Datang Longya

Chapter 1022 Potential Danger

The idea of ​​decentralizing power and the people actually existed as early as when Li Chengqian was a few years old.

The opportunity that gave him this idea was the original Anmin County.

Not long after he became emperor, Li Chengqian remembered the original agreement and revisited Anmin County on a trip.

As the place where his prince Xianming was born, Li Chengqian still misses Anmin County very much.

Although the grassland has been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, Anmin County is still a rare transportation hub in the Tang Dynasty, and there are endless caravans going to and from the Central Plains of the grassland.In addition, the surrounding terrain of Anmin County is complicated, and it is considered as a rare military base. Such an important county will naturally be closely watched by many forces.

However, the county magistrates of Anmin County have always been elected by the people.

Ever since Zhou Hanshan, a scholar from the former dynasty, was appointed as the county magistrate, Li Chengqian and Li Shimin wanted to take away the power to appoint and remove the county magistrate of Anmin County, whether it was to gather refugees or deal with government orders in an orderly manner.

For Li Shimin at the time, although he also saw the importance of Anmin County, he would rather let his son run amok in this county than see what kind of plans his son was planning.

Zhou Hanshan was originally an old man, and after five years in office, he retired and returned to his hometown according to the usual practice.After Zhou Hanshan left office, the imperial court did not send officials. Instead, the guards of the East Palace went to Anmin County. After consulting the villagers, they appointed a teacher who was also well-read in poetry.

This teacher did not disappoint Li Chengqian. Although he was not from a big family, he managed the affairs of Anmin County in an orderly manner.Because the county magistrate catered to the public opinion, the people in Anmin County also supported the county magistrate, and the atmosphere in this small county was exceptionally friendly.

Seeing this result, Li Chengqian soon had a new idea. After writing a memorial "On the Relationship between Public Opinion and Official Style" for his father to deal with his errands, he selected a few more children in Anmin County. Not far away, they were brought to Chang'an, where they were educated by the Academy of Arts.

After the college entrance examination, these students were sent back to Anmin County.

As natives of Anmin County, coupled with the honor of graduating from the Academy of Arts, they were sought after by all the villagers after returning to the county.It coincided with the reform of commercial taxation at that time, and it was not difficult to spread commercial tax to merchants in the Central Plains, but it was very difficult to spread commercial tax to foreign-related merchant groups.

Other border states and counties have abolished a lot of hands and feet in order to popularize commercial taxes, but Anmin County has done nothing.Because if the merchants don't accept it, they can't even get close to Anmin County, and they don't obey the government's decree. Just this one will bring resistance from the people of Anmin County.

When Li Chengqian returned to Anmin County, the people of Anmin County gathered together and shouted long live.Although Anmin County is some distance away from Chang'an, the people here have the most sense of belonging to Datang.

After obtaining the experimental results, Li Chengqian went to the Ministry of Officials to transfer the resumes of all the officials who returned to their hometowns to serve.As a result, he found that compared with randomly appointed officials, the officials who returned to their hometowns could get public opinion faster, and the things they did were more catering to the local people.Even the most outstanding liberal arts students need a period of time to work smoothly, but these people don't need it.

As officials of local origin, the local people should have a good impression of them, and these officials will also work hard to seek benefits for the folks in their hometown.

It can be seen that officials of local origin have indeed had a great effect on local governance.The most in line with public opinion are officials chosen by the people themselves.

Although this is a good thing, if you want to implement it, it is tantamount to stabbing a traditional old man in the heart.

The honorable group of the Tang Dynasty possessed great power after all.As a high-level group in this country, it is their privilege to be born at a higher starting point than others.

Now the power is only distributed to the people, and the people choose their people-friendly officials.But this is already a signal of major reforms. Those who have nothing to do to study decrees cannot fail to discover the emperor's intentions.

The county magistrate is just the beginning, and they will naturally think, will the governor be elected in the same way in the future?Should the court officials be elected in the same way?
Once the status of the traditional nobles is threatened, their counterattack will definitely appear.

Seeing Li Chengqian's tangled look, Leng Feng knew that he had already considered the consequences of doing so.

That's right, it is too early to popularize the concept of democracy, even if it is the emperor.

Datang is not the emperor's one-word hall, even in Li Shimin's period, he could not truly cover the sky with one hand.

Li Zhi is a good example. Obviously his father is the emperor, but if he wants to save his life, he still has to rely on Leng Feng to snatch him away.

Although Li Shimin's idea of ​​"the people are water, and the king is a boat" has been praised by the whole Tang Dynasty, when someone puts this sentence into practice, those who praise will immediately change their faces of swearing.

It involves the fundamental interests of each family, who would consider whether you are doing this for the good of the people.

Once the mask of hypocrisy is torn off, Datang is likely to face an extreme turmoil.

Regardless of whether it is Li Chengqian or the traditional group of nobles who win the final victory, it will be harmful to Datang but not beneficial.

"Chengqian, I remember I told you many times that your sense of urgency to put yourself on the fire is wrong. You have to be down-to-earth and stable when you do things. You are only in your 40s now, at least There are still a few decades to live, so can't you wait any longer?"

Leng Feng is proud that he did not teach a traditional emperor, and even let him see the importance of democracy.

But Leng Feng didn't want to see Li Chengqian being so eager for success and being tortured.

Li Chengqian smiled suddenly, and picked up the fishing rod that he accidentally dropped on the ground.

Seeing him concentrate on fishing, Leng Feng knew that he had temporarily suppressed his thoughts.

That's good, for the current Datang, any change needs to be carried out subtly.

Since this prosperous age was established on the basis of traditional systems, we should not rush to replace the foundation, otherwise Guangsha will surely collapse.

Many things are like wine, only time can make it precipitate the intoxicating fragrance.

Li Chengqian's sneak time is still limited, before the sun has completely set, Li Chengqian bid farewell and returned to the palace.

When Li Chengqian left, Li Shimin's slight snoring also stopped.

Knowing that Li Shimin was listening all the time, Leng Feng coughed lightly and said, "If you hear it, tell me your impressions?"

Li Shimin didn't open his eyes, he just lay on his back and said, "How do you feel? I'll give you a messy charge? Leng Feng, tell me, was it just for this day when you decisively accepted Qian as an apprentice? "

(End of this chapter)