Chapter 209 Among a hundred steps, within ten steps.

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 209 Among a hundred steps, within ten steps.

From ancient times to the present, the political forces of the past dynasties can be roughly divided into four groups: relatives, eunuchs, generals, and civil servants.

Maybe there will be some changes. For example, going back hundreds or thousands of years, there was a very terrifying force called the wealthy gentry, called the aristocratic family.

Since the Song Dynasty, all the aristocratic families have been eliminated, and a new group has replaced them, the civil servant group, or in other words, the same group of people, the same group of educated and knowledgeable scholars.

It just changed from a wealthy family, Gao Zuo, to a poor family, or even a common people's family.

But the struggle between these forces has never stopped. After the Tumubao Incident in the Ming Dynasty, the civil servant group had the upper hand and firmly secured the top spot.

With ambitions in their hearts, they believed that it must be them, or even only them, who could serve the emperors Yao and Shun, assist the emperor in creating great achievements, and assist the emperor in governing the country and bringing peace to the country.

And they also have every advantage. These people are the masters of the crown prince. They can inflict countless tricks on the people who will be in charge of the empire when the prince is young and when the prince's three views are not yet sound.

private goods.

When the prince becomes the emperor and sits on the dragon throne, he may be shocked. How come these people who are favored by him become a constraint?

A good person becomes someone who competes with him for power?

At this time another force will appear - eunuchs.

They can be said to have every advantage. They serve the prince when he urinates. They are closest to the prince and can increase their presence every moment.

Moreover, they were also princes, the people whom the emperor felt most at ease with. After all, they were just domestic slaves, and it was difficult for them to escape the barriers of imperial power.

Therefore, the entire Ming Dynasty seemed to be trapped in a strange circle, where eunuchs and civil servants were always fighting, or in other words, eunuchs representing imperial power were fighting against civil servants representing ministerial power.

Either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind.

Like relatives and generals, they didn't even get a chance to play.

Staring at the raised middle finger, Zhu Houzhao's eyes were in a trance, his brows furrowed, looking thoughtful.

After a long time, his eyes gradually became clear. He was about to say something, but his eyes paused, and he looked at the raised middle finger twice more, and then asked: "Why do you look at this gesture of the master?

Do you always feel offended?"

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Xia Yuan took his finger back and said seriously: "This is your illusion."

"oh."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao let out an ooh, and did not dwell on the issue any further, and then said with a serious face: "After listening to what the master just said, I understand now, and I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."

Xia Yuan frowned, "What should your highness pay attention to?"

"These masters are very thoughtful, I should pay more attention to them in the future."

"Who is careless? Just because you are the heir apparent, you are the prince, and you are the future emperor, that's why everyone surrounds you, that's why they treat you with care, that's why they respect you, obey you, please you, or

It's to teach you.

No matter what you do, everyone will seize every opportunity to tilt the scale in your heart towards them, or even tilt it directly to the bottom."

"The masters of Zhan Shifu are like this, and so are your companions. When you become emperor in the future and come into contact with those generals, they will also be like this. These people will try their best to promote themselves to you and belittle the rest of the group.

, thereby improving their status in your heart.

But there are good people and bad people in every group, as well as traitors and loyalties. Your Highness must learn to distinguish between yourself, especially the people around you, which is a top priority, especially after becoming the emperor."

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan hesitated for a moment, and then said something a little taboo: "Imperial power is only within a hundred steps, or even within ten steps."

"Among a hundred steps, within ten steps?"

Zhu Houzhao was startled at first, and then quickly looked around nervously. The patrolling Forbidden Army was standing guard in the distance, and there was no one around. Then he reminded and retorted:

"Father's decrees can obviously be issued to thousands of miles or even thousands of miles away. Master, you must not say this nonsense. If you let others hear it, and then spread it to my father's ears, you will definitely be punished.

At that time, even I may not be able to protect you."

"Yes, power can extend to thousands of miles away, but all your Majesty's decrees and decrees are issued to ministers within a hundred or even ten steps."

As he said that, Xia Yuan pointed to the guards in the distance, as well as the eunuchs and maids who were walking through the palace with their heads bowed.

"There are guards in the palace, eunuchs, and maids, there are yamen in the capital, there are tens of thousands of state and county officials in the prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty, and there are countless troops in the border areas. These people, perhaps only with the help of Your Majesty,

A government order can be easily dispatched.

The farther away you are from His Majesty, the greater your Majesty's power. Even a single decree can command hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of people to follow your orders.

But within a hundred steps or within ten steps, the emperor is no different from an ordinary person. The closer you are to the emperor, the greater the threat to the emperor."

"Before the power can be extended to thousands or thousands of miles, what needs to be done is to maintain the imperial power within ten or a hundred steps.

The more people around you, the closer you are, the more you need to be vigilant and vigilant at all times. You must be more vigilant and never let your guard down. If you make a mistake, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Zhu Houzhao was shocked, and his eyes became a little dazed again. He looked at the master with a strange look in his eyes, as if he had met him for the first time. After a while, he said: "Master, why are you telling me this?"

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".Just consider this a kind reminder from me, a reminder from a friend."

"friend?"

"Yes, friend." Xia Yuan nodded lightly and asked: "If I said that I regard you as a friend, would you believe it?"

"letter!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he nodded immediately without thinking much, "Master is not like those companions who please me or flatter me all day long; he will not be as respectful to me as those masters or the ministers of the court, and even

Sometimes he is not respectful at all, but I can feel that the master treats me sincerely.

I also like to get along with the master very much, and I feel very light-hearted. In fact, I don’t regard the master as my master, I have always regarded you as my friend.”

"I know, otherwise Your Highness would not have gathered a gang of thugs to beat up your uncle."

Xia Yuan nodded with a smile. It had been nearly a year since he came to this era. Perhaps only this ridiculous and out-of-touch Prince Ming, who was incompatible with the general environment of the feudal dynasty, was regarded as a friend by him.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care about his superiority, his rank, whether he spoke respectfully, or whether he called him "His Royal Highness".

He is a middle schooler but is down-to-earth, absurd but loyal, and sometimes a bit naive and a bit tricked. But it is for these reasons that he is like a friend of equals when we get along with him, and he regards him as a true friend.

Otherwise, how could a sixth-year old like Xia Yuan, whose inner calculations are rattling all day long, be chatting with Zhu Houzhao, saying so many taboo words and saying so many taboo truths.

Prince Xiao Zhu is under fifteen years old this year. He may be very smart, but he does not understand these principles, and he may not understand them in the future. That is why he died in an unknown manner when he was in his thirties.

This may be the reason why he is not vigilant enough about the people around him, or it may be just an accident, but no matter what, Xia Yuan hopes that the incident of falling into the water will not happen.

Zhu Houzhao seemed a little embarrassed. He paused and then said in a lowered voice: "Actually, I don't do it all for the sake of the master. It's more because I want to vent my bad temper."

".You really did it!"
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