Han Dao world

Chapter 662 Keeping pace with the times
Liu Xie originally wanted to say "serve the people" to pretend to be forceful, but he swallowed the words again.

This sentence is too advanced, and it is easy to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

"The world is the public" is a cliché, which is very correct, but it has no real meaning, so it can be interpreted at will.

"All people are all people" is more realistic, and it implies the distinction between monarch and minister, and it will not abolish martial arts.

The so-called Zhou Qin change was to abolish the aristocratic system of Shiqing and Shilu, and divide the people of the world into two categories: one is the emperor and the other is the subjects.

A subject is also a citizen, even if he is the son of the emperor or the future prince.Before he ascended the throne, he was a minister, a citizen, not a king.

But the evolution of thought lagged behind the innovation of the system, and because of the natural conservative thought of Confucianism, although the emperor system was implemented in the Han Dynasty, the ideological system still stayed in the era of enfeoffment, with a strong legacy of the pre-Qin period, the most typical of which was the dual monarch-minister system.

For example, the prefect of a county and the magistrate of a county are ministers to the emperor.For the officials and people under his rule, he is the king.

This is the legacy of the pre-Qin enfeoffment system, and it is also the source of confidence for the scholar-bureaucrats to fight for power with the emperor.

The feudal history of two thousand years is a history of continuous strengthening of imperial power and continuous weakening of ministerial power.Although there have been countless repetitions in the middle, the monarchy finally defeated the ministerial power and turned the ministers into slaves.

There are not only the self-restraint of Confucianism, but also the limitation of productivity level.

At that level of productivity, only the emperor's centralized system is the most efficient at maintaining the country's operations.According to the dynamics of social evolution, all regimes will evolve towards the emperor system, but not all regimes can succeed.

But what Liu Xie wants to do is not just a high-ranking emperor, he wants to be the promoter of Chinese civilization.

He knew the advantages of the emperor's centralized power system, and he was more aware of its disadvantages.In order to push the Chinese civilization to a higher peak, the imperial power must be broken in the end, and the people are the masters of the country.

But that's after productivity levels have been raised, not right now.

It's not even something that can be considered within a hundred years.

Under the current situation, maintaining the continuation of imperial power and maintaining enlightenment on the basis of centralization is the most reasonable choice.

At this time, talking about "serving the people" or "all men are created equal" will only cause bad things, not success.

The scholar-bureaucrats think about seizing power from the emperor every day, and then domineering themselves. At this time, when they say "everyone is equal", they don't look like they have been beaten with chicken blood. Shengming", stabbed His Majesty to death with his backhand, and let them be the masters.

So it can only be "all peoples are all people", scholars, farmers, businessmen are equal, but I am still me.

When they realize that the emperor is no exception, maybe it will be a hundred years later.

I can't see it anymore, happy to hear it.

For a moment, Liu Xie felt that he was really a genius, and his level of tightrope walking was first-rate.

Zhuge Liang and others did not object.Even though they are all smart people, even geniuses, they have read Confucian classics since they were young, and the principles of monarch and minister are deeply rooted in their bones, and they are not radical enough to want the emperor to be equal to them.

In front of Liu Xie, they did not have the courage to think so.

Although the Son of Heaven is young, his bearing and knowledge are enough to crush them, making them feel awe and surrender from the bottom of their hearts.

"Your Majesty, if Chen Gongtai is the prefect of Jiujiang, who will be the governor of Yangzhou?" Zhuge Liang was the most honest, bringing the topic back.

Pang Tong also quickly followed up. "That is, although Chen Gongtai is talented, he has never been a prefect. Can he handle the Jiujiangdutian affairs well?"

"I don't know either, but can you find a more suitable candidate?"

Zhuge Liang and the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

It has been a few days to discuss who will succeed Yangzhou Mu or Yangzhou Governor, but no one is perfect.

When the emperor came to find Chen Gong, he only asked him to be the prefect of Jiujiang, not Yangzhou Mu and Yangzhou governor, and his intention was actually clear.

In the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang, it will not be extended to the whole Yangzhou for the time being.

In this way, it is not so important who is chosen to be the Yangzhou pastor and Yangzhou governor.Jiujiang prefect is the key.

Although Yuan Shu didn't say it clearly, it was written on his face that he recommended Yan Xiang as the prefect of Lujiang.Since Yuan Shu was to be transferred away from Yangzhou, he had to give him this face.

"Chen Gongtai is talented, and more importantly, he is very pragmatic." Liu Xie explained: "It has been more than two years since he came to the West. Although he has not been an official, the changes in his thinking are obvious to all. With his intelligence, as long as he thinks No problem, the specific affairs can be started soon. Taking a step back, it is not a bad thing for him to fail in Jiujiang Dutian, and he can accumulate experience."

Zhuge Liang was still a little worried. "Your Majesty, although Chen Gongtai is a famous scholar in Shandong, he is not familiar with the situation in Jiujiang. Although there is no human interference, it is inevitable that he is not familiar with the situation and is influenced by others."

"It is indeed possible, so I want to give you a task to collect the geography and hydrology of Jiujiang County as much as possible for his reference, so that he will not be led by the nose."

"Wei." Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement.

"Kong Ming, are you familiar with Jiujiang?"

"I'm not familiar with it, but I can inquire about it." Zhuge Liang smiled. "Hu Benfu She Lu Zijing is from Dongcheng, adjacent to Jiujiang, so he must be familiar with the situation in Jiujiang. Liu Ziyang, the later military adviser, is also a native of Jiujiang. I wrote to him to inquire, and he will definitely provide a lot of reference. Inquire about it in many ways, and then cooperate with the previous The data collected should be roughly correct.”

Pang Tong and Fazheng glanced at each other and nodded in unison.

In this regard, they are not as experienced as Zhuge Liang, so they need to pay more attention in the future.

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After two days of consideration, Chen Gong replied to Liu Xie that he was willing to serve as the prefect of Jiujiang and implement Dutian in Jiujiang.

After thanking the emperor for his trust, Chen Gong also expressed his concerns.

He is neither familiar with the situation in Jiujiang nor has experience in governing a county.Although ambitious, it may not be possible to achieve.

Liu Xie encouraged him and said that the most important thing is to have a heart, and ability can be developed slowly. Everyone has a time to be a prefect for the first time.

This is my first time as emperor.

He gave Chen Gong a few more ideas.

First, after arriving in Jiujiang, when handing over to Yuan Shu, he often consulted Yuan Shu and his former ministry for opinions.Although Yuan Shu is unreliable, he still has some talents under his command, and he will definitely be able to provide you with some help.

Second, recruit more young heroes.Young people are energetic, less prejudiced, and more receptive to new ideas.As long as they can recognize your ideas, they will spare no effort to help you advance.

Third, cooperate with your officials, and you will keep them.If you don't cooperate and you are inconvenient to punish them, you can send them to the court and I will deal with them.

In the end, Liu Xie gave Chen Gong a stack of materials, all of which Zhuge Liang sorted out in the past two days.

Chen Gong was very grateful, holding the information, and respectfully bowed to Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, I'm gone. Your Majesty, please give me four years. After four years, if you can't save the land, I will become a court captain."

(End of this chapter)