891. The issue of supervising the state

Li Jing and Hou Junji are afraid that there will be a dragon fight next, but this has nothing to do with Jingwen. And Jingwen is only responsible for preparing for the expedition, because he is the military minister of the Eastern Legion in the future, so he will also support the expedition. As for the next, according to the convention, the emperor's personal expedition must also have someone to supervise the country. In fact, when the emperor is away, the imperial family will replace the handling of government affairs. And generally speaking, those who are in charge of the country are the crown princes, and no matter how bad they are, they are also the emperor's brothers. However, this prison country is not so easy to choose, after all, if one is not careful, it will be easy for the emperor to go out, and once he comes back, he will be usurped. Therefore, it is generally necessary to choose a trusted imperial family to serve as a prisoner, so as to reassure the emperor.

And Li Chengqian knew that this topic was going to be discussed next, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes. Because if he has the experience of supervising the country this time, even if it is only a nominal prison state, it will be very helpful for the stability of his position as the crown prince. After all, it can be said that there are great benefits to supervising the country, as long as you can supervise the country, it is a credit. As long as there is no fault when he can supervise the country, it is also a good time for the prince to see the prince's "ability", which is very beneficial to inheriting the throne in the future.

As for Li Tai and Li Ke, seeing this situation, they were also a little helpless in their hearts. Li Tai and Li Ke didn't want to carry out the so-called supervision of the country, but they were not princes, so there was no chance that they would be qualified to supervise the country. Generally, the prince is in charge of the country, so they are not the nominal princes, so naturally they have no chance to supervise the country. Of course, they know the benefits of prison, but now they are things that they can see and touch. So Li Tai and Li Ke were very anxious in their hearts, so they didn't know what to do.

"The matter of supervising the country, I ......" Li Shimin seemed to have no idea what to say.

And Jingwen immediately realized that Li Shimin did not want Li Chengqian to be in charge of the country. After all, Li Chengqian is not the heir candidate in Li Shimin's heart. Therefore, he did not want Li Chengqian to obtain the right to supervise the country. However, there is really no one who can be suitable for the prison now, so Li Shimin is also a little helpless. Do you really want Li Chengqian to come to supervise the country? Once the country is in prison, it is not far from the quasi-emperor, so Li Shimin does not want Li Chengqian to take a step so quickly. If Li Shimin let Li Chengqian take charge of the country, it would be to help Li Chengqian stabilize the position of the crown prince, which is not what Li Shimin is willing to do.

Jingwen took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, in fact, the emperor is on an expedition, and it doesn't matter whether there is a prison country in the country. The emperor's kindness is exerted on the four seas, are you still afraid that there will be any clowns who jump off the beam and make waves? Therefore, the emperor does not need to be afraid of any clowns, as long as the civil and military officials above the court do what they are within the scope of their duties. Then there's no need to be afraid of something going wrong. As for the matter of the crown prince's imprisonment, the prince is still young and inevitably lacks experience, and it is not suitable to hand over a country directly to him. Therefore, the minister thought that as long as a few prime ministers handled government affairs well, it would be fine. ”

"If we encounter something that ordinary people can't solve and is more tricky, we might as well let several prime ministers who are qualified to enter the government hall discuss it together. And then we now have five prime ministers in the government hall, and that's exactly the base number. Then we let them vote on their own initiative, and the minority obeys the majority. As long as three people agreed. That is where it can be implemented. And send some copies to the front line, so that if the emperor finds any problems, he can also overturn them with one veto, so that nothing will go wrong. ”

Jingwen's statement is actually an imitation of the so-called democratic centralism of later generations. Let a few prime ministers vote on the corresponding matter. Anyway, this kind of democratic centralism also has its advantages, that is, it can decentralize power as much as possible, and then centralize it to a certain extent. This avoids the concentration of power in the hands of one person, as was the case with the Tang Dynasty's government hall system. It's just that he didn't clarify the scope of the government's powers. Therefore, the prime ministers in the government hall only have the right to deliberate, not the right to make decisions. And the decision-making power is in the hands of the emperor, but now the emperor has temporarily delegated the corresponding decision-making power to the prime minister. In this way, the prime minister can have certain actual rights.

In this way, in fact, whether the prince is in charge of the country or not is meaningless. Therefore, Jingwen also wanted to use the method of guò to prevent the prince from carrying out the so-called activities of supervising the state. Anyway, several prime ministers are the emperor's henchmen, and those who are not confidants have gradually "retired" in the past few years, so what can be done? So since several prime ministers can decide, there is no opinion.

"In that case, then the prime ministers of several political halls will meet together to discuss national affairs. And if you encounter something that you can't decide for yourself, it's up to you to meet to solve it, and the minority obeys the majority. As for you, if you still can't solve it, then send 800 miles to the front line urgently, and then I will personally approve it. ”

"As for the crown prince, as well as Tai'er Ke'er, then let's study national affairs with all of you! You are too young to deal with state affairs right away. Li Shimin said.

And Li Shimin directly vetoed the establishment of the crown prince's supervision of the country on the grounds of his youth, and instead the prime ministers supervised the country together. As for the reason, that is, the crown prince is too young to deal with state affairs directly. But this "young", this is worth talking about. Whether you are young or not, the standard is absolutely just a single mind. As long as the emperor says that you are young, you will also be young, after all, can you still be older than your Lao Tzu? Therefore, in front of the father and the emperor, the child is always young.

But Li Tai and Li Ke looked at Li Chengqian gloatingly, after all, Li Chengqian did not have the right to supervise the country because he was too "young". But Li Chengqian looked at Jing Wen with anger on his face, obviously very dissatisfied with Jing Wen's bad deeds for him.

"Well, Lao Tzu actually pulled hatred again. However, I'm just saying his words on behalf of you, what can I do. If I don't say it, someone will say it. Who told Li Chengqian, you guy, to be too anxious, you can't even endure it, so you will put people in the army so soon? This is what arouses the jealousy of your Lao Tzu, so this is the reason why you lose your status. Jingwen thought secretly. (To be continued......)