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Most of the princes didn't know this old man, but they all guessed that this person should be the medicine king Sun Simiao. This time, it is impossible for him not to appear on the policy of governing the country to decide the ownership of the jade seal of the country.

"Thank you for coming to the mansion, the old man is Sun Simiao. Some time ago, the old man inadvertently got the jade seal of the former Sui. I always wanted to give this seal to a Ming Jun. I hope that he can dominate the world as soon as possible, calm down the chaos like today, and create a stable and peaceful situation for the surname Li Min. Sun Simiao's eyes glanced at everyone at this time, and then said slowly.

"However, who is Mingjun? Who is a tyrant? Who is the Faint King? Who is the mediocre king. It's hard to tell! No monarch would consider himself to be a merchant of Xia Wei, and they all thought that they were Emperor Qin and Han Wu. Just like Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, he opened the imperial examination, built the Eastern Capital, built the Great Wall, dug canals, attacked the Turks, and conquered Goryeo, all of which were considered to be the foundation of the Great Sui for thousands of years, but because of the abuse of people's power, the world was full of complaints. The heroes rose up, and finally caused the destruction of the Great Sui. ”

Therefore, the old man thought that the jade seal of the country should be handed over to a prince who could take the most correct way to govern the country...... And what is the most correct way to govern the country? Everyone has what they think is the best, and this is difficult to unify, and all we can do is to select some of the best policies for governing the country that most people agree with. Therefore, the old man gave the choice to the mansions sitting around several princes. They are all talented in the national policy of governing the country and security, and they have considerable research talents. ”

Sun Simiao said at this time: "After a while, the old man will throw bricks and lead the way, and put forward several questions about governing the country to everyone, please answer them one by one." You can tell you what you will do to govern the country if you become the lord of the world, and see if you can move their hearts. After all the questions had been asked, and all the princes had stated their ideas for governing the country, the forty-five members of the palace voted to determine the one with whom they were most satisfied. The one with the most votes will receive the jade seal! ”

As soon as Sun Simiao's voice fell, all the princes couldn't help whispering, although Wang Shichong had already announced the rules before, they were always a little skeptical, but now from Sun Simiao's mouth, it can be said to be ironclad. Now the question is who will start the story.

It stands to reason that the one who answers first will suffer some losses. This is because the person who answers later will determine what he should say and what he should not say based on the reaction of the crowd after the speech of the previous speaker. to do what they like.

But after careful consideration, the princes found that this was not absolute, because the theories of governing the country were all similar, such as reducing taxes, not abusing people's power, not waging wars, and so on. If someone says it first, and then follows the same national policy, won't it make people think that they are picking up people's teeth? It's not good.

Therefore, after some thought, Li Tong preemptively asked, "Medicine King, I don't know what is the order of answering this question?" It's impossible for everyone to answer together, right? ”

Sun Simiao obviously expected someone to ask such a question, he stroked his long beard under his chin, and then said unhurriedly: "There are eight princes present now, namely Li Yuan, Yu Ming, Xiao Miao, Du Fuwei, Li Tong, Shen Faxing, Li Liang and Liang Shidu. And the old man asked eight questions. Each prince had a chance to speak first, and a chance to speak last. Therefore, Li Yuanjun can rest assured that the old man is fair to every prince. ”

Li Tong nodded, and then sat down. He knew he couldn't win the battle for world domination. Therefore, he is already working on choosing to take refuge in a prince who may win. Now he is already in contact with the envoy sent by Li Yuan, if there is no major accident, after the Luoyang Conference, he will announce the surrender of Li Yuan.

In this controversy over the jade seal of the country, he thought that although he could not win, he wanted to prove his ability to govern in order to find a good position after joining Li Yuan in the future.

Sun Simiao smiled slightly at this time: "If you don't have any doubts, then this debate on the strategy of governing the country has begun!" We all know that before the Sui Dynasty, the public nine secretary system was implemented, and the prime minister was the official. However, Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty abolished the prime minister and changed the official system to the provincial six-ministry system. Although Shang Shuling is the highest official position, it has no real name and no real power. The first question is: if you get the world, what kind of bureaucracy will it take? ”

After this question was raised, all the princes were silent for a while, they did not expect the first question to be so tricky. Most of the words they prepared before were words describing how they would be diligent in government and love the people, and they didn't expect Sun Simiao to ask such a profound question. For a moment the princes did not know how to answer.

Sun Simiao's eyes swept around, and then he looked at Li Daodao: "Li Yuanjun, you will answer this first question first." ”

After Li Tong heard this, he couldn't help but open his mouth, he just made some preparations for how to love his surname and punish corrupt officials. On the question of the imperial court system, how can he answer it.

"This ...... Dear Medicine King, Li has not studied much in this area, so let's ask the other princes to answer. Li informed that if he messed around, he was afraid that the image of others would be worse, so it was better not to express his opinion at all.

Sun Simiao showed a hint of disappointment in his eyes, and then looked at Du Fuwei and said, "I don't know if Lord Du has an opinion?" ”

Du Fuwei also scratched his head and said: "I only have research on leading troops to fight, and in terms of the imperial court official system, I can only make a decision after going back and discussing with a few military advisors......

And Shen Faxing, Li Rail, Liang Shidu and others are also similar to Du Fuwei's answers. It wasn't until Sun Simiao asked Xiao Mo that the lord of Jingxiang said with a straight face: "Back to the medicine king, Xiao thinks that the official system of Gong Jiuqing is better." Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty established the provincial six-ministry system in order to consolidate the imperial power and avoid the frequent usurpation of the throne by ministers who held real power during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. As a result, the post of prime minister was abolished, although objectively it played a role in avoiding the occurrence of the minister's dictatorship. But the result was that the monarch's power was unchecked, and the emperor could do as he pleased. If the emperor is like Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, it is good if he is a Ming monarch......"

"But if it is a tyrant like Yang Guang, it will be a disaster for the world. Moreover, the implementation of the six-ministry system only avoided the monopoly of foreign relatives and ministers, but it could not prevent local officials and peasants from rising up in rebellion. Since Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goryeo, Wang Bo, Zhai Rang, Yang Xuangan, Li Mi, Dou Jiande and others have rebelled. In the end, the seemingly powerful Great Sui was overthrown. Therefore, Xiao believes that the public nine-secretary system should be implemented! ”

As soon as Xiao Miao's words fell, even many princes agreed. Because after the Sui Dynasty implemented the six-ministry system, only the second emperor died, which made many princes think that this official system was not suitable. In particular, Xiao Mo was born in the Jiangnan Shi clan, and the southerners have always had a rejection of the provincial six-ministry system formulated by the Guanlongmen valve who belongs to the northerners.

However, Li Yuan, who also belongs to the Guanlongmen valve, obviously can't listen to it. Because the six-ministry system of this province was not implemented by Yang Jian alone, but the entire Guanlongmen valve participated in the formulation at that time.

Of course, the Guanlongmen valve unanimously agreed to abolish the prime minister and implement the provincial six-ministry system, which was also due to the disputes over the distribution of power among the major families. Dugu's family, Yuan's family, Li's family, Dou's family, and Yu's family are all staring at the position of prime minister. And there is not much difference in strength between them, and no one can suppress anyone. In the end, such a compromise could only be negotiated, with each holding some of the power and achieving mutual checks and balances.

Objectively speaking, the Sui Dynasty at that time was more like a company, Yang Jian was the chairman, the major families of Guanlongmen were shareholders, and then all the families were appointed to the company's board of directors to serve as an executive director. After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he was bent on getting rid of the shackles of the Guanlongmen valve.

Therefore, he implemented the imperial examination system to recruit talents from poor backgrounds. At the same time, he also supported the Shandong Shi clan and the Jiangnan Shi clan to join the board of directors, trying to weaken the power of the Guanlongmen valve. As a result, due to policy mistakes, he not only forced the Guanlongmen valve to rebel, but also caused chaos in the world, and finally became the king of the country.

And now the reason why the Guanlong Gate Valve unanimously decided to support Li Yuan is because he agreed to restore the system at the beginning of Yang Jian's establishment of the Sui Dynasty, so that all the Gate Valves can share the power of the imperial court. Otherwise, how could Li Yuan pacify Guanzhong so quickly, defeat Xue Ju, drink Ma Longxi, and occupy Bashu.

"Is it because King Liang refuted the provincial six-ministry system because he was formulated by the former Sui Dynasty, so he rejected it without consideration?" Li Yuan immediately sneered.

At this time, he talked eloquently: "The position of prime minister is too high and powerful, if the emperor is strong and has high prestige, he can suppress the prime minister, but it is easy to say." But if the emperor is still young or slightly incapacitated, he will be overshadowed by the prime minister, resulting in a situation where the minister is strong and the king is weak. If the prime minister has the intention of usurping the throne at this time, then the emperor will have no power to resist, and the change of dynasty will be in sight. For example, Wang Mang in the late Western Han Dynasty, Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Sima Yi in the late Cao Wei Dynasty were all like this. As for the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Northern Qi dynasties of the Northern Dynasties, as well as the Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen dynasties of the Southern Dynasties, were all due to the frequent changes of dynasties due to the strength of the ministers and the weakness of the monarchs, and the political situation has been in turmoil. ”

"It is precisely because the public nine secretaries system has such great drawbacks. Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty would implement the six-ministry system of the province, and judging from the operation of the Sui Dynasty, it did avoid the usurpation of the ministers. The reason why the Sui Dynasty fell was not that the provincial six-ministry system was not good, but that Yang Guang's personal ability was not good, he was tyrannical and extorted, and he frequently used troops abroad, which aroused the opposition of the world's surnames, which led to the fall of the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan touched his nonsense and said: "Therefore, Li believes that the provincial six-ministry system may have some disadvantages, but it is the best system at present, and the new dynasty that will unify the world in the future should continue to adopt the provincial six-ministry system!" ”

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