Chapter 193: Black and White Hearts

Gao Ciyi half-leaned on the side of the bed and recalled: "I remember very well that once my father sent me an errand to Nanzhili to supervise the examination. said that it was the supervising exam, but in fact, he was just assisting the chief examiner of Nanzhili at that time, so I was not as busy as them, so I had to prepare a lot a day in advance, so I changed into a student costume and slipped out with Ah Jin.

The two of us went to a teahouse where students gathered, and at first we only said that these students who only read the books of sages and sages were well-versed in the past and the present, and the atmosphere of sitting and talking about everyone and everything was really high-spirited.

But then I don't know where a young master came, according to Ah Jin's words, he is a reckless flying carrying a bird cage,

But as soon as this 'reckless Zhang Fei' entered the teahouse, those talented people who were still impassioned, quoting scriptures and arguing with the other party just now became a slave.

Later, I learned that this 'Mang Zhang Fei' was actually the son of Li Gebu, and that Li Gebu was the chief judge of the scientific examination at that time. ”

An Yi smiled when he heard what he said, and responded: "This is understandable, who doesn't want to jump into the dragon gate after ten years of hard work?" Even if you can't get along with this relationship with the cabinet department, if you can worship under the cabinet department in high school in the future, won't you be on the rise? It's better than being alone in the officialdom. ”

"I also know what you said, to put it mildly, it is human instinct to tend to be inflammatory. But is this what those who read books call the 'literati festival'? Since the beginning of the student, he has been busy looking for a way and standing in line, and in the future, he is really standing on the court, so is this courtier a courtier of my Great Xia Dynasty, or a courtier of his Li Cabinet? ”

An Yi felt that although the little prince was spitting, but it seemed to have entered a misunderstanding, he slowly turned around and lifted the teapot on the table to look, there was only warm water in it, so he poured warm water for himself who was dry, and then shook the celadon teacup in his hand towards Gao Ciyi, meaning to ask him if he wanted to have some,

Gao Ciyi didn't have the heart to drink water, waved her hand, and waited for a comfortable next step with her forehead on her forehead.

An Yi smothered the cup to the sky, and then asked Gao Ciyi: "Let me ask you, where do you think that as an official, where does his power come from?" ”

Gao Ciyi said without thinking: "Of course, it was given by the king of a country." ”

"I think you're only half right. This is the power of the official, and the emperor can only give you half of it. ”

Gao Ciyi was suddenly a little puzzled, "Half? Why? ”

An Yi smiled and explained to him: "Let me give you an example, let's take my position as the chief military officer of Gansu Town, what do you think the imperial court promoted to this general soldier for?" ”

"Command the soldiers, pacify the locality, and fight against the Liaokou."

An Yi nodded, "Yes, but I'm afraid none of the three points you said can be done by a holy decree, right?" Whether or not we can win in the battle against the Liao army depends not only on the wisdom and courage of this chief officer, but also on the unity of mind and the lives of the soldiers. However, if I only have the support of my soldiers and horses, but I do not have a single appointment from the Holy Lord, it will be difficult to convince the people. That's why I said that half of the power of this commander-in-chief comes from the emperor's appointment, and half comes from the support of his generals. ”

An Yi looked at Gao Ciyi in his thoughts, and felt that he also agreed, so he then asked him: "If, I mean, if I have 100,000 soldiers in my hands, will the weight in front of your father and emperor be much heavier than the other total soldiers?" ”

Gao Ciyi didn't know why An Yi asked, he pinched his chin and thought about it and replied: "Indeed, if this is the case, of course, the generals with heavy troops will have more weight in the court, but at this time, the military department will not let a general soldier hold 100,000 people in his hands." ”

An Yi seemed to have expected what he said, and smiled slightly,

"So, does the Ministry of War stipulate how many protégés and former officials can be under a cabinet department?"

"This....... How is it stipulated? Even the officials can't ask if they're afraid, ......... you mean? ”

"What I mean by this is that there may be countless protégés and former officials all over the court. As I said just now, the power of an official comes from the upper and lower ends, but the relationship between the two is one and the other, and if the power from below is too great, then the power from above will be less. From ancient times to the present, those who have achieved high merit and shocked the master, aren't they all due to the extreme expansion of power at the lower end so that the imperial power can no longer be restrained. ”

Gao Ciyi sighed softly, "Yes, that's what you said, so now the court is being made by these civil officials, and sometimes the father and emperor have to follow their wishes, and pile up a bunch of folds of ancestral law and etiquette on the bookcase at every turn, who knows that the most disobedient and contrary to the rules and ministers in the world are all from the hands of these civil officials." ”

An Yi couldn't help laughing in his heart, the civil and official imperial history system handed down by Emperor Taizu seemed to make his father suffer a lot in Gao Ciyi's eyes.

"But from another point of view, this is not a bad thing, from ancient times to the present, whether it is a holy monarch or a faint monarch, it is a common thing for the courtiers and subordinates to form a party, but the difference is that the saint monarch can hold the person who is the leader for his own use, and the faint monarch is usually used by the person who is the leader, which often leads to two completely different endings in the end."

Although everyone is honest with each other tonight, An Yi can't directly say his father Gao Youxiao in front of Gao Ciyi, right? So I just talked about the two extremes of this holy monarch and faint monarch, and whether the current holy lord is above or below, let this little prince judge for himself.

Gao Ciyi frowned and thought for a while and asked, "Then you say, how can you hold these subordinate party leaders?" ”

"Decentralization!"

"Decentralization?"

An Yi picked up the tea cup on the table and took another sip, and responded: "That's right, divide power!" I'll give you an example, like the previous Li cabinet you mentioned, most of these protégés and former officials and subordinates who are willing to follow his lead are looking at the flag of the cabinet minister planted behind him, and the court cannot decide who will worship under which flag, but it has the power to decide who will plant the flag behind him.

We can not only have the Li Pavilion, but also the Zhao Pavilion, the Wang Pavilion, and the Liu Pavilion. If these banners are erected, then there will inevitably be students from the new Jin Dynasty who will bow down under their doors, and in contrast, won't the power from below in the hands of Li Gebu be invisibly divided?

If you still want to hold on to the power in your hands, you will definitely not be able to find it down, there are so many people available in the court, you can't just pull one on the street, right? Then the best way for him is to look for power upwards, that is, to move closer to the imperial power of the imperial court, and this time is a good opportunity for the monarch to hold this Li Gebu and all his protégés, not only to eliminate his over-inflated power, but also to let him do things with his heart. Isn't striking a balance between these banners what the Holy Monarch has to do? ”

An Yi's words put Gao Ciyi into thought, what he said can be taken to the court to do, but not to the bright side, for Gao Ciyi, who is not much older than An Xin, is still reading the way of the monarchs, ministers, ministers and sages taught by Mr., hearing this kind of rather thick and black theory of power, deep down in his heart must be deeply felt,

"Wen Ke mentions the pen to settle the world, Wu can go to the horse to set the world, so powerful White Tiger God!"

Listening to Gao Ciyi's praise in this life, An Yi smiled and waved his hand, "This is a bad word, it comes down to doing it, there are not a few people who can understand this truth, and there is even no shortage of people who have the best in their hands, but there are not a few people who have ended up in the state of ruin in the country and the family in the past, right?" ”

An Yi said this is true, power is like the art of war, talking about soldiers on paper can never achieve a generation of famous generals, not a pile of white bones can not be, not all the law of Shang Jun can bring a strong Qin that dominates the world, and the people who serve only leave a poor and weak dynasty?

"I understand what you said, in fact, including these students who are admitted to the scientific examination, it doesn't matter who they are standing there and clinging to or not, as long as the master can grasp the key points and balance the forces, so that all these things that everyone can fight for in the end are in the hands of the imperial court, then naturally they will do things according to the will of the imperial court."

An Yi nodded noncommittally, "Yes, but these things are easier said than done, especially now, take the son of Li Gebu you just said, who knows that he has made a mistake and still moves forward, in order to show that the world is black, for his monologue, this is the biggest source of people's confusion!" ”

Gao Ciyi looked at An Yi and felt that the person in front of him did not look like a general on the battlefield at all, but like an old minister in the cabinet who talked about the world, so he asked him: "Since the general has this talent for helping the world, why don't he go to the test for fame, but fall into this ranking?" ”

An Yi laughed slightly when he said it, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I'm just a little showman now." I have no intention of the court, but I just want to be an idle son, but the world is impermanent, and sometimes you can't make your own decisions. ”

When she said this, she suddenly remembered something, and then suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Gao Ciyi with deep meaning.

Gao Ciyi didn't know why An Yi looked at him with such eyes, so he asked first, "Lord An, but you have something to ask?" ”

An Yi lowered his eyes and hesitated for a while before he cautiously said: "What I want to ask may be a bit arrogant, but I am not for myself, but for ........... Xin'er. ”

Gao Ciyi didn't know what An Yi was going to ask, why was Xin'er still involved with Yu Yue, so she smiled at An Yi and nodded,

"You and I are talking about the world tonight, are there still fewer words to talk about?"

An Yi listened to his words, then paused, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know that the little prince is the same as An Mou, and the original plan in my heart is to be an idle prince?" ”

What he asked was direct enough, asking Gao Ciyi if he wanted to be an idle prince, wasn't it just asking him in disguise if he wanted to compete for a big position?