Chapter 339 issued an edict to clarify the special status of the Han people, so that future emperors must not violate it!
Zhang Gui replied: "That's right, it is constitutional! Your Majesty can imperially formulate the outline of constitutional government, and make it clear that only the Han people and those who have transformed from the Han are the most noble in the world, and the barbarians or those who follow the barbarians are all under it, and the kings of future generations must not violate this outline. Otherwise, the subjects of the world can punish him together!"
The constitutionalism mentioned by Zhang Gui is not the so-called constitutional monarchy in later generations, because in essence, it does not limit the current monarchy, but prevents future monarchs from tampering with today's will, which is equivalent to the subsequent monarchs having a constitution to follow.
Tian Qi glanced at Zhang Gui solemnly after hearing this.
Suddenly, Tianqi ordered: "Preach the decree! Bring the prince to see me!"
Then, Tian Qi looked at Zhang Gui, and said with a smile: "I understand what you mean, this is the same as the Taizu's ancestral system, so that the kings of later generations will not offend, but this actually means nothing to the kings of later generations." big."
"What your majesty said is naturally correct, but it doesn't mean that it's useless. At least it can control some future monarchs who don't want to innovate and just want to stick to the rules. In addition, for the monarchs who really want to restore the rituals of the week, It can’t be said that there is no resistance to him at all. At least Jianwen’s series of acts of advocating Confucianism and despising martial arts were really stopped by Chengmiao.”
Zhang Gui said: "In my humble opinion, Your Majesty's official constitutional outline will be more or less helpful to the continued implementation of His Majesty's will for generations to come. Even if the king of later generations really abandons This, but at least, can also let future kings know in this way that their ancestors, His Majesty, the King of Zhongxing, really made Daming great in this way! Your Majesty, there is this constitutional outline, and there is no , there is still a difference, at least he can serve as a reference for future generations."
After Tian Qi heard this, he remained silent for a while.
"Father, uncle!"
"Your Highness!"
The prince was called to come over at this time.
When Tian Qi saw him, he stood up and asked, "Prince, let me ask you, if you become emperor after a hundred years, will you be the same as me? How can you be the emperor as I am?"
The crown prince didn’t expect Tianqi to ask him this. He was still young and didn’t think too much, so he replied: “Of course not!”
Zhang Gui glanced at Tianqi after hearing this, only to see Tianqi shuddered suddenly, and he couldn't tell whether it was disappointment or joy in his expression. In short, the whole scene became very calm, and Zhang Gui could hear the wind outside.
"Why?"
Tianqi asked a question.
The prince replied: "Isn't the emperor in charge of the world? Naturally, the ministers can be whatever they want!"
Tian Qi nodded after hearing this: "Go to your mother."
"yes!"
After the crown prince left, the palace calmed down again.
Zhang Gui glanced at Tian Qi.
Suddenly, Tian Qi walked to Zhang Gui's side, looking at the wind and rain outside: "You are right, a constitution must be established, and he may not be willing to listen to me, but I have to let him know what I want them to do!"
Tianqi nodded: "Go!"
So, a few days later, Tianqi suddenly issued an edict to promulgate the "Constitutional Outline Decided by the Emperor Ming", and the most important content of the outline is that the Han people and those who have successfully sinicized have privileges all over the world, and their political status is higher than other people in the world , and the emperor of later generations violates the constitutional government of the Ming Dynasty, all the subjects of the world can rebel against it.
Once released, the world was in an uproar.
Many dignitaries and literati who did not want all Han people to be treated specially did not expect that the emperor would issue an edict to promulgate a constitutional outline to guarantee the special status of Han people.
Although this kind of constitutionalization is not the so-called constitutional monarchy in later generations, it has no constraints on the current monarch, nor does it have substantial constraints on the future monarchs, but it has nominal constraints on the future monarchs.
And this nominal constraint is enough to cause opponents who oppose the special treatment of Han people to jump.
Because this is the same as the ancestral system that Zhu Yuanzhang established in the past that the Ming Dynasty cannot have a prime minister. Although the emperors of later generations will still violate it, or violate it in a disguised form, it will still form an obstacle for the emperor of later generations.
Zheng Sanjun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, couldn't help sighing because of this, and said to the scholar Yang Sichang: "Even if the emperor is like a slave, setting up a bannerman system, so that the Manchu, Mongolian and Hu people are as valuable as our scholar-bureaucrats, I can accept it. People are not as good at farming and weaving as the Han people, and there is not much usable wealth to be collected from them, and they can even maintain the stability of the country by preferential treatment of the Hu people, without worries inside and outside."
"What Da Sikou said is true!"
Yang Sichang replied, and said: "But the emperor doesn't listen! Now he only believes in the words of his uncle Zhang Gui."
Speaking, Yang Sichang said again: "Originally, the common people of the Han people in the world should support the world, which is the foundation of a peaceful and prosperous age. This is also the effect that has been achieved after thousands of years since Confucianism was only respected, and generations of Ming monarchs and herdsmen have been capable!"
“As for the Han people in the world, we should not make them lazy or have desires. Instead, we should make them know the etiquette and obey the teachings.
"But now, the world is full of unscrupulous people, and the world's morals are bad. They are happy to run social dramas, listen to storytelling and pornographic songs, and even insult monks and criticize Taoism. , frugality, and make the people's customs simple again, but today's son is helping them to be promiscuous and chaotic, talking about fellow nationals, this is not the way of a saint at all!"
After hearing this, Zheng Sanjun nodded repeatedly: "That's what I mean! If the Han people can be more valuable than the barbarians without reading books, and they are treated specially by the court, then what are we who read the sages' books? ?”
"Song Zhenzong can be described as a sage king. What he said is that only people who study can be more valuable than ordinary people. It is really a word that benefits the world."
Zheng Sanjun and Yang Sichang were talking when Feng Yuanbiao, a doctor of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, came in: "Big Sikou, a new case from Lingbi County has been sent to the Ministry. He was sold by his greedy parents to a French man, Mi Lisheng, as his fiancee. Because of his cruelty, Mi Lisheng often tied the Han female Anu to a tree and flogged her. Kill this Millison with a shard of china."
"However, Li Tianlin, the magistrate of Lingbi County, sentenced this Han woman Anu for murdering her husband. She should be Ling Chi. However, according to His Majesty's formulation of the Han people's killing of barbarians regardless of death and the latest outline, Li Tianlin obviously shouldn't sentence this Han woman. Anu is too late."
"Why shouldn't Ling Chi?"
Zheng Sanjun asked Feng Yuanbiao sternly on the spot, saying: "It is irreversible for a wife to kill her husband. You should be Ling Chi, how can you talk about Han Yi?"
Yang Sichang also said: "It's true that this is inconsistent with the etiquette. The judgment should follow the etiquette and law, not the constitution of the regulations. Li Tianlin's judgment is quite fair!"
Feng Yuanbiao shook his head and said: "That's not right! There is no clear stipulation on whether to judge a person's crimes first by judging rituals or Han barbarians, but at least the regulations and constitution clearly stipulate that Han kills barbarians, no matter the crime! The officials still feel that Li Tianlin's rebellion is wrong. .This Hannv Anu should not be sentenced to death."
Snapped!
Zheng Sanjun slapped Feng Yuanbiao's face with a slap, and said angrily: "Feng Ertao! I think you are also suffering from some evil words that the difference between ethnic groups is greater than the difference in ethics, and you keep saying that this **** named Anu is a Han woman. Status. Don’t forget, you are a disciple of a sage! You don’t follow etiquette, you only know how to flatter the king’s life, what’s the difference between this and a villain? You really make this old man think you wrong!”
(end of this chapter)