Choose an heir, Kangxi and Zhu Yuanzhang, who is more skilled?

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-03-07

The issue of property inheritance in our Chinese is a big deal, and if the old man of any family does not explain clearly before leaving, then these brothers and sisters will have to fight if they can't do it, and they feel unfair how to divide it, and finally the family relationship will break down.

If it is changed to royal, it is a sword and soldier meeting. In history, there have been battles of martyrdom in the Ming Dynasty and nine sons in the Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Kangxi can be said to be emperors through the ages, but they also made mistakes on the issue of the heir to the throne. Today, let's talk about which of the two of them is worse in dealing with the issue of heir selection.

Before we get to that, let's first popularize the patriarchal system. We all know that the Zhou Dynasty was divided into the Son of Heaven, the princes, the princes, the princes and the scholars. The eldest son of the Son of Heaven succeeded to the throne of the Son of Heaven, and the others were divided into princes. The eldest son of the princes inherited the titles of the princes, and the other sons became princes. There is the concept of a large sect and a small sect, the eldest son of the heir is the big sect, and after the large sect is determined, the others will automatically be listed as a small sect. But in the small sect, the major sect and the small sect will continue to be established, you can understand it as a tree, the main trunk is the big sect, and the other branches are the small sect, then on the main trunk of his fork, he is the big sect, and the branch that separates out is the small sect.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the succession to the throne of the Yuan Dynasty was too chaotic. Because the Yuan Dynasty was not a Han regime, they did not abide by the patriarchal system, which led to the chaotic succession of the Yuan Dynasty emperors and the bloody struggle within the imperial family. This led to internal fragmentation and was an important reason for its demise. Therefore, in order to stabilize the situation, Lao Zhu adheres to the patriarchal system and must pass the throne to Zhu Yunwen. Because Zhu Biao was the crown prince before, he was the only legal heir, and the others, including Zhu Di, were all small sects. After the death of Prince Yiwen, Zhu Yunwen was naturally the most legitimate candidate. Of course, there are other reasons for choosing Zhu Yunwen, let's not do it for the time being.

On the side of the Qing Dynasty, after the crown prince Yinren was abolished, Kangxi changed to a selection of talents. But the selection of talents did not understand, because from the perspective of comprehensive quality, the eighth elder brother Yinxi is the most suitable candidate. Kangxi did not choose the eighth elder brother, which caused a situation where nine sons won the heir, which caused a certain amount of chaos within the royal family. But fortunately, it did not hurt the country's capital and did not cause serious harm to the people of the world. In today's words, the Kangxi Dynasty's succession to the throne is involution, and the benefit of involution is that the rest of the probability is good, and finally Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, continuing the prosperity of Kangxi. This is the benefit of "Lixian", and after that, the Qing Dynasty formed a set of "secret reserve system" system, which made the subsequent succession to the throne very smooth, of course, this is also one of the important reasons why the Qing Dynasty almost did not have a faint monarch.

Judging from the level of the heir, Yongzheng must be much stronger than Zhu Yunwen. Judging from the losses caused to the country, in the Battle of Jingjing, 500,000 soldiers were killed, "Huai Beiju is a lush grass", after Zhu Di broke the city, he killed countless old ministers of Jianwen mainly Fang Xiaoru, and the "Nine Sons Seize the Inheritance" were mainly implicated by the Eight Masters and their families. Compared with this destructive power, the "Battle of Jingyan" is much more than the "Nine Sons Seize the Throne". Therefore, on the issue of succession to the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang's decision-making is much worse than Kangxi's.

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