Chapter 46: The Future of the Vassal King
After sending off Yuan Yingtai and Yuan Chonghuan's men, Zhu Youxiao finally took a breath, and then began to pay attention to other things. Zhu Youzhen, this little Zhengtai now appeared in front of him, he told Zhu Youxiao that the two young brothers who had helped a few years ago were originally medium-sized peasant families in the suburbs of Luoyang City, and the Fu King Zhu Changxun was enshrined in Luoyang, and was awarded 20,000 hectares of high-quality land, but the Fu King was still insatiable, the year before last Henan drought, many dealers did not harvest, Fu Wang not only did not reduce the rent, but also bought the good land, and the good land of the young brother and sister was also forced to sell to the Fu Wang.
Thinking of the tragic fate of King Fu in the original history, and then thinking of the tragic situation of the "children of the Eight Banners" in the early days of the Republic of China, Zhu Youxiao decided to change the practice of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and asked all the Zhu disciples not to end up like those who were killed and captured in history, and it was necessary for them to act to make a living for themselves, allowing them to farm, become officials, do business, set up factories, and even establish a Zhu industrial and commercial group, just like the United States in later generations, to control the development of the country and the world economy in the form of a consortium. In short, you can't keep these Zhu disciples in captivity like raising pigs, with your own appearance, you may save these people for a lifetime, but can the Zhu disciples of later generations appear like themselves, this is obviously impossible, whether they are the descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang or not, that is, as a Chinese disciple, in order for the Chinese nation in future generations to no longer suffer from foreign invasions, he should also cherish this opportunity, build a strong country, and build a good social system, so as to ensure that the Chinese nation will always stand on the top of the world's nations.
So Zhu Youxiao decided to convene all the Zhu vassal kings in the whole country, and asked them to go to Beijing to hold a family meeting, no matter how far or near they must arrive in the capital before April 15, all vassal kings who are unwilling to come to the capital to attend the conference will lose the opportunity to participate in the family meeting in the future, although the title of the vassal king will not be reduced, but the descendants will lose the qualification to be knighted.
After some had made up their minds, they arranged for messengers to go to various places to deliver the letters, and demanded that the messengers must personally deliver them to the vassal kings in each place, and that they must sign and seal the letters to prove that they had received the notice. In order to reflect the emperor's tolerance, Zhu Youxiao also specially explained that any vassal king who was too old or infirm and sick, and who was far away, could let the prince attend the meeting instead, and required a seal of authorization certificate, and also brought the seal of the prince himself to prevent counterfeiting.
According to Zhu Youxiao's vision, the future vassal kings no longer enjoyed too many privileges, but they enjoyed the title, which was a symbol of social status, and they were required to form a council group, plus retired cabinet members, abdicated six Shangshu, and these people together formed the emperor's staff team. In the future, all cabinet members cannot be more than sixty-five years old, and the six Shangshu cannot exceed sixty-five years old, and when they reach the age, they must withdraw from their current positions, and those who are in good health can join the emperor's staff team, which can make suggestions on national policies, but only have the right to suggest and supervise. The emperor is the symbol of the country, the commander of the army, and has absolute control over the army, so as to ensure that the children of the Zhu family are in charge of the country, and the majority of the people have a backbone at any time. In essence, the separation of the four powers of decision-making, veto, execution, and supervision should be formed, and the greatest efforts should be made not only to be efficient, but also to have extensive impartiality and fairness, and the law is the basis for the existence of the state, and all people, including the emperor himself, should be under the supervision of the law.
Of course, these things can not be completed overnight, many things may change in the process of development, as for whether the ruling team is one party or two parties, Zhu Youxiao himself does not know which is better, the advantage of one party in power is that it has very high efficiency, but it is also prone to corruption and decision-making mistakes, the disadvantages of the two parties taking turns to govern are even more obvious, the efficiency is extremely low, and even when the country is not the most powerful, there will be hooligan politics, that is, the so-called "street politics", Some people do not discuss politics for the sake of national interests, but simply stir up for personal interests, and even defect to foreign forces for personal interests, and sell national interests with the help of foreigners' financial and material resources. For example, in Taiwan in the 21st century, the regional leader himself is an agent of the Japanese, betraying the interests of the country, corrupting endlessly, and being sent to prison after stepping down, but why was he able to come to power? The reason for this is that Taiwan's politics is dominated by the big powers, and no matter which team represents the interests of the common people, it only represents the interests of the country that supports them; judging from the economic data, no matter who is in power, it is not as economic as Chiang Kai-shek's own one-party dictatorship, which has high economic benefits and a good life for the common people. Another example is the two-party system in the United States, when the United States became the most powerful country in the world, its disadvantages are not yet visible, but everyone knows that in World War II, Roosevelt was re-elected president for four consecutive terms, why? It was because he was too ridiculous, and if he waited for the bipartisan opinion to agree before making a decision, the cucumber dishes would be cold, and if he dared to hold a bipartisan election during the war, he would guarantee that the Germans could take power in the United States in the election. Why does the United States dare to cause trouble everywhere in the world, but it is soft in front of Russia, simply put, if it dares to go to war with either Russia or China, it will become a second-rate country, and if the war is not over, it will become a divided region, why should it resist the enemy at the door of the other side, because once it reaches the door of its house, it will be in chaos itself. The United States is actually a rogue state composed of a group of selfish people, and its current foundation is fundamentally different from the foundation of the early days of the founding of the country, just like a son who earns money and does not support his parents, but uses it for his own enjoyment, is such a person moral? Isn't America made up of just that kind of people?
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao has a deep hatred for party politics, but people live in groups, things are categories, as long as there are interests, they will definitely gather into groups, such as the current Donglin Party members, they gather to resist taxes, Zhu Youxiao has no choice but to find another way, directly cut off their reserve forces, and marginalize the imperial examination system.
Rather than letting others hold this right, it is better to let the Zhu disciples control the financial power in the future, decide the national policy, and restrict the Zhu disciples in the Zongren Mansion, so that the emperor can control the direction of national policy through the Zongren Mansion, and supervise the executive team through the staff team, whether it is one party or two parties, they are required to have a clear, proper, and overall situation acceptance plan for the government affairs of the previous ruling team, and for the team leaders who make indiscriminate promises to buy people's hearts, If it adversely affects the next term, criminal liability will be pursued, not just administrative liability.
In order to ensure that the vassal kings can focus on the overall situation of the country, Zhu Youxiao considered that the closer the blood relationship with the imperial power, the more resources should be mastered, and their property must be made public, and they must also start from the grassroots level to enter practice, and must go incognito into the business of not their own family to work, unless he does not want to do any work, he wants to live like a pig for the rest of his life, then he must also be restricted from marrying and having children, only allowed to marry a wife, have a child, this matter is completely handled by the Zongren Mansion, The whole country is like a big tree, and the Zhu family is the branch, and it is necessary to ensure that the interests of the country are not violated by foreign races, so that the leaves are the common people who will always flourish.