Chapter 522: Wise and Approaching a Demon
"The original intention was to decentralize power!" Zhu Houwei said categorically: "The power of the cabinet!" In my opinion, the cabinet, which was supposed to be a staff body, has evolved into too much power today, and even the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the ministry have joined forces, and its momentum is no longer inferior to that of the prime minister! Why Emperor Taizu wanted to abolish the prime minister, I don't need to say much, and you Aiqing also know it.
What the Ming Dynasty needs is a capable minister is not a minister, and what is needed is a political environment for mutual cooperation, rather than an absolute right to speak in an institution, and the cabinet decentralization itself is to eliminate the possibility of the emergence of ministers!
In addition, it is also the right to divide me, the world is the world of Zhu Ming, and it is the world of the people of the world, the cabinet will make mistakes, I will also make mistakes, since I will make mistakes, then we should let more people participate in it and express their opinions.
For example, if a new policy is formulated, whether this policy is beneficial or disadvantageous for the Ming Dynasty, even if the cabinet has made up its mind, it needs to be decided by me, but when I or the future monarch cannot clearly judge the pros and cons of this policy, there may be misjudgments.
For example, what was the original intention of establishing the Qingmiao Law when Wang Anshi changed the law in the Song Dynasty? It is to get the people free from the exploitation of the interest class and give the people one more chance to choose when the seedlings are not accepted.
However, the wrong approach to governance and the inaction of local officials have led to what should have been a policy of good governance turning into a bad government that harms the people.
I would like to ask, is Wang Anshi wrong? He was right, because his intentions were good, and this was also his original intention to change the law.
Is it wrong to oppose the old guard led by Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo? They are not wrong, because they are aware of all the shortcomings that exist in Wang Anshi's reform, and they may not be much opposed to the change, but they know that if the shortcomings are not solved, then the change is just in vain.
Therefore, in my opinion, the essence of Wang Anshi's reform is right but useless, the new party led by Wang Anshi has too much heart for fame and fortune, and they want to go down in history through the change, so they forcibly promote the reform regardless of the drawbacks.
No matter how strong Wang Anshi is, he is just one person, he can't change the general trend and can't see so many ills, so that the Great Song Dynasty Shenzong once fell into endless party struggles, and in the end, it was inevitable that when Shenzong died and Wang Anshi lost his biggest backer, the new policy died and the government stopped.
So what if there was a parliament in the Great Song Dynasty at that time? Wang Anshi served as the speaker, let Sima Guang and other important ministers as vice speakers, summoned hundreds of officials to become parliamentarians, and when Wang Anshi wanted to implement a decree, he would bring the decree to the parliament to discuss.
For example, if this decree is implemented, what benefits will it have to the world, what problems and difficulties may be encountered in the process of implementation, and what kind of disadvantages may arise in it, and so on.
It is impossible to think about these things so thoroughly by relying on only one or two important ministers, but it is different when there are more people, brainstorming, listing opinions, and then finding a way to solve them one by one, and finally summarizing the opinions and handing them over to me to decide.
If a very small number of officials insist on admitting their reasons to death, ignoring the opinions of the overwhelming majority of the members of the parliament, and insisting that they are right, is there any reason to refute it, that is, to oppose for the sake of opposition, to raise the bar for the sake of raising the bar, or even to invite fame and sell out, what is the use of such officials staying in the officialdom!
What I want is a capable minister who can find problems, deal with problems and even solve them, not a mediocre minister who can only talk nonsense but is useless, such a mediocre minister will never be hired!
When I say this, you Aiqing may understand what I mean? ”
None of the four ministers immediately spoke, obviously digesting the core concepts of the emperor's words.
It didn't take long for this digestion to make several people feel that the emperor's thoughts were as unfathomable as the Hanhai!
If there is one sentence to describe the perception of the emperor by several important ministers, then it is five words.
Wise and close to demons!
In fact, for the vast majority of officials, they are already standing at the top of the world, they prefer stability, and the last thing they want to see is social turmoil or even the collapse of the dynasty.
It is the orthodox moral bottom line that a martyr does not have a second husband, and a loyal minister does not care about the two masters, and once the dynasty falls, then it will be a difficult choice for officials all over the world.
Whether to follow the dynasty martyrdom or to be a second minister, such as Feng Dao, the great Confucian who did the eleven kings of the four dynasties, although he really has nothing to blame, but he was still scolded as a dog by the great Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties, even if the vast majority of Confucian officials can't do it themselves, they still feel the courage of 100,000 soldiers and civilians to martyr the Great Song Dynasty after the Battle of Yashan.
The essence of Confucianism's dislike of change lies in the uncertainty after the reform.
Who can bear the consequences, and who is willing to bear the consequences!
But now that the emperor has come up with such a parliamentary system, it seems that it can really solve this drawback!
Of course, it remains to be seen where this council will take the already vigorous giant ship of the Ming Dynasty.
But one thing is certain, that is, the emperor was indeed divided into powers, and the emperor handed over to the parliament to discuss matters that he could decide in a word, and in the end he only controlled the final decision.
It can be seen that the emperor did divide the power, and he really had no selfish intentions, all for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's society to become strong!
But Yang Yiqing didn't feel that the power of the cabinet had been divided much, because the cabinet ministers were the speaker and deputy speaker of the parliament, and they had the right to decide.
This actually seems to be not much different from Tingtui, but the scale is much larger than Tingtui.
"Each resolution of this parliament can be voted on, and each member has one vote, the deputy speaker has three votes, the speaker has five votes and one veto!"
Yang Yiqing was puzzled: "Dare to ask Your Majesty what is the right of veto?"
Zhu Houwei said with a smile: "It's not complicated, the parliament comes up with a proposal, discusses it in the parliament, and the discussion starts to vote at the end, and the final majority is better than the minority, but if the speaker feels that this proposal is not good, then he can exercise a veto power when the final resolution is made, and when the speaker uses a veto, then even if the entire parliament votes in favor, this resolution cannot be passed, and if the members of the parliament feel unconvinced, they can let me arbitrate!"
Yang Yiqing understood......
This parliament has indeed weakened the power of the cabinet, at least the power of the cabinet ministers other than the first assistant has been weakened a lot, but for the first assistant, that is, the speaker, this power has not been weakened, but should have been strengthened......
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