Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

"Let's talk about the Ming Dynasty first. It can actually be divided into two stages. It starts with your fourth brother Jing Nandi. Before that, the princes of the royal family could still do something."

"Of course, there are few who do good things, but many who do bad things. The rest are basically mediocre."

"After the Jingnan Rebellion, the princes were basically raised like pigs. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, these princes were basically killed by the rebels."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang had a blank expression on his face. He knew without thinking that it must be the fourth son who accepted their guards. He had thought of this a long time ago. Even if the fourth son didn't accept them, his son would have to do it.

"Let me talk about the three better ones. The first one is you, King Zhu Chun of Shu. After arriving in Shu, you actively donated money to repair the local ancient buildings, including the Zhaolie Shrine."

"The other one is the old King Wu Zhou. He was interested in medicine. When he was a prince, he wrote the 'Compendium of Herbs for Famine Relief', which records various wild plants in great detail. It is hailed as a scientific botanical work of the 15th century. He later also wrote the 'Puji Fang'."

"The last one is Zhu Youjian, the King of Tang at the end of the dynasty. He knew the dynasty was about to collapse, so he specifically recruited soldiers to march north. During the short-lived Southern Ming, he was considered a good figure."

"Unfortunately, it was too late to save the situation."

King Tang? The King of Shu pondered carefully before he figured out which brother he was descended from based on the generation name. And judging from the host's introduction, the first generation of King Tang should not have been very capable.

Otherwise, I have to mention it anyway.

It was the King of Zhou who impressed him. Judging from the introduction, he should be more capable than himself. But it was just a book editing job, and he didn't believe that a scholar from Shu couldn't beat him.

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Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table in anger. He had so many sons, but he only mentioned two of them. Including the fourth son who came later, there were only three of them. Could it be that the others had all done evil things?

These guys deserve to be punished!

"Send an order to the King of Zhou and the King of Shu to give each of them three thousand taels of silver. Everyone else, come here. I will give them a good beating today."

"Let them learn a lesson!"

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Qi Cheng looked at the information and found that before the Ming Dynasty, most of the royal family members were under the feudal system, but some had greater rights and some had smaller rights.

Of course, there were many rebellions caused by this, such as the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the Han Dynasty, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Jin Dynasty, etc. However, the royal family system of the Qing Dynasty is worth learning from.

"In fact, the imperial clan system was well-performed by the Qing Dynasty, which replaced yours. They treated the imperial clan very strictly. Aside from a few iron-hat princes, the others had to make merit or take exams to advance."

"The most important thing about the Qing Dynasty was that there were no feudal fiefs. All members of the imperial clan were concentrated in the capital, and were not allowed to leave the capital for more than 60 miles without explicit permission."

"What's more crucial is that it's clearly written that rewarding merit is the most important, followed by promoting family ties. Even the emperor's own sons could be granted the fourth-rank title of Beizi, and except for the Iron Hat Princes, all other titles are inherited through a lower rank."

Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin was shocked by this feudal system. It was a bit too harsh. The emperor's son was given a fourth-class title. If it were in the Tang Dynasty, a minister would have submitted a memorial to the emperor.

It is said that the royal family is treated harshly.

In fact, he is also worried about the division of fiefdoms among the royal family. After his father abdicated, he gave birth to many younger brothers and sisters for him, and it costs money to give them fiefdoms.

Ming Dynasty

King Zhu Chun of Shu carefully wrote down the words on the curtain. He planned to find time to submit a memorial to talk about the affairs of the royal family. If that didn't work, he would just copy this system.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty came before the Qing Dynasty.

"The Qing Dynasty didn't care much about the lives of the royal family, especially those at the bottom. If you're content, just hang around in the city with your bird cage. If you're not satisfied, you can try your luck in the army, or maybe be noticed by the emperor and be given a good position."