Chapter 464: Candidates for Grand Prime Minister
Anyway, those who use silver are rich people. As long as the circulation of silver other than silver coins is prohibited, these people must exchange it.
Of course, they don’t have to exchange it and can still use it for large transactions.
But Zhao Xing plans to set up banks in various state capitals to carry out money deposit business and only recognizes new currencies.
As a result, long-distance transactions do not have the convenience of depositing money in a bank.
As long as it is done well, a currency reform can completely solve the problem of the court's lack of money.
Not to mention building the Great Wall in the north, there is enough money to build Luoyang.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xing immediately ordered craftsmen to add other metals to silver and try to make silver coins.
Regarding the minting of coins and coin reform, Zhao Xing did not tell anyone, but carried out it in private.
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A few days after the canonization of the crown prince, Han Zhang's granddaughter was admitted to the palace.
Before Han Zhang was canonized as the crown prince, his illness was cured.
He had no choice but to wait for his granddaughter to enter the palace to recover from his illness. How would the world view him?
After his illness recovered, Han Zhang did not continue to mention his resignation, and neither did Zhao Xing.
After accepting Han Zhang's grandson, Zhao Xing summoned Han Zhang alone.
"Xiangong, the power of the prime ministers in the Song Dynasty is dispersed. It seems to be a good thing, but in fact it is not. I have carefully looked through the records from the beginning of Taizu to the present. There are countless examples of the kings fighting with each other. On the surface, the reasons for their fights are all For the sake of the court, it is not a good thing to change husbands frequently.”
It is said that there were many famous ministers in the Song Dynasty, but the reason for the large number was not only that the Song Dynasty had a polyphase system, but also had a lot to do with the fact that the ministers fought with each other and were demoted.
It is a good thing to change the husband-in-law to prevent the occurrence of dictatorship, but it is not a good thing to change the husband too frequently.
Apart from anything else, there is a big difference in their governing philosophies.
If the latter fights the former to get the upper hand, it is naturally impossible for the latter to follow the former's ideas.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be like slapping yourself in the face?
This leads to the fact that every time the husband is replaced, some previous policies will be overturned, resulting in very large policy changes.
Sometimes, not long after the policy was implemented, the people implementing it had problems and the policy was stopped again.
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Han Zhang knew that Zhao Xing must have some purpose when he suddenly said this.
"I want to abolish the prime minister system and implement a cabinet system. The cabinet..." Zhao Xing explained the Ming Dynasty's cabinet system to Han Zhang in detail.
Han Zhang took a deep breath after hearing this. He finally understood why Zhao Xing disagreed with his resignation.
Zhao Xing wants him to help implement the cabinet system. When the cabinet system is successful, it will be time for him to resign.
"Your Majesty, although this method seems to have many benefits, it also has many disadvantages. The selection of cabinet ministers depends entirely on your Majesty's wishes, and it does not have any decision-making power for the handling of state affairs.
The biggest disadvantage is that there are no restrictions on imperial power. Although His Majesty is wise, there is no guarantee that all emperors after the Song Dynasty will be wise.
This situation has been unavoidable since ancient times.
The second generation of Qin died because the Emperor of Qin did not care about the people and carried out large-scale construction projects, and the time for the unification of the world was still short.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times and built the Grand Canal, which led to the death of the second generation of the Sui Dynasty.
In addition, all unified dynasties will eventually perish after having several weak kings.
The reason for this is that ministers have certain restrictions on imperial power.
Once your Majesty's method is implemented, if a fatuous king appears in the Song Dynasty in the future, the Song Dynasty will be in danger of destruction. "Han Zhang said.
"Although there are disadvantages, in my opinion, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages!" Zhao Xing understood what Han Zhang meant. The restriction of imperial power is not a sensitive topic. It has been done this way since ancient times.
To put it bluntly, the cabinet system is to strengthen the centralization of power. Although the feudal dynasty itself was centralized, the cabinet system completely concentrated power in the hands of the emperor.
The choice of cabinet ministers depends entirely on the emperor. Although cabinet ministers can handle government affairs, the final decision-making power still rests with the emperor.
The Ming Dynasty was able to implement it because Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system and completed the emperor's complete control of power.
As Han Zhang said, since ancient times, those unified dynasties, except for Qin and Sui, all had several weak kings before they finally perished.
All power is concentrated in the emperor. Without restrictions, it is very likely that a weak emperor will destroy the country.
But Zhao Xing doesn't see it that way.
Again, the demise of a dynasty cannot be solely blamed on the emperor.
Rather than having several generations of foolish kings and finally perishing, it would be better to perish as soon as possible.
Without a cabinet system, if there is a cowardly king, there will also be a situation where treacherous ministers are in power.
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But with the cabinet system, as long as a weak emperor is not destroyed, the emperors who follow him will still have a chance to become rich and powerful again.
On the contrary, if the situation is corrupt, even if the emperor has the intention, it will be difficult to turn things around.
In Zhao Xing's view, in the middle and late stages of a dynasty, there are many shortcomings, and it is actually more difficult to regain vitality than to conquer the world.
In the final analysis, conquering the world is a process of breaking up and restoring order. However, it is very difficult to change the deep-rooted rules when governing a country full of shortcomings.
When Han Zhang heard this, he knew Zhao Xing's determination. He was silent for a while and said, "It can't be done."
"Yeah, it can't be done for the time being."
Zhao Xing nodded in agreement when he heard this and said: "But I won't give up. I'm telling the Grand Prime Minister this, I just want to find someone to talk to. The Grand Prime Minister is indeed not young. You can take good care of Mr. Shen and wait until the end of the year." I will allow you to retire and return home.”
Just because the standards for official promotion and evaluation were changed, there was such a big disturbance.
If the cabinet system is implemented, you can imagine how much trouble it will cause.
Zhao Xingqiang retained Han Zhang, on the one hand because he wanted him to help him implement the cabinet system, and on the other hand because there was no suitable successor for the time being.
In addition, there is another reason. Han Zhang's resignation at that time made him very passive.
However, Zhao Xing carefully reflected on what happened this time and found that it was too early to implement the cabinet system.
Of course, Zhao Xing did not give up, but wanted to wait until Xixia and Liao were destroyed before implementing it.
This was Zhao Xing's original plan. This time the officials made a fuss, which aroused his murderous intention, and he had the idea of forcibly pushing forward.
Because once the implementation is successful, the power will be completely concentrated in the hands of the emperor, and many things will be easier to handle.
Later he came to his senses and realized that he was a little impatient.
It's okay to enforce it forcefully, but the Song Dynasty will definitely be in chaos for a long time.
This is unavoidable, but it is not appropriate when the situation in Xixia, Liao Kingdom is changing.
Han Zhang was stunned when he heard this. When Zhao Xing told him this, he thought Zhao Xing wanted him to help implement it.
Who would have thought that Zhao Xing actually said that he was just chatting with him and promised to let him resign.
And Zhao Xing said that he wanted Shen Xianggong to take over as the Grand Xianggong, which surprised Han Zhang even more.
You must know that after Zhao Xing ordered people to arrest so many officials, Xianggong Shen also opposed it.
Ordinarily, Zhao Xing should let someone who completely listens to him take over as Grand Prime Minister.
(End of chapter)