Nine hundred and ninety-first chapter promise! Your Majesty!
When the ministers also start to learn to act rogue, what should the emperor do?
The answer is of course
It’s served cold!
Liu Che smiled slightly and said to Chao Cuo: "If the law does not prohibit it, it will not be corrected. I dare not break the ancestral system!"
The implication is that the matter of the two parties playing rogue each other has come to an end.
Liu Che sat down and looked at Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo.
From the beginning, he knew that this matter would be difficult to solve.
At this point in time, it is undoubtedly difficult for Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo to accept and recognize Liu Che's policy.
This is an inevitable result of ideological and value orientation!
However, this matter is not something that needs to be discussed.
As long as it is done properly, Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo may not necessarily object.
Of course, the prerequisite is to satisfy Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo's concerns about merchants and their descendants as officials.
To put it simply, if the conditions are sufficient, nothing is impossible.
So, now, what is the biggest doubt that Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo have about businessmen's sons becoming officials, especially when they enter the lord and captain's yamen as officials?
As long as this crux is solved, the obstacles to this problem will be cleared.
Politics, politics itself, is transaction and exchange.
When the demands of both parties are balanced, it is not impossible for businessmen to serve as officials, let alone to allow businessmen to govern.
There is Lu Buwei in front and Sang Hongyang in the back.
Therefore, Liu Che first looked at Zhou Yafu and said: "The Prime Minister is worried that after the merchants' sons become officials, they will cause chaos in discipline and ethics, and I am also the same!"
"So, I have already established rules, systems and laws for them!" Liu Che handed a piece of paper to Zhou Yafu and said: "Prime Minister, please see, with this system, they will be controlled by the lord and captain for the rest of their lives.
, you can’t interfere in state affairs even a little bit!”
Zhou Yafu took it and took a look, and immediately smiled.
Because every system and law listed on this paper restricts the officials who enter the lord and captain's yamen from extending their hands to other places.
They will be bound by these laws within the framework of the Lord-Captain.
If you want to get out of the lord and captain's yamen, you can only go through the court recommendation.
Otherwise, even if the emperor issues an edict, there will be no relief.
In these laws, the powers of the lords and captains were also firmly limited to tax collection and commercial supervision of the Jia people.
In this way, the emperor packed the merchants' children into the lord and captain's yamen, not only not helping them obtain power, but also restricting them from obtaining power.
They can only linger in industrial and commercial affairs all their lives and cannot intervene in other affairs.
Perhaps occasionally a few heroes will appear who can escape from this shackles and move towards a wider world.
But, that's no longer harmful.
Three or five outstanding people jumped out and finally knelt down to sing conquest for the scholar-bureaucrats and nobles.
Take Zhang Shizhi, a famous minister of the former dynasty. Although he was born into a family of merchants, he was universally recognized as a representative of the scholar-bureaucrats and nobles and a symbol of direct ministers.
As for the businessmen's children, they closed their doors and played their own games.
Zhou Yafu said he didn't care at all.
As long as they can collect taxes and increase national revenue, they can do whatever they like!
The Han family has been herding sheep in industry and commerce for decades.
Those who have authority in markets all over the world are actually merchants and officials to a certain extent.
Now, the emperor used the title of Lord, Lord, and Lieutenant Yamen to formalize it.
It's also reasonable.
In any case, Zhou Yafu would be fine as long as these merchants' children don't interfere in state affairs.
Liu Che observed Zhou Yafu's expression and knew that although Zhou Yafu had not expressed his stance yet, he was actually close to being convinced.
This is also normal.
An emperor lowers his arrogance and communicates with the prime minister sincerely, instead of using imperial power to forcefully promote policies.
This prime minister is generally more accepting.
Especially people like Zhou Yafu, who is famous for being soft-spoken and not hard-hitting.
Liu Che turned around and looked at Chao Cuo.
Chao Cuo and Zhou Yafu had both common and different demands on this issue.
The biggest difference is that Chao Cuo's Legalists had an innate hatred and wariness against merchants.
Zhou Yafu was able to let go after knowing that the merchants would definitely be bound to the lord and captain and not allowed to escape.
This is because Zhou Yafu's stance and values do not care whether the merchants are officials or not. He only cares about whether the merchants and the groups they represent will come to destroy and disturb the country, this nation, and this country he has worked for his whole life.
The State of the Han Dynasty.
But Chao Cuo is different.
First of all, Chao Cuo was a scholar-official, not an aristocrat.
Scholar-officials and nobles have different ways of thinking about problems.
Scholar-officials cherish feathers even more.
That is your own reputation.
Chao Cuo shouted to suppress the merchant, Gui Su, and he shouted for his whole life.
At the end of the day, the merchants were allowed to gather together.
When word spreads, what do his colleagues, his disciples, disciples, and teachers think of him?
Secondly, Legalism’s hatred and wariness of merchants are deep-rooted.
Legalism can accept craftsmen, but cannot accept merchants.
This is exactly the opposite of Confucianism.
Of course, as an affairs officer who has frequent contact with merchants and has often dealt with grassroots affairs for many years.
Chao Cuo also knew that it was impossible to completely eliminate businessmen in this world.
The role of businessmen is temporarily replaced.
Even Li Kui and Shang Jun needed to cooperate with businessmen during the reform to ensure social and economic stability and prosperity.
But you want Chao Cuo to watch the merchants and their strength unite.
That is impossible.
Liu Che knew this very well.
Therefore, after thinking about his words, he said to Chao Cuo: "In addition, I will also order the governors and censors of the counties and counties in the world to supervise, review, correct, and remove the lords, princes, and captains of the counties.
The responsibilities of various officials, the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials in the lords, captains, superiors and subordinates, must first be reviewed by the Yamen of the Imperial Censor before they can be approved!"
This is another shackle that binds the merchants' children.
When Chao Cuo heard this, he immediately smiled.
This can be done!
The merchants were bound to the Lord Commander's Yamen, and then the Lord Commander had to accept the all-round supervision of the Yushi Dafu Yamen.
In this way, these merchants' children, even if they have wings on their backs, cannot escape the control of Legalism.
However, Chao Cuo still didn't speak.
Like Zhou Yafu, he remained silent.
This made Liu Che know that the final step was still needed.
Liu Che smiled and said to the two of them: "Prime Minister, Qilu County has been in turmoil since the third year of Yuan De. The people and officials in the county may be uneasy. Prime Minister, please wait for my inspection to appease the county."
Scholars and officials, please let me know what I mean!"
When Zhou Yafu heard this, he immediately prostrated himself in obeisance and respectfully received the edict: "No! I will obey the edict!"
Liu Che looked at Chao Cuo again: "It's been two years since the founding of Anton! The new land of Anton is rich in mountains and seas, with a radius of thousands of miles. There may be people who don't know the etiquette and law, and don't know my destiny!
Doctor Shi, who is my pillar, please supervise the entire Andong region on my behalf, and clearly understand the prefectures, counties, vassal states, and the soldiers and people of the settlement regiments. Show them the law and disseminate them with authority, so that they can understand the Han family system and the Han officials.
majesty!"
"Nuo!" Chao Cuo also stood up and bowed: "I, I sincerely obey the imperial edict!"
"Good!" Liu Che stood up with a smile, helped the two of them up, and said: "I will issue an edict soon, and the former Shaofu Cen Mai will be the ambassador of Shanglin Garden and the governor of all matters inside and outside Shanglin Garden!"
Chao Cuo and Zhou Yafu looked at each other, smiled and cupped their hands and said, "Your Majesty, the Holy Ming Wu Guo!"
Send Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo away.
Liu Che looked at Gongsun Hong and his father Yan, who had been standing respectfully behind him, and said, "Anyone who dares to reveal what happened tonight is my clan!"
"No!" Everyone else in the palace, including the two of them, kowtowed.
Only the Taishiguan, who had been sitting behind the screen, holding a pen and paper, recording the emperor's daily life, silently and faithfully recorded tonight's events on paper.
Then, he sealed it and sent it to Shiqu Pavilion.
There, Ma Tan from the Taishi Company would probably sharpen his pen and condense the whole night's events into one or two sentences.
However, we can still leave enough information and evidence for future generations to restore and reconstruct what happened tonight.
Liu Che took Gong Sunhong and his master Fu Yan and walked in the palace corridor at night.
Tonight, Gongsun Hong and Zhu Fuyan really learned a lot.
For the first time in their lives, they witnessed the negotiation and game between the monarch and his ministers.
Although there are many things they still don't understand.
But there is no doubt that what happens tonight will benefit them for life.
Not just anyone, in their twenties or thirties, can personally come into contact with the entire process of policy gaming and formulation at the highest level.
Liu Che had been quietly observing these two ministers.
Especially Gongsun Hong.
"The emperor's eldest son is cured of illness and will be enlightened next year." Liu Che suddenly said something nonsensical, and then said meaningfully: "My dear friends, you have been in the market for a long time, do you know who is the most virtuous scholar in the world now?"
When Gongsun Hong and his master Yan heard this, the hairs on their bodies stood up.
Both of them almost have the urge to recommend their teachers or elders to the emperor immediately.
But, at the next moment, they all closed their mouths and swallowed the words alive.
It is the emperor's right to choose a tutor for the prince.
Why is it that it is the minister's turn to have sex blindly?
Moreover, the emperor at that time did not look like the kind of king who knew nothing about the outside world.
So, obviously, his words meant something else.
At least, not for them to answer.
Liu Che looked at the two of them and smiled.
This is indeed a process of delivering words.
Of course, the purpose of the message was not really to choose a teacher for Liu Qubing.
Liu Che never thought about letting his children receive education in the palace.
The road for princes has long been paved.
Liu Che would never again let his children be like Duke Ai of Lu, who was born in a deep palace, grew up in the hands of a woman, and knew neither joy nor sorrow.
When Liu Che said this, he wanted to throw a bone to attract the attention of giants from hundreds of schools of thought.
At least distract their attention.
This is also a cover for the merchants.
"I have already reached this point," Liu Che sighed in his heart: "If merchants are still like in history and just want to make money and don't want to pay taxes, then I will have to kill the chicken and scare the monkey!"
Liu Che would get the benefits of business and workshops no matter what.
You can enter the game at 1:00 this afternoon. I am in the Yan Kingdom in the Invincible Legend Heaven region, and my name is "Jing Ke's Self". I remembered that someone had registered for me, so I wanted to see how many people could beat me (to be continued)
