Cutting 1719

Chapter 323 Guns and Dice
Now that he is enthroned and the emperor, Ning Yu will naturally not ignore the group of people who follow him to conquer the world. After all, these people are his basic base, and the common people are strong and strong, but these are the only ones who keep their heads on their belts Only those who are able to do so are the real power of the direct line who will follow him without hesitation.

The previous honors and titles are rewards, but those are for the army after all, not for everyone, so Ning Yu quickly issued an order to Yousi and began to redesign the official system and rewards for meritorious officials. In particular, the new government structure must be worked out quickly, so that Ning Yu can avoid becoming a model worker emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang.

After some preparations, Ning Yu had done enough homework, and began to prepare for a national political conference in Fengtian Temple, and this national political conference will be dominated by the original staff of the political affairs hall, so as to readjust the foundation of the current state affairs , and sort out some things about the inner and outer courts and places.

Speaking of which, these things have basically been the most important things after the founding of the country since the establishment of the country. However, after the establishment of the system of three provinces and six ministries, most dynasties made fine-tuning in this circle. In fact, the core things have never changed. Of course Ning Yu doesn't plan to change anything, after all, it's as good as it works.

Of course, it is also great news for those civil servants. They are all gearing up and preparing to compete with Ning Yu on this matter. Of course, what they are fighting for is essentially the boundary between the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister. That is, the relationship between the emperor and the ministers.

However, ever since there was an emperor, the struggle between monarchy and ministerial power has been inevitable. Even if it is a genius like Zhu Yuanzhang, even if the position of prime minister is abolished, there will still be such freaks as the chief minister of the cabinet later on. Fighting for power, and compared with the prime minister, its power has even become greater.

Therefore, for Ning Yu, he would not consider becoming a model worker emperor, so the decentralization of his authority is a very normal thing, but how to balance the power of his subordinates is a matter that needs to be carefully considered. Because if there is too much decentralization, it is difficult to guarantee that the monarchy will not be bullied by the power of the prime minister. Of course, if everything is in the hands, it will be exhausting.

"Three provinces and six ministries are not enough to rely on, let alone blindly learn. The system of Ming and Qing Dynasties also has many flaws. Dear friends, do you have any good suggestions?"

Cui Wancai stroked his long beard. This was a big proposition, so he pondered for a while before slowly opening his mouth.

"The structure of the past dynasties often does not follow the structure of the three provinces and six ministries. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to its peak, the Qing system also came on the basis of the Ming system. If you want to discuss its gains and losses in detail, it is the result of a detailed discussion of the Ming system."

"If we talk about the Ming system, the first thing is to abolish the prime minister and set up a cabinet. Now the military aircraft department established by the Qing government has a bit of cabinet style, which is naturally good."

"As for the system of three provinces and six ministries, it is very different today. Like the three provinces of Zhongshu, Menxia, ​​and Shangshu in Tang Dynasty, Zhongshu Sheng was gone in Ming Dynasty, and only Zhongshu Sheren was left, only with file management and copying. , while Menxia Province has left the seven ranks among the things, the weight is low. As for the Shangshu Province, although it is still there, the Shangshuling and the power of the left and right servants have all been integrated into the six departments."

Cui Wancai is very familiar with this aspect, he sighed with emotion, "Although the Ming system has the right to be a member of the department, but this position is only owned by the seventh rank, and the position is inferior, so it is easy to become a pawn in the party struggle. The disaster of party disputes in the late Ming Dynasty may not have been fueled by science and Taoism."

Speaking of it, when Zhu Yuanzhang formulated this system, it can be said that he used a bitter conscience. He was afraid that the subordinates would have too much power, so he split up the three provinces, especially the power to refute the emperor's will, but gave those officials Although the low-level people are not high-ranking officials in the matter, they can express their opinions independently. They can also attend and give their opinions when encountering Tingtui, Tingyi, and Tingju.

However, in a sense, these officials of the scientific committee are not used to refute the emperor, but to check and balance the six books. As long as they open their mouths, the six ministers are often helpless because of the scientific committee. They have to put the original proposal aside. Situation is also a kind of emperor's monarchy at that time, so it is essentially to maintain the monarchy, and it is often used to fight.

Therefore, the meaning of Kedao in the Ming Dynasty and Menxia Province in the Tang Dynasty are completely different. One is to check and balance the monarchy, and the other is to check and balance the ministers.Therefore, in the mode of party struggle before the end of the Ming Dynasty, the first arrow was shot by the officials of science and Taoism under the respective parties, and this is what Cui Wancai mainly opposed.

Ning Yu nodded slightly, and he didn't say much, but then looked at the other ministers with a smile on his face, "Do you have any other opinions? You can say it together, let's This time is to lay the foundation of the world, and it needs more trade-offs."

The ministers below glanced at each other, only to see Li Fu coming out slowly, and said loudly: "What Master Cui said is indeed reasonable, but I think that the prestige of the emperor cannot be compromised in the slightest. The three provinces and six ministries in Tang Dynasty, It's just too corrupt."

Strictly speaking, there are not many factions in the current Great Chu, especially in the political arena at present, it is only roughly divided into two factions, one is the Huguang faction, and the representatives are naturally Huguang scholar leaders like Cui Wancai, and the other is the Jiangnan faction It's just that the Jiangnan faction doesn't have a so-called leader. Whether it's Lu Yizhong or Li Fu, they are all great Confucianists in the Jiangnan faction, but currently Li Fu is the main one.

Although Li Fu had a personal relationship with Cui Wancai in the past, it did not hinder their opposing attitudes in the political arena.In particular, the gentry of various factions in Jiangnan and Huguang are also wrestling secretly. Although there is no real spark torn apart on the bright side, cracks have already been vaguely formed.

Of course, neither Ning Yu nor Ning Zhongyuan would intervene in this point, and they even took a more happy attitude. After all, if the courtiers here were monolithic, then Ning Yu would be the one who couldn't sleep.

So after hearing what Cui Wancai said, Li Fu immediately refuted it.

Ning Yu glanced at the other ministers in the palace, but they were still digesting the remarks just now, and had no intention of presenting it. At the moment, they were certain that fighting could be done, but not bottomless fighting.

"I think that although there are some problems with the Ming system, they are not serious. Although the position of prime minister has been abolished and the power has been concentrated on the emperor, the emperor is not the only one who decides. Political Secretary, Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple, and many things must be pushed, discussed, and mobilized by the court.”

Ning Yu didn't buy the teacher's account at all on this point. Although he knew that Cui Wancai really came out of a public heart, and it was really for the good of Da Chu and Ning Yu, but Ning Yu still wouldn't do it. Agree to go back to the old system of the Tang Dynasty, because Ning Yu is not an emperor like Li Er at all.

Speaking of it, in the minds of literati, the models of the relationship between the monarch and his ministers are Li Shimin and Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng is good at admonishing. Li Shimin is good at accepting advice.

However, such a name is not suitable for Ning Yu, because in Ning Yu's plan, the emperor he wants to be is not the kind of emperor who would care about fame. Ning Yu wants to change the content of the imperial examination. Instead of taking the Four Books and Five Classics, he will test scientific knowledge. Can this be discussed with the scholar-bureaucrats?

Obviously, the emperor Ning Yu wants to be is an emperor who is like Qin Shihuang, who promises everything. Even though many of his actions will not be understood by anyone in this era, he will still do what he should do. If you don’t do it now, you will do it in the future, so strengthening the monarchy becomes the only choice.

What Ning Yu wants is nothing else, but to say what he says, and to say what he says.

After Cui Wancai listened to Ning Yu's words, although there was no fluctuation on his face, his fingers turned white. He sighed softly and stepped back sadly.But Li Fu's eyes flashed with excitement, he was sure that he had understood the thoughts in the emperor's heart, this is a real hero.

As a minister, the emperor you face is actually very important. There is also a fate between the monarch and his ministers. It is naturally gratifying to meet an emperor who knows people and is good at responsibility. When you meet a violent emperor, you can only lament .

"I think that the current big government will be put down for the time being, but there is one thing that must be agreed in advance. There must be no more ties between the inner court and the outer court. The inner court will completely abolish the eunuch system and dismiss all eunuchs. Men go to the palace privately, and everything in the palace is governed by female officials."

Seeing that Cui Wancai had died down, Ning Yu changed the subject instead. He immediately brought the topic to the inner court and the outer court, which made the ministers really confused, but they felt extremely impressed by what Ning Yu said. excited.

For literati, what do you hate the most?Eunuchs are definitely on the list. In fact, as an extension of imperial power, eunuchs' participation in politics will be resisted by civil servants. The struggle between the Donglin Party and eunuchs before the end of Ming Dynasty is a clear manifestation of this, but Rather than saying that the Donglin Party was dissatisfied with the eunuchs, it was more dissatisfied with the emperor who meddled in the locality at will.

It's also very interesting to say, for the literati, the one thing they want to do most is to enshrine the emperor there like a god, and it's not enough if there is less, but if the god has any thoughts and actions of its own, Then the civil servants and the gentry would unite and chop off the outstretched hand of the idol, and the eunuch became a victim of this struggle.

Seeing that Ning Yu took the initiative to ban eunuchs now, everyone was overjoyed. At this time, who cares about the so-called ancestral system or not, the tradition is not traditional, as long as it is beneficial to the civil official group, it is a good policy.

Although Ning Yu took everyone to a show outside Donghua Gate a few days ago, it was obvious that many people didn't pay much attention to this matter. Governance is just a fantasy of the people, because no matter how wise the emperor is, he needs to be implemented by officials in the end.

It's just that they didn't expect that Ning Yu actually planned to abolish the eunuch system, so that the civil servants would no longer be restrained—unless Ning Yu once again supported the clan power and noble power of the Ning family, but these two The destructive power is much stronger than that of the eunuchs. Many people think that Ning Yu is afraid to choose. Everyone knows that the clan and nobles all want to eat meat.
Are you really afraid to choose?There was a slight smile on Ning Yu's face. In fact, it was Ning Yu's plan to support the Ning family clan and the Junwu Xungui Group, and he would not worry about the backlash from the Ning family clan and the Xungui Group, because this era is In an era of pioneering, a large overseas territory is enough to satisfy their appetite.
"Therefore, I will completely isolate the inner court from the outer court. The inner court must not interfere in politics, and the outer court must never interfere with the inner court."

Ning Yu's words are still very informative, and the ministers understood what he meant. The emperors in the past belonged to the kind who could control everything, but everything needed to be controlled by the world, just like the emperor has no selfishness. Even if the emperor played some small games in the harem, he would be scolded by the officials of the science and Taoism, and the big hat of licentiousness would be put on him.

In this case, let’s make a deal. The emperor abolished the eunuch system, and the inner court will no longer interfere with the outer court. That is, the emperor can no longer meddle anywhere at will. All these belong to the emperor's personal freedom.

This made it difficult for the ministers to accept. Whether it was Cui Wancai or Li Fu, they both felt a little awkward. Although their thinking had surpassed many people of the same generation, they still thought that the emperor was not only an emperor, but also an emperor. Since the symbols of a country are all symbols, the behavior must naturally meet the standards, otherwise wouldn't it make people laugh?

Especially controlling the emperor's private affairs is the greatest pleasure for the ministers. Now the emperor actually said that they will not interfere with each other in the future?There is even a key point, which is the issue of the future battle for the throne. Is the establishment of the throne a matter for the inner court or the outer court?What if the emperor himself had a whim in the future?

These issues soon became a knife hanging over the heads of the ministers. Of course they hoped that the inner court would not interfere with the outer court, but they also hoped that the outer court would interfere with the inner court. However, since this is the case, they are afraid that the guns that bully Ning Yu are really not enough. Sure, it would be a disaster if you were dragged out for target shooting
Ning Yu looked at the embarrassed courtiers, but there was a hint of complacency on his face. The way of merchants is that both buyers and sellers have bargaining chips, but the emperors in the past have been throwing dice with the ministers. As long as a few threes are thrown, the whole world will be completely in the hands of the ministers, and the emperor will really be passive at that time.

The key to this is that the emperor has always been a member of the Ning family, and the ministers are one after another. They can lose a hundred games, and the people behind can continue to play, but the emperor only needs to lose three or four games. The glory of the world will be gone that day.

Wanting to win in this kind of game, Ning Yu decisively threw away the dice, but picked up the abacus and the gun, and either sat down and settled the account together, or fought each other with guns.

With a gun and an abacus, who else could Ning Yu be afraid of?

(End of this chapter)