Yu Yanyi's idea did not come up suddenly, nor was it just inspired by Yang Qingyuan's "The Book of the Republic".
The idea of rule of law in China has already sprouted in ancient times.
It has been recorded in ancient books that laws and regulations are established jointly by monarchs and ministers.
By the time of the Pre-Han Dynasty, it was recorded in the Han Dynasty that the law was given by the Emperor to the common people of the world.
Translated into modern Chinese, the law must be abided by by the emperor and the people of the whole country.
By the time of the Great Zhou Dynasty, some scholars had already put forward the idea that "the law is the public weapon of the world".
The law is not the law of the emperor, but the law of the world.
Although this idea is bold, it can still be accepted by universal values.
The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. This simple rule of law idea has existed since ancient times and has been widely spread among the people.
Although the civil service group has become a street rat that everyone shouts about on the Internet in later generations, we have to admit that in limiting the monarch's power, the civil service group has made the greatest contribution.
For example, the biggest problem of the Blue Star civil servant group in the late Ming Dynasty was not the restriction of monarchy, but excessive struggle and imbalance, which made one family dominate, especially the rise of the Zhejiang Party.
By the way, the civil service group is just a representative of a political group. They also have internal struggles and contradictions, and they are not a whole. For example, the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty included the Qi Party, the Jing Party, the Chu Party, and the Zhejiang Party.
. Township parties, cronies, and political parties will all form different factions.
However, in terms of restricting the monarch's power, the civil servants of the Blue Star Ming Dynasty actually did a pretty good job.
Restricting the monarch's power is the proper meaning of Confucianism, but Dong Zhongshu's deposing of hundreds of schools of thought made Confucianism become a vassal of imperial power.
"The Rites of Zhou·Wucheng": "Be faithful to the clear righteousness, respect virtue and repay merit, and rule the world."
The idea of the Holy Emperor ruling from above has always been admired by people.
As a political symbol, the emperor did not participate excessively in politics.
Not every emperor can be as powerful as the Han Dynasty. Tang Zong was equally wise and powerful. A faint emperor like Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was far more harmful to the country than three powerful enemy countries.
But the representatives of the civil service group are different. Those who can go from the imperial examination to the official career and finally reach the top have the best political skills and political courage among people.
Not everyone has the ability to run a country. For example, the political shows of later generations can certainly gain votes and win elections, but the answer is uncertain whether they have the ability to run a country. For example, a driver who was an actor.
In the same way, compared to the prince who succeeded to the throne, the abilities of civil servants in counties, prefectures and prefectures have been tested for a long time, and they are naturally more trustworthy.
Of course, this does not mean that civil servants are absolutely good. The civil servant group ultimately serves its own interests. Once the civil servants are allowed to take sole control of power without checks and balances, the situation in the middle and late Ming Dynasty will occur.
After the third battalion was abolished in the early Ming Dynasty, the 12th regiment battalion was reorganized.
Since then, the eunuch forces representing the emperor's cronies have been completely eliminated from the Beijing camp. The Beijing camp, the cabinet, the six ministries, and the metropolitan procuratorate all have the final say. With the governor's transfer to the metropolitan procuratorate as a sign, civilian officials have become the dominant force in various places.
the highest military and political officer.
Domination of one family and political imbalance were one of the reasons for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.
Perhaps there were occasional national scholars who could control the civil service group without caring about their own gains and losses. For example, Zhang Taiyue, who promoted the imperial examination and the whip method, lived for eighty years for the Ming Dynasty.
But there are only individuals who betray the class, not classes.
Therefore, after Zhang Taiyue's death, he was almost frantically attacked by the civil servant group. The achievements of his reforms were also destroyed.
Therefore, when civilian officials are in power, someone needs to check and balance the civilian officials, and the civilian official group cannot be allowed to have absolute power.
Judiciary, supervision, and military affairs can no longer be interfered by civilian officials.
Struggle and checks and balances are sometimes the key to political balance and stability.
A great politician from Blue Star once said, "There is no party outside the party, imperial ideas, no factions within the party, and all kinds of strange things."
Whether it is a republic or a constitution, it is nothing other than this.
If there is politics, there must be factions, and this is true both in ancient and modern times.
Yu Yanyi looked at Yang Qingyuan. This was not a sudden thought on his part, but he had been thinking about it for a long time. In prison, he had already sorted out his thoughts.
That's why I had this conversation with Yang Qingyuan today.
"Master Yu, even if you want to take the road of restricting imperial power, you don't have to die! Maybe there are other ways!"
Yang Qingyuan looked at Yu Yanyi, he did not want this famous official with nearly perfect personal abilities and moral character to end up like this.
Yu Yanyi smiled and shook his head, "Qingyuan, you can actually see it clearly, but why are you so persistent?!"
It’s not that Yang Qingyuan doesn’t understand, it’s that he doesn’t want to!
"The evidence of Zhu Zhankun's regicide has been destroyed. If I don't die, how can you abolish the establishment and uphold the law of the world?! Only when I die can the world's justice be realized." The death in Yu Yanyi's mouth seems to be an ordinary thing.
simple things.
"Master Yu!!"
Yu Yanyi raised his hand to stop Yang Qingyuan's words, "Seventy years of life are rare. Even if I am alive, how many years can I survive?! Why can't I fulfill my righteousness? My ten years of longevity and my eternal career, which one is lighter?
Heavy?!"
"If you have the reputation of being a regicide, how can you govern the world? Besides, I also want to know what the king's world is like under the law?!"
At this time, Yu Yanyi was already looking down on life and death.
There are always some scholars who are not afraid of death, and there are always some scholars who have character!
History continues to praise such righteousness.
But how could Yang Qingyuan be willing to die like this in Yanyi? From the perspective of a law student.
There is no difference between the life and death of one person and the life and death of millions of people.
Faced with Yang Qingyuan's resistance, Yu Yanyi had already expected it, "Confucius said to be benevolent, and Mencius was to seek righteousness. Only when righteousness is exhausted, benevolence is the best."
Yu Yanyi thought of his childhood idol, Mr. Wenshan.
"There is righteousness between heaven and earth, and it can only be seen when times are poor. In Qi Taishi Jian, in Jin Dong Hubi. In Qin, in Zhang Liangzhi, in Han Su Wujie. It is the head of General Yan, it is the blood of Ji Shizhong. It is Zhang Sui Yangqi, it is Yan Changshan
Tongue. After today, this righteousness will also be in someone’s flesh and blood!”
"..."
"Since ancient times, there have been no sacrifices without bloodshed in the reform. Today's Great Zhou Reform begins with Yanyi!"
"If I don't fight for one life, I will fight for hundreds of lives. I want to fight for the name of all generations." Yu Yanyi smiled freely and said, "Qingyuan is mine."
Yang Qingyuan met Yu Yanyi's gaze, closed his eyes and nodded.
He had never found it difficult to nod, but today he was pulling his hair with all the force he could.
"Hahaha! Okay! It's so clear!" Seeing that Yang Qingyuan agreed, Yu Yanyi took another big drink.
I am smiling towards the sky with my horizontal sword, leaving my liver and gallbladder intact.
Such heroic sentiments should be immortal and shining through the ages!
After Yang Qingyuan accepted this reality, Yu Yanyi discussed the specific details of the plan with him.
Originally, Yang Qingyuan rescued Yanyi and then deposed Zhu Zhankun and established him as King of Wei. Although it was difficult to operate, the process was not complicated.
But now we need to create a completely new political situation, the complexity of which is simply not comparable to deposing an emperor.
How to balance the parties between North Korea and China?!
How to support new forces?!
How can officials be effectively supervised?!
Although Yang Qingyuan is also in the third rank at the moment, he is only the governor of Pingshan County in Jizhou. He has been in charge of the military and political affairs of Yuezhou and has no experience in how to run the central government.
"Cheng Qingsong lives up to his name. He is not afraid of power and is selfless. This reform move will benefit the country and the people. He can support you."
"Your master, Qian Muqian, is a very traditional Confucian scholar. After all, he is a descendant of the Confucian Haotian Mansion. Although he has no intention of being power-hungry, he represents the interests of the Yuezhou Qian family and other ethnic groups. He also
He is a good old man. So you just need to let him stabilize Yueyang Group."
"Actually, what I'm most worried about is the power of supervision. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is still in the hands of civilian officials. It self-corrects and self-examines. How can it be possible to investigate clearly and cleanly?!" Yu Yanyi has no good solution to this problem.
"Actually, it can't be said that there is no way!" Yang Qingyuan added, "Just let the Metropolitan Procuratorate be completely separated from other organs of the imperial court!"
"Separation?!" Yu Yanyi seemed to understand what Yang Qingyuan meant.
"When the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises officials, there will be times when officials protect each other. The main reason is that the current Metropolitan Procuratorate is sometimes just a springboard for promotion. If the censor is too harsh, he will be promoted from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to
Other yamen will inevitably be isolated. If this is the case, then let the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the other departments be completely independent! Promotions, appointments and dismissals are all within the Metropolitan Procuratorate system, so that the situation of mutual protection between officials can be improved."
One day he was the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he was the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for life.
Completely separate supervision and administration.
"Good!" Yu Yanyi slapped his palm. This method is indeed effective, and it is not a castle in the air. The current Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zheng Cheng Qingsong, is a living example. Regardless of his promotion, appointment or dismissal, he has always been involved in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
In this way, the Metropolitan Procuratorate can be artificially independent from the civil service system.
The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not enter the civil service system, and then he will completely break with the civil service.
In the eyes of the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, civil servants have become outstanding achievements.
In this way, the intensity and efficiency of supervision will be greatly increased!
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Yu Yanyi talked a lot with Yang Qingyuan. He was not idle during these hours in prison. He understood the truth and clarified the context.
Wait here for Yang Qingyuan to arrive. Yang Qingyuan will be the perfecter and executor of this plan.
"Qingyuan, actually, there is one more thing."
Yu Yanyi drank the wine in his glass and looked at Yang Qingyuan.
Yang Qingyuan's unintentional series of actions made it possible to now separate the three powers and check and balance the civil servant group.
In terms of military affairs, the new Wuxun Group headed by Yang Qingyuan emerged to replace the old Wuxun Group that was originally wiped out by Taizu. The Sixth Army Dudufu represented by Li Chengen and Yang Qingyuan had enough ability to wrestle with the civilian group.
Supervision was originally divided between the civil servant group and the eunuch group.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate has always belonged to the civil service system, but Cheng Qingsong, the leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has upheld his integrity. Under his leadership, the moral level of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is also extremely high.
The eunuch group mainly consists of the East and West factories and the Jinyiwei in the Six Dark Parts. Yes, the Jinyiwei are not eunuchs, but they do belong to the eunuch group.
The judiciary is the least valued, as can be seen from the dilapidated and almost abandoned Dali Temple.
But Yang Qingyuan made a casual move, and now it seems that he has become a god.
The disciples of the Academy of Criminal Law became the best choice for Dali Temple to be in charge of the highest political and legal affairs in the Zhou Dynasty.
Although he is still very immature, as long as he grows up, he can become a political force.
Of course, this system is not perfect. It has a big weakness, and that is Yang Qingyuan.
Whether it is the civil service group, the supervisory system, or the Sixth Army Governor's Office, Yang Qingyuan's role in it is too high.
He alone can influence the three major groups. When Yang Qingyuan is in the court, he can destroy the separation of powers and check and balance the monarchy at any time.
More importantly, this plan needs to support Wu Wang Xiaoshisan to ascend to power.
Although King Wei is young, he is not Yang Qingyuan's disciple after all.
Thirteen has extremely high understanding and a kind heart, which makes him the best choice as a monarch.
If after Xiao Shisan ascends the throne, Yang Qingyuan will be the emperor's master. Based on Xiao Shisan's feelings for Yang Qingyuan, he must obey his words.
"There is one more important thing in this plan." Yu Yanyi put down the bamboo chopsticks and wine glass and stared at Yang Qingyuan, "After completion, you must weaken your existence?!"
"Me?!" Yang Qingyuan was stunned for a moment. He had not yet truly realized his political influence.
After being reminded by Yu Yanyi, Yang Qingyuan suddenly realized that he had become an important figure in the political arena of the Zhou Dynasty.
Six Gates, Dali Temple relies on him for existence, Tiance Army and Jinyang Army follow his lead, and even Shenwu Army and Shence Army recognize his identity as a military spokesman.
Moreover, Yang Qingyuan was born in the orthodox imperial examination, a first-class Jinshi, and ranked second in the list. He was a standard civil servant and was recognized and even cultivated by the civil service group. Yu Yanyi, the leader of the civil service, treated him like a personal disciple, and Qian Muqian, the leader of the literary circle, was his seat
division.
He has grown from a political rookie to a towering tree.
It was precisely because of this that Zhu Zhankun did not dare to attack Yang Qingyuan for the time being.
The unjust killing of Yu Yanyi has touched the bottom line of all parties. If Yang Qingyuan is attacked again, he will no longer be able to sit on the throne.
Therefore, to deal with Yang Qingyuan, there must be a legitimate excuse. For example, Yang Qingyuan committed rebellion.
After realizing this, Yang Qingyuan fell silent.
He did not expect that in ten years, he would go from a Taoist priest on Wudang Mountain to one of the most powerful people in the Great Zhou Dynasty today.
After a brief silence, Yang Qingyuan also smiled gracefully.
"I am a cultivator in Wudang Mountain, how can I be more powerful?!"
From Wu Dangshan to the imperial court, it was not to pursue power, but to follow one's true heart.
"It would be a beautiful thing if you could put down the burden on your shoulders, ride your horse all over the world, and be proud of the world!"
Seeing the sincerity in Yang Qingyuan's eyes, Yu Yanyi was extremely pleased and laughed loudly.
"Hahaha! I really didn't see the wrong person!"
Yu Yanyi picked up the wine jar and drank the wine in one gulp.
"Qingyuan! I don't have much in my body, but my aura of righteousness is of some use, but I have also trained my whole body for Su Mi. At this time, I have nothing left, and I can only give you a word!"
Yu Yanyi's temperament changed drastically, it was no longer as free and transparent as before, but now dignified and dignified.
Yang Qingyuan sat upright, "I would like to listen to the teacher's teachings!"
