Chapter 639: The ruler and ministers are governed together

The imperial study room was full of light, and the sun shone through the window lattice on the red sandalwood bookshelf, emitting an unspeakable purple luster, adding a bit of mystery and luxury to this supreme study room.

Sitting upright on the chair, Qin Lei said in a deep voice with a serious expression: "Do you think this is the reason?"

"That's right," Qin Ting laughed and said, "They are too honest. They have not made any extra decisions except what you assigned to do." He said sincerely and admired, "I never thought that someone could plan what a country needs to do in a year to the point where 'reduce one point you will lose weight, and increase one point you will gain weight'."

"The emperor's brother is wronged." Qin Lei shook his head and said, "I actually didn't give any orders. In addition to abolishing the various unreasonable systems before, it is to let those officials go deep into the scope of their jurisdiction and learn how to rule in an immersive way." He said, grinning and said, "To be honest, our Qin Dynasty has been completely anarchic in the past six months."

"This is exactly my other doubt." Qin Ting crossed his fingers and put them on his chest, saying, "Why did the government do nothing, but the country is thriving," he said, smiling self-deprecatingly: "Including the six months of the Great Purge, we have not done serious business for more than a year, why have the people been living and working in peace? It doesn't make sense."

"The truth is actually very simple." Qin Lei shook his head and said, "Ask the emperor brother a question."

"Please speak." Qin Ting nodded. He felt that he was like a student in front of Qin Lei. Although this feeling had always been there in Nan Chu, it was not until the last year that the two of them straightened out their relationship and Qin Lei began to treat this seriously ill old empire, which became so strong that he was convinced.

"Do you want to live a good life or a bad life?" Qin Lei asked with a smile.

"Do you still need to ask?" Qin Ting replied with a smile: "As long as you are not a fool, you are willing to live a good life." As he said that, he realized something: "You mean that ordinary people can live a good life by themselves?"

"Of course not. The country or the court is the prerequisite for the people to live and work in peace and contentment." Qin Lei shook his head and smiled: "If there is no army to resist foreign enemies, surround the territory, no government to maintain order, shock the scoundrels, organize the people to build bridges and roads, build dikes to fight against floods, and the people can't even be human, how can they talk about doing better?" As he said, "But our court has done a lot of things that should not be done in the past, but what should be done is not done well. Do you think the people can live a good life? Can the Qin Dynasty prosper?"

"Now we are just abolishing those disgusting decrees, restricting officials from disturbing the people at will, and giving the people a relaxed environment." Qin Lei's face appeared with a faint smile... This was also the first time he smiled from the bottom of his heart today, saying: "As long as our officials do what they should do, do not corruption and abuse the law, waste money and be as smart as my Chinese people, you can live a good life."

"That's what it means to govern without doing anything." Qin Ting held his hands and said, "After the war, we should indeed let the people recuperate. It seems that this step is... a blind cat hitting a dead mouse."

Qin Lei rolled his eyes again and thought to himself: "I boldly assumed and carefully verified the policy of "anarchy without officials" was actually regarded as a blind cat hitting a dead mouse." But he laughed dryly and said, "Although it is not nice, it is probably still accurate."

"Will it be better to keep going like this?" After thinking for a while, Qin Ting suddenly asked, "Why do we need to reform?"

"My Emperor's Majesty, can the court continue like this?" Qin Lei shook his head helplessly. He found that he had shaken his head a lot today, thinking that it might be a little good for the cervical spine. He quickly shook his head and drove away those people and continued: "Those officials are still rookies, of course they can be honest, but they always have to flap their own wings on the day when they are hard."

"Even if we keep suppressing them with power." Qin Lei frowned and said, "But is it a blessing for the country to cultivate them all into timid worms? Even if these people are willing to be timid worms for the rest of their lives, is their successor willing?"

"There is a common saying among the people, "The beauty of a gentleman is to be killed for three lifetimes." Many reforms and new policies in history are often new policies for the monarch alone. However, with the succession of the new generation of kings, it may be the rise of the next generation of kings, and they can never escape the vicious circle of the destruction of the people, which makes us, a nation with many disasters, always wander around in circles, wandering in place, and weakening itself." Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "Brother, have you ever thought about why this is?"

Qin Ting felt that it was very difficult to breathe when he was shaking his head. He didn't know what he could say.

"Because Xiao Gui, Cao Xun is good, but this is also the great place for Cao Shen. But over the years, only one Cao Shen has appeared in China! The rest of those who always say that their ancestors are the first to break the rules. Even if they don't destroy them, they will turn the original excellent system into tools to plunder the land and disturb the people, which is contrary to the good intentions of the makers. What is this?"

Regarding this second reason, Emperor Tianyou felt that he should say something, otherwise he would seem too incompetent and whispered: "Maybe it is because human nature is evil, and everyone wants to get as much benefits as possible, and does not want to bear the corresponding obligations. The ignorant of the exploitation of the people by the people has led to many people's lack of livelihoods, which will bring many unstable factors to the country."

"Good." Qin Lei stood up and said seriously: "The emperor is very wise." As he said that, he walked with his hands behind his back, "It's all right. The problem is that no one can control these officials. Since they can do whatever they can do, then they want to be kind to themselves, which is...it's natural."

Qin Ting finally followed Qin Lei's thoughts and nodded vigorously, "Yes, when you and I are here, some officials will take care of them. Even if the law is not changed, the country can govern them very much." He said with emotion: "So, how important is a good heir."

"Putting the rise and fall of a country on a person is like putting an egg in a basket, which is too dangerous." Qin Lei shook his head and said, "Even if we have the vision, we can choose an excellent heir, what about the next generation and the next generation? If an unworthy descendant occurs, it will be the disaster for me, the Great Qin and the people." Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "For example, Yang Guang looks so outstanding, but he eliminates the situation in every possible way. He handed over the emerging Great Sui Dynasty, which had just passed the 'Kaihuang Governance' to the father and son of the Li family."

"What should I do?" Emperor Tianyou said sweating on his forehead, as if he had seen the final fate of the Qin Dynasty. After listening to Qin Lei's statement, he felt that this was simply certain.

"Change, change fundamentally." Qin Lei made a fist with his left hand and said hard on his right hand: "Breaking out of this vicious circle and changing to another gameplay."

"How to play?" Qin Ting asked steadily.

"You and the scholars and officials rule the world together!" Qin Lei said word by word.

"Govern the world together?" Qin Ting repeated in a low voice: "What's the specific?"

"Respecting the rule of law, respecting the imperial power, emphasizing administration, believing in rewards and punishments, and do the first order!" Qin Lei's voice was very low, but it had the power to shake history: "Through a series of measures, the central power was divided into imperial power, ministerial power, and censors' power. The three restricted each other and relied on each other to form a stable political structure."

How to do it specifically?

"The so-called 'respecting the legal system' means improving the legal system, paying attention to acting in accordance with the law, making the Qin Dynasty's laws above everything else. Any power act must be implemented in accordance with the law and must not be out of reach... An order should be first proposed by the six ministries and nine ministers represented by the cabinet, and then reviewed and approved by the Censorate or the Inspectorate, as well as the auditors of the six ministries in the future, and finally implemented with the approval of the emperor."

"In other words, the emperor has the power to veto, but cannot go beyond the court officials to directly order." Qin Lei solemnly explained: "The court officials have administrative power, but they cannot form an order without the review of the censors and the approval of His Majesty."

"Will the emperor be too miserable?" Qin Ting asked with a frown. After all, his profession is the emperor, so of course he doesn't want to see his power be reduced.

"This is exactly the second article, the purpose of 'respecting the imperial power'." Qin Lei said calmly: "The emperor is the head of state and the supreme commander of the army. He has the power to veto all matters. In other words, as long as he thinks that the government orders cannot be passed, it is just that he will no longer directly order. Is such power still small?" Qin Lei said slowly... In fact, only in this special historical period, when he meets this emperor who is determined to pass the throne, can he pass this decree.

He nodded slowly, Qin Ting said suspiciously: "But I still think, will the emperor be a little lonely?"

"No, first of all, the emperor is lifelong," Qin Lei shook his head and said, "And officials have terms. For example, the chief minister of the cabinet, who serves for five years and up to two terms, will not be able to hold any position in the government after that. The emperor has an advantage in the ironclad emperor."

"There are also censors. Although they can point out the emperor's faults and pick up all officials. But the emperor is neither the maker of the policy nor the executor of the policy. How can he be wrong in national affairs?" Qin Lei stretched out his finger and said, "The only possibility is that the emperor is arrogant, extravagant, exhausted the people and suffered money. Only the censors will point out the emperor's faults in personal behavior." He said, "It's really hard to ask for someone to help us discipline our descendants."

"It can be said that as long as the emperor is not too much in life, the censors are loyal forces standing by the emperor. They help the emperor to pick up all officials, audit government affairs, defend imperial power, and consolidate the source. In this way, the relationship between the three can be stable. Everyone can perform their duties and do their own things. Wouldn't it be nice and happy?"

After hearing Qin Lei’s description, Emperor Tianyou couldn’t help but be fascinated and said, “If the Qin Dynasty can be safe for a long time, the ancestors’ country can last forever, and even if they lose something, it’s worth it.”

"Yes," Qin Lei nodded and said softly: "Mencius said: 'The people are the most important, the country is the next, the king is the least.' This sentence made Lord Yasheng completely offend the kings of all dynasties, so that he is still locked in a small black room and cannot accept worship."

"This is really an injustice for all eternity." Qin Lei slapped his thigh and sighed: "He clearly told the king that the only truth of how the country can last forever! If emperors for thousands of years could follow this sentence, not so selfish, and put the people and the country above themselves, how could the country make such a fuss? How could there be any change of dynasties? People are living in poverty?"

"His only mistake was to say this sentence publicly. If he only put it in the emperor's mind, let the future emperors remember it immediately. What he said is known to everyone, and it will make people have ideas."

Qin Ting said softly, as the emperor, although most of the power has been transferred to Qin Lei, the world will be Qin Lei. But Qin Ting knew in his heart that this secret discussion in the study will definitely affect the fate of the Qin Dynasty and even determine the political direction in the next few dozens or hundreds of years.

Under this premise, he still had to try his best to win some of his later colleagues.

"It is to let them have ideas." Qin Lei said without changing his face: "Mencius said: 'The thief is called a thief, and the thief is called a traitor. The thief is called a traitor. The thief is called a traitor. The thief is called a traitor. He has heard that he has been punished by a man, but he has never heard of killing a lord!" This means that the ruler who violates benevolence and righteousness is a traitor of the people! King Wu of Zhou killed the lord and King Zhou, which is not a rebellion of the lord and rebellion, and there is no spirit of disobeying etiquette!"

"I want to carve this sentence in big characters in the most eye-catching place in Zhongdu City, and hang a sharp sword on the heads of our descendants! Tell the boys, everyone is watching. If you dare to be a foolish monarch like Jie of Xia, Zhou of Shang, You of Zhou of Zhou of Qin, Ershi of Han, Emperor Ling of Han, Emperor Huan of Han, Emperor Hui of Jin of Sui, you can destroy your life and change another emperor!"

Seeing that Qin Ting was already dumbfounded, Qin Lei quickly added: "But the emperor must have a surname Qin and is the descendant of our brothers! In addition, anyone who covets the Nine Cauldron Artifacts will be killed without mercy!"

Qin Ting then breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "But if the emperor was young and could not be responsible for his actions, this one would probably be taken advantage of."

"This is not difficult," Qin Lei said in a shocking manner: "If the emperor's children are not qualified, they must choose from brothers. It is stipulated that princes under the age of 20 have no inheritance rights, and descendants with physical and mental health over the age of 20 have the right to inherit!" As he said that, he looked at Qin Ting and said: "If the emperor's own children are not qualified, he must choose from his brothers. He must not destroy the country of our ancestors in order to continue the rule of the small family."

Originally, the emperor had no son or the son was too unreasonable, so the empress dowager could take over the leadership of the wise and capable people among the relatives. Now Qin Lei has only strengthened this one a little. For Qin Ting, who has been stimulated today, it is really nothing. After a moment of pondering, he nodded and said, "Okay, I admit that if your method is successful, our Qin family's country may continue forever."

As he said that, he took out a bright yellow script from his sleeve and looked at Qin Lei with a smile on his face and said, "I have read the items you have prepared carefully several times. I have almost spent all my energy on this these days. I have the last question now, so I will use the seal on it. Otherwise..."

"Ask." Qin Lei said in a long sigh: "Since you have come up with a solution, you are not afraid of people asking."

"I looked at the items above, all of which were strengthening the imperial power, so that I thought you were going to establish an unprecedented era of power," Qin Ting looked at Qin Lei with his eyes curled up and asked in a deep voice: "But what you said is completely opposite. Which one should I believe? Or..." "Not both believe it." Although the fool understood this, he did not say it.

"You can believe both." Qin Lei's expression also became very serious: "To achieve what I said, a person with great authority, ability and perseverance needs to clean up this troubled times first, let me stop the Chinese and unify them again." As he said, he brushed his sleeves and said: "Then he can't be too obsessed with authority and distribute power again."

"Can you do it?" Qin Ting looked at Qin Lei and said lightly: "As far as I know, power can be addictive and will never extricate yourself."

"Aren't you not addicted?" Qin Lei chuckled.

"This is different," Qin Ting shook his head and said, "I have always known where the power of the Qin Dynasty is, so I can stay awake." As he said, he pointed to Qin Lei and said without hesitation: "But what about you? How can you, the only power of the Qin Dynasty, make me believe that you can be awake forever?"

Because I come from a distant future? Because in another time and space, China will be repeatedly invaded? Until a thousand years have not yet recovered the glory of the past? Because I am a descendant of Yan and Huang, I want to do something for my mother?

Qin Lei had a good reason, but couldn't say anything. Finally, he had to say silently: "We can write down everything we said today in black and white, so that the people of the world can supervise us!"
Chapter completed!