When we look back on history, we can easily find that in fact, although there are many traitors in history, such as He Shen, and Qin Hui who we all know, etc., it is difficult for these traitors to overthrow the emperor, at most one person is above ten thousand people, why is this so?
In fact, of course, this has a lot to do with the system.
First of all, strictly speaking, it was not a feudal society in the past, but a very standard emperor-centered centralized system, so what is feudalism?
Feudalism is actually a feudal system, and since the Qin Dynasty, feudalism has actually declined indefinitely, especially after the invention of the imperial examination system in Sui, feudalism is in name only, and by the time of the Song Dynasty, more and more ** are selected through the imperial examination, which has led to the decline of the traditional scholar class, more and more civilian families have entered the official career, and at the same time, the emperor's power has been further concentrated, which is also a good way to put an end to the phenomenon of the bureaucracy overthrowing the emperor.
The emperor of the Qing Dynasty had absolute power and prestige, including appointment and dismissal, enactment of laws, and issuance of edicts, and at the same time, the emperor also had an army, and was able to supervise finances and even the legal system, which made it difficult for the bureaucracy to resist the emperor's will from the side.
In addition to this, the Qing Dynasty further weakened the power of the emperor and concentrated on strengthening the power of the emperor.
For example, we all know that in the past, it was said that one person was above 10,000 people, describing the prime minister of the dynasty, but the Qing Dynasty directly abolished the position of prime minister and replaced it with the Military Aircraft Department, but the Military Aircraft Department assumed the responsibilities of the prime minister, but at the specific ** level, it was just a minor official.
Unlike other dynasties, the Qing Dynasty's military machinery department further concentrated the emperor's power, and every day the emperor had to deal with a large number of twists and turns, and the Yongzheng Emperor was exhausted to death because of this.
In addition, the Qing Dynasty was also very wary of the Han people, although the Han people were allowed to be officials, there were also a small number of Han people who achieved a certain height, and in some more important positions, the Manchu people were still the mainstay, and the Han people were secondary.
In addition, the Manchus and Han were not allowed to intermarry, which also eliminated the possibility of the Manchus being assimilated by the Han people, although the Qing Dynasty for some kind of legitimacy, in fact, has been constantly learning about the culture of the Han people and some of the past ways of rule, but inside we will find that there is still a huge insurmountable gap.
The Qing Dynasty can be said to be the dynasty with the most concentrated power of the emperor in the history of our country, and it is also the most undignified dynasty.
**Not to mention, many people have heard that this is a way for the Qing Dynasty to maintain the legitimacy of its own rule, in addition to ***, only the Qing Dynasty** is a self-proclaimed slave, and the red tape of the previous dynasty is also the most, different**How to bow down to the emperor, as well as gestures, etc., these are very particular.
From the system to the way of kneeling, it can be said that the traditional Confucian literati have long been lost under a series of continuously concentrated powers in the Qing Dynasty.
In addition, the imperial examination system itself also needs to go through layers of selection, in the past, we mentioned the eight strands, which is essentially a specific framework, within this framework, you have the ability to become a talent, raise people, and have the possibility of being an official, and the imperial examination system itself means loyalty to the emperor and the court, the eight strands also limit the thinking of the **, there can be confrontation within the bureaucracy, but there is little opportunity to confront the emperor.
Taking He Shen as an example, He Shen's wealth and his own power and prestige during the dynasty were very large, but as soon as Qianlong died, He Shen fell in minutes, even if it was a powerful official, but as long as there was no protection from the emperor, it would be difficult to escape death, and finally ended up committing suicide.
During the Qianlong period, the annual tax revenue of the imperial court was only 70 million taels, but once he copied the family, ** was 800 million taels, which was equivalent to the income of the Qing court for fifteen years, so in the face of absolute imperial power, it was difficult for any ** to resist.
If you want to overthrow the emperor, either you have military power in hand, or you have your own court prestige in hand, but both need to be favored by the emperor, and you need the emperor to endorse you, even if it is an ordinary **, there are few people in history who can force the palace to be the emperor themselves, because you still lack a so-called legitimacy, so this is also the reason why the emperor is meaningless.
The Qing Dynasty's bureaucracy was personally supervised and managed by the emperor, and their work and performance were reported to the emperor, who could investigate and review their actions at any time.
Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was particularly suspicious, used several prime ministers in a row, but he felt uncomfortable and not at ease, so he simply made a major innovation after killing them, that is, abolishing the prime minister system.
In this way, the emperor had to hold two hats, which led to a large number of readings every day. According to the record of "Ming Taizu Record", Zhu Yuanzhang created a glorious record of reviewing a total of 1,660 internal and external folds and handling 3,391 state affairs within 8 days, that is to say, Zhu Yuanzhang has to review more than 200 pieces of folds and handle more than 400 state affairs on average every day.
So, that's the price of power in one.
However, no one could stand it for a long time, and later Zhu Yuanzhang appointed several civil officials he trusted as "university scholars" and temporarily formed a team of secretaries.
Later, the Qing Dynasty also continued this system.
At first glance, the scholar was a big official, but in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the scholar was a junior official, and Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that the scholar would evolve into a prime minister and threaten his status.
The same is true of the Qing Dynasty, when Emperor Yongzheng established a new secretarial team, called the "Military Aircraft Department", with such a temporary organization, to empty the cabinet scholars, the Military Aircraft Department has become a new prime minister's body, and the Minister of Military Aircraft has become the head of the ministerial group.
And the game between the prime minister and the emperor is actually a basic logic of the emperor system founded by the Legalists, that is, checks and balances and precautions.
In the palace, the servants and concubines were suspicious, so they all castrated the eunuch system. In the DPRK, he suspected that the prime minister was disobedient and used his cronies and secretaries to divide their power.
The emperor is supreme, but the reason why the bureaucracy cannot overthrow the emperor is not overnight, but in the long history, the emperor continues to learn various lessons and constantly consolidate what he has gained.
end.Author: Luo sir, the workplace reference of the new youth. Concerned about the logic behind the development of things, optimistic pessimists. Follow me and grind the knowledge to you.
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