Chapter 433: Constraints and Balance
Of course, all this is a story for later.
After meeting with foreign envoys, it was almost noon, and a banquet had been prepared in the palace.
There are several specifications for banquets in the palace. The top banquets are generally only used when the new king succeeds to the throne and when the court is held.
And today is naturally the banquet of the highest standard.
Nothing major happened during the banquet, which lasted until nearly evening.
After the banquet, Zhao Xing was already 70 to 80% drunk. Instead of going to the harem to rest, he rested for the night in the palace of Fuyan Palace.
On this day, Zhao Xing was at leisure. He had a holiday during the Chinese New Year and lasted until after the Lantern Festival. Unless there was something big, Zhao Xing had nothing to deal with during this period.
Zhao Xing finished his exercise and had breakfast. He wanted to go to the harem to accompany a few pregnant concubines, but his father sent someone to pass him there.
After receiving the summons, Zhao Xing guessed that it might be because of his outburst at the court meeting yesterday.
When I arrived at Xingming Palace and saw my father and empress, it was as expected.
My father did not dissuade him, he just said that he should not have lost his temper at the meeting yesterday, and warned him not to get involved too much.
"Father, on the first day of the new year, I want to make my sons and ministers want to make trouble, but these officials have gone too far. After checking the acres of land on the front foot, the powerful landowners on the back foot force the people to return it. These magistrates are responsible for supervising one side. But they ignored this kind of thing. They didn't pay attention to the official family of Erchen. If Erchen didn't deal with them, they would probably forget that the world's surname was Zhao!" Zhao Xing said solemnly.
"I'm not saying that you did something wrong. These people have indeed gone too far, but you should not let the Imperial City Department be responsible for this matter."
The Supreme Emperor worriedly said: "You want to reuse the emperor There is nothing wrong with cultivating your own ears and eyes, Chengsi. There is something wrong with letting the Imperial City Division examine officials. Once the situation is established, have you ever thought about how much power the Imperial City Division has? Just because you can control it does not mean that the emperor behind him can control it. The knife is too sharp and can not only hurt people. , and it will hurt yourself.”
"Thank you, Father, for reminding me, I understand." Zhao Xing said after being silent for a while.
This really goes against his original intention of setting up a secret guard.
Zhao Xing first asked Yin Hanzhang to form a secret guard, with the purpose of cultivating eyes and ears similar to those of the Jin Yiwei.
The reason why it is similar is that his definition of secret guards is limited to eyes and ears.
The Jin Yiwei had too much power, and Zhu Yuanzhang also knew this. When he cut the Jin Yiwei in his later years, he was worried that the emperor behind him would not be able to hold the sword.
Zhu Di formed it again when needed.
It did appear later that Jin Yiwei had too much power, which affected the stability of the imperial power.
At that time, the emperor no longer had the ability to tailor Jin Yiwei. In order to restrict Jin Yiwei, Dongchang appeared.
Jinyiwei has indeed been restricted and has withdrawn from the stage of history, existing in name only.
But in order to restrict Jinyiwei, Dongchang had to be given sufficient rights, and Dongchang became a new hidden danger.
In order to restrict the East Factory, the West Factory and the Inner Factory appeared.
The fighting between these power agencies is itself harmful to the court.
Zhao Xing summarized these experiences and positioned the secret guards, who are now incorporated into the Imperial City Division, as the eyes and ears from the beginning.
Only the right to collect intelligence information, not the right to arrest and try.
But as he used it, he gradually forgot this.
Although it was previously related to the Wizarding Cult and was a special case, the Imperial City Division did arrest officials.
And this time Zhao Xing didn’t think much, and instinctively wanted to hand the officials over to the Imperial City Division for trial.
Although it was because he did not trust the officials of Dali Temple, it was indeed a bad start.
Had it not been for his father’s reminder, Zhao Xing would not have reacted.
Lao Zhu gave Jin Yiwei the rights, maybe he planned to cancel Jin Yiwei after using them up from the beginning.
But Zhao Xing did not have this idea. The emperor still needed eyes and ears, otherwise what he saw and heard would be what the ministers wanted him to see.
Zhao Xing does not want his descendants to be deceived.
But if the Imperial City Division wants to continue to exist, it cannot have too much power.
Not even if you have it once or only briefly. Otherwise, who knows whether the subsequent emperors will follow suit.
"It would be better if you understand."
The Emperor nodded with satisfaction and said: "I know that you don't trust the officials of Dali Temple and are worried that they will protect each other. But there is no perfect system in the world, otherwise it would be impossible. There will be no change of dynasty, just choose the lesser of the two."
"Thank you for your teaching, I understand." Zhao Xing nodded.
He also understands this truth, but understanding is one thing and doing it is another.
Many times, it is often ignored unconsciously.
The Supreme Emperor said some more of his thoughts and asked Zhao Xing to go back.
Zhao Xing walked out of Xingming Palace, and a cold wind hit him, making him shiver.
Seeing this, Sanshui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please get on the chariot first."
When the weather is cold, the curtains of the chariot are replaced with thick cloth to block the wind.
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"No, let me take a walk. The cold wind will clear my mind."
Zhao Xing tightened his cloak and walked forward.
Seeing this, Sanshui quickly followed.
Zhao Xing found that he had made a big mistake and wanted to have everything under his control.
This is not wrong, but his desire for control is a little too much.
He was worried that the backers of those officials would intervene to help reduce their culpability, and he was worried that the cases would be tried by Dali Temple officials.
You can simply send a trustworthy supervisor.
But he subconsciously wanted to hand this matter over to the Imperial City Division.
The reason for this is because the Imperial City Secretary takes orders directly from him and he can do whatever he wants.
But imperial power also needs to be restricted. Zhao Xing resents those who restrict imperial power for their own benefit, but this does not mean that imperial power should not be restricted.
He can use the Imperial City Division to do whatever he wants, can't the emperor behind him do the same?
Therefore, he cannot just do what he wants just to make things develop in the direction he wants.
In addition, is there no problem with Yin Hanzhang?
This kind of thing definitely didn't happen at the same time, maybe there were signs before.
Is it possible that Yin Hanzhang deliberately did not report it and waited until the matter was almost settled before reporting it?
You know, this thing didn't happen in one place, but happened in many states and counties.
In this case, it is most appropriate for the Imperial City Division to investigate.
Involving so many officials at once can not only express yourself in front of him, but also make all officials fear the Imperial City Secretary like a tiger.
Of course, it is also possible that Yin Hanzhang felt that the problem was not big at first, but then he reported it as it worsened.
After all, after the secret guards were merged into the Imperial City Division, the Imperial City Division's eyes and ears were all over the world, so it was impossible for Zhao Xing to report everything.
Whether a report is needed or not depends entirely on Yin Hanzhang's judgment.
It cannot be concluded that there is something wrong with Yin Hanzhang.
But Zhao Xing suddenly realized that regardless of whether Yin Hanzhang had any problems, it was not appropriate for him to be in charge of the Imperial City Division alone.
The purpose of the Imperial City Division's existence is to serve as his eyes and ears, so as not to be fooled by officials.
But the Imperial City is in the hands of one person. What if this person wants to fool the emperor?
Being fooled by one person is far scarier than being fooled by a group of people.
The Imperial City Division also needs balance and restraint.
(End of this chapter)