Chapter 21 The Han Version Roundtable
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Whenever there is something that is difficult for one person to decide, the ministers will hold a small court meeting, or a cabinet meeting, in the cabinet hall, where several ministers will discuss a solution or vote on some important elections. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Such cabinet meetings are held almost every day, which can also reflect that the empire is not yet fully on track, many things do not have a fixed protocol for dealing with many things, and the cabinet needs to constantly develop new solutions to deal with the endless new things.
In contrast, the east wing of Weiyang Palace is much more deserted, and Liu Hou alone occupies a huge east wing, and only a few heads of intelligence departments come to report their work every day.
What's more, many times Liu Hou is not in the east chamber, but goes to the west chamber to attend cabinet meetings. On this day when strange clouds appeared in the sky, Liu Hou once again sat at a round table in the center of the cabinet conference hall with several cabinet ministers, holding a meeting to discuss things, this is the Han version of the round table, which is also Liu Hou's handwriting.
The Han Dynasty has always had a tradition of distinguishing between respect and inferiority, which is reflected in all aspects of life. In such a meeting, the highest person sits at the top, and the rest of the people are arranged on either side, according to the degree of dignity and inferiority of each person's position.
However, Liu Houbian said that this kind of sitting style is not conducive to everyone speaking freely, and it is necessary to create an equal and relaxed environment for everyone, so that everyone can forget about dignity and humility, and can say psychological words as they like.
So, he asked people to build a large round table out of golden silk nanmu, as well as the chair style of the Taishi chair in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and then Hou asked all the cabinet ministers to sit around this round table. The Taishi chair is very comfortable to sit on, and it is even more comfortable in winter with soft cushions, which can relax the ministers and help them make suggestions.
The ministers did not agree with this kind of round table, but they couldn't resist Liu Hou, and later Zhuge Liang gave a statement, which successfully untied the knots in the hearts of the ministers. Zhuge Liang said that the use of a round table seems to have no distinction between dignity and inferiority, but in fact, it is not necessarily the case.
Because it is divided into primary and secondary positions, in addition to looking at the table, it also depends on the environment of the room. Generally speaking, the position facing the doorway of the room is the main seat. This is because His Holiness always has the right to be the first to know about the situation.
If someone comes in through the door, the person sitting in the position facing the gate will be able to see the person coming in and react immediately. This is important and relevant.
For example, if it is an Assassin who enters, the person sitting in the main seat will be able to spot the Assassin as soon as possible, giving them more time to react and avoid risk. Except for Deng Zhi, everyone else agreed with Zhuge Liang's explanation, and they all agreed to set the position facing the gate as the main throne, and defaulted to the emperor's throne.
The reason why Deng Zhi disagreed was because he believed that the emperor had always sat facing south, and he also gave some examples, such as: "Yi Shuo Hexagram": "The sage faces south and listens to the heavens, and rules to the Ming." "The Analects of Yongye": "Zi said: 'Yong can also make the south. And so on.
And the west wing room because it is in the west of Weiyang Palace, so the door is open in the east, if the emperor wants to sit in the position facing the door, it is equivalent to sitting in the west facing the east, in this way, it is not in line with the ceremony.
When it comes to resourcefulness, Zhuge Liang is unsurpassed, but when it comes to mastery of Confucian classics and dedication to ancient rites, Deng Zhi is more powerful. In fact, it's not that everyone doesn't know the allusion of the emperor sitting facing south, it's just that everyone doesn't care so much about this matter.
Since Deng Zhi put forward his opinion, everyone had to discuss and vote on this opinion. After some discussion, everyone thought that since there was such a requirement in the etiquette system, it would be better to follow it if it was not very difficult, so as not to cause criticism from others in the future.
As a result, the Cabinet soon passed a resolution to renovate and renovate the Cabinet Chamber. The main purpose of the renovation was to replace the western gate with a southern one. In this way, the emperor can sit north and face south.
It's just that in this way, it is equivalent to forcibly changing the layout of the west wing, so that a small corridor suddenly appears on the south side of the conference hall, giving people a very strange feeling. Liu Hou felt even more crying and laughing at their toss.
After the layout of the council hall was renovated, Zhuge Liang hung a pair of calligraphy and paintings in the center of the north wall, making the characteristics of this position as the main seat more prominent.
Although the Taishi chair in this position is the same as the Taishi chair of other people, since then, no one except Liu Hou dares to sit in this position anymore. Even if Liu Hou did not attend the meeting, Zhuge Liang would not sit in this position, but sat down in a position to the left of this position.
The ancients respected the left, but this is not absolute, and there are some historical periods that respect the right, such as the Qing Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it happened to be a period when the left was respected, so Zhuge Liang had to sit on the left side of the emperor, indicating that he had a status above 10,000 people under one person.
The others, in accordance with this principle, also choose the zĂŠ position and sit down in turn. So, although it is a round table, it is clear that the Han version of the round table is very different from King Arthur's Round Table Knights.
On this day, the cabinet ministers discussed that there had been a drought in a certain place in Xishu for three consecutive years, and because the roads were difficult to travel and it was difficult to transport relief food, local officials asked the imperial court for support.
"The difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky. The mountains in the Xishu region are continuous, the terrain is high, it is difficult for birds to cross, the road into the mountain is mostly tortuous and difficult to walk, and there is even no road in some places! In these places, it is completely impossible to transport grain by any means of transportation, and can only be carried by manpower. Deng Zhi sighed.
"This kind of human transportation cost is the most expensive, Zhi estimates, transport a bag of rice grain into the mountain, the grain transporter himself will eat half a bag, this is because the transport route is not too long, if the transport line is a little longer, the consumption is greater, and even the grain transported into the qu is not enough for the grain transporter to eat on the road." Deng Zhi continued.
"It's hard not to have to happen to the military. At present, Yun Mengze's suppression has ended, there is no war in the country, and all troops are rotating between the old and the new. A large number of recruits will appear in the troops in the short term, and these recruits can be concentrated for this work, which is also a kind of training for them. "Guo Youzhi.
After the battle to destroy Wu, the ministers, families, and troops loyal to the Sun family fled overseas with Sun Deng and Lu Xun.
After the war, Guan Gong devoted himself to building a navy, while mobilizing troops to enter Yunmengze to suppress bandits. Of course, he is not entirely suppressed, his policy is to use both grace and power, and to suppress and appease at the same time.
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