Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

Chapter 320: There Is No Thousand-Year Dynasty, Only A Thousand-Year Family [Please Subscribe, Pleas

"The heroes of the world have joined me!"

"Your Highnesses, do you know where this sentence comes from?"

Yan Changqing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes and asked lightly.

Jin Wang Zhu Fan thought for a moment, and then said:

"From "Tang Yan" written by Wang Dingbao during the Five Dynasties."

"According to records in the book, Emperor Taizong of Tang once went to inspect the Yushi Mansion (the place where the Jinshi examination was conducted) privately. When he saw many Jinshis with new wisdom filing out, he proudly said: The hero of the world, Rui Wuyi is a Chinese medicine practitioner. !!"

"This sentence refers to the selection of talents from all over the world through the imperial examination system, so that all the heroes in the world can be used by Emperor Taizong of Tang."

"Now that I think about it, this sentence should have another meaning. Under the imperial examination system, educated people did not think about how to overthrow the imperial court, but passed the examination to seek official positions.

It is conducive to consolidating and strengthening the imperial power. "

"At the same time, it also further weakens the influence of aristocratic families through the imperial examination system."

Yan Changqing nodded and then asked:

"So is it really weakened?!!"

"The ruler of the Tang Dynasty was naturally the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, but did the ruling class of the Tang Dynasty change because of the imperial examination system?!!"

Jin Wang Zhu Fan's face was slightly stagnant. He carefully recalled the records in the history books, and then said with some hesitation:

"It seems not.

Yan Changqing nodded, turned around again and explained while writing on the blackboard:

"Yes, in terms of its significance and final results, the emergence of the imperial examination system indeed broke the monopoly of the ruling class by aristocratic families [and even ended the era of aristocratic families!!!"

"However, in fact, during the Tang Dynasty, the ruling class was still the same as the Sui Dynasty. The ruling class was still firmly occupied by aristocratic families."

"It is worth mentioning that the Li family of Longxi, although they also came from a large family, and during the Sui Dynasty, they united with other powerful families to fight back against Yang Guang who tried to harm the interests of all the powerful families."

"But when the Li family suddenly changed from a ruling class to a ruler, they also started to suppress the original aristocratic family."

"For example, the Boling Cui clan, which was originally ranked first in the Clan Chronicle, was changed to second place due to the anger of Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin and the intervention of the emperor's imperial power."

"But the Li family of Longxi jumped to the top of the list, and publicly announced that 'all the people in the world with the surname Li will make Longxi the county head.'"

"However, Li Shimin's behavior, which is almost equivalent to cheating, is naturally not recognized by the wealthy families headed by Wu Xing Qi Wang."

"In response to this, the five surnamed Qiwang and other aristocratic families despise the royal family Li more and more."

"To put it simply, it is a game played by aristocratic families. From now on, we will not play with the royal family Li."

"However, as the emperor of the ages, how can Li Shimin endure this anger?!!"

"Since all of you aristocratic families don't recognize our Longxi Li family's position as the leader of the aristocratic family, and you don't want to take us Longxi Li family to play together, then everyone will play in the future!!!"

"So they reintroduced the imperial examination system from the Sui Dynasty and implemented it forcefully despite the pressure from a number of aristocratic families!!!"

"Li Shimin's purpose is very simple, that is, through the imperial examination system, opening up subjects to obtain scholars, so that the poor scholars in the world can pass the imperial examination and "carp leap over the dragon gate".

"This is to attack the ruling class status of the five surnames, Qi Wang and other aristocratic families, and knock the aristocratic family circle into the mire!"

"Anyway, even if the Li family of Longxi no longer joins the circle of aristocratic families, they can still join the exclusive circle of the emperor's royal family!!!"

"However, the function of the imperial examination system has taken effect, but it has not fully taken effect."

“Although the imperial examination system tore a crack in the monopoly ruling class of aristocratic families and gave some poor scholars the opportunity to advance upwards, it did not really have the effect of making it easier for the ruling class.

"Firstly, although the imperial examination system was implemented, aristocratic families relied on their family education and material foundation to firmly occupy most of the places in the imperial examination system."

"For example, at least 80% of the Jinshi admitted in the Tang Dynasty came from aristocratic families!"

"Similarly, most of the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty came from aristocratic families."

"Families such as the Jingzhao Wei family, the Hedong Pei family, the Boling Cui family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Fanyang Lu family, the Zhaojun Li family, the Xingyang Zheng family, the Longxi Li family, and the Jingzhao Du family" all gave birth to 717 prime ministers, etc. .

"The second reason is that although the imperial examination system was implemented in the early Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination system could only guarantee the qualifications of officials who passed the examination."

"However, the specific appointments of those who have achieved fame, as well as the actual rights they control, are still in the hands of the aristocratic family.

"In other words, the imperial examination system can only guarantee that you will be qualified to be an official after passing the examination."

"But when it comes to allocating official positions, whether to assign them to places with bleak futures or to assign them to noble yamen with few affairs and high authority, the decision-making power still rests in the hands of the aristocratic families!!!"

"In order to have a good future for themselves, even scholars who come from a completely different class from the wealthy families have to choose to attach themselves to these wealthy families."

"As a result, Li Shimin's expectation that scholars from poor families can impact the wealthy families through the imperial examination system has naturally failed to achieve much."

"It can be said that at this point, Li Shimin's strategy of suppressing the wealthy families has failed."

"After Tang Gaozong Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, facing the aristocratic family that his father failed to suppress, he forcefully said: 'Father, I will do it'!!!"

"Tang Gaozong immediately issued a law to crack down on: 'Longxi Li Bao, Taiyuan Wang Qiong, Xingyang Zheng Wen, Fan Yang Lu Ziqian, Lu Hun, Lu Fu, Qinghe Cui Zongbo, Cui Yuansun, Qianyan Boling Cui Yi, Jinzhao County Li Kai, etc. Children and grandchildren are not allowed to marry for themselves.'"

"To put it simply, it is to prohibit intermarriage between the five surnames and the seven kings."

"After all, marriage can be said to be the simplest, but almost the most effective way for aristocratic families to unite to consolidate their status.

"By prohibiting the marriage between the five surnames and the seven kings, it interrupts their union to consolidate their status."

"Over time, if you slowly divide, win over, and suppress a group of people, if it is normal, you can indeed weaken the power of the aristocratic family."

"However, Tang Gaozong underestimated the recognition of the five surnames and Qiwang by the poor people. Almost all the poor people had their heads sharpened and tried every means to marry with the five surnames and Qiwang.

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"Because starting from the Three Kingdoms period, and later strengthened and solidified by the Jin Dynasty, to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the superior status of aristocratic families has long been deeply ingrained among the children of poor families, and almost everyone is proud to be married to the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes!!! "

"For example, Li Yifu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, is a rare prime minister who is not from a wealthy family. He also wants his son to marry the fifth surname and Qiwang, but no one from a wealthy family will pay attention to him!!!"

"As the prime minister of the dynasty, he can be said to have a high position of power anyway, but if a wealthy family says he can't do it, he won't do it."

"Don't even talk about the prime minister, even the emperor of Tang Dynasty is like this."

"During the reign of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, there was a prime minister named Zheng Tan, who was from the Zheng family in Xingyang. He had a granddaughter who was of marriageable age.

"So Tang Wenzong wanted his grandson to marry his granddaughter. However, he never thought that Zheng Tan would marry his granddaughter to a small county magistrate named Cui without saying anything!"

"After Tang Wenzong learned about it, he said sadly: 'My emperor has been in the family for two hundred years, and he can't take care of Cui and Lu Ye?!'"

"It can be said that Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty prohibited intermarriage among the five surnames and seven of them."

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"Not only did it not weaken the aristocratic family, but it also forced the aristocratic family to absorb more outstanding children from poorer families [which in disguise further expanded the influence of the aristocratic family![!"

"It even allowed aristocratic families to obtain high amounts of wealth through marriage."

"Because for aristocratic families, other children from poorer families who are not from aristocratic families, if they cannot match them in terms of status, then they must at least be able to get astonishing betrothal gifts.

"Only in this way will these aristocratic families consider whether to marry their noble concubines to the children of poor families."

"It can be said that Tang Gaozong Li Zhi also failed in weakening the aristocratic families."

"After Wu Zhou came to power, Wu Zetian further increased the proportion of poor scholars in the ruling class of the Tang Dynasty by increasing the examination subjects and admissions in the imperial examination system, thereby weakening the influence of the aristocratic families.

"Although this method is effective, it is not enough to shake or even change the status of the ruling class of the family!!!"

"Even in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, after the Anlushan Rebellion, there were many vassal towns in the Tang Dynasty."

"A group of aristocratic families rely on their intricate relationships with each other and the strength accumulated over generations, and will not be affected by the political situation in the court.

"After all, even if there is a change of dynasty, the new dynasty still has to rely on the strength of their aristocratic family to stabilize the country."

"The so-called, 'There is no dynasty with a thousand years, only a family with a thousand years', is the origin of this."

"It can be said that until the end of the Tang Dynasty, all the emperors of the Tang Dynasty had always wanted to suppress the power of the aristocratic families."

"However, the results were minimal in the end. From the beginning to the end, the aristocratic families have firmly held the position of the ruling class of the Tang Dynasty."

As Yan Changqing finished speaking, the four characters "Aristocratic Family" were written on the blackboard under the ruling class of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

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