Chapter 88 Chapter 17 From Prosperity to Decline

In order to consolidate his throne, Jin Zhangzong raised his butcher knife to the royal family and his uncle.Although Zheng Wang Yongbao is Jin Zhangzong's uncle, after all, he really has rebellion, and we can also think that Jin Zhangzong did this out of necessity.But the death of his uncle, Gao Wang Yongzhong was a bit unjust.So what's going on here? King Hao is the eldest son of Sejong. In terms of age, he should be the eldest son of Emperor Sejong. He is older than Zhang Zong's father, the prince Yungong, but Yungong is the eldest son.Yongzhong served as a privy envoy in the Sejong Dynasty, in charge of military power, and his personal talents and ambitions were extraordinary.When Zhangzong's father Yungong was alive, he tried his best to avoid conflicts with Yongzhong.If there is a conflict between the two, Yun Gong will bear it.Yongzhong broke the law a few times, but Yungong suppressed them and did not tell his father.Not only did Yongzhong not show his affection, but his arrogance became even more arrogant. The prince did not dare to offend me. After all, I am the prince's elder brother. It was because I was a concubine that I did not become the prince.When the crown prince died of illness, Emperor Sejong was visiting Shangjing, and Zhangzong and Yongzhong were both in Zhongdu.Because Emperor Sejong loved his grandson and was afraid that Yongzhong would harm him, he immediately took measures to transfer Yongzhong to Shangjing, and Zhangzong was able to succeed to the throne later.

After Zhang Zong succeeded to the throne, the uncle and nephew naturally had grudges in their hearts.Yongzhong felt that the throne should belong to me no matter what, it was just because the father favored Yun Gong, loved the house as much as Wu, and even his grandson was favored.Emperor Zhangzong always felt that this uncle had a heart of disobedience, and if one day he took control of the military, he would definitely plot rebellion and cause chaos.Therefore, the emperor took every possible precaution against his uncle, transferred him to other places as an official, removed his military power, and sent people to monitor him, and told the local officials that no one was allowed to associate with my uncle, and Yongzhong was isolated.A local official went to pay homage to King Hao without reporting to the Central Committee for approval. After saying goodbye to Yongzhong, he received a hundred slaps.So Wang Yongzhong was very angry. I am the emperor's uncle, but I am no different from a prisoner. No one visits our house, and no one dares to come to pay me New Year's greetings during the holidays.Since the emperor doesn't trust me so much, he simply put it on the table, saying that the minister is old and wants to be an official, beg for bones, and retire.The emperor said, no, you cannot retire.Because if he retires, he will return to Zhongdu to stay with the emperor. If he goes to Zhongdu to make friends with court officials, it will put too much pressure on the emperor.The emperor said, you'd better give me an honest place to stay.

The emperor didn't allow Yongzhong to retire, but he didn't trust him so much, so he wanted to get his uncle killed.Finally, the emperor found an excuse.King Ho's uncle was the prime minister of the Sejong Dynasty and had passed away for many years. His aunt hung a portrait of King Ho's mother in her home, and she often burned incense and prayed, hoping that King Ho would win the world one day.This move was reported, and a big prison was set off.King Hao's aunt, wife of the former prime minister, was executed.But this incident can't affect King Pick, and King Pick didn't ask her to hang a portrait to pray.But Emperor Zhangzong refused to give up on this matter, and asked the officials of King Gao's mansion to investigate whether King Hao had any unruly remarks.The subordinate officer said, of course, the two sons of King Hao often speak ill of His Majesty behind his back, and I wrote them down in my notebook. What did you say.The emperor looked at the record, his eyes lit up, King Pickaxe said such a sentence, in the future I will rule the world, and my sons will be kings.This is enough to prove that Yongzhong is going to rebel!The emperor issued a decree, King Pickaxe bestowed death, and the two talkative sons beheaded.

The ministers were all shocked, Prime Minister Wanyan Shouzhen and others came forward one after another, saying that the crime of King Pickaxe is not worthy of death.First, in what context did he say these words?It would be understandable to say these two sentences if he was drunk, after all, he was full of anger.Second, he only has words, but no actions.It's not like Zheng Wang, who listened to the scammers and really made friends everywhere, preparing to recruit soldiers and buy horses to rebel.Therefore, the king of pickaxe did not deserve to die.Emperor Zhang Zong said, whoever intercedes with King Pick will go with King Pick.For this matter, even the prime minister Wanyan Shouzhen (the grandson of Wanyan Xiyin, the famous prime minister in the early Jin Dynasty and who created the Jurchen script) was demoted to Jinan as a local official, and never returned to the central government in this life.When everyone saw it, they dared not speak anymore, so King Pick died and the two sons were killed.Fortunately, King Pickaxe was not like King Zheng who was beheaded all over the house, because he had no actions after all, only words.Zhang Zong decreed that all people in Hao Wangfu should be confined, and single men and widows were not allowed to marry.Women are not allowed to marry no matter how old they are, and men are not allowed to marry. When you die of old age, there will be no offspring, and this branch will be finished by itself.This ban was not lifted until the eve of Jin's death.

It can be seen that there is no family relationship in the royal family. The emperor felt that his uncles and uncles threatened his throne, so he wanted to kill them.Therefore, Sejong's other sons had to show 100% obedience, 100% uselessness, and 100% incompetence, so that the emperor's nephew could rest assured.After the death of Emperor Zhangzong, he passed the throne to one of his most useless uncles, which became an important reason for the demise of the Jin Kingdom.