"The pattern of 'three heavens, three earths, and four' is a move by Emperor Shuozheng to check and balance the bureaucratic system, and this method forced Ji Bin Zhishi two years ago to suspend the reform of the national system, but at the same time, Emperor Shuozheng had to take a step back and let Taifu come out to block the front and temporarily take charge. The vote of the prime minister, no matter how good the will is, is the second action of the bureaucrats and the foreign powers, and this time, the idea of Emperor Shuozheng is to 'use strength' to elect his grandson to the throne. ”

Mo Longxiang asked: "You have been talking about bureaucratic powers, but what's going on?" In general, someone has come out, is it Li Huaqian? Is it Mo Hu? Or someone else? ”

Bai Shi shook his head and said: "Only before was the 'reformist' led by Ji Bin, and with Ji Bin's success, this faction disappeared, but after they disappeared, they evolved into maybe everyone in the court, or maybe no one. As we just said, this is a bureaucratic matter, and it is only a matter of time before another 'Ji Bin' is born. But you have to understand that the emperor's enemy is not the minister of a certain faction or faction, but the general trend of the world. ”

Mo Longxiang looked at Bai Shi, and his psychology seemed to understand.

"In the Western countries, the system of constitutional monarchy gradually appeared, France and the United States were more thorough, and Louis XVI was guillotined! These are nothing, but these countries are stronger than one another, and the empire has fought two battles with the great powers, and it has been completely defeated. Therefore, the imperial system was formed, which was the old system, a system that inhibited the development of the empire. This is the 'enemy' that Emperor Shuozheng faced, the bureaucracy that had been suppressed by the 'Heaven and Earth Monarchs' for thousands of years, as if it had been 'express' from heaven, and instead forced the emperor to come. ”

Mo Longxiang was stunned, and looked at Bai Shi seriously.

Bai Shi didn't care about Mo Longxiang, it seemed that he was talking to the sea, and continued to say to the vast sea: "The impact of the general trend of the world on the bureaucratic collective is imperceptible, to put it bluntly, when a problem arises, whether it is Taifu, Li Huaqian, or Mo Hu's choice, it may be conducive to the rule of the royal family, or it may be unfavorable to the rule of the royal family, one or two problems will not change significantly, and when the quantitative change turns into a qualitative change, this empire will be a different picture." The difficulty of Emperor Shuozheng is that after Ji Bin, time is still slowly advancing, and a new 'Ji Bin' will definitely appear in the bureaucratic system, but the emperor does not know where the enemy is, but he has to guard against the enemy. And the most interesting thing about 'Heaven and Earth Four' is that it disperses the bureaucratic powers and restricts each other, although you may sound like the emperor's checks and balances in the "Twenty-Four History", but Emperor Shuozheng's trick is more refined. ”

Mo Longxiang was about to say something, but Bai Shi ignored it, but continued: "'Heaven Three' and 'Earth Four' check and balance each other is very interesting, there are at least five checks and balances in it, Taifu, Li Huaqian, and Mo Hu are the first weight, the four princes check and balance each other This is the second weight, and the 'heaven' and 'earth' are the third weight, this is easy to say, the most interesting is here." ”

Speaking of this, Bai Shi's eyes lit up, as if he had found the truth of the world: "The fourth is the great powers, the most important job of the Huadu Admiral Office is to deal with the central court officials who collude with foreigners, so the great powers have to be forced to cooperate with several princes, of course, the natural colonialism of the great powers is also willing to collude with local forces, so the cost is more cost-effective than buying a central court official, after all, everyone knows' As a result, several major powers in the world have chosen the cooperation of the four kings, for example, Britain and the United States have a good relationship with your father, King Qi's children are studying in Germany, and Princess Huai's new princess is a Chinese who grew up in France, King Chu, you naturally know that the relationship with Portugal is not ordinarily close. When the great powers choose different princes, these powers become checks and balances, and several major powers in the world were divided and stopped by Emperor Shuozheng in this way, which is really exquisite. ”

"The last weight is the balance between 'heaven' and 'earth' on the great powers, that is, the checks and balances of the imperial bureaucracy on the powers, which requires the foundation of the first fourfold, and also because the foundation of the first four will unconsciously develop this weight, because of the nature of human profit-seeking. In the early stage of the reform of the national system, Emperor Shuozheng did want to change the imperial political system, but in the later period, when he found that the bureaucratic system was colluding with the foreign powers, Emperor Shuozheng gradually built these fivefold checks and balances, so when these five layers were intertwined and mixed, the power of the 'Ji Bins' had been dissolved, and the emperor called off the reform of the national system. ”

Bai Shi smiled and continued: "Under these five-fold checks and balances, there will actually be a sixth level of confrontation and balance, but Emperor Shuozheng has resolved it, guess what?" ”

"Don't let me guess, you're talking about something I never thought about." Mo Longxiang said truthfully.

"After the five-fold checks and balances, it is easy to have contradictions, no matter which kind of checks and balances under the contradictions, a judge is needed, and this judge should naturally be served by Emperor Shuozheng, after a long time, the judge has to enter the game and become a member of this checks and balances. Emperor Shuozheng also saw this trend, so he took the initiative to express his illness, pushed Taifu to the front, and used the 'unanimous vote system' of the trial and political council as the judge, and kicked the contradiction back to the 'heaven and earth and four', so the chaos of the situation in Zhaojia, the interests of all factions, this is the root! ”

Mo Longxiang clapped his hands and exclaimed: "The Wei family, which is worthy of being the sticky pole of Emperor Yongzheng, is indeed your knowledge, if you don't grow up in an official family, you won't be able to bear fruit." ”

"Let me tell you, when I found out about the checks and balances in this, I knew why Emperor Shuozheng was able to ascend the throne, why Emperor Weide was able to rebel in everyone, and Emperor Shuozheng was able to continue the empire to this day, he is really a master who understands people's hearts. And along this line of thought, the chaos of the King of Chu this time is related to the decline of Portugal's national power, Emperor Shuozheng has always been able to deal with the 'four kings' pattern, but they all need to balance the foreign powers behind it, if the world situation makes Britain decay, the Luo Dynasty will also have the same chaos as the Twin Islands. Now, then, if I guess correctly, the twin islands will change dramatically. ”

Mo Longxiang said: "You are right, the Governor's Mansion and the Military Supervision Office of the Twin Islands have been abolished, the two provinces are subordinate to the imperial court, and Li Guangya is now presiding over the military affairs of the Twin Islands and the provincial affairs of the North Island Province. ”

"That is, Portugal has weakened significantly in recent years, and at the same time, the Twin Islands are isolated overseas, and it is easiest for Vietnam and other places to become independent, modeled after the River View Dynasty. And because of the personality of the King of Chu, the relationship with several people in the court is shallow, and the lack of this link will indeed affect the court situation, I don't know how Emperor Shuozheng will deal with it, do you have a recent holy decree, I want to see and study again. ”

Mo Longxiang nodded and said, "I have issued a holy decree, right in my ship's warehouse, go back now?" ”

Bai Shi shook his head and asked, "What is King Hua doing at the moment?" Why aren't you in the same boat with him? ”

Mo Longxiang: "Since getting on the warship, King Hua has been with ...... I didn't come out of the ship's cabin, and after Dong Wenxiang sorted out the matter, King Hua asked me to take a look, meaning to revise it and report it according to my wishes, so I didn't care. ”

When Bai Shi heard this, his brows furrowed, but he was quickly relieved and said, "How did you write this report?" ”

"Boasting about King Hua's heroic martial arts."

Bai Shi: "Already handed it in?" ”

Mo Longxiang shook his head and asked, "These are all unspoken rules, is there any problem?" ”

"Change it, say more about the suffering of the people, say more about the Portuguese aggressiveness, and say more about the oppression of the foreign powers, these are what Emperor Shuozheng wants. Don't brag about some King Hua, if the people below are more hungry and cold, in comparison, King Hua's merits will be greater. Bai said.

This is the darker contrast of Western oil painting. Then again, what exactly do you want to promise? Mo Longxiang asked with a smile.

Bai Shi: "Li Guangya may ask you for the position of chairman of the military government." I also just thought that if you succeed in your career, give me a count, and the eldest son of the family will be a viscount, and you will be a viscount, and you will be hereditary and not supported. Give me a few more gold mines, and I'll leave something for my family. ”

"I just heard you say a lot, I think you have transcended the affairs of these nobles and ordinary people, I didn't expect you to still want this?"

"One of the advantages of a knighthood is that it supports the upper class. If the upper class of society does not have a knighthood, it will be like the United States, relying on the continuous accumulation of money, and let the newspaper seal the title of "steel king" and "oil king", if there is a knighthood, the upper class will have a bottleneck of honor, and this bottleneck will inhibit the plundering of the people's fat and people's cream to a certain extent. ”

Mo Longxiang smiled and said, "After a deep talk, I promise you, if it is done, it will be like this." I can let you go to the inner court, you can ...... completely."

"Okay, a lieutenant general who is idle, and let me go to the inner court, do you think it is realistic?" Bai served Mo Longxiang the same.

The two laughed.

The original clear sky of the ocean, a trace of wind blowing more and more fiercely, the sound of the wind in the sea is getting louder and louder, the seagulls with the ship around the mast at low altitude, as if the wings are heavily pressed on the jack, after a few circles, it falls on the inside of the mast, so that even the wind and rain can not wet the wings, all this indicates that the storm is coming, and the sailors of the ship also began to get busy, but it did not affect the discussion between Mo Longxiang and Bai Shi at all, the two seemed to talk about something again, and suddenly laughed again, The first mate of the ship, Li Liang, and Lin Feng, who were not far away, looked at the two of them very nervously, Li Liang wanted to step forward to interrupt, a visible high wave came from the side, the captain turned the bow of the boat, and rushed to the waves head-on with the bow of the ship, the boat was lifted high, and it was at this moment that Mo Longxiang stood at the highest point of the bow, and a thunderclap reflected Mo Longxiang's eyes that defied the world like an eagle at the moment, and Li Liang quickly retreated.