In addition, the system set by Lao Zhu was not perfect. For example, one of the regulations: If the court treacherous ministers take power, the vassal kings have the power to raise an army to strengthen the royal family and eliminate treacherous ministers.

As a result, after his death, Emperor Jianwen could not control the situation and began to reduce the vassal states and harshly cut off the vassal states, such as King Zhou, King Dai, and King Qi, either removed from the title of King or was detained.

King Yan Zhu Di took advantage of this loophole and said that there were treacherous ministers in the court, and that I could not clear the king's side by respecting Tianjing, so I raised an army to clear Emperor Jianwen.

As the emperor who was promoted to the throne of the vassal kings, Zhu Di empathized with the harm of the vassal kings' support for troops.

When he entered Nanjing City and ascended the throne, in order to win people's hearts, Zhu Di vigorously appeased the unlucky princes, rehabilitated, restored the title, and improved the economic benefits. He also gave great rewards during the holidays. The brothers' emotions were moving, and they were as warm as spring.

After the spring breeze blows on your face, there is lightning and thunder.

After Zhu Di held firmly in the throne, he immediately inherited the will of Emperor Jianwen and began to reduce the vassal states.

The Jinyiwei was surrounded by the vassal kings, and they were all monitored for food, drinking, defecation and urination. The first unlucky King of Ning Zhu Quan was forced to rebel by Zhu Di. He agreed to share the world equally after the promise was done. My brothers took the position of economic prosperity, but I was given a place in Nanchang, Jiangxi. I also took my military power?

Because of this, King Ning often complained. Soon after, the Jinyiwei came to the door to knock on the door to search, which scared King Ning very much. Since then, he has become addicted to playing piano, poetry and books, never mentioning political affairs, and finally escaped the disaster.

The encounter with King Ning was pretty good. The unlucky Dai Wang had just recovered his title. Before he could even get angry, he was punished by Zhu Di for thirty-two serious crimes. He barely saved the title with the ritual of kissing, but his military power was basically stripped of it and he became a clawless tiger.

King Qi was not as cowardly as other brothers, and was very arrogant! After restoring his title, he remained vicious and even killed local officials. The result was also very miserable. He was imprisoned in Nanjing and his descendants were deposed as commoners.

Some of the unlucky ones are also King Min and King Su, who were both exposed for their mistakes and then dealt with them seriously, and their king's title was stolen.

Some other lucky princes went to Beijing to cry and beg for exemption, but their guards were stripped of their rights and lived in the fief.

After Zhu Di's reduction of the vassal states, the first generation of powerful vassal states were cut off and suffered heavy losses. Most of the vassal states guarding the nine borders were moved to the mainland.

For example, almost none of the princes in border areas such as Liaodong and Xuanfu were spared. Even if they retained their titles, they would have to remove their military power and move them into the area.

Even so, Zhu Di was still worried and tried his best to reduce his strength to the remaining vassal kings. The armed forces of vassal kings in various places were tried every means to reduce them. Originally, a prince could have tens of thousands of guards, but he was cut to hundreds of people.

The phenomenon of vassal kings interfering in military affairs and even local government affairs is explicitly prohibited, and they will be arrested and tried as long as they are discovered.

After the Ming Dynasty reduced the vassals, the effect was very good. However, this was just the beginning. The Ming Dynasty had experienced three reductions in the past three hundred years, and another one was in the Jiajing Dynasty.

Jiajing was originally a vassal king, and his cousin, Emperor Zhengde, had no heirs, so he was lucky enough to win.

It has to be said that the more the vassal kings are, the more they can be. Jiajing directly promulgated the "Regulations on the Religious Religion", which became more strict in the vassal kings, directly stipulated that the vassal kings could not make friends with the government, nor were allowed to engage in industries such as scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and even going out for outings in the city was monitored.

Even if you marry mostly wives and concubines, you will be strictly restricted from how many children you have.

Since the Jiajing Dynasty, those high-ranking vassal kings have truly become a group of high-ranking prisoners who are rich and well-off.
Chapter completed!