In China's feudal history of more than 2,000 years, there is a strange phenomenon, that is, most emperors are willing to reuse their uncles, and they are even more afraid of their uncles, especially those little emperors who were pushed to the throne when they were young. Most of them use their uncles to help them stabilize their political power. So it's also a matter of royalty. Where is uncle worse than uncle?
Uncle is a potential contender for the throne.
Historical events have proved to us that my uncle is much less likely to seek power and usurp the throne than my uncle. Why is this happening? It is precisely because my uncle and the emperor share the same surname.
In ancient times, the system of inheriting the throne was generally passed down from generation to generation, but there were also brothers. Either way, ministers agreed that the throne should be in the hands of a family. Therefore, even if my uncle abolished the nephew's throne or promoted the nephew's power by unjust actions, as a minister, he would not have much opinion. After all, this is the internal affairs of the Emperor's family.
The most famous event in history is that the Ming Emperor Judy overthrew his nephew Zhu Yunwen and ascended the throne of the emperor in the name of Jun Qing. Although immoral, most ministers in the DPRK remain neutral to Judy's position, because no matter who ascended the throne, they are all servants of Zhujiajia, and the general pattern of the world has not changed because of the change of the emperor.
However, if the emperor's uncle usurped the throne or something, it is estimated that the Manchu ministers will stand up and oppose it. Because in ancient times, it was a great event to seize power by a different surname, so it was a great event for the imperial uncle to monopolize power in the DPRK, and few people dared to usurp power.
Influenced by mother.
Although the ancient emperor's power was inherited from his father, it was usually the emperor's mother who had the deepest influence on the emperor's growth. After watching so many palace fights, I think everyone is familiar with the intrigue of the ancient harem. In real history, the struggle in the harem can only be said to be worse than TV series, and concubines have done everything to make their children ascend to the throne.
However, women's strength alone is not enough to defeat many forces in the DPRK, so these concubines who participate in the competition often involve their own family relationships and rely on their fathers or brothers who work in the former dynasty to help them.
In the process of growing up, every prince will be involved in this cruel court whirlpool. In the long run, these princes will trust and rely more on their mothers' power, and become more intimate with their grandfathers or uncles, even after they assume the throne. Therefore, the emperor's uncle is more likely to be reused by the emperor.
Reusing my uncle can achieve a balance of power
The most important thing for every emperor after he ascended the throne is how to consolidate his throne and prevent it from falling into the hands of others. There is a very contradictory question here. On the one hand, the emperor hopes to let pure family members control the whole empire by expanding his imperial clan, but on the other hand, the imperial clan is far more difficult to control than outsiders, because these royal families have a lot of power in their hands and are more likely to come into contact with the interior of the palace than outsiders, so they have to guard against it.
This contradiction has always been a headache for emperors. Why did the Cao Wei regime established by Cao Pi in the Three Kingdoms period fall into the hands of Sima Yi and his son? It was because he doubted his imperial clan too much and turned against his imperial clan brothers that Sima Yi, a subordinate, found an opportunity. But why did Sima Yan later cause the rebellion of the Eight Kings? It was precisely because he trusted the family forces too much that he sealed the imperial clan, which made the Eight Kings rise and the real imperial power decline.
It can be seen that clan is a very sensitive topic in feudal society, and a slight deviation in practice may lead to great disaster. The only way to solve the contradiction is not to weaken the clan power, but to have another force to restrict it, and this team is the consorts who are mainly uncles.
Therefore, ancient emperors often took the initiative to invite uncles to enter the power center, so that a system of checks and balances could be established in the DPRK, which was a realistic move to consolidate imperial power.