Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Forget it, why am I telling you this?" Li Zhen shook her head: "However, you don't have to worry, this king has no intention of doing this—of course, criminals must be punished by law, which is a must. "

"I don't have any problem with this, but how does His Highness plan to deal with those of us who have not committed crimes?"

"Break up."

"Separation?" Zheng Zhihua was startled, and then his face changed drastically: "Your Highness means that you plan to split the family?"

"That's right, that's what this king means." Li Zhen looked at Zheng Zhihua, smiled lightly, and said, "The reason why the aristocratic family has become a threat to the Tang Dynasty is because the aristocratic family is a whole, but if the aristocratic family is taken apart, the threat Naturally, it won't exist—how? This king's method is much more benevolent than killing people, right?"

"Yes, but the old man would rather His Highness kill a few people." Zheng Zhihua was stunned for a long time before he smiled wryly: "Your Highness is planning to pull out the family from the root - I have heard that His Highness seldom uses the method of killing people. To solve the problem, you prefer to kill with a soft knife. I didn't believe the old man at first, but now it seems that this soft knife is indeed less bloodless than a hard knife. Not only will the person who is killed not bear hatred for His Highness, but will also be grateful Your Highness gave me a way to survive, this trick is really brilliant, the old man has lived for decades, such a trick is rarely seen, admiration."

"Hahaha... over the top, over the top."

Chapter 703 The Future of the Family (2)

Chapter 66 The Future of the Family (2)

"What do you think of this method?" After a haha, Li Zhen turned the topic back: "Of course, even if you don't agree, it won't work, because the king has already submitted it to the royal father about the way to deal with the aristocratic family. Yes. I believe that in a few days, the relevant edict will be issued. Even if you want to oppose it at that time, it will definitely not be as big as the court's law—because this regulation is issued in the form of law, not just you Aristocratic families, as long as the family has more than ten people in the family, they must be separated..."

"Hehe...Your Highness misunderstood, the old man did not say no to agree...just..." Zheng Zhihua smiled wryly on his face, and his heart was even more bitter: "It's just a pity that it has been passed down for thousands of years, and the sages of the past dynasties have not found a solution. Your Highness has found a solution to the clan system. What's more pitiful, the inheritance of thousands of years is going to be cut off in our generation. I don't know how we can explain it when we meet our ancestors? I am ashamed of my ancestors."

"The clan system is just something that hurts people. It would be better to abolish it. What is there to feel guilty about?" Li Zhen said impatiently: "According to the crimes committed by your clan, even if you are sentenced to death ten times, this king will pay the death penalty anyway. I left you with a life, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

For the clan system, Li Zhen has never concealed her dislike.

Speaking of which, the clan class can be traced back to the period of Emperor Yan and Huang.

At the beginning, this class was good for the inheritance of civilization - the major clans gathered under the banner of the Yellow Emperor and were given surnames to open up territories for Chinese civilization, expand outward from the Yellow River Basin, and spread Chinese civilization The seeds are the vanguard of the spread of Chinese civilization.

According to the order of the emperor, those who shepherd and guard one side can be named princes; to educate the local aborigines and spread Chinese civilization, the era of princes was started by these clans.

After thousands of years of development, Dongyi has become the land of Qilu today, Nanman has become Lingnan, Xirong has become Yongliang in Guanzhong, and Beidi has become the land of Youzhou.Even Beihu, which is further north, became the Turkic Protectorate ten years ago, and was collected by the Tang Dynasty - and these are all the credit of the clan. This is unquestionable and cannot be changed.

However, people will change, and the clan will certainly change, especially after a thousand years of vicissitudes, the clan has completely changed its taste.

After the Chinese civilization developed to the extreme and the classical era reached its peak, their nature changed completely. They were no longer catalysts for the spread of Chinese civilization, but turned into a cancer that hindered the growth of Chinese civilization—there was a severe cold great land in the north. Grassland, the long yellow sand in the west and the plateau mountains where you can't see the sky, the boundless sea in the east, the [-] mountains and endless jungles in the south, the smog is rampant, and there are many savages. Looking at the world, except for the interviewee, There is no longer any rival in China.

As Liu Bang, who started from the grassroots, won the world, the emperor is no longer an existence that the clans can't reach, and the authority of the emperor has fallen to the bottom.

They began to fix their eyes on what they thought was "the world", focused on internal struggles, and began to fight for hegemony within the world. They completely lost their ambition to continue to expand outwards, and their ancestors thousands of years ago were no longer the emperor. Shepherding the Quartet, educating the barbarians, and overcoming thorns and thorns in the ancient jungle with great courage and great perseverance.

Clans gradually turned into aristocratic families, major aristocratic families fought to the death for their own interests, controlled the government externally, cut off the entry level of poor families, hid their knives inwardly, smiled on the surface, stabbed knives in the back, dragged each other's legs... again and again In the internal strife, the luck of the dynasty was continuously consumed, and finally a dynasty was completely collapsed.Then they will stand on the commanding heights of morality, turn their backs on the dynasty that supported them, and even personally take action to push the dynasty into the abyss.And they can re-select a spokesperson, create a new dynasty, and continue to live a life of rich clothes and fine food-this is the way the family has survived for thousands of years, and it is also the ultimate explanation of the saying "only a thousand-year family, no thousand-year dynasty".

The dynasty is gone, just change the ruler. As for the life and death of the people—what does that matter to us?

"Hehe, let your Highness say whatever you like?" Zheng Zhihua was speechless to Li Zhen's words. There was never an absolute right or wrong in this kind of thing. From the perspective of the aristocratic family, they don't think they have done anything wrong.

"Then let's not talk about this." Li Zhen shrugged, looked at Zheng Zhihua's old face, and asked curiously: "However, according to my information, your appearance is not what it is now. Could it be that you have transformed? makeup?"

"How is it possible? With your highness's prejudice against our family, how can I play tricks in front of you, old man?" Zheng Zhihua looked at his hands, and said with a wry smile: "This is my true appearance, old man."

"I understand, is it caused by your mental and physical exhaustion?" Li Zhen suddenly realized: "In ancient times, Wu Zixu's gray hair was caused by mental failure, so what's the matter with you? Could it be that it was caused by worrying about the future of the aristocratic family? ?”

"Otherwise, what kind of situation does Your Highness think will make the old man become what he is today?" Zheng Zhihua's face became more and more vicissitudes: "It is about the life and death of all aristocratic families. In the eyes of the old man, the status of aristocratic families is the same as that of the Tang Dynasty in your eyes." It's the same. Your Highness, think about it for yourself, if one day in the future, Datang becomes like the aristocratic family it is today, will you be worried and heartbroken?"

"But the Tang Dynasty will never be in the situation it is today." Li Zhen is very confident, because he knows a way to pass it on forever.

Seeing Li Zhen's confident look, Zheng Zhihua shook his head indifferently and said, "That's not necessarily the case. There are only a thousand-year-old family and no thousand-year-old dynasty. Although this statement is biased, from a certain point of view, He's very reasonable."

"That was before, and the Tang Dynasty would never follow the old path of the previous dynasty." Li Zhen was full of confidence in this: "Not only will the Tang Dynasty not perish, but it will be passed on forever. Qin Shihuang did not fulfill his long-cherished wish back then. Wang has found the right path."

"Hehehe...the old man will wait and see."

"Don't you believe it?" Li Zhen stared at Zheng Zhihua.

"This is natural. Looking at the thousands of years in China, how can there be any dynasty that has been passed down for thousands of years? Even if it is the Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern and Western Zhous add up to only 800 years. Your Highness is certainly wise, but can it be stronger than the ancients? The sages of the time?"

"Hehe, let's wait and see."

Chapter 704 The Future of the Tang Dynasty—Constitutional Monarchy

Chapter 67 The Future of Datang——Constitutional Monarchy

Li Zhen dared to say such a thing, he was not talking big, but had something to rely on.

Liu Rengui has returned from Luzon and has brought a fruitful harvest. The era of great voyages is about to start.As long as the era of great voyages begins, and with myself as the driving force, it will only take ten years at most for the industrial revolution within Datang to break out. Within 20 years, the buds of capitalism unique to Datang will be born. Within 50 years, If there is no major rebellion in the country, it will be no problem for Datang to fully enter the capitalist society.

In the case of the outbreak of capitalism, changes in the social system are a matter of course.Among all the capitalist systems, the constitutional monarchy is undoubtedly the most suitable system for Datang—this is not negating the communist system, but the constitutional monarchy is for Datang when capitalism dominates Datang. is the most suitable system.

The Tang Dynasty is too big and has a long history. Since the time of Qin Shihuang, the idea of ​​great unification has been deeply infused into the blood of every Chinese child-so in this case, the federal system is not suitable for the Tang Dynasty.Therefore, many people in later generations commented that China is not suitable for the separation of powers similar to Americanization. This makes sense, because the federal system is somewhat similar to the enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty. Although the governors of each state are nominally loyal to the United States, the rights of the state are quite large. Yes, they even have legislative power, and they can be called local emperors one by one. The difference is that this local emperor needs to be elected by the people.

The federal system is not suitable for the Tang Dynasty, but the separation of powers similar to the British constitutional monarchy system can still be realized, because the common people will think that this is the emperor's intentional separation of powers for the subordinates to supervise each other, but in fact it is the emperor who is really in charge.

Some people say that only the communist system is the most suitable for China, and no capitalism is suitable for China. This is biased. The communist system is good, but it is the only system suitable for China not necessarily.

In the case of the germination of democratic ideas, the communist system is indeed the most suitable for China in the future, but now it is the Tang Dynasty, 1000 years ago, let alone democratic ideas, even if it is the budding of capitalism, if there is no intervention by Li Zhen , at least it took the late Song Dynasty to be born.

At this time, when you propose democracy and promote the so-called equality of all, what you get is probably not the support of the common people, but the encirclement and suppression by the government and the crazy suppression by the moralists.

What's more, the monarchy system in the East for thousands of years, starting from the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, China has implemented the monarchy system. The land of the East has been ruled by emperors for thousands of years. I am afraid that the first impression is not happiness, but that there is no one to call the shots, and there is nowhere to complain.

With the interlacing of dynasties and dynasties, the world will inevitably be in chaos, and the people will suffer and be bullied, all because of the lack of a master.

Therefore, at this time, if those in power consciously and slowly transfer power over and complete the transfer of power smoothly, the royal family retreats behind the scenes, and the prime minister steps up to the front, as long as there are no accidents in the middle, the millennium inheritance of the Tang Dynasty can be guaranteed.

Speaking of this, everyone may object—the constitutional monarchy in Europe is because all countries have a very deep tradition of monarchy, whether it is the British royal family or other countries, it can be as short as one or two hundred years, and as long as nearly a thousand years, with a profound heritage , The influence of the ruler has penetrated into the bones of all people. This is the most fundamental foundation of the constitutional monarchy. The Tang Dynasty has only been established for less than 200 years. Are you sure that your constitutional monarchy can succeed?

It does make sense to say so, but don’t forget, European countries do have a long heritage, but compared with the East, is it a fart?

The idea of ​​China's great unification predestined that China's inheritance is in the same line. All the people recognize that they are Chinese people, descendants of Yan and Huang, and descendants of the dragon. Therefore, even if China occasionally splits, it will eventually merge into one country—— The so-called long-term must be united, long-term must be divided is this truth.

So don't look at the fact that Datang has only been established for less than 30 years, but because Datang has developed better and better over the years, the people's recognition of Datang is definitely the highest in all dynasties.

This is different from Europe - what is the situation in Europe?

There are many nationalities in Europe, and no one obeys the other. They have been fighting for years, and I will appear on the stage after you sing. Today, the Assyrians are in charge, and tomorrow it will be the Arabs. Today, the French are in charge of this area, and tomorrow they will change. Became German rule here...

In such a melee, only dynasties that have been passed down for a long time will win the support of the people-this is the biggest difference between the East and the West.

Moreover, there is another advantage of the constitutional monarchy, that is, even if the ruler makes a mistake, the prime minister's government will be used as a shield. Even if the people riot, they will only attack the government and have no influence on the royal family. The people have a trusting attitude towards the royal family.

Don't you see that in the late period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the whole country was beaten to pieces by him, the country was on the verge of collapse, the people were in dire straits, and wars were everywhere, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only issued an edict of guilt, and immediately quelled the civil unrest in the country, In addition, he adjusted his policy in time, and the Han Dynasty immediately stabilized and realized the smooth transition of royal power.

Of course, these are some of his current ideas, which may be realized in the future, but now that he has not even inherited the throne, there is no need to talk about those things.

In the following days, Li Zhen returned to her life half a month ago, but there is one thing that must be mentioned—that is, five days after Li Zhen was lifted from the foot restraint order, Li Shimin formally proposed at the court meeting to enshrine the status of Li Zhen. The matter of chastity as the prince.

Regarding this matter, unexpectedly, no one in the court objected, not only Li Zhen's supporters did not object, even those who wished for Li Zhen's death, none of them objected.