Chapter 357: Discussing the Co-governance of the Huaxia Military Academy
Xuchang, above the court hall.
Liu Xie has been a puppet for many years. Now he is sitting on the dragon chair, looking at the civil and military officials below, and his heart has long been extremely indifferent.
Earlier, he was still happy that his brother had established such a large territory. However, the familiar brother suddenly became an outsider, and his territory had nothing to do with the big man.
Looking at the land of China, there is no place that is the territory of the Han Dynasty. It is completely occupied by the Gongsun family, the Cao family and the Xie family, and he, the so-called emperor of the Han Dynasty, is no longer dispensable.
The reason why he was not abolished, in Liu Xie's opinion, may be because there are still conflicts between the three families and they still need the fig leaf of "big man", so he was retained.
To his left and slightly below, Cao Cao, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, was sitting down to listen to the government. And the civil and military officials at the bottom were reporting on the military and political situation in Cao Cao's territory.
Liu Xie was originally not interested in listening to the reports of these ministers who were Han ministers in name but actually Cao family retainers. But after all, he was sitting at the top, so he still heard a lot of what he should hear.
I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after listening to it I became a little depressed.
The military attachés were talking about public security management issues within the territory, but they did not involve external issues at all.
Perhaps it can also be considered that Cao Cao needs to recuperate from his expeditions in the east and west. But the other party has not taken any action at all, which is not very scientific. You must know that both Gongsun Sheng and Xie Bian have sufficient military strength, even if they do not attack directly
Cao Jun, border harassment is always allowed?
But the strange thing is that there is no movement at the border...
"Is there any news about Gongsun and Xie?" Liu Xie, as the emperor, still has the right to ask questions.
"Your Majesty may not know that since the demise of the Sun family, there should be no more civil wars in China." Xun Yu came out to answer.
"What's the explanation?" Liu Xie continued to ask.
"This..." Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao.
Seeing this, Cao Cao stood up with a wry smile and turned around to report: "Here is a letter of thanks from Huaxia Academy. Your Majesty, just take a look and you will know why!"
After saying that, he found a letter on the desk and asked the lieutenant general to hand it over.
Liu Xie was still very interested in the content of this letter. So when the lieutenant came up with the letter, he immediately took it over.
As soon as I saw the title, my hands shook in fright, and the letter immediately fell to the ground.
No other reason, because the title of the letter clearly states the words "Proposal of Three Families to Rule the World Together".
The big man is gone...
Liu Xie suddenly lost all hope.
"Your Majesty, you should not just read the title, but read this letter carefully. You may have some enlightenment by then." Seeing this, Xun Yu came out to give advice.
When Liu Xie heard this, he also heard Xun Yu's hint. He suddenly felt excited and thought to himself: Is there still hope?
So, he immediately picked it up and continued watching.
But after reading the first three paragraphs, his heart that was in his throat finally fell back to his stomach.
After reading the next few paragraphs, he felt completely comfortable.
The full text of the letter centers on an emerging political system called "constitutional monarchy".
The monarch still enjoys the power to rule the country, and the monarchs of the past dynasties are directly elected from the descendants of the contemporary monarchs, without any bypassing.
In a sense, as long as this political system exists for a day, the Han Dynasty of the Liu family can basically be regarded as a thousand generations, building what the previous dynasties have not built. The first and second dynasties of the Qin Dynasty were all weak.
However, as a price, he had to give up most of his control over the military and politics. Fortunately, he still retained a lot of preferential policies and privileges. It can be said that in the future, he will not only be freer, but also
More moisturizing.
The biggest problem he faces now is whether he agrees to this proposal for the sake of the great Han Dynasty for thousands of generations; or for the absolute power in his hands, he pretends to be conceited and then waits for an opportunity to regain power.
Well, no matter which choice you make, it is inevitable to give priority to this proposal.
"What do you think, Prime Minister?" Liu Xie naturally knew that the biggest problem was actually these three princes.
If they don't agree, then any proposal is just a piece of waste paper.
"The discussion will start later. In fact, if His Majesty waits for another quarter of an hour, he will start discussing this issue." Cao Cao said respectfully.
"Oh, let's continue." Liu Xie nodded.
Afterwards, everyone continued to discuss the construction issues in the territory. After all, it takes a long process from independent administration to the transfer of power. No one knows whether accidents will happen during the period, so internal construction must be done well to prevent accidents.
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A quarter of an hour later, as expected, everyone had finished discussing the trivial matters.
Under Liu Xie's expectation, Cao Cao stood up and announced: "I received a letter from the Huaxia Academy earlier, which has clarified the system of the new government and the powers of each power department.
Now, let’s circulate this letter to everyone first. Then we can discuss whether to agree to this proposal or not.”
After Cao Cao spoke, the lieutenant general began to send the letter and three other copies to everyone. It took everyone a quarter of an hour to read the content of the letter, and then another two-quarters of an hour to discuss, and then they started to comment.
At the beginning, it was Xiahou Dun, a veteran of Cao's army, who was opposed to co-governance: "We have worked hard to conquer this territory, and we will let it go at any time. How will we deal with the soldiers who are marching east and west?"
"General Xiahou, it is stated in the letter that the army will be reorganized at that time, all the meritorious personnel will be retained, and a group of redundant soldiers and low-level officers will be eliminated.
In other words, the status of the generals will naturally remain unchanged, but the organization will be broken up and reorganized into the Han Empire National Defense Force." Zongzheng Liu He said with a smile.
"But what guarantee can we use to guarantee this? If we hand over our military power, the other party will put us under house arrest and then devour our soldiers..." Xiahou Dun continued to speak harshly.
"Since the three families are doing it at the same time, won't we put others under house arrest? If the soldiers break away from you, won't they be subject to your control?" Xun Yu said with a smile.
These days, generals have very strong control over their soldiers. Many soldiers may not know who their lord is, but they definitely know who their general is. Because of this, the generals' self-esteem is a headache for emperors of all dynasties.
Big problem.
For example, in the later period of the Wei Dynasty, if Sima Yi was not in charge of the Wei army, and the military power of the Wei king fell, there was no room to restrict and control him, why would he accept the abdication so cowardly?
"However, the letter also mentioned that before taking office, officers must go to the Huaxia Military Academy for half a year of re-training before they can command the troops again... What is the Huaxia Military Academy?" A civil servant said he did not understand.
"Since it's a school, and it's named 'Huaxia'..." Guo Jia said jokingly.
"Does the Prime Minister know?" Liu Xie asked curiously.
"This letter of thanks has been explained in a letter. It is actually a training base for officers. If the 'constitutional monarchy' government is determined, then the officers of the Han Dynasty will mainly come from this school in the future.
Of course, soldiers who perform well or have military exploits will be sent to the school for further training before they can serve as officers.
And this school has two meanings. The first is that its principal is not Xie Xin, but Your Majesty..." Cao Cao paused momentarily when he said this.
Sure enough, after hearing Cao Cao's words, Liu Xie's eyes immediately lit up.
I thought to myself: Doesn’t this mean that all the generals in the world will be my students? And since the generals in the world have become disciples of the emperor, naturally there is no possibility of them committing rebellion or anything like that.
Seeing Liu Xie start to show a proud expression, Cao Cao smiled and continued: "The second meaning is to provide training for every officer, starting from the corps commander to the marshal. They are all born in the military academy.
This not only avoids the danger that the entire army will be defeated once a general dies, but also directly distributes the power of the top general, avoiding the problem of self-respect in supporting troops.
In the final analysis, as long as it is stipulated that 'those who commit rebellion can be killed and replaced', then I wonder which general in the world dares to rebel? It can be said that after the training of all members, the entire army has become the supervisor of senior generals.
But I’m jealous of the area under the general’s butt.”
Having said this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
If we look at the system of this military academy, the princes will not be able to command the army to cause chaos in the future.