Wanli 1592

Chapter 1080 The Overlord Who Reads History Books
"At the beginning of human beings, nature is inherently good, similar in nature, distant in habit, if you don't teach it, your nature will be repulsed, the way to teach, you should specialize, like Meng Mu, choose a neighbor..."

Xiao Zhenbang shook his head and stood in front of Xiao Ruxun reciting the Three Character Classic. Xiao Ruxun had just stopped discussing government affairs with the ministers and agreed to discuss it again in the afternoon. Now he was sitting in front of Xiao Zhenbang with a bowl of tea, drinking tea while staring at him to recite the book .

Caiyun's delivery date is approaching, Xiao Ruxun ordered the maids in the palace to prepare for her delivery with all their strength, so naturally she didn't have the energy to control and educate Zhenbang and Yingying.

Both Zhenbang and Yingying are only six years old, they are curious and naughty ages, Xiao Ruxun does not believe that six-year-old children have the ability to control themselves and study hard on their own without the presence of their parents.

So Xiao Ruxun planned to hand over Zhenbang and Yingying to his father to help him take care of them for a while. It happened that his father was lonely in the palace alone, but Xiao Wenkui agreed to help take care of Yingying, but he was unwilling to take Zhenbang with him.

"Back then, the four of you brothers were raised by your father and your mother when you were young. After your mother passed away, you didn't dare to relax as your father. When you grew up and became officials, your father went to the capital to take up a job. The purpose is to watch over you. , don't let you learn to be bad, don't let you become stubborn.

The so-called fault of not raising a father, Yingying is a daughter, it is harmless, but Zhenbang is the prince of Qin, if the future emperor does not learn well, it will not only hurt the people of the country, but people will say that you have no way to teach your children, you are willing to be punished by your descendants. Do people say that?
My father knows that you are busy with state affairs, but no matter how busy you are, the prince is not something you can ignore. These days, my father has read the history books of all dynasties in the palace, and found that since ancient times, few emperors could handle the relationship between father and son well. There are many tragedies caused by this.

As far away as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the deposed prince Liu Shi, and as close as Tang Taizong and the deposed prince Li Chengqian, such a wise master could not handle the relationship between father and son well. When something like this happens, do you understand what it means to be a father? "

Xiao Wenkui pulled Xiao Ruxun's sign language and gave him examples with reason.

"Father, my son is really busy with state affairs. It would be inconvenient if he brought Zhenbang with him. Zhenbang is still too young."

Xiao Ruxun thought about it, and felt that this was still inappropriate.

"No, Si'er, it is necessary for you to bring Zhenbang by your side to raise him."

Xiao Wenkui said seriously: "I read the history books for my father, and found that the prince has been working for too long, which is not a good thing for the prince. Right now, the prince is young. If he grows up, the eyes of the whole world will be on the prince. It will be easy for the prince. become the target of public criticism.

It’s fine if you don’t set up a prince. Since the establishment of a prince confirms the orthodoxy, as the emperor, you have to protect him. If you bring Zhenbang by your side to raise him, it is tantamount to showing the world that your expectations and feelings for Zhenbang will be respected by others. Naturally understand your attitude.

Caiyun is about to give birth, if it is a boy, you can dispel some small thoughts of others by doing this, and stabilize Zhenbang's position. You must know that sometimes the battle for succession is not a battle between princes, but some people behind the prince. Trying to be promoted by someone from the Dragon Lord. "

Xiao Ruxun didn't expect that his father didn't spend a lot of money to enjoy life during this time, but instead lived in seclusion in the palace to read history books and study the rise and fall of dynasties since ancient times, and he was able to warn him like this, and his heart was really touched.

Thinking about it carefully, Xiao Ruxun felt that what Xiao Wenkui said was very reasonable. The candidate for the crown prince was determined so early, which was tantamount to putting Zhenbang under the noses of the world. It is bound to attract the attention of all parties.

His words and deeds will be magnified infinitely, and if he cannot provide him with enough support and shelter, if Caiyun gives birth to a boy, Zhenbang's status will be affected, and his family will be further affected.

The battle for succession has always been not only a struggle between the princes, but also promoted by the forces behind the princes. Now that he is single-minded about coercing the world and strengthening the power of the central government, this yearning for the prince will become more prominent.

It is impossible for Xiao Ruxun to live for 1 years, he is going to die after all, the throne must be passed on to someone he can trust completely, and he will never allow things to happen that he is limped by some courtiers.

This kind of thing is not uncommon. It happened in the Han Dynasty, and the mausoleum system that the central government suppressed localities was abolished, which caused the tyrants of the Western Han Dynasty and the aristocratic families of the Eastern Han Dynasty to become overwhelmed, which directly affected the direction of history.

The larger the country and the larger the population, the more centralization must be maintained and strengthened. This has been fully reflected in the Ming Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Whether it is a small government in a unified state or a small government in a divided state, it will lead to disintegration, and he will never allow any situation that attempts to weaken the centralization of power.

He used the land reform to uproot the power of the local gentry and rooted the will of the central government in the local area. There were also military households in the local area that were closer to the central government, and there were also governments that went to the countryside. They firmly controlled the local area in all aspects. .

The powerful gentry who could not be eliminated at the local level were all moved to the capital to live in the capital, cutting off their roots, and those who tried to resist were resolutely eradicated. The connection between the local government and the central government has never been so close since the Qin Dynasty.

In order to prevent the resurgence of local forces, Xiao Ruxun began to popularize enlightenment and implement the mausoleum system. The two-pronged approach is to create a two-level state of the monarch and the common people. The central government representing the monarch can directly govern the local area, and there is no bullying by local forces.

Xiao Ruxun is strictly guarding against the reappearance of civil servant politics.

The so-called civilian politics, the embryonic form of the so-called constitutional monarchy, is naturally wonderful to some people, because it is very "democratic", and many people think that as long as there is a constitutional monarchy, everything will be fine, and a constitutional monarchy is omnipotent.

However, no one has ever thought about it, is this democracy for the common people?

No, since it was born in Athens, the word democracy has always belonged to the rich and powerful, and it belongs to the compromise of rights within the ruling class, not the common people.

They have money, we have power, we compromise with each other, and democracy emerges.

So no matter in the past or now, common people think that they have obtained democracy, which is the same as their hypnotized fantasy that they become nobles and carry out the spirit of nobles.

It is really absurd that a group of descendants of peasants started to fantasize about themselves as nobles within a few decades after turning their backs on their feet, advocating the spirit of nobility.

The imperial examination gentry was born in the local area, and after gaining fame, they obtained wealth, land, and local interests. They will represent the local area, or they are the local area.

The seemingly righteous stories recorded in the history books often reflect the decline of the imperial power when the local power cannot be lost, and the imperial power is the central government. If the central government is weakened, the local area will inevitably be in chaos.

For example, Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui wanted to inspect the work of Shangshutai. When the emperor’s carriage arrived at the door, he was driven away by officials of Shangshutai. Forget about my officer first.

Cao Rui's face turned blue from anger, but he had no choice but to leave. What's the reason?
Because the local officials are united, only they can read and read, only they have the ability to govern the country, the common people are illiterate, can we count on it?
Can the ruler rule smoothly without the cooperation of the gentry?

No matter how many officials you change, they are still them, and they are still one of them. The imperial power has actually been emptied, and the emperor is powerless.

The same is true in the Ming Dynasty. Under the call of Confucianism and the protection of the interests of the imperial examinations, scholars all over the world are in the same spirit. You change one person and another, but you are still a gentry in the imperial examination. Whoever it is, you can't replace it with an illiterate person, right?

They have land, resources, and manpower in the local area, and they control the local area. Without their cooperation, the central government has lost its influence on the local area.

No matter how democratic, no matter how constitutional the monarchy is, it has nothing to do with the common people?

It was a mutual compromise between the local government and the central government, relying on power and money.

Local forces oppress the people from below and oppose the central government from above. They are the biggest threat to a country. The reason for the final decline of every powerful empire in history includes the supremacy of local forces and the representation of local power representatives into the central government.

Now the land reform is in full swing, the local forces have been wiped out, the central officials have settled in, and the local forces have temporarily disappeared, but it does not cease to exist. The enemies of the central government and the emperor's enemies have never been rebellious civilians, but represent the local governments to demand power from the central government. the gang of people.

Once it appeared, Xiao Ruxun would slam it down and show no mercy.

There has never been one at the moment, and there is no one who even opposes his land reform. The imperial power has never been stronger, but the crisis under this strength is not invisible to Xiao Ruxun.

(End of this chapter)