Um? Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then he began to think about this problem seriously. Can it be stable? The premise is what Li Ke said about the origins of all generals and the origins of soldiers. If these problems can be solved, then as long as the army is not in chaos, the Tang Dynasty will never be in chaos, at least basically!
"Is this the fundamental reason why you messed with the Monument to the Heroes of the Tang Dynasty and the National Cemetery of Martyrs of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin raised his head.
"Yes and no." Li Ke said with a smile, "And the prerequisite for achieving this is another thing, and that is the status of the royal family among the people."
If the royal family of the Tang Dynasty had a very high status among the people, this would actually eliminate the root cause of civil rebellion. Of course, things are not black and white.
"Dad, I have been testing this since last year, that is, how far my reputation among the people can reach." Li Ke thought for a while and said.
Li Shimin raised his head in confusion, but he still listened to Li Ke silently.
"Not long ago, Goguryeo sent a team of forty-seven assassins to assassinate me." Li Ke suddenly said, it was impossible to keep this matter hidden forever.
"What?!" Li Shimin stood up from his chair with a bang. Chang Lin and Qi Julang also looked shocked. Someone dared to assassinate His Highness King Qin?
"Seriously?!" Li Shimin's face immediately darkened. He did not show any angry emotions, but those who are familiar with Li Shimin knew that Li Shimin was really angry at this moment.
"Of course it's true, dad, don't be angry, they have no chance to do anything." Li Ke walked over with a smile, directly held Lao Li's shoulders and asked him to sit down.
"You will explain everything in detail." Li Shimin said seriously.
Li Ke did not hide anything. He told Li Shimin in detail how these people were discovered and how the veterans and ordinary people in the city took the initiative to report. After listening, the three people present were dumbfounded. Li Shimin and Chang Lin were shocked when they heard it, as if they were hearing a fairy tale! Can it still be like this? Doesn't that mean that... in the entire Chang'an City, spies from these small countries can't even think of entering? !
And Qi Zulang was very excited when he heard it! Why? Because this is the ultimate pursuit of all literati and emperors since ancient times! But he never expected that His Highness King Qin would arrive.
Li Shimin took a deep look at Li Ke. It turned out that Sanlang's influence among the people had been so profound unknowingly, but Li Shimin didn't quite understand what he said to verify this and what he wanted to do.
"What do you want to explain about this matter?"
"What I want to explain is, Dad, think about it. If the royal family controls the army, in addition to that, the royal family will continue to establish its prestige among the people and seek benefits for all people. The kind that truly benefits, and constantly Do it, do it every year, every generation of emperors do it, just to continuously establish the reputation of the royal family, under such circumstances. The royal family does not care about all other things."
"The royal family does not do any government affairs or how to govern the country. Instead, it selects one person from among the civil and military officials to be the prime minister or prime minister of the country, and then establishes a seven-member Prime Minister Council or a cabinet meeting. All government affairs are done by them. It was decided that the royal family really doesn’t care about anything, and the Prime Minister or Prime Minister is elected every five or ten years, and the election is conducted by the civil and military officials themselves through voting. During this period, this person is the nominal supreme leader of the Tang Dynasty.”
"In such a situation, for example, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet voted to pass a certain resolution, but this resolution may harm the interests of the people, and then my royal family comes forward to fight for the interests of the people, but does not interfere with their decision-making. We are just speaking for the people. Our royal family is the spokesperson of the people. By the way, official mouthpieces such as Datang Weekly are naturally the property of the royal family."
"Do you think Datang is stable?" Li Ke said with a smile.
The living man next to him silently put down the pen in his hand. He couldn't remember this... After putting down his pen, he knelt aside.
Chang Lin also silently walked over and knelt with the living man. Chang was rash, claiming that he had seen His Highness the King of Qin be bold, but he was still rash.
Li Ke and Li Shimin ignored them, but Li Shimin began to ponder in a daze.
Is it stable? I began to imagine various situations in my mind. The simplest and most direct one is naturally, what if these officials and aristocratic families want to change the royal family?
Soon, he simulated it in his mind and felt... impossible.
First of all, the military power is in the hands of the royal family, and according to Li Ke's training method, all the grassroots, middle-level, and some high-level generals come from the common people, and the royal family has huge prestige among the common people...the army cannot be in chaos.
Secondly, it is impossible for these powerful families to create chaos in the region and attract people to rebel against the royal family.
The most critical point is that there is no foundation.
Since ancient times, those who can rebel successfully have attracted the followers of many people. Take the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty as an example. Although it seems that the powerful families in the world rebelled, why should the powerful families rebel? If you don't still have resources in your hands, the people will not be able to survive and will follow you in rebellion.
And don’t the resources of wealthy families actually come from the common people?
If no one among the people rebels against you, how useless is your money?
Li Shimin even thought a little deeper. Li Ke's previous plan was to cancel the non-registered households. In other words... Li Ke was digging a hole at that time. If the whole Datang canceled the non-registered households, the contract system would mean Among the people who serve them from wealthy families, almost all are common people.
Some of these people may be loyal to them, but who can guarantee that they will be 100% loyal to them? Especially when the royal family has such a great reputation, do you want to rebel?
Ah……
After thinking about this, he went back and looked at the rights that the royal family did not want... Li Shimin suddenly thought of the conflict between Li Ke and the ministers that broke out because of "Datang Weekly". This has the same meaning but the same purpose. , that is to say, you do the work, but the reputation... belongs to the royal family.
Thinking more deeply, this system means that the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister will become the first people in history. You don't care whether this position is for five years or ten years, but
During this period, he will be the supreme leader of the Tang Dynasty. This means that everyone...will be fighting for this position!
When the royal family has the greatest influence, it is usually better to at least reveal that so-and-so has a better policy towards the people.
Then he will have a huge reputation among the people. Then if this official wants to get the support of the royal family, he must have the same interests as the royal family, that is, to benefit the people.
If he seeks benefits for the people, then the Tang Dynasty will naturally become more prosperous. If the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, the royal family will have higher prestige among the people.
