The Ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty

First, ancient monarchs had an unwritten political bottom line, even if they lost power or were captured. When ministers raise troops to capture the emperor, there have always been two possible routes: 1. House arrest, confinement, respecting him as the supreme emperor, deposing the emperor, and enshrining the emperor, holding the emperor hostage to command all parties, and occupying the moral status; 2. Dealing with it secretly, poisoning, or dying of a sudden illness. It was announced to the outside world that the emperor died of an illness, and was buried with lavish burials, maintaining superficial etiquette. There are almost no vassal towns or military envoys who kill the emperor in public and show his head to the public. Two core fatal flaws, 1. Complete moral bankruptcy, directly establishing rebellious ministers and traitors This Jiedushi was originally promoted and appointed by the previous emperor. The emperor's head was cut off in public and hung on the city wall. Everyone in the world immediately concluded: This person has no bottom line between monarch and minister. Everyone, including governors, vassal towns, noble families, and local powerful people, is in danger. Today he can kill the king and hang his head, and tomorrow he can slaughter all those who disobey him. The neutral forces that were originally waiting and watching will directly unite to attack him. They could have wooed the swing faction, but now they are all on the opposite side. In troubled times, fighting for the world is most inseparable from "name". Losing your status is tantamount to creating countless enemies for yourself out of thin air. 2. Destroy the foundation of the whole society's respect for the monarch The ancients maintained their rule by relying on a set of order: the emperor was supreme and the imperial power was sacred. When the people and officials saw it with their own eyes: the emperor's head could be hung on the city wall for public display. Everyone will have a thought in their mind: The emperor is just a mortal, and those with strong force can kill at will. If the Jiedushi wanted to ascend the throne and become emperor in the future, the new dynasty he established would naturally lack deterrence. Everyone will follow suit: Since force can kill a king, then I am strong enough to overthrow you. The reverence that a ruler needs most from his subjects was torn to pieces by his own hands. There are almost no similar cases in history Is Dong Zhuo cruel enough? To control Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he only deposed the emperor and did not dare to kill the emperor; Zhu Wen finally usurped Tang Dynasty. He first placed Tang Zhaozong under house arrest and assassinated him privately, and then supported a puppet, step by step, and did not dare to announce his head in public; A Jiedushi who is determined to seize the world and plan to establish a long-term power will never be able to do such a thing. The author simply pursues the impact of the picture: rebellion, killing the emperor, and excitement. However, the subsequent chain political consequences were not deduced. It only writes about conflicts, without weighing people's hearts, status, and the foundation of governance.

Although the journey will not become longer if you stop, it will delay some things. Sometimes things will not stop when you stop. Li Cheng is faced with a choice: should he continue on the road of revenge or choose the one he loves?

Li Cheng is going to Lingnan, where there is evidence of Zhao Yan's corruption and where there are people who were exiled by Zhao Yan. At this time, Zhao Yan and Xiao Yan are still trying their best to pretend to be loyal ministers and good generals. The world is not very dangerous yet. For Li Cheng, the most important thing at the moment is to strengthen himself, and the other is to find a way to overthrow Zhao Yan!

While strengthening his abilities, he must also look for evidence of Grand Master Zhao Yan's crime!

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The real test is coming. As a low-level person, although he has memories of his past life, he is still weak in power and full of anger, so he can only endure it.

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Li Cheng is making progress from the inside out, but at this time, he still thinks that he is Shen Zhao from the bottom of his heart. At this time, Shen Zhao, his previous life, was still reviewing memorials in a corner of the palace! The time traveler coexists with his past life in the same time and space. Can he change history? How can he realize his ideal...

Li Cheng is getting closer and closer to the capital! How on earth would he face the beautiful self from his previous life?

He turned the horse's head and walked north along the way he came. After walking about a mile, he said: "Zhao Heng." "Here." "If a person was going to walk a road, but he found a jujube tree on the side of the road, and he wanted to stop and have a look, would he be endless?" Zhao Heng was silent for a while. "It won't make the road longer if you stop," he said. "If you stop and start walking again, the road will still be the same."

The analysis made by this friend just now is accurate. In the real political logic of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, publicly beheading the emperor and hanging him in public would indeed lead to moral bankruptcy and shaken the foundation of rule. This is why none of Zhu Wen, Guo Wei, and Zhao Kuangyin acted this way. But this analysis presupposes a premise: Xiao Yan has the ambition to compete in the world. If Xiao Yan's goal is to become emperor, then the book friends' criticism is completely valid. This is a fatal political mistake. However, Xiao Yan in the novel is not like this. When he opened the city to surrender and killed Shen Zhao, his core motive was not to conquer the world, but to protect himself - Zhao Yan came to the city with his troops and massacred the city without surrendering their heads. He chose to survive first. This is not a Jiedushi who aspires to the world and is thinking about "how to seize the country", this is a Jiedushi who is forced into a corner and is thinking about "how to survive tonight first". Under this framework, Xiao Yan's behavior has room for different interpretations. What he lost was not "the opportunity to seize the world", but "something he had no intention of fighting for in the first place." He chose the path of survival and gave up his status. This was precisely the truest decision-making logic of most Jiedushi in the troubled times of the Five Dynasties. His political IQ lies not in "how to conquer the world" but in "how to continue living without being destroyed." The book friend's analysis is not wrong - it points out the fatal price of open regicide. It's just that the bearer of this price is a person who never intended to become the master of the world. He was not playing a game of chess, but removing a knife that had been placed on his neck. The political consequences you pointed out did indeed occur, but for him, the cost of those consequences was less than the cost of "destruction of cities and people" - he was weighing threats of different levels, rather than choosing between the same type of risks.