Chapter 138 Thoughts

Author: sickle

Chapter 138 Thoughts

One of the most important principles of power is distribution.

The Yun Dynasty has been in existence for many years, and has achieved righteousness in the country and in governing the world, which has been unmatched by previous dynasties.

There are profound studies on how the dynasty rules, how to consolidate the imperial court's rule, and how to consolidate the emperor's own rule.

Gu Feixue has been trained as an heir since she was a child.

She is very sensitive to the ownership of power.

He also has his own clear understanding of what should be done.

The power of the court is not the same as the power of the emperor.

The emperor's power cannot be directly equated with Gu Feixue's power.

To achieve this exchange, what is needed is reasonable distribution.

When the emperor controls his people, he should also give benefits and power.

If power cannot be given to the people below, they will not be able to get things done.

The emperor couldn't get what he wanted.

If the power is given away, then the people below can do anything without you, and can make decisions without the emperor's permission. Then what power do you, the emperor, still have? Why do you still exist?

There should be a certain degree of restraint in the exercise of power.

Another issue is to whom power should be given.

In a mature political system, power can actually be directly equated with "interests."

Even compared to ordinary money, power is a greater and safer benefit.

Therefore, this kind of thing must be something that everyone wants.

The Yun Dynasty established a parliament, which was a form of decentralization.

This means that the power of ministers can actually check and balance the monarch.

This also means that the emperor has enough power.

Enough power represents enough interests, which means that the emperor distributes more interests to everyone.

Through this, capable people will know that they can rely on their own abilities to find a way out of the existing political system, so that they can live a better life and realize their ambitions.

This kind of decentralization can truly win over and bribe more people.

It is a way of consolidating rule.

As for the position of "Emperor", Parliament limits it.

For the emperor himself, parliament was a powerful tool to gain the "popularity" and "popular support" of his ministers, and it was also a relatively inferior tool for consolidating the court's rule and limiting his own rule.

Gu Feixue instinctively dislikes such things.

But she has no power to abolish parliament.

Even her means of restricting parliament are extremely limited.

Gu Feixue's rise to power, although in name only, is justified.

But she knew it herself.

This name is justifiable, but it cannot withstand scrutiny.

In order to prevent the old men in the parliament from appearing in the court one day with a child and forcing her down, she had to take the first step to expand her power and suppress the parliament.

But it would be inappropriate to start directly.

She doesn't have that much power either.

So I just made some innuendoes.

Corruption exists regardless of whether it is investigated or not.

It existed in the past and still exists now.

The only difference is that high-ranking officials have many opportunities to engage in corruption, the area is wide, and the amount is large.

As for petty officials, unless they hold the same important positions, they cannot be greedy for much.

This was true in the past, the past of the Yun Dynasty, or the past of other dynasties.

Therefore, even things such as corruption and bribery that cannot be clearly defined, actually have their own rules.

It is very clear what level of officials can receive what level of gifts and what level of money can they receive.

Even the bureaucrats abide by this more strictly than the rules in the court.

It has always been a rule that high officials take what is big and small officials take what is small.

But this is unwritten.

It is also something that the emperor has no power to control.

This rule is only valid within the bureaucrats themselves and is only under the jurisdiction of the bureaucrats themselves.

This is the preserve of bureaucrats.

No matter which bureaucrat was killed or whose house was confiscated, no emperor, no matter how talented and scheming he was, could put his hand in it.

Theoretically speaking, who can be greedy as much as he wants? The power to control this amount does not belong to the emperor at all.

But this is what Gu Feixue is interested in.

This is not her right.

Distribution or concentration has nothing to do with her.

But this is related to the income of bureaucrats.

It is related to the overall order of Yun Dynasty.

So she started from this matter.

A decree was issued to rename corruption and bribery as "administrative losses."

Corruption, of course, cannot be discussed openly.

You can change the name.

At the same time, she changed her name and used her status as emperor to promulgate this decree, which was tantamount to invading the private territory of the bureaucrats.

But she did not want to ban bureaucrats from accepting bribes.

On the contrary, this law makes corruption and bribery legal income.

There are only restrictions in terms of amount and tax calculation.

Big bureaucrats have no need for such restrictions and protections.

There is no need for her to be a mere emperor to recognize the legitimacy of the money in her hands.

Even if it's illegal, are you, an emperor, planning to overthrow an important feudal official with the mere excuse of receiving some money?

Are you going to end the political life of a frontier official just because you received some money?

It's just a joke.

For the emperor's decree to take effect, it must be approved by the court.

After it is issued, it must first be recognized and implemented by the bureaucrats.

In this case, as long as the bureaucrats are living people and not machines that can obey the emperor's words, then the emperor's power will be restricted by the bureaucratic group.

If you want to attack the bureaucracy, you must do it in a roundabout way.

Gu Feixue's strategy is based on this.

Although the decree she promulgated made the topic of corruption and bribery public and put it on the table, it only benefited some bureaucrats.

But these bureaucrats are definitely just those who have no background or weak connections.

That is, the petty bureaucrats at the bottom.

These people went from having no background to having this law as their background.

In fact, it was Gu Feixue who recruited a group of bureaucrats and prepared to attack another group of bureaucrats.

Of course the bureaucrats would not agree to this.

And in the long run, the legalization of corruption and bribery will actually harm the politics of the Yun Dynasty.

But who cares?

Gu Feixue didn't care whether Yun Dynasty was a hundred years away or not.

No dynasty can last forever.

No one can live forever.

What she wants is to be able to do what she wants and play what she wants while she is alive.

As for the future?

From now on, everyone will die.

Are you abusing yourself for such boring things?

The empire of my son and grandson is not as good as my own empire!

It's not that I don't want to update it, it's that this part is a little sensitive, but it can't be bypassed. The character of Gu Feixue is the core of the first half.
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