Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 900 Curry Terrace Conference (End)
In the early morning of the next day, cavalry came out everywhere in Guihua city, and there were Mingmeng cavalry patrolling outside and inside the city.

On the Mongolian side, the Altan Khan guards under the control of Zhong Jinhatun are on patrol inside the city, and outside the city is the headquarters of Hannaji's West Post, and the Ming army has also got involved-the highly pragmatic cavaliers are in the city Participated in patrols outside the city.

This is really an unprecedented situation. The Ming army patrolled the Kulitai Conference in Mongolia, and many Mongolian nobles who came from afar were stunned.

Of course, it doesn't matter if they are surprised or not. Anyway, most of the "Taiji" of these small tribes have little power. Under the power and influence, I dare not talk nonsense at all.

Besides, Gao Pragmatism also has a sense of proportion. His cavalry mainly appeared between his imperial envoys and the venue of the Kuritai Conference, and the Shunyi Palace, where the Kuritai Conference was held, was still guarded by the Great Khan. guard.

As for the cavaliers outside the city, they were mainly guarding the east gate of Guihua City—Gao Qin envoy, whether he said he was cautious or afraid of death, he definitely wanted to leave a convenient passage for himself to escape.

Of course, the reason for speaking to the outside world is to facilitate keeping in touch with the Hanaji Department outside the city.

Considering that Ambassador Gao Qin and Bahan Naji have been An Da for many years, this reason seems to make sense.

At the second quarter of the hour, the Kuritai Conference officially began in Alda's former Shunyi Palace.

As the imperial envoy of the Ming Emperor, Gao Yushi not only sat alone in the first place, but even sat alone on a small high platform.

This point needs to be explained separately. Although Guihua City has the appearance of a Han-style city as a whole, it is the same as the Yuanzhong City in Shacheng. It has Mongolian characteristics, that is, there is a separate racecourse in the city, and the area is large. , and even in "Miyagi".

Today's Curry Terrace Conference was held at the racecourse in Shunyi Palace, so it was possible to build such a small platform for Gao Yushi alone.

Gao Wushi, who was wearing a red silk flying fish robe, sat on the high platform, looked at a large group of Mongolian dignitaries below the stage, and thought to himself: "It seems that these Mongolians have a high degree of acceptance of reality, which is better than ours. The Han people are easy to handle... Aren't the descendants of Genghis Khan very upbeat.

However, don't blame me, I let you Sinicize for your own good. After the age of firearms, you are bound to be in a situation of weakening all the way. This is the general trend.With the backing of Ming Dynasty, or simply integrated into Ming Dynasty, you still have the opportunity to maintain civilization and development, or the Mongolian country in the future will be your future...

I am afraid that Genghis Khan would not have imagined that Mongolia would one day have no sense of presence in the world political arena, and its economy is so backward that it cannot be seen, right?In contrast, Inner Mongolia, which is integrated with Han culture, is simply a paradise. "

Gao Wushi was distracted, while the Curry Terrace Conference was proceeding according to the established agenda, but since it was all planned, it was not worth mentioning.

Gao Yushi suddenly felt that at this moment, he was like the Japanese emperor facing his courtiers in a certain period. He obviously controlled the situation, but he didn't speak in front of people, and let the people below perform there.

However, looking at the Kulitai meeting, he thought of another thing: the current emperor of Ming Dynasty is Zhu Yijun. Since the relationship between the two parties was laid out more than ten years ago, the relationship between them is not comparable to that of ordinary monarchs and ministers, so many Things are easier to manage, but that shouldn't hide the problems inherent in Ming's system itself.

In the final analysis, the Ming Dynasty was a political system in which the emperor made decisions with one word. Although the current imperial power seems to be often suppressed by the civil official group under the "efforts" of the civil official group, this is actually just an appearance, and the root of the emperor's dictatorship has not changed. , In case a Chongzhen pops up one day, regardless of your civil servants and military generals, he can kill him as he wants, no tradition will work.

On the contrary, a system such as the Kuritai Conference is quite interesting. Although the Great Khan is a great Khan, if the Curritai, an institution representing the collective interests of all nobles, is dissatisfied with it, the Great Khan will be unable to move a single step.And this Kuritai Conference is not held for a long time and fixedly, so that the Great Khan can freely exercise his authority in peacetime.

Authority is available, but there are scruples. Isn't this kind of political system better than talking about it?
However, how should Ming's imperial power be limited?In case a "Chongzhen Holy Monarch" appears, there is nothing the officials can do to restrict him.

Moreover, the Mongols have the tradition of "election of kings" that has been handed down from the tribal alliance period, such as the Kuritai Conference, but the tradition of Ming Dynasty or China is not like this.

Since Xia Qi abolished the abdication, the thinking of the family and the world has been formed in China for thousands of years. "The world is tied to one person" is not just a matter of one dynasty and two dynasties. It is not easy to change!
Moreover, China's political system tends to go to extremes, and it is difficult to come up with a compromise-style constitutional monarchy like Europe's - a strong monarch has nothing to do with the bourgeoisie or the proletariat, and a strong bourgeoisie or proletariat, I am afraid it will not What happened to the monarch.

However, going to extremes means that as long as there is a change in the political system, it will most likely undergo violent revolution, and violent revolution has not been the route that Gao Pragmatic is willing to choose from the very beginning.

My head hurts... Forget it, let's put it aside for now, I haven't reached the time to think about it yet.

Besides, the system of the Curry Taiwan Conference is not perfect, at least judging from the political reality of the Yuan Dynasty at that time, this system also has many problems.

For example, when Kublai Khan was implementing the Han law, he tried to establish the system of princes in the Central Plains Dynasty under the suggestion of the Han ministers, but the Curritai system was still in line with it at that time.

In the tenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1273), Kublai Khan appointed the eldest son Zhenjin as the crown prince, awarded the crown prince treasure, established the East Palace, and equipped the palace with staff.In the 16th year of Zhiyuan (1279), the crown prince was allowed to participate in the government.

However, after the crown prince Zhenjin died of illness in December 22, Kublai Khan never formally established a crown prince, but only awarded the crown prince treasure to Tie Muer, the second son of Zhenjin who was out of town in Mobei, in 1293.

As a result, after Kublai Khan's death in 1294, Tie Mu'er was able to inherit the throne after going through the Kuritai Conference first.

That is to say, the monarchy system that Kublai Khan tried to establish was, in a sense, the same as the designation of successors by the great khans in the period of the first four khans.

This led to the formation of an "ancestral system". After Kublai Khan, the Khans and new monarchs of the Yuan Dynasty basically followed the old rules of the ancestors, whether they succeeded to the throne smoothly, or won the Khan through force or coup d'état— For the position of emperor, there must be a Kuritai meeting attended by the Mongolian royal nobles and court ministers.

The consequences of doing so were also very serious, which led to frequent occurrences of Khan succession crises.Some scholars in later generations believed that the hereditary system of the imperial throne in the Yuan Dynasty was not fully established at the beginning, and the Curritai system still had a stubborn force to interfere with the hereditary system on the issue of succession.

The hereditary system is very backward in the eyes of many posterity. In fact, to some extent, the hereditary system also has its advantages, the biggest advantage of which is that it can ensure the stability of the country.

For example, like Daming, on the question of "who will be the next emperor", it is completely clear and unmistakable, because Daming has never abolished any crown prince, and there has never been such a situation as "the eldest brother is still alive, and the second brother will succeed". This kind of thing, so the ministers don’t have to stand separately, and then the two sides fight to the death, and even make various coups and mutinies—this is equivalent to reducing the internal friction of the country to a minimum.

Looking at it this way, whether the emperor of Ming Dynasty is dictatorship or the Mongolian Kuritai chooses the king, both have their advantages and disadvantages, and it is by no means clear that you are good and I am bad, or I am good and you are bad. of.

That's all, for me, a mere Imperial Academy attendant, I'm afraid this question is a bit out of line now, so let's talk about it in the future when I am qualified, maybe there will be conditions to solve the problem at that time?
(End of this chapter)