Chapter 161 A Gift to the Times

After a grand salute, Qin Lei sat down behind the square table opposite everyone.

Seeing that the prince was seated, the four governors sat down. Lu Yanwu and Zhuo Wen were sitting behind the table on Qin Lei's left and in front, Qiao Yuanshan and Xu Tancheng were sitting on Qin Lei's right, and the table in front of them was also lower and forward.

After the five official figures took their seats, the leaders of the two hundred clans opposite sat down in a hurry. This time, both the seating arrangements and the rules of the venue were clearly written in a pamphlet, which was distributed to each family the day before along with the notice of the meeting. This method is fresh and clear, saves a lot of thought, and will not make mistakes, just follow it.

When the hall returned to quiet, Zhuo Wenzheng, as the landlord, first thanked the gentry for coming, and then according to Qin Lei's request, he said the content of the meeting as briefly as possible: "The specific process has been issued to you tomorrow, so I won't be verbose." This time, the prince came in person to give an explanation to the charter issued seven days ago, but the prince has a lot of opportunities and time is precious, so there is only one hour. The prince said that whoever said something useless at this time would be angry. ”

Zhuo Wenzheng's words caused the gentry present to chuckle. When everyone was done laughing, he opened the question.

The elders here have long been accustomed to the quiet room fragrant tea, a question and an answer, this new way of answering questions is indeed a little uncomfortable, sitting there you look at me, I look at you, although a stomach of questions, but are embarrassed to open this mouth first.

Fortunately, Qin Lei's popularity is good, and there are a few people below who are willing to support him, and they don't let the hall be cold. Xu Chang, who was sitting in the first row, slowly stood up and said to Qin Lei: "I have seen the prince, the old Xu Chang and Xi are the heads of the Xu family in Jiangbei. I have a question, please give me advice. ”

Qin Lei smiled at him and said softly, "Elder Xu just ask." ”

Xu Chang pondered, my first question must be level, and the question is tricky, which makes the prince unhappy. It's a simple question, but it's too obvious, and it doesn't show the level of the first one in my south. Thinking of this, he cleared his throat and said, "The pamphlet that was issued earlier stated that only ten people could enter the council and vote by majority on the daily affairs of the revival yamen. The old man has two questions, I want to ask the prince, first, what is the matter with this majority vote. Second, if these ten people have equal right to speak, then how do the two provincial officials, for example, reflect the right to speak like his two-percentage? "These are issues related to architecture, which many people are confused about. But he believed that Qin Lei's brain, which was full of whimsy, must have had an idea.

Qin Lei nodded and invited him to sit down, and said with a smile: "This question, I want to test Lord Xu to see if he has figured out the operating rules of this yamen." ”

Xu Tancheng arched his hand to him and said, "Weichen obeys." Then he turned to Xu Chang and nodded, and said in a clear voice: "For Xu Lao's first question, this majority vote means that it must be more than ordinary to pass." ”

I can't help but chuckle below, isn't this nonsense.

Xu Tancheng was not embarrassed, and continued: "The whimsical ideas proposed by the prince are very simple at first glance, but after careful study, you will find that there is a great truth in them. He who does not have great wisdom cannot understand. The implication is that wouldn't the one who thinks of this way be wiser?

Slapped Qin Lei lightly, he continued: "Take this vote as an example, there are two kinds, one is a resolution passed by six people, and the other is a resolution passed by eight people. ”

Hearing the text, there was a sudden silence below.

Satisfied with the effect he had caused, Xu Tancheng continued: "The former is a vote on general affairs, and the latter is a vote on important matters. ”

The people below obviously want to ask questions, but they are all people with status, and they will not easily interrupt others.

Xu Tancheng then answered the second question: "As for the party that has more power to speak on matters, how to reflect its rights in the council, in fact, if you carefully study the power structure chart of the yamen that the prince gave everyone, it will be very clear. ”

Everyone saw it, but they didn't hear it from the authority, and they always felt worried.

Qin Lei smiled at Xu Tancheng and said, "Please explain it to Lord Xu." ”

Xu Tancheng received the order and said: "Obey the order." Then he explained: "Ten percent of our deliberation power will be divided into 10,000 shares, and as long as you can get more than five shares, you can enter the highest authority of the entire yamen, the council, which has the highest power over the affairs of the entire yamen, even including the dissolution of this yamen." ”

Finally, someone below couldn't help but ask, "Then why do you need the Bureau?" Isn't that redundant? ”

Xu Tancheng said with a smile: "When the time comes, it is very likely that all of you will enter the general assembly, do you have to gather everyone from the south and north of the mountains and rivers to discuss anything?" ”

The people below were silent, and indeed, when they were gathered, the daylilies were cold.

Xu Tancheng continued: "Therefore, it is very necessary for the General Assembly to elect ten people to be stationed in the yamen to deal with daily resolutions. Of course, if there are important matters that cannot be decided, they must be left to the General Assembly for decision. Without waiting for others to ask, he smiled and said, "He can only use as much power as the council has given to the council." In order to oversee the Council, the General Assembly will also elect another body, the Board of Supervisors. As long as the yamen has anything to apologize for, the board of supervisors will propose to convene a general meeting to deal with the matter. ”

Someone below raised his hand and asked, "So the council can remove the standing committee of the council?" ”

Xu Tancheng said with a smile: "That's true, and the Standing Committee has a term limit like this official, which is every five years." Xu Tancheng looked at Xu Chang again and said in a clear voice: "Therefore, the share of the deliberative power in everyone's hands is to play a role in the deliberative assembly, and every thousand shares can nominate a standing meeting." That is to say, those who do not get a thousand shares can also elect their own standing opinions by uniting with others. ”

There are questions below, all about the details of the operation of this yamen. Qin Lei handed it over to several governors to answer, and he looked at it with a smile, but his mind didn't know where to go.

Man is always contradictory, and as a person with vested interests, he does not want to see a change in the status quo. So vested interests have never been revolutionaries, not even reformers. Qin Lei is no exception, he has always been the defender of the current order. I believe that in the future, as he gains greater power, he will be more determined to maintain this order, more brutally wipe out all revolutionaries, and more ruthlessly exclude all reformers.

But he always knew that excessive centralization was bad, and he still wanted to do something for this era without affecting his own interests. So he introduced this system, which in his poor knowledge was the best system for coordinating centralization with checks and balances.

The most fundamental reason why Qin Lei is sure that everyone here will accept it is that this system provides a relatively relaxed place for the political demands, power distribution, and even dispute resolution of the strata that control social resources. Moreover, through checks and balances, a relatively fair distribution of rights between this class has been achieved. To a certain extent, it avoids the conflict caused by the concentration of power in the hands of a few people due to the rules, and the class that controls a large amount of resources does not get the corresponding rights. Isn't the struggle for the distribution of rights? Wouldn't it be better if there was a more modest solution?

For a long time, social resources belonged to these scholars, and when there were really new classes that mastered more social resources and were irreconcilable with the old class contradictions, they would then engage in wars that could promote social development, which was welcomed by Qin Lei. As for the flies and dogs within the class, it is better to solve them through this channel, with less meaningless wars and more meaningful development.

Of course, Qin Lei would not be naïve to think that this system would be so useful, and he was not even sure if it could be implemented. He just wants to imperceptibly convey an idea - checks and balances are the way of power.

But he will never say it until he dies. This is already the limit of what he can do. Perhaps people will be able to grasp the true meaning of this in a few decades, and apply it to the distribution of power after a hundred years of exploration. Maybe people just think of it as a young prince's nonsense, and never explore the mysteries.

Just like an apple falling on the head of a person under a tree, it may lead to a genius discovery, but it is more likely to turn into a puddle of mud in addition to smashing people into tears and cursing.

Of course, apples will always fall from the trees, and sooner or later they can hit the genius's head, which Qin Lei is not worried about. He told him to plant fruit trees, and the rest had nothing to do with him.

Let me be prosperous and rich during my lifetime, and I will be flooded after death.

Maybe in the future, with the next generation, he will change this mind. But at this moment, the irresponsible bachelor really thinks so.

"Lord Wang......" Lu Yanwu called in a low voice, calling Qin Lei back from the fugue.

Of course, Lu Yanwu knew that Qin Lei was distracted, and he repeated Fang Cai's question in a low voice. "Old man Xu asked, why do you have to hire the director when you have a council?"

Qin Lei let out an 'oh' and smiled at Xu Beiqing below: "Lone knows that the old man's family has more than a dozen kinds of livelihoods, why do they have to be assigned to side lines and house slaves?" ”

Xu Beiqing said respectfully: "Back to the prince, because the saint taught Shang is the last of the four people, if we do it ourselves, we will inevitably lose the face of our ancestors." But who is not a big family to feed, just relying on the production of the field, it is no problem to eat enough, but it is impossible to wear gold and silver, so this merchant can't lose it. Hence this compromise. ”

Qin Lei had no intention of going against the sage, so he followed him and said, "Then do you know how they manage these businesses?" ”

Xu Beiqing was a little uncertain and said: "It is said that he is not in charge of it personally, he hires a shopkeeper." ”

Qin Lei nodded and said: "Yes, this hired shopkeeper has two benefits for these owners, one is that they don't have to go to the fly camp in person, so they don't lose their face." Second, these owners can hire some good shopkeepers who know how to do it, and it is better than their own laymen to work blindly. You say, don't you? ”

Xu Beiqing said sincerely and convincingly: "The prince has considered the problem so thoroughly, Beiqing's five bodies have thrown themselves to the ground." In this way, the council can just take an idea, and how to do it is appropriate to leave it to the person who knows how to do it, and it also reassures us of the deliberations. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, they were more and more shocked by the comprehensiveness of Qin Lei's set of things, and they also had some confidence in whether they could be implemented in the future.

Waiting for Xu Beiqing to sit down, Zhuo Wenzheng got up and said, "Everyone, the time is coming, let's have one last question." ”

Everyone was surprised to find that time had been stolen, and before they knew it, an hour had passed. Many people who reacted quickly raised their hands almost at the same time, and finally Zhuo Wenzheng ordered a dark-faced man, he got up a little crampedly and said: "Chai Shifang, the Chai family of the Tang Prefecture Mansion in the south of the contemptible mountain, dare to ask a question on behalf of my five families in Tangzhou." "Tangzhou Mansion is also a big mansion, and the Chai family and other five families are not unfamous. In this kind of wealthy feast, if they don't huddle together, they will not have the confidence to stand up and speak.

Qin Lei nodded and smiled kindly: "Mr. Chai, please speak." ”

Encouraged by Qin Lei, Chai Shifang was a little more confident and not nervous, and he said in an official voice with Shannan emphasis: "The pamphlet said that this revival yamen was prepared with the authority of the prince to supervise the military and political commissions of the two provinces. When the prince supervised the two provinces, it was naturally legal and effective. But how many of us want to know, how can we continue this yamen when the prince is still in the future? "I didn't expect this Chai to be bold, but the questions he asked were not small.

This is indeed a big question, if Qin Lei does not give a satisfactory answer, everyone here will not spend money on an organization that has no future, even if it has monstrous power for a while. Sure enough, as soon as this question came out, the room was suddenly silent, and everyone was waiting for Qin Lei's explanation, or guarantee.

Qin Lei came here to convene this preparatory meeting to explain this problem to the gate valves attending the meeting. He had to make some personal guarantees, which the four governors could not replace.

Qin Lei first sat down the nervous Chai Shifang, and then slowly swept his gaze over the two hundred valve masters with different expressions in the audience. It wasn't until they were all sitting down that Qin Lei spoke: "I believe everyone is very concerned about this issue, so I'll explain it to everyone." ”

Everyone almost held their breath and waited quietly for Qin Lei's next words.

"Mr. Chai is right, the reason why it can be called Yamen is because King Gu now has this right. Everyone is worried that when they return to the court after the lonely work, it is normal for our yamen to continue to exist. ”

"Then Gu will tell you now, Gu has received the holy decree this morning, although there is no grade, although there is no establishment, but this yamen has been officially recognized by the imperial court and registered!"

Suddenly, the hall was full of jubilation, and these bigwigs finally couldn't hold back the joy in their hearts and shouted happily regardless of their identity.

Qin Lei looked at this scene with a smile, without any displeasure in his heart, he knew that the southern scholar clan, who was far away from the political center, did not know how much he had been bullied by the northern scholar clan. Not to mention the far-reaching financial crisis, the northern aristocracy came up with a way to drain the blood of the two southern provinces and supply other places. This also directly led to the Maitreya rebellion, which almost wiped out the southern scholars. So when they knew that they had obtained a position that could confront the northern nobles, the excitement in their hearts could be imagined, and it was not surprising that they lost their temper.

Wait for them to calm down from their ecstasy. Under the leadership of Xu Chang, Qiao Qipei and others, the southern scholars left their seats and bowed to Qin Lei three times and nine times, making the most solemn gift.

Qin Lei accepted this gift with a smile. As the man who brought the future to the South, he deserved it.

If he hadn't done everything he could, how could he have persuaded the court to agree to this ridiculous proposal?

The matter went back to nine days ago, when Qin Lei had not yet received the imperial court's title of the king of the military and political affairs of the two provinces, and another urgent secret report from him arrived in front of Emperor Zhaowu's imperial case.

In this secret report, Qin Lei introduced his plan in detail and made countless assumptions about the future of this yamen. Finally, Emperor Zhaowu believed that as long as the army, transportation, and taxation were firmly in his hands, Nanfang would become a strong arm of the royal family and the imperial court.

He didn't value Qin Lei's earning of 10% of his dry shares very much, and he simply rewarded this son who brought him a surprise. He was glad that in the vast fog, he finally found a way to fight against the incomparably powerful Northern Shi clan, including the Li family and the Wen family.

As for who will win in the end? Emperor Zhaowu was still very confident in replying: No one is possible. After being the emperor for seventeen years, he is still very proficient in the art of checks and balances.

After reading this detailed report that lasted for 10,000 words, Emperor Zhaowu stayed awake all night. finally managed to survive until dawn, so I rushed to Cining Palace early to find the old lady who had been dominant.

After listening to her son's explanation, the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang pondered for a long time before she smiled lightly: "You will be bored in the future." But there was a lot of relief in his face.

In front of his mother, Emperor Zhaowu didn't need to disguise, he laughed and said, "As long as you can get back our family's things, what is this kind of trouble?" ”

The Empress Dowager Wenzhuang didn't say anything again. The next day, she invited Wen Yanbo into the palace, saying that she lamented that the people of the south were being beaten by soldiers, and after the war, she didn't know how many corrupt officials, local tyrants and inferior gentry would suffer. Therefore, I hope that Wen Yanbo can set up a government government

The yamen, which took the lead and elected the gentry, was responsible for supervising the post-war reconstruction, reducing some corruption, oppressing the township, and making the people suffer less.

When Wen Yanbo talked about the current state of the treasury with a sad face, the old lady smiled and said: "Just find some old immortals to come out and have a good time, and give them a chance to point fingers. You don't need to give any grades, just give a proper title. He also sighed: "When people are old, they will live with a face." ”

The grace of her guidance in that sentence created today's Wen Yanbo. Although Wen Yanbo later supported Emperor Zhaowu to ascend to the throne, he also successfully became the chief assistant of a country. So in the final analysis, he still owes the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang a favor.

At that time, there was no news that Qin Lei was going to form a revival yamen, so Prime Minister Wen had no way of knowing. He only thought that the old lady wanted to do good deeds after fasting and reciting Buddha, so he promised to come down, which was regarded as repaying her favor, and he went to a heart disease of more than ten years.

Of course, if he knew at the time that he had added a bigger heart to himself, he would not have agreed anyway. The favor can be returned next time, and there is no need to ask for trouble.

The next day was the court meeting, and Wen Yanbo naturally would not forget what he promised the day before, so he reported it. Li Hun has always cared about these bullshit political affairs, and of course he has no opinion. As a result, this non-flowing, non-payable, and inconspicuous three-no-institution called the Fuxing Yamen successfully passed through the court, and after being registered in the Ministry of Officials and affiliated with the Shaofu, it became a legitimate institution of the Great Qin Dynasty.

Nearly ten days later, when Wen Yanbo knew the trick behind the matter, it was already a boat. After a thunderous jump, he could only wait for that Raushzi 'Revival Yamen' to make a mistake, and then send him to hell, and he would never be able to turn over.

The three generations of the ancestors and grandchildren of the Qin family were so clever in their grasp of time that they finally let Wen Yanbo suffer this dumb loss. Even if he or the northern scholars wanted to fight back in the future, they would not be able to make a fuss about the 'legitimacy' of reviving the yamen. And this 'legitimacy' is the biggest problem of the southern scholars.

Although there are many sequelae of doing this, I don't know how much attention it will cost Emperor Zhaowu and Qin Lei in the future, and I don't know how much it will cost the southern scholars. But from any point of view, this time the royal family has made a lot of money, and the southern scholars have made a lot of money.