Fairness has always been in quotation marks. There was no so-called fairness in the Ming Dynasty, and even "relative fairness" was seriously unbalanced.

Get off the bottom.

Break away from reality.

This is the most serious problem currently facing Ming Dynasty.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the relative fairness maintained by Emperor Taizu Gao Zhu Yuanzhang by "killing" was almost destroyed as time went by.

When the majority of wealth and resources are controlled and dominated by a minority, and are mainly based on land output, this unfairness will be exacerbated and trigger a series of problems.

Ruling the world with the scholar-bureaucrats is what most officials pursue. Many people feel that if the Ming Dynasty can reach this point, it will definitely become better.

But in fact, if power is not constrained, there will be a serious disconnect between ideals and reality. Human nature cannot be bound and constrained by morality.

There are too many privileged groups in Ming Dynasty.

For the lower class groups, what can they say when facing the privileged groups? What do they dare to say?

Unless you are completely cornered and have no way out, you will choose to resist. But once you reach that point, the Ming Dynasty will be on the verge of collapse.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to bring order to chaos and revive, it needed a unified constitution that truly restricted power and promoted fairness.

Check the deficit, rectify the administration of officials, unify science and education, central inspection, governor responsibility system...

What he did one after another was actually a combination of punches played by Emperor Chongzhen. In this way, he would gradually restrain power, put a tight ring on power, and abolish excessive privileges...

This is not something that can achieve results in a short period of time, but requires a long process, through one stage after another, to achieve phased results, digest phased results, and gradually build up.

When all this is done, there will no longer be a so-called scholar-official class, let alone the backward trend of thought of co-ruling the world with the scholar-officials. When this can be achieved, Emperor Chongzhen will try to restrain the imperial power and let him in the future

The succeeding Emperor Ming was also subject to corresponding restrictions.

Imperial power is the biggest destroyer of order.

If the emperor has too much power and makes decisions regardless of the consequences, then strategic mistakes will lead to the decline of the entire Ming Dynasty.

For example, the Ming God of War...

If there are no corresponding constraints on imperial power, the relative fairness conceived by Emperor Chongzhen will not be able to truly work. In the future, some people will beguile the new Ming Emperor and try to overthrow this set of ideas.

The essence of the constant struggle between imperial power and ministerial power is the struggle for power and the struggle for ideas. Through these constant struggles, it is established who has the absolute right to control resources.

What Emperor Chongzhen wanted to do was to fix the "Constitution" on its heel, so that successive generations of Ming dynasty leaders could only revise and improve it around this heel, instead of completely abandoning it and reversing the course of history.

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"It's really getting colder today."

Zhou Yanru stood with his hands behind his hands, standing outside the main hall, looking at the falling white snow, and said with emotion: "The current public sentiment in Shandong, just like the current situation, is getting colder.

Governor Yuan, what do you think about the Yanshenggong Mansion case?

Ever since Benfu left Beijing and rushed to Shandong according to the order, various intriguing things have happened. Before Benfu came to Shandong, he still didn't understand why Governor Yuan would do this.

But now that I think about it, Bensuke thought it was simpler at first.

The Yan Shenggong Mansion case that broke out seemed to involve only the Yan Shenggong Mansion, but in fact there were many people entangled behind it, and it even affected more than just Shandong officialdom."

Yuan Keli, who was standing aside, looked solemn and glanced at Zhou Yanru without saying anything.

Yuan Keli could not understand some of Zhou Yanru's actions when he went to Shandong.

In terms of governance, Yuan Keri was good at it.

Zhou Yanru was good at strategizing.

The two have never been the same person.

Unless they were affected by the Yan Shenggong Mansion case, the two of them wouldn't have had so many interactions. After all, if they don't agree with each other, they wouldn't be able to get together.

"I know that Governor Yuan does not understand some of my actions."

Seeing that Yuan Keli was silent, Zhou Yanru was not angry. He turned around with a smile, looked at Yuan Keli and said: "As governor of Shandong, and to govern Shandong well, I can't compare to you.

But as a cabinet minister, Governor Yuan could not compare to Ben Fu.

We are all ministers of the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty. What we want to do is actually very simple, which is to share your worries and care for the country.

The concepts may be different, but the purpose is the same.

They all want to make Ming Dynasty better and better.

But the problem now is that I have just set up a banquet, but there are many people who want to attend the banquet, and all of them have quite a high profile. What do you think I can do?"

"Then according to Mr. Zhou Ge's wishes, the local sects involved turned a deaf ear and disappeared?"

Yuan Keli frowned, facing Zhou Yanru's gaze, and said: "Compared to the land occupied by Yan Shenggong's Mansion, the land occupied by the Shandong vassals is also quite a lot.

Moreover, they have contacts in private, these are traceable, I know..."

"Governor Yuan, since we are all litigating, then if we gather together to litigate, it will be considered a lawsuit, and if we go to separate lawsuits, it will also be considered a lawsuit, right?" Seeing Yuan Keli acting like this, Zhou Yanru said with a smile.

"I came to Shandong here to be tried on the Yanshenggong Mansion case. As long as the case is tried and resolved, it will be considered as fulfilling His Majesty's will.

As for other cases, I think the Shandong Governor’s Yamen can handle them, right?

After all, the most difficult case has been solved. Will other cases be so difficult to solve?

How did Sun Chuanting, the governor of Henan, deal with Zongfan in the first place? The matter was quite troublesome. Didn't Governor Yuan hear some of the situation?

What we have to do now is to reduce the impact and scope, so that more people will not be affected by one case, and gathering them together will only increase the difficulty."

Defeat them one by one?

After listening to what Zhou Yanru said, Yuan Keli felt a little complicated. The reason why the Shandong Governor's Yamen had difficulty handling the so-called Yanshengong Mansion case was that it involved not only the Yanshenggong Mansion, but also other groups.

Such as vassals, such as local officials.

"The order I received is to try the case of Duke Yansheng's Mansion. If other people are involved, it will not be considered a case of Duke Yansheng's Mansion."

Zhou Yanru lifted the sleeves of his robe and said seriously: "I can understand Governor Yuan's mood, but some things are not as simple as you think. If you want to hear this case successfully, you must obey me.

Auxiliary arrangements.
Chapter completed!