Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 757 The biggest function of the responsible cabinet is to take the blame

Chapter 762 The biggest function of the responsible cabinet is to take the blame

"Don't worry sir, I know my own responsibility!"

Ran Ming was a little drunk, pointed out the window and said: "The wind and snow are raging, and the people are struggling. It is Ming's long-cherished wish to save all the people in the world, end this evil troubled world, and bring peace to the world!"

Ran Ming is actually an emotional person. Such a person can become a capable minister, but he cannot become a politician.Ran Ming is far from enough for politicians' unique nonsense, and Liu Bang's black belly, Ran Ming may not be able to learn it all his life.

Ran Ming knows that the emperor is in control of the power, and the life and death of the people are in the hands of a single thought. Such a person can easily become a puppet of power. Even the wise Emperor Wu of Han did not escape this vicious circle. Of course, there is also the momentarily wise Li Longji, wait.

In the position of the throne, what is decided is not the head, but the throne itself.Ran Ming is a smart person, and he can see the essence of things clearly through the surface.

The more he understood the essence of imperial power, the more distressed Ran Ming became.Being a smart person is actually more troublesome than being a fool.Seeing Ran Ming being so sentimental, Wang Meng felt very helpless. Ran Ming didn't like the throne, and Wang Meng knew it.

Of course, Ran Ming was fundamentally dissatisfied with Wang Meng's self-assertion and pushed Ran Ming to this position.

In fact, Ran Ming was not angry with Wang Meng at all.He has so many loyal subordinates, so many courtiers who hope to get the merits of the dragon, even if Wang Meng does not appear, there will still be Li Meng and Zhang Meng.

As the sun goes down.

The fire clouds in the sky also turned black.

The brightest stars have already begun to appear, and the air is horribly clean, so the stars have become extraordinarily bright.

Ran Ming's speech speed also became faster and faster, "It is the best way to establish a cabinet, set up the first assistant, second assistant and seven cabinet elders, supervise the six ministries and hundreds of civil and military officials!"

Wang Meng said: "Your Highness, this is actually the best way to avoid the prime minister's dictatorship. But in that case, the imperial power will fall aside!"

"Imperial power falls!"

Ran Ming's face was almost stretched out on Wang Meng's face, and he panted heavily: "Human energy is limited, it is impossible to take care of the world at all. The emperors of the Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, and Zhou Dynasty However, if you manage a land with a radius of 160 miles, other places are managed by the princes. Now, a land of [-] miles is only managed by one prefect. Naturally, it is easy to take care of all parties. Qin Shihuang swept the six countries and unified the world. , Set up counties and counties, unified management, and the memorials that are reviewed every day are as much as [-] catties. Now the territory of the Great Wei is worse than that of the Qin Dynasty, how can the emperor manage it by himself?"

It is not the most appropriate way to set up a cabinet and liberate the emperor from daily government affairs, especially the decentralization of power.In the 800 years since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, the power of the vassal states has always been greater than that of the Zhou emperor, so no one has usurped the throne. This is also the same as the Japanese emperor. The royal family is just a symbol and has no specific power at all.

If the emperor has no power, naturally there will be no temptation.If you want to be the first assistant, then you have to rely on your own means.No matter how much politicians fight among themselves, it is better than changing regimes.

Regarding the systems of the Chinese dynasties, the Ming Dynasty is actually the best.Central power is distributed to the cabinet, and executive power is distributed to six ministries.The local government is divided into three divisions, in charge of the judiciary, military, and administration, and is directly responsible to the six ministries.

Although we talk about the American-style democratic system, it is actually based on this principle.All functional departments perform their duties, as long as there is no corruption, the country can operate normally.

Ran Ming is the soul of modern times. If we add a term to the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty, five years is a term, and after two terms, he must step down. In this way, the chief assistant can be restricted.

Then, Ran Ming used Jiu Jin to describe the financial system and military system of the Ming Dynasty to Wang Meng.Of course, this military system is the combination of the military household system of the Ming Dynasty and the Fubing system.

The military household system is no longer the son inheriting the father's business, otherwise the population will increase, and the military household system will definitely exist in name only.At this time, Ran Ming suddenly fell asleep on the table.

After Wang Meng left, Ran Min came in from the outside, just looking at the hoarfrost on Ran Min's eyebrows and beard, he knew that he had stood outside for a long time.

Ran Min stepped forward and kicked lightly: "Okay, stop pretending. I know you're not drunk at all."

Ran Ming got up, knelt on the ground and said: "My son, see Father!"

Ran Min said: "How do you know I'm here?"

Ran Ming pointed to the beams of the main hall, and said: "When I was eating, I suddenly saw some dust falling on the beams. The doors and windows of the main hall were closed, but there were no. Obviously there was an uninvited guest on it! Inside the East Palace, The only one who can come in without anyone noticing it must be the father who is "deaf and dumb"!"

Ran Min didn't say a word anymore, looking at the leftovers that Ran Ming had eaten on the table, he also felt a little hungry.Just order people to serve.

Ran Ming only needs to accompany Ran Min and then eat.

Ran Min said: "Why did you come up with this cabinet system?"

"The cabinet system is good. There are nine elders. Except for the first assistant and the second assistant, the other seven elders are in charge of the six departments and the Yushitai." Ran Mingdao: "In this way, the emperor has no executive power, but life and death. Great power, although the cabinet manages the administrative power, but this cabinet can take the blame for the emperor, if something goes wrong, the cabinet can be directly killed and replaced by another cabinet!"

Ran Min nodded. He is the emperor on horseback, and he is also an emperor with great power. He knows very well that all power is empty, and only military power is real.Ran Min said: "You don't need to come forward to give me a detailed report on this matter. Now tell me, what is the specific method for this demotion?"

Ran Ming said: "Father, this is easier!"

"Most of the more than 4000 nobles have died in battle. There are countless more who are posthumous?"

Ran Min nodded and said, "Exactly!"

"If those honorable ministers died in battle, most of them would have no descendants!"

Ran Min also nodded.In the second year of Yongxing, Yao Xiang, Shi Kun, and Yue Wan attacked Ran Min. Ran Min was outnumbered and returned in defeat.Li Tekang and others hijacked Taiyuan Wang Ranyin and Zuo Pu to shoot Liu Qi and surrendered to Later Zhao. Later Zhao Wang Shizhi killed Ran Yin and Liu Qi.Ran Min's soldiers, Hu Mu, Sikong Shipu, Shangshuling Xu Ji, Zhongshujian Lu Chen, etc., killed a total of more than [-] people.These nobles were basically exterminated directly, and there were no descendants left behind.

Ran Mingdao: "Most of these nobles whose whole family died have retained their titles, but the clansmen adopted their children under the names of these nobles at will, and inherited these titles. If the father takes back these titles, he will bestow these honors Wouldn't it be possible for a more prominent prince to be buried with the Taimiao?"

Ran Ming thinks about the more than 800 marquises in the Han Dynasty, but only more than 200 in the Tang Dynasty, and a surprisingly high number of more than 4000 marquises in Wei. To bear more than eight buckets of rice grain, if the loss is counted, it must be more than one stone.This is more costly than the million-carrying army of the Song Dynasty.

Ran Ming went on to say: "All are treated equally. Dukes are degraded to marquis, and marquises are degraded to earls. It will increase the difficulty of conferring titles."

Speaking of this, Ran Ming became more and more excited, and laughed loudly: "Father, you can order the censor to keep a close eye on these nobles. As long as they dare to break the law and discipline, they will be severely punished, and those who should be beheaded will be beheaded." , those who should raid the house will ransack the house, and it will be a matter of course to take back the title!"

Ran Ming was also too careless, he didn't notice that Ran Min's face had turned gloomy and cold, and he was almost wringing out water.Ran Min clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and kicked Ran Ming's ass heavily. Ran Ming was completely unprepared. .

"This Great Wei is full of nobles, why did I reward one person indiscriminately! You only see that they have no ability, no knowledge, and maybe no courage. But they are the foundation of the Great Wei!" Ran Min gritted his teeth and said: " Liu Qi, Lord of Shanyang County, led 150 and two clansmen to defect to us, but now there are only 19 people left. Liu Qi's three elder brothers, two younger brothers, four sons, and even 26 nephews all died in the battle. As a result, the vitality was greatly damaged. I rewarded 26 marquises to a duke of the Liu family in Shanyang, and the other non-direct descendants were just some viscounts, earls, and barons who were rewarded casually. Hou Suwei of Lingshou County was born in a wealthy family in Zhongshan, with more than two hundred Thousands of folks from the same clan followed me to death and death, and 39 children of the Su family in Zhongshan died in battle. When Su Wei, the Marquis of Lingshou County, went out with me in the early years, he was injured by a stray arrow in order to cover the formation. With bloodlines, I am pardoning his clan elder brother to adopt a son to inherit his title, so is it possible to take away his title?"

Ran Min said angrily: "These more than four thousand nobles are basically the most loyal followers when I started the army, and they are also the group of people who are the least likely to betray. Every family of them died fighting for the founding of the Great Wei. My sons, I made an appointment with them when I raised the army, and the Ran family will never die, and will never be held accountable, now you let me shake the foundation of the country, what is your intention?"

Since Ran Ming is not the eldest son, he is not clear about some things.The root of Ran Min's fortune was actually Ran's begging army.The begging army is the most ferocious peasant army in ancient China, and it is also a group of refugees who live by begging.Since Guang Yuanxi (306), Sima Teng, the governor of Bingzhou, led [-] households of Bingzhou people to go south to beg for food in Jizhou, forming a begging army.Begging for life, as the name suggests, is begging for life and self-protection in troubled times, and its tragic and tragic situation can be seen.The basic composition of the begging army is the exiled Han peasants.The Qihuo army was initially driven by various towns such as Sima Yue, Gou Xi, and Wang Jun on both sides of the Yellow River, and was involved in the melee of warlords. Later, due to the deepening of ethnic conflicts, the ethnic conflicts rose to become the main contradiction in society. The main activity of the army has also changed to fighting the national enemy.

Ran's begging army is a begging army composed of gentry and common people in Wei County led by General Ran Long of Yamen in the Jin Dynasty. It first symbolized Chen Wu, and its political goal was to resist the invasion of the Huns.The ancient people valued faith and despised life and death. Even if the general died, as long as there were descendants, they would still follow him and continue to fight. Because of political discord, they fought each other, but it was undeniable that the Qihuo army had extremely fierce combat effectiveness with poor equipment.Although Ran Min's part of the Battle of Liantai has become a masterpiece, if you look back carefully, the Beifu Army was actually established on the basis of the begging army of the Jianghuai Daji refugee commander.

In fact, Ran Ming has a bad impression of the begging army. They are actually an enhanced version of local tyrants. Even if they don’t obey the government’s orders, they are not tyrannical. They will farm without war. A bunch of robbers is completely a closed group.Of course, due to the arrival of Ran Ming, great changes have been discovered in this time and space. The begging armies, large and small, who originally retreated to the mountains or formed fortifications in dangerous areas, have actually slowly changed their careers. They have long-term experience in fighting barbarians. , Let them be proficient in bows and horses, superb in combat techniques, and also fearless of death.These beggars, which could be called outlaws, slowly evolved into a new team, that is, bodyguards or caravan guards.

Seeing that Ran Min's attitude was unshakable, Ran Ming felt very embarrassed.This involves Ran Min's credit. Ran Min is the emperor of the Wei State. If he loses his credit, it means that the country's credit will go bankrupt. This impact will be fatal to the Wei State.

Ran Min watched Ran Ming wandering out of his body, with a confused look on his face, and stretched out his hand to aim at the head and slap him.

"You are the crown prince now, and the state of Wei will be handed over to you in the future. Can't you even understand such a simple question?" Ran Min's tone relaxed, and he sat down slowly: "Why are the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty so unreasonable?" Agree to demotion? Is it because civil servants are jealous that almost everyone in the military is a lord, demotion is actually damaging the power of the military, and they are happy to see it. As for the generals, they are just worried that I will die and the good bow will be hidden."

Ran Ming murmured: "There are more than 300 marquises, with a yearly salary of 600 million stones, this will overwhelm Wei Guo!"

"Demotion is to shake the foundation of Great Wei. Don't you think that the decline of Great Wei is not fast enough?" Ran Min said, "There is nothing wrong with limiting the size of Lords, it's just that the timing is wrong!".

"I don't dare!" Ran Ming asked fearfully, "When is the best time to restrict the lord?"

(End of this chapter)