hundreds of years later

In the history class of the first grade of Qinghe High School.

Jiang Weihe, the most popular history teacher, walked into the class on time as always and said with a smile:

"Everyone is very active. I think you all know which period of history we are going to talk about today. Yes, we are going to talk about the history of the Southern Zhou Dynasty today."

"Now, open page 72 of the textbook.

Then you can see a special dynasty and a special royal family that are very different from any previous dynasty and also different from any royal family in the past.

If you have watched the program about the Southern Zhou Dynasty a few years ago, you should all know that the historians have a relatively unified nickname for a group of emperors who lived in the early days of the Southern Zhou Dynasty for more than a hundred years, called "Emperor's Family Bucket".

What does it mean? The whole family is the emperor.

It is the same as jokingly calling a certain emperor of the Tang Dynasty Liuwei Emperor Wan, which refers to the situation where emperors get together.

The second emperor of the Southern Zhou Kingdom was called Ji Ding.

He is a very interesting figure, and he is also a central figure in the history of the Southern Zhou Kingdom. His father was the founding emperor of the Southern Zhou Kingdom, and his mother also served as regent for many years. Here’s the point, the emperor’s family is here, the emperor’s family is here

The title started from his generation.

He himself is the emperor, his daughter-in-law is the emperor, his eldest son has been the emperor, his second son has been the emperor, his second daughter-in-law has been the emperor, and his eldest daughter has also been the emperor.

The most interesting thing is that they did not usurp the throne.

But the previous emperor really didn't want to be the emperor.

Giving in forcefully.

Among the two generations above and below him, only his eldest daughter-in-law and his mother have not been emperors.

Everyone else has been emperor.

Later, several of his grandsons, great-grandsons, great-grandsons, etc., all became emperors, and his granddaughters and granddaughters also became emperors. A large part of them even became emperors for ten and a half days just to satisfy the addiction of being emperors.

I don’t want to be the emperor for more than a year and a half at most.

He made a fuss about abdicating his position.

This situation has never happened since ancient times, and it has never happened since. But even if they were so reckless, the Southern Zhou Dynasty was still the most prosperous era.

The reason is that they created a new system.

The emperor completely let go of political power.

That is, the cabinet chief assistant system.

The emperor no longer cares about civil affairs, and all civil affairs are under the unified management of the cabinet and the cabinet's chief minister and regent. Only when there is a war or a major natural disaster, the emperor will intervene. In other cases, the emperor is very free and relaxed.

, even if the emperor was changed frequently, it would not have any impact on major political affairs.

Because in most cases the emperor doesn't care.

For this section of the textbook, you only need to memorize all the contents of the cabinet chief and assistant system. This part will be mainly tested, and other irrelevant information will basically not be tested.

The content is easy to understand, so I won’t go into details.”

After briefly explaining the general content of the textbook, Jiang Weihe immediately pushed the textbook aside, and the students present immediately cheered up, because they knew that the main event was coming, and the next step was Teacher Jiang's lecture on strange anecdotes from unofficial history.

It's time.

He was able to win the popularity of students and was rated as the most popular history teacher. Obviously, it is impossible to just rely on the textbook. The most important reason is that he often tells students some interesting unofficial histories or weird stories in class.

Smell and attract students' attention.

"According to unofficial records, Ji Ding is a very interesting person. He doesn't like going to court very much. He has been dozing off during going to court since he was a child, just like you guys don't like going to class and doze off in class.

It was fine when he was young, but when he got older and took charge, problems arose.

It’s understandable that the little emperor fell asleep in court.

But if an adult emperor dozes off again, he will be acting like a cowardly king. Ji Ding himself knows this, so he particularly resists pro-government. He even privately hopes that his mother, the then regent mother, will be regent for a few more decades, etc.

His son is old enough to succeed.

He abdicated, and the Queen Mother returned power directly to his son.

As for the outcome, of course there was no agreement, because the Queen Regent at that time was not happy to be the regent at all. After the Queen Mother returned power to Ji Ding, she basically did not return to the capital except for holidays, and she kept touring outside as evidence.

Precisely because he was rejected by the Queen Mother, Ji Ding racked his brains to think of other options. Then, the most famous cabinet system of chief ministers and assistants in later generations was born.

Some say it was the Queen Mother who inspired Ji Ding, others say it was Ji Ding who had the idea first, and the Queen Mother helped him improve the corresponding system, but in any case, the system of cabinet chiefs and assistants was indeed born and perfected in the hands of their mother and son.

A few years later, with the complete determination of the cabinet chief and assistant system, the Southern Zhou Dynasty no longer held court meetings unless there were major events. Everyone went to the newly established cabinet to handle government affairs. Ji Ding also achieved his goal.

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No more getting up before dawn to go to the morning meeting.

But, people's ambitions increase step by step. If each of you can stop taking morning reading classes from now on, wouldn't you all think that it would be better if you didn't have to study in the evening? It would be better if you could just take a vacation!

Ji Ding thought the same way.

Especially when his mother returned power to him and traveled all over the world, and even kept mailing him various local specialties and interesting things, his heart became even wilder and he wanted to play everywhere like his mother.

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But he is the emperor.

Even if he handed over the power of civil affairs to the chief minister, he could not leave the capital casually. Let alone leaving the capital, even leaving the palace would be very difficult.

So he has such a clever little mind.

Soon it started moving again.

That is, he wants to quickly find a capable wife and give birth to a son, and then pass the throne to his son and let his wife be the regent. In this way, wouldn't he be free?

So it didn't take long.

A unique draft begins.

The assessment of beautiful women is not about appearance and status, nor about female workers doing embroidery, but about the articles on governing the country and the art of war.

The number one scholar entered the palace and was appointed queen.

One of the top two is a noble concubine, and the other is the first of the four concubines. They are really talented people from a harem.

Within a few years, he had several children. Originally, he wanted to pass the throne directly to the eldest son and let his queen be the regent. However, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were opposed to it. They thought that the emperor was alive and the emperor was not dead or seriously injured. He wanted to pass the throne.

What's going on with a child who's just one year old?

In the end, those ministers forced Ji Ding into panic.

At that time, he may have been thinking, don't you want the older one to be the emperor? Then let the older one be the emperor. Then, he resolutely gave up the throne to his wife, and he simply refused to give it up.

His daughter-in-law became the regent, allowing his daughter-in-law to ascend the throne directly.

Only then did the officials realize that something was wrong and wanted to persuade them, but they could no longer persuade them. They wrote a letter asking the Queen Mother to come back. The Queen Mother also said that it didn't matter and just let him go. Then this matter...

It’s just so confusing!

And then, Ji Ding ran away happily!"

"Think about it, a father has this kind of virtue, and his children cannot imitate it. In addition, due to the system of chief ministers and assistants in the cabinet, the emperor's power has become smaller and smaller, and he is no longer as consistent as before.

Yan Jiuding is even above the law, and the royal family also needs to be governed by the law. The power is reduced, and there is no such freedom. In the future, they can only live in the palace.

It is understandable that each of the dozen or so emperors who came after him wanted to abdicate immediately after being unable to serve for long.

In the end, it was not until Emperor Mingke, the generation of Ji Ding's great-great-grandson, that he finally found a good emperor in the traditional sense who was not so lazy, could endure loneliness, and was willing to work hard for the country and the people. But I don't know

Is it historical inertia or other reasons?

After someone like him, who was a good emperor, succeeded to the throne, the national power of the Southern Zhou Dynasty became worse and worse.

There are even signs of a shift from prosperity to decline..."

After talking about this paragraph, which could almost be regarded as a short biography of Ji Ding, Jiang Weihe quickly started a new interesting topic and continued to talk about other unofficial histories:

"After talking about the emperor, let's talk about folklore again. It is said that the Queen Regent of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was a martial arts master. She relied on martial arts to stabilize the government.
Chapter completed!