Li Shimin was not feeling well. Why did he think Li Ke's idea meant that he had less money to spend? !
"Please tell me in detail." However, he was not directly angry and continued to ask.
"The Datang Royal Foundation is divided into two layers of structure. The first layer consists of two organizations. I named them the Datang Royal Foundation and the Datang Royal Charitable Foundation. These two foundations are not responsible for making profits, but are only responsible for Spend money. The royal foundation is responsible for the lives of all royal members. In theory, it is the common property of all royal members, but the royal members have no right to distribute it.”
"In accordance with the relevant regulations of the foundation, it will distribute living expenses and pocket money to each royal member within a certain number of years, support entrepreneurship after adulthood, and bestow more wealth through the assessment of members' talents and other aspects. The Datang Royal Charity Foundation makes donations in the name of the royal family to people in disaster areas where natural disasters occur throughout the entire Datang Dynasty, assists the families of martyrs who have encountered difficulties in life, rescues some orphans, etc."
"The source of income for these two foundations is completed by Datang Royal Trust to complete the investment, operation and income. Trust is credit entrustment. I will give you a separate explanation of this. It roughly means entrusting a trustworthy person to carry out the work. To manage these properties, of course all this is under the auspices of Datang Law.”
"What if the emperor wants to change what you said?" Li Shimin frowned.
"After completing the complete improvement of the laws of the Tang Dynasty within three generations, the power to formulate the laws of the Tang Dynasty will be directly delegated! At that time, re-enactment of the laws will require the cooperation of multiple parties. At that time, it will be very difficult for the emperor to change it." Li Ke looked calm. Once power is delegated, it is not that simple to take it back.
The Ming Dynasty is an example. In addition to the two powerful emperors in the early stage, the emperors who died inexplicably later had countless MMPs to say, but that was when there were no restrictions on the emperor's rights. Theoretically speaking, if the emperor of Ming Dynasty was more ruthless and threw out more rights, the Ming Dynasty would go further.
Because the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were obsessed with fighting with the ministers, but they forgot the most critical point. You have to let the ministers fight with each other first. Why do you, the emperor, get involved? Once those ministers unite, the result will be a struggle for imperial power and the weakening of the overall national power of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, this is not the whole reason, but it is definitely one of the main reasons. To put it bluntly, there is either complete centralization of power. If you want to delegate power, you have to delegate it more thoroughly.
I let it go half way, but I don't want to let it go anymore. This is the worst thing.
Li Shimin looked at Li Ke quietly. He probably understood what Li Ke was going to do. Before, Li Ke said that he would retain the military power of the royal family and decentralize all other rights. Now through these words, Li Shimin understood. Put a halter on the emperor. shackles.
"In this way, can Datang go further?" After a long time, Li Shimin asked quietly.
"Father, it is not unexpected that if there is a war and ten people fight to snatch twenty portions of food, the food will cause those who eat one portion to never be able to defeat those who eat two portions, but each person can only eat five portions at most."
"But at the beginning of the fight, one of the people was the strongest, and he could steal fifteen pieces of food by himself. So at this time, there are two options. The first one is that he goes out and grabs fifteen pieces of food, and then eats it himself He obtained five shares, and with the remaining ten shares, he recruited five people to stand on his side, assigning two to each person to ensure an absolute advantage, and let others grab the rest."
"The second way is that the strongest person stands up directly from the beginning and says, I am so strong, but I will give you a chance. I only want five copies, and I don't care about you. The remaining people grab fifteen copies, and this There will be a situation where among the remaining people, they all want to please the strongest one, because the strongest one plus even one person who grabs a piece of food will have an absolute advantage. Then everyone will compete with each other. There will be various joint suppressions from time to time, but they will not offend the strongest."
Li Ke gave a simple and crude example.
Li Shimin nodded: "What do you want to do is the second one?"
"Absolutely, although the reality is far more complicated than this, because the hearts of the people in a single family cannot be united. Therefore, our threat is actually smaller. In the ideal of Erchen, it is enough for the royal family to use its reputation to stand on the side of the people. I don’t want anything else." Li Ke shrugged.
In fact, to put it bluntly, if Li Ke's approach continues, there will be only one result in the end, and that is that there may be some kind of coup in the future, etc. No matter how hard these people try, they will be indispensable in the end. The royal family, they must have a royal family no matter what, and it is difficult to replace someone as the emperor.
The results of the planted beliefs and various education methods were much more popular than the Ming Dynasty royal family. At that time, it was very difficult to change the dynasty.
Of course, there are no absolutes in the world. Besides, how can Li Ke be able to control so many things hundreds or thousands of years later? He has become a basic particle by that time.
Li Ke can only say that he is trying his best to build a complete plan based on the wisdom of countless people over thousands of years. As for how long it will last, he has tried his best. Nothing is perfect in the world.
"You are really thinking far-reaching. In fact, in my mind, if our Tang Dynasty can last for four hundred years like the Han Dynasty, I will be satisfied." Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke, and then said with emotion.
"Actually, I have another simple, direct, rough and general idea." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Do you think there is a simple, direct, rough and general way to do this?" Li Shimin looked curious. They say that governing a big country is like cooking small dishes. I don't believe you can find a simple and direct way for me.
"Crazyly increase the national power of the Tang Dynasty, and then dominate the world in a few decades, and then in a few decades, wipe out all other cultures, wipe out their languages and customs, and wipe out all of them. The essence is compiled into our Chinese characters, and then all these cultures are eliminated. At that time, the whole world speaks the same language, writes the same characters, and uses the same customs."
"In this way, hundreds or thousands of years later, even if the Tang Dynasty is gone, no matter how they engage in civil strife, civil war, or dynasty changes, to put it bluntly, they are just Chinese people speaking the same language. Culture is the most fundamental weapon , This is called meat rotten in the pot." Li Ke smiled and said the simple, crude and direct method in his mind.
Li Shimin: "..."
