Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 286 The reason for the subjugation of the country in all dynasties
Mr. Lu Xun once said that it is not difficult to see others carrying burdens, but it is difficult to carry burdens yourself.

If it is purely on paper, there may be tens of thousands of ways to put the imperial power in a cage, but when it is really about to fall on the paper, even if the imperial power is willing to be locked up, there are thousands of methods. Thousands of ways may not be able to find a reliable one.

One of the biggest problems is the opposition between public and private rights.

Do public rights need to be strengthened?need.

Do private rights need to be strengthened?need.

To put it bluntly, both public rights and private rights have places that need to be strengthened, and both have places that need to be weakened. The real key lies in how to make the two reach a stable state.

If there is a situation where the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind, then there are only three possibilities for the final result. The first is that the public power is stronger than the private power. This situation is similar to the situation of Tangkou in the Central Plains. , It's just that there is no imperial power.

The second possibility is that private power is stronger than public power, which is similar to the situation in Europa. Under this premise, it doesn't matter whether the head of a country is an actor or a dog. Money is fine.

The problem is that neither of these two possibilities is applicable to Zhongyuan Tangkou. On the contrary, the third possibility, that is, it is much more likely to completely overthrow and start all over again.

After being silent for a while, Zhu Jinsong knocked on the table with his fingers and said, "I intend to reform the imperial court. The first thing to reform is the cabinet and the six ministries."

After being told by Zhu Jinsong, Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs immediately cheered up.

The system of Ming Dynasty is actually pretty messed up in some respects. For example, the chief envoy of a province is the second-rank official, but the elders who are transferred to the cabinet are only fifth-rank or second-rank.

Although a lot of people are sharpening their heads and trying to hit the position of the fifth rank, but this rank is still a bit of a good word to say.

Zhu Jinsong said: "In the future, we will no longer set up six departments, but set up departments according to needs—for example, the Ministry of Railways is separated from the Ministry of Industry to form the Ministry of Railways, or the station system is separated from the Ministry of War to form the Postal Service."

"How to split it up, Zeng Qing can discuss it with all the court officials, and hand over a question book later."

"In addition to the six ministries, the cabinet will naturally also need to be changed. First of all, the ranks of the cabinet ministers will be adjusted from five ranks to first ranks. Down."

Zeng Cheng was stunned at the time, and after looking at each other, the bosses of the other six departments also looked a little bit in disbelief.

In the old Ming Dynasty, since the Yongle period, the authority of the cabinet has been increasing day by day, and even the elders of the cabinet can intervene in the affairs of the six departments.

Later, after Zhu Jinsong re-established the Ming Dynasty, the overall structure of the Ming Dynasty was similar to that of the Ming Dynasty 17 years before Chongzhen, and it was also a cabinet plus six departments and five temples.

The problem is that no matter how great the authority of the elders is, their official rank is still only the fifth-rank official. According to the six ministers, they are still a bit behind the boss. Even if they can intervene in the six affairs, they have to go through certain procedures Row.

But to carry out the reform according to Zhu Jinsong's statement, it would be tantamount to completely letting the cabinet override the six ministries, and the officials of the six ministries would officially become subordinates of the cabinet.

The problem is that this is only a superficial change, and the real inner meaning is what surprised these bigwigs.

Placing the six ministries under the cabinet is tantamount to strengthening the power of the cabinet, which means that the imperial power is making concessions to the power of the ministers—Zeng Cheng, Zeng Dage, who is so awesome?Can the emperor make concessions to him?
Especially the old man like Liu Huaiwen who followed Zhu Jinsong to rebel from Yuhuang Mountain, or the two brothers Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun, looked at Zeng Cheng with unkind eyes.

Zeng Cheng was also taken aback by the gazes of Zhu Erdan, Liu Huaiwen and others. After regaining his senses, he hurriedly stood up from the stool, bowed his hands to Zhu Jinsong and said, "Think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Since Emperor Taizu Gao abolished the prime minister system, my Ming Dynasty only had a system of six ministries. Later, Emperor Yongle set up a cabinet, which was only for your majesty's advice."

"If the system is reformed according to His Majesty's words, wouldn't it mean that the cabinet will override the six ministries and regain the power of prime minister?"

After thinking for a while, Zeng Cheng gritted his teeth cruelly and said, "This is a disorderly order, please forgive me for not daring to obey the imperial edict!"

Zhu Jinsong let out a chuckle, and said, "Sit down first, Zeng Qing, and let me speak slowly."

After Zeng Cheng sat down full of apprehension, Zhu Jinsong went on to say: "Strengthening the power of the cabinet, splitting up the six ministries and placing them under the cabinet, I have also carefully considered."

The big bosses of the Six Books thought that you have thought it through carefully, but our Six Books suddenly became a lot of books. Is this Daming Shangshu still worth money?
Zhu Jinsong took a look at the bigwigs, and turned his attention to Liu Huaiwen: "Where is Uncle Huaiwen? The affairs of the household department, if you count the household departments and treasuries in various places, plus the overseas immigration, border markets, city ships, etc. matter, can Uncle Huaiwen still be busy?"

After hearing Zhu Jinsong call himself Uncle Huaiwen, Liu Huaiwen replied honestly: "Your Majesty, I am indeed a little busy, and I have to deal with various official duties until late at night every day. If your Majesty has not abolished It's early morning, I'm afraid I don't even have much time to sleep."

If Zhu Jinsong calls himself Liu Butang or Liu Shangshu, it means that Zhu Jinsong wants to listen to the official words. If the word is changed to Uncle Huaiwen, then I only need to answer honestly, because it means that what the emperor wants to hear is what is in his heart.

Zhu Jinsong laughed and looked at Song Yucheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and said, "How much is the Ministry of Industry doing now? Can Song Butang still be busy?"

Song Yucheng rubbed his head unconsciously, and laughed at himself and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry was originally in charge of rivers, roads, bridges and other projects in the world, as well as imperial tombs, cities, palaces and other things. Now that there is another Railway Secretary...the minister is really too busy."

Zhu Jinsong hummed, and didn't ask the other ministries of the Ministry of War, Ministry of Officials, Ministry of Punishment, and Ministry of Rites—among these ministries, the Ministry of Rites can be relatively relaxed, and the rest should not be relaxed.

This point can be seen from the hairlines of all the big shots.

Zhu Jinsong went on to say: "I want to split up the ministries, not only to lighten the burden on the ministers, but also to improve the efficiency of the ministries, and even for the next five-year plan."

"As for putting all the ministries under the cabinet, it is equivalent to resetting the prime minister, which is tantamount to weakening the imperial power and strengthening the minister's power... I don't mind this matter, what else do you mind?"

"It's obvious to tell Zhu Qing, but in fact, I have long wanted to weaken the imperial power and strengthen the public power in the court."

"In my vision, the emperor can rule life, but not death—if someone violates the law of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor can pardon him, but he can no longer say the law as before, and he can't decide life and death with a single word."

Speaking of this, Zhu Jinsong glared at Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun again, and scolded: "Why, you two think that Mr. Zeng Ge can force me to make such an order?"

Being reprimanded by Zhu Jinggong, Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun immediately came down honestly.

Zhu Jinsong was right, if Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, was unwilling, no one in this world could force him to make such a will.

Not to mention anything else, let’s just talk about the Fifth Army Commander’s Mansion. Even though the Fifth Army Commander’s Mansion controls the military power in the world, any major governor or commander of any army can be regarded as a big boss with a heavy hand, but what big boss Dare to jump in front of Zhu Jinsong, the great Ming emperor?

As long as Zhu Jinsong is willing, he only needs to go to the street and shout, and the army of Daming and the people of Daming will follow Zhu Jinsong unswervingly. I have no guts.

Zhu Jinsong curled his fingers and knocked on the table a few times before speaking again: "I have been thinking about how a country can last forever?"

"Zhou? The 800-year period of the Great Zhou Dynasty is almost the longest dynasty in history. After the death of the Great Qin II, the Han Dynasty only lasted for more than 300 years. After that, most of them were two or three hundred years old. Not even a hundred years of national luck."

"After Emperor Taizu Gao set up the tripod, the Ming Dynasty had a Guozuo for more than 270 years until Emperor Chongzhen, and then it went to the Qing Dynasty, and it was another 50 years. What about my Ming Dynasty?"

Zeng Cheng, Zhu Erdan and others did not dare to answer this question.

Say that the Ming Dynasty can last for ten thousand years?
Judging from the present, of course Daming's country can last for ten thousand years. After all, the people in the world are very supportive of Zhu Jinsong, the emperor of Ming. The common people can also bring their own dry food to build roads. What is so strange about the people's aspirations?

The question is, don't look at how wise and powerful Zhu Jinsong is now, but will he still be as wise and powerful in his later years?At that time, will the common people in the world still support him like they do now?
Some people may say yes, after all, Liu Yezhu is so capable of tossing around, but in the end it was just an edict of guilt, and the big man who was about to make trouble was once again at ease. It's an edict of guilt.

But what about Zhu Jinsong, the empress of the Ming Dynasty?
Assuming that Zhu Jinsong has always been so wise and powerful, after Zhu Jinsong's son is born, the common people in the world will support Zhu Jinsong's son because of Zhu Jinsong, just like the people in Chang'an support Prince Li Liu Shi, but who will Can you guarantee that Zhu Jinsong's son will be as wise and powerful as Zhu Jinsong?
Please good teacher education?Zhu Jinsong precepts and deeds?
Don't be stupid, how powerful a team did Zhu Yuanzhang leave for Zhu Yunqi?How much did you teach with yourself?As a result, Zhu Yunqi lost his country in a different way.

Then, if there is no country with ten thousand years in the world, please be careful, Your Majesty, old man?

Isn't this looking for death!

Therefore, regarding Zhu Jinsong's question, none of the bigwigs dared to answer, not even the two brothers Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun dared to speak.

Zhu Jinsong knocked on the table again, looking at Zeng Cheng and Zhu Erdan and others, he asked, "Let's put it another way—most of the dynasties and dynasties died for what?"

After hearing this question, Zhu Erdan immediately shouted: "I know this question! Brother Huang once said that most of the reasons why the country fell in the past dynasties were because the people couldn't live anymore, and the reason why the people couldn't live was because of it. Much of it lies in land acquisitions.”

Zhu Jinsong smiled and nodded, and then asked: "What else?"

Zhu Erdan was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "What else?"

Zhu Jinsong hummed and said: "All dynasties have established laws. Except for the big gift, all dynasties have strictly prohibited land annexation. It's just that it was good in the early days of the founding of the country. Once three or five generations pass, this method of restraining land annexation will fail. , why is that?"

"Perhaps you would say that officials were corrupt and colluded with local gentry, but throughout the dynasties, there were also existences similar to Jinyiwei and Yushi Yamen. Why can there be corruption of officials and collusion with gentry?"

After asking these two questions in succession, Zhu Erdan was a little dumbfounded immediately, but Zhu Sanshun frowned and said, "Brother Huang, what do you mean, is it because the emperor can't control the court anymore?"

Zhu Jinsong nodded, and said: "The founding monarchs of all dynasties are basically heroes who immediately conquer the country, and they all know the sufferings of the people. After a few generations, most of the emperors are older than women in deep palaces With no knowledge of the sufferings of the people and no experience in governing the country, trying to fool such an emperor could not be easier."

"So, the demise of the past dynasties is of course inseparable from the annexation of land and the corruption of officials, but the emperors of the past dynasties are also inseparable from the relationship."

"Let's talk about Tang Xuanzong. Let's not talk about how much of the early brilliance and martial arts was true and how much was false. Let's just talk about the things he did later. Can he escape the responsibility of the Tang Dynasty's subjugation?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Jinsong couldn't help sighing, and said: "I consider myself to be diligent in government and loving the people, and I'm doing a good job now, but manpower will eventually be poor. If the rise and fall of a country and the stability of the people depend on On the body of the emperor, how long can this emperor last? In this world, there is only one Hongwu Emperor after all, and even Hongwu Emperor..."

Zhu Jinsong didn't say anything further.

People die.

Zhu Laosi's great talent is naturally undeniable, but it is also undeniable that during Zhu Yuanzhang's period, people were allowed to sue officials and even tied officials to Beijing to sue imperial courts.

Moreover, even for heroes like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Laosi, there are still many scenes of rebellion under the rule.

Zhu Jinsong said: "Since it's not enough to simply rely on an emperor, what if the power of the emperor is assigned to the cabinet?"

PS: Take "Datang: Showdown, I'm the Scumbag Son-in-Law" as a sacrifice to heaven!
(End of this chapter)