tune Ming prince who seems incompatible with the general environment of the feudal dynasty is regarded as a friend by him.

Zhu Houzhao doesn't care about any dignity, doesn't care about what level, doesn't care if he speaks respectfully, and doesn't care if he calls him His Highness.

He is the second middle school but real, absurd but righteous, sometimes a little silly, and very pitiful, but it is for these reasons that he gets along like an equal friend, and he also regards him as a real friend.

Otherwise, a sixth person like Xia Yuan, who has a little abacus in his heart that beats all day long, how could he talk to Zhu Houzhao, say so many taboo words, and talk so much about taboo truths.

Prince Xiao Zhu is not yet fifteen years old this year, he may be very smart, but he doesn't understand these truths, and he may not understand them in the future, so he will die in his thirties.

This may be the reason why he is not vigilant enough to be vigilant about the people around him, or maybe it was just an accident, but no matter what, Xia Yuan hopes that the overboard incident will not happen.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to be a little embarrassed, and after a pause, he suppressed his voice and said: "Actually, this palace is not all for the master, but more for the sake of venting evil anger for himself." ”

"You really did it!"

(End of chapter)