Rebirth Jade Fate

Chapter 71 History
Regarding the grandfather's rebellion, Wei Qingzhen had heard many versions, but according to her analysis, only three were more reliable, and the others were purely the result of mass YY.

The first one is that the grandfather was dissatisfied with the emperor, wanted to support the prince, and committed suicide after the incident. This version means that the grandfather really rebelled. Wei Qingjin didn’t believe it at all in his heart. The credibility is low, but it still has credibility.

The second type is that the emperor complained a lot about the grandfather left behind by the first emperor, and tried many ways to get rid of him, but all of them were avoided by the extremely clever grandfather. He took it down, but unexpectedly, the prince panicked, thinking that his father was really suspicious of him, so he committed suicide.

The third type is also the one that many people think (including Wei Qingyu himself), the Pingnan Palace is powerful, the prince is very satisfied with the courtiers, and there is a two-generation emperor, the prime minister of the two dynasties is the teacher, and the father feels threatened , so he designed a trap, not only eradicating the prince, but also eradicating the Pingnan Palace, and by the way, the grandfather, an old official, but the grandfather found out and tried his best to turn the tide and save the prince. Unfortunately, the prince panicked and committed suicide, and the grandfather had no choice but to He saved the Pingnan Palace and committed suicide by himself.

Now, she heard the fourth version. This version was told to him by Mr. Kong Yancuo, who has always been very reliable, as if he was the person involved.

Things start from when the dynasty was established.

The previous dynasty was brutal, and the Taizu of this dynasty rose up. At that time, Taizu was accompanied by his four brothers of the opposite sex, who are the ancestors of the current four kings.

They accompanied Taizu to conquer thousands of miles of country. Before he conquered the country, Taizu joked that he would be equal to the four brothers.

When the country was established, Taizu was very loyal, and immediately fulfilled his promise. He made the four brothers kings with different surnames, and also granted many fiefs, and even had military power.

In that generation, they lived in peace, and even united with each other, and there was no typical case of "flying birds and bowing their bows". However, because the children of the second generation are far away (east, west, north, south, middle), everyone's feelings are average. Generally speaking, moreover, the new emperor had the idea of ​​​​cutting down the feudal clan, so the war broke out.

Although the original emperor became the emperor in the end, it is just that they no longer have the control of the world when the Taizu was there, and every time the throne is changed, the four kings will participate. Participating in that is even more dangerous.

Every time the war happened within three years, foreigners often took advantage of this opportunity to invade. Therefore, no matter whether it was inside or outside the pass, every time the emperor was changed, the people suffered the most.

In Wei Qingzhen's impression, the emperors in ancient China were looking forward to immortality, but in this dynasty, it was the common people who were looking forward to the emperor's immortality.

The first emperor went through five years of civil war in order to seize the throne, and then spent nearly ten years to make the border peaceful, and ten years to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, but as he grew older, he became more and more afraid that his descendants would be like him. Also because of the seizure of the heirloom, a war broke out, so he wants to cut down the feudal clan!

But he didn't tell anyone about this thought, except the prince.

Wei Qingyu really wanted to ask, since the first emperor only told my grandfather, how did you know?
Kong Yancuo said, "There is another method called reasoning."

Wei Qingyu really wanted to turn his head away and ignore him, but he continued to listen to him.

According to the plan of the former emperor and the prince, the matter of cutting down the vassals should be done slowly, and the next generation must first be stabilized without war.

The two old men chose the Pingnan Palace as a breakthrough.

Let the prince marry the daughter of King Pingnan. After the death of the first emperor, there will be King Pingnan outside and princes inside, so that the prince can be guaranteed to ascend the throne smoothly.

This was indeed according to the first emperor's expectation. In order to help the prince clear the obstacles, he doted on the other three sons very much, but the eyes of the prince were not eyes, and the nose was not the nose. When the first emperor was still in his prime, the three sons It was a life-and-death fight, and when the first emperor was getting old, the first emperor decisively killed all three sons.

The position of the prince is unprecedentedly stable.

As the two of them thought, there was no war in this generation, and the prince successfully ascended the throne (there is no way, the previous emperor was too cruel, the prince is gone, and the four kings have no one to support except the prince).

According to the plan of the two, the next generation of emperor will be the crown prince born by the queen, and the reduction of the feudal clan will start from his hands.

The plan was perfect, the first emperor even directly named the crown prince as the grandson of the emperor, and asked the prince to personally teach him and teach him how to govern the country.

As long as the prince does not rebel, no matter what the problem is, the emperor's grandson established by the previous emperor cannot be abolished today.

The prince lives up to expectations, is talented, broad-minded, and only uses his talent...

The prince became the teacher of the emperor three times. The first emperor, the current prince (if the prince can ascend the throne), are all his students.

But the two wise men overlooked one person, that person is the loyal Crown Prince (currently), he seems unwilling to give up this great achievement to his son, or his son's talent makes him worry, in short, he foolishly looks towards his best The son started.

The queen was under house arrest, the prince was imprisoned, and the Pingnan palace was involved in rebellion. Any fool would know that the emperor wanted to cut down the feudal clan.

By the way, you are only 34 years old, the emperor, and the prince is only 16 years old. The father and son were in harmony the day before, and the brother below is still young. He has a stable position. Why would he want to plot rebellion?

The four kings who had been at odds were miraculously united together. The chaos of Emperor Gaozong was about to happen again. No one knew what the prince had done. In short, he wrote four letters to the four kings and sent four letters to the emperor. After writing a book of guilt, she died in the Wang family, and her grandmother committed suicide afterwards.

The two uncles were sent to the frontier, and only the retired aunt, disabled cousin and young cousin remained.

Wang died.

In this treason case initiated by the emperor, only the Wang family and the prince who lost his life suffered serious losses.

"This is all your speculation."

"That's right," Kong Yancuo didn't object, "but I firmly believe that I'm right."

"Then do you think the Pingnan Palace knows about this?" Wei Qingyu never forgot that the prince made a marriage for her and Ren Wuyun. In the past few years, Ren Wuyun would give her a sum of money every year.

Kong Yancuo shook his head, "Pingnan Wang of this generation is loyal and generous, but the second master is a ghost. Whether they know it or not, they have to accept this love. If there is a war, Pingnan Wangfu will suffer the most."

Wei Qingyu nodded, "Yes, the emperor quickly killed the queen and the fourth prince. Even if the emperor failed to cut down the feudal domain in the end, it was just to maintain the original appearance, but the people who lost the Pingnan palace could not come back. gone."

Wei Qingzhen sighed, "It's true that the Tian family has no father and son. In other words, the prince and the emperor are always closer than the other family, right? In the end, it all happened."

"This is because of the interests." Kong Yancuo frowned, "If the fourth prince can come back alive, the water in the capital will be even more chaotic. If there is no absolute courage, when the current situation is weak, the world will be in chaos."

Wei Qingyu thought, should we store more food in Brother Tong'er's space?And the silver bills sent by Wang Tingri last time, it would be better to exchange them all for gold.

Wei Qingyu was thinking while talking to Kong Yancuo, "If Beidi really supports the fourth prince, as long as he can return to the capital alive, then he has a six-point chance of winning."

"Oh?" Kong Yancuo said with interest: "How do you say that? You must know that there are not many people in the court of the Fourth Prince."

"He has military power, that's enough, political power comes from military power."

"The world of those who win the hearts of the people..."

"Sir, you are so naive. It's not a chaotic world now. The common people know who is right. When I meet you every day, I remember that the fourth prince was born by the empress. His biggest rival is the sixth prince who was born by Concubine Xu Gui. I don't know any of the princes, no, I don't even know the fourth prince and the sixth prince."

Kong Yancuo: "..."

"What's more, if the fourth prince has military power, he will ascend to the throne before his brothers have reacted, and he is the son of the empress. As long as he doesn't have the emperor's edict, he is justified, and it doesn't matter if he has it. , The imperial edict is destroyed, people are dead, who knows that there is such a thing as an imperial edict in this world?" Even if it is not justified, can it be justified?The most famous emperors in Chinese history don't seem to be very well-informed, especially the one in the Tang Dynasty.But in the end, can't it justify itself?

"You, who are you listening to?"

"It's said in the book," Wei Qingyu looked at him contemptuously, "Isn't it written in the history books?"

Kong Yancuo's face darkened, when was this written in the history books?
"Winners and losers, the history books are written by the victors. We have to look at the essence through the phenomenon. Sir, you are all begging the emperor to take back the military power so that there will be no more military chaos when the throne changes, but how do you know the emperor takes back the power?" Will the common people live better after the military power?"

"If there is no disaster, the people will naturally live and work in peace and contentment."

Wei Qingzhen shook his head, his eyes were a little sad, "Sir, when did you become so innocent? Disasters are not limited to military disasters. There are many kinds of disasters in this world that are more terrifying than military chaos, and the most terrifying one is called tyrant rule."

In modern times, whether capitalism or socialism is better has been debated, but everyone has their own opinions, and no one can compete with the other.

So, under the imperial power, is it better to centralize or decentralize power?Who can tell?
"The emperor wants to cut the vassal with all his heart, so there must be a reason. He keeps a close eye on the four kings. Although the four kings will be domineering, they are the people in their own fief after all. They will not do too much. The emperor is looking for the four kings. No, why don't the four kings stare at the emperor closely, there are four poisonous snakes staring at him, you think he is absurd, how can he be absurd?

She dotes on Mrs. Xu so much now, and even sings against the courtiers because of her, but you see, besides being in the harem, what are you willing to do for her in the former court now?Those old stubborn people often call the emperor ridiculous, but you see, besides doting on the Xu family, he will go to court when he should go to court, behead corrupt officials who should be executed, and those who should relieve disasters...

To be honest, I think that's fine. "

Kong Yancuo naturally disagreed, "After a generation of emperors, there will be military chaos. Every commoner must experience it once or even twice in his life. Is this considered good?"

"I don't know, but sir, if there are no four kings, if the emperor alone has the final say in this world, the officials sent out are corrupt officials. They plunder the people's fat and anoint them. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. They don’t have enough food, clothing or warmth, and they don’t even have the most basic survival. If the emperor is a wise emperor, these things will happen, but what if he is a foolish or tyrant? Is he in charge of such things?

Without the tiger staring at the side, you can do whatever you want. The royal family is not as good as the next generation. It can be resolved, even ten or twenty years, or even longer, that is the real troubled times, and that is the real "I would rather be a dog of peace than a man in troubled times". "

Kong Yancuo looked at her in surprise, not expecting her to say such a thing.

Wei Qingzhen smiled wryly.

This is a fact. In that era, there were hundreds of years of war in China. The great powers did not treat the Chinese people as human beings, and divided China into pieces. However, the court and the people acquiesced, but secretly accepted it. Isn’t it because of the centralization of power? ?
Because of the extreme centralization of the Qing court, the civil and military officials of the first dynasty actually obeyed the orders of a stupid woman without knowing how to resist. Wei Qingyu felt a burning pain every time he thought about it.

"Sir, tell me, is it better to centralize power or decentralize power?"

Kong Yancuo clenched the teacup in his hand.

Wei Qingyu wanted to say something, but moved his ears, and smiled, "Sir, you have a visitor."

Only then did Kong Yancuo put away his expression, put aside the question just now, and talked to Wei Qingyu about Brother Tong's study plan.

Although the language in this era is open, it has not been open to the point where Wei Qingzhen rebelled one by one, and had military power by one mouth, and it was fine.

The two dared to be so blatant because Kong Yancuo knew that Wei Qingzhen had that ability.

"Yan Cuo, I heard you're here." Kong Yancuo drank his second cup of tea after Wei Qingzhen reminded him, and only then did he hear the voice of the visitor.

Kong Yancuo took a look at Wei Qingzhen's ears. If he hadn't been paying attention, he might not have noticed it. What kind of ears are these?
(End of this chapter)