635. What did Li Longji think about when officials govern Qingming? (4900 words)(1/3)
In the chat group, the emperors instantly became melon-eating crowds, and this bite of melon tasted very pleasant!
Especially Zhu Di, he likes to watch jokes from the Tang Dynasty the most.
Others say that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was a strange one, but the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was sometimes not inferior.
Seeing Li Longji so stupid made Zhu Di feel much more comfortable. As long as the one who was embarrassed was not the one in the Ming Dynasty, I wouldn’t feel embarrassed!
It's great to have someone to take care of.
Zhu Di finally knew why so many people like to blame him.
Kill your ten clans (the heroic lord in the prosperous era):
"Yes, I must say it well!"
"We must let people know what Yao Chong did!"
"Only by listing a detailed comparison, we can know who is helping Yao Chong's policy to implement."
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The human emperor Xin stopped pinching Daji's nose at this moment, but focused on staring at the chat group.
He also wanted to know whether it was Chen Tong and others who were over-interpreting, or whether Yao Chongzhen wanted to do this!
There is a reason, let’s take a look at Yao Chong’s specific behavior.
Facts outweigh words.
Chen Tong was also very eager to fight at this moment. His favorite thing was to criticize these mentally retarded emperors.
Chen Tong:
"To understand what Yao Chong's policy is, we can verify it from two aspects.
The first aspect is to see what changes have occurred in the Tang Dynasty’s system?
First, before Yao Chong proposed the policy, there were many channels for selecting officials, including imperial examinations, self-recommendation, recommendations, and emperor promotion.
It can be said that basically covers all official selection channels.
But after Yao Chong came to power, except for the imperial examination system of civil servants, other officials were basically abolished.
It can be said that the power is monopolized.
Second, the status of scholars has improved dramatically.
In Wu Zetian's era, each person took advantage of his strengths. Scholars only accounted for part of the officials, and the role of military generals was also very important.
Even many people who are neither military generals nor have they read books can still become officials as long as they have certain talents.
When Yao Chong came to power, he directly abolished the self-recommendation system in the procuratorate system and did not reward military merits, which further suppressed the military system.
It can be said that other classes except for scholars are suppressed.
The status of scholars has risen at a geometric level, quickly dominating the entire court!
Moreover, Yao Chong also closed the promotion channel from the bottom to the upper level.
This also gives scholars an absolute advantage in the competition among the entire social class.
After scholars gained the advantage, they completely controlled the right to speak. The power of civil officials rose sharply, and even reached the point where they could compete with the imperial power and influence military generals.
Third, the abolition of the group phase system.
Whether it was the Wu Zetian period or the later Li Xian and Li Dan, they chose the system of group ministers.
The imperial power was still relatively concentrated at this time.
But after Yao Chong's policy was implemented, the system of general ministers was abolished, and Yao Chong became a powerful minister and acted as the emperor to handle military and national affairs.
The emperor gradually became a tool man.
It has truly become the ruler of the emperor.
You said, what are the 10 suggestions that Yao Chong put forward for?”
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Chongzhen took a deep breath. As long as he compares Yao Chong's policies before he came to power, it is simply too obvious!
Self-hanging southeast branch:
"No need to say more."
“Isn’t this obvious enough?”
"Yao Chong is trying to limit the imperial power, wanting to be a powerful minister, and wanting civil officials to take over the emperor's purpose of governing the dynasty."
"Isn't this the way of governing the country that scholars have always praised?"
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Li Longji felt cold in his heart. The comparison was indeed too obvious. Yao Chong was the biggest beneficiary of this reform!
Civil officials are the only group that makes profits in this social system change.
He had basically admitted Yao Chong's intention from his heart, but he could not admit defeat.
Li Sanlang, the owner of the Palace of Eternal Life:
"This only shows that Yao Chong's 10 suggestions have brought earth-shaking changes to the entire Tang Dynasty."
"But you can't say that Yao Chong has dug a big hole for Li Longji subjectively. Maybe this is just an accidental result after the reform of the social system."
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At this moment, the emperors shook their heads one after another. Li Longji's desire to survive is really strong. Are they still struggling?
Chen Tong shook his head, but he didn't like to leave room for fantasy for others.
Chen Tong:
"Do you say Yao Chong has no subjective intentions?
Let’s take a look at who is the biggest beneficiary in this social change!
Let’s compare Yao Chong’s 10 suggestions after he said them, Yao Chong’s own status changed!
First of all, before Yao Chong made these 10 suggestions, Yao Chong was a person outside the Li Longji Group, and he had no real power at all!
Yao Chong did not participate in Li Longji's coup. He was not a hero of Li Longji's coup, so during the innate year, Yao Chong was squeezed out of power.
He was not even the prime minister and was not qualified to be among the prime ministers.
But when Yao Chong made these 10 suggestions, Li Longji readily adopted them, and Yao Chong instantly gained real power from a person who was not valued and became the prime minister!
But the second question is here.
There were still many prime ministers in this period, because this period was still a general system, and Yao Chong was just one of the prime ministers.
There are many people with more seniority, great contributions and higher status than Yao Chong.
Especially Li Longji's teacher Zhang Shuo, he was not only the prime minister, but also Li Longji's teacher, and he was also the hero of Li Longji at that time.
His status in the court was much higher than that of Yao Chong.
But what's next?
Yao Chong used his 10 suggestions to impress Li Longji, and with the help of Li Longji, he demoted Zhang Shuo directly to the local area.
And he urged Li Longji to suppress and help Li Longji's coup.
Then cut off the other prime ministers one by one.
In an instant, Yao Chong became the prime minister who monopolized the power.
Completed the second leap of power.
Then, after the implementation of the ten suggestions, Yao Chong's power showed a geometric increase.
How fast is his power rising?
He had just become the prime minister in the year of Kaiyuan. At this time, the imperial court had many parties, and he was just one of them.
But by the third year of Kaiyuan, when a locust plague occurred, Yao Chong's power was already so great that he could be enemies of the world!
He can even challenge the imperial power.
It took less than two years to start with a minister who was a cold bench and became a powerful minister who covered the sky with one hand.
I'll ask you, which prime minister in history is as awesome as Yao Chong?
If you give Yao Chong a few more years, Li Longji will really become a decoration!
Do you think Yao Chong’s ten suggestions have he made profits for himself?”
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Cao Cao and others were also shocked by the speed at which Yao Chong controlled the government. This was even more awesome than him.
Friends of a wife:
"Damn it only took two years!"
To be continued...