In the Tang Dynasty's Zhenguan era, outside the Grand Palace.
“The Tang Dynasty’s late-stage warlord rule? What warlord rule?”
Li Shimin widened his eyes, searching the golden list left and right, until he saw the system of Song Taizu that solved the warlord rule of the late Tang Dynasty, and was immediately shocked!
Will the late Tang Dynasty face warlord rule?
Li Shimin’s face turned pale, and he couldn’t help but think of the fifteenth reason for a country’s downfall, which included warlord rule!
The ministers below also frowned, their faces changing.
“My lords, does anyone know what this warlord rule is?”
Li Shimin became anxious and quickly turned around to question them.
“Your Majesty, if your servant is not mistaken, it should be that the local military forces are too strong, and the court cannot control them, thus leading to secession.”
Changsun Wuji said with a bitter smile.
Yes, Song Taizu’s suppression of local power was so drastic, even collecting local elite troops in the capital and constantly strengthening the power of the imperial guard, this can only prove that the local warlords of the late Tang Dynasty were strong!
Even strong to the point where the central government could not control them!
If so, wouldn’t these warlords be like the feudal lords of the Han Dynasty who ruled their own territories?
Thinking about this, Li Shimin’s face turned pale, and he staggered, almost falling!
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”
“Our great Tang Dynasty actually has such a disaster? What’s the difference between this and the end of the Sui Dynasty?”
After Li Shimin finished speaking, everyone present was sweating profusely.
Yes, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, peasant uprisings occurred everywhere, and in times of chaos, countless heroes rose up, each controlling their own territory, becoming kings and emperors!
The Great Tang Gaozu was also like this, and later, with the help of Taizong and others, he eliminated the feudal lords from all directions, which led to the current prosperous Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty!
If the late Tang Dynasty is the same as the end of the Sui Dynasty, how can such a great Tang Dynasty not perish?
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In the Tang Dynasty’s Yuanhe era, outside the Linde Hall.
Li Chun, wearing a dragon robe, was looking at the sky with excitement, so happy he was about to laugh!
“Hahaha! Heaven is on my side, Heaven is on the side of the Tang Dynasty!”
Li Chun is the Tang Xianzong who was later called the “Yuanhe Renaissance”!
When he first ascended the throne, he had been working hard to solve the Tang Dynasty’s warlord problem, and after several major campaigns to reduce warlord power, although the court had achieved some victories, the root of the warlords within the empire could never be eradicated!
It was often the case that after one Jiedushi was eliminated, another Jiedushi would soon appear, causing the Tang Dynasty’s rulers and ministers great headaches!
“My lord, you see? The golden list has told me how to reduce the power of the warlords!”
Li Chun couldn’t hide his smile, and he spoke excitedly to the man beside him.
This man was Wu Yuanheng, one of the prime ministers during the Yuanhe era!
Wu Yuanheng smiled, his cloudy eyes could not help but shed tears, and he nodded excitedly and said:
“Your Majesty, this is Heaven helping the Tang Dynasty. These warlords are now so powerful, they will eventually become the reason for our great Tang Dynasty’s downfall!”
“Now that the golden list has arrived and revealed the strategy to reduce warlord power to Your Majesty, it is truly fortunate for the Tang Dynasty, and fortunate for the world!”
Li Chun nodded firmly, patted Wu Yuanheng’s shoulder, and said sadly:
“Yes, it’s not easy…”
Since he took the throne, he has been tough on the warlords, launching several wars to reduce their power, leading to constant debates within the court, even to the point where due to several defeats, they had to stop the war and reconcile with the warlords!
The appearance of the golden list undoubtedly gave Li Chun and his ministers a strong argument. Look, if you don’t eliminate the warlords, the Tang Dynasty will surely perish at their hands in the future!
As for how to eliminate them, the systems of Song Taizu might be helpful!
As for the future expansion of civil officials, factional strife, and other problems that the system may bring, these are all unimportant, because compared to the disaster of the warlords, all other problems are not problems at all!
“Pass my order, summon all officials to discuss the strategy of reducing warlord power based on the golden list!”
“Your command!”
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In the Song Dynasty's Kaiping era, outside the Chuigong Hall.
Compared to Li Shimin and the other Zhenguan era rulers, Zhao Kuangyin was extremely happy at this time, stroking his beard as he sat down, his face full of spring breeze.
Because the golden list clearly stated that his ancestral system solved the problem of warlord rule in the late Tang Dynasty and brought lasting peace to the Song Dynasty!
And just this alone was enough to make Zhao Kuangyin happy for a long time!
“Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty has pacified the warlords, our great Song Dynasty’s revival is in sight!”
Immediately, a minister stood up from the crowd and shouted loudly.
Seeing this, the other ministers also knelt down one after another, congratulating Zhao Kuangyin loudly:
“Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!”
Even Zhao Guangyi was excited, “Second Brother, you see? Our great Song Dynasty’s ancestral system is still very useful!”
Only Zhao Pu looked gloomy and solemn.
If the ancestral system was really that great, why did the Shenzong era have to implement reforms?
Perhaps this is what the golden list said, a system is brilliant at the beginning, but as time goes on, countless loopholes will inevitably appear!
The golden list must have left something unsaid!
“Zhao Pu, do you have any discoveries?”
Seeing Zhao Pu standing motionless, lost in thought, Zhao Kuangyin asked curiously.
“Your Majesty, your servant believes that the golden list’s words are not complete, and it is likely that the problems caused by the system will be discussed next…”
He might as well not have said anything, these words instantly extinguished the joy of everyone present, and even Zhao Kuangyin’s face darkened.
“Alright, let’s see what the golden list says!”
“Your command!”
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In the Ming Dynasty’s Hongwu era, outside the Fengtian Hall.
“Humph! You see, Biao, Song Dynasty indulged those civil officials, they will surely suffer the consequences!”
“In my opinion, the Song Dynasty was destroyed by those civil officials!”
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted disdainfully.
These civil officials are capable, but they are also prone to corruption and deception!
You can use them, but you cannot rely on them completely!
Not killing scholar-officials? What a joke!
Now, in the Fengtian Hall, there are probably eight thousand or ten thousand civil officials who have died at his hands, their heads rolling, their blood flowing like a river!
“Yes! Father is right, these guys who only know how to read are the most useless, they only know how to play with words, relying on them will never save the country!”
Prince Qi, Zhu Fu, immediately echoed.
He had long disliked these civil officials, especially when he went to the Grand Library to read, listening to those Confucian scholars’ eloquent rhetoric, he felt like his head was going to explode!
“Seventh Brother, you can’t say that…”
Zhu Biao smiled.
“Big Brother, you don’t know, what else do these civil officials know besides playing with words? Those so-called Confucian classics are all nonsense!”
Zhu Fu became more and more excited as he spoke, and suddenly he heard Zhu Yuanzhang’s roar:
“Fool! Civil officials are bad, but you can’t not read!”
“Only by understanding their Confucian classics can you know what they are thinking, and only then can you control them, otherwise, one day our great Ming Dynasty will be played around by them!”
Hearing this, Zhu Fu immediately shut his mouth.
“You must understand that reading is not to become them, but to understand them, only then can you better use them!”
Zhu Fu and the others trembled.
“Father is right, your son remembers!”
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