167 A Preliminary Study of Democracy (Part II)
When the apocalypse said that if Yue Fei was in Daming, he would also be executed, and Gao Panlong and Liu Zongzhou both had strange expressions on their faces. Tianqi knew that they couldn't accept it for a while, so he said softly: "Yue Fei was assessed as a model of loyalty among military generals because he died, if he didn't die, but continued to disobey the orders of the imperial court and fight against the imperial court, who dares to guarantee that he will not become a rebel like Dong Zhuo and Hou Jing?" Could it be that those four words on his back can vouch for it? The army of the imperial court was named the 'Yuejia Army', which was already very taboo, and he repeatedly refused to obey orders, so there would be no one to die in the world if such a person did not die! β
Liu Zongzhou sighed at this time and said: "Maybe a person can only be conclusive when he dies, there is a cloud in Bai Juyi's poem: 'Zhou Gong is afraid of rumors, Wang Mang is humble and has not usurped the time. Xiang Zhi died at the beginning, who knows the truth of his life? That's what it means. β
Tianqi shook his head and said: "Although Bai Juyi saw that people's hearts are unpredictable, he still thinks about how to directly measure and judge a person, which leads to a dead end, because people will change." When Zhou Gong exiled Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai, he relied on his authority and his self-righteous loyalty, not the will of the king and the collective, if he died at that time, he must have been a big villain and did not have to run, maybe the people of the Manchu Dynasty would have played the crown to celebrateβ‘ Corporal Mang Lixian won the support of hundreds of thousands of people, if he died at that time, the people must have been mourning, the mountains and rivers weeping and the grass and trees were sad, and the whole country mourned. β
Liu Zongzhou thought for a while and said: "The emperor said that he went directly to determine that a person has entered a dead end, and he also said at the beginning that he should talk about people on the matter, so does the emperor mean that in the future, he will only talk about things and ignore people?" β
Tianqi said: "All the affairs of the DPRK and China can be summarized by the three words 'people do things', and they cannot be discussed separately about people or things, but should be judged in combination with the meaning of β means that people change quickly and cannot be accurately measured, and things change slowly and reasonably, so they should be based on things and supplemented by people." Let's look at the ground outside the temple of cultivating the heart, you see that the southeast corner is very dry and the northwest corner is still water-marked, why is that? Then he got up and went out of the temple gate.
Tan Jing and the other attendant eunuchs, as well as Liu Zongzhou and Gao Panlong, saw that the apocalypse came out of the palace gate, and hurriedly followed, stood on the steps, and looked along the apocalypse, only to see that it was indeed the southeast corner of the hall and the ground was dry, and there were water stains in the northwest corner of the distance. Gao Panlong thought for a while and said, "I think it was a little light rain last night, and the northwest corner was low, so the rain was the reason why it first gathered in the northwest corner and then slowly flowed away." β
Apocalypse said, "Then let's make a hypothesis, if we are ordered to pour a dozen buckets of water on the ground in the southeast corner, do you think the water will flow to the northwest corner?" β
Gao Panlong thought for a while and said: "The rain flows from a slightly higher place to a slightly lower place, and it will definitely not change if you pour more than a dozen buckets of water, unless someone blocks it with something halfway." β
Apocalypse said: "That is to say, the change of things is reasonable, as long as there is no external intervention can be expected and judged." β
Gao Panlong nodded and said, "It should be like this." β
Tianqi thought for a while and asked, "People walking on Chang'an Avenue outside the Chengtian Gate, how many people do you say will come to the Heart Cultivation Hall to ask to see me?" β
Gao Panlong said: "There should be none, or very little. β
Apocalypse asked again, "If someone passes through the end gate and enters the noon gate, is it likely that this person has come to the Heart Cultivation Palace?" β
Gao Panlong said: "After passing through the end gate and entering the noon gate, the possibility of going to the Yangxing Hall is still relatively small, maybe this person is going east to the Wenhua Palace Government Affairs Academy, or he may go west to the Wuying Palace Military Affairs Academy, but in general, it is more likely than the people walking on Chang'an Street to the Yangxin Palace." β
Liu Zongzhou said at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister understands that this person is constantly changing, and he can only see the general trend clearly and cannot accurately grasp it, and the changes in things are reasonable and easy to grasp, so things should be decided first and then people, and the selection process of officials should be the same." β
Tianqi smiled and said to Liu Zongzhou: "Then let's go in and sit down and say, and Lord Liu will talk about how to determine people first and then things." β
After everyone entered the room and sat down, Liu Zongzhou said: "The emperor began to say that those who do not do things will not make mistakes, and it also shows that the emperor will do less work in the future and only maintain and supervise the operation of the entire system." The layout of the emperor is to let the government affairs through the static and dynamic reports obtained in the provinces, prefectures and counties, and local grain depots, and then have an accurate understanding of the national conditions of the country, and this understanding is updated every year. Then let the Holy Academy and the Bo Academy provide assistance in theory and practical experience, and then let the Metropolitan Procuratorate choose to supervise, and finally the emperor approved the implementation of the Government Council, I wonder if the minister is right? β
Tianqi nodded and said, "Lord Liu is right, understanding the situation among the people and then formulating policies and finally applying them to the people is in line with the people-oriented viewpoint. β
Liu Zongzhou said: "Since it is people-oriented, then officials should do things for the people, and further say that before the court promotion officials, it is necessary to ensure that the people who participate in the court promotion are competent people, and officials who are not capable enough or do not have the idea of doing things for the people must be excluded first." β
Tianqi thought for a while and said: "What Lord Liu means is that you have already thought about it, first use the reasonable policies formulated by the Holy Academy, the Bo Academy, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, etc., and then screen the qualified people and then take them to the court to recommend, so that no matter who is selected in the end, they are all competent people, and because this person was elected on the spot, no one will say that I am unfair, does that mean?" β
Liu Zongzhou said: "That's what it means. β
Tianqi thought for a while and said: "Actually, I also thought of using things to screen people at the beginning, but it is different from the order you thinkβ which means that when you push a few more people at a time, for example, if you need three people, you will first select five, and finally I will make the final decision according to the policyβ‘ which idea do you think is better?" β
Liu Zongzhou thought for a while and said: "The past court push also has what the emperor said, and it is necessary to push eight out of five and finally let the emperor make the final decision. However, in the past, people were determined according to the emperor's preferences, but now they are determined according to the policies determined by multiple departments, so this order must be changed. β
Tianqi frowned and said, "Lord Liu means that your idea is better than mine's, so tell me where you are smart?" β
Liu Zongzhou smiled slightly and said: "The minister doesn't dare to say that he is smarter than the emperor, even if this idea of selecting people based on things is obtained from the emperor." What does the minister mean is that since there has been progress, why simply take a big step? directly said that the emperor finally decided according to the mood, and everyone had nothing to say, but since it was said that the emperor should avoid suspicion. First the rough election, and then the court will determine who is elected on the spot, so that everyone has no complaints. If the emperor makes the final decision, even if the emperor is not selfish, others will say that the emperor is operating in the dark, although he dare not say it, he must be unwilling. β
Tianqi thought for a moment and said, "Then will this select a few disobedient people who will work against me?" β
Liu Zongzhou said: "First use things to select people who can do it, and it doesn't matter who is selected in the end, because whoever is selected can be competent." If the emperor is afraid that there will be disobedient thorns in the future, he clearly stipulates in advance that anyone who goes against the emperor will be unqualified, anyway, the emperor also said that you will not care about specific affairs from now on. If there is a person who is working against the emperor, either this person is hindering the operation of the entire system, or this person does not know that the emperor can forcibly suspend the operation of the entire system during the non-tide period, and no matter which one of the rules is violated, he can be dismissed immediately, and no one else will have anything to say. β
Tianqi thought for a while and said: "It seems that Lord Liu really wants to give me a big fake, well, let's just say itβ only when the entire system is not functioning smoothly, and when it is related to wars, riots, and large-scale brain disasters, we will personally take action, and the rest of the time will be handled by your departments." However, whether it is the Government Council, the Military Affairs Yuan, the Holy Academy, or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, everything you do must be written and reported every three to five days, and major events must be reported every day, because I must be informed at all times to avoid problems. It's just that your holy academy will be busy from now on, and you will no longer be a spectator from the sidelines. β
Liu Zongzhou said: "Since the emperor puts the ministers in this position, it is the duty of the ministers to share the worries of the monarch and do things for the people. β
Tianqi nodded secretly when he heard this, and thought to himself: "Liu Zongzhou's brain is alive and his level of sycophants has also risen, a good thing!" β