"Our dynasty has its own tradition of valuing the north over the south."
Liu E did not answer directly, but replied in a guiding tone.
Li Jie frowned slightly: "According to your opinion, this must be instigated by the Northerners?"
"good!"
After saying this, Liu E looked like a teachable child.
In her opinion, this must have been initiated by northern scholars, and it would not be long before this gust of wind spread from the market to the court.
"Sixth brother, if you are in politics in the future, please remember that all political affairs require 'different opinions to stir up confusion'!"
As Liu E spoke, she always paid attention to the official's expression. When she saw the official's expression of confusion, she continued.
"What does it mean to be confused by different opinions?"
"Teachers have different ways, people have different opinions, hundreds of schools of thought have different methods, and their meanings are different. All the above are destroyed in order to maintain unity."
Here, Liu E borrowed a sentence from Dong Zhongshu's "Countermeasures for Promoting Virtues".
The great righteousness is that scholars learned different doctrines, held different views, and hundreds of schools of thought had different pursuits and visions, so that the court could not establish a stable and unified legal system.
As we all know, Dong Zhongshu adhered to the principle of "deposing hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone." Because of this, his status was still very high in the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty, especially the officials of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, Liu E also read many articles by Dong Zhongshu.
On the other side, Li Jie raised "doubts" at the right time.
"Madam, according to Dong Zi, isn't dissent a bad thing?"
Liu E nodded first, then shook her head.
"It's a bad thing, but it's also a good thing."
"Blessings come from disasters, misfortunes come from blessings."
"Brother Six, everything in the world is never either one or the other."
"Dissent will certainly cause some trouble, such as procrastination, complexity, etc., but compared with its benefits, this little trouble is nothing."
"The territory of our dynasty is thousands of miles wide, and as a king, you always guard the capital. It is inevitable that the courtiers will mislead you about local affairs."
"If all the ministers in the court belong to the same lineage, then bullying the superiors and neglecting the inferiors will be commonplace."
"And this is exactly the reason why the implementation of different opinions creates confusion."
"The way to be a king starts with checks and balances. For example, in the early years of Xianping, your father appointed Zhang Qixian and Li Hang as prime ministers at the same time."
"At that time, your father knew that the two of them were at odds with each other, so why did he use them both at the same time?"
"It's just a story about supporting the Xian Dynasty (referring to Taizong Dynasty)."
There is a sentence in the book issued by Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty when he came to the throne, "In the previous dynasties, the common government had all established rules, and they should be observed and followed, and they would not dare to fail."
And this is also the origin of the conflict of different opinions. Although the conflict of different opinions was proposed by Zhenzong, he also inherited it from Taizong.
Li Jie was silent for a moment and then asked.
"If everyone has different opinions and confuses each other, how can the government be governed?"
Hearing this question, Liu E was not angry, but explained patiently.
"Although full-time appointments can speed up the processing of political affairs, they can also easily create powerful ministers."
"Since the Qin Dynasty, when the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers were established, the prime ministers monopolized the affairs of the state, and power came one after another. In the Han Dynasty, there were six ministers in the inner dynasty, and "Thirteen Cao" in the outer dynasty. Then to the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were three provinces and six ministries."
"This system has been followed throughout all dynasties."
Although Liu E's remarks were somewhat far-fetched, they forced the dispute between the prime minister's power and the imperial power to be based on different opinions.
But it's not completely unreasonable.
Since ancient times, the struggle between prime ministerial power and imperial power has never stopped.
In the Song Dynasty, imperial power reached a new peak. The Privy Council, the Three Bureaus, and the Council of Political Affairs were all products of the division of power among the prime ministers.
"I understand."
Li Jie did not continue to sing the opposite tune. There is no doubt that stirring up different opinions is conducive to maintaining the stability of imperial power.
However, its harm is also not small.
Available, but use with caution.
It is also not allowed to use "different opinions to confuse each other".
After all, the speed of information dissemination in ancient dynasties was far slower than that of later generations. Even if you have talents who know the world, you cannot understand everything in the world.
Poor information communication will inevitably lead to an information barrier.
Not to mention ancient times, even in the Internet age of later generations, barriers still exist.
After all, human energy is limited, and we cannot cover everything. There will always be omissions.
The shortcomings in this area need to be filled by the supervision system.
How to choose the right supervisor?
The first is to look at the personal moral character of the supervisor. A clue of this can also be seen from the criteria for selecting officials.
Among the criteria for selecting Taiwan admonishment officials, in addition to official rank, qualifications, and origin, morality, talent, and learning are also particularly important.
There is no corruption (corruption), and he is honest and honest, which has been repeatedly written into the imperial edicts to recommend officials.
Secondly, it is to choose people from different factions.
Officials protect each other, which is an unavoidable pain point.
Expecting people from the same faction to supervise each other is tantamount to self-examination.
If you check yourself, what can you find?
Obviously, this is an unrealistic thing. Only by introducing another party, or a third party, can this situation be reduced.
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Therefore, even though the monarchs of the Song Dynasty knew the disadvantages of conflicting opinions, they still followed this ancestral system.
This is also a disguised version of ‘stability trumps everything’.
have to!
have to!
Not long after, Ren Shouzhong came to the inner hall with two young Huangmen and a pile of papers.
In the past, these notes were first approved by Liu E and then forwarded to Funing Palace, but now the situation has changed.
Most of the time, Liu E would take Li Jie to watch it together, and the two of them would discuss the contents while watching it.
To outsiders, this is obviously a signal.
The Queen Mother has slowly begun to cultivate the ability of officials to handle government affairs. For civil servants in foreign dynasties, this is a symbol of the Queen Mother's virtue.
Those who supervise the country are not greedy for power and will definitely win praise from the civil servants.
As for the chamberlains in the inner dynasty, they have to consider not only the issue of virtue, but also the issue of lining up.
One emperor and one courtier.
Will the people who are highly valued by the Queen Mother continue to be highly valued by the government officials in the future?
No one knows.
Therefore, the servants in the palace now have different thoughts.
"Huh?"
About half an hour later, Liu E turned over a certain document and suddenly let out a startled sound.
Then, she handed the note in her hand to Li Jie.
"Brother Six, take a look at this one first."
After handing over the note, Liu E made a brief evaluation.
"This Fan Zhongyan was appointed by Brother Six during the last political discussion in Chengming Hall, right?"
"He is quite a talent."
On the other side, Li Jie took the note and quickly read its contents.
Zha Zi is about floods in the Suhu area. According to Fan Zhongyan's visit and investigation, the root cause of frequent floods in the Suhu area is the obstruction of the river channel.
The southern region is already rainy, and the Suhu area is densely covered with water networks. Once there is a heavy rain, flooding will easily occur when the rivers are blocked.
Therefore, Fan Zhongyan proposed to rebuild the waterway. It would be best to divert the waterway that flows into the Wusong River into the river and into the sea.
As soon as I saw this note, I knew that this was indeed a big project.