Since the birth of the Spring and Autumn Period, the beggar system has always played an extremely important role in various dynasties in ancient times. Whether it was Emperor Wu of Han, who was a man of great talent, or Tang Taizong, who became the "Heavenly Khan", they all set up the post of chancellor as usual. This position will not be absent for thousands of years, no matter how turbulent the world is, and this state of affairs will continue until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, The Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang initially set up the post of Chancellor as usual, however, soon after the thirteenth year of Ming Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang used the Hu Weiyong case to abolish the position of Chancellor.
And the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang had the idea of abolishing the post of chancellor, I think the main reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang's natural distrust of civilian officials is the most fundamental reason for his abolition of the chancellor system.
For Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation, I think there is a sentence that is very concise and concise: the one who wins the country is the most righteous. Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty after ending the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and compared with the previous emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang was born the poorest, and even after becoming emperor, he often boasted that "I am the right cloth of Huaihuai".
This kind of origin means that Zhu Yuanzhang will be exploited and oppressed by officials from an early age. Not to mention, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was precisely because the decadent bureaucratic system ignored natural disasters that Zhu Yuanzhang's direct blood relatives died.
The tragic experience in the early years made Zhu Yuanzhang naturally distrust the bureaucratic system, you know, at the time of the catastrophe, the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty had issued a decree to provide disaster relief, but the bureaucrats at all levels did not seriously implement it, and finally reached the bad luck of the Zhu Yuanzhang family.
When Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he who lived in the deep palace would definitely remember what happened at that time, and look at the ministers under his hands who were full of vigilance. In order to ensure his understanding of the dynasty and prevent his subordinates from blinding him, Zhu Yuanzhang was eager to do everything himself.
This kind of thinking means that Zhu Yuanzhang has a conflict with the position of chancellor.
According to the previous practice, the chancellor assisted the emperor in governing the world, and he would help the emperor filter some affairs, and even deal with them directly without reporting them to the emperor. And this practice is precisely what Zhu Yuanzhang cannot tolerate: what if the ministers use this loophole to deceive themselves? When this idea lingered in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, the dismissal of the post of chancellor entered his mind.
It should be known that when the chancellor is removed, the six parts will be directly delivered to the emperor, and the six parts are the institutions that gather the affairs of the world in the ruling institutions of the dynasty. When there is no minister in the middle, the emperor will be the direct object of the six tributes, and Zhu Yuanzhang will no longer have to worry about the phenomenon of the minister colluding with the minister and hoodwinking the emperor.
As this idea matured, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly used the Hu Weiyong case to abolish the thousand-year-old system of beggars and remove the barriers between the Six Ministries and the emperor. However, when the chancellor was revoked, Zhu Yuanzhang's workload was very large, and for Zhu Yuanzhang, who laid the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of high-intensity work could not affect his energy, and he also enjoyed such a life.
However, I don't know if this extremely shrewd emperor has ever thought about whether future emperors can cope with this workload. Of course, this was not something that Zhu Yuanzhang could consider, otherwise, he would not have abolished the post of chancellor so neatly and neatly.
In summary, it is a personal opinion on Zhu Yuanzhang's abolition of the post of chancellor, and I hope it will be helpful to you.
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