Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 287 Changes in the Planning of the Chaotang

After Zhu Jinsong's voice fell, Zeng Cheng, Zhu Erdan and other bigwigs all looked at each other in blank dismay, almost writing the word "dumb" on their faces.

In fact, from Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty to Emperor Chongzhen’s hanging on Meishan, a considerable part of the imperial power has been distributed by the cabinet. Even in Zhu Jinsong’s version of the Ming court, the cabinet’s power also occupies a considerable amount. proportion.

If Emperor Zhu's so-called caged imperial power was merely a distribution of imperial power to the cabinet, then what is the difference between this so-called caged imperial power and taking off his trousers?
Zhu Jinsong knocked on the table with his fingers, and said, "Of course, I don't just want to distribute the imperial power to the cabinet. In fact, I plan to distribute the imperial power to the public power, and also to the private power."

Hearing this, Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs immediately cheered up.

public rights?private rights?
Combining what Emperor Zhu just said, and then summarizing the literal meanings of these two words, it is easy to judge that public power refers to the power of the Ming court and local government, and private power refers to the power owned by the people themselves. power.

And these two kinds of power are naturally opposite - they are both thousand-year-old foxes, who still doesn't understand the twists and turns in it?If public power is strong, private rights cannot be guaranteed; if private power is strong, no one will take public power seriously.

If you have to give an example, almost all the Tangkou dynasties in the Central Plains have relatively strong public power, and the only one with relatively strong private power is Dasong.

Of course, there is one exception among exceptions, and that is the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty will not be involved in the issue of strong public power or private power. These issues are too boring for the Qing Dynasty-the Qing Dynasty has always been that the power of the master is greater than the sky, and the slaves do not involve the issue of power.

If they had to say what rights the servants had, they would probably kneel down, shout out the emperor's sages a few times, and then frantically praise the achievements of the twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty.

And Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs, it is precisely because they understand this point that they are curious about Zhu Jinsong's gameplay.

How to strengthen public rights?

How to strengthen privacy?

How to ensure stability between the two?
Zhu Jinsong tapped his fingers on the table and said, "I remember a Western proverb that says wind can enter, rain can enter, and kings cannot enter. It is about protecting one's private house from being invaded by others."

"At our hall in the Central Plains, Mencius and his elders also said similar words, called: The people are the way. Those who have property have perseverance, and those who have no property have no perseverance."

There was something wrong with the way Zeng Cheng looked at Zhu Jinsong again.

As a Jinshi who passed the orthodox imperial examinations and achieved the high position of magistrate, Zeng Cheng certainly knew that "those who have permanent property have perseverance, and those who do not have permanent property have no perseverance" comes from "Mencius Teng Wengong [-]".

The key is that the original text of this sentence is "The way of the people is the way. Those who have permanent property have perseverance, and those who have no permanent property have no perseverance. If you have no perseverance, let go of evil and extravagance, you will do everything you want. If you fall into a crime, and then punish it, It’s about neglecting the people. How can there be a benevolent person in power who can do things without the people? That’s why a virtuous ruler must be respectful, thrifty, courteous, and take from the people’s ownership.”

The translation of this sentence is: To govern the people, one must follow a basic principle, that is, when the people have a certain amount of property income, they will have certain moral concepts and codes of conduct. ethics and code of conduct.If there is no certain moral concept and code of conduct, they will act recklessly, break the law and discipline, and do all kinds of bad things. Wait until they commit a crime and then punish them, which is tantamount to framing the people.How can there be a benevolent person sitting in the court, but doing things to frame the people?Therefore, a wise monarch must be serious about his affairs, save money, treat his subordinates politely, and especially collect taxes, and there must be a certain system.

This passage can be understood as Mencius speaking for the common people, and scholars should also understand the concept of "valuing the people and the people" when they study here.

So, how can this permanent property be linked to the protection of private property?
But Zeng Cheng didn't know how to refute Zhu Jinsong's fallacy.

How to refute?

Yan Shenggong of Beizong, before being completely expelled from the rank or before being completely exterminated, made a public statement declaring that Yan Shenggong's family recognized that Zhu Jinsong's Confucian knowledge was very profound, and that he was the only Confucian master in the world. guru.

There is only one in the world, the great master of Confucianism. Putting these two words together basically means that as long as he Zhu Jinsong interprets the Confucian classics by Emperor Zhu, it must be the only correct answer.

What's even worse is that shortly after Yanshenggong Mansion issued this statement, it completely sang cool, and Zhu Jinsong completely became the last Confucian officially recognized master of Confucianism in the world, directly blocking other people's rebuttals All possibilities of Zhu Jinsong.

Thinking of this, Zeng Cheng couldn't help secretly hating those idiots in Yanshenggong's mansion.

Anyway, ever since we once voted for Meng Lianggu, we have never seen him read any classics such as "The Analects", "Spring and Autumn", "Mencius", you say you bastards, you have nothing to do to this man What is the title of Grand Master of Confucianism?
Zeng Cheng felt that it might just be this title of Grand Master of Confucianism that became an important motive for Emperor Zhu to kill Yanshenggong Mansion—the title of Grand Master of Confucianism was also held by Kublai Khan.

Things are more complicated here.

At the beginning, the descendants of Confucius lived in Qufu, especially after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "dismissed all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism", the status of the Confucian family in Qufu gradually increased.

However, at this time, the Confucian family was only swaying under the banner of the descendants of Confucius, and there was no such thing as the so-called Yan Shenggong. Although the status was a little higher, it was not a particularly powerful existence.

At least, the five surnames and Qiwang didn't take the Kong family too seriously.

The status of the Confucian family really rose to prominence, or in the second year of Zhihe (1055) of the Song Dynasty, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen "decreed that there was a secretary who decided to enshrine the emperor and wish to prolong the Shenggong, so that it could be hereditary."

It was also from then on that the Kong family's status in the world became really powerful.

It's a pity that the big gift was a piece of sincerity to the Kong family, but the Kong family fed this piece of sincerity to the dog-the 12th year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty (1252), which was the second year of the Mongolian Emperor Xianzong. At this time, Mongolia had destroyed the Jin Dynasty and occupied In the north of the Yangtze River in the Central Plains, Zhang Dehui and Yuan Haowen, the contemporary cynics of the Confucian School in Qufu, met Kublai Khan and asked him to be the "Great Master of Confucianism".

Not only that, in fact, as early as the second year of Baoqing (20) more than 1226 years ago, Yansheng Gong Kong Yuanyong personally led his tribe to join the Yuan army, followed him to the west to suppress the "rebels" of the Han people, but died in the in the army.

To show their loyalty, the Confucius family gave Kublai Khan such an honorary title. Kublai Khan was naturally happy, not only pleased with it, but also deliberately exempted the Confucian government and Confucian households from military taxes.

However, the one on this honorary title is really a bit of a bullshit, because this old man Kublai Khan doesn't know much Chinese at all, let alone Confucianism.

When Zhu Jinsong, the famous anti-thief leader, overturned the Qing Dynasty and was about to unify the country, the Confucius family hurriedly gave Emperor Zhu the title of "Great Master of Confucianism"...

If it was him, Zeng Cheng felt that he would never accept this name, let alone Zhu Jinsong, the anti-thief leader of Tianzi.

The key point is that although Emperor Zhu did not accept the title of "Great Master of Confucianism", the Confucius family had already invited the honorary title. In addition, after the Yanshenggong Mansion was destroyed, Emperor Zhu invited Confucius in again. In the Confucian Temple, the Ministry of Rites conducts public sacrifices, so Confucian scholars in the world can only recognize Emperor Zhu as the great master of Confucianism.

Anyway, what disgusts Confucian officials like Zeng Cheng who have passed the imperial examination the most is the title of the great master of Confucianism.

For example, now, Emperor Zhu Jinsong linked the phrase "Those who have permanent property have perseverance, and those who do not have permanent property have no perseverance" with the protection of private property, so in future Confucian classics, this sentence can only be related to the protection of private property. Hook up, even if you don't recognize it.

After being silent for a while, Zeng Cheng said, "Your Majesty, if "the wind can enter, the rain can enter, and the king cannot enter", then what should those bandits who violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty hide at home?"

Speaking of this, Zeng Cheng turned his attention to Ke Zhiming, the intelligence chief of the Ming Dynasty: "Isn't the Jinyiwei under Chief Ke's rule the most violators of this rule?"

Ke Zhiming ignored Zeng Cheng.

Jin Yiwei's arrogance and domineering is not a matter of a day or two. Putting it in Daming will restrain him for a while, and putting it in a place other than Daming, Jin Yiwei has done a lot of shit. To be trained as a secret agent of Jin Yiwei has already violated the criminal law of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a solitary offense of "prohibiting harvesting and cutting off". What kind of fart is it to violate private rights?
However, Zhu Jinsong laughed and said, "That's why I said to strengthen public and private rights."

"The two seem to be contradictory, but they are actually one - public power is strong, but private rights cannot be violated. The premise of protecting private rights is also that public rights cannot be violated."

"For example, Zhang San hid at home after killing someone. If private rights are respected, then is it impossible to search his home? That is definitely impossible, because he has violated public rights, so public rights He will no longer protect his private rights."

"For another example, Zhang San killed someone, and then he ran to other people's homes, so what should the government officials do at this time? Of course, they want to arrest him. This is to protect the safety of other people, which is an emergency escape. risk."

"For another example, you Mr. Zeng Ge ran to Sichuan one day, and you got lost in the deep mountains and old forests. At this time, you saw a rolling—although hunting and killing rolling is strictly prohibited in our Ming Dynasty, you brought him here. Eat it, Daming Law still wants to protect you, this is also an emergency avoidance, and it can be regarded as your private right."

Zeng Cheng wanted to scold people very much—the old man must have eaten something that ruined his brain, so he ran away to the deep mountains and old forests alone instead of being a good chief minister?Besides, the old man can beat Gun Gun?Even if Zhu Gang standing next to your Emperor Zhu, whether he can beat the rolling is still a problem!
Zeng Cheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this kind of private power does not seem to be in opposition to public power? However, I probably understand some of what you mean. It is probably to strengthen public power to the people of the world. power, weaken the public power purely for the government and the court, strengthen the private rights of the people, and limit their private rights that may cause harm to Ming Dynasty or other people?"

Of course, Zhu Jinsong also knew that taking Zeng Cheng's example as an example was a bit too much, so he just nodded with a smile and said, "However, that's what I mean."

"The so-called distribution of imperial power to the cabinet is based on this point."

"My plan is that the emperor decides whether to live or die. The government is being discussed and resolved by the cabinet ministers. The number of elders in the cabinet will be set at seven in the future, so as not to reach a government due to disagreements. Each elder will be in charge of a piece of land. , for example, a certain elder can be in charge of education and medical care.”

"As for the six ministries, they are also split based on this point. For example, the Ministry of Industry can be split into the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Communications, and the Ministry of War can be split into the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Local Armed Forces, the Ministry of Posts, etc. , and the household department is the same."

"After the split is completed, the five-year plan can be subdivided into a certain five-year plan. If there are telegraphs, steam locomotives, etc. that were created by the Royal Academy, it will not have the same impact as it does now. to the original plan."

"Of course, it's up to Zeng Qing and you how to split it up and how to achieve a balance between public and private rights."

After Zeng Cheng and the other bigwigs looked at each other for a while, they could only nod their heads in agreement.

There is one thing to say, after reading too many history books, it is not difficult to find that there are many emperors who want to strengthen the imperial power in history. Even if it is a great gift of personal power, the emperors of all dynasties are thinking about how to strengthen the imperial power.

This is the first time Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs have seen an emperor like Emperor Zhu who is willing to actively weaken the imperial power, and even proposes to put the imperial power in a cage and divide the imperial power between public and private power.

But after Zeng Cheng and others responded, Ke Zhiming cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei..."

Before Ke Zhiming finished speaking, Zhu Jinsong laughed and said: "Jinyiwei is still Jinyiwei, and is still directly responsible to the emperor. Just like before, Dongchang is the same. Without the emperor's consent, the cabinet cannot Directly mobilize Jinyiwei and Dongchang."

"The difference is that both Jinyiwei and Dongchang will copy the information to the corresponding yamen of the cabinet in the future. If there is only the emperor's will, Jinyiwei and Dongchang can no longer just take people to prison."

Only then did Ke Zhiming's hanging heart relax.

Now Jinyiwei and Dongchang can't just take people to prison, so this one is the same as nothing.

As for copying the information to the cabinet or the corresponding yamen, it's not a big deal, it's just a matter of copying an extra copy.

The key lies in whether Jin Yiwei can keep the status of the emperor's pro-army.

If he loses his status as the Son of Heaven's pro-army, I'm afraid that the entire Jinyiwei system will collapse—the collapse of spiritual belief.

After solving the problem of Jin Yiwei, Zhu Jinsong turned his attention to Zhu Erdan, Zhu Sanshun and other big bosses of the five-army governor's mansion, and said: "There are also your five-army commanders, and you also need to change the system."

(End of this chapter)