The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 61

After Shun ruled over China, in order to maintain the monopoly of imperial power, Emperor Yao took the initiative to retire due to illness, and Shun took care of all matters.From then on, Shun gradually became the person with the highest decision-making power in Huaxia.

It has been more than eight years since Guirui established the city, and Shun has been in charge of Huaxia. Shun has a deep understanding of Huaxia's system.As a modern person, Xiao Xingxing naturally felt that the patriarchal alliance system 300 years ago was very backward.Little Star decided to set up a ... to replace the patriarchal alliance system.

In the new system, Shun still had the highest decision-making power, but he delegated the right to consult.In other words, he decided to set up an advisory body to consult various political issues within the Huaxia Alliance.This advisory body can basically be regarded as the cabinet of ancient China. It is mainly composed of several departments. Gao Tao is the chief minister, who manages the judicial affairs of China and has the highest legislative and judicial power; Qi is Situ, who mainly educates the people and manages education in China; Qin Bukong is a secretary, in charge of China's finances and officials' salaries; Xiongtao is in charge of various craftsmen; Danzhu is still Sima, in charge of China The army; Dongbu didn't know him as the young Sima, and assisted Danzhu in managing the military affairs of China.And Sikong is in charge of the important position of water and soil construction, which is related to the great cause of water control. Shun himself will temporarily replace him, and he will be appointed in the future when a reliable person is selected.

Shun also appointed Danzhu as the chief of Anbang, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the expansion of China's territory, and let him continue to lead an army of [-] troops to garrison Danshui, but he was not allowed to leave Danshui without Shun's order.Although Shun gave Danzhu Anbang the title of Great Leader, it was only an honorary title.On the surface, Danzhu's military rank is the highest in China, but he is not allowed to leave Danshui without permission.Little Xingxing made this decision. He suspected that Queli had colluded with Sanmiao during the defense of Pingyang.Just because Queli is Danzhu's wife, Xiao Xingxing is afraid of investigating Queli and triggering Danzhu's rebellion.

Little Xingxing realizes that if Queli really colludes with Sanmiao, she will definitely become a time bomb in China in the future. Used by Queli.

In order to appease Gonggong, Shun asked Gonggong to continue to defend the northwest border, and named him the chief of Zhenxi, who could rule all the tribes in the northwest, but he had to return to Pingyang to report on his duties once a year. This was to prevent him from being separated from Huaxia for too long, which would cause him to split go out.

In the Battle of Wuxing Mountain, Huandou was as passive as Gonggong. In order to avoid collusion between Huandou and Gonggong, Shun asked him to guard Yinshan in the north to prevent Beidi from attacking Huaxia from north to south.

Gonggong and Huandou were very dissatisfied with Shun's arrangement, but Shun is now in charge of Huaxia. After Emperor Yao retired and Dongyi was merged into Huaxia, Shun is the person with the highest power in the entire alliance.Therefore, even if the two were upset, they could only accept it silently.

In the Battle of Marble Mountains, although Shun won the battle, through this battle, Little Xingxing realized that there were many problems in the Huaxia Alliance.The biggest problem is that the Huaxia Alliance is very loose, and they are all bound by blood relatives and tribes. Although the Huaxia Emperor is the administrative officer with the highest power in the entire Huaxia, the emperor's government orders are only valid in Pingyang City. A decree cannot even remove a tribal chief.During the Battle of Wuxing Mountain, Shun had to win over the Dongyi tribe to help China.This war has been won, but it is difficult to guarantee that it will win next time.In order to improve the administrative efficiency of the entire Huaxia Alliance and make Huaxia truly a centralized ministry alliance, Xiao Xingxing intends to carry out a political reform on the various tribes of Huaxia.

After half a year of Shun's regency, Xiao Xingxing formulated relevant measures for political reform.

One day, he summoned many aristocrats and tribal leaders in China, a total of more than 200 people, to Pingyang to discuss political reform.

Standing on the Sifang viewing platform, Shun looked at the more than 200 nobles and leaders in the audience. He knew that there would be a "tough battle" waiting for him, but if he did not fight, the safety of Huaxia would be challenged.

"Our Huaxia has existed for 300 years from the Yellow Emperor to the present. During these 300 years, we have been fighting with the four surrounding tribal alliances. Now, Dongyi has merged with Huaxia, but Sanmiao, Beidi, and Xirong are still eyeing us. We encountered great difficulties in the Battle of the Marble Mountains half a year ago. At the beginning of the war, most tribes were unwilling to rush to Pingyang, because at that time Huaxia and Dongyi had not yet fully integrated, and some tribes were on the sidelines. Just like the grass on the wall, whichever side is stronger, they will fall to that side. Due to the negative attitude of these tribes, our battle with Sanmiao was very difficult, and Pingyang City was almost captured by them. This makes I think of a problem, our current tribal alliance system, which is bound by blood relatives, has major flaws, and we must get rid of this backward system.”

When Shun said this, the tribes and nobles in the audience whispered.Half a year ago, there were rumors within Huaxia that Shun was going to attack the tribal alliance system. Most people always thought it was a rumor, but they didn't expect that Shun was telling the truth.

"My lord, I don't understand something."

A gorgeously dressed man under the stage came to the front of the stage. He was the leader of the Pingyang noble Emperor Hongshi.

"tell me the story."

"When the Yellow Emperor, Yandi, and Jiuli had conflicts, the Yellow Emperor ordered the tribes of the four kingdoms to attack Chiyou together. These tribes followed the Yellow Emperor, fought without hesitation, and finally defeated Chiyou in the competition. This drove Jiuli out of the Central Plains and let the Sanmiao These barbarians lived in the miasma-filled south all the year round. Since then, the world has been peaceful, and China has become a state of etiquette. You said that the tribal alliance has major flaws, but without the help of these tribes, how could the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor defeat Jiuli? If today Jun Now that the tribal alliance system has been abolished, I am worried that if San Miao captures Huaxia again, we will all be left behind!"

As soon as Emperor Hongshi finished speaking, Sifang looked down at the rooftop and let out a burst of cheers.Shun fell into deep thought, because Shun was not good at words, and was somewhat confused by his logic.Little Xingxing smiled. It knew that the Dihong clan was using good examples from the past to prove the superiority of the tribal alliance system, but it didn't realize the limitations of its era.For Xiao Xingxing who often participated in debates in college, this kind of trick can coax Shun, but not Xiao Xingxing.

"The problem with the tribal alliance of the blood relative system is that everyone acts independently, leading to the dispersion of government orders. Regardless of whether there is fault or not, the patriarch always enjoys his position. You know, in the battle of the Five Elements Mountain, there are at least 200 tribes in our Huaxia and Dongyi alliance, but come There were less than seventy tribes who participated in the war, so it is unreasonable for so many tribes not to participate in the war and not receive any punishment."

"Then, according to Your Majesty's opinion, how should we reform?"

"Abolish the blood relationship system and change it to the appointment and removal system."

Little Xingxing said a word in the 21st century, which caused most people to fail to understand him.

Zhuanxu stepped forward and asked, "Dare to ask your lord, what's the matter with this appointment and dismissal system?"

"The hereditary system of blood relatives is abolished. The leader of each tribe is elected by the tribesmen of each tribe. After that, the five sense organs of Sikong, Sikou, Sima, Situ, and Sishi are assessed, reported to the emperor, and then appointed and dismissed by the emperor. If the leader makes a mistake, the tribe The people can go to the five sense organs to report on the leader, and the five sense organs will submit a report to the emperor, and let the emperor make the decision."

As soon as Xiao Xingxing said this, there was an uproar in the audience.Some leaders were panicked, while most leaders were angry, because Little Star's reform model was basically to abolish their privileges, and these people had vested interests, so of course they opposed this kind of reform.

"So that means that each of our leaders may be deposed in the future?"

"What's this called? I escaped death and helped Huaxia keep Pingyang City. Not only will I not be rewarded, but I will be dismissed from the position of leader."

Under Sifang Guantiantai, there was already a bit of noise, when the leader of the Dihong Clan stood up.

"The people of the tribe feel that the tribal leader is incompetent, so they can apply to the five sense organs to remove the leader. If the people of Limin feel that the leader is incompetent, can they also apply for the abdication of the leader?"

When the leader of the Dihong clan said this, the other leaders also booed.

"That's right, can your majesty tell me what to do?"

Little Xingxing is a modern person, he is not greedy for power, on the contrary, he hopes to keep power in a cage.

"of course."

"But who do we apply to? What if the emperor does not abdicate? Can we offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and then overthrow the emperor?"

"Of course it's fine."

When little Xingxing said this, Dihong, Shaohao, Zhuanxu, and Jinyun immediately laughed.Although Little Xingxing didn't think it was funny, more than 200 tribal leaders under Sifang Guantiantai also laughed.

"Isn't this the following offense?"

"If this is okay, then the whole world is full of rebellious officials and thieves?"

Listening to the taunts of these leaders, Little Xingxing seemed to realize something.He found that he was still too idealistic. Although there was a certain degree of progress, but this time was China 300 years ago, and it was the blood relatives of the tribes that connected the entire China.Overthrowing this blood bond is tantamount to overthrowing the political foundation of the entire China.

Armed with this knowledge, he knew that any of his forced reforms would be met with resistance, and even rebellion.The only way at present is to gradually weaken the power of the nobility in a slightly moderate way, and then seek reform of the entire system.

"Well, since everyone is unwilling to delegate power, let's leave it at that for now, and discuss this matter later."

Finally, Little Xingxing compromised, and in the eyes of Emperor Hong, Shaohao, Zhuanxu, and Jinyun, Little Xingxing's compromise was a sign of weakness.

When Little Xingxing stepped down from the Sifang viewing platform and announced the end of the meeting, Emperor Hong looked at Little Xingxing's back and whispered to the other three:
"It is said that he descended from the Emperor Ziwei Star and was blessed by destiny, why is he so ignorant?"

"Who knows, this is what Emperor Yao said, and Emperor Yao heard what Xi Zhong said. We don't know if it's true or not. Maybe it's Emperor Yao's imperial technique."

In short, the failure of Shun's political reform meeting not only made him realize the power of tribal leaders, but also caused Shun's reputation to decline.Especially the four nobles in Pingyang, they think that Shun's politics is not to mention naive, but also weak and deceitful.

However, this is not a bad thing for Little Xingxing. They feel that Shun is weak, which also means that Shun does not pose much threat to them, which makes them easily paralyzed.

(End of this chapter)