Wanli 1592

Chapter 1010

Xiao Ruxun sees the establishment of formal military academies as a sign that the military will not again become a political tool in the hands of civilians.

In the past, the army was always easy to be suppressed by civilian officials because of the lack of culture and inheritance, but because of the establishment of the imperial examination system, civil officials have determined a steady stream of civil officials. Under the control of civil servants.

To put it bluntly, the right to elect, advance, transport and supply is all in the hands of civil servants, and the five-army governor's mansion held by the nobles like a dog is just an empty shelf, and it has long been unable to compete with the Ministry of War.

The system in which Zhu Yuanzhang established the five-army governor's office and the Ministry of War to restrain each other and compete with each other was destroyed in this way. The civil officials comprehensively invaded Xungui's military power, and the introduction of frontier generals into the capital further weakened Xungui's right to speak. The pigs under him can do nothing but make money.

When the Ming Dynasty fell, there was not one honorable man who died for the Ming Dynasty.

They also surrendered to Li Zicheng to the Manchu Qing for "encouragement". A group of wastes who don't even have the ability to make a living actually count on the enemy's "encouragement".

It can be seen what kind of pigs were raised in the Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Ruxun hated this kind of system very much, so he issued edicts again and again to instruct that a gentleman will be killed for five generations. In the Great Qin Dynasty, there is no honor that will last forever, and there will be no military merits that will last forever, only military spirits that will last forever.

For this reason, he asked the royal family to set an example, stating that there will only be four kings in Daqin from now on. Except for Xiao Ruxun, the three Xiao brothers represent the three kings, the king of Chu, the king of Zhao, the king of Wei, and the king of the dynasty. The prince of the king can be named the king of Qin, but he will no longer be named the king.

All the children of the royal family must go to school to learn cultural knowledge. The most outstanding children of the three kings can inherit the title of the king, and the rest must be assigned different official positions according to their grades. , there is also the possibility of being knighted again, otherwise there is no possibility of being knighted.

Xiao Ruxun restricted the development of the royal family in this way, minimized the financial impact of the royal family, and looked forward to the possibility of turning waste into treasure. At the same time, in the eyes of the outside world, this was the emperor's response to the disadvantages of the former Ming clan system. improved.

The emperor realized what kind of harm the imperial family system of the former Ming Dynasty had brought to the former Ming Dynasty, so he decided not to allow the royal family to leave the capital, not to allow the royal family to have a fifth king, not to allow the royal family's children to eat and wait to die, and not to allow the royal family's children to commit crimes .

Such restrictions on the royal family are not insignificant, comparable to the former Song Dynasty, and more severe than the former Song Dynasty.

The royal family has made such an attitude, and the ministers below are naturally embarrassed to ask the emperor for worldly treatment.

So Xiao Ruxun ordered that the children of the noble families follow the example of the royal family. Only one child can inherit the title of his father, and each generation will be demoted by one rank, descending in the order of the sons of the princes and princes. Baron, after a generation, he will be white for nothing.

Except for the children who inherit the title, the rest of the children do not have the title, so they can only inherit the title and enter the official position, and all follow this rule.

As for who the successor is, Lichang or Lixian, Xiao Ruxun has been thinking for a long time.

The internal affairs of the royal family can be controlled by the emperor, especially the inheritance of the three princes, which is not a serious problem for the country. Xiao Ruxun said that judging by the excellence of the children, then it should be judged like this. Anyway, the three princes have no power , their inheritance doesn't matter.

More importantly, in this way, Xiao Ruxun strengthened the emperor's control over the inheritance rights of the royal family, and through this, controlled the royal family in the hands of the emperor, so that the collateral royal family could never threaten the succession of the direct royal family. This is a means .

However, between the emperor and the world's families, the issue of establishing the elders and establishing the virtuous is directly related to the inheritance of state power and family property, which is very important to the country and also very important to the family.

The eldest son inheritance system is to determine a status, so that the eldest son has a natural inheritance right, which seems very beautiful, but since the Zhou Dynasty, the eldest son inheritance system has been mentioned many times, but it has also been repeatedly destroyed. There are not many people who successfully inherit the throne of the family business.

Even under the eldest son inheritance system, it is still unavoidable that the descendants of the big family will compete with each other. The problem of establishing the elders and establishing the virtuous has been plaguing people for thousands of years, and no one has ever solved it.

In fact, there is no better way to find it. After reading a lot of historical materials, Xiao Ruxun understood a truth.

The so-called primogeniture system is a rule, a rule set for Fangyuan, an objective fact that cannot be changed.

The firstborn son exists objectively, independent of human will, and cannot be manipulated. However, if one follows the rule of establishing the virtuous and not establishing the elder, a very vague concept will arise, that is, what is the so-called "virtuous"?
Everyone likes being wise, but what is being wise?

Virtue is a vague concept that can be shifted by human will, love the people like a son but is indecisive, decisive and far-sighted but bloodthirsty and killing, how to choose?
The more important things are, the more clear, clear, and extensive criteria are needed.

Compared with the ambiguous so-called sage, it is much easier to operate, and if sage is used as the standard, then as soon as this kind of sign appears, someone will soon start to take advantage of this loophole, support the abolition of the establishment, and speculate Digging, creating the illusion of wisdom to fight for interests.

Wisdom can be disguised, and it can be obtained through the exchange of interests.

A prince who cares about the world, treats officials mercilessly, is willing to take action against bureaucrats in order to protect the fundamental interests of the country, and cleans up blood-sucking bureaucrats after he ascends the throne. Naturally, such a person has a bad reputation among bureaucrats. emperor.

And the other prince is good at winning people's hearts and protecting the interests of the bureaucracy. Will the bureaucrats say he is not good?

People are illiterate and have no right to speak.

Therefore, "the world" must say that another prince is wise, he is the most wise person in ancient and modern times. After he ascends the throne, the national interests will be devoured by the bureaucrats, and the foundation of the country will be damaged.

At this time, if the virtuous are not established, then the prince who protects the interests of the bureaucracy will ascend the throne, the country will be ruined, the imperial power will be weakened, and the big government will become a small government and lose the world.

Once it is established that the virtuous should not be established, the center of government affairs will change, and such things as suppressing rebellion and reassuring the people and stabilizing the frontiers will no longer be important.

The only important thing in the court is who will be the crown prince and who will inherit the huge family property. Everyone's energy is on this, and no one pays attention to the country's major affairs.

In history, there are endless books about such disputes. Once such disputes arise, in the end, the so-called "virtuous" has little to do with it. The key problem is that the world has formed factions that are incompatible Positions, right and wrong have become unimportant, and interests come first.

Everyone was fighting for the final victory, and they had already armed themselves with bayonets, hoping to kill the opponent directly to prove that they were right.

Compared with establishing the virtuous and not establishing the eldest son, the eldest son inheritance system cannot be manipulated, cannot be questioned, and does not depend on the will of the person.

(End of this chapter)