Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 464: The Selection of the Grand Husband

Anyway, those who use silver are rich people, so as long as the circulation of silver other than silver coins is prohibited, these people must exchange it.

Of course, they don’t have to exchange it and still use it in bulk transactions.

However, Zhao Xing planned to set up money houses in various state capitals to carry out deposit business, and only accept the new currency.

As a result, long-distance transactions are not as convenient as depositing money in a bank.

As long as it is handled well, a currency reform can completely solve the court's lack of money problem.

Not to mention building the Great Wall in the north, there was even enough money to build Luoyang.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xing immediately ordered the craftsmen to add other metals to silver and try to make silver coins.

Zhao Xing did not tell anyone about the coin minting and coin reform, but carried it out in private.

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A few days after the crown prince was enthroned, Han Zhang's granddaughter was brought into the palace.

Before Han Zhang was crowned as the Crown Prince, his "illness" was cured.

There was no other way. He couldn't wait until his granddaughter entered the palace before his illness was cured. How would people in the world view him if he did that?

After recovering from his illness, Han Zhang did not continue to mention resigning, and Zhao Xing did not mention it either.

After marrying Han Zhang's grandson, Zhao Xing summoned Han Zhang alone.

"My Lord, the power of the prime ministers in the Song Dynasty is dispersed. It seems to be a good thing, but it is not. I have carefully read the records since Emperor Taizu until now. There are countless examples of prime ministers fighting each other. On the surface, the reason for their fighting is for the court, but the frequent changes of prime ministers are not a good thing."

It is said that there were many famous prime ministers in the Song Dynasty. However, the reason for this is not only that the Song Dynasty had a multi-prime minister system, but also has a lot to do with the prime ministers fighting with each other and being demoted.

Changing husbands is a good thing to prevent monopolization, but changing husbands too frequently is not a good thing.

Apart from anything else, there is a huge difference in governing philosophy.

The latter fought the former to get to the top, so it was naturally impossible for him to follow the former's ideas.

Otherwise, wouldn't that be slapping yourself in the face?

This means that every time a husband is changed, some previous policies will be overturned, resulting in very large policy changes.

Sometimes, not long after a policy is implemented, problems arise with the people promoting it and the policy is stopped again.

"What does your majesty mean?"

Han Zhang knew that Zhao Xing must have some purpose for saying this suddenly.

"I want to abolish the prime minister system and implement a cabinet system. The cabinet..." Zhao Xing told Han Zhang in detail about the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to this, Han Zhang took a deep breath. He finally understood why Zhao Xing did not agree to his resignation.

Zhao Xing wanted him to help implement the cabinet system, and once the cabinet system was successful, it would be time for him to resign.

"Your Majesty, although this method seems to have many advantages, it also has many disadvantages. The selection of cabinet ministers depends entirely on your Majesty's wishes, and they have no decision-making power over the handling of state affairs.

The biggest drawback is that there are absolutely no restrictions on imperial power. Your Majesty is wise, but there is no guarantee that all emperors after the Song Dynasty will be wise.

This situation has been difficult to avoid since ancient times.

The fall of Qin II was due to the fact that the Emperor of Qin did not care about the people, built a lot of buildings, and the time since the unification of the country was short.

Emperor Yang of Sui launched three expeditions to Goguryeo and built the Grand Canal, which led to the demise of the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

In addition, all unified dynasties eventually perished due to the emergence of several incompetent rulers.

The reason for this is that the ministers have certain restrictions on the imperial power.

Your Majesty, once this law is implemented, if there is a foolish ruler in the future, the Song Dynasty will be in danger of extinction. "Han Zhang said.

"Although there are disadvantages, in my opinion the advantages outweigh the disadvantages!" Zhao Xing understood what Han Zhang meant. Restricting imperial power was not a sensitive topic. It has been done this way since ancient times.

To put it simply, the cabinet system is to strengthen centralization. Although the feudal dynasty itself was centralized, the cabinet system completely concentrated power in the hands of the emperor.

The selection of cabinet ministers depends entirely on the emperor. Although cabinet ministers can handle state affairs, the final decision-making power still lies in the hands of the emperor.

The Ming Dynasty was able to implement it because Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system and completed the emperor's complete control over power.

As Han Zhang said, since ancient times, all the unified dynasties, except for Qin and Sui, were eventually destroyed because of the emergence of several incompetent rulers.

All power is concentrated in the hands of the emperor alone. Without any restrictions, it is very likely that a tyrant ruler will lead to the destruction of the country.

But Zhao Xing didn't think so.

Again, the demise of a dynasty cannot be blamed solely on the emperor.

Rather than having several generations of incompetent rulers and eventually destroying the country, it is better to destroy it early.

Without a cabinet system, even if there is a degenerate ruler, there will still be treacherous ministers in power.

However, with the cabinet system, as long as a tyrant ruler does not perish, and the succeeding emperor is more capable, there is still a chance for the country to become prosperous again.

On the contrary, if the situation becomes deteriorating, it will be difficult to turn things around even if the emperor has the will.

In Zhao Xing's view, when a dynasty reaches its middle and late stages, it is plagued by various problems, and it is actually more difficult to revive it than to conquer the world.

In the final analysis, conquering the world is a process of breaking up and restoring order, but it is very difficult to govern a country with so many problems and change the deep-rooted rules.

Han Zhang knew Zhao Xing's determination after hearing this. He was silent for a while and said, "It won't work."

"Yeah, it won't work for now."

Zhao Xing nodded in agreement and said, "But I won't give up. I told you all this just because I wanted to find someone to talk to. You are really old now. You should take good care of Shen Xianggong. I will allow you to retire and return home after the New Year."

Such a big disturbance was caused just because the criteria for evaluating officials' promotion were changed.

If the cabinet system were implemented, one can imagine how much turmoil it would cause.

Zhao Xingqiang wanted Han Zhang to stay, on the one hand because he wanted him to help him implement the cabinet system, and on the other hand because there was no suitable candidate to succeed him for the time being.

In addition, there was another reason: Han Zhang's resignation at that time put him in a passive position.

However, Zhao Xing reflected carefully on this incident and felt that it was too early to implement the cabinet system now.

Of course, Zhao Xing did not give up, but wanted to wait until the Western Xia and Liao were destroyed before implementing it.

This was originally Zhao Xing's original plan. The officials' disturbance this time aroused his murderous intent, and he now had the idea of ​​forcing it through.

Because once it is successfully implemented, power will be completely concentrated in the hands of him as the emperor, and many things will be easy to handle.

Later he came to his senses and realized that he was a little impatient.

It is certainly possible to implement it by force, but the Song Dynasty will inevitably be in chaos for a long time.

This is unavoidable, but it is not appropriate when the situation between Liao and Western Xia is uncertain.

Han Zhang was stunned when he heard this. When Zhao Xing told him this, he thought Zhao Xing wanted him to help promote it.

Who would have thought that Zhao Xing actually said that he just wanted to chat with him and agreed to let him resign.

Han Zhang was even more surprised when Zhao Xing suggested that Prime Minister Shen take over as Grand Prime Minister.

You should know that after Zhao Xing ordered people to arrest so many officials, Prime Minister Shen also opposed it.

Logically, Zhao Xing should have let someone who completely obeyed him take over as Prime Minister.

(End of this chapter)