China's unique emperor system is a great invention of Qin Shihuang. However, after the invention of the system, the emperor became a standard single husband from him. Although he was the only master of his world, no one could trust him.
In the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Tian Zi closed down his own ethnic groups and hoped to help them with the same surnames. In fact, in most of the Western Zhou Dynasty, this kind of mutual help existed. The high officials of the emperor in the king's capital are also to find their own vassals of the same religion, and never do not have to worry about the overthrow of the same SOM and the overthrow of themselves. Not only the emperor, but also the princes below, each of his princes, who helps himself, is his own family. Under that system, at least, the family is trustworthy.
However, on the basis of the county system, there was no inheritance from the emperor's first emperor. The emperor's descendants can be emperors in theory. The more your own bone and flesh, the more you can't be assured. Han Gao Zu Liu Bang, who was not the king of Liu, ended up in his descendants. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to be able to break up these same surnames and Wang, and had to deprive them of their power. How many dynasties, the imperial clan, father and son are disabled, the story of brother Ling Ling is endless in books. In such a system of emperor, as long as the emperor's blood, there is the legality of the inheritance, and naturally, his brother's nephew is the greatest threat to the power of the emperor.
Brothers and nephews of the same surname can not believe, nor can the foreigners. A Wang Mang makes all the emperors cold. Then, can the subjects believe it? Of course not. If you believe in yourself, even from your family, why do you believe in strangers? Since the first emperor of Qin Dynasty, every single man has great suspicion. When you are afraid, you are reckoned with. Therefore, we can only rely on politics and control in order to have a little peace of mind. There is probably not a single thing between the monarch and his ministers, but it is absolutely not very rare. Many good words between emperors and ministers are stories compiled by historians of later generations, so that the world looks better.
It seems that the court is loyal to all the people who support him. Some people are loyal and cautious. But in the dark corner of the court, there are still conspiracies and subversion. The emperor liked the praise of his courtiers, and knew that the admonition of his sincere advice was probably good for him, but he could not see clearly what the truth was. Those who can see clearly are said to be Ming kings. However, the most scarce group of emperors is Ming Jun.
Eunuch monopoly is, in fact, the product of the emperor's jealous heart. Though no one can believe it, their slaves, especially those without key parts, are reassuring. The eunuch monopoly in the Eastern Han Dynasty was that the emperor could only take back the power from the hands of the foreigners only by relying on the help of the eunuch. After the middle Tang Dynasty, the monarchy was due to the chaos of an Shi, and the emperor did not trust the warriors to take up the army. In the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch monopolizing power had to be watched by the eunuch except for the army, and the eunuch became the eunuch. Lian Yi Wei, a secret agent founded by Emperor Tai, was also under the control of the eunuch of the East and West factories. You have to use a special agent to govern the country, and you have to rely on the eunuchs.
No one can believe that a single man looks very powerful. What he wants to do, he can do anything, and let anyone fall to the ground. But they always worry about their good head and being cut. On the one hand, they are extravagant and extravagant, and on the other hand are in fear. Therefore, all the more than 500 emperors of the imperial court are of sound personality and few mental health.
In the final analysis, the so-called emperor is a prisoner who has locked himself in a gold cage.