Dedicate One’s Mind

Chapter 1029 The Development History of the Daji Dynasty (Part 1)

Along the way, he worked non-stop and finally arrived at the political center of the Daji Dynasty twenty days later. If not for some rivers on the road that were blocked due to ice cracks and floods, Wu Yi had to take a long detour, and his speed would have been faster.

It is said that there are nine emperors in the Daji Dynasty. The dynasty has experienced more than nine emperors for ten thousand years. The nine mentioned here actually refer to the nine people who have made outstanding achievements since the founding of the country.

Knowing the stories of these nine emperors, you can actually understand the growth process of the Daji Dynasty.

The first one, needless to say, is naturally the founder of the country and the Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu raised his troops from the east of the mainland and swept half of the continent, becoming the most dazzling presence in the troubled times.

It is worth mentioning that this Taizu was born in the peasant uprising army. He did not have the bloody chaos in the court when the Taizu of other dynasties won the country, and he won the country in the most upright way.

The second one is Emperor Wen, whose temple name is Taizong. He is the second son of Taizu (the eldest son died young and was actually the prince). Emperor Wen helped Taizu when he started his army. He personally led many important battles. He made great contributions to the establishment of the dynasty, and successfully succeeded to the throne after the death of Taizu.

However, looking at the posthumous title of Taizong, we know that when he was in office, he implemented a policy of recuperation. He temporarily stopped using weapons and vigorously promoted martial arts and literary studies. This was very different from what he did before he ascended the throne. In the rare battles, the other side took the initiative to provoke and had to fight back.

In fact, recuperation may not be the true idea of ​​Emperor Wen. It is really a last resort.

Taizu rose too fast and conquered half of the world. He was counterattacked by some forces and was defeated in the last battle before his death. As a result, Taizu became ill. When Emperor Wen took over the dynasty, he was faced with internal and external troubles and continued war. It may exhaust the last bit of vitality of the dynasty.

In the name of rest and recuperation, it is true to seize the opportunity to seize the power of meritorious relatives. The Daji Dynasty also became stable in the hands of Emperor Wen.

Regardless of these, in the history books, this emperor was Emperor Wen.

The third person is Emperor Wen's son, Emperor Zhao.

These three emperors were connected and had been in power for nearly a hundred years. This was a unique phenomenon among the Nine Emperors. It was also the first prosperous period of the Daji Dynasty.

What Emperor Zhao did was basically continue the path of Emperor Wen, suppressing the old while promoting new ones.

With Emperor Wen recuperating and recuperating, he laid a material foundation for him. When Emperor Zhao was in power, foreign expansion was obviously much more frequent. There was no point in expanding the territory to the south and west. The Daji Dynasty reached its first peak, and all nations came to visit.

The Hero of Emperor Zhao I was an extremely proud man. He moved forward without thinking about the consequences. He won greatly when he won and suffered a great defeat when he lost. Fortunately, he won more than he lost, and the dynasty was stable and progressing.

The biggest failure in his life was probably not establishing the crown prince early. He wanted to find an heir like himself. This may be what every hero thinks.

Unfortunately, he has never been found. His constant vacillation in the selection of the crown prince ensured that his power would not be lost, but it also aggravated the instability between the government and the opposition.

In addition, Emperor Zhao, in order to find the most outstanding heir, enfeoffed the children of the same surname, which paved the way for hundreds of years of civil strife in the dynasty.

The fourth great emperor is Emperor Ming. This Emperor Ming is the only female emperor among the Nine Emperors. She also chose this posthumous title for herself. The sun and the moon are in the same sky, which breaks the rules. But the rules still say Si Chen? Emperor Ming didn't care about so-called rules at all.

As mentioned earlier, after the death of Emperor Zhao, various princes seized the throne, and the dynasty was in civil strife. The most powerful dynasty on the mainland fell into a trough that lasted for hundreds of years, and its territory also shrunk a lot.

Almost every ten years, vassal kings rebelled. Although they were put down by the central government, they undoubtedly greatly restricted the expansion and progress of the dynasty.

Emperor Ming also had older brothers and younger brothers, but these male peers were all helpless figures. They were not very capable, lived in a dream, and liked to fight for power.

There was chaos in the palace inside, and the vassal king was watching outside. It can be said that if there was no Emperor Ming, the vassal king would take over the central government.

Ignoring what happened before Emperor Ming proclaimed himself emperor, it was just a multi-party operation. After obtaining the secret support of all parties, he successfully achieved the throne as a woman. Only in those chaotic moments can such extraordinary things happen.

After Emperor Ming succeeded to the throne, the first thing he did was to imprison his royal brothers. After ruling for nearly sixty years, the dynasty ushered in its second peak.

In the eyes of many people of the Daji Dynasty, this peak was unparalleled in ancient times, yes, unparalleled in the present. Even today, it has not reached the peak during the reign of Emperor Ming.

Because Emperor Ming achieved the unification of the mainland, which was the only great unification, even today's northern tribal territories were affiliated with the Daji Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Ming.

Wu Yi didn't know how the Taoist sect responded to this situation at that time, but there is no doubt that if the Daji Dynasty enters the trough again in the future, the Taoist sect must intervene.

Perhaps it was because Emperor Ming was born as a daughter and had a delicate mind. She was extremely proficient in handling various factions and was able to make more friends and less friends.

Many people may not be able to imagine that during the reign of Emperor Ming, the northern tribes actually willingly submitted to the Daji Dynasty and did not rely on force to conquer.

Like Emperor Zhao, Emperor Ming also encountered difficulties in succession. In order to win over the royal family, Emperor Ming promised to find an heir among the royal family in the future, so she remained unmarried and alone all her life.

Without direct relatives, it is extremely difficult to find an heir within the royal family. You must know that since Emperor Zhao, internal and external forces have interfered with the throne in almost every possible way.

Emperor Ming followed the legacy of ancient times and adapted to the trend of people becoming increasingly wise. He implemented an election system, but it was not elected by the nobles, but by the people at the bottom.

Specifically, heirs who meet the requirements are sent to a place where they can display their talents, which is often a poor county with great development potential. Finally, the local people, one person, one vote, will evaluate the candidates based on their governance level. .

In this way, it not only bridges the differences between the royal family, but also allows local governments to participate in dynastic affairs through legal means. It is indeed a good system.

It's just that no matter how good the system is, it is only implemented by people. The so-called good scriptures will be sung wrongly. After Emperor Ming's death, within a few generations, it completely lost its original intention and turned into a large-scale scene of fraud, coercion and inducement. There are many.

After all, Emperor Ming had no children and could achieve absolute fairness, but how could future emperors, who were both referees and contestants, enforce the rules properly?