Six hundred and ninety-sixth chapter struggle for power
The matters between Wuyuan and Taixue have been completed, and finally it is the turn of the main event, which is also the focus of attention of the officials of this Shuowang Dynasty. The establishment of the Lord Duwei Yamen and the adjustment of the power system of Pingjia in the world's prefectures and states.
Liu Che looked at the ministers, pondered for a moment, and then made an opening statement, saying: "I have tried to read history and saw that in the past during the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi and Chu were fighting for hegemony. Duke Heng was troubled by the strength of Chu's troops, so Guan Yiwu offered to buy deer. The plan is to defeat the Chu army with 20 million yuan! Jia Changsha said: The teacher who never forgets the past and the future. The elders in the village also said: Use history as a mirror to know the rise and fall; use people as a mirror to know the gains and losses! Qing and other scholar-bureaucrats All the princes and ministers are virtuous in literature, knowledgeable in rituals and music, and familiar with the scriptures. There must be someone who can teach me. Please write it down in an article, and I will read it myself!"
The story of Guan Zhong’s purchase of deer is the most classic example of economic penetration in classical China. It may also be the first example of economic war in human history.
Under the leadership of Guan Zhong's policy, the State of Qi only spent 20 million yuan to successfully disintegrate the economy of the State of Chu.
This caused Chu, who was originally able to compete with Qi for hegemony, to fall into the quagmire of economic crisis and be unable to extricate itself. In the end, Qi's army wasted no blood and Chu surrendered.
This classic case and story was recorded in Guan Zhong's book Guanzi.
At this time, Guan Zhong's position was also very clever.
Nominally speaking, Guan Zhong should be classified into the category of Legalism, that is to say, it is okay to say that he is the pioneer of Legalism.
But in fact, Guanzi's book was classified as the Huang-Lao sect and became the foundation and theoretical source of the Huang-Lao sect's economic policies.
However, on the other hand, Confucianism also recognized that Guanzi was a sage and a powerful person worth learning and learning from.
Confucius himself admired Guan Zhong very much.
Therefore, this resulted in hundreds of mainstream schools of thought all praising Guan Zhong.
Regardless of factionalism, their economic policies and theories will all draw nourishment from the eighty-five chapters of Guanzi.
As for the princes in power, if anyone has not read Guanzi, then he is basically not worthy of being a minister.
Therefore, as soon as Liu Che said it, everyone immediately remembered the original record of the story of Guan Zhong's purchase of deer in their minds. Even other articles under the "Significance and Severity" section came up word by word.
And Guanzi always emphasizes one thing throughout the whole text of Qingsheng.
To put it in the original text, this matter is: accumulate things lightly, spread things thinly and make things heavy.
In layman's terms, it means using the power of the state to control the rise and fall of prices, through administrative orders and national macro-control, to achieve the purpose of controlling world prices and adjusting people's livelihood.
This is why no one can theoretically and morally criticize Liu Che's policy of price protection for grains and government-operated salt and iron policies.
Guanzi had proposed and implemented similar theoretical policies hundreds of years ago.
In today's world, even the most arrogant people dare not say that they are financially stronger than Guan Zhong!
When the smart people heard what Liu Che said, they immediately heard the elegant meaning of the song and understood Liu Che's thoughts.
Shang Rong, the great farmer, immediately came out and said: "Guan Yi, I used to pay 20 million yuan, so that the Chu army was defeated, and Heng Gong dominated the world. Your Majesty saw the little things, and used millet, salt and iron to rebuild the world and take the sages." It is beyond the reach of fools like this minister to apply the government to the current world. Heng Gong is far away and cannot be like this! I would like to congratulate the world! Your Majesty ordered the ministers to discuss the pros and cons of Guan Zi's purchase of deer. This is the opinion of the sage king. Your Majesty Fu Wei can move Yin and Yang and see thousands of miles clearly!"
This flattering photo made countless people look at me. They were shocked and jumped at the chance to steal my lines and script!
Shang Rong, however, looked upright and continued: "In my humble opinion, Your Majesty will immediately establish the government of millet, salt and iron, which will benefit hundreds of millions of people in the world. An Neng will no longer establish a new government. He will perform the duty of supervising the merchants of the world.
He has the power to inspect Jia’s people’s vehicles, ships and mines, and he is responsible for supervising the affairs of the country and Ping Jia’s power. He will support the country at the top and the people at the bottom!"
Shang Rong took a step forward, knelt down and said: "I would like to ask you to establish a lord and captain to control the merchants in the world." Your Majesty Fu Wei is here to watch!
Liu Che looked at Shang Rong with a very satisfied smile on his face.
Ever since he revealed that he wanted to establish a lord and captain, he had been waiting for that smart minister to come forward with such a suggestion.
Liu Che originally thought that he would have to instigate others before someone would take the initiative.
Unexpectedly, this Shang Rong was so knowledgeable that he wrote the memorial himself without mobilization.
Yes, it is not in vain to promote and cultivate yourself.
With Shang Rong taking the lead, the others also lost their sense of moral integrity and quickly followed up. Since the first crab was not eaten, it was even more important to line up the team.
You can't fight against the emperor, and you can't leave the impression in the emperor's mind that "so-and-so and I are not at odds with each other and always like to fight against each other."
Especially the chief officials of various departments around Qianshi.
For these people, their promotion, appointment, and future prospects all depended on the happiness and anger of the emperor Liu Che.
Offending the emperor is tantamount to extinguishing one's official career.
The example of Feng Tang, a famous minister of the previous generation, taught these people very well not to confront, let alone offend the emperor.
Otherwise, no matter how talented you are, you will still have to work in the county.
Want Central? Go ahead and dream!
But the two thousand stones had different ideas.
After serving as an official for two thousand dan, one has entered the Han Dynasty's protection scope of "generals and prime ministers will not be humiliated".
No matter how much the emperor dislikes them, he will still decentralize them until they die.
The starting point for delegating two thousand stones to court officials is at least the local county governor.
Even the most hated people by the emperor can find official positions such as princes, princes, tutors, and prime ministers for comfort.
During the reign of the late emperor, Zhang Shizhi, the former court lieutenant, offended the late emperor to such an extent. How could he still become the prince, king, and prime minister?
Of course, under normal circumstances, no two-thousand-stone courtier would be willing to fight with the emperor for irrelevant things, let alone deliberately confront the emperor.
But, if the interests and benefits involved in a certain matter are really too great.
There are definitely people who are willing to take a little risk.
For example, if Liu She, the young master, has no doubts about Da Nong, he will definitely be willing to "fight hard" on the issue of the lord and captain.
He vowed to turn this yamen into one of his subordinates.
The bureaucrats in the Prime Minister's Office and the Yushi Dafu Yamen are also watching with eager eyes.
Under the Han system, the prime minister and the imperial censor's office had many overlapping powers, and they were constantly fighting overtly and covertly with each other.
In theory, the prime minister is in charge of all military and state affairs in the world and is the leader among all officials. He is the highest-ranking minister under the emperor.
But the imperial censor is not bad either. As a sub-prime minister, he has the power to supervise hundreds of officials, has the power of impeachment, and also has the power to write down the laws and punish and kill.
Therefore, historically, when a new yamen is established, the prime minister and the imperial censor's yamen will compete with each other, even if the new yamen is only in charge of municipal garbage disposal.
Not to mention the fact that the Lord Commander is obviously rich and powerful and can influence the world's institutions!
Without that bureaucracy, there would be no desire for greater power.
It can even be said that if possible, the bureaucracy will seize every opportunity it can seize to seize power for itself.
As for what to do after gaining power? Let’s talk about it when the time comes.
In short, seizing power first is the most important thing!
As a result, an extremely rare scene appeared in the palace since the rise of the Han Dynasty:
After Shang Rong, Zhao Hu, one of Liu She's right-hand men and one of the six prime ministers of the Shaofu who was in charge of the Shaofu's gardens and farmland affairs, came out and said: "Your Majesty understands the great righteousness, and the common people in the world are greatly benefited.
Since Yuan De, there have been countless good governance. So far, hundreds of millions of money have been released from the inner treasury to revitalize the Yuan Dynasty, care for the orphans and widows, respect the elderly, build channels, build waterwheels, and carry out the policy of Ansu (grain price protection).
With the iron policy, the army was reorganized, and the six divisions were reorganized. Their virtues were praised by the people, and even the birds and beasts. Now they use the stories of the sages to teach the ministers. This minister is beyond the reach of Hu Yu. However, although the minister is stupid, he is not loyal and loyal.
Jue. I would like to request you to increase the financial power of the inner treasury to benefit the country. Your Majesty Fuwei will give it a holy visit!"
Everyone who is blind knows that Zhao Huming is obviously trying to incorporate the lord and captain's Yamen into the Shaofu system.
Otherwise, why would he talk so much?
Wouldn't it be better to first show that our young government has paid a lot and done a lot, and we are the experts in terms of finance.
Please leave professional matters to the experts!
The big farmer couldn't bear it immediately.
Another big farmer, Zhongcheng, his trusted confidant Fan Xun immediately jumped out, holding a memorandum in his hands, and said: "I am here to tell you that since your Majesty has made use of salt and iron, he has adopted a light and heavy strategy.
In order to benefit the common people, all the peasants from top to bottom have been loyal to the king and established salt and iron officials in the counties and counties. Thanks to your majesty's authority, the spirit of the country, and the efforts of the ministers, more salt and iron officials have been established in the counties and counties all over the world.
There are more than 1,300 people of rank and above, and there are thirty-five salt and iron official residences! Now that I have heard His Majesty’s Holy Instructions and the Minister’s Instructions, I am sincere and frightened, and I have asked the Treasury to benefit His Majesty Shu Fuwei’s holy decree!”
Then Fan Xun looked at Zhao Hu with a smile, and the provocation in this could not be clearer.
Didn’t your young master say that you are experts?
So are we big farmers not experts?
Are you the only one who knows how to play finance and manage money?
I bother!
What's more, when it comes to local management and network laying capabilities in counties and counties, especially the influence in the Wu, Chu, and Qilu areas, can your Shaofu compare with our big farmers?
Besides, as the steward of the emperor's inner treasury, you scumbags, you can rest assured and help your majesty manage Shanglin Garden, the royal garden, and the workshop.
Well, the big farmer and the young man are directly opposite each other!
This made the other onlookers excited. If they weren't in Xuanshi Hall, some would even want to shout "Come on."
As for the two opposing sides, although they are not the chief officials of the Shaofu and Da Nong, they have considerable backgrounds.
Fan Xun belongs to the class of scholar-officials. Although he was born as a swordsman and pen official, most of the scholar-officials in the Han Dynasty today came from the swordsman and pen clerk, so there is no question of who is nobler than who.
So when the scholar-officials saw it, of course they voted with their feet and supported Fan Xun.
Anyway, it’s not a big deal to just watch the excitement, and anyone can do it by waving the flag and shouting.
As for Zhao Hu?
This official with the same name as the Crown Prince of Nanyue was the son of a serious prince.
His grandfather was a lucky general in the Han Dynasty. Shenze Qihou Zhao Jiangye.
There are not many settlements in Shenzehou, a hou country, only 700 households.
However, Ren Junhou Zhao Jiangye was a legendary figure among the heroes of the Han Dynasty at that time.
Zhao Jiangye was in Han Dynasty for three years before he surrendered to the Han army, and it was Han Xin who surrendered.
It was impossible to become a marquis, let alone gain the position of a founding hero.
However, the so-called blessed general means that no matter what difficulties and obstacles, he cannot be defeated.
After surrendering to Han Xin, Zhao Jiangye first followed Han Xin and beat his former master, Zhao Wang Zhang Er, and then defeated Qi Chu.
Then, his luck came. He followed Emperor Gao to Pingcheng and performed well in Pingcheng. So he caught Liu Bang's eye and became the Marquis of Shenze.
Later, Han Xin knelt down. Liu Bang died, and Zhao Jiangye had no backer. After Empress Lu came to power, she found an excuse to take away his feudal state.
Only three years later, the political situation changed again. Out of the need to win over people's hearts, Empress Lu restored Zhao Jiangye's title.
However, at this time, Zhao Jiangye was very dissatisfied with Empress Lu's behavior of strangling the heirs of Emperor Gaozu. He often complained privately, criticized Empress Lu, and was extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Lu's domineering behavior.
Therefore, it was abolished again a year later.
Originally, many people thought that Marquis Fukasawa had committed suicide this time.
However, a few years later, Empress Lu died, all the Lus were liquidated, and King Dai took control of Chang'an from Dai Kingdom.
Therefore, Zhao Jiangye's complaints and dissatisfaction back then became an example of loyal ministers.
The Marquis of Fukasawa was established again.
As a result, Marquis Shenze became the most ups and downs marquis in the history of the Han Dynasty, and was also known as Fu Jiang. During the reign of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Zhao Jiangye once served as the governor of Yanmen County because of his reputation as Fu Jiang.
Guang Luxun and other positions.
The most important thing is that during this period, Zhao Jiangye got married to the Dou family.
Zhao Jiangye's youngest daughter married Nanpi Marquis Dou Pengzu, and she was considered a member of the Dou family's relatives group.
Although Zhao Hu is not the crown prince of Shenze, he is relatively close to the Dou family.
His wife is Dou Ying's sister, a serious relative of the emperor.
Therefore, the Dou family's relatives group was naturally willing to sell face to Zhao Hu.
Dou Pengzu, the Marquis of Nanpi, sent some of his younger brothers to stand up for Zhao and Hu.
Here, the big farmer and the young master were quarreling fiercely, and over there, the prime minister's house and the imperial censor's office were quarreling again.
However, since it is the only Sangong Yamen, the decency and methods still need to be discussed.
Under normal circumstances, the prime minister and the imperial censor will hold consultations on national affairs to coordinate the positions of both parties and bridge differences.
After all, if the prime minister and the imperial censor openly undermine each other, the impact will be too bad!
The emperor will never sit back and watch such a situation happen. The emperor will definitely intervene forcefully, and strong intervention will only lead to an outcome where both sides will farm.
However, it is impossible to say that the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Censor's Yamen would love each other.
The original intention of setting up the imperial censor was to balance the power of the prime minister so that the power of the prime minister would not be too great.
Therefore, the negotiation between Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo did not go smoothly.
The two giants kept exchanging opinions through text, but they could never reach an agreement.
The Prime Minister's Office felt that as the Prime Minister, he should have the authority to govern all governmental offices.
Even the Young Master, doesn’t he have to give us a report before doing anything?
Of course, this lord and captain must be under my jurisdiction and supervision.
But Chao Cuo felt that the Prime Minister looked too ugly when he ate. He ate meat and didn't even give me a sip of soup. My uncle could bear it, but my aunt couldn't bear it either!
In fact, everyone with a discerning eye knows that the future power and weight of this Lord Commander will be very important.
Anyone who has ambitions and political ambitions will never give up the possibility of extending his hand.
But such a situation left Pingjia and the authorities who attended the court meeting dumbfounded.
One by one, they were dumbfounded and complained in their hearts: "We only heard about the majesty of Han officials before, but we didn't think it was true."
Well, back then, during the reign of Emperor Gao, the prime minister took the lead in fighting at court, and the story of the Supreme Emperor personally leading his retainers and servants to fight with others was a long-standing gossip topic in the Han Dynasty.
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