Chapter 724: Solving the Eternal Problem (Medium)
There are probably two types of government in the world today, namely monarchy and republic. The monarch is also divided into absolute monarchy, dual monarchy, constitutional monarchy and so on, and the power of the monarch is not the same. The republic system is divided into a parliamentary republic, a presidential republic, and there is actually a semi-presidential system in the future, but it has not yet appeared. But at present, it is generally the monarchy and the republic, so they don't quite understand how to play this, Wang Guorui said that the monarchy and the republic are combined, so how to play!
"Actually, my idea is very simple, that is, the king himself cannot decide who will be the heir to the throne! In the future, I will not personally decide who will be the heir to the throne, so you don't have to rely on currying favor with me to fight for the succession of your children. For the sake of this right to inherit the throne, how many tragedies have been caused by discord between husband and wife, cannibalism between father and son, and torment between brothers? So I'm not going to continue like this, it's better to give up some of the so-called power, and then let the family live in harmony and not make so much blood. Wang Guorui said.
Liu Xue immediately asked: "Husband, how will the position of the future prince be decided?" ”
"I already have plans for the future. In the future, I plan to set an age of retirement for kings, and once they reach the age of sixty, they will have to retire so that they can retire in peace. Even if I plan to retire at the age of 60 in the future. Wang Guorui said.
"Husband, is the emperor still retired?" Zheng Hong also felt incredible.
You must know that since ancient times, the vast majority of Chinese emperors have been lifelong and will never abdicate voluntarily. Once the abdication, it is all forced, and there is almost no voluntary abdication. Like Qianlong, who can take the initiative to abdicate, it is also very rare. Even if Qianlong abdicated, the power was actually still in the hands of him, the emperor. The son, the emperor, had little power. So this emperor retired, this one is simply incredible. After all, the emperor retired, and that was almost a not-so-good thing.
"Everyone has a time when they get old, and once they get old, it's easy to cause mediocrity. If you are an ordinary person, you will be mediocre. That doesn't have a big impact. But as a king, even if it is only a nominal king, once the king is mediocre, it will definitely affect the fate of all the people in the world in the end. Therefore, the emperor took the initiative to retire at the age of sixty, which is also a good choice, and he can take the initiative to retire so that he can retire with peace of mind, and he doesn't have to think about anything to continue to manage the affairs of the court. Next, cultivate well, live the life you want to live for a few days, and don't have to be subject to any government affairs and various national etiquette affairs. If you want to travel, you can travel. You can walk around casually and enjoy your old age in peace. Wang Guorui said with some emotion.
However, then Wang Guorui finally said what he thought.
"When the former emperor announced his normal retirement, a child over the age of twenty-five was selected from among the emperor's direct children to inherit the throne. However, this candidate can sign up according to himself and then participate in the election. I've been wondering, then why can't the emperor be elected? If it were left to the previous emperor, it would be easy to make a mistake in judgment. After all, one's vision is limited. Knowing people, knowing faces, not knowing hearts! In the royal family, even father and son may not know what the other is thinking. So simply the emperor himself did not decide. Elections are conducted directly by the Parliament. At that time, if the children of the former emperor who are interested in running for the emperor are twenty-five years old, they can take the initiative to participate in the election, and if they are elected, they can inherit the throne, and if they can't be elected, they will consider themselves unlucky, and they can't blame others! Wang Guorui said.
But Zheng Hong immediately asked anxiously: "Doesn't this publicize the ugliness of the family?" And such an election is not to tell the world. Are the princes about to fight for the throne? Moreover, this is also a loss of face! And isn't it too embarrassing to have such an open election? ”
"Shame on open elections? What's there to be ashamed of? And in this way, in fact, I think it is still the best, to make everything open to compete, and to win is the ability. If you lose, you think you're unlucky, don't blame others. If the previous emperor personally decided according to the past, I am afraid that it will be completely a dark operation, and it will not be transparent at all. Like this kind of election leader, the most taboo thing is the black-box operation, which is not transparent! If it is not transparent, then everyone will definitely have doubts in their hearts in the end, and even those who are competent may not be able to gain trust. ”
"If everything is elected, isn't that a good thing? Put all the competition on the table, let everyone see what kind of birdman these candidates are, and let them decide for themselves to choose the least bad guy to go up. If you used the same method in the past, today you control the troops to carry out a mutiny, tomorrow I assassinate, the day after tomorrow I poison, how can this be done? Rather than this kind of competition without rules and means, it is better to let them compete within certain rules. With the corresponding competitive rules of the game, that is the result that ensures that everyone can be safe. Otherwise, like the method in the past, everyone must seize the throne, and if the seizure fails, they will definitely die, so isn't it miserable in the end? So make a rule of open competition for positions, so that they can put everything on the table, let everyone choose the least bad guy to be the emperor. Therefore, an open election is the most secure. You have seen that those people in republican countries, even if they lose the election, they will not lose their lives! ”
This is the method of combining the republic and the monarchy that is going to be adopted, Wang Guorui will also decide the head, he is the founding emperor, anyway, the later emperors are his descendants, so who will inherit is not the inheritance, so he doesn't care. And in the future, the country will gradually get rid of the so-called rule of man, so that the role of the emperor is getting lower and lower, so that he is not afraid of the non-people, anyway, whoever chooses is the same bird, not afraid of an incompetent emperor, what is there to worry about? Anyway, if the emperor has the ability or not, it won't have much impact on the usefulness, so Wang Guorui doesn't care who will inherit the throne in his descendants.
"When the time comes, the emperor will also adopt the method of paying salaries, and will not be able to use state funds for his own use. The emperor's salary can be determined at his discretion, and this will be discussed at that time. Moreover, if the emperor does not do well, then he can put forward a bill in one-third of the parliament, and then 95% of the members agree, then the emperor can be deposed. Wang Guorui said.
When these women heard this, their faces turned even greener. Because it would be terrible to let the representatives of the people, the members of the parliament, decide who the emperor should choose, but now these members of the parliament still have the power to depose the emperor, which is really terrifying. Since ancient times, emperors have also been supreme, but now it is really scary to suddenly hear that the emperor can be deposed by the parliament under certain circumstances. If so, then who can sit firmly in this emperor!
"Husband, if that's the case, then I'm afraid the position of this emperor can't really be stabilized!" Kang Tongwei said.
"What do you want to do so steadily? If the throne is too stable, then I'm afraid the country will also be unstable! Wang Guorui snorted.
Wang Guorui once saw an ancient tower on TV, which said that he had not collapsed for countless years. And it happens to be in a seismic zone, which is prone to earthquakes. The surrounding buildings have been changed for various reasons, but the tower has experienced many minor earthquakes and has not collapsed. Later, someone found out that the tower was actually unstable, and his pillars were actually movable, not absolutely stable. However, because this is not absolute stability, it allows him to alleviate and release many earthquakes, allowing him to survive for many years longer than other buildings. There are even some people who study architecture and design a kind of earthquake-resistant building, in which the principle is to use "instability" as a means of unloading force to transfer the power of the earthquake.
And Wang Guorui has also learned some things from here, although this is only a physics method, and it seems that it is only related to machines. But isn't state politics also a "machine", isn't it also a state apparatus? If a regime seems to be very "stable" and seems to be indestructible, it will end up hiding many hidden dangers, and then by the time these dangers erupt in a unified concentration, it will be too late.
Therefore, it is better to expose those "hazards" regularly, and then let everyone have a "punching bag", and then let everyone have the opportunity to "vent", so that the contradictions will not be deepened, and then cause the collapse of the entire "house", and this is also conducive to the progress of the country and social system. If the throne seems too stable, then the last emperor will definitely be fearless, and finally do whatever he wants, and then affect the development of the whole country. So it's better to let this emperor feel that the throne is not so stable, and only if they feel that this dragon chair will shake at any time, will he really feel the danger.
There is another saying in later generations, that is, it is called "Those who are not in danger, how can they be officials!" ”。 If you don't feel the danger carefully, how can you sit in the official position? If an emperor doesn't feel that he is in danger, then he will definitely collapse in the end, and then end up doing whatever he wants without a bottom line. Only when they feel the danger can they be cautious and dare not mess around, which is the foundation of the stability of the country. (To be continued.) )