Private property is sacred and inviolable, which is beneficial to everyone. There is no need to worry about the emperor taking other people's things as his own with just a casual word. Naturally, everyone has no objection to this. The focus of the debate is that princes who break the law are equally guilty as common people.
Everyone worked hard to help Liu Xin conquer the world, not just to be a wife and shadow, to live a good life and become a privileged class of the Han Dynasty. Even Chen Gong, who had always been upright, was not immune. Now the prince's crimes have been linked to the common people.
They are guilty of the same crime, let alone their descendants.
The Kuai family was one of the earliest gentry families to follow Liu Xin, so many of the children of the Kuai family served as officials in the court. When Kuai Yue heard this, he was the first to stand up and said loudly: "We should ask your Majesty
Let me tell you, this is very inappropriate!"
Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and others all echoed. In fact, there was no one in the Guo Jia clan, but Tang Xian had just given birth to a son for him, and he was very worried about it.
Seeing everyone making noise, Ju Shou stood up and said, "Don't panic, everyone. Your Majesty is doing this for everyone's good, and also to prevent his disciples from being arrogant and extravagant, which will eventually ruin their future. Ju thought that everyone can add an article to the charter." [
Chen Gong frowned and asked: "Which one does Gong Yu mean to add?"
Jushou looked at the charter that everyone had just drawn up, nodded and said: "Didn't His Majesty ask us to draw up our respective responsibilities? Why don't we add a clause that all edicts and laws issued by His Majesty in the future must be reviewed by the cabinet."
Cheng Yu hesitated and said, "This is too harsh. Will Your Majesty agree?"
Tian Feng waved his hand and said: "His Majesty told Tian a long time ago that power cannot be excessively concentrated in the hands of the emperor. His Majesty asked us to draw up these regulations. Tian thought that was exactly what he meant. I think he will agree.
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Kuai Yue frowned and said, "Then can this new law be changed?"
Jushou shook his head and said: "Your Majesty has spoken so eloquently, how can things that have been promulgated be easily changed? Everyone should go back and take care of their own children."
The next day came the time for the court meeting that was held every three days. Attending the court meeting were the cabinet bachelors and the six ministers. The content of the discussion was naturally the regulations they had worked hard to draw up.
In fact, the cabinet and the six ministries have been in operation for some time, and their respective responsibilities are quite clear. All they need is to make some slight adjustments. Therefore, the focus of discussion is still how much power the emperor, the cabinet, and the six ministries have.
Liu Xin couldn't help laughing after reading the charter they submitted. In this charter, except for the promulgation of laws and edicts in the future, which need to go through the cabinet, almost everything else must be approved by Liu Xin.
This charter was very different from Liu Xin's original intention. Liu Xin shook his head and said: "Don't put any power on my head. I would like to make a suggestion. When it comes to the appointment and dismissal of officials, I only decide on cabinet bachelors, six ministers and
The chief and deputy officers of each major legion are appointed and dismissed by you, and the rest of the officials are appointed and dismissed by you according to their respective responsibilities. In addition, in addition to deciding on foreign campaigns, other functions and powers are also exercised by you."
After seeing this charter, Liu Xin finally understood why the wise kings in ancient times were so tired. Because the power was concentrated on him alone, he naturally had more things to do.
The ministers were still worried about Liu Xin's dissatisfaction with their opinions, but now that Liu Xin had delegated so much power to them, everyone naturally had no objections and nodded in agreement.
In fact, this was also an important step for Liu Xin to limit imperial power. The ministers were able to think that Liu Xin would go through cabinet consultations before promulgating laws and edicts, which was already a big progress. However, the ministers obviously did not consider that.
Zhou Quan, they were relieved to see that Liu Xin did not raise any objection to the policy restricting him, so Liu Xin's proposal was quickly passed.
Three days later, at the next court meeting, the charter written by the ministers was passed, and the power of the emperor was greatly weakened. Since the appointment of officials under both the county and the governor were decided by the cabinet, there was no need to ask Liu Xin again.
However, Liu Xin's control over the army was firmly in his own hands. As long as he had the military power of the major legions in his own hands, his political power would be stable.
A few days later, Liu Xin held a prisoner dedication ceremony at the Imperial Ancestral Temple.