In ancient times, it was common for relatives to interfere in politics, and the reason for the exception of the Ming Dynasty was revealed, thanks to Zhu Yuanzhang
We know that in ancient China, the Son of Heaven was supreme, but this does not mean that the Son of Heaven did not have problems. The problem with the Son of Heaven was that there were people who wanted to share his power, such as eunuchs and relatives, and the struggle between imperial power and relative power, which was a common phenomenon in Chinese history.
Although there were eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty and the struggle between imperial power and prime ministers, the only phenomenon in the history of the Ming Dynasty was that there was no interference from foreign relatives. In addition to the Ming Dynasty, we find that all dynasties in ancient China have similar ones"Relatives interfere in politics"phenomena, for example, the Han Dynasty had the Lu family and the Dou family, the Jin Dynasty had the Jia Nanfeng Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty had Wu Zetian, the Song Dynasty had the Liu family, and the Qing Dynasty naturally did not have relatives to interfere in politics. It goes without saying that the Ming emperors were mostly unusual.
Most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were unusual, and many of them died young, which is very much in line with the chaos caused by the interference of foreign relatives. However, what is the reason why the Ming Dynasty maintained political harmony for so many years without the intervention of foreign relatives?It should be attributed to Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, because since Zhu Yuanzhang, the phenomenon of foreign relatives interfering in politics has been extinct in the Ming Dynasty:
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty chose concubines regardless of their background, so as to prevent their relatives from interfering in politics.
Of course, in ancient China, some of the people we know now accepted it"The door is right"This concept, because the husband and wife who are in the right place have at least the same education, and the three views are also roughly similar, so many people in ancient and modern China and abroad are very concerned about the right person.
In ancient times, there were even more royal families, and we will find that the emperor or the emperor's son chose a wife who was very important, such as the Manchurian emperor's harem was mostly the Yehenala clan, the Fucha clan, the Niu Colu clan, etc.
In the Guanlong clique of Tang Dynasty Empress Li Shimin, there were very few backstage figures from ordinary backgrounds, and they were often supported by large families, which was of great benefit to their future participation in court politics.
However, in order to ensure a smooth ascension to the throne, the emperors of the previous dynasties often recklessly chose the type of marriage that was suitable for the family, and generally speaking, everyone took what they wanted at this time.
However, when the mate selection system of the Ming Dynasty was supposed to be the best, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the crown princess and the imperial concubine must choose innocent women in their own families, because these ordinary women could not rely on the right relationship, so the waves naturally would not pass by them.
From this point of view, Zhu Yuanzhang has completely put an end to the phenomenon of interfering in politics, and there are very few cases of interference in marriage in the Ming Dynasty.
The co-monarchy of the Ming Dynasty.
Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang is also afraid of another system, namely"Co-ownership"。In the past, when the emperor established the crown prince's throne, in order to avoid the power of his relatives, he would give the death of the prince's biological mother or a group of people to avoid the power of his relatives. The first example is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who immediately killed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's biological mother, Lady Gou Jian, when he made Liu Fuling, the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, the crown prince.
In order to avoid the power of foreign relatives, the Northern Wei Dynasty also had this kind of name in the historical Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods"Mother dies and son succeeds"Therefore, the wives of the Northern Wei Dynasty were reluctant to have children for the emperor, because one day they would be made princes and killed, which also became one of the reasons for the scarcity of the royal family in the later period of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
However, this system was so cruel that it was later abolished by Emperor Xiaowen's reforms, and for more than a thousand years, the system continued to be similar to that"Martyrdom"times, but I don't know if Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about the dictatorship of his relatives at that time"Restart the funeral system"！What I don't know is whether Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about the resumption of his relatives' dictatorship at that time"Martyrdom", resulting in a large number of innocent couples being killed, of course, it also leads to the fact that relatives cannot have exclusive power.
Although it was later abolished by Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, but"Funeral system"It has indeed effectively curbed the dictatorship of foreign relatives.
The bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty.
We know that most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty hated **, because they always abide by the laws of their ancestors and want to reprimand you directly.
The emperor was also embarrassed at times, because some of the judges in this group were convinced that the big thing was that'Dead admonition'and then fulfill your glory and wealth. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, such things were not uncommon, and the ** of the Ming Dynasty judges in the court was actually very terrible.
Most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are wonderful, they are not afraid of heaven and earth, they are afraid of good eloquence, because they are not angry, and they also largely bypass the dictatorship of relatives from officialdom.
Therefore, since the Ming Dynasty was still Zhu Yuanzhang, this phenomenon was abolished, so there was no phenomenon of relatives interfering in politics in the Ming Dynasty.