ebookslot Chapter 244: A Solution That Treats The Symptoms But Not The Root Cause [Please Subscribe, Please Su
Chapter 244: A Solution That Treats The Symptoms But Not The Root Cause [Please Subscribe, Please Su
After listening to what Yan Changqing said, Prince Zhu Biao stood up, bowed to Yan Changqing and saluted, and asked solemnly:
"Is there no other way to avoid the reappearance of prime ministerial power, or a way to prevent cabinet power from threatening the emperor's imperial power?!!"
Yan Changqing shook his head and sighed:
“Essentially, there is no fundamental solution to this problem.
Why are there such characters as the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Chief Assistant?!!
The essential reason is very simple, it is because the emperor alone cannot handle the state affairs of the whole country!!!
Therefore, there must be others to help share and handle the many complicated state affairs across the country.
Such a person could be the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister, the chief minister of the cabinet, or someone else with other titles.
But no matter how the name is changed, its essence will not change.
And similarly, as long as someone is given the responsibility of assisting the emperor in handling state affairs, then he will naturally have the corresponding power!!!
Even if you do not have such power in name, you will actually have such power, and this does not depend on your personal will!!!
How much responsibility you are given and how many things you are responsible for handling will determine how much power you have.
This is the reason why Zhongshu Sheng, the prime minister, and the chief minister of the cabinet have power comparable to that of the emperor.
Because Zhongshu Sheng, the prime minister, and the chief minister of the cabinet were all given the responsibility of drafting and approving memorials and recommendations on national affairs.
Therefore, in terms of state affairs across the country, the Prime Minister147 and the Chief Minister of the Cabinet have power that is almost comparable to that of the Emperor.
Therefore, if you want to fundamentally solve this problem, then as long as the emperor can handle all the affairs of the country, large and small, with one person's power.
Then naturally there would be no more chancellor power or cabinet power threatening the emperor's imperial power.
However, the emperor is a human being after all, not a god, and the emperor cannot do such a thing.
So this problem is essentially unsolvable!!!
Upon hearing Yan Changqing's answer, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, etc., all had a look of deep disappointment in their eyes.
After all, even Yan Changqing, who they had placed their hope in and who they believed possessed the wisdom of the Saint, had no solution [then this problem is probably completely unsolvable.
Yan Changqing, who was on the podium, seemed to see the disappointment in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes. He said with a faint smile on his face:
"Although there is no fundamental solution to this problem, there are still solutions that can barely address the symptoms."
As Yan Changqing finished speaking, excitement flashed across the faces of Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes.
King Zhu Shu of Qi even joked:
“A palliative solution?!!”
"What solution can cure Big Brother?!!"
Hearing Qi King Zhu Su's joke, everyone present could not help but laugh.
Prince Zhu Biao looked at Qi King Zhu Bo and said angrily:
"You brat, even my eldest brother is joking..."
After some joking, Yan Changqing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, and said:
"The reason why Zhongshu Sheng and the Prime Minister, as well as the cabinet and the chief minister, have power comparable to that of the emperor in state affairs."
"The fundamental reason is that the prime minister and the chief minister of the cabinet have been given the responsibility by the emperor to draft and approve the recommendations for handling national state affairs!!!"
"So in other words, we only need to clearly define the scope of the Zhongshu Sheng and the Prime Minister, or the cabinet and the chief minister's handling of national affairs."
"Then it is natural to limit the power of Zhongshu Sheng and the Prime Minister, or the cabinet and the chief minister accordingly."
“For example, the country’s state affairs are divided into military affairs, industry affairs, household affairs, agriculture and mulberry affairs, etc.
"And each cabinet minister is clearly responsible for the proposed batch processing of only part of the state affairs."
"The state affairs that each cabinet minister is responsible for cannot overlap with each other, nor can they interfere unreasonably and formulate batches of recommendations independently of each other.'
"In this way, no cabinet minister, including the chief minister of the cabinet, has the power to oversee the national affairs. At most, he has the power to influence and decide a certain aspect of the national affairs."
"And the power of the cabinet ministers is not enough to threaten the emperor's imperial power."
"In addition, in order to prevent cabinet ministers who each have influence and determine a certain aspect of state power from uniting and forming a huge cabinet power that could threaten the emperor's imperial power."
"So the cabinet ministers who join the cabinet should not come from the same school of thought!!!"
"For example, if all the ministers in the cabinet are Confucian civil servants, then they are likely to unite to safeguard the overall interests of Confucian scholars.
"In this way, the originally scattered cabinet power will have the opportunity to be unified again, and then form a huge cabinet power that can threaten the emperor's imperial power!"
"So in the future, when the various schools of thought are revived, the Confucian cabinet ministers can be responsible for making suggestions on how to deal with etiquette in the world, or the Mohist cabinet ministers can be responsible for making suggestions on how to handle the world's engineering affairs, and the peasant cabinet ministers can be made responsible for the world's affairs. Suggestions on batch processing of Nongsang matters, etc. "
"As a result, cabinet ministers who come from different schools of thought will reject each other or even oppose each other because of their different interests and demands!!!"
"Then the part of the cabinet power held by the cabinet ministers will always be in a state of dispersion and exclusion. It is difficult to unite for common interests and form a huge cabinet power that can threaten the emperor's imperial power. "
"However, even so, the cabinet ministers only said that it is difficult to unite and unify together. It does not mean that it is completely impossible to unite and unify!"
"Under certain special circumstances, these cabinet ministers come from different schools of thought."
"Even if they have different interests or even conflicts with each other, it is still possible for them to unite and form a large and unified cabinet to fight against the emperor's imperial power!!!"
"So, this calendar is just a temporary calendar."
After Yan Changqing finished talking about the temporary solution, Zhu Yuanzhang and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Fang, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes lowered their heads and started thinking.
[Make it clear that the different state affairs that each cabinet minister is responsible for cannot overlap with each other, nor can they interfere indiscriminately, and are independent of each other?!!]
[In other words, it actually means that six cabinet ministers need to be established in the cabinet to correspond to the six government affairs reports of the imperial court!!!]
[For cabinet ministers who join the cabinet, we must also prevent them from uniting because of common interests, so it is best for all cabinet ministers to come from different schools of thought?!!]
[But the problem is that now there is not even a shadow of the Zhuzi School, and the great revival of the Zhuzi School is just the ten ideas mentioned by Mr. Yan. 】
[If we want to truly revive the various schools of thought, according to Mr. Yan’s plan, it will take at least ten to twenty years. 】
[It seems that we still have to use Confucian cabinet ministers to make the transition. 】
[In ten or twenty years, as long as you are always vigilant about Confucian cabinet ministers and avoid their alliance and unification, there should be no big problem. 】
[After the various schools of thought are fully revived, they will be directly eliminated as soon as possible!!!]
[At that time, we will be able to further prevent the unity of the cabinet ministers, and at the same time, we can maintain the supremacy of the emperor's imperial power. As mentioned above, we can divide the world's government affairs for the last son.
[Although this method treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, it is infinitely close to the root cause. 】
[Sure enough, he is indeed Mr. Yan with the wisdom of Saint!!!]
After thinking carefully in their hearts, Zhu Yuanzhang and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes all nodded with satisfaction.
Although Yan Changqing said this solution only addressed the symptoms rather than the root cause, it was enough to satisfy them.
The only drawback is that we have to wait for more than ten or twenty years, after other schools of thought besides Confucianism have fully revived, before we can truly and perfectly apply this solution.
Before that, all cabinet ministers who came from Confucianism had to be temporarily used.
Although the waiting time is a bit long, except for Zhu Yuanzhang who may not be able to wait, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes can still afford to wait.
The premise is that Zhu Biao did not die early due to illness in this life.
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