Chapter 1848 Compared with the future generations, it is more important to benefit future generation
No matter how much Xiao Tang prepared for a rainy day, he would never know five hundred years later which of his future generations would have unworthy descendants. Even Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin had no way of knowing, and he did not want to see that his old Zhao family would produce such a corrupt person as Zhao Ji. It is something inherited from the ancestors, and Zhao Huan, who succeeded him to deal with his mess, is not a good bird either...
However, Xiao Tang can certainly look down on Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan now and plot to seize their lost territory, but Xiao Tang also knows very well that when it is his turn, I am afraid that there will inevitably be faint kings like Zhao Ji among future generations. When a clan spreads its branches, there will always be some unworthy descendants. This is a matter of probability. Although there are some diligent and conscientious people who come from an imperial family, with the overlapping of imperial power, after a few generations, there will eventually be an incompetent person. The probability of a scum ascending to the throne will become greater and greater. No matter how wise and powerful the founders of the founding fathers of the past dynasties were, they could not do anything about it. And if a dynasty covets a mediocre descendant to ascend the throne, then the ancestors will All the national policies and systems that were praiseworthy at the time that were established when the country was founded may have changed.
Just like the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty, most emperors were not involved in government affairs, but with the support of the cabinet team and the court official system, they could still continue the Ming Dynasty's rule over the country. But the problem was that Zhu Yuanzhang abolished Zhongshu Sheng and the prime minister. Then Zhu Di implemented the divided decision-making, deliberation, and administrative authority, and established the cabinet system in order to strengthen the monarchy and imperial autocratic power. The two men were very energetic in governing the country, and they could resist the rotation of the prime ministers day and night, so how could they do it? Do you think that the cabinet, which is just an auxiliary advisory body under you, will later evolve into an official system that can resist the imperial power? If the country has a weak emperor, but with the support of the cabinet, it can still maintain the normal operation of the state power. This is certainly a good thing, but the emperor Due to the ability of the great ancestor of the Zhu family, Chengzu, and his unwillingness to be restricted by the cabinet, this inevitably made the eunuch forces control the government. Although compared to the Han Dynasty, the power of their eunuch predecessors in the Tang Dynasty was very different. There are many emperors who can still judge their life and death with just one word. "Nine Thousand Years Old" Wei Zhongxian, "Head of the Eight Tigers" Liu Jin, and "Wang Banban" Wang Zhen can still make the court a mess, and even threaten the country's subjugation. disaster......
So, can we refer to the Qing Dynasty's restrictive system for eunuchs, which although Xiao and Tang did not welcome it, had almost no eunuchs to disrupt the government? But it is not like Zhu Yuanzhang never ordered eunuchs not to participate in politics. How could the eunuchs and eunuchs dare to stand out under the powerful emperor Zhu Di who was equally decisive in killing them later on? Under the emperors of Hongwu and Yongle, who were so angry that they shed rivers of blood in anger? The most famous person at that time was only Zheng He. On the contrary, the eunuchs have left a good name in the history of the Qing Dynasty... What's more, even if the cabinet is not controlled by the eunuch party, in the internal struggle, the cabinet ministers' cultivation of their own party members will also cause the Ming Dynasty's politics to become increasingly unstable. Corruption, the advantages of this system are indeed obvious, but the system is dead, but people are alive. As the situation changes, any enlightened system based on the feudal dynasty may evolve into The shortcomings of a country's political system.
However, after careful consideration by Xiao Tang, he decided to retain the prime minister system, which was still headed by Shangshu Zuo and Youpushe, with secondary ministers. However, according to the Song Dynasty system, Guanwen Hall, Zizheng Hall, and Duanming Hall had no duties and no officials.
, the bachelor system that only serves as attendants and advisors has now been restructured. Anyone who reaches the university level will be assigned the power to participate in the deliberation of civil affairs and state affairs. Although bachelors below the rank of bachelor are retained, the number is limited, and
The selection of these officials is mainly based on administrative officials and imperial students who are both good in character and academics in the National Imperial Academy. In addition, no idle officials are raised. In fact, it is to share a certain amount of political participation and decision-making authority, and one day the imperial power will be handed over.
At this time, Xiao Tang is still considering whether it is necessary to gradually transition from the prime minister system to the cabinet system.
However, the founding emperors of each dynasty would learn from the mistakes of the previous dynasties. Zhao Kuangyin knew that in the Tang Dynasty, warlords from all sides supported their own troops and were not completely controlled by the central government in terms of military, finance, and personnel.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it was a chaotic era where powerful officials often deposed emperors and usurped the throne (including himself), so he adopted the strategy of strengthening the branches and strengthening the weak branches, separating the troops, and using civil and military restraints to strengthen the central military power and national policy. The effect cannot be ignored.
It is very obvious. After all, in the end of the Song Dynasty, there were no incidents of military commanders rebelling against the imperial court (except for the special period of Xiao and Tang Dynasty), or even clan rebellions and rebellions. However, for the military aggressiveness of foreign countries such as Liao, Xia, Jin, and Mongolia,
The shortcomings of weakness became more and more prominent. During periods of intense foreign aggression, the army's combat power was weakened and in most periods it could only be on the defensive. Xiao Tang knew that even if he now delegated power to various economic and strategic offices on the basis of the military system of the Song Dynasty, the Luzhi Commander Division
The power of the general to lead the army was an attempt to neutralize the shortcomings of the Tang Dynasty's feudal system and the Song Dynasty's use of culture to suppress military power and redundant officers and soldiers. However, a hundred or hundreds of years later, the military system he adopted
I am afraid that these measures will also breed new bad habits...
But that is no longer important. If the Qi Dynasty of the Xiao family really produces some unscrupulous descendants in the future, this country will be destroyed when the time comes...especially when it comes to the vast majority of feudal dynasty systems.
In the period of great changes that will eventually lead to destruction, when the imperial system of the king's family and the world has become an obstacle to the progress of social development in the fertile land of China, it should have completely disappeared long ago.
However, Xiao Tang did not think that he had the ability to completely abolish the imperial system, but copied the completely different political systems of later generations out of thin air. The birth, development, and demise of any system are products of the times, and they must not be adopted in the wrong era.
It is a system that I think is correct but is incompatible. Instead, it draws on the advantages and disadvantages of previous dynasties. For example, the Song Dynasty encouraged shipping and maritime trade and set up factories, offices and other institutions across the country, and towns tended to adopt a pro-business policy of industrial and commercialization.
It can be maintained, but one will ebb and flow. At the same time, we must also prevent wealthy businessmen from colluding with bureaucrats, using commercial capital to rapidly expand and annex land, monopolize the market, exploit tenants, farmers and small industrial and commercial people, intensify class conflicts, and review asset sales and pawns.
The system cannot be as loose as the Song system;
The cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty can be used as a reference to a certain extent in decentralizing certain powers of central organs and in deliberation, but at least given the current situation, it cannot be copied unchanged;
As for the Qing Dynasty... Not only were eunuchs not allowed to participate in politics, but eunuchs and officials were also prohibited from interacting with each other. However, if the emperor's thoughts in the palace were leaked to the outside world, the culprit must be thoroughly investigated and executed without mercy, and the number must be strictly controlled between two and three thousand people (Ming Dynasty)
At the time of the fall of the country, the number of eunuchs in the inner gardens was between 70,000 and 100,000. From the Qing Dynasty to Qianlong, the total number of eunuchs in the palace gardens should not exceed 3,000), and supervisors of various departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were set up to be in charge of palace affairs.
In addition to dividing the powers of eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, etc., the management system of eunuchs should also be considered. Although Kangxi and Yongzheng were the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, the system of sharing every cubage per mu that they stipulated and implemented was also within the scope of Xiao Tang's consideration.
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Xiao Tang was still working hard on how to organize and govern, at least to establish a huge empire with a prosperous country and a strong people during his time in power. However, this was only an act at that time. In order to establish a strong government in this era,
There may be a limit to what a powerful imperial dynasty can do. But in fact, during Xiao Tang's detailed discussions with everyone day and night, according to his opinion, what can be done now, at least in this era, can indeed benefit the Chinese nation in future generations.
Two policy measures were also put on the table for detailed discussion during the parliament, and decisions were made for implementation.
As for those two measures, one is to open sea routes and the other is to promote science and education.
The official government system of the newly-established country took shape from the beginning to gradually perfected. During the meeting, it also went through the process of questioning, controversy, argumentation, and decision-making. Of course, after proclaiming the emperor and establishing the country, the various departments of the government and policies also had to be restructured and improved over time.
, it had already been two or three days, Xiao Tang, who was no different from a workaholic, passed by his colleagues and had a long chat with others, discussing in detail every day, almost forgetting to eat and sleep.
After a quick rest, Xiao Tang was finally able to stretch his tired body a little and said in a long voice: "Since the establishment of a major event has been roughly finalized, it seems that it is time to announce it to the world...