Chapter 323: Guns and dice
ascended the throne and became the emperor, Ning Yu naturally would not ignore the gang of people who followed him to fight the world, after all, these people are his basic plate, and the common people are who are strong with whom, but only these people who pin their heads to their belts are the real descendants who follow themselves without hesitation.
The previous award of honors and titles is a reward, but after all, those are for the army, not for everyone, so Ning Yu quickly issued an order to Yousi, and began to reformulate the official system, as well as rewards for meritorious ministers, especially to quickly get out of the new government structure, so that Ning Yu can avoid becoming a model worker emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang.
After some preparations, Ning Yu also did his homework, and began to prepare to hold a national political conference in Fengtian Palace, and this national political conference will be dominated by the original people of the political affairs hall, so as to readjust the current national political foundation, as well as sort out some things in the inner and outer courts and localities.
Speaking of which, since the dynasties, these things are basically the most important things after the founding of the country, but after the three provinces and six ministries system was determined, most of the dynasties were fine-tuned in this circle, in fact, the core things have never changed, of course, Ning Yu does not plan to change anything, after all, it is easy to use.
Of course, for those civil officials, it is also a great news, the big guys are gearing up, ready to fight with Ning Yu for this matter, of course, the thing to fight for is essentially the boundary between the monarch's power and the relative power, that is, the relationship between the emperor and the ministers.
However, since there has been an emperor, the struggle between the monarch and the prime minister is an inevitable thing, even if it is a genius such as Zhu Yuanzhang, even if the position of prime minister is abolished, but later, there are still freaks like the cabinet chief assistant to fight for power, and compared to the prime minister, its power has even become greater.
Therefore, for Ning Yu, he will not consider being a model worker, so it is normal for his authority to be delegated, but how to balance the power of his subordinates is a matter that needs to be carefully considered, because if it is too decentralized, it is difficult to ensure that the monarchy will not be bullied by the relative power, of course, if everything is grasped in hand, it will be tiring to death.
"Three provinces and six ministries are not enough to rely on, let alone blindly biased. The system of the Ming and Qing dynasties is also flawed, you Aiqing, what are your good suggestions? ”
Cui Wancai stroked his long beard, this is a big proposition, and he groaned slightly at the moment before he slowly spoke.
"The structure of the past dynasties, often not out of the structure of the three provinces and six ministries, in the Ming and Qing dynasties to the peak, the Qing system is also on the basis of the Ming system, if you discuss its gains and losses, but you need to discuss the results of the Ming system."
"If we talk about the Ming system, the first thing is to abolish the prime minister and set up a cabinet, and now the military aircraft department set up by the Qing court also has a bit of the style of a cabinet, which is naturally good......"
"As for the system of three provinces and six ministries, it is also very different today, like the three provinces of Zhongshu, Menxia and Shangshu in the Tang Dynasty, there is no Zhongshu Province in the Ming Dynasty, only the Zhongshu Sheren is left, only with case management and copying, and Menxia Province has left the seven products to give things, and the weight and inferiority. As for Shangshu Province, although it is still there, the Shangshu Order and the power of the left and right servants have all been transformed into six ......"
Cui Wancai is very familiar with this aspect, and he sighed slightly, "Although the Ming system has the right to participate in the refutation, but this position is only owned by the seven products, and the weight is low, so it is easy to become a pawn of the party struggle. ”
Speaking of which, when Zhu Yuanzhang formulated this system, it can be said that he used a bitter conscience, he was afraid that the courtiers below would have too much power, so he split the three provinces, especially the power to refute the emperor's will, but it was given to those who were low.
However, in a sense, these officials were not used to refute the emperor, but to check and balance the six ministries, as long as they spoke, the six Shangshu were often helpless because of the scientific staff, and they had to put aside the original proposal, which was also a kind of emperor's monarchy at that time, so in essence, it was to maintain the monarchy, and it was often used to fight.
Therefore, the meaning of Kedao in the Ming Dynasty and Menxia Province in the Tang Dynasty is completely different, one is to check and balance the monarchy, and the other is to check and balance the ministers. Therefore, before the end of the Ming Dynasty, the party struggle model was shot by the Kedao Yanguan under their respective parties, and this point was also the main opposition of Cui Wancai.
Ning Yu nodded lightly, he didn't say anything, but then looked at the other ministers, with a little smile on his face, "Do you have any other opinions?" As much as we can say together, this time we are laying the foundation for the eternal future, and we need to weigh it more. ”
The ministers below glanced at each other, only to see Li Fu come out slowly, and said in a loud voice: "What Lord Cui said is indeed reasonable, but the ministers think that the prestige of the Son of Heaven cannot be damaged at all, and the three provinces and six ministries in the Tang Dynasty are really too corrupt." ”
At present, there are not many factions in Dachu, strictly speaking, especially in the political arena, they are actually only roughly divided into two factions, one is the Huguang faction, and the representative figure is naturally the leader of Huguang Shilin like Cui Wancai, and the other faction is the Jiangnan faction, but the Jiangnan faction does not have a so-called leader, whether it is Lu Yizhong or Li Fu, they are all great Confucians in the Jiangnan faction, but at present, Li Fu is the main one.
Although Li Fu had a personal relationship with Cui Wancai in the past, it did not prevent them from having an antagonistic attitude in the political arena. In particular, the gentry of various factions in Jiangnan and Huguang are also wrestling in secret, although there is no real spark on the surface, but the rift has faintly appeared.
Of course, for this point, neither Ning Yu nor Ning Zhongyuan will interfere, and even have a more willing attitude, after all, if the courtiers under him are ironclad, then he Ning Yu will not be able to sleep.
Therefore, after listening to what Cui Wancai said, Li Fu immediately refuted it.
Ning Yu looked at the other ministers in the palace, but everyone had been digesting the remarks just now, and they didn't have the idea of presenting it.
"I think that although there are some problems with the Ming system, it is not a big deal. Although the post of prime minister has been abolished, and the power is concentrated on the emperor, it is not the emperor who is in charge alone, there are also cabinet scholars, there are six ministries, as well as the General Administration Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple, and many things must be pushed by the court, discussed by the court, and ...... by the court."
Ning Yu didn't buy the teacher's account at this point, although he knew that Cui Wancai was indeed out of a public heart, and it was indeed for the good of Da Chu, and for the good of him Ning Yu, but Ning Yu still would not agree to return to the old system of the Tang Dynasty, because he Ning Yu was not an emperor like Li Er at all.
Speaking of which, in the hearts of the literati, the model of the monarch and the minister is Li Shimin and Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng is good at admonishment, Li Shimin is good at admonishment, and on the surface it looks harmonious and happy, and has also been praised by the literati for more than a thousand years, and has become a holy monarch and a famous minister.
However, such a title is not suitable for Ning Yu, because in Ning Yu's plan, the emperor he wants to be is not the kind of emperor who will scruple about his false name, and he has many things that cannot be harmoniously with scholars in this era, such as Ning Yu wants to change the content of the imperial examination, not to take the Four Books and Five Classics, and to test scientific knowledge, is this something that can be discussed with scholars?
Obviously, the emperor that Ning Yu wants to be is an emperor similar to Qin Shi Huang, an emperor who is full of words, even if many of his actions are placed in this era, no one will understand, but he will still do what he should do, and he will do it in the future if he does not do it now, so strengthening the monarchy has become the only choice.
What Ning Yu wants is not anything else, that is, to follow the law, that is, to say the same.
After Cui Wancai listened to Ning Yu's words, although there was no fluctuation on his face, his fingers were a little white, he sighed softly, and retreated to the side gloomily. But a trace of excitement flashed in Li Fu's eyes, he was sure that he had understood the emperor's thoughts, this was a real hero.
As a minister, the emperor he faces is actually very crucial, and the monarch and the minister are also very particular about a fate, meeting an emperor who knows people and is good at his duties, it is naturally gratifying, and when he encounters a violent emperor, he can only lament.
"I think that the current major politics will be put down for the time being, but there is one thing that must be said in advance, there must be no more slightest connection between the inner court and the outer court, and the inner court will completely abolish the eunuch system, remove the eunuchs, and do not allow men to go to the palace without permission, and everything in the court adopts the female official system."
Seeing that Cui Wancai had died down, Ning Yu instead deflected the topic, and he immediately brought the topic to the inner court and the outer court, which made the ministers really a little confused, but they felt very excited about what Ning Yu said.
What do literati hate the most? Eunuch is definitely on the list, in fact, as an extension of imperial power, eunuchs' participation in politics will essentially be resisted by the civil servants, the struggle between the Donglin Party and the eunuchs before the end of the Ming Dynasty is this clear embodiment, but it is not so much that the Donglin Party is dissatisfied with the eunuchs, but more dissatisfied with the emperor who interferes with the local at will.
It is also interesting to say that for the literati, one of the things they wanted to do most was to enshrine the emperor there as a statue, but if the statue had any thoughts and actions of its own, then the civil officials and gentry would unite and chop off the hand that the idol stretched out, and the eunuchs would become victims of this struggle.
Now seeing that Ning Yu took the initiative to ban eunuchs, it made everyone a little overjoyed, at this time, who cares about the so-called ancestral system or not, the tradition is not traditional, as long as it is beneficial to the civil official group, it is a good policy.
Although Ning Yu took everyone to Donghua Gate to do a second show a few days ago, it is obvious that many people do not particularly care about this matter, what they care about is only a set of criteria for Ning Yu to select and employ people - the rule of the Ming monarch is just a conjecture of the people, because no matter how virtuous the emperor is, in the end he needs to rely on the officials to implement.
It's just that they didn't expect that Ning Yu really planned to ban the eunuch system, so that the civil official group would no longer be restrained - unless Ning Yu once again supported the clan power and noble power of the Ning family...... But the destructive power of these two is much stronger than that of the eunuchs, many people think that Ning Yu does not dare to choose, everyone knows that the clan and the nobles all want to eat meat,
Do you really dare not choose? A few smiles appeared on Ning Yu's face, in fact, supporting the Ning family clan and the military Xungui group was already a plan made by Ning Yu, and he would not worry about the backlash of the Ning family clan and the Xungui group, because this era was a pioneering era, and the large territory overseas was enough to satisfy their appetites......
"Therefore, I must completely cut off the inner court from the outer court, and the inner court must not interfere in politics, and the outer court must not interfere with the inner court."
Ning Yu's words are still very informative, and the ministers understand what he means, the emperor in the past belongs to the kind of person who can manage anything, but everything needs to be controlled by the people of the world, just like the selfless affairs of the Son of Heaven, even if the emperor plays some small games in the harem, he will be scolded by the Taoist officials, and the big hat of absurdity can be buttoned up.
Since this is the case, then make a deal, the emperor has canceled the eunuch system, and the inner court will no longer interfere with the outer court, that is, the emperor can no longer interfere everywhere at will, but there is also one thing that needs to be exchanged, that is, the emperor's private life, and it cannot be interfered with by the outer court, which belongs to the emperor's personal freedom.
This makes it a little difficult for the ministers to accept, whether it is Cui Wancai or Li Fu, they all feel a little awkward, although their ideas have surpassed many people of the same era, but they still think that the emperor is not only the emperor, but also a symbol of the country, since they are all symbols, the behavior must naturally meet the standards, otherwise it will not make people laugh?
Especially controlling the emperor's private affairs, but the ministers have the greatest pleasure, and now the emperor actually said that they will not interfere with each other in the future? There is even one key point, that is, the question of the future battle for the throne, whether this is a matter of the inner court or an outer court? What if the emperor himself had a whim in the future.
These questions soon became a knife hanging over the heads of the ministers, of course they hoped that the inner court would not interfere with the outer court, but they also hoped that the outer court could interfere with the inner court, but in this way, I was afraid that the gun that really bullied Ning Yu was not accurate enough, and it would be miserable if he was dragged out to shoot the target.......
Ning Yu looked at the embarrassed courtiers, but a trace of pride appeared on his face, the way of the merchant is that both buyers and sellers must have bargaining chips, but the emperor in the past has been rolling the dice with the ministers, if he keeps throwing six, but as long as he throws a few threes, I am afraid that the world will completely fall into the hands of the ministers, and the emperor at that time is really passive.
The key to this is that the emperor has always been a member of the Ning family, and the ministers are stubble, they can lose a hundred, and the people behind can continue to play, but as long as the emperor loses three or four, the glory of the world will be gone.
Wanting to win in this kind of game, Ning Yu decisively threw away the dice, but picked up the abacus and the gun, and either sat down and calculated the account together, or beat each other with the gun.
With guns and abacus, who else can Ning Yu be afraid of?