Chapter 341: Historical Records
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Those who agreed with Liu Tong's suggestion accounted for fifty percent. Still disagree, there are forty percent. The remaining 10% remain neutral.
Most of the courtiers who disagree are children and grandchildren who have no success in their families, for fear that if this decree is passed, the children in the family will be gone.
Emperor Taichang nodded with satisfaction and asked the ministers, "Do you still have any doubts?" ”
A courtier came out and said: "Your Majesty, the official setting has been a law since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, and if it is changed suddenly, I am afraid it will be a blasphemy to the sages." ”
Liu Tong immediately replied: "The "Great Wei Law" was also formulated by the founding of the country, but a hundred years have passed, and some of these laws and regulations are not applicable to the current situation, so they have to change their course and draft them again. According to what this lord said, the kings of all dynasties were afraid of blaspheming their ancestors, so didn't they all have to return to the ancestral system and not tolerate the slightest change and adjustment? ”
"This ......"
The man was dumbfounded by Liu Tong's rhetorical question, and the other person immediately picked up: "Even if it is as King Rongjun said, it must keep pace with the times and not stick to the rules, but after all, streamlining the organization is a big deal, once something goes wrong halfway through, making the government order sluggish, who will bear the consequences?" ”
Liu Tong looked at him for a while, and then said with a smile: "If Your Majesty adopts the advice of this king and begins to streamline the court situation, so that the powers and responsibilities of various officials are clear, then where to adjust, who is in charge during the adjustment period, there will be an initial plan and plan, and there will be a specific and clear appointment." Whoever has an accident during their temporary appointment is naturally responsible. Your Excellency, don't think that such a thing is a trivial matter, if Your Majesty were to do it, there would certainly be no omission or mistake. ”
Although Wenchen can play tricks, he can't stand Liu Tong's list one by one, and it is inevitable that he will not be able to refute it for a while.
The generals don't have so many words, and only put forward one point, that is, poor students, who have only learned military books, how to march and fight, train and wait for war?
Liu Tong said: "If the children of the nobles only read the book of war, can they march and fight, train and prepare for war?" I'm afraid that I have to go into the barracks to experience it before I can march and set up a formation on the martial arts field. That being the case, why can the children of the nobles be able but the children of the poor are not? is nothing more than the origin of the children of the nobility, which is destined to have more sources of resources than the children of the poor family. But if you really want to talk about it, when it comes to killing the enemy, I'm afraid that the soldiers who rush to the front have more power to speak. Without these little soldiers, how can we form an army? ”
Liu Tong saluted the generals: "Generals, this king doesn't understand the matter of fighting, but compared with playing tricks in the court, this king admires the ability of the generals to train the army to guard the border passes and expand the territory." Generals, please think about it, if you can also have a young general from a poor family but with outstanding military ability, how dignified is it to spread it? The people will say, "If you generals are so good at leading people, your children and grandchildren must also be strong men!" When generals go to battle, they are more or less worried about their defeat, right? When you see your children and grandchildren on the battlefield, you are even more worried about their safety, right? As far as this king knows, there are already many of you who see that the world is now peaceful and there is no war to fight, and they want to make the children of your family abandon martial arts and follow literature. In this case, why can't such an opportunity be given to the poor children who want to get ahead and serve the country? ”
Generals, you touch your nose and I coughed, obviously Liu Tong's words hit their weak point.
"You have been struggling with the difference between the Hanmen and the nobles, and it is really difficult for King Shu to understand." Liu Tong sighed, glanced at the ministers, and said, "You were born nobles, have you checked the family tree?" Counting back three, five, or more, were your families nobles? Is it so condescending to think that you can do anything? Why did the previous dynasty fall, don't forget when you read history, don't learn from them and forget your own duty. Of course, this king believes that Your Majesty will learn from it. ”
Liu Tong arched his hand towards Emperor Taichang and secretly winked at him.
The corners of Emperor Taichang's mouth slowly curled.
The previous dynasty was destroyed, and it was said on the surface that it was because the last monarch favored the traitorous ministers and concubines, causing the traitors to be in power and the heroes rose everywhere.
But in fact, the reason is nothing more than the aristocracy's division of interests, but the uneven distribution, caused by the chaos. The so-called heroes are everywhere, and most of them are nobles with rich families and soldiers.
The final winner, Xingyang Liu, is one of them.
After the early pacification of the world, it was inevitable that other nobles were still in trouble and quarrelling, so Emperor Gaozu rewarded the nobles and tried to keep them in check with each other. However, in order to prevent other nobles from interfering in the inheritance of the country, an unwritten rule was left - the successor is the queen's concubine, and the queen must be from the people.
Over the past hundred years, successive emperors have begun to weaken the power of aristocratic families.
Although the imperial examination system caused dissatisfaction among the nobles, it did not rebound too much in the end.
But Liu Tong's sloppiness is undoubtedly challenging the bottom line of the nobles.
They still can't refute it, and even the opposition is not as great as before.
The influence of Emperor Yuanwu's reduction of lords is still there, and now there are few princely families, and the titles of nobles are generally not high, but the real power is heavy.
They are afraid that if they stand up against it, they will be the first to be killed and set an example.
And Liu Tong's last words are clearly opening the skylight to the courtiers who are reluctant to divide the rights and interests of the nobles.
The implication of his words is, are you reluctant to have this little power, do you want to follow the example of the current imperial family in the previous dynasty, and want to overthrow the Great Wei and re-establish yourself as the emperor?
Who would dare to bear this charge?
Old Master Sun held the corners of his mouth and smiled: "The prince of the county is serious...... Ministers naturally abide by the duties of their ministers. ”
"Yes, yes, the prince of the county is serious, and he is serious......"
Emperor Taichang lifted the hanging beads on his crown and said, "Do you ministers still have doubts about this?" ”
Agree with Liu Tongshangshu's natural way of "no doubt", and those who disagree with it will not be silent.
None of them can see it now, the emperor is willing to be sparse with King Rongjun. Not only willing, I'm afraid that King Rongjun's sloppiness was instructed by the emperor.
The emperor is obviously starting to do something to the nobles of the family......
In the end, Liu Tong's Shangshu got the approval of Emperor Taichang and sent it back to the Criminal Department, so that the Shangshu of the Criminal Department could draw up a plan for the adjustment of official positions on the current situation of the Criminal Department.
This is not the end, the emperor also asked the other five ministries to draw up a detailed plan, which will be submitted to him for review within half a month.
The six books of Shangshu only felt miserable.
At this time, the old nobles honestly pretended to be quails, and waited for the court to meet together to discuss what Emperor Taichang's move meant, and how they should respond.
"If you want to say that Your Majesty is really for the good inheritance of our descendants, I don't believe it." An old nobleman blew his beard and glared: "In the name of being good for us, isn't it actually emptying our power." Promote the Han ...... Hmph, he is not afraid of a few more difficult nobles to deal with. (To be continued.) )