Hu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry has long wanted to become an official, but the court has never had a suitable candidate to take over. The emperor's desired successor, Qin Shilang, is not qualified enough, so he has been putting off being the minister. Therefore, he does not want to cause trouble at all. Today, the emperor
After being given "commands", he took it easily. As for the secret, he wanted to think about it but was unwilling to openly contradict the emperor.
The reason why the ministers were surprised and why Hu Shangshu, who was holding the "instructions", was secretly hesitant, was because it was unprecedented to issue instructions and instructions in a newspaper.
According to the rules of the dynasty, hundreds of officials assist in everything, and the emperor governs from the top. The government affairs contact method between the officials and the emperor is memorials and comments. In a sense, the cabinet and the chief of etiquette endorse this procedure.
This is a set of procedures that are regarded as "legal" by civil servants.
The emperor's handling of the memorial is called criticism and reply. From the literal meaning, you can see that there is a word "answer" in it, which is actually very passive. If there is no memorial, there will be no reply. In other words, the officials and soldiers and civilians will write the letter first, and then there will be
The emperor's comment was just as the saying goes: rule by hanging the arch.
On the other hand, if the emperor arbitrarily issues edicts on government affairs to the foreign dynasties, it is regarded as a disorderly order and will be resisted by civil servants. As for whether the arms can be twisted across the thighs, it depends on the abilities of both parties. Sometimes it can
Sometimes you can't twist it.
Of course, in reality, there are indeed emperors who take the initiative to declare their holy will with hand edicts, but the prerequisite is that the hand edicts must first be sent to the cabinet. After the cabinet signs and re-drafts the edict, it is again presented to the emperor in the form of a memorial, and then it is considered effective after approval.
legitimate.
These memorial procedures have greatly restricted the emperor's right to speak. For example, if all civil servants can pretend to be deaf and mute and turn a blind eye to some matters, then even if the emperor tries his best, he may not be able to make a statement that suits him.
The decree of the heart.
Why do extra-legal forces such as the dynasty, ceremonial supervisors, factories, and guards endure criticism for a long time? That is because the emperors of the past dynasties need such right-hand men to realize their will, otherwise they will be greatly criticized within the system and in terms of public opinion.
Big constraints.
Now what the emperor gave to Master Hu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is neither an ordinary imperial edict nor an ordinary edict. I heard that the emperor himself named it "instructions", and how to treat it correctly became the question for Mr. Hu
Things to worry about.
The old minister suddenly thought of what the emperor had just said, and his heart immediately brightened. He remembered that the emperor said "treat public opinion correctly." This sentence was very familiar, but when I thought about it carefully, it was what Li You emphasized repeatedly yesterday!
He could immediately conclude that such deceptive things as "instructions" must also be Li You's idea. Only Li You could come up with such an alternative idea!
Mr. Hu did not guess wrong. This idea did come from Li You, and Li You came from the memory of his previous life. Although with his short knowledge, he has never understood the principle of the four words "leadership instructions", he is very
Clearly, this is a very mysterious method, worthy of learning by the emperor.
Instructions are different from criticism. They can be effective or not; you can want them to be effective or not; they can be legal or illegal.
And when it should work, if the person you give instructions to doesn't take it seriously, that would be terrible; when it shouldn't work, if the person you give instructions really takes it seriously, it would be even worse.
All in all, as the saying goes, the beauty of application lies in one mind. This kind of exercise, combined with the "public opinion" created by intentional people, and the platform of newspapers, in the Ming Dynasty court that boasted smooth and inviolable speech, it was a new creation of the system of memorials, comments and criticisms.
It created an ecological circle of public opinion, which was very conducive to the emperor's counterattack against the ministers.
As long as the reigning emperor is not a fool, he will be happy to learn it. Therefore, after Princess Guide heard this idea yesterday, she excitedly praised her lover as "genius".
Hu Shangshu was thinking about it in his mind. Others were also thinking about it in their minds. Although it seemed to be a trivial matter, it represented the etiquette and legal procedures. It should be noted that the wind started at the end of Qingping, so the officials did not dare to ignore it.
From the perspective of power ethics, this "instruction" comes from the public opinion of the newspaper, not the imperial edict that originates from the emperor's inner desires. It is inappropriate for the subjects to resist and refute it, and it is not legal and legal. It is all under the emperor.
Subjects, no minister dares to openly say that the subjects are not the people, that is rebellion. It would not be a bad idea if the newspaper presented to the emperor could be regarded as another form of propaganda.
If only things were that simple. The ministers in the palace were all figures with long history in officialdom, and what many people considered deeply was actually the issue of the power game between kings and ministers.
This "Mingli Daily" is obviously something outside the existing system. It can be said that it is very free. It has all kinds of content, even things like "the naked corpses of beautiful women are lying around" appeared. That day, he took the newspaper to give instructions.
, under the guise of public opinion, is also very free.
After all, a newspaper is not a memorial. The emperor can give instructions if he wants to, and if he doesn't want to give instructions, he can give instructions if he doesn't want to give instructions. He can give instructions where he values and ignore what he doesn't care about. Under this situation, if the ministers want to follow the emperor's instructions,
Doesn't it mean that the emperor has regained a lot of leadership in public opinion and government affairs?
For the ministers, public opinion must be taken seriously. In fact, it does not need to be taken too seriously. The Master said that the people can follow it but not know it, but they must take the emperor seriously.
Courtiers who had experience as local officials, such as Shijijiu, suddenly thought of a word at this time - coercing public opinion.
Anyone who has been a local official knows that it is common to see large gentry families relying on local forces to kidnap public opinion and threaten the government. But the emperor's current instructions under the guise of listening to public opinion are completely like coercing public opinion.
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It sounds funny for the nominal supreme ruler of a country to coerce public opinion and give instructions to ministers... The ministers felt that this was like using chicken feathers as arrows, but for a while they couldn't think of any good way to deal with it.
If you are the king alone, you can surround them. If you are the will of the people alone, you can ignore them. But what about the combination of the king and the will of the people? I'm afraid it will not be as easy to deal with as before.
In fact, the thoughts of the ministers are, to put it bluntly, selfish and distracting. It is not easy to express them openly. They cannot openly say, Emperor, it is wrong for you to pay attention to public opinion. You just want to suppress our right to speak. So after a while, there is still no one
After all, taking the initiative to come forward is not a matter of life and death.
"Retreat from the court!" While the Dukes were still thinking about it, they heard the eunuch shouting loudly, and the emperor stood up and left the palace.
As the ministers exited the Wenhua Hall, they could not help but whisper to each other about today's "instructions". Someone smiled bitterly at Hu Shangshu and said, "Da Sikong! This time you have a headache. The streets of the capital have been suffering for many years and will not be cured overnight. Who can do this?"
It was done satisfactorily in a matter of seconds.”
Hu Shangshu sighed: "Li Qianxian mistook me!"
"That's right, if Li Qianxian hadn't run the newspaper, nothing would have happened today." Others casually echoed. (To be continued...)
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