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Chapter 30 The Northern Wei Dynasty at the Turning Point of History

Everyone was immersed in the video that Wu Chen had reviewed, and they all deeply introspected for Queen Mother Feng's actions. What's more, they even wrote down these measures to see if they could be implemented in their own country's policies in light of the national conditions.

The video is still playing slowly.

"Even though Empress Dowager Feng has made contributions to the Northern Wei Dynasty, she also had some faults."

"Hitting political opponents is cold."

"I listened to the government twice before and after, and even my own son wiped out all the cronies because of political disagreements. Later generations believe that the sudden collapse of Emperor Xianwen was caused by the poisoning of the Empress Dowager Feng."

"In history, people can be more vicious than them, and their methods are more decisive than Empress Lu and Empress Wu."

"But other than that, Empress Dowager Feng can be called a empress dowager with outstanding historical achievements."

"The Northern Wei Dynasty fought for years, the treasury was empty, refugees were displaced, local tyrants annexed land, and officials were corrupt."

"The Empress Dowager Feng speaks widely, reuses talents, and reuses Li Chong from the Han Dynasty."

"Promoted the reform of the class salary system, the land equalization system, and the three-head system."

"Throughout history, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were a period of great division in history and a time of national integration. Empress Dowager Feng was majestic and tolerant, persistent and good at compromise. She was able to assess the situation, follow the historical trend, and spare no effort to push the Sinicization reform to the end. "

"Thanks to Empress Dowager Feng's political reforms, Buddhism and Confucianism have developed."

"Empress Dowager Feng implemented powerful legal reforms based on the existing national politics of the Northern Wei Dynasty."

"However, the core pillars of the Northern Wei Dynasty were the Xianbei military aristocrats. Although the reforms of the Empress Dowager Feng were vigorous and vigorous, they did not violate their interests."

"Its semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural living conditions are not considered an advanced civilization in terms of the form of government, but in that special historical period, it was the most favorable form of regime."

"The civil strife in the Northern Wei Dynasty did not originate from the imperial court, but from the six towns of Xianbei."

"In the late Northern Wei Dynasty, when suppressing the rebellion, they had to rely on the local warlord Er Zhurong. This is another version of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing."

"So far, the emperor's politics has been replaced by the power minister's politics, and the result is that it can only lead to division."

"Although Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, facilitated the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains, the Tuoba clan of Xianbei did not have the corresponding deterrent force."

"Civil strife broke out, and warlords seized power with armed forces. Finally, in 528 AD, Er Zhurong entered Luoyang in the Northern Wei Dynasty. At this point, the Northern Wei Dynasty perished."

"At this point, the five chaos in China, the land of China entered a brief split, and finally the Sui Dynasty ruled the world and established a centralized feudal dynasty."

"However, a series of policies of Queen Mother Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty have been well preserved, laying a solid foundation for the opening of the prosperous Sui and Tang Dynasties."

While watching the video inventory, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty said to Yang Yong and Yang Guang beside him: "The regime of the Northern Wei Dynasty has to be said to be powerful. The Xianbei clan can think of Sinicization and move the capital to Luoyang, which shows that its ambition is to fight for the power of China. If Empress Dowager Feng is given another 50 years, the world will definitely belong to the Northern Wei Dynasty."

Yang Yong on the side couldn't help curling his lips: "Father, it's just a short-lived dynasty of the Xianbei clan. Although there were some waves in the course of history, it was still silent."

Yang Jian couldn't help but glared at this simple and honest son. Just as he was about to blame him, he heard Yang Guang say, "Father, my son thinks that the Northern Wei Dynasty actually has a chance to unify China."

"The reform of the Northern Wei Dynasty began with Emperor Wu of Wei. The purpose of exterminating Buddhism was to allow a large number of monks to return to the vulgar. It is conducive to the development of agriculture."

"Empress Dowager Feng's reforms were based on the needs of the people. She saw the shortcomings of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Whether it was the farming system or the three-head system, its role was to make the people rich first."

"Rectifying officials and cracking down on corruption, these measures can fundamentally eliminate the shortcomings of the previous dynasty, and Empress Dowager Feng knew what was lacking in the Northern Wei Dynasty, so she strengthened her heart for reform."

Yang Jian was slightly taken aback: "In your opinion, what is lacking in the Northern Wei Dynasty?"

Yang Guang laughed and said, "Father, what the Northern Wei Dynasty lacks is a breath of energy!"

Seeing Yang Jian's surprised gaze, Yang Guang smiled and said, "It's just a matter of anger. Whether it's Empress Dowager Feng's reform or Emperor Xiaowen's reform, it's nothing more than wanting to truly Sinicize the Northern Wei Dynasty and achieve a complete transformation from the root."

"But this energy is only traveling among literati, and it doesn't really use a knife against generals."

"I have seen the history of the Northern Wei Dynasty before. The warlords' armed forces formed their own system, and the armed forces of the six counties could even influence the government of the Northern Wei Dynasty to a certain extent."

"So, the Northern Wei Dynasty without military reform to the end, at best, is just a separatist force in the north, and it cannot complete the great cause of China's unification."

Yang Jian glanced at Yang Guang appreciatively: "That's right, the analysis is very good. On this point, the crown prince should learn more from you."

Taking another look at Yang Yong with a simple and honest face, Yang Jian's eyes showed a trace of helplessness.

When Empress Lu saw that Empress Dowager Feng had wiped out her own son's cronies because of her different political views, she nodded: "From this point of view, this Empress Dowager Feng is indeed outstanding."

"If a woman is not greedy for power, she really regards Dynasty as her favorite work. For this work, she would not hesitate to sacrifice her own children."

"Since Mr. Wu has already said it, he only talks about merit, not character. From this point of view, Queen Mother Feng is indeed a competent politician. But she is not a good mother."

The Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty was even more proud: "Although the Ai family was slightly mean to the emperor, they never had such vicious thoughts. How could such a Han woman be named the empress of all ages?"

Cao Cao kept nodding his head and said, "Such women are indeed rare. I thought that the most powerful queen mother in this world would not be as powerful as those of the Great Qin and Han dynasties."

"I didn't expect a dynasty called the Northern Wei Dynasty to have such a courageous woman."

Wu Zetian watched the video closely. She knew the Queen Mother of the Northern Wei Dynasty. As a later generation of Tang, the history of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty naturally needed to be understood.

"The Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty has indeed made a lot of efforts for political unification and for this country to be well integrated into the Central Plains. In this regard, she is a model for the previous dynasties."

"Tianhou, Empress Dowager Feng's evaluation is nothing more than a small wave in the long river of history. Compared with the achievements of Tianhou, it is really not worth mentioning."

Emperor Zetian couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "Don't think so. Although I can own the world, although it is the destiny of heaven, there are inevitably many things in my actions that will inevitably be criticized by future generations. Compared with Mrs. Feng Say, what I did was really wrong."

"That's why I decided to issue an edict to open up the way of speaking and listen to the opinions of the people of the world. If there is something, it will be changed, if not, it will be encouraged."

As for the emperors in the plane dynasty, they looked even more pensive when they saw this.

"The Empress Dowager Feng's ability to come to this point is really impressive. Her ruling philosophy is more influenced by her own experience when she was young."

"I have indeed made some achievements in politics. I can use Confucianism to govern the country. It can be seen that the atmosphere of the Northern Wei Dynasty is not much less than that of my Song Dynasty."

In another plane dynasty, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan sighed: "After the Northern Wei Dynasty came the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and then the Sui Dynasty. Logically speaking, if the Sui Dynasty can learn from the experience of the previous troubled times and take more rest, If we rectify the administration of officials and reform the malpractices, we will surely be able to survive for a longer period of time.”

"My Tang Dynasty was able to seize the world by chance. Although there are certain chances and coincidences, it is also an opportunity given to us by God."

"Looking at the behavior of the ancients, you can better distinguish yourself. Although this inventory of the sky mirror does not list the emperors of the era, it can be so penetrating just by starting with women."

"Whether it is the Empress Dowager Xuan of the Great Qin Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Lu of the Han Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Liu of the Song Dynasty, or this Empress Dowager Feng, the light spots shining on her body are actually the condensation of an era."

"It's really a great fortune for us to know it!"

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