If we talk about the foundation that the family has relied on during its most glorious millennia, then it is - knowledge.
It is precisely because the aristocratic family controls the channels for acquiring knowledge that it can control the officialdom of the world, creating a situation where the emperor has to repeatedly compromise with the aristocratic family.
It may be an exaggeration to say that the world's officials come from aristocratic families, but 80% of the officials come from aristocratic families and have absolutely no water. As for the common people, how can they possibly learn knowledge in an era when even being able to fill their stomachs is a luxury?
What's more, when books themselves are completely monopolized by aristocratic families, there are no channels to obtain knowledge, let alone anything else.
Guarding the shepherd on behalf of Heaven, this is the slogan of the scholars.
The world belongs to the royal family, and even more to the scholars. The emperor only needs to do his own job well. As for the important task of governing the world, he can leave it to the scholars!
Speaking of which, in fact, if this era continues to develop, it may not become a constitutional monarchy like the West. However, monarchs in the past dynasties are not people who are willing to give up their power. The method of using eunuchs and relatives to check and balance the scholars has been used throughout the Han Dynasty.
the beginning of the entire feudal era.
"Printing?" Guo Jia frowned and looked at Wang Xuan and Li Ru, "Haven't we already implemented this method in Qingzhou?"
"It's different!" Wang Xuan shook his head and said with a smile: "There are no aristocratic families in Qingzhou. Even though we have been implementing it for three years in the entire Qingzhou, in fact, in Qingzhou, the sales of paper books in the entire Han Dynasty are only booming in the initial stage.
, after all the people who should buy have finished buying, the sales of books basically come to a standstill."
"The whole Han Dynasty, all the aristocratic families from top to bottom are strictly guarding against this thing, so it would be strange to promote it!"
"So?" Guo Jia looked at Wang Xuan.
"Since the Jizhou family is so noisy about seeking benefits for the people and cooperating with the government's various actions, I want to see if the order to open bookstores in various parts of Hebei and establish rural schools in each village is issued, they will still actively cooperate
It's better to fall out immediately!" Wang Xuan sneered, "Since they are cooperating, we will also help them promote it. The higher you fly, the harder you fall. I am extremely looking forward to this kind of large-scale face-slapping scene!"
Just thinking about the scene when the entire Hebei family was shocked and hurriedly overturned their own arguments, everyone couldn't help laughing.
"I knew there was no problem that Zai Zhi couldn't solve!" Liu Bei flattered him directly.
"Okay, why are you laughing? Look at how you are gloating about someone else's misfortune. You look a bit like a government official. They understand the righteousness of the people and are willing to cooperate with the work. Instead of being grateful, you even laugh at them. You have lost all your celebrity demeanor.
It’s all lost.” Wang Xuan suddenly knocked on the table and said with a serious face.
What?
Everyone suddenly fell silent and looked at Wang Xuan with strange eyes. Why is it so awkward to say these words from your mouth?
Dog thief, still so shameless, Jia Xu glanced at Wang Xuan secretly, his eyes full of contempt, "Zai Zhi is right!"
"It's rare that aristocratic families from all over the world are so cooperative with our work. We can't let their enthusiasm go to waste. It happens that the bookstore and the local schools still need to prepare for site selection and other work. This time cannot be wasted and the other two tasks can be carried out."
"You want to trick people again!" Tian Feng looked at Wang Xuan expressionlessly, his eyes full of "I have seen through your meaning."
"Can you speak? What is cheating? How can political matters be called cheating?" Wang Xuan glared at Tian Feng. Tian Feng didn't refute, just looked at Wang Xuan expressionlessly.
Wait for the following.
"The first is the reform of the county soldier system, including in Qingzhou. The local county soldiers are completely independent, separated from the military system and classified as civil affairs. They are only responsible for local security and various civil and criminal cases, maintain local security, and have the power to arrest.
and the power to interrogate, but not the power to impose penalties. I named this department the 'Police Department.' As for the breakdown of internal functions, they will be slowly filled in based on the future situation."
"This department carries out two-way management. Personnel appointments and financial resources are allocated vertically by the central government. Local governments have the power of supervision and allocation, which allows the two departments to supervise each other and check and balance each other."
"The second department is simple. It is the Legal Affairs Department. It is only responsible for the trial of criminals, but it only has the power of trial."
"You are planning to separate the powers of local officials. In this way, the local county magistrate will only be able to manage people's livelihood, and will not be able to intervene in other matters!" Xi Zhicai babbled.
"It's not that simple, I think you are making trouble against the aristocratic family!" Tian Feng stared into Wang Xuan's eyes and said word by word.
"What do you mean by targeting aristocratic families? Am I that kind of person?"
"Who are you!"
"I'm just kidding, if they all stay on their own terms and violate my laws as a great man, I will be able to control them!"
"Oh~~~!" Everyone looked like they were suddenly enlightened.
The laws of the Han Dynasty inherited the laws of the Qin Dynasty, but they abandoned some of the too cruel criminal laws. The rest are basically the same, but today, 400 years later, the laws have almost become a piece of toilet paper, only used for wiping at critical moments.
It is for buttocks. As a family of the privileged class, it is inevitable for a family to have a few unfilial sons, kill a few people, rape a common girl, bully and dominate the market, etc. These are just basic operations, but because of the family background, it is impossible.
be punished.
Once the police department run by Wang Xuan is implemented, it will have a great deterrent effect on these aristocratic families. Its significance is not as simple as arresting two dandy boys, but it means that the status of those aristocratic families as a privileged class will be destroyed.
Challenge, once the privileges that are used to intimidate the people are weakened or even suppressed, then slowly, the 'scholars' who are far superior to the 'workers, peasants and merchants' will lose their status as rulers.
This is tantamount to another method after producing the basic 'knowledge' of the scholars. With the two-pronged approach, once it is completed, the scholars will completely lose the power to compete with the imperial power.
"Oh shit, you are just judging a gentleman with a villain's heart, a group of guys with dirty ideas!" Wang Xuan glanced at everyone sideways, and then continued: "Don't you think the powers of the previous county magistrate were too great?
How big is that? They are simply local emperors, who can decide life or death with a single word. Absolute power leads to absolute corruption. Only by completely dividing their rights can centralization of power be further strengthened."
"Dividing power into three parts to check and balance each other will prevent any central government decree from changing its taste when it reaches the local government!"
"In the past, it was simply irresponsible to put the rise and fall of a place solely on the quality of the current officials. But after power is decentralized, even if an official has a problem, it will not lead to local unrest, and even if he wants to be bad, it will not lead to local unrest.
You have to be careful too!"
Tian Feng stared at Wang Xuan intently. After Wang Xuan finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to Wang Xuan expressionlessly, "I wrongly blamed Zai, please forgive me!"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Yuan Hao is just serious." Wang Xuan laughed and didn't care, looking magnanimous.
Jia Xu looked at Wang Xuan and then at Tian Feng, and curled his lips secretly. He was sure that Wang Xuan was targeting the aristocratic family. This theory was so rigorous that it couldn't have been thought up on the spur of the moment. It must have been
I had the idea early on, and the reason why it was not promoted in Qingzhou was because it was completely unnecessary.
Because the Qingzhou system itself has already decentralized power!
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