There are two main ways to change dynasties in ancient Chinese history: Zen concessions and revolutions.
Revolution is very difficult.
Revolution is not a dinner party, it is an insurrection, a violent act of a class overthrowing a class, which is bound to be accompanied by violence, cruelty and large-scale bloodshed.
The so-called "heaven and earth revolution and four times to become, Tang Wu revolution, according to the heavens and should be people" also.
Relatively speaking, Zen is relatively easy to operate.
Zen concession is a way of peaceful transition of power, that is, the previous ruler handing over power to the new ruler in a peaceful and friendly atmosphere, which is fascinating.
An outstanding example of this is Yao giving way to Shun, and Shun giving way to Yu.
"Qin lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away", then the imperial title created by Qin Shi Huang was basically passed down from top to bottom in the way of Zen after the Western Han Dynasty.
Formally, Zen concessions were carried out on the principle of voluntariness of the original rulers, in order to allow people with more working ability to govern the country.
From the end of the Western Han Dynasty, after the infants ceded the throne to Wang Mang of the new dynasty, and then through the development of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the process of Zen basically formed a fixed pattern and became a way of changing rulers.
Among them, Cao Wei's Cao Yan zen made Sima Yan, the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Sima Dewen Chan gave way to Liu Yu, the Southern Dynasty Song Dynasty Liu Zhunchan gave way to Xiao Daocheng, the Southern Dynasty Qi Xiao Baorong Zen let Xiao Yan, the Southern Dynasty Liang Xiao Fang ZhiChan let Chen Baxian, while at the same time, the Eastern Wei Yuanshanshan Zen gave way to Gao Yang, the Western Wei Yuankuo Zen gave way to Yuwen Jue, the Northern Zhou Yuwen Yan Zen gave way to Yang Jian, the Sui Yang Youchan gave way to Li Yuan, and so on.
Later, the government that formed Zen can only be regarded as adhering to Zhengshuo if it completes the transfer of the previous and subsequent political powers in Zen concessions, otherwise it is a "pseudo-government".
At the time of the Great Split between the North and the South, the power of the North and the South confronted each other in the land of China, and because the Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen of the Southern Dynasty were the successors of the Han And Wei and Jin Dynasties, they were regarded as orthodox. This view lasted for more than two hundred years, until Yang Jian unified the Central Plains and, in order to demonstrate the legitimacy of his government, returned to recognize the legitimacy of the Northern Dynasty.
Later Liang, Later Han, Later Zhou, and Song after the Tang Dynasty also completed the change of dynasty by taking the Zen route.
However, at the end of the Song Dynasty, the Mongols came to insert a lever, and Zen made the game withdraw from the stage of history. The subsequent Daming, Daqing, and Da shun, who once played a handful of soy sauce, did not zen this statement.
So, after thousands of years of China's history and so many dynasties, which dynasty has the most correct country?
The more agreed statement is: "Since three generations in China, the most righteous people in China are only Han and Ming." ”
In other words, Han Gaozu and Ming Taizu were the most righteous.
Historian Meng Sen explained it this way: Han Gaozu and Ming Taizu both came from humble backgrounds, did not have any basis at the beginning of the uprising, and the motive for the uprising was only to eliminate the mob and the people, and did not have the ambition to sit in the world. ("If a puppet rises up, there is no suspicion of authority; for the people to eliminate violence, there is no intention of foreeping the artifact.") ”）
And if you want to evaluate a person who "won the most righteous country" among the two people of Han Gaozu and Ming Taizu, there is no doubt that the winner is Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!
As the Records of ming Taizu says: "According to legend, the Zen system prevailed in the tang yao yu shun era, and the zen system disappeared, and there was a change of the three generations of xia and shang. However, Cheng Tang was able to eliminate Xia Jie with the support of the people of Haoyi; King Wu was able to defeat Shang, thanks to the support of western tribes. Even a figure like Han Gaozu, although he came from a humble background, he also attracted a certain number of villagers with his position as the chief of the pavilion. Ming Taizu did not have any land and people, started from scratch, shouted and ran, responded to the sea, and finally had the world, which is really recorded in the annals of history, unprecedented. ("Legendary tang yu chan, Xia Hou Yin Zhou ji.") Ran Cheng Tang Gexia was a man of few talents; the King of Wu was cut down and received by Lai Xishi. As for Henkel, although he started to hike, he was still attached by the disciples of the pavilion chief. The upper order does not step up to the land and the people, breathe in response, to have the world, the book of squares, not yet. ”）
Zhu Yuanzhang's origin was poorer than Liu Bang's, and the main thing was that the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang was the first Han regime to completely expel nomadic peoples from China.
As a result, the Ming Dynasty became a rare regime in Chinese history to unify China rather than the southward expedition.
Although after the Han national regime fell to the hands of foreign nationalities, it can always be revived again and again, but no revival can be as cheerful and happy as Ming Taizu chasing Mengyuan.
Therefore, there should not be much controversy about the Ming Dynasty being the most correct.
But the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing Dynasty did not think so.
The Yongzheng Emperor compiled a book called "The Mystery of the Great Righteousness". In this book, the Yongzheng Emperor from ancient times to the present, saying that all those who rely on Zen to make the system of statehood are taking advantage of the danger of others, bullying others' orphans and widows, shameless to the extreme, not worth mentioning. Although Han and Ming were a little better, weren't Liu Bang of Han Gaozu and Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of Ming Taizu, also both courtiers of Qin heyuan? The monarch is at fault, and those who are courtiers must help each other, and you are good, take advantage of the chaos, take the millet from the fire, in the final analysis, it is just a thief who is a thief. In this way, throughout the thousands of years, only the Qing Dynasty has achieved the honor and righteousness of the country and the expectations of the people. Why? The Qing Dynasty was originally just a neighbor of the Ming Dynasty, and the two were at peace. However, Li Zicheng, a servant of the Ming Dynasty's own family, raised a knife and killed his master, and the Qing Dynasty could not bear the suffering of his neighbors, so he expelled and punished Li Zicheng for the Sake of Heaven, thus winning the world.
The Yongzheng Emperor's explanation was headed by the Tao, and the future Emperors of the Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, and other Qing Dynasties had theoretical support, and they all had a mantra: I am the most righteous in the Qing Dynasty.