Chapter 1673
The so-called governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. Governing a country is as simple as frying a dish with ease. For example, in the previous dynasties, those ministers often sent letters to the emperor, asking the emperor to rule a big country like cooking a small fish, how to govern it, and so on.
It's actually all bullshit. A major event When small things are done, everything is planned and done without any hesitation. The most important thing is people. For the emperor, it is necessary to know what to do and have a score. Energy cannot be involved in too many fights and schemes against each other.
For previous dynasties, this was an excuse for ministers to compete with the emperor for power. Governing under the arch, treating the national major event as a small cooking, the implication is to let the emperor hand over the power to the ministers, the emperor himself plays, and everything is done by the ministers.
Everything has two sides. Is it all bad for the emperor to bear the burden of the common people and his power to belong to one body? not necessarily. This is directly related to the ability of the Son of Heaven itself. If the Son of Heaven is capable, far-sighted, and powerful in means, then if the power is concentrated in one body, what he can do is by no means comparable to decentralized power.
The decentralization of power seems to have a sense of democracy. But in reality it is nothing more than decentralizing one's power to a certain class. Society is still the same pyramid, but the top is no longer a certain person, but a certain group of people. There is no change in the overall structure.
The advantages are visible, and the disadvantages are also visible. The advantage is that it can avoid a certain emperor from being sluggish - after all, the emperor does not live long. No matter how strong the means, Qin Huang and Han Wu, don't they also have a handful of loess? Not every emperor of Imperial Capital is wise, and the wise emperor will be old and dull.
The disadvantage is that it is procrastinating and hindering.
Because there is no one to act arbitrarily, then for any matter, people of this class who replace the emperor need to argue with each other. Compromise and restrain each other. Then get one thing done—it is absolutely impossible to do it 100%, because of compromises and constraints, 60% to 70% is a big deal.
No system is absolutely the best, and no system is absolutely the worst. Whether it is supreme monarchy or invincibility, there are two sides to it.
The system is parallel, not incremental. It only depends on whether it is suitable or not. Objectively speaking, it should not be judged on the basis of good or bad.
It's like consanguineous marriage. In this day and age, marriages between watch siblings abound. This has been the case for thousands of years. In the time and space before Ying Yi crossed over, this was not allowed.
Are all the siblings born with deformities? No. It can only be said that descendants of close relatives such as siblings have a higher chance of producing deformed children. However, offspring between close relatives are also more likely to produce genius!
Both East and West, the parents of many outstanding and powerful people are close relatives.
In the final analysis, it is a two-sided problem, not one plus one equals two. There are two sides to social problems. There is no absolute good and no absolute bad.
Stop talking.
For Ying Yi, or for Great Xia, the supremacy of monarchy is inevitable. This kind of supremacy must far exceed the previous dynasties, and the degree of high concentration of power is unimaginable.
Because the Great Xia is different from any period, Ying Yi himself is different from any emperor.
He has a long lifespan, a powerful dive soul, and a dull soul? nonexistent. People say that they are old and faint, which is closely related to their own physiological state. The Martial Emperor of Han became stunned when he got old, because his divine soul was rotten, and people became confused. When he was young, he could see clearly what he could do, but when he got old, he could not see clearly what could not be done.
Man's True Spirit is immortal because it originated from the creation of Heaven and Earth. But the true spirit-derived divine soul rots, and the flesh rots. For the ordinary person on this planet, excluding all external influences, the limit of the existence of the divine soul and the flesh and blood is one hundred and fifty years old. Then Death, True Spirit returned to Heaven and Earth.
Therefore, longevity requires not only the evolution of flesh and blood, but also the strength of the divine soul. Otherwise, it is the Indestructible Vajra Body, and when the divide soul is scattered, all that is left is an empty shell.
It's like a machine, rusted and rotten, it won't turn. So do people. Therefore, no matter how wise the emperors were in all dynasties, they became dull when they were old.
But that won't happen to Ying Yi. Not for a few hundred years at least.
If Ying Yi didn't get the root at the time of founding the country and offering sacrifices to heaven, he could not go further. He also has 500 years lifespan with the strength of his current physique and divine soul. And he has got the root and has gone further, so 500 years is by no means the limit.
A strong diver soul gives a sharp mind, a solid body gives a lot of energy. Power belongs to one body, and for this empire, the benefits are self-evident.
Actually, Ying Yi's only humane plan is in the hands of Ying Yi, who is Supreme.
He was destined not to be submissive. The humanitarian program is in his hands, and he must implement it according to his own ideas. Instead of being constrained by others, the aggrieved are bound to move forward in compromise and fear.
Each step of the empire's advancement is in Ying Yi's mind. From the grand strategy to the specific implementation plan, he has already planned to go after fifty or one hundred years.
If he can clone thousands, not even officials and troops.
—unless, of course, he wants to be a machine.
Great Xia's plan to open the sea was already formulated when the sea was banned.
The policy of banning the sea has its inevitable intention - for Ying Yi, it is a method to clean up the empire's sea frontier. Whether it is to clean up the rat-like pirates, or to plot Yingzhou.
Piracy is a chronic disease. The former Imjin Japanese Rebellion reached Peak. However, it was not really banned. The Ming court opened the sea several times, but it was not because of seclusíon to lock the country, but a large part of the reason was because of pirates.
For Ming Ting, there are not many ways to ban pirates from the sea. But in Great Xia, not so. The implementation of Great Xia's decree has never been seen before. Great Xia's navy is unprecedented.
Great Xia forbids the sea, making it impossible for pirates to survive. No matter how much pirates loot, it is useless if they can't get the land to exchange for benefits. Not to mention the navy searched and captured all over the sea, where is there also room for survival?
Great Xia has been established for more than three years, from the sea area of Liaodong and Yingzhou in the north to the sea area in the south, and now pirates have disappeared. Can't say 100%, at least 95%.
The first condition for opening the sea has been fulfilled.
The second condition is property. At the beginning of Great Xia's founding, the internal demand for various commodities could not be met, and the prohibition of seas did not affect the development of Great Xia. Three years later, Great Xia's products have become abundant, and it has spare capacity for foreign trade. Then the second condition of opening the sea is fulfilled.
The third condition is the Thai and Western countries that are delivered to the door. Ying Yi did not intend to go to war directly with the Western countries during this period. Although not afraid, the pros outweigh the cons. Through the prohibition of the sea, the Taixi countries are forced to come to the door, and make an agreement to create the first guarantee for the merchant ship of Great Xia to travel across the world. This is the fulfillment of the third condition.
The fourth condition is the beginning of the civilization process of Origin Item. The Origin Item sea ship that is put into civilian use is another guarantee, which has also been achieved.
As a result, it is imperative to open the sea.
The first step is to put the policy on paper. Proclaim the world in the form of an edict, informing that the empire is about to open the sea.
The second procedure is to create a city park. Nagasaki in Yingzhou, Songjiang in the mouth of the Yangtze River, Quanzhou in Fujian and Guangzhou in Guangdong, the establishment of four cities is on the agenda.
The third procedure is to promulgate policies to encourage maritime trade. Within a year, foreign trade will not be subject to tariffs to encourage businessmen to go out independently.