Chapter 18 4. Two-foot baby seven-foot knife

Historians assert that since the three sons of Yan Wang Zhu Di were being held hostage in the capital, Zhu Di did not dare to move lightly when Emperor Jianwen cut down the vassal. This is why historians are confused. In ancient times, those who competed for the world often had their fathers kill their sons, and their sons killed their fathers. Who would put family affection in their eyes?If Zhu Di raised an army at that time, won the world, and put countless beauties in the harem, would he still be short of a son?So Zhu Di wasn't thinking about some shit son, what's the use of that thing?It's just because even if he does it, he can't get support from the people and the army-people's hearts are no longer confused, let's rest.

At this time, in the deep palace, the young Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen was also thinking about this matter with his two staff.These two staff members are Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng. They are not well-known in history, and their reputation is extremely bad-the difference is that they have not made any mistakes. They are too good at analyzing the current domestic and international situations. Let me first talk about the origins of these two guys, Qi and Huang.Let’s talk about Qi Tai first. In fact, his real name is not Qi Tai, but Qi De.Because I accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to burn incense in the ancestral temple, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw him, he said: "Your name is inappropriate, Qi De Qi De, I am afraid that you are immoral? I will change it for you. You are not allowed to be called Qi De again. Let's call it Qi Tai..." So Qi De changed his name to Qi Tai.

After calling Qi Tai, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered the matter at the border, and Qi Tai answered any questions, speaking clearly and clearly, and Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked.He deliberately said the marching route, and Qi Tai became more familiar with it. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stand it anymore, so he shouted: "How do you know?" Qi Tai solemnly replied: "A good memory is not as good as a bad pen..." As he spoke, he took out a small notebook from his pocket, and saw that all important national events that needed attention were recorded in it.The more Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it, the more surprised he became, and he couldn't help shouting:

"You have a way..." From then on, Qi Tai's name spread like wildfire. The other Huang Zicheng, whose original name was not Huang Zicheng, was called Huang Cheng, and his name was Zicheng.I don't know how it happened, but when I screamed, Zicheng died.His talent is not inferior to Qi Tai's. One day when he had nothing to do, he strolled to the east corner gate, and suddenly saw Zhu Yunwen, who had not yet ascended the throne at that time, leaning his back on the door frame, staring at the void in a daze with despair.Huang Zicheng walked over and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, are you worried about the power of the vassal king?"

At that time, Emperor Jianwen was taken aback, and immediately grabbed him like a life-saving straw... In short, Qi and Huang became the young emperor's reliance.The two agreed that after so many years of war, China's population has been decimated, plus the ten-year catastrophe caused by Zhu Yuanzhang, the army's purge, and the rectification movement to eliminate dissidents.Basically, the veteran generals in the army have been wiped out.Although Zhu Di still has a certain influence in the army, facing the mainstream of peace and development in the world, who will Zhu Di influence?So, Qi and Huang suggested that since there will be no future troubles, what are we waiting for, let's cut down the feudal clan.If we don’t cut it now, after two years the domestic population will soar and young people will face employment difficulties.At that time, war became a possibility, and Zhu Di, a feudal lord who had enough influence on the soldiers, would faintly increase his strength.So until then, it will be too late to think about cutting the feudal clan.

It is a good thing to cut down the vassals. How wonderful it is to remove all other people's military and political positions and concentrate all the power in their own hands.Although Emperor Jianwen had the gentle nature of sheep, he had the absolute authority of rams, which was attractive enough to him. The problem is that there is only one problem.Before Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he issued an imperial edict, which strictly stipulated the current system and power ratio, and prohibited anyone from adjusting the structure he had formulated. The vassal king did not allow it, and neither would future emperors. .If anyone dares to do this, Zhu Yuanzhang will never end with him when we meet at Jiuquan in the future.

What is certain is that Zhu Yuanzhang's approach is a manifestation of the wisdom of ultimate power.Because Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system, that is, abolished the traditional profession of prime minister, power has lost its checks and balances—but power without checks and balances cannot be called power, because power needs feedback, and without checks and balances, it also loses feedback.Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's vassal king in charge of the military system, rebuilding the feedback mechanism of power, and a new perfect power structure appeared. Zhu Yunwen obviously didn't realize this point, he was born with the stupidity of an old sheep, he just thought that there were still a few rams in the flock, and the horns on the other's head constituted a malicious provocation to his psychology.He hates this phenomenon, and hopes to kill all the rams in the herd, so that he can lead all the ewes with one ram.In a word, he wanted absolute power, but he didn't consider whether he deserved it.

In fact, the vassal kings who hold part of the military power, such as King Zhou, King Rudai, and King Yan, are in extreme fear at this time.Everyone knows it well, and it depends on how capable Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen is.If Zhu Yunwen has a little bit of ability, and he is not jealous of the Zen vassal king, then everyone can live in peace. I'm afraid that Zhu Yunwen is not very capable and courageous-the matter really turned out to be such a bad result. Zhu Yunwen didn't think he had the ability to control those uncles who held military power. He was afraid in his heart, and of course he wouldn't show this fear—but his eagerness to do so showed that his inner fear had reached its peak.To use an inappropriate analogy, in terms of intelligence alone, Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen is a bit like a child holding a machete, full of extreme fear.The vassals are a group of adults who have the ability to strangle him, but at this time these adults are tightly bound by the ropes of power.He could only look at Zhu Yunwen stupidly, hoping that this poor kid would not be too stupid.But Zhu Yunwen was afraid, he held up the knife, tremblingly walked up to an uncle, hacked a king of Zhou to death with a puff of the knife.Another puff, cut off the king of Dai, followed by three puffs, and cut off the kings of Xiang, Qi and Min.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yunwen, who had a baby IQ, rushed over to Yan Wang Zhu Di with a bloody machete in his hand. Help—from the depths of history, we heard the desperate cry for help from Yan Wang Zhu Di. He was asking monk Daoyan for advice, and he hoped that this bald donkey could cast a spell and untie the rope of power that bound his hands.