Chapter 2303 The Constitution of the Qin Empire, Disarmament and Imperial Examination System
Chapter 2300: Constitution of the Qin Empire, disarmament and imperial examination system
"Your Majesty comes to the palace, and all the officials kneel down to greet you."
Cao Zhengchun, the general manager of the Great Inner, used the unique sharp voice of the eunuch. When the palace announced the arrival of the emperor loudly, the ministers knelt down tacitly and bowed, "See my emperor, Your Majesty for thousands of years."
Ying Hao, who was sitting on the dragon throne, stretched out his hand and said indifferently: "All the people are flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
He was a little displeased with the kneeling and worshipping Ying Hao, and felt that it was abolition and dignity, so he proposed to abolish it, but he was opposed by the five ministers of the six ministries, led by Prime Minister Wang Meng, especially the Minister of Rites, who was the Minister of Rites, and Xi Zhicai.
Xi Zhicai''s view on the abolition of the kneeling ceremony is very strange. He is not pedantic and conservative etiquette, but to maintain imperial power.
The first establishment of the Great Qin Dynasty was the time to demonstrate the authority of the emperor, and the kneeling ceremony was also a way to reflect the authority of the emperor. The newborn Great Qin was not suitable for abolishing.
Besides, even if the kneeling ceremony is to be abolished, it should be gradually improved rather than directly abolished in the law.
Xi Zhicai convinced Ying Hao, and his words also made Ying Hao further realize the true meaning of governing a big country is like cooking a young man, so he gave up the idea of ??directly abolishing the kneeling ceremony.
Although Ying Hao did not directly abolish the kneeling ceremony, he did not have the first code of the Great Qin Empire. The Code of Rites in the Constitution of the Great Qin clearly states that the generals and the people must kneel down to worship when they see the king and ministers.
Kneeling or not depends entirely on the people’s voluntary.
As for the Constitution of the Great Qin, it was also the first code of the Great Qin Empire revised after Ying Hao became emperor, based on the Qin Law and the Han Law and combined with his own new policy reform.
Ying Hao naturally attached great importance to this set of laws, so he personally supervised the process of designating laws, and had argued with Wang Meng, Han Fei, Wei Yang, Wu Qi (he had successfully defected to the Qin Dynasty and was specially approved by Ying Hao to participate in the further study of the law because of his identity as a disciple of the Legalist).
As a memory traveler of later generations, Ying Hao naturally could put forward many novel and advanced views, which made the ancestors of Legalism such as Han Fei and Shang Yang illuminate their eyes.
But most of Ying Hao''s views were opposed by Han Fei and others, and willingness was four words: "too advanced."
Ying Hao''s idea is naturally good. He wants the country to be stronger, the laws are more perfect, and the people are happier, but he made the same mistake as Wang Mang''s new policy, that is, he wants to take off directly before he has stabilized. However, in this era when the ideology, culture and economy are very backward, it is obvious that he can''t bear it and it also burdens Ying Hao''s advance thinking. Forcibly determining the law will only end up like Wang Mang at the time.
A person is one step ahead of the times, and a person is a genius if he is ten steps ahead of the times.
Ying Hao naturally realized this, so he gave up many unrealistic ideas and only adopted the essence of this era to repair it by the Legal masters such as Wang Meng, Han Fei and Shang Yang.
When Wang Mang implemented the new coup reform, if Han Fei and Shang Yang and others assisted him, he would not have been defeated so thoroughly.
The "Qin Constitution" led by Ying Hao basically covers all aspects of society, covering all aspects, and is extremely vast, but it also involves too many things, so naturally it cannot be revised in a short time.
Ying Hao initially estimated that even the first edition of the "Qin Constitution" would take at least one year to completely revise it, and it would need to be continuously improved according to the actual situation of the country.
But it doesn’t matter. Just implement as much as you change.
The newspaper has been fully promoted in the Qin Dynasty. The Qin court has fully grasped the dominance of public opinion. The process of revision of the Constitution can be updated in real time in the newspaper.
The process of practicing the law is difficult and slow, but Ying Hao believes that once this constitution is born, it will surely be the most advanced set of laws in the world. Even if it is for future generations to spend a thousand years, it will not go out of date. This is also the greatest treasure left by Ying Hao to his descendants.
"Report to Your Majesty, Princess Su Xinyue of Wei has arrived in Luoyang, and Princess Zhao Ling''er of Song will also arrive within a week. The envoys of both countries hope to get married as soon as possible." Zhang Yi stood up to report.
Regarding marriage, the most urgent thing is Wei State.
Although Qin did not oppose Cao Cao''s claim to be king, the five great masters of Qin quietly entered Shouchun, which also shows what Qin''s real attitude was.
Therefore, Wei naturally did not dare to leave and horizontal bars on the red line, but instead lowered his posture honestly and continued to be the number one brother of the Qin Dynasty.
Ying Hao thought about it and said, "No hurry to get married. Send officials from the Ministry of Rites to the embassy to teach the royal etiquette of the princesses from both countries. After the princess learns, she will do the marriage."
Regarding royal etiquette, the princesses of the Wei and Song dynasties must have learned it before coming to the Qin Dynasty, but it is one thing about other national education, and the advantages of the Qin Dynasty''s national education are another thing. Etiquette cannot be abolished, so this process must be followed.
At present, Zhen Mi and Xiao Meiniang are also making final preparations for entering the palace and for concubines in terms of education.
After Zhang Yi retreated, Prime Minister Wang Meng stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, in the next few years, our national policy of Qin will be mainly restored and restored. Therefore, I proposed to hold a large-scale military competition to carry out disarmament.
Only retain the size of the 800,000 army, thereby liberating more funds to develop and restore national strength. ”
The territory of the Qin Dynasty involves the eight states, with too large territory, too many populations, and too many enemies. Therefore, even the size of the 800,000 army is only enough, and it is far from reaching the goal of unifying the world.
Wang Meng, the Prime Minister of the Civil Affairs Group, proposed disarmament, which will naturally affect the interests of the military general group. However, it is rare that no one in the military general group stands out, because disarmament is basically a consensus.
Since the Battle of Hebei, the Qin army has been filled with a large number of surrendered troops.
Although these surrendered troops have been reorganized, there are still many people who do not comply with the Qin soldiers training regulations. Their combat power is naturally much worse than that of regular troops, which naturally lowers the Qin army''s comprehensive combat power.
Just because the war has not yet ended and the Qin Dynasty was short of its military strength, the standards were lowered and the surrendered army was accepted and 100,000 new soldiers were temporarily recruited.
In the subsequent Jingbei War and Guanzhong War, the death and injury rate of surrendered troops and new recruits was also the highest. Eight out of ten Qin troops killed in battle were surrendered troops and new recruits.
The surrendered army within the Qin Dynasty enjoyed the same pension as the regular army, but the casualties rate was much higher than that of the regular army. The Qin Dynasty''s pension system is to allow the army to fight without worries and ensure the army''s strong combat power, and it is impossible to abolish it no matter what.
But once the number of casualties of soldiers is too high, the huge amount of pensions will crush the Qin Dynasty''s finances and make the Qin Dynasty breathless.
The largest battle in Hebei, the Qin army suffered 100,000 casualties, the most troublesome battle in Youzhou, the most tragic battle in Jingbei, and the most successful battle in Yongliang, also suffered 95,000 casualties.
Not counting other small-scale wars, after these four major wars alone, the total number of casualties of the Qin army was 450,000. Although it brought huge benefits to the Qin State, the casualties were more than half of the total military force of the Qin State before the war.
Among them, the surrendered army and new recruits accounted for 70%, about 320,000, while the regular army accounted for 30%, about 135,000.
Ying Hao was shocked when he saw this report. It can also be seen from this data that the Qin Dynasty adhered to the elite military strategy is correct and must continue to be implemented.
Because only when the comprehensive quality of soldiers is improved, the survival rate on the battlefield will be improved, and the survival rate will be increased, and the casualty rate will be lower, so naturally there is no need to bear a huge amount of pensions.
That is, the Qin Dynasty had a strong national strength, and was good at making money, and it also destroyed various countries and eliminated the aristocratic families in Youzhou, Hebei, and also seized a lot of wealth, so that it could barely afford this pension.
But even so, the financial pressure of the Qin Dynasty is still very great, especially military expenditure, which accounts for the largest proportion of national expenditure, which is extremely unfavorable to the post-war recovery of the Qin Dynasty. It is time to have to disarmament in order to overcome this fiscal crisis.
After hearing Wang Meng''s words, Ying Hao nodded in agreement. Nowadays, disarmament does have many benefits to the Qin Dynasty. Of course, the navy is not within the scope of disarmament.
With the dominant position of the Qin Dynasty, no country dared to provoke it.
Even if all countries jointly invade, 800,000 troops will be enough to defend. There is no need to maintain the current huge military strength of more than 1.1 million. It is just a waste of military spending, not to mention that the combat power is not high.
After all the excess and unqualified combat soldiers are laid off, the comprehensive quality of the entire army will also improve, and its comprehensive combat power is no worse than that of a million troops.
Ying Hao would not give up the army that was laid off directly, but instead became a county garrison or a constable, allowing them to continue to shine.
In this case, the military expenditure will be several times less. Once a war occurs, it can be urgently recruited to become a warrior, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
By the time the Qin Dynasty completely digested the results and overcome the financial crisis, it would be better to have the military expenditure of its million-dollar army.
After all, with the base of the population of the Qin Dynasty, the number of reserves, and the enthusiasm of the people to join the army, it is actually not difficult to expand the army.
"What Prime Minister Wang said is very true, I am sure. Where is Bai Qi?"
Bai Qi stood up quickly.
"I''m here."
"Bai Qi, you are the general. You are the general. You are fully responsible for the disarmament in the whole army.
Hearing this, Bai Qi was stunned at first, then overjoyed, his pale face showed a blush, and he clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "I obey the order."
Disarmament will damage the real power of generals from all sides. It is not a bad person, but it is a bad person to be innocent.
Since Jia Xu''s reminder, Bai Qi has been extremely sensitive to the four words "highly meritorious and overwhelming the master". Although Ying Hao was not very worried about this, Bai Qi himself was afraid that his Majesty would no longer use him to lead the army that day, or directly leave him idle, so he always wanted to use various methods to eliminate his prestige and deliberately massacred the Liaodong family.
Although Bai Qi''s various actions brought various infamousness and his prestige in the army has also decreased, they are still very high. If Ying Hao did not help him find a solution, he would probably not have the chance to continue leading troops in the future.
So in order to continue using Bai Qi, Ying Hao deliberately asked Bai Qi to be responsible for this matter, which would definitely increase the conflict between Bai Qi and the major governors, and thus take the opportunity to eliminate Bai Qi''s prestige in the army.
Since becoming emperor, Ying Hao''s imperial mind has also grown day by day. This method of checking and countering ministers has become so skillful that he can easily use it.
It is said that the emperor is a lonely man, but this is not a false statement. Ying Hao was only more touched by this sentence after becoming the emperor.
If all civil and military officials are united, the emperor will not be able to sleep. Therefore, how to grasp a good standard, balance the power and relationship between civil and military officials, and try to prevent the emergence of powerful ministers who threaten the imperial power. This is the most basic requirement for being a good emperor.
The specific aspects of disarmament must not be discussed in the morning court, because there are too many things involved.
Bai Qi also needs to return to the General''s Mansion to hold a meeting and first list a general draft and present it to Ying Hao. Only after obtaining permission can it continue.
After the finalization of the resignation, Ying Hao handled some cumbersome matters, and then the most important event of this morning court was proposed by the Minister of Rites Xi Zhi.
"Weichen''s memorials have a memorial to me. Our system of selecting talents in the Qin Dynasty still continues the system of the former Han Dynasty. Weichen believes that this system is no longer in real time and should be abolished and a more perfect and advanced system should be adopted to select talents."
The Education Department, one of the six departments of the Ministry of Rites, is responsible for all the academies of the Qin Dynasty. Whether the talent selection system is abolished is naturally the most suitable one, Xi Zhicai, the Minister of Rites.
As soon as Xi Zhicai said this, officials from poor families, such as Wang Meng, Guo Jia, Bao Zheng, Di Renjie, etc., all showed joy.
On the contrary, officials from aristocratic families, such as Xun Yu, Liu Ye, Qu Yuan, Wang Xizhi, etc., could not help but change their qualities. They had already guessed what Xi Zhi wanted to say.
Xi Zhicai wanted to abolish the recommendation system and use the imperial examination system to select officials!
Liu Ye, the Minister of Works, stood up without saying a word and subconsciously retorted: "The Secretary of Works is such a bad statement. The system of observation and scrutiny has been implemented for nearly 370 years since Emperor Wen of Han and was improved by the time of Emperor Wu of Han. The system of investigation and scrutiny has only been in place for four hundred years. The system of investigation and scrutiny has selected a large number of talents for the former Han Dynasty, and has made great contributions and is constantly improving. How can it not be in real time?"
Xi Zhicai obviously didn''t expect Liu Ye to refute him. After all, he had a good personal relationship with Liu Ye, and he didn''t expect Liu Ye''s refutation would be so sharp. He was ready to answer after a little thought.
But before Xi Zhicai had time to say it, Guo Jia forced himself to take the lead and retorted: "I do not deny the merits of the system of investigation and senatorial, but don''t forget that even though the system of investigation and senatorial was improved for more than 370 years, the former Han dynasty was still full of incompetent officials, and corruption became a trend, the people could not bear the suffering, the people were in poverty, and they could only be forced to rebel..."
(This chapter ends)