The feudal system has existed for a long time in history, as early as the Han Dynasty, the feudal king system appeared. In order to maintain the stability of the dynasty, Liu Bang implemented the system of kings, under such circumstances, every king of the clan had military power, which laid hidden dangers for the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. It is undeniable that the feudal system certainly has an effect on a dynasty.
In times of dynastic crisis, the king of the clan can stand up, on the contrary, if the king of the clan is too powerful and the ambition is inflated, it will pose a threat to the imperial power. In general, the feudal system has shortcomings and advantages, taking the Western Han Dynasty, the power of the clan king is too large, which directly led to the emergence of the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and after the Emergence of the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the national strength of the Western Han Dynasty was greatly weakened.
During the Jin Dynasty, there was also the influence of the excessive power of the king of the clan, that is, the emergence of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, in comparison, the emergence of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings directly led to the Wuhu Chaos. In this case, the Jin Dynasty had already existed in name only, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty only sat on half of the country. Comparatively speaking, a unified dynasty almost always has a feudal king system.
In history, there is a great unified dynasty with a very special system of kings, that is, the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he successively sealed more than twenty sons, all of whom were divided into key places. These fiefdoms were all military strongholds of the Ming Dynasty, and the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did this was to allow these feudal kings to defend the imperial power. From this point, it can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang's idea is to better control the whole country and defend the central imperial court with a feudal monarchy.
The drawbacks of the clan king system are already obvious, that is, the king of the clan can defend the royal family, but the king of the clan can also threaten the royal family in turn, and the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also noticed this in his later years, but Zhu Yuanzhang noticed it very late, even if Zhu Yuanzhang found that there was something wrong, it was too late to change. After Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao, ascended to the throne, problems arose.
Zhu Yunjiao began to realize the influence of the king of the clan and began to slash the clan in a big way. So the problem arises. Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunjiao chose to strike first. At that time, the strongest was Zhu Di, the King of Yan, and under such circumstances, Zhu Yunjiao made a difference. Zhu Yunjiao first slashed the five kings in a row, or abolished or put under house arrest, and even forced Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, to set himself on fire and die.
When Zhu Di saw such a situation, he must have felt that there was a crisis. Compared with Zhu Di, Zhu Yunjiao was still too tender. Zhu Di, as the Yan domain of the Nine Great Sai Kings in the early Ming Dynasty, can be described as a battlefield that has been experienced for a long time. Many people believe that with Zhu Di's ascension to the throne, this slash of the domain will definitely not end. The opposite is true. So how did Zhu Di cut the domain?
First of all, Zhu Di restored the former king of the domain, and the history books recorded that "the old seals of The King of Fuzhou, the King of Qi, the King of Dai, and the King of Min" were restored. After all, Zhu Di's throne came from the right way, and under such circumstances, Zhu Di must treat these brothers kindly, otherwise Zhu Di will have worries. Zhu Di's success must be inseparable from Zhu Quan, the King of Ning.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Di directly migrated Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, to Nanchang. After the throne was secured, Zhu Di began to cut the domain. In November of the first year of Yongle, Zhu Dige went to act as Wang Gui's three bodyguards and officials. In May of the fourth year of Yongle, he stripped Qi Wangyu of his subordinates and guards, and in August deposed him as a Shuren. Yongle ten years to cut the Liao King Zhu Zhi guard. In the fifteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Qi, the king of the valley, was a Shuren.
In short, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he began to slash the king of the domain. So why did Zhu Di succeed? Unlike Zhu Yunjiao, Zhu Di slashed the domain to destroy their three guards, what are the three guards? The military power of the king of the clan came from the three guards, and Zhu Di either cut the three guards or abolished them as a shuren, which basically achieved the purpose of cutting the clan.