Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 638 Magna Carta

The officials in the hall really couldn't understand why Zhao Wen would put a curse on himself. Emperors from ancient times to the present have always disliked the lack of power in their hands. Why did Zhao Wen change his appearance when he came to Zhao Wen?
"My lord, what you said is true?" Liu Wenzhong's eyes were like bull's eyes, with an expression of disbelief.

Except for Liu Wenzhong, other officials also looked at Zhao Wen in disbelief.

Zhao Wen took the reactions of these people into his heart, with a faint smile on his face.

"That's right, what I said is true." Zhao Wenyun said calmly, "You may be wondering why I made such a thing.

Let me tell you, it is very dangerous to put the safety of the country on the body of an emperor.It would be fine if the emperor is a wise ruler, but what if the emperor is a foolish ruler?Wouldn't Jiangshan Sheji be in danger by then?
My starting point for formulating the Magna Carta is for the country, not for personal gain. "

"My lord is wise, my lord is wise, my lord is wise!"

As soon as Zhao Wen said this, Liu Wenzhong and other officials knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Wen, impassioned.

These civil servants are officials in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of the emperor, especially the powerful emperor, they are domestic slaves.

The emperor is high above, and he will kill these officials if he wants to, especially when he is an official under those powerful emperors, it is extremely dangerous. If something bad happens, the head will be moved.

This is still secondary, the key is that sometimes, if the emperor plays a petty temper, these civil servants have nothing to do.

It would be fine if it did not harm the country, but if it did, it would be bad, and the country would perish if it was not done well.

Now that Zhao Wen himself proposed to limit the imperial power, how could these civil servants be unhappy?

In fact, Zhao Wen formulated this Magna Carta to give these civil officials a sweet date.

After all, the rules and regulations formulated by Zhao Wen almost castrated more than half of the rights in the hands of civil servants.

From the imperial court to the local government, all those who were not left were castrated.

In the past, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Officials were all important and powerful departments in the imperial court, but Zhao Wen's rules and regulations almost completely abolished these yamen.

The Ministry of Households was originally in charge of household registration, land tax, customs duties, lijin, public bonds, currency issuance and other functions.

However, after Zhao Wen's reform, the household department only had the responsibility of being in charge of household registration.

The land was taken away by the land, the tax was taken away by the tax, and the currency issuance was divided by the Huaxia Bank set up by Zhao Wen.

Moreover, in the rules and regulations formulated by Zhao Wen, officials of each department can only discuss their own affairs, and can express opinions on the affairs of other departments, but cannot intervene.

Coupled with the abolition of rumors and events, the power of the Ministry of Households will be greatly reduced, and a lot of power will be lost.

Let's talk about the Ministry of War. After the establishment of the Military Academy, the Ministry of War was completely abolished, and it was also included within the scope of the Military Academy. It has nothing to do with civil servants like them.

The Ministry of Officials used to be a heavenly official, the largest yamen under the cabinet, in charge of the appointment, removal, examination, promotion, promotion, and transfer of civil officials all over the world.

However, after Zhao Wen's restructuring, the Ministry of Officials was left with only the responsibility of get out of class examination management officials.

The appointment, removal, promotion and transfer of officials were taken away by the organization, and the honors were taken away by the emperor.

In this way, the official department is completely abolished.

The rules and regulations set up by Zhao Wen were not indifferent to these civil servants, so Zhao Wen took out the Magna Carta.

"Get up, these things are my decisions after careful consideration, you don't have to do this," Zhao Wen said.

Although Zhao Wen said so, the officials in the hall still kept talking about Zhao Wen's wisdom, and for a while, praised Zhao Wen as a unique saint in the world.

When the officials in the hall stood up, Zhao Wen asked again: "Don't you have any questions about the Council and the Military Council?"

Liu Wenzhong sat on the chair and remained silent.

Liu Wenzhong of the Council and the Military Council could understand Zhao Wen's purpose very well. If he asked at this time, wouldn't he be saying that he was dissatisfied with the Council?

Liu Wenzhong dared to put forward his own ideas on the restructuring of the six departments, but Liu Wenzhong did not have the guts to deal with this Council of Ministers.

Not only Liu Wenzhong was silent, but even other officials were silent.

Zhao Wen looked at these silent people and explained, "This decision of the Council of Government is made after my deliberation, and you people don't have to bear any burden."

"My lord's painstaking efforts, I will understand!" Everyone said hastily.

"Okay, today's matter is like this. You can go down. By the way, you can take down the rules and regulations I made. Each department will copy a copy and study it carefully. Try to complete the rules and regulations within five days. " Zhao Wen said.

"I'm waiting to retire!"

The officials in the hall retreated.

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When the officials of various ministries returned, the rules and regulations formulated by Zhao Wen and the news that Zhao Wen was going to formulate the Magna Carta spread in Xuanzhen instantly.

For a moment, Xuanzhen was like a pot of hot oil, noisy and noisy, and everyone was discussing these issues.

Some say that Zhao Wen's rules and regulations are good, while others say that Zhao Wen's rules and regulations are not good.

However, no one spoke ill of Zhao Wen's enactment of the Magna Carta.

Almost everyone agrees that Zhao Wen formulated the Magna Carta.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the enactment of the Magna Carta will benefit most of them, and they have no reason to oppose it.

After Zhao Wen had lunch, he came to the backyard.

With the support of several maidservants, Li Xiaoying took a walk in the backyard.

Zhao Wen saw Li Xiaoying, and then walked towards her.

"Why did the meeting just take so long?" Li Xiaoying looked at Zhao Wen who was standing next to her, and asked curiously.

Zhao Wendao: "The enthronement is coming soon, there are too many things to deal with, so the time will be longer.

Today is mainly to discuss the rules and regulations of the new dynasty and the formulation of the Magna Carta with officials. "

"Rules and regulations? Husband doesn't intend to follow the Ming system? And what is the Magna Carta?" Li Xiaoying asked.

In the Ming Dynasty, the harem was the most taboo to intervene in politics. In the Ming Dynasty, if Li Xiaoying asked an emperor like this, it would be very taboo.

But there are not so many rules here in Zhao Wen.

"No plan, although the Ming system is simple, it is not organized. The country is large, and it is difficult to govern the country well according to the Ming system, so I reset the rules and regulations.

......"

Zhao Wen roughly explained to Li Xiaoying the rules and regulations he set up and the Magna Carta.

After all, Li Xiaoying came from a scholarly family, so she still has some understanding of these things.

"Although the new rules and regulations may seem complicated, they are still good for my family. Splitting the original six departments, decentralizing power, and allowing officials to specialize in one thing. This is also beneficial to the country. .

However, I don't understand, why did my husband make this Magna Carta?Bring yourself a magic spell? "Li Xiaoying looked at Zhao Wen suspiciously.

"How can I tell you that the Magna Carta is the most basic rule of the country. There are no rules, no rules, and everything must have rules. Even the emperor must act according to the rules. I have my own reasons for doing this." Zhao Wen replied road.

"But has your husband ever thought that our children are not one? For the prince, as long as the prince acts in accordance with the Magna Carta, there may be no restrictions, but what about our other sons?

Our other sons are definitely going to be kings. What if these officials use the Magna Carta as a threat to threaten other sons?These officials can do anything. "Li Xiaoying looked at Zhao Wen worriedly.

Li Xiaoying's worry was not unreasonable. Although the princes of the Ming Dynasty enjoyed all the glory and wealth, the status of princes was also a very big constraint for them.

These people can only stay in the palace on weekdays, even if they go out of the city, they have to report to the government.

These princes have traveled the farthest way since they were born, probably from the place where they slept to their own graves.

"I don't intend to become king!" Zhao Wen said slowly with a long breath.

"What?" Li Xiaoying looked surprised, she really didn't expect Zhao Wen to say such a thing.

Zhao Wen explained: "To be precise, there are no kings within the territory. The future princes can only be crowned overseas kings, and there will be no kings within the national territory."

Li Xiaoying stared wide-eyed, and asked with a puzzled look: "Why?"

"As the saying goes, live in sorrow and die in peace, I don't want my descendants to be like the vassal kings of Ming Dynasty, who only know how to eat, drink and play.

Do you know how many princes Daming has now?How much land do they occupy?Without these vassal kings, it is estimated that there would be no rogues like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

The reason why I do this is for the sake of the country and society in the future.

In the future, once the prince is established, other brothers can live in the capital before the prince has a son. However, once the prince has a son, these brothers must leave the country and go overseas to establish a feudal state. "

Zhao Wen looked at the scenery in the backyard, and his voice was not in a hurry.

In fact, when Li Xiaosan mentioned this matter before, Zhao Wen thought about this issue.

Zhao Wen is not a saint either, he certainly wants all his descendants to live a good life.

However, if all his sons were crowned as princes and a country was established within the territory, the consequences would probably be the same as today's Daming.

Moreover, the prince who became the emperor must be worried about the other brothers. After all, there are many rebellions by princes in history.

Therefore, in order to avoid this kind of thing from happening, Zhao Wen decided to make his other sons overseas kings.

There are a lot of benefits to being named an Overseas King. One is to occupy overseas lands, the other is to spread branches and leaves for China, the third is to occupy overseas mineral resources, and the fourth is to drive commercial industries. Anyway, there are many benefits.

For thousands of years, Zhao Wen chose this method.

Even if the overseas territories refuse to accept it and want to rebel in the future, the meat will rot in the pot after all. Even if they fight again, they all have the same blood.

Now that the great voyage is in full swing, Zhao Wen doesn't want to give up those rich places overseas.

Listening to Zhao Wen's explanation, Li Xiaoying's face gradually became lonely. She stroked her stomach with an indescribable discomfort on her face.

At that time, when Li Xiaoying knew that she was pregnant again, she was so happy that she didn't sleep well for several days, but now, most of the excitement when she was pregnant was washed away in an instant.

Also, who would not want their son and daughter to stay by their side forever as a mother?Although Li Xiaoying is Zhao Wen's official wife, she is also a mother.

Li Xiaoying can imagine that after the child in her womb is born, she can only stay by her side for more than 20 years. Once the 20 years arrive, she will have to go far away, and it will be thousands of miles away overseas. For a mother, It was too cruel.

"I know what you think in your heart, and I know you are uncomfortable, but now that I am in this position, no matter what I do, I must first consider the country.

If the country declines in my hands, then I will be a sinner through the ages.Sometimes, something has to be given up. "

Zhao Wen hugged Li Xiaoying and comforted her softly.

Li Xiaoying kept sighing, her face was full of sadness.

"I know what you said, but, but, but I still can't accept it. That's your own flesh and blood, are you so willing?" Li Xiaoying asked blankly.

"Even if it is my own flesh and blood, I don't have to do this. There is no way, who made me the emperor?" Zhao Wen sighed softly.

Zhao Wen also wants his son and grandson to surround him, but the reality tells him that he can't.

.........

Five days later, the rules and regulations formulated by Zhao Wen were also perfected by Xuanzhen officials.

After Zhao Wen has thoroughly formulated the rules and regulations, he will have people spread them all over the country to prepare for the reform.

After completing these things, Zhao Wen began to formulate the Magna Carta.

At the same time, Tang Ruowang was sitting in the office of the university. He opened the "Xuan Town Experience Record" he had written and began to write on it.

"The commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen is about to ascend the throne as the emperor. For this Eastern Empire, it is like rebirth, and it will soon glow with new vitality.

He made the Magna Carta, which stipulated the duties of all people in the empire, even including the emperor.

Although the Magna Carta has not yet been formulated, I understand that for this world, the Magna Carta is a new thing, a new thing of Genesis.

Although I don't know what impact the Magna Carta will have on the world, I believe that his impact on the world is no less than the opening of new sea routes.

While the emperors of the Western Empire were still fighting for their own rights, this great man had already begun to delegate the rights in the hands of the emperors.

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After another seven or eight days, the first draft of the Magna Carta was finally drawn up.

In the Magna Carta, it is stipulated that the emperor is the supreme ruler of the country, and the duties, responsibilities and various obligations that the emperor should have are stipulated, and the duties of officials at all levels are also stipulated.

In addition to these, it also stipulates a series of contents such as the rights and obligations of all people in the country.

(End of this chapter)