Chapter 534 Senate

During the period of confrontation with the Namyang Yuan Army, after careful consideration, I decided to set up a Senate in the DPRK and China, so that it would be parallel to the government and military affairs.

Zhao Yu's lifespan is not long, according to the historical records, Zhao Yu still has four years to live, I don't know if I can change this situation, not to mention, birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, no one can escape, even if I become a guardian, I can't stay in the current time and space. Therefore, I had to lay the foundation for the future of the Great Song Dynasty. The limitations of people in this day and age are too great, and once I am not alive, or if I become mediocre, I may return to the original historical trajectory. If you don't get it right, there will still be Qing troops entering the customs and Japanese invaders, which is naturally not what I want to see.

Judging from the law of historical development, the **** system of feudal society will sooner or later be replaced by the ** society.

Of course, I also know that with the current ideology of human beings, it is far from coming to such a state, and I still need to be guided slowly. During the Tang and Song dynasties, people's minds were relatively active, even surpassing the Qing Dynasty hundreds of years later, which was also one of the favorable conditions for the implementation of the ** system.

Since the beginning of November, the weather has been getting colder and colder day by day. Dengzhou City is located in the north, which is much colder than Lin'an in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are no heating facilities in the palace in the military camp, but with my current physique, it is not a big problem.

On 11 November, in the county government office in Dengzhou, I met Jia Rudao and others who had been ordered to come from Xiangyang. The county magistrate Fan Zhishang had already made dozens of chairs add to the lobby, and in addition to Jia Rudao and others, the main generals in Dengzhou also came to the county government one after another.

After the ceremony, I went straight to the point and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have summoned you today to tell you that I will set up a new department in Lin'an, this department is called the Senate, which is directly under my leadership. As the name suggests, the Senate is the business of the Senate, and deliberates on the proposals of the Government and Military Affairs Houses. Ultimately, I would like to achieve the goal of vetoing any draft of the House of Ministers and Houses of Military Affairs if the Senate votes against it, and once the proposals of the House of Affairs and Military Affairs are rejected, they need to be revisited or formulated. ”

"Senate?" After hearing this, Jia seemed to hear and first asked, "Your Majesty, in this way, isn't the authority of the Senate greater than that of the Government and the Military Affairs?" ”

At this time, Jia Rudao also had to admit that the main power organs of the current imperial court are the military and the government, rather than the traditional privy council and the three provinces and six ministries.

"Shichen, this is not the case, the Senate only has the right to pass or not, but it cannot modify or interfere with the proposals of the two houses, in short, the Senate does not have the right to formulate proposals."

Jia Rudao said incomprehensibly: "Yes, Your Majesty." The old ministers generally understand that they complement each other. ”

As for the Senate I mentioned, although it is a new thing, except for Fan Zhishang's surprised look, the rest of the people are still the same, after all, these people have been following me for a long time, and they are basically used to it, will I come up with some new ideas.

I continued: "Everyone has their own limitations, even if I am a mistake, I will make mistakes in certain areas or at certain times, throughout history, such as the wise and martial Tang Sect, Han Wu, more or less there are mistakes, at least after their deaths, social turmoil, the Three Kingdoms War, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, are all troubled times, and every troubled era has led to the economic regression of our Chinese clan, and the people are not able to make a living, so that there will be a rise of foreign races and bullying us. The ancients said that if you listen to it, you will be clear, and if you believe it, you will be dark, which is really a golden saying, but not everyone in power can do this, so I hope that the system of our dynasty can be continuously improved, and the system can be used to reduce unnecessary mistakes, and the system can be used to restrain the power of individuals. ”

Zhao Shunsun asked, "Your Majesty, who is the Senate composed of?" ”

"The selection of the Senate will represent the interests of all the people of our court, and therefore I intend to nominate a certain number of great sages from each province or certain specific groups, such as the military, the business community, etc., to serve as senators of the Senate every five years. Zhao Aiqing, let's put it this way, each county elects a sage as a county senator, and then elects two state senators from among them, up to three to five provincial senators, and finally the provincial senators form the imperial senate. Although I believe that most of the officials of our court can be impartial, honest and clear, their consciousness will be more or less based on the interests of their own group, and thus cannot cover the interests of all the people. Water can carry boats, but also can capsize boats, our future policy should not only take into account the boat, but also take into account the water, so that the country can be rich and the people strong, I said before, whether the country is rich and the people are weak or the people are strong, it will lead to social chaos, the purpose of the establishment of the Senate is to achieve balanced development, so that we can live forever and the country will have a long life. ”

"The participation of the whole people in the administration and discussion of state affairs is like a firearm, which is the inevitable result of historical development. Although I am a god, my successor may not also be a god, therefore, I hope that with the establishment of the Senate, such a fashion will be formed in our dynasty, that is, my Great Song Dynasty is not only the Great Song of me, but also the Great Song of all the people. ”

It was the first time I had mentioned what had happened behind me in public, and though it was only a few words, it had made a small group of thoughtful people in the lobby ponder. However, they agreed that I was in the prime of life, and that it was too early for me to inherit it.

Since the Qin Dynasty ruled the world, every generation of founding emperors has hoped that their children and grandchildren can keep the foundation of the country forever, but who can do it? The reason for this is that there is a faint king, a mediocre king, or a traitor, a traitor, a traitor, and a traitor.

The feudal system determines that it is impossible for any dynasty to have a foundation for all generations, because feudalism is the human system, which is the internal reason.

Fan Zhishang said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

"Please have something to say." I smiled and said, "Fan Aiqing, during the discussion, everyone can speak freely, this is a manifestation of **, of course, if the policy is formulated, I will not allow different voices to appear." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fan Zhishang said, "The emperor is open-minded and has excellent ideas, but Wei Chen is worried, what if the proposals of the military and political houses are never approved by the Senate?" For example, if the Military Council proposes to attack Mongolia in this way, and the Senate does not agree, will the opportunity be missed? ”

"Fan Aiqing, it should be that I didn't make it clear, the proposal for the Military Affairs Yuan will be divided into two categories, one is the war, which does not need to go through the Senate, the reason is very simple, most of the members of the Senate will not be from military background, naturally they are not familiar with the military, and they can't let laymen supervise the insiders, which is like me completely banning the post of supervising the army in the army, and the Senate is only targeting the proposal of the Military Affairs Yuan on civilian matters. For example, in peacetime, if the Military Council proposes to increase the expenditure on armaments, the Military Council must explain the reasons, and if it is approved by the Senate, it is feasible, and if it is not passed, the proposal of the Military Council will be null and void. ”

The vast majority of the people present here are senior generals in the army, and when they heard me say that military affairs in the war are not subject to the examination and approval of the Senate, they are all relieved. Since Song Taizu, most of the affairs in the army have been controlled by civilian officials, and now it is difficult to change, if there is another layman's "mother-in-law", wouldn't it be back to the old way?

Lu Xiufu said: "Your Majesty, if the Military Affairs Yuan thinks it is necessary, what if you insist on it?" ”

"In this case, I will make the final decision. The Military Affairs Yuan's proposals may involve the country's foreign policy, so there may be exceptions, while the Council's proposals are basically internal affairs and will become the main content of the Senate's review. Let me give you the simplest example, for example, the Government Council proposed that the theft of ten Chinese coins be used as the standard for the government to file a case, but the Senate believes that due to the rapid development of the economy, the living standards of the people in our dynasty have been greatly improved, and the ten Chinese coins are too few to be passed, so the Government Council and the department that formulated this system should be reformulated. Thirty essays? Until an agreement was reached with the Senate. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Xiufu thought very simply, it was still up to the emperor to decide.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the establishment of the Senate will be a long affair, and it may take thirty or fifty years to take shape, but as long as such a system and system are formed, hundreds of years later, the ** of our dynasty will reach a new realm. Shichen, Zhao Aiqing, Lu Aiqing, I have called you today, just to let you make a plan, and then discuss with the DPRK and China, and when the Song and Yuan wars are over, we will start to establish the Senate. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey." Jia Rudao and the others replied together.

"Three Aiqing, how is the situation in Xiangyang City?"

Jia Rudao got up and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, everything is fine in Xiangyang City, and the ministers will come this time, and there is only one thing to report." ”

"What?"

"Your Majesty, Lord Lu Wende, the envoy of the Xiangyang Military Region, has proposed to the Emperor for physical reasons, please ask Your Majesty for instructions."

In ancient times, the normal retirement of officials was called "Zhishi", which originated in the Zhou Dynasty and formed a system after the Han Dynasty. Generally speaking, the age of an officer is 70 years old, and the age of an officer is earlier. Although Lu Wende is only in his early sixties, he has a physical illness, which I know.

Thinking that Lu Wende still had a month to live, I sighed and said, "Master, allow him to be the master." The three Aiqing, passing on my will, awarded Lu Aiqing the title of young master, sealed the title of Duke of Weiguo, and gave a gold belt. ”