The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 671
Yu Yanyi's idea did not arise suddenly, nor was he only inspired by Yang Qingyuan's "Book of the Republic".

The idea of ​​the rule of law in China has sprouted in ancient times.

It has been recorded in ancient books that the law is established by the monarch and his ministers.

As far back as the pre-Han period, it was recorded in the Han Shu: "The law is what the Son of Heaven is and the public of the world."

Translated into modern Chinese, the law must be obeyed by the emperor and the people of the whole country.

By the time of the Great Zhou Dynasty, some Shilin scholars had already put forward the idea that "the law governs the world's public weapon".

Law is not the law of the Son of Heaven, but the law of the world.

Although this kind of thinking is bold, it can still be accepted by universal values.

The simple idea of ​​the rule of law has existed since ancient times, and it has been widely spread among the common people.

Although the civil official group has become a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats on the Internet in later generations, it has to be admitted that the contribution of the civil official group is the greatest beyond the restriction of monarchy.

For example, the civil official group of Blue Star in the late Ming Dynasty, the biggest problem was not the restriction of the monarchy, but the excessive struggle and imbalance, which made one family dominate, especially the rise of the Zhejiang Party.

Incidentally, the civil servant group is just a representative of a political group, and there are struggles and contradictions within them, and they are not a whole.For example, in the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty, there were Qi Party, Jing Party, Chu Party, and Zhejiang Party.Township parties, cronies, and political parties all form different factions.

However, in terms of restricting the monarchy alone, the civil servants of the Blue Star Ming Dynasty actually did a pretty good job.

Restricting the power of the monarch is the proper meaning of Confucianism, but Dong Zhongshu's dismissal of hundreds of schools made Confucianism a vassal of the imperial power.

"Zhou Li·Wu Cheng": "Tun believes in righteousness, respects morality and repays merit, and the world is governed by bowing down."

The idea that the Holy Son of Heaven will rule from the arch has always been respected by people.

As a political symbol, the emperor does not participate excessively in politics.

Not every emperor is as wise and powerful as Han Wu and Tang Zong. A Sui Yang Emperor-style faint emperor is far more harmful to the country than three powerful enemy countries.

But the representatives of the civil service group are different. Those who can go from the imperial examination to the official career, and finally reach the top, have the top political skills and political courage.

Not everyone has the ability to govern a country. For example, the political showmanship of later generations can win votes and win elections, but whether they have the ability to govern a country is uncertain.For example, a driver who was an actor.

In the same way, compared to the prince who succeeds to the throne, the civil servants of Li County, prefecture and prefecture have proven abilities and are naturally more trustworthy.

Of course, it does not mean that civil servants are absolutely good. Civil servant groups ultimately serve their own interests. Once civil servants are left in power without checks and balances, the situation in the middle and late Ming Dynasty will appear.

After the three major battalions were abolished in the early Ming Dynasty, the twelve regiment battalions were reorganized.

Since then, the power of eunuchs representing the emperor's cronies has been completely cleared out of the Beijing camp. The Beijing camp, the cabinet, the six ministries, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all civil officials who have the final say. supreme military officer.

The dominance of one family and the political imbalance were one of the reasons for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

Perhaps there are occasional national scholars who can limit the civil official group without caring about their own gains and losses. For example, Zhang Taiyue, who promoted the examination and the one-whip method, extended his life for Ming Dynasty for 80 years.

But there are only individuals who betray a class, there is no class who betrays a class.

So after Zhang Taiyue died, he was almost frantically attacked by the civil official group.The achievements of his reforms were also destroyed.

Therefore, when the civil officials are in power, someone needs to check and balance the civil officials, and the civil official group cannot be allowed to hold absolute power.

Judiciary, supervision, and military affairs can no longer be intervened by civilian officials.

Struggle and checks and balances are sometimes the key to a stable political balance.

A great politician in Blue Star once said, "There is no party outside the party, the imperial mind, no faction inside the party, all kinds of strange things."

Whether it is a republic or a constitution, this is the case.

Where there is politics, there must be factions, both ancient and modern.

Yu Yanyi looked at Yang Qingyuan, this was not his sudden whim, but he had been thinking about it for a long time, and he had already sorted out his thoughts in prison.

That's why I had this conversation with Yang Qingyuan today.

"Master Yu, even if you want to take the road of restricting imperial power, you don't have to die! Maybe there are other ways!"

Yang Qingyuan looked at Yu Yanyi, he didn't want this famous official with nearly perfect personal ability and morality to end up in such a fate.

Yu Yanyi shook his head with a smile, "Qingyuan, you can actually see it clearly, but why should you be persistent?!"

It's not that Yang Qingyuan doesn't understand, it's just that he doesn't want to!

"The evidence of Zhu Zhankun's regicide has been destroyed. If I don't die, why do you abolish the establishment and rectify the law of the world?! Only when I die can the righteousness of the world be realized." The death in Yu Yanyi's mouth seems to be a very common thing. simple things.

"Teacher Yu!!"

Yu Yanyi raised his hand to stop Yang Qingyuan's words, "A lifetime of seventy years is rare, even if I am alive, how many years can I linger?! Why not fulfill the name of righteousness. My ten years of life and my career through the ages, which is more important? Heavy?!"

"If you have the notoriety of killing kings, how can you govern the world? Besides, I also want to know what the world is like for the king under the law?!"

At this time, Yu Yanyi has already looked down on life and death.

There are always some scholars who are not afraid of death, and there are always some scholars who have a strong character!
The history is endless, and it praises such righteousness.

But how could Yang Qingyuan be willing to die like this for Yu Yanyi, from the perspective of a law student.

There is no difference between the life and death of one person and the life and death of thousands of people.

Faced with Yang Qingyuan's resistance, Yu Yanyi had expected it, "Confucius said benevolence, Meng said righteousness, only when righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is the best."

Yu Yanyi thought of his childhood idol, Mr. Wenshan.

"There is righteousness between the heaven and the earth, only when the time is poor. In Qi Taishi Jian, in Jin Dong Hubi. In Qin Zhang Liangzhu, in Han Suwu Festival. It is the head of General Yan, and the blood of Ji Shi. It is Zhang Suiyang's teeth and Yan Changshan. Tongue. After today, this righteousness is also in someone's flesh and blood!"

"..."

"Since the ancient reforms, there has been no sacrifice without bloodshed. Today's Great Zhou reforms, I started in Yanyi!"

"Don't fight for one life, fight for a hundred generations, I want to fight for the name of all generations." Yu Yanyi smiled freely, "Qingyuan will be my all."

Yang Qingyuan met Yu Yanyi's gaze, closed his eyes, and nodded.

He has never found it difficult to nod his head, but today he has no force pulling his hair.

"Hahaha! Good! Dangfu will understand!" Seeing that Yang Qingyuan agreed, Yu Yanyi took another swig.

I smiled to the sky from the cross knife, and left two Kunluns.

Such pride should be immortal and shining brightly through the ages!
After Yang Qingyuan accepted this reality, Yu Yanyi discussed the details of the plan with him.

Originally, Yang Qingyuan was rescued from Yanyi, and then Zhu Zhankun was abolished and replaced by King Wei. Although it was difficult to operate, the process was not complicated.

But now it is necessary to create a brand new political situation, and its complexity is not comparable to that of abolishing the emperor.

How to balance the parties in the DPRK? !
How to support new forces? !
How to allow officials to be effectively supervised? !

Although Yang Qingyuan is also in the third rank at the moment, he is only the prefect of Pingshan County in Jizhou, and he has been in charge of the military and government of Yuezhou. He has no experience in how to control the center.

"Cheng Qingsong lives up to his name. He is unafraid of power and unselfish. This reform will benefit the country and the people. He can support you."

"Your teacher, Qian Muqian, is a very traditional Confucian literati. After all, he is the successor of the Confucian Haotian Mansion. Although he has no intention of obsessing over power, he represents the interests of the Qian clan and other clans in Yuezhou. He also He is a nice guy. So you just need to let him stabilize the Yueyang Group."

"Actually, what I'm most worried about is the power of supervision. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is still in the hands of civil servants. It's self-correcting and self-inspecting. How can it be clear and clean?!" Yu Yanyi has no good solution to this problem.

"Actually, it can't be said that there is no way!" Yang Qingyuan added, "It is enough to completely separate the Metropolitan Procuratorate from other organs of the imperial court!"

"Separation?!" Yu Yanyi seemed to understand what Yang Qingyuan meant.

"When the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises officials, there will be times when officials protect each other. The main reason is that the current Metropolitan Procuratorate is sometimes just a springboard for promotion. Other yamen will inevitably be isolated by others. In this case, let the Metropolitan Procuratorate be completely independent! Promotions, appointments and dismissals are all within the Metropolitan Procuratorate system, so that the situation of mutual protection between officials and officials can be improved."

He was the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for one day and the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for life.

Completely separate supervision and administration.

"Good!" Yu Yanyi slapped his palm. This method is indeed effective, and it is not a castle in the air.The current Cheng Qingsong of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a living example. No matter whether he is promoted, appointed or dismissed, he always goes around in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In this way, the artificial Metropolitan Procuratorate can be independent from the civil service system.

The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not enter the civil service system, so it will completely break with the civil service.

In the eyes of the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, civil servants have become achievements of walking one by one.

In this way, the strength and efficiency of supervision will be greatly increased!
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Yu Yanyi and Yang Qingyuan talked a lot. During these time in prison, he was not idle. He understood the truth and sorted out the context.

Waiting here for Yang Qingyuan to come, Yang Qingyuan will be the perfecter and executor of this plan.

"Qingyuan, actually, there is one more thing."

Yu Yanyi drank the wine in his glass and looked at Yang Qingyuan.

Yang Qingyuan's unintentional series of actions made it possible to separate the three powers and check and balance the civil official group.

In terms of military affairs, the new Wuxun Group headed by Yang Qingyuan has risen to replace the old Wuxun Group that was cut down by Taizu. The Sixth Army Commander's Mansion represented by Li Chengen and Yang Qingyuan has enough ability to wrestle with the civilian group.

Supervision was originally divided between the civil official group and the eunuch group.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate has always belonged to the civil service system, but the chief of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Cheng Qingsong, has always maintained integrity. Under his leadership, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has a very high moral standard.

In the eunuch group, the main ones are the East and West Factory and Jinyiwei in the Six Dark Departments.That's right, Jin Yiwei are not eunuchs, but they do belong to the eunuch group.

Judiciary is the least valued, as can be seen from the dilapidated and almost abandoned Dali Temple.

But Yang Qingyuan took a casual move, and now it seems that he has become a master of the game.

The disciples of the School of Criminal Law became the best choice for Dali Temple, who is in charge of the highest political law in Dazhou.

Although it is still immature, as long as it grows up, it can become a political force.

Of course, this system is not perfect.He has a big weakness, that is Yang Qingyuan.

Whether it is the civil official group, the supervision system, or the Sixth Army Commander's Mansion, Yang Qingyuan's content in it is too high.

He alone can influence the three major groups. Yang Qingyuan can destroy the separation of the three powers and check and balance the monarchy at any time when he is in the court.

More importantly, this plan needs to support Wu Wang Xiaoshisan to take the position.

Although King Wei was young, he was not Yang Qingyuan's disciple after all.

And Thirteen has a very high understanding and a benevolent heart, which is the best choice for a monarch.

If Xiao Shisan ascended the throne, Yang Qingyuan would be the emperor's teacher. With Xiao Shisan's feelings for Yang Qingyuan, he must obey his words.

"There is one more important thing in this plan." Yu Yanyi put down the bamboo chopsticks and wine glass and stared at Yang Qingyuan at this moment, "After you finish, you have to weaken your existence?!"

"Me?!" Yang Qingyuan froze for a moment, he hadn't really realized his political influence yet.

After being reminded by Yu Yanyi, Yang Qingyuan suddenly realized that at some point, he had become an important figure in Dazhou's political arena.

The Six Gates and Dali Temple depended on him to exist, Tiance Army and Jinyang Army only followed him, and even the Shenwu Army and Shence Army recognized him as the spokesperson of the military.

Moreover, Yang Qingyuan was born in the orthodox imperial examination, a first-class Jinshi, and the second place in the ranking.The standard civil servant background is recognized and even cultivated by the civil servant group.Yu Yanyi, the head of civil servants, treated him like a personal disciple, and Qian Muqian, the leader of the literary circle, was his teacher.

He has grown from a political rookie to a towering tree.

It was precisely because of this that Zhu Zhankun did not dare to do anything to Yang Qingyuan for the time being.

The unjust murder of Yu Yanyi has touched the bottom line of all parties, and if Yang Qingyuan is attacked again, his throne will not be able to sit on.

Therefore, to deal with Yang Qingyuan, one must have a legitimate excuse.For example, Yang Qingyuan committed rebellion.

After realizing this, Yang Qingyuan fell silent.

He didn't expect that in ten years, he had changed from a Taoist priest on Wudang Mountain to one of the most powerful peaks in Da Zhou today.

After a brief silence, Yang Qingyuan also smiled smartly.

"I am a cultivator in Wudang Mountain, how can I have more power?!"

Going from Wudangshan to the imperial court was not for the pursuit of power, but to follow the heart.

"If you can let go of the burden on your shoulders, ride your horse all over the world, and be proud of the Jianghu, that would be a beautiful thing!"

Seeing the sincerity in Yang Qingyuan's eyes, Yu Yanyi was extremely pleased and laughed out loud.

"Hahaha! I really didn't see the wrong person!"

Yu Yanyi picked up the wine jar and drank the wine in it.

"Qingyuan! I don't have anything good in me. I only have a noble and upright spirit, which is still somewhat useful, but it has already purified and trained my whole body for Su Mi. At this time, I have nothing, only a message for you!"

Yu Yanyi's temperament has changed drastically, no longer the chic and transparent just now, but majestic and heavy.

Yang Qingyuan sat upright, "I would like to listen to Master Yu!"

"The heart is in danger,
Dao heart is subtle;

but the only one,

Yun Zhijuezhong. "

(End of this chapter)