Chapter 299: On Kingship (Part )
"Eradicate the military advantage of the existing ruling class over the ruled class, then local government orders will not be able to be issued to the people. This is because power in the past was based on violence, but now the exercise of power cannot be separated from the people. Only when the people trust the court can the government’s decrees be implemented.”
The people present were Gu Yuena, Yue Xi, Yueshu, Jing Kuan, Jing Ziyi, Luo Ning, and Gu Zhi who was giving lectures. If we really talk about it, they all belonged to the ruling class.
The statement that power is exercised based on violence is a heartfelt recognition. No ruling group can leave the institution of violence. Violence is the weapon to ensure order.
But rule based solely on violence is an autocratic monarchy, and autocratic power means the abuse of power. The reason why the feudal era praised upright officials is because things are rare and valuable.
This shows the cruelty of the exploitation of the people by officials and subordinates.
The root of all this is based on the extremely unequal status of the two parties.
"In today's empire, there are no officials who can win the trust of the people. I visited nearly ten cities and arrested all the officials and subordinates in the city. Ten of them were killed and ten of them were not innocent. All of them broke the law. .”
Unless a twenty-one-year-old woman is born bad, no one can be so bad. Of course, Yue Xi wants to make the Sun and Moon Empire more prosperous.
However, the imperial court that has been formed for thousands of years is full of stubborn diseases. If you want to manage it, you can only tear it down and start over. That is when the emperor takes the lead and rebels against his own family.
Isn't this a joke?
"If you can't find it inside the empire, why not look for it outside?"
Gu Zhi was very attentive to his last class. He quickly reviewed the movies, TV series, and books he had watched, sorted out his clues, and combined it with the actual situation to continue preaching and solving doubts.
"The existing official system of the Sun and Moon Empire has real positions and vacuous positions. You can set up a large number of high-level official positions without power, transfer the old officials, and then increase the number of affairs that the officials in real positions are responsible for. By the way, do an inspection The system and punishments should be harsher, and it would be best to set up an intelligence department that specializes in investigating officials. In this case, some people may even resign from their positions voluntarily."
Hearing this, Yueshu retorted: "But this will force away a large number of officials, and it will also cause paralysis within the empire. Maybe someone will take the opportunity to start a riot."
Before Gu Zhi could explain, Yue Xi pushed her silly sister back into her seat. She didn't know whether to be grateful that her sister had no political wisdom, or to lament that Gu Zhi knew so much.
"Implementing these measures at once will naturally force officials to leave. Even if I propose to increase the intelligence department to investigate officials, there will be a lot of opposition. At this time, I will listen to the opinions of the ministers and propose an inspection system instead.
After the inspection system was established, I proposed to establish an intelligence department, but I still encountered opposition. Then I listened to the opinions of the ministers and proposed to add some empty positions, which would disturb the most fierce people who have little influence among the officials. Pull away.
Finally, after the newly appointed officials are recognized by the people, I can forcefully implement the most critical one, establish an intelligence department to investigate officials, and bring all corrupt officials who have violated the law to the public trial, so that the empire can be recognized by the people. . "
Politics is often a matter of compromise. The emperor also has to compromise with his ministers, and vice versa.
Moreover, the Sun and Moon Empire is now in the midst of internal and external troubles, especially a powerful foreign enemy, the Spirit Empire, which makes everyone in the current aristocratic class feel in danger. However, any measures to strengthen the national power, as long as it is not a decree to cut off the carrion, will hardly cause any problems. Too big a backlash.
Yue Xi is 100% sure that she can complete Gu Zhi's plan within three years, eliminate the corrupt officials, add new officials, and improve the political system.
Teachers always prefer smart students. Gu Zhi smiled and asked, "What kind of person do you think can be a good official?"
Being an official and holding power is something that everyone desires, but is it a position that everyone can do well? What does power mean? It means that once you have power, you can get beauty and money, but can someone who doesn’t love money and women really be an official?
In fact, there are also a lot of mediocre people among officials who only want to clear their reputation.
Therefore, the imperial examination system is not screening people who can be good officials at all, but screening people who have the ability to rebel in the world. If all the talents in the world are in the court, then no one can rebel.
"Mr. Gu really confused me. From the perspective of the people, a good official is someone who can enforce the law impartially, solve people's livelihood difficulties, and be honest. But according to this standard, who would want to be an official? Most people become officials. Just go there for the privilege and enjoyment.”
Yue Xi suddenly turned her attention to Jing Kuan. As the son of a high-ranking official, he was born into a wealthy family, but he wanted to help the people resist the class to which he belonged.
She thought it would be nice if there were more fools like this.
"Selecting officials and resolving their demands is exactly what the emperor should do."
Gu Zhi followed Yue Xi's words: "No one is born to be an official. You have to find ways to train yourself. If officials want privileges and enjoyment, then you have to come up with privileges and enjoyments that will not affect the people and satisfy the officials. enjoy.
A person's life is easily burdened by fame and fortune, but fame and fortune are not all in the world. Just like what you asked me for, it is strength and eternal life.
That being said, that's all I know. "
He took the storage bracelet from Jing Kuan where he had purchased a large amount of soul-guiding metals and soul-guiding devices. He looked at the sun rising into the sky and appeared at the entrance of the workshop in a blink of an eye.
Facing the dark crowd, he smiled and said: "Everyone, are you here to see me off?"
He could laugh, but these people couldn't. Some people said worriedly: "Can you not leave? Sir Wise Man, we are afraid that everything will return to the same after you leave."
This was recognized by everyone present, and they all nodded in agreement. Now ordinary people in Banyue City can talk to the soul masters on an equal footing and no longer worry about being bullied by the nobles. This is because Gu Zhi lives here. But once he leaves, will they have the absolute power to fight against the soul masters group.
If they were "corrected", they would go back to the past where they were ignored by the soul master.
"Don't worry, everyone, I can see it. It's just across a sea. I can come over at any time. Don't forget that I can even go to the outer world."
Becoming everyone's support is definitely not the result he wants. He doesn't want to be the savior who gives all hope. What he wants is for the people he has saved to become his savior.
Gu Zhi said in a stern tone: "I pass on knowledge to you because I want to see you in the sky. I'm waiting for you, don't let me down.
The direction of science is the stars and the sea. "
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared. When he appeared again, he, Gu Yuena, and the evil-eyed tyrant master had arrived on the sea.
"Isn't your woman Bibi Dong also an empress? You have taught the empress of the Sun and Moon Empire so well that you are not afraid that she will give Bibi Dong a head-on blow."
Gu Yuena had to admit that the content of what Gu Zhi just said was something she could not read in books.
She wanted to understand why Gu Zhi did not want to be the emperor, but left things to others and became the top supervisor and punisher.
"When the emperor evaluates this official, as the co-leader of the human race, I naturally have to test the emperor. For me, the emperor is a position, a very important position, and there must be competition."
Then who will test this wicked guy like you?
When everyone is trying to be the empress, telling others that you are actually not the most noble being in the world is already too much, and in the end, you let others compete for the position.
"wrong!"
Gu Zhi suddenly reacted and asked eagerly: "I never told you that Bibi Dong is my woman, how did you know?"
"You still need to say!"
Gu Yuena rolled her eyes and mocked: "Those women of yours were divided into three groups and competed all day long. Sometimes they were seriously injured and vomited blood, but I cured them. This is what you said about competition and progress. They The progress is quite rapid.”
That’s all, sooner or later there will be such a day.
"Yue Na, in the days when I was missing, thank you for being there."
Gu Zhi glanced at Gu Yuena. She was indeed the most beautiful woman in Douluo World. She had a face that she never got tired of in ten years.
He added in his heart, I will leave it to you in the future.