Chapter 654 The Ideal of a Confucian Minister! The Meaning of Phase Power!

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After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking,

Emperor Yongle suddenly fell into deep thought.

I have to admit that his new cabinet system has greatly strengthened the emperor's power!

After all, the important ministers who entered the cabinet were all able to enter the small circle of the cabinet because of the emperor's trust and respect.

In other words, the people in the cabinet are all the emperor's close associates.

And because the personnel are uncertain and unorganized, the cabinet members will not be integrated together by interested parties to gather the power of the prime minister to challenge the imperial power.

But the problem is that this traitor mentioned the Hunjun. The cabinet can check and restrain the Hunjun. How is this possible?

Even if Zhu Di doesn't want to think about it, he has to admit that the descendants of the old Zhu family will inevitably have fatuous kings. This is something that all dynasties cannot avoid!

When a dynasty is at its peak, it must decline, and when a country's power declines, it is when weak kings appear one after another.

So how can the second son, a rebellious son, restrain those foolish kings?

"Guizi, did you just mention the restrictions?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded without hiding it.

"Dad, I'm not afraid that you will be unhappy. My old Zhu family will definitely have some dark kings and dark kings in the future!"

More than just a few!

The Dark Lord of the Ming Dynasty was very famous!

"God of War of the Ming Dynasty", "Emperor of the Ming Dynasty", "Student from Wala", the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen!

"Sister and brother love the emperor", "founder of Xichang", Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen.

"General Zhu Shou", "part-time governor of the country", "lover of civilian women", Zhu Houzhao, the Zhengde Emperor.

"Taoist Emperor", "Emperor of Immortal Cultivators", "Never the First Person in Court", Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong.

After that, there were the "otaku emperor" Zhu Yijun, the "short-lived emperor" Zhu Changluo, the "carpenter emperor" Zhu Youxiao, and the "subjugated model worker" Zhu Youjian.

Each one of them is a famous and weird emperor, each one has his own unique hobbies, so he is criticized by the world!

Zhu Gaoxu's cabinet reorganization was actually based on the model of the Manchu Military Aircraft Department, which greatly strengthened the emperor's power and completely eliminated the possibility of prime ministerial power in the cabinet.

But precisely because of this, once these incompetent and unfilial children appear in the future, it will be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu felt it was necessary to put a layer of shackles on these unscrupulous descendants!

No matter how stupid and incompetent they are, the ministers can still check and balance them, so that the Ming Dynasty will not collapse like this.

"Dad, you have been the emperor for so long. In your opinion, why do those civil servants and gentry want to be officials?"

Why become an official?

Zhu Di was startled when he heard this and did not say anything.

Instead of making too many mistakes and letting this traitor educate you, it is better to listen quietly.

"Like Jin Zhong, Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji and other pure and good ministers, they naturally have their own pursuits and ambitions when they join the court as officials!"

"Confucianism values ​​​​a person who cultivates his moral integrity, manages his family, governs the country, and brings peace to the world. They did not enter the court and become officials for the sake of corruption and bribery. After all, when they were young, no one had passion or dreams. They all thought of being able to enter the court and take charge of the central government, govern the country, and bring peace to the world, and practice their own ideas. Political ideals benefit the people of the world!"

Zhu Di did not refute his statement.

It is true that from the Hongwu Dynasty to the Yongle Dynasty, there were many corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty.

However, these corrupt officials are not corrupt officials from birth. Many of them actually joined the government and became officials. Due to their livelihood and the environment, they chose to join in the corruption.

Moreover, there are many good ministers, such as Jin Zhong, Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji, etc., who always adhere to their original intention of serving as officials, serve the country and the people wholeheartedly, go further and further on the road of realizing their political ideals, and also contribute to the Ming Dynasty. He has made many contributions to the people of the world.

For example, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, Zhu Di always remembered his achievements.

If it weren't for this little calculation, which supported the Ming Dynasty's finances in the early Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty would have fallen apart and collapsed.

As the instigator, Zhu Di did not know how difficult the imperial court's finances were in the early Yongle period. It is no exaggeration to say that it was difficult.

But for the sake of his civil and military skills and to prove his legitimacy as the emperor, Zhu Di could only continue to squeeze the abilities of his subordinates.

Zhu Di still remembers that in order to raise money and food, Xia Yuanji didn't know how many days and nights he couldn't sleep. He stayed in the duty room of the Ministry of Households and thought hard about the solution. The next day, he looked up with a pair of bloodshot eyes. Make a fuss with yourself and try to reduce the cost of various new policies.

But Zhu Di couldn't let go yet, and he didn't dare to let go!

The Yongle New Deal is the foundation for cleaning up the influence of the old Jianwen Dynasty and stabilizing the Yongle rule. Therefore, any New Deal must be carried out on time and cannot be stopped or abolished!

Those days were really difficult!

Zhu Di and Xia Yuanji argued and discussed countless times, but luckily they got over it in the end!

A good and pure minister like Xia Yuanji devotes himself to serving the country and the people. Who can find any fault in him?

The Ming Dynasty is really lucky to have such unparalleled national warriors!

"So, what is the governance model that civil servants and Confucian officials are most looking forward to?"

"The emperor rules from the top, and the world is left to the care of Confucian ministers. As the emperor, all he needs to do is sign and seal it!"

Before Zhu Di could speak, UU read a book www.uukanshu．  Zhu Gaoxu gave the answer directly.

"In other words, the operating model in which Emperor Na and the scholar-bureaucrats of the former Song Dynasty jointly governed the world was the most ideal model in the minds of Confucian officials!"

"This is impossible!" Zhu Di glared and shook his head in refusal!

"The former Song Dynasty court has also proved that this operating model has too many hidden dangers and is enough to shake the country!"

"Civilian officials hold the power of the court, and even the imperial power is subject to checks and balances. The military officials and nobles are reduced to the servants of the civil servants and gentry. Under such a deformed system, it is strange that the dynasty does not collapse suddenly!"

"That's true!" Zhu Gaoxu did not refute, "But that's just because the former Song Dynasty went too extreme!"

"They completely handed over the power of the court to the civil servants and gentry, so those scholar-bureaucrats became arrogant and unscrupulous, and ultimately ruined the national power of the former Song Dynasty!"

"But in a sense, delegating power to civil servants also has a positive effect."

"For example, Song Renzong once promised to promote a relative of Concubine Zhang. Bao Gong, who was the censor at the time, was the first to stand up and object, roaring loudly in the court. During the argument, Bao Zheng's spit flew and splashed in Song Renzong's face. This incident In the end it was settled.”

"The officials and ministers are not afraid of life or death, nor are they afraid of power, and they accuse the emperor of his faults. This is a positive effect!"

After hearing this, Zhu Di's face became uncertain. He couldn't figure out what this traitor wanted to say.

You are clearly the one who wants to suppress the civil service group, so why do you think you want to delegate power to the civil service group now?

Is not this contradictory?

Zhu Gaoxu spoke quietly.

"After the cabinet reorganization, there is no possibility of the resurgence of the prime minister's power!"

"But the purpose of the Prime Minister's power itself is to check and balance the imperial power!"

"If there is no chancellor power, who will check and balance the dark king once there appears in the Ming Dynasty?"

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