At night, the empty hall was very quiet, with the only sounds of Zhu Yunxi writing and Zhu Yuanzhang reading memorials.
I only had a moment of free time today. After coming out of the East Palace, Zhu Yunxi was taught history for an afternoon by Liu Sanwu, a member of the Zhongshu House, and Fang Xiaoru, a Hanlin scholar.
The main thing is to learn about the gains and losses of the previous dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty. The Chinese are very good at absorbing lessons and reflecting deeply at the same time. Especially the scholars of this era, they can always make up for the shortcomings of the previous dynasty in the present, so that they can not
It has become a flaw in the current political affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
In their narration, Zhu Yunxi also saw another side of the Yuan Dynasty. Although the national destiny only lasted for ninety years, and at the end of the dynasty, the people of the world were in dire straits and famine was everywhere, but there was also a good side.
Liu Sanwu and Fang Xiaoru educated Zhu Yunxi according to the standard princely education. A qualified emperor should not be extreme or biased in his heart. No matter what problem he looks at, he should not only see the bad side but also the good side.
On the one hand, and acknowledge and praise it.
Such an emperor would not rest on his laurels and be arrogant and arrogant.
Business in the Yuan Dynasty was developed, especially maritime trade. The ports along the coast were inhabited by merchants from all over the world. Whites, Persians, and even black people. Maritime trade that began in the Song Dynasty reached its peak in the Yuan Dynasty. Silk and tea produced in China,
Porcelain and other items are distributed to all parts of the world through a vast fleet of ships.
The coexistence of cultural tolerance and diversity, especially the achievements in folk culture, opera and literature cannot be underestimated. Moreover, the political situation of the Yuan Dynasty was relatively stable before Chengzong of the Yuan Dynasty, and the emperors of the early generations of the Yuan Dynasty actively moved closer to Han culture.
However, after Yuan Chengzong, the center of the Yuan Dynasty fell into internal strife. The emperor and powerful ministers killed each other, and ministers were incompatible with each other. The emperor moved closer to Han culture, which violated the interests of the old Mongolian and Yuan aristocrats.
Han culture is a unified culture with centralized power. The emperor has the final say in all affairs of the world, while the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty still retains a lot of tribal forms and power. The centralized culture also makes the emperor more inclined to use Han Confucian ministers. This
It also touched the interests of the Mongolian nobles even more.
Therefore, Dayuan completely reversed history in the mid-to-late period.
Moreover, although the commerce and trade in Dayuan was developed, the taxes in Dayuan were all fixed taxes, all of which were placed in the hands of Semu tax officials. Local businessmen became extremely rich, which then led to a large number of land mergers. Moreover, these people colluded with government and businessmen and did not pay taxes at all.
, causing great damage to the central finance.
At the same time, due to the insufficient control of the central government over the local areas in the Yuan Dynasty, these wealthy families were alienated from the imperial court and even openly rebelled.
For example, the Pu family in Quanzhou, Fujian, settled in Quanzhou since the Tang Dynasty. They are descendants of Persians. They controlled the economy of Quanzhou through maritime trade. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, they also took control of local political power, with tens of thousands of Persians in their hands.
The Tibetan armed forces composed of
Quanzhou has always been an important source of finance in the late Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Later, for the sake of profit, these Tibetan people also began to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty when the world was in chaos. While causing trouble for one party, they also had the ambition to annex the entire Fujian.
Later, it was suppressed by Yanduo Buhua, Pingzhang of Fujian Province in the Yuan Dynasty, but what the Yuan Dynasty got was a dilapidated Quanzhou Port that needed time to recover.
After the Pu family was killed once by Yan Duobuhua, and then by Chen Youding, one of the three loyalists in Fujian, and finally by Zhu Yuanzhang, all direct bloodlines were cut off. Moreover, the side branches of their Pu family were also killed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Engraved in the records of criminals, they are strictly prohibited from studying and becoming officials, and are not allowed to take part in scientific examinations.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang hated them so much was not only because the Pu family ruined Quanzhou, but also because this family had an extremely disgusting dark history.
The Persian Pu family settled in Quanzhou in the Tang Dynasty and made their fortune in the Song Dynasty. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Boyan led the Mongolian army to go south. In order to please the Mongolian master, the Pu family even tried to kill the then Young Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Later, the ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty found out and fled, but in anger, the Pu family killed nearly 3,000 people from the Zhao Song clan and the ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty in Quanzhou City.
It can be said that from the beginning of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty to the end, the failure to form a stable, qualified and effective political power and the failure to form a strong centralization of power was one of the important causes of its demise.
Even if you think about it carefully, this reason is also based on land annexation.
In addition, although culture is prosperous, it must be said that it is a sad prosperity. A large number of Han Confucian scholars cannot be reused, so the way to lament the dim government can only be focused on artistic creation.
The Yuan Dynasty suffered both natural and man-made disasters and was unpopular. The land was annexed and the government was dim. Local ministers had too much power and it was difficult for the central government to control it. These factors contributed to the demise of the Yuan Dynasty.
The teachings of Liu Sanwu and Fang Xiaoru were to help Zhu Yunxi understand these things and at the same time compare them with some policies of this dynasty and some of the policies of the previous dynasty.
Zhu Yunxi originally came from the education system of later generations. He had a strong ability to draw inferences from one instance and his unique vision often drew inferences. Who doesn't like smart students? The two Hanlin bachelors would teach them hard when they caught them.
If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't stopped him, he would have stayed away from class even after dark.
However, Zhu Yunxi did not relax in his studies because he was a modern soul. Although his cultural level was not very high, he still remembered what his teacher said when he was studying.
His history teacher once said that although the Qing Dynasty was not popular with people, one thing must be acknowledged: it did not have a cowardly emperor.
If we analyze the Qing emperors from the perspective of managers, most of them are qualified.
This is because before becoming emperors, they all went through strict education and studied hard, and had a deep understanding of the gains and losses of the past dynasties. They were able to truly centralize power and control power in the emperor's power and mind.
in hand.
So they turned all the ministers into slaves.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were relatively individual, and they and their ministers shared power with each other, which made party strife one of the factors that led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty in the middle and later stages.
Zhu Yunxi studied hard not to turn his ministers into slaves, nor to become the only man in the world. But because he wanted to realize his ambition and continue the glory of this ancient country, he had to study.
First, you must become a qualified emperor, then you can become an outstanding emperor, and then you have the ability and prestige to drive the country in the right direction.
(The above are all water, haha)
The shortcomings of the Two Tax Laws of the Yuan Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty were that local land account books were messy, and local large households annexed land at will without recording it, leaving only the land belonging to poor families. If things go on like this, taxes are imposed on poor people, causing them to go bankrupt...
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Zhu Yunxi bit the tip of his pen and carefully wrote down his thoughts on today's lecture on the paper. It was like writing a paper, writing word by word. This thing cannot be fooled, and the two gentlemen will read it tomorrow.
As for those two stinky and stubborn scholars, no matter if you are King Wu or not, if you do not do well in your homework, you will not be given any face if you criticize them.
In their words, your father, the prince, was punished by your husband back then. What's wrong with you?
Suddenly, the lights in front of him brightened, Zhu Yunxi looked up, and Zhu Yuanzhang was looking at him with a smile.
Grandpa Huang, have you finished reading the memorial? Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
Grandson, are you tired? Zhu Yuanzhang put down the candle and said with a smile.
Zhu Yunxi nodded, sighed and smiled bitterly, tired!
No matter how tired you are, you are not tired of farming! Zhu Yuanzhang laughed twice. Although scholars are sometimes useless, we must learn their knowledge, especially the knowledge of governing the country. You must study hard. Conquering the world relies on military generals, and governing the country relies on civil servants. One
An emperor without any knowledge cannot be a good emperor!
Zhu Yunxi suddenly smiled, blinked and smiled, "Grandpa Emperor, you don't have much knowledge, but you are also a good emperor!"
That was your grandfather walking on thin ice and being cautious. Zhu Yuanzhang picked up what Zhu Yunxi had written and looked at it. Well, our eldest grandson's handwriting is pretty good!
As he said that, the wrinkles on his face were all smiles. After you finished class in the afternoon, two Hanlin bachelors praised you in front of us. Haha, grandson, you have made grandpa proud!
The pride and complacency in his words were like that of an old man teaching his grandson good things.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, Grandpa, my grandson is not just learning for you, but for our Ming Dynasty.
Good! Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, well said, learn from our Ming Dynasty. Be ambitious!
Casually, I sat next to Zhu Yunxi. I have been tired from studying these days and studied late at night every day. If there is anything you want, something rare, tell Grandpa Huang!
Zhu Yunxi thought about it and said, Grandpa, it's boring to stay in the palace all day. Let's go out for a walk tomorrow?
What do we think is such a big deal? Okay, we will go out for a walk in the palace tomorrow!
At this moment, the royal hall was filled with the family affection between ancestors and grandchildren.
But in this deep palace, family affection is a luxury and even rarer thing.
Only people's calculations are eternal, in the East Palace where Zhu Yunxi lives.
A dark shadow glanced at the two sleeping princesses, then bypassed the dozing eunuch on duty and quietly entered Zhu Yunxi's study.
After a while, the dark figure tiptoed out again and walked into the East Palace Garden.
Father Double Happiness? The black shadow spoke.
Shuangxi, who had been beaten unconscious by Zhu Yunxi, came out from a dark corner and asked, "It's done!"