Liu Ruihua thought for a while and said: "The monarch or emperor is a symbol of dictatorship. They enjoy absolute power, are independent of any statute, and strictly prohibit the existence of any opposing authority. In the authoritarian administrative system, the individual or core leader is the absolute center, and its individual power is the original driving force for the operation of the administrative system, and its individual behavior can change the line and process of the operation of the entire administrative system. The people or subordinates can only figure out the hobbies of the core leader, obey their will, and cater to their will.

However, whether they are dictatorships or not, most powerful countries are built on a highly centralized basis. Because for a country, it is possible not to have a dictatorship, but it must be centralized! If the power of a country is scattered everywhere and the lower parts are separated, then the country will soon be divided and finished!"

"Oh, it turns out that centralization is like this!" Liu Ruihua said very simply, and everyone understood it at once.

Liu Ruihua said: "So, I just put forward the concept of 'centralized rule'. That is to say, the areas we will manage in the future must be highly centralized! Only in this way can the areas under our management have a very high degree of cohesion, a strong centripetal force, and rapid development!"

Zhou Yuying was puzzled: "But the appropriate dictatorship?

Liu Ruihua smiled bitterly: "There is no clear standard for this degree, and every era is different." For example, in past dynasties, although the emperor was dictatorial, most of them still had a degree. On the one hand, this degree refers to how much the emperor will listen to the advice of the ministers, and on the other hand, it also means that the emperor will let more people participate in the management of the country. How much power should be delegated to officials, and how much power should be delegated to the people? This is a degree of 'dictatorship'!"

"It's a little confusing......" Liu Ruihua said, everyone probably understood, but not very well.

Liu Ruihua said with a smile: "You must understand that the emperor gave power to the ministers. But delegating power to the people? You should be confused, right? Doesn't it mean that the emperor alone has the final say? Does the emperor still have to listen to the people?

Yes, the emperor must listen to the people! What are the people? The people are the water, and the emperor is the boat. 'The water will carry the boat, and the water will overturn the boat'! Which emperor did not understand this truth? Therefore, there was no emperor in the past who did not attach importance to the will of the people. Basically, the national policy of co-rule between the emperor and the scholars was adopted. In this way, the scholar class gradually became the subclass of imperial examination scholars, but no matter how it changed, in general, the emperor and the scholars ruled the world together. No matter how powerful the emperor is, he can only co-opt and reuse the literati, but he does not dare to crack down on them, otherwise all the scholars in the world will turn against him, and the country will basically be doomed!"

"Oh, we understand it when we say this! An emperor or a ruler, as long as he hands over most of the power to the officials and the people, then there will basically be no big mess in the country, right?" Zhou Yuyun said at this time.

Liu Ruihua nodded and said, "So to speak." However, the ruler cannot do nothing and delegate all powers! Otherwise, the power below will be too great, and the ruler will not be hollowed out? Therefore, how to grasp this degree can only depend on the ruler's personal experience! Moreover, not all powers must be delegated, such as military power—this must be firmly grasped in the hands of the ruler! Power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and if a ruler does not have a gun, he will soon be ousted from power!"

"Understood, this time I completely understood!" Zhou Yuying and everyone nodded and said.

Liu Ruihua finally synthesized: "Actually, since mankind has recorded the history of civilization, only China has always stood tall in the east of the world as a great power and with a strong civilization that has never stopped! However, what makes people laugh and cry is that the political system on which China has relied for its long-term strength and prosperity is a highly centralized system! Therefore, it seems a bit unreasonable to say that a high degree of centralization has harmed our China, right? We can't deny the long-term prosperity and strength created by the great Chinese ancestors just because China is backward?

Besides, the reason why Huaxia is in such a backward and beaten situation is, from a certain angle, not caused by the centralization of power!

As a matter of fact, Liu Ruihua can't say what the specific reason is, and no one can say it! But no one can deny the glory of China in the past! For a long time, China was the "kingdom of heaven"! You must know that at that time, how many princes and grandsons in all parts of the world dreamed of marrying the beautiful "princess of China"? In fact, modern Chinese people should replace their intuitive and extreme attitude with scientific argumentation and view the centralized system in China in the past.

Zhou Yuying fainted: "Ah......? Why do you say that again? If a high degree of centralization is good, why is Huaxia getting weaker and weaker?"

Liu Ruihua said with a smile: "Zhou Yuying's question is a good question! This is because the previous dynasty failed to solve two problems when operating the centralized system:

One is that it is impossible to prevent centralization from sliding into dictatorship. By the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the system of prime ministers was abolished, secret agencies were rampant, and all the restraint systems that hindered the emperor's personal discretion were constantly weakened, so the imperial dictatorship and autocracy in the Qing period reached its peak!

On the other hand, at the end of a dynasty, that is, during the period of the last emperor of a dynasty, the high degree of centralization of power was already a virtual reality! At this time, the emperor could only have supreme power in terms of etiquette and form, but in the actual process of operation, the emperor of this period could no longer have supreme authority. Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty fell, Emperor Chongzhen's last words: 'The king is not the king of the fallen country, and the ministers are all the ministers of the dead country'! That is to say, Chongzhen was no longer able to turn the whole country around with the power of one person at that time, because the officials and localities were all divided, and the high degree of centralization had collapsed!

Zhou Yuying looked at Liu Ruihua and nodded vigorously: "That's a good point! Now I understand why there is a high degree of centralization! That's because if the high degree of centralization collapses, then in fact, the area under management will collapse and perish!"

Liu Ruihuaxing was pleased: "Haha, beautiful women can be taught! ”

Zhou Yuying's face turned red and gave Liu Ruihua a roll of the eyes. Now that Liu Ruihua and Zhou Yuying have done that, the two of them have become one, so now they have a more tacit understanding and a better understanding.

Liu Ruihua sighed at this time: "So, look at the 5,000 years of our Chinese nation, which is actually the history of the emperor's dictatorship and the high degree of centralization of power! So many dynasties are so many parents! So many intellectuals are actually teaching the people how to be a qualified family member! Look at what Confucianism has said? What are the three outlines and five constants, the three obedience and four virtues, and the prince of heaven and earth...... Isn't this a huge theoretical basis for the dictatorship of the feudal dynasties?

Liu Ruihua is not sighing blindly, because Liu Ruihua understands history. Why did the dynasty collapse so quickly as soon as the Manchu imperial examination was abolished?

Everyone knows that the imperial examination has drawbacks, but this is the only way for intellectuals to become officials! How can it be done if the imperial examination is abolished at once and a new opportunity is given to intellectuals to become officials? As a result, intellectuals rebelled!

In other words, those intellectuals shouting that revolution is not for anything else is actually for the sake of becoming officials! If you don't give me a chance to be an official in the Qing Dynasty, then I will overthrow you and I will become a high-ranking official myself!

Of course, it is not for nothing that a sincere revolution is for the sake of the country and the future of the nation. But in the late Qing Dynasty, most of the revolutions were for this. Some famous people have even said: "If the imperial examination is not abolished, who will do the revolution?" This is really a thing that makes people laugh and cry, but this is the intellectuals of China!

Zhou Yuying was stunned: "Ah, won't you?" Ruihua, it's too disrespectful for you to say that, Kong Meng is a saint!"

Liu Ruihua smiled: "I don't mean to disrespect Kong Meng. What I mean is: Many emperors took advantage of the Confucian ideas of Confucius and Mencius! In the eyes of those emperors, what did the sages do? The sages helped the rulers brainwash! It can be joked that the 5,000-year history of China is the history of the brainwashing of the sages!

Zhou Yuying was stunned: "Won't it?Saint brainwashing?Ruihua, why do you say that about a saint?"

Liu Ruihua smiled bitterly and said: "Saints are also human beings, not immortals! Do you think Confucius has no selfish motives? Don't you want to seize power? Let me give you an example: Confucius traveled around the world and sought officials everywhere, wasn't it for the sake of power?"

Zhou Yuying was a little angry and said, "Isn't it? That's what Sage Kong wants to save the people of those countries, right?"

Liu Ruihua couldn't help but laugh and said: "Okay, Confucius really wanted to govern the country when he sought office! But you dare to say that Confucius did not seek official office for the sake of power? You must know that Confucius was so easy to represent Lu Xiang in Lu State for three months, but he killed Shao Zhengmao in less than seven days! What is the reason? Isn't it because Shao Zhengmao's lectures are popular? Even Confucius's big disciple Yan Hui ran over to listen? This must have violated Confucius's authority in the literary circles! You see, Confucius was about to seize power and even dictatorship in only seven days! How can you say that Confucius was not selfish? You must know that saints are also human beings, everyone has seven emotions and six desires, and if you are human, you will have selfishness!"

"This ...... Is there such a thing?" Zhou Yuying was about to refute Liu Ruihua, but she thought about it, she was Liu Ruihua's woman, how could she repeatedly refute her husband?

Liu Ruihua saw Zhou Yuying's incredulous appearance, so he shook his head and said, "Don't worship blindly. You must know that you rulers must not engage in a cult of personality when governing a region or a country! If you go crazy to worship a person, what you do will lose its balance and direction, and what you have to do is to let the people below you worship your personality! It is better for the people under your rule to treat you as saints and gods, and that will be fine!"

Zhou Yuying said: "Oh, let the people below worship us, we can better manage this region and the country, right?"

Liu Ruihua nodded and smiled: "Yes." Forget it, since I've said this, I'm going to break the tall image of the saint in your hearts today! What do you say, Dayu?" asked Liu Ruihua.

Zhou Yuying said: "Dayu? That's also a saint! Who doesn't know that Dayu controls the water three times and passes through the door without entering?"

Liu Ruihua smiled bitterly: "Yes, even if Dayu controls the water three times and does not enter the house, but do you know? Dayu met Tu Shan's family, so he stopped, and let Tu Shan's family get pregnant, and gave birth to a child, which is the founder of the Xia Dynasty, Qi." Can you say that Dayu is too busy to go home, or is there no one in Dayu's family that he is worth missing?"

"Ah, this ......" Zhou Yuying and the others were stunned for a while, and they didn't know what to say.

Liu Ruihua smiled again: "Isn't Qi Guoming Guan Zhong very powerful?"

Zhou Yuying nodded, she didn't know what medicine was sold in Liu Ruihua's gourd now.

Liu Ruihua smiled: "But you know, Guan Zhong has opened an official brothel, and he relies on this to make money." Can you say he's noble-minded?"

"Phew! "A few big beauties immediately turned crimson!

Liu Ruihua smiled and said: "What's this? Qu Yuan is amazing, right? But he likes the King of Chu! A man likes a man, what can you say about Qu Yuan?"

"Wouldn't it? Men like men? How can this be?" several beautiful women blushed, but were full of curiosity.

Liu Ruihua smiled and didn't answer this question, and continued: "Do you know who invented papermaking? That is one of the four great inventions of ancient times! It was invented by Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty. But what about him? He came to the throne by framing other concubines for the queen! When the queen died, he immediately posted another queen, haha, this is really powerful!"

Liu Ruihua looked at the stunned beauties, and then said: "Kong Rong of the Three Kingdoms is very powerful at the age of seven, right? But you know that when he grows up, he doesn't honor his parents at all! He actually said: What is there to honor his mother? She is just a bottle of things, and when things come out, does it still have anything to do with that bottle? That is to say: Her mother is just a tool that gave birth to Kong Rong! So, the seven-year-old Kong Rong who made pears. It's probably because the pears are too big for him to eat!"

"Wow! How can this be? Ruihua, you can't talk nonsense, right?" Could it be that in Liu Ruihua's opinion, there are really no saints?"

Liu Ruihua looked at Zhou Yuying and said: "Is it necessary for me to talk nonsense? There are even more outrageous ones! Zhu Xi, a great Confucian in the Song Dynasty and a master of science, do you know? He shouted every day that "saving heavenly principles and destroying people's desires" was made, but he made his daughter-in-law's belly bigger! This is the famous "picking up ashes"! In addition, Su Dongpo also got his daughter-in-law, and it is said that there is also Wang Anshi!

"Phew...... It's all fake!" Zhou Yuying's face was red at this time!