Chapter 1030 The Development History of the Daji Dynasty (Part 2)

After Emperor Ming died, many of the good policies implemented during his reign were abolished one by one. Even if they were not abolished, they became empty words. For example, equality among all ethnic groups and preferential treatment were not abolished, but they were restricted at other levels and actually abolished.

The abolition of ethnic preferential policies has led to unprecedented intensification of relations among ethnic groups. In addition, various contradictions have emerged, such as central-local contradictions, civil-military contradictions, north-south contradictions, contradictions between the rich and the poor, and contradictions between farmers and merchants.

The huge platter broke apart. This time, the rupture was much more serious than the one after Emperor Zhao's death. Many people even thought that the Daji Dynasty would fall.

After all, it has been more than a thousand years since the founding of the country. From the perspective of the theory of historical cycles, this is destiny and ordinary people cannot go against it.

As a result, of course there was no such thing. However, when the fifth emperor succeeded to the throne, the actual control area of ​​the Daji Dynasty was less than half of the mainland, only more than one-third, which was worse than when Taizu founded the country.

The fifth emperor was Emperor Rui. He did not succeed to the throne through the election system, but succeeded to the throne through real swords and guns, stepping on mountains of corpses and seas of blood. In fact, he was the first emperor who entered the central government from a vassal king since the founding of the Daji Dynasty.

In fact, his path to the throne was not much different from the peasant army uprising. From this, you can also see how chaotic the Daji Dynasty was after the death of Emperor Ming!

Emperor Rui can also be said to have rebuilt Xuanhuang, which is not much different from the founding of the country by Taizu. Therefore, Emperor Rui’s temple name contains the word Zu, not Zong.

Because he entered the central government from the local, Emperor Rui was familiar with the people’s sentiments, restored many of Emperor Ming’s good policies, and reformed them to make them more in line with social reality.

The biggest reforms are two points. First, the military and political power of the vassal states was seized. Since then, there have been fewer and fewer vassal states, and now there is no vassal state;

Second, the election system was improved, regarding how to obtain the qualifications of the heirs, the voting mechanism, the determination of county qualifications, and the establishment of the supervision mechanism.

Emperor Ming could not do these two things. The reason is very simple. Emperor Ming was very good at using the power of others to fight against others. He was able to bridge the contradictions between various parties and integrate forces, but he lacked sufficient strength and could not shake the foundation of some interest groups.

Secondly, Emperor Ming created this election system to win over local and royal families. At the beginning of its establishment, in order to satisfy the interests of some people, a back door was left so that some people could take advantage of it.

Emperor Rui rose up on a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. In anger, blood flowed and boats drifted. If he wanted to abolish the vassal states, he abolished them. Especially at that time, public opinion was on the side of Emperor Rui. They were tired of the vassal kings' rebellion, and the power of the vassal kings had been much smaller.

If you want to implement the election system, just implement the election system. You don't have to care so much.

In fact, from these two reforms, it is not difficult to find that under Emperor Ming's rule, although the territory was large, it was bloated. Many regions could not be effectively ruled at all, but were just restrained; under Emperor Rui's rule, although the territory shrank a lot, it was all real territory.

After Emperor Rui, there was Emperor Xuan, the sixth emperor and the first emperor truly elected by the election system.

He was the seventh son of Emperor Rui, born out of wedlock. Whether he was from the noble family or the eldest son, he would not have the chance to succeed. However, the emergence of the election system broke the system of primogeniture and gave him a chance.

Through forbearance in the early stage and hard work in the middle stage, he, who was originally unknown, made a comeback and became a symbol of the arrival of a new era.

After Emperor Xuan, the concept of the emperor's election was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the fortune was booming and could no longer be suppressed.

That is, after Emperor Xuan, it became unprecedentedly difficult for foreign forces such as Taoism to intervene in the affairs of the Daji Dynasty, because the Daji Dynasty achieved unity of mind, just like a hedgehog, with thorns all over the body, and no flaws could be found.

For the first time, the suddenly rising humanitarian force of the Daji Dynasty had the strength to challenge the authority of Taoism.

Emperor Xuan was an emperor elected by the people, and the praise he received far exceeded that of his brothers, reaching an astonishing 99%. You know, the others were about 70%, and at most they were barely close to 80%.

Even in a small county, the power is extremely complex. There are differences in occupations and status. There are poor and rich, wise and stupid, and...

The interests of each group are different. Some demands are even completely opposite. No matter how good the policy is, it is impossible to be perfect. No matter how big the cake is, when it is divided, there must be someone who eats less than before. This is the reason.

So after the support rate of Emperor Xuan appeared, it was questioned by a group of people. After re-evaluation, the data was the same, and the position of the crown prince was finally established.

Emperor Xuan was so popular that Emperor Rui was very surprised. After saying that the child would definitely defeat me in the future, he abdicated the throne freely.

This also opened up an unwritten rule that the emperor elected by the people is the emperor, and the incumbent emperor is not qualified to depose him. The idea that the people are better than the monarch is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

As the biggest beneficiary of the election system, Emperor Xuan first did to further improve the election system after he succeeded to the throne. The election system improved by Emperor Xuan has basically continued to this day and has not changed for thousands of years.

In addition, almost all emperors would do things like building water conservancy projects. Because he had the support of the people, Emperor Xuan could let go and recover the homeland in the name of rejuvenation. Those opponents were nothing but a bunch of chickens and dogs in front of the Daji Dynasty, which was united with the people.

In the last few years of Emperor Xuan's reign, he roughly unified the eastern and southern parts of the continent. Just like during the reign of Emperor Taizu, he occupied half of the continent and became the Celestial Empire in everyone's eyes again, attracting all nations to come to pay tribute.

The Daji Dynasty was established for 10,000 years. The first two thousand years should be said to be the most exciting stage. A total of six emperors emerged, basically establishing the foundation of the dynasty. In the next eight thousand years, there were only three emperors, a big gap.

However, some people believe that in the first two thousand years, the emperors were mixed. Some of the bad ones were drunk and killed people. They were simply unbearable to look at. The reason why these emperors were outstanding was because of their peers.

With the implementation of the election system, the emperors elected were all of medium and upper qualifications. Those despicable ones were excluded. It was more difficult to stand out among the emperors with medium and upper qualifications.

It is not denied that this statement does have its truth, but if you can make a career at the intersection of various contradictions, isn't it worthy of being called a great emperor?

Let’s not talk about other things for now, and let’s see what the remaining three emperors did!