"Ahem, okay, let's not talk about it. After talking about the civil servants, let's talk about the generals. Wang Ming, do you think there is any way to control them?"

Wang Ming thought for a while, if Jinyiwei is used to monitor civil servants, should he also use Dongchang and Xichang to monitor military generals in the future?

After thinking about it, Wang Ming felt that it was still not necessary. The Jin Yiwei was enough for the time being.

In the original history, the Jinyiwei had great power and could manage the affairs of civil servants and generals. They indeed made great contributions to the stability in the early days of the Ming Dynasty.

But time is the most terrible corrosive toxin. After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the Jinyiwei were gradually infiltrated and corrupted by civil servants and nobles. After that, King Zhu Di of Yan successfully rebelled and usurped the throne. It is absolutely impossible to say that the Jinyiwei was not responsible.

At that time, many people said that the failure of Emperor Jianwen was due to the policy of cutting down the vassal vassal system proposed by Huang Zicheng, a civil servant around him. In fact, anyone who understands history and politics will understand that regardless of whether Huang Zicheng submitted this memorial, in the end, if Emperor Jianwen wanted the Ming Dynasty

To be stable and strong, one must take action against those feudal kings.

Later, Emperor Jianwen forced King Zhu Di of Yan to rebel and won a great victory all the way. However, Emperor Jianwen's allies repeatedly showed up with "pig teammates". There was so much intrigue here. Is it possible that Jin Yiwei didn't find any clues?

Therefore, Wang Ming felt that Jin Yiwei also played an extremely important and disgraceful role in history, but everything was probably lost in the history books and Zhu Di after he came to power. After all, it was not a shady matter.

Thinking about it later, after taking office, Zhu Di did not abolish Jinyiwei, but did not dare to use it more. Instead, he established the "Dongjishi Factory", which was later called Dongchang, to divide the power of Jinyiwei. This explains everything.

Everything will fall into place.

Much later, Emperor Zhu Jianshen followed suit by establishing the West Factory and came to divide the power of the East Factory... This was really the ancestral craftsmanship of the Ming emperors.

The history of the birth and continuation of Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang also represents the historical representation of the transfer, differentiation, weakening, and demise of imperial power.

After combining the future history, Wang Ming figured out many secrets and shook his head decisively.

"The Jin Yiwei can whip and control the civil servants, so naturally they can also control the military generals."

"But the crux of the matter is that those civil servants who made mistakes, such as doing wrong things or taking bribes, can be punished and killed at will, but military generals are different..."

"This must be what worries Your Majesty. After all, they are the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty is not a cold-blooded and heartless person. It is indeed difficult to deal with..."

Is Zhu Yuanzhang a cold-blooded and ruthless person?

The history books of later generations have written very clearly that he was unprecedentedly cold-blooded and ruthless!

In Zhu Yuanzhang's later years, he almost killed all the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty.

However, this is what the future Hongwu Emperor did in his later years, and the current founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang obviously did not.

Wang Ming combined the history of the early Ming Dynasty and got along with Zhu Yuanzhang in person. It was clear that he was not the cold-blooded and ruthless person in history. Everything was forced by the current situation and had to force him to kill.

He was the emperor who loved the people the most in history, but he was also the emperor with the most stupid political skills in history. He also left immeasurable damage to the future of the Ming Dynasty.

His combat effectiveness in political struggles is simply negative.

He treated his family very well. All the princes except the prince Zhu Biao were entrusted with kings. In his philosophy, the prince is the eldest son who inherits the family business, and the other younger sons should also share some of the family business and help the eldest son protect the family.

Industry.

He also did not expect that Crown Prince Zhu Biao would die. The eldest son who could have stabilized the younger brothers and did not dare to cause trouble died young. As a result, he had no choice but to help his grandson take the throne in the last few years of his life.

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Well, Emperor Jianwen came to the throne. He recalled the emperor’s repeated teachings that the Ming Dynasty must be the country and the people as the most important thing. However, he watched the uncles of the vassal kings from all over the Ming Dynasty dominate the fiefdoms and feed the people, sucking the Ming Dynasty.

Blood gradually becomes a disaster but cannot be controlled...

Think about it, if you were Emperor Jianwen, what would you do?

It can be said that even if a time traveler's soul penetrates the body of Emperor Jianwen, without a golden finger, unless he has no sense of responsibility at all, he is willing to eat in the backyard of the palace and wait to die. In the future, the Ming Dynasty will be divided into pieces, and the kings will fight in a melee, and King Yan's martial arts will be used to rule the country.

The ability will still rebel and have the last laugh, and in the end he will still be forced to abdicate. It is amazing that he will only be the emperor for a few more years than in history.

This is the general trend of history, and it cannot be easily changed by a time traveler without a golden finger.

Zhu Yuanzhang will entrust the kings with real power in the future, which is actually turning back the wheel of history and causing endless disasters. Even if the time traveler becomes Emperor Jianwen and kills King Yan in advance, another King of Zhao or King of Zhou will appear...

It is one-sided to blame all historical mistakes on the incompetence of Emperor Jianwen.

No one is simple. If Emperor Jianwen was really incompetent, how could Zhu Yuanzhang be so determined to help him rise to power?

But the winner is king. Emperor Jianwen was a little younger than Zhu Di, and in the end Zhu Di had the last laugh.

"Yes, what Mr. Wang said is absolutely true!" Liu Bowen suddenly interrupted.

"But as the emperor said, it is better not to reward these military generals than to reward them without being able to restrain them, but at the same time, we cannot but reward them. However, since ancient times, when the dynasty was founded, there was no way to restrain those arrogant and powerful generals.

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"Generally after a dynasty is established, the soldiers it relies on to conquer the world are of no use, and can even be said to be... useless."

At this time, Wang Ming watched with cold eyes.

The meaning of Liu Bowen's words is very clear.

Once something is used up, it can be thrown away.

Once the knife is no longer used, it can be thrown away. This is the true ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness!

But we cannot say that Liu Bowen is ruthless, because Liu Bowen said this for the sake of the people of the world and the great Ming Dynasty. This is true love...

At least in Liu Bowen's opinion, this is correct.

Even in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and many civil servants, it was right.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Bowen hesitantly, his eyes scrutinizing, as if he was meeting Liu Bowen for the first time.

"Is it...that serious?"

Liu Bowen lowered his head and did not dare to look into Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes: "Yes".

Then, he raised his head and cupped his hands to report:

"Your Majesty, how great the merits of those soldiers were when they conquered the world, and how much trouble they will have when they rule the world."

"Over the years, they have developed a character that is not afraid of anything. They are good at destruction but not good at construction."

"For many years they have despised poetry and books, despised the rules and regulations, and thought that they were the emperor's robe brother, and their merits were as high as the sky!"

"Since the emperor reigns over the world, they should also enjoy it."

"Once the war ends, will they be able to return to their villages and farm and collect food?"

"So, they think the court should take good care of them."

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has just been founded, but the people are still in dire straits and the earth is everywhere. How can there be enough national power to support them?"

"Once the kindness is not fulfilled, won't they be wronged? How can they not make trouble? They may even harm the people for profit and cause a mutiny."

The hesitation on Zhu Yuanzhang's face disappeared. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people, he no longer hesitated.

"Go on!"

Liu Bowen then raised his head, took a deep breath, and continued:

"Your Majesty, throughout the ages, many dynasties have been destroyed at the hands of arrogant and powerful generals. Such lessons are endless throughout history."

"Then what should I do according to you?"

"After the title is awarded, the army will be abolished. The emperor can learn from what Zhao Kuangyin did and release his military power over a glass of wine."

After Liu Bowen finished speaking, he looked at Wang Ming again.

"If the emperor really wants to establish a destiny dynasty as Mr. Wang said, then the future of the generals who will be rewarded will definitely be the first problem that must be solved."

"Master Wang, do you think this is true?"

Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent after hearing this, and a deep chill spread within the dragon chariot.

Liu Bowen knew that if his words were spread, those generals would definitely regard him as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh, and they would like to kill him quickly. In fact, Liu Bowen was indeed hated by the people of the Ming Dynasty military in history, especially later.

Lan Yu, the leader of the generals, wrote many times for impeachment and wanted to kill Liu Bowen.

It can be seen how much Liu Bowen later targeted military generals and reported bad things about them.

But after Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, although he was unhappy, he also knew that Liu Bowen was right.
Chapter completed!