Chapter 34 The fight started
Sometimes, He Xi sighs.
He felt more and more that he was heading towards Germany's capitalist development path.
The German Empire had a parliament and votes, but the king always held power until he was defeated in World War I and lost his crown.
It's just that He Xi didn't take the initiative to reach this point. But passive. In constantly solving problems, we are moving step by step towards the German line.
First of all, the monarchy of the Ming Dynasty was very powerful, which He Xi could not deny.
Even He Xi's own power essentially divided part of the monarch's power. No matter how strong the first assistant is in the future, they will never be as strong as him.
This is a fact.
The so-called industry and commerce must rely on the core of power with imperial power at its core.
This is very similar to Germany, which developed from Prussia. The emperor always held power and did not lose power. The so-called parliament, members and other institutions are just institutions that assist the king in handling affairs.
It is these many similarities. When He Xi faces various problems, He Xi finds many things, and it seems that this is the only way.
Congress must be an institution.
In fact, this is not He Xi's imitation of the Western political system, but a political design derived from the transformation of the concept of destiny into the Confucian concept of people's importance. This ensured that the Ming Emperor was supported by the people of the world.
If such political logic exists, such an institution must be needed.
And He Xi also wanted to give Congress certain powers to check and balance the emperor. The imperial power family was not allowed to dominate, but He Xi observed it for a while and finally determined that it would be better to allocate power to the Congress than to hope that the Ming Emperor would succeed the Ming Dynasty.
There are many reasons. First, these people simply have not adapted to the new gameplay. At least, they have no idea of consciously performing their functions. In other words, people who come to the meeting. The vast majority actually had no intention of opposing the emperor, let alone checking and balancing the emperor. They only need to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. What are the checks and balances?
They were sent to Jun Yao and Shun.
Secondly, as Xi Xi said before, when there are hundreds of people in the decision-making layer, it is almost impossible to complete any effective decision-making. For example, many people feel that they are being represented. There are also many Western philosophers who talk about direct democracy, which means that everyone has their own rights and participates in national decision-making and so on.
That's simply impossible.
There is no such thing as a decision that satisfies everyone.
Getting everyone to agree that it's a good idea is probably impossible.
The Ming court wanted to operate efficiently. It is a very irresponsible choice to give power to Congress. Or, even if it is really handed over to Congress, Congress operates well and controls the power of the country. But in fact, only a few opinion leaders in Congress participate in decision-making. That's it. Most of the time, most ordinary members of Congress are just soy sauce. .
It also shifts power from public to private.
The emperor's power itself represents public power. Of course, the emperor is very likely to have selfish motives. But the emperor's selfishness is closely connected with public power. And the bureaucrats couldn't have said it better. They also live dependent on public power. When the country is strong and rich, they can use the power of the country to do things and make money. Had a great time.
How did the so-called congressional participants come into being? He Xi directly selects local powerful people, the kind of people who, with a single order, summon thousands of people to fight with others in the local area.
And this logic will not change in the future.
No matter how you sugarcoat it. Those who can be selected are all local power personnel. Rich people are also a small branch of this group of people.
In other words, these naturally represent their own interests and speak out for their own interests. This is understandable.
But this is not in line with He Xi's design for the future.
Power belongs to the emperor, who needs to share it with the cabinet and the entire bureaucracy. And power belongs to the Congress. There will probably be four hundred families in this Congress similar to those in France.
These families controlled all the power in the entire Ming Dynasty and formed a stubborn group.
In the former, there are also some idealists. Some people study to become officials, climb up the bureaucracy step by step, and have a desire to serve the people. But for the latter, they do it for their family or the interest groups behind them from the beginning. It's simply impossible to convert it.
The traditional Chinese concept is that the bigger the family, the bigger the country. It's a big family, and there are many wealthy families. At critical moments, they don't care about the existence of the country.
In Chinese thought, the country is greater than the family. In fact, it was a trend of thought that gradually emerged during the May 4th Movement.
He Xi also knew that the emperor actually held the power, even if he needed to share power with the prime minister, the nobles, etc. But in essence, a solid ruling group will also be formed. But He Xi feels that this is better than the Congress system.
Zhu Xiongying was naturally very happy with He Xi's idea.
Since then, the highest power institutions within the new Ming Dynasty system have also emerged one by one. Cabinet, Privy Council. An executive power and a military power. Now there is another Dingguo Council, which is in charge of public opinion and supervision.
As for whether some supervisory agencies affiliated with Congress will be derived from this, it has not yet been determined.
The emperor's inner court will also have a team. He did not participate in the daily decision-making of the Ming Dynasty's government and opposition parties. That was the matter of the chief minister. He mainly supervised, maintained the normal development of the entire system, and acted as an arbiter.
But He Xi knew very well that this system would probably evolve into an enlightened monarchy.
At least that's the case in Zhu Xiongying's hands.
This is what Zhu Xiongying most hopes to achieve.
We need reform, development, and industrial revolution, but the power in the hands of the emperor cannot be lost.
It is very likely that imperial power and parliament will overlap.
However, after thinking about it, He Xi felt that this was a pretty good result.
Historical development has its own laws. Even if He Xi forcibly speeds up development, many things cannot be forced. Historically, one cannot run into socialism. He Xi can't do it now.
While the two were talking, someone suddenly reported, "It's not good. It's not good. There's a fight."
Zhu Xiongying was stunned and said, "Tell me slowly, what happened? Who started the fight?"
The young eunuch who came to report the news said: "The people in the meeting in front of me. A Confucian scholar named Xue from Hedong got into a fight with the Duke of Guizhou."
He Xi was stunned, a little confused about whether to laugh or cry for a moment, and thought to herself: "Is this a traditional drama of the Ming Dynasty? Even if I come back, this drama cannot be changed?"
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"Si" Muchun whispered: "That hateful guy, I must make him look good. I want him to look good."
Muchun did not expect that he would be beaten in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
One is that he didn't expect to fight in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The other one didn't expect to fight and lost.
Speaking of which, Muchun has a good family background and has been practicing since childhood, so he is not incapable of playing. He just wasn't used to fighting with bare hands or armor. You know, what everyone has been practicing since childhood is riding and shooting, not hand fighting.
Moreover, fighting with armor is completely different from fighting without armor.
When wearing armor, there is almost no need to defend. It doesn't matter whether you are defending or not. It's different when you're not wearing armor. If you're not wearing armor, you'll lose your combat effectiveness all of a sudden.
After all, if your body hurts, your movements will become distorted.
Once the movement is deformed, it will be difficult to fight.
Muchun is like this. One of them didn't pay attention and lost the initiative. He was held down and hit several times. When he reacted and wanted to fight back, he was already being held down by the people around him.
The Hall of Supreme Harmony is like no other place. With so many people here, it is impossible for people to really fight to the death.
No matter how furious Muchun was, there was no way he could continue fighting.
Thinking of the situation at that time, Muchun couldn't help but feel so angry that he couldn't contain it. When had he ever suffered such a big loss? That’s all. After all, it is normal to suffer some losses in life.
But the problem is shame. Not just lost
His people also lost his father's people.
A military general was beaten by a scholar.
Muchun's face turned red when he thought about it, and he simply didn't want to live on earth anymore.
In fact, he clearly felt that although the scholar named Xue in Shanxi was a scholar, he was obviously not an ordinary scholar. He could reach out well and had calluses on his palms. He might have practiced fighting and fighting.
After all, the north is very chaotic, and it is normal for even scholars to practice martial arts for self-defense.
But that's not important. The important thing is that he is a scholar.
The conflict between Muchun and this person was because the two sides had different views on the matter of Zhengnan. There is no need to say more about Muchun's views. It is to form a meaningful boundary and make it easier to defend.
The other party believes that the world is not in danger but virtue.
We should be virtuous to attract people from far away, and get along well with our neighbors. It doesn't matter whether the location is favorable or not. On the contrary, people like Mu Chun, who want to destroy the country at every turn, and the tribe of barbarians, are the troublemakers. It’s not good for the world.
It's a villain.
Muchun naturally didn't want to. Because the other party not only mentioned him, but also mentioned his father Mu Ying. If we just talk about Mu Chun, Mu Chun might not care. After all, Mu Chun was also riding a tiger in trouble today.
Regarding this issue, Mu Chun actually had some intention of causing trouble for the court, but when the situation reached this point, Mu Chun naturally had to come forward to support what he proposed.
There is also anger in my heart. In the quarrel with the other party, the more you talk, the more angry you become. There are people behind both sides supporting you. It's not clear-cut, but it's almost the same. I don’t know who threw the thing first.
Then they started fighting in a confused manner. Don't say anything else, even Muchun didn't react. He's a little too honest. The reaction was half a beat too slow. He was punched and kicked in a confused way, and when he reacted, the situation was already under control.
Can't fight back.
