Chapter 161 Gifts to the times

After a grand ceremony, Qin Lei sat down behind the square table opposite everyone.

Seeing that the prince sat down, the four governors sat down. Qu Yanwu and Zhuo Wen were sitting on the left side of Qin Lei, and behind the table in front, Qiao Yuanshan and Xu Dancheng were sitting on the right side of Qin Lei, and the table in front was also shorter and a little higher.

After the five official figures sat down, the leaders of the two hundred clans opposite sat down. This time, whether it was the seat arrangement or the rules of the venue, they were clearly written in a booklet, and sent it to each company with the meeting notice the day before. This method was both fresh and clear, and it saved everyone a lot of thought and would not make mistakes. Just follow it.

When the hall was quiet, Zhuo Wenzheng, as the landlord, first thanked all the gentry for coming. Then, according to Qin Lei's request, he tried to briefly explain the content of the meeting: "The specific process has been issued to you tomorrow, so I won't talk about it anymore. This time, the prince came here in person just to explain the constitution issued seven days ago, but the prince was busy with all kinds of things and time was precious, so there was only one hour. Please don't talk too much when asking questions, just briefly introduce yourself. The prince said, who would be angry if he said something useless at this time."

Zhuo Wenzheng's words caused the chuckling of the gentry here. After everyone finished laughing, he announced that the question would begin.

The old people here have long been accustomed to the fragrant tea in quiet rooms, and have questions and answers. They are really not used to this new way of answering questions. They sit there and look at me and I look at you. Although they are full of questions, they are embarrassed to speak first.

Fortunately, Qin Lei has a good reputation, and there are a few people below who are willing to support him, so they did not make the hall unlucky. Xu Chang, who was sitting in the first row, slowly stood up and bowed to Qin Lei: "I have met the prince, the old Xu Chang, and I am the head of the Xu family in Jiangbei. If you have a question, please give me advice."

Qin Lei smiled at him and said in a gentle voice: "Old Xu just ask."

Xu Chang thought, I must be of skill at the first question. The question was tricky, which made the prince unhappy. The question was simple, and the entrusted too obvious, and it could not show the level of the first family in the south. Thinking of this, he cleared his throat and said, "The booklet I sent earlier said that only ten people could enter the council and vote on the daily affairs of the Fuxing Yamen. I have two questions, and I would like to ask the prince. First, what is the matter of this majority vote. Second, if these ten people have equal rights, then how do officials in the two provinces reflect 20% of their rights? "These issues related to structure are confused by many people. But he believes that Qin Lei's head full of ideas must have had a vision.

Qin Lei nodded and asked him to sit down, and said with a smile: "I want to ask Lord Xu for this question and see if he has understood the operating rules of this yamen."

Xu Dancheng bowed to him and said, "I obey the order." Then he turned around and nodded to Xu Chang, and said in a clear voice: "For Mr. Xu's first question, most of the votes are to be passed by the general one."

I couldn't help but chuckled. Isn't this nonsense?

Xu Dancheng was not embarrassed, and continued, "The wonderful ideas proposed by the prince are simple at first glance, but after careful study, you will find that there are great principles. People without great wisdom cannot understand them." The implication is that, wouldn't the person who thinks about this method be smarter?

He flattered Qin Lei in an understatement, and then said, "Take this vote as an example, there are two types. One is that six people pass it and it becomes a resolution, and the other is that eight people pass it and it becomes a resolution."

When I heard the main text, the following suddenly became quiet.

Very satisfied with the effect he caused, Xu Dancheng continued: "The former is a vote for general affairs, and the latter is a vote for important affairs."

The people below obviously want to ask questions, but they are all people with identities and will not easily interrupt others.

Xu Dancheng then answered the second question: "As for the party who has more rights to speak, how to reflect his rights in the deliberation bureau, in fact, if you carefully study the structure diagram of the yamen rights given to everyone by the prince, you will be very clear."

Everyone saw it, but they didn't hear it from the authoritative mouth and always felt worried.

Qin Lei smiled at Xu Dancheng and said, "Please explain it to you, Lord Xu."

Xu Dancheng accepted the order and said, "Abide by the order." Then he explained, "Our 10% of our 100% of the responsibilities will be divided into 10,000 pieces. As long as you can get more than five pieces, you can enter the highest authority of the entire yamen - the deliberation meeting. This deliberation meeting has the highest right to the affairs of the entire yamen, and even includes the dissolution of the yamen."

Someone below finally couldn't help asking: "What else do you need to do with the Deliberation Bureau? Wouldn't that be an extravagant move?"

Xu Dancheng smiled and said, "You are likely to be in the deliberation meeting at that time. Will you gather everyone in the mountains and rivers and north to discuss anything?"

The people below stopped talking, and indeed, when they gathered together, the daylily became cold.

Xu Dancheng continued: "So it is very necessary for the deliberation meeting to select ten people and the permanent yamen to handle daily resolutions. Of course, if there are major matters that cannot be decided, they should still be handed over to the deliberation meeting for decisions." Without waiting for others to ask, he smiled and said, "The deliberation meeting grants the deliberation board the deliberation board, he can only use the power. In order to supervise the deliberation board, the deliberation meeting will also select another agency, the supervisory board. As long as the deliberation office has any regrets for everyone, the supervisory board will propose to convene a deliberation meeting to handle this matter."

Someone below raised his hand and asked, "Then can the deliberation meeting replace the congress of the deliberation bureau?"

Xu Dancheng smiled and said, "It is true, and the term limit for the common discussion is like my official, which is one term limit for every five years." Xu Dancheng looked at Xu Chang again and said with a clear voice: "So, the share of the deliberation rights in everyone's hands plays a role in the deliberation meeting. Every thousand shares can be nominated for a regular discussion. In other words, those who do not get a thousand shares can also elect their own regular discussions by joining forces with others."

There are questions below, all about the details of the operation of this yamen. Qin Lei gave it to several governors and governors to answer, but he looked at it with a smile, but he didn't know where he was thinking.

People are always contradictory. As a vested interest, he is unwilling to see the change in the status quo. Therefore, the vested interest has never been a revolutionary, and even a reformer is not considered a reformer. Qin Lei is no exception. He has always been a defender of the current order. I believe that with greater power in the future, he will maintain this order more firmly, erase all revolutionaries more cruelly, and ruthlessly exclude all reformers.

But he always knew that excessive centralization was not good, and he still wanted to do something for this era without affecting his own interests. So he introduced this system, the best system to coordinate centralization and checks and balances in his pitiful knowledge.

Qin Lei was sure to let everyone here accept it. The most fundamental reason is that this system provides a relatively eased place for the political demands, rights allocation, and even dispute resolution of the class that masters social resources. Moreover, through checks and balances, a fair distribution of rights is carried out among this class. To a certain extent, due to rules, the rights are concentrated in the hands of a few people, and the class that masters a large number of resources does not obtain corresponding rights, which leads to conflicts. Isn’t the struggle just to allocate rights? If there is a more eased solution, wouldn’t it be better?

For a long time, social resources belonged to these gentry. When the emerging classes really mastered more social resources and had irreconcilable conflicts with the old class, then they would engage in a war that could promote social development. That was welcomed by Qin Lei. As for the frivolous camp within the class, it would be better to resolve it through this channel, less meaningless wars and more meaningful development.

Of course, Qin Lei would not naively think that this system would have such a big effect, and he was not even sure whether it could be implemented. He just wanted to subtly convey a thought - checks and balances are the way to power.

But he will never say it, until death. This is the limit he can do. Perhaps people will understand the true meaning of it in decades, and apply it to the distribution of power after a hundred years of exploration. Perhaps people will only regard it as a young prince’s nonsense, and will never explore the mystery.

Just like an apple falling on the head of a person under a tree, it may lead to the discovery of geniuses, but it may be more likely that in addition to tearing people out of tears and cursing, it will turn into a pool of mud.

Of course, apples will always fall from the tree and sooner or later it will hit the genius' head. Qin Lei was not worried. He knew that he would plant fruit trees, and the rest had nothing to do with him.

If I am glorious and prosperous during my lifetime, I will not care about the flood after my death.

Maybe with the next generation in the future, he will change this idea. But at this moment, this irresponsible bachelor does think so.

"Prince..." Qu Yanwu called in a low voice and called Qin Lei back from the sacred tour.

Qu Yanwu certainly knew that Qin Lei was distracted, so he repeated the question just now. "Mr. Xu asked, why did he still have to hire a director if there is a congressional bureau?"

Qin Lei said 'oh' and smiled at Xu Beiqing below, saying, "I know that the old man has more than a dozen business, so why do they allocate them to the sidelines and slaves?"

Xu Beiqing said respectfully: "By the prince, because the saints teach Shang is the last of the four people. If we do it ourselves, we will inevitably lose the face of our ancestors. But who is not a whole family wants to support us. It is okay to rely on the production in the fields alone to eat, but it is impossible to wear gold and silver, so this Shang cannot lose it. Therefore, there is such a compromise."

Qin Lei had no intention of opposing the saint and said to him: "Do you know how they manage these business?"

Xu Beiqing was a little confused and said, "It is said that they are not in charge of it themselves, they all hire shopkeepers."

Qin Lei nodded and said, "Yes, the one who hires the shopkeepers has two benefits for these bosses. First, they don't have to go to the fuck in person, so they don't lose face. Second, these bosses can hire some good shopkeepers who are knowledgeable, and they are better than those who are a layman. Do you think so?"

Xu Beiqing was convinced and said, "The prince is so thorough in thinking about the problem, and the Beiqing is impressed. In this way, the deliberation bureau can just make an idea. How to do it should be properly handed over to the head of the knowledgeable officials, so that we deliberate to the deliberators."

Everyone nodded one after another. They were increasingly shocked by the fullness of Qin Lei's things, and they also added some confidence in whether they could be implemented in the future.

After Xu Beiqing sat down, Zhuo Wenzheng stood up and said, "Everyone, the time is coming, let's have a last question."

Everyone was surprised to find that time had been stolen, and an hour had passed before they knew it. Many people who reacted quickly raised their hands almost at the same time. Finally, Zhuo Wenzheng called out a man with a dark face. He stood up and bowed: "I am the Chai family and Chai Shifang, the Chai family and the five families in Tangzhou, dare to ask a question on behalf of my five families in Tangzhou." Tangzhou Prefecture is also a big mansion, and the Chai family and other five families are not unfamous. In such a feast of wealthy families, if they do not form a group, they will not have the confidence to stand up and speak.

Qin Lei nodded and smiled kindly: "Mr. Chai, please speak."

Encouraged by Qin Lei, Chai Shifang was a little more confident and no longer nervous. He said in the official words emphasized by Shannan: "The booklet says that this Fuxing Yamen was established with the power of the prince to supervise the military and political envoys of the two provinces. It is naturally legal and effective when the prince supervises the two provinces. But we want to know how to continue this Yamen when the prince remains in the future?" Unexpectedly, Chai is not brave enough, but the questions raised are quite large.

This is indeed a big question. If Qin Lei does not give a satisfactory answer, everyone here will not spend money on an institution without a future, even if it has a huge authority for a moment. Sure enough, as soon as this question comes out, the room will suddenly become silent, and everyone is waiting for Qin Lei's explanation, or guarantee.

Qin Lei came here to hold this preparatory meeting to explain this issue to the attendees. He had to make some guarantees himself that this was irreplaceable to the four governors.

Qin Lei first let the uneasy Chai Shifang sit down, and then slowly glanced over the two hundred lords with different expressions below the stage. It was not until they were sitting upright that Qin Lei said, "I believe everyone is very concerned about this issue, so I will explain it to you."

Everyone almost held their breath and quietly waited for Qin Lei's next article.

"Mr. Chai said it right. The reason why he can be called a yamen is because the orphan king now has this right. Everyone is worried that it will be normal for our yamen to survive after the orphan matter is over."

"Then let me tell you now that Gu has received the imperial edict this morning. Although he has no grade and no organization, this yamen has been officially recognized by the court and has been registered!"

Suddenly, the hall was filled with joy. These big men finally couldn't help but feel joy in their hearts and shouted regardless of their identity.

Qin Lei looked at this scene with a smile, without any displeasure. He knew that the southern aristocrats who were far away from the political center had been bullied by the northern aristocrats. Not to mention the distance, just to mention this national financial crisis, the northern aristocrats came up with the method to drain the blood of the southern two provinces to supply other places. This also directly led to the Maitreya riots, which almost caused the southern aristocrats to suffer a catastrophe. So when they knew that they had a position to fight against the northern aristocrats, they could imagine the excitement in their hearts, and it was not surprising that they had lost their composure.

When they were calmed down from ecstasy, under the leadership of Xu Chang, Qiao Qipei and others, the southern gentry left their seats together, bowed to Qin Lei three times and nine times, and delivered the most solemn gift.

Qin Lei received this gift with a smile. As someone who brought the future to the south, he could afford it.

If he had not tried his best, how could he convince the court to agree to this ridiculous proposal?

The incident went back nine days ago. Before Qin Lei received the imperial envoy of the imperial court to supervise the military and political mission of the two provinces, another urgent secret report from him arrived in front of Emperor Zhaowu's imperial case.

In this secret report, Qin Lei introduced his plan in detail and made countless ideas about the future of this yamen. Finally, Emperor Zhaowu believed that as long as he grasped the three points of army, transportation and taxation in his hands, Nanfan would become a powerful arm for the confrontation between the royal family and the imperial court.

He didn't really value Qin Lei earned 10% of his share of money, and simply rewarded his son who brought surprise to him. He was delighted that in the vast fog, he finally found a way to fight against the extremely powerful northern gentry group, including the Li family and the Wen family.

As for who will win in the end? Emperor Zhaowu is still confident to answer: No one can do it. After being the emperor for seventeen years, he is still very proficient in checks and balances.

After reading this ten thousand words of detailed report, Emperor Zhaowu did not sleep all night. Finally, he rushed to Cining Palace early to find the once powerful old lady.

After listening to his son's explanation, Empress Dowager Wenzhuang pondered for a long time before smiling faintly: "You will be upset in the future." But there was so much relief in her expression.

In front of his mother, Emperor Zhaowu had no need to disguise. He laughed and said, "As long as we can get our things back, what is this kind of trouble?"

Empress Dowager Wenzhuang didn't say anything anymore. The next day, she invited Wen Yanbo to the palace and talked about her lamenting that the people in the south had suffered wars. After the war, she didn't know how many more corrupt officials and local tyrants would suffer. So she hoped that Wen Yanbo could establish an official government.

The government offices that took the lead in electing gentry to supervise post-war reconstruction, reduce corruption, oppress the countryside, and make the people suffer less.

When Wen Yanbo talked about the current state of the treasury with a sad face, the old lady smiled and said, "Just find some old people to come out and join in the fun and give them a chance to point fingers. Do you think they still care about your grade and your official salary? You don't have to give any rank, just give a legitimate title." She also sighed, "When people get old, they live a life."

Her words of guidance made Wen Yanbo today. Although Wen Yanbo later supported Emperor Zhaowu to ascend the throne, he successfully became the prime minister of a country. So in the final analysis, he still owed Empress Dowager Wenzhuang a favor.

At that time, there was not even a single person in the south that Qin Lei was going to form a Fuxing Yamen, so Prime Minister Wen had no idea. He just thought that the old lady was vegetarian and wanted to do good deeds, so he agreed to it, which was a favor she had given her, and she had a heartache that had been in trouble for more than ten years.

Of course, if he knew that he had added a bigger heart disease to him at that time, he would never agree to it no matter what. He could repay the favor next time, and there was no need to cause trouble.

The next day was the court meeting, and Wen Yanbo naturally would not forget what he promised the day before, so he reported it to him. Li Hun has never cared about these bullshit affairs, and of course he has no objection. So this inconspicuous three-in-one organization called Fuxing Yamen, who did not pay any wages, and was inconspicuous, passed the court meeting smoothly, entered the Ministry of Personnel, and was appointed in Shaofu, and became a legal organization of the Qin Dynasty.

Nearly ten days later, when Wen Yanbo knew the trick behind the matter, the situation was already in a state of failure. He was furious and could only wait for the 'Revival Yamen' to make a mistake before throwing him into hell and never turn over.

The three generations of the Qin family's grandchildren grasped the time so wonderfully that Wen Yanbo finally suffered this loss. Even if he or the northern gentry want to fight back in the future, he cannot make a fuss about the "legality" of the Fuxingya. This "legality" is the biggest heart disease of the southern gentry.
Chapter completed!