Chapter 978 Comparison of old and new
Liu Yuanqiao doesn’t like morning courts and doesn’t engage in morning courts. Everything is decided during the meeting.
Basically, people from which department are involved will be asked to hold meetings, or for major matters, multiple departments will decide on joint meetings.
In order to make more use of this time, they arranged to call officials at the six ministers and above to have dinner together at noon, and everyone can also take the opportunity to hold a meeting, also known as a lunch regular meeting. Such a meeting mainly involves eating while talking about things and striving to make the most of the time.
This is contrary to the saying of Master: Don’t eat or sleep, and many people feel sorry for it.
This approach makes officials feel happy and comfortable. After all, it is very pleasant to not have to get up in the dark early in the morning to go to court. It is easy to say that if it encounters windy, rainy or cold weather, it will really cost people a life, which means that officials do not have to go to bed early in the morning, and nightlife is of great value.
However, Liu Yuanqiao's behavior was ridiculed by many old ministers from the previous dynasty.
They ridiculed Liu Yuanqiang, mainly because they were greedy for pleasure, and this was to play with women in the harem, and the king did not go to court early.
Liu Yuanqiao was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people and argued with them. He himself discovered that even if the morning court was abolished, the work efficiency would not be reduced. The court was still operating and the efficiency was even higher.
After Liu Yuanqiao took charge of the court, what he tried to do was to set new rules, and to streamline departments and improve efficiency. Although the former Ming Dynasty officials had a very long time to attend, they were bloated in institutions, overbearing people, and inefficient. Many things that could be completed in half a day had to be tossed for a few days.
Liu Bu talked about these things to Liu Yuanqiao at the lunch meeting. If nothing special, the main time for their father and son to talk to each other was at the lunch meeting. The morning greeting was just a simple greeting and would not talk about official business.
When talking about his eldest daughter getting married, Liu Yuanqiao was a little moved. He said, "I didn't expect that the girl Ying was in the age of marriage, so your brother was responsible for this matter? How much money would be spent to leave the treasury."
Liu Yuanqiao didn't like Liu, hated her, hated Wu Ji's house, and did not have any good expressions towards Liu Ying. However, after all, it was his own flesh and blood, and he had to ignore it. There were still etiquettes that should be given, but he could not give care and affection.
Liu Bu was worried about this. Liu Yuanqiao couldn't say anything, so he could just let him go. He gave him some money and food to do the marriage well. Youdao means that the Tian family has no affection. I guess this is the case?
Liu Bu said with a smile: "I am the elder brother, and I am willing to pay for this dowry money. Who told me to have a word first? Now it is mainly a matter of etiquette. What kind of etiquette should I adopt?"
Liu Yuanqiao said: "Since you have proposed it, there must be a plan. If there is something, you can make an idea."
Liu Yuanqiao was very satisfied with this son. It can be said that he brought back most of the world, and he was also very smart and sensible.
After taking over the capital, he took the initiative to hand over the military power, obediently hurried into his palace of care for his heart, and was also dealing with official duties, but he no longer held military power, which made him very satisfied.
After all, Liu Bu was his eldest son. In this era, the eldest son had the highest status, and Liu Yuanqiao also had high hopes for him. He did not disappoint Liu Yuanqiao's hope. The father and son got along, so he still gave the right to give Liu Bu.
For example, he was undoubtedly appointed as the crown prince and ranked first among all civil and military officials. When the cabinet elders and the ministers of the six ministries met Liu Bu, they had to kowtow and salute. All the ceremonial guards were only one level lower than Liu Yuanqiao.
Moreover, Liu Yuanqiao personally taught him how to govern the country. Although he was still feeling the stones across the river, it did not prevent him from teaching Liu Bu by words and deeds in this name.
Although Liu Bu is low-key, he also shows his studious side. He learns whatever the emperor teaches.
What he refused was that the emperor hired a teacher for him, taught him the book of Songs, and gave him a lecture on the scriptures.
You should know that even if the emperors of the previous dynasty were already the emperor, they would ask the scholars of the Hanlin Academy to teach them to study and learn. The emperor often held lectures during his busy schedules and invited great scholars and famous teachers to preach. This spirit of learning was praised by most other officials.
Emperor Xizong of the previous dynasty did not eat this trick at all. He went to play when he had time, and went to eat, drink, play or do carpentry, and had no intention of studying and learning at all. This was a concentrated criticism by the court ministers and was very unhappy.
Liu Bu was unwilling to study anymore. He couldn't get the imperial examinations now and didn't want to learn any advanced knowledge. The world has won, so why did he learn so much? At most, it was just to understand the memorials.
Moreover, after Liu was in charge of taking power, many memorials and military newspapers tried their best to use vernacular, the simpler the better.
Liu Yuanqiao was helpless. Liu Bu had no intention of learning in the past, and now no one has forced her into the water. He doesn't want to. Others really can't do anything to him. It's impossible for him to be this time, and he still forces him to study, right?
The key is that Liu Bu knows how to judge and asks the emperor for advice on almost everything, and is not good at specializing in it.
Liu Yunqiao was very satisfied with this. It doesn’t matter whether he or she read or not. What’s important is that he can be a person, do things, and knows how to advance and retreat. Liu Bu is unwilling, and Liu Yuanqiao has no intention of forcing him.
However, Liu Bu's behavior inevitably made these ministers heartbroken. The emperor was not willing to learn the ways of saints. This was not a good thing. If you don't understand the ways of saints and do not understand benevolence and forgiveness, how can you govern the world? It will make the people and the people of the world suffer.
The ministers did not hesitate to this point and immediately wrote a letter to the emperor, pointing out that even if they are emperors, they should learn the way of saints and the way of benevolence and forgiveness of saints, so that they can benefit the people.
The emperors of the previous dynasty dared not say that they would not hold a lecture or learn the way of a saint, even if they worked hard or tired.
Now, the Liu family and son have lived in the world, and their true colors are revealed, and they do not respect the saints at all. Such people can still have a good life if they govern the country and the world?
However, today's Chinese Empire is no longer the Ming Dynasty. Today's Chinese Empire has the power of censors not as great as before.
Moreover, because of the change of dynasties and the changes of those in power have greatly reduced the influence of these literati in front of the emperor.
Nowadays, the emperors and princes pay more attention to actual interests, and who can get money and who can get greater benefits, and do not care about the ways of sages. This makes ministers and moral gentlemen lament that the king values profit rather than benevolence and righteousness, this is the beginning of the world's disaster!
However, no matter how the ministers criticized them, Liu Bu and his son didn't want to miss them and still did their own thing. I am the emperor, and I have the final say on what to do.
Now the most unconfident thing about these ministers is Emperor Chongzhen of the previous dynasty. He obeyed their will, and the country was destroyed.
Liu Bu and his son can say with confidence that even if they obey you in everything and listen to the saints in everything, the country will still perish. What should we do?
The emperor asked such a question. Even if these ministers could argue with cleverness, they could not say anything about him. The facts were right in front of him. To say more was just a quibbling.
Liu Bu set a rule that princesses could choose husbands among princes and ministers. The husbands they chose were the sixth-rank prince-consored Duwei, who would enjoy the salary of the court for life. At the same time, if the prince-consored Duwei was capable, he could become an official, join the army, and his relatives could also be an official and political officer without any obstruction. This was completely different from the Ming Dynasty in the previous dynasty.
Knowing that the Ming Dynasty of the previous dynasty had formulated this article, those ambitious young men and capable talented men were reluctant to be sons-in-law of the royal family, because they became sons-in-law of the royal family, which meant that there was no way to become officials and the family had no hope. The position of the son-in-law of the prince-consort was only suitable for those who were eating, drinking and waiting to die.
Liu Bu did this and didn't know what trouble would bring in the future, but he believed that even if there were troubles, it would be limited. Since he was the emperor, he had to give his children the best things, not even worse than ordinary people.
Moreover, the Liu family father and son are also discussing a more serious issue, which is what system should be implemented in the future Chinese dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty in the previous dynasty implemented a system of feudal division, and it was also the fourth dynasty in Chinese history to implement feudal division. The dynasty in history that implemented feudal division basically brought about turmoil easily, and the Ming Dynasty was no exception.
The Jingnan incident occurred in the second generation. Although the system of the vassal kings was improved, so that the local vassal kings no longer had military power and no longer managed the regime, it still became a huge burden for the local government.
In the Ming Dynasty, where there were vassal kings stationed, the taxes in the place were basically tried their best to supply the vassal kings, and they were unable to supply the court again, which made the court miserable.
Among the many taxes earned by the Ming Dynasty, a large portion was needed to provide the salary of many vassal kings. Many people said that if the court did not have to spend so much money to support these vassal kings, life would be much better.
But the royal family doesn't like to hear such words.
The whole world belongs to the royal family. You can use the resources of the whole world to worship the people of the royal family. This is all right. What is the nonsense about how difficult it is to support the royal family? Even the royal family is not worshipped, so who else can you worship?
So Liu Bu and his son were also discussing whether their prince should implement the feudal system or other systems in the future.
Chapter completed!