Lin Che put down the cup and talked eloquently:

"Let's give examples first, and then analyze."

"During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, through his Laozi Emperor Jing, he vigorously cut down the feudal domain and quelled the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and the princes gradually began to turn into gate valves."

"At that time, the gate valve had just risen and had not yet been fully formed, and the imperial power of the Western Han Dynasty reached its peak for a while."

"It was also by using his highly centralized imperial power that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, destroyed the Nanyue Kingdom and Yelang Kingdom in the south, and completed epic military achievements."

"The Western Han Dynasty also reached the pinnacle of the dynasty in his hands."

Lin Che took a sip of wine, but his eyes became clearer and clearer:

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to achieve such military achievements, not only because he had the super-first-class military commanders at that time, Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, who were invincible in the southern and northern expeditions."

"It is also because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reused the commercial wizard Sang Hongyang to manage the finances and provide a strong logistical support for the army's southern and northern expeditions."

"Whether it is the military achievements of the Western Han Dynasty or the logistics support of the army, it is inseparable from the highly centralized centralized system of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

"However, the highly centralized centralized system was destined to not last long under the social conditions of the Western Han Dynasty."

"Do you know why?"

Hear Lin Che's question.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat upright, his waist straight, and looked at Lin Che and replied in an orderly manner:

"Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty experienced the rule of Wenjing and the economic situation improved, the resources consumed by the successive wars were extremely huge, the common people were under great pressure to pay taxes, and the social security system was far from being formed..."

"The Western Han Dynasty during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was somewhat similar to Daqin, which was a high-speed war machine, and a large amount of money and grain was needed to fight a war, and without enough money and grain to support it, no matter how good the machine was, it would not be able to operate."

"In the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the centralization of power was excessively centralized, and the traitorous ministers and eunuchs around him were instigated, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was even better and rejoicing, plus the tax system was not perfect, and the entire government was in a mess."

"In the end, the contradiction between the landlords and the peasants is also intensifying, and the contradiction has developed to the point of irreconcilability, and the Han Dynasty in the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is gradually declining and inevitable."

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also wrote an edict for this to review his own mistakes."

"We think the most important thing is that his great success has caused the collapse of the situation."

Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's eloquent talk, Lin Che couldn't help but interrupt him:

"In the social background at that time, even you, Emperor Hongwu, may not be able to do better than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the past, and you may even add chaos to chaos."

"In the end, he led the Western Han Dynasty to decline because of the limitations of the times."

"Your Majesty must be familiar with the history of the Western Han Dynasty, don't look down on Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who has entered old age, and when His Majesty is old, it may be even more excessive than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

"If Your Majesty can get rid of the limitations of the times, why should you come to me for advice, it is not because with me, you can get what you want, free from the insights that limit your thinking."

"Your Majesty thinks so!"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was scolded by himself, his face was red, and he was speechless, Lin Che smiled and continued:

"It's just that the gate valve clan has just risen and has not yet become a climate, and in this short period of time, it has brought a high degree of concentration of imperial power, which can make the Chinese nation burst out with such great combat effectiveness and establish a strong Western Han Dynasty."

"Your Majesty looks at the history of the Western Han Dynasty, doesn't he summarize and think?"

"Now let me help Your Majesty sum up, Your Majesty's grand strategic direction for implementing the policy from now on is wrong."

"You are too entangled in the growth of the noble group or the civilian clique, thus threatening your imperial rule."

"So you've been maintaining a balance between the Xungui clique and the civilian clique."

Speaking of this, Lin Che changed his words:

"As everyone knows, rights are public instruments, not things of a person and a family, the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light."

"The Xungui group, the civil official group or the Jiangnan Gate Valve, what does it matter if these forces are strong?"

"Although these groups are fighting with each other, as long as they care about the country and the people, what harm will it do to my Daming?"

"Even if these groups have some selfish behavior, Your Majesty should find ways to respect and integrate power for their own use!"

"Instead of blindly suppressing, and finally transferring the contradictions between the imperial power and the gate lords and the magnates, the contradictions between them and the common people, so that the powerless and powerless people become the ultimate victims."

"In this way, Your Majesty, you are relaxed, in the end it is the common people who suffer, and the result is that the common people cannot survive and are forced to take the old road in the late Mengyuan period, the Central Plains, the uprisings continue, the country is fragmented, and the country is in danger."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, his mouth opened wide, and he was panting.

Lin Che glanced at it, did not stop, and continued:

"Guan Zi said: The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor of the Taoist, the king of Tongde, and the one who wins the army is also the tyrant!"

"He who can comprehend the essence of all things can accomplish the royal cause; Those who can understand the way to govern the world can achieve the emperor's cause; Those who know how to govern virtuously can achieve the royal cause; Those who know how to plan and win the war can achieve hegemony."

"Your Majesty cares about the people of the world, I don't deny this, but Your Majesty's vision is still one-sided, and he has not comprehended the essence of all things!"

"Harness is always more effective than destruction!"

"Don't always think about how to control the people, the people are the most powerless, the most pitiful group of people, their requirements are not high, but they want to be fed and clothed, food and clothing are worry-free, and the family can be safe, who will go to the death to rebel!"

"You turn the pages of history, the land of China has been thousands of years, and the biggest enemies of those emperors have never been ordinary people."

"As long as the emperor can control the magnates and gate valves, and the people's lives are a little better, these people will not rebel, after all, as long as there is a little hope that they can live, who will rise up to rebel, and the emperor can also solve the problem of the country and society from the root."

"I advise Your Majesty to control the powerful, gate lords, and civilian cliques, instead of killing!"

"The world can't kill everyone!"

"If you kill this force, new forces will emerge, which may be more dangerous and destructive."

"Kill and kill, when is it a head!"

The words fell.

Silent.

Not only Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, but even the Zhu brothers next to him were wide-eyed.

was said by Lin Che, Zhu Yuanzhang's original messy thinking was like peeling off a cocoon, and it was smoothed out.

Since those magnates, gate lords, and civil officials can't kill them endlessly, and they cut a stubble like a leek and grow another stubble, why don't they tame them and use them for their own use.

In the process of domestication, there will inevitably be contradictions!

From this, the contradiction between the two sides can be stopped at the emperor and the magnates, and the gate valve class, and the contradiction will not be transferred to the contradiction between the powerful and the common people!

I am integrating power, are you still worried that you will not succeed in the great cause?

(End of chapter)