C1075 Centralization and Decentralization (1/2)
”Well, the concept of citizenship is also a core part of the Chinese Order. The citizens and nobles represent the entire Chinese elite group! ”
”Society is chaotic, and the minds of people are confused. Not everyone can make the right judgment when it comes to fame and benefits. The degree of education is different, and the environments in which people survive from young will cause all kinds of deviations in their thinking!”
”It's precisely this kind of deviation that causes the same social phenomenon to appear differently in different people's hearts …” This is the root of the internal friction! ”
”Who does the country belong to? Of course, it belonged to the tens of thousands of people. Everything in the country that the Chinese people established should belong to the Chinese people. This was the essence of the equality decree! But who is in charge of the administration of the state? Is it divided equally among the masses? ”
”Unfortunately, that is unrealistic, because people are chaotic, and people have a different opinion on the same thing. If we divide the power of management equally among everyone, then there will be a serious internal conflict! ”If you say something, I say something. Perhaps I know that you are right, but your interests and mine are not the same, then I will deliberately oppose you!”
”In front of absolute self-interest, many people will choose to sacrifice the public's interests! This is a very sad reality, and I am not willing to admit it, but I cannot deny it! ”
”In this kind of reality, we can only give the authority to manage the country to the elite team. We can only minimize internal conflicts!”
Xiao Letian let out a long sigh, ”Actually, why did the human race need emperors and kings in ancient times? To tell the truth, the appearance of the Emperor and the King is a form of helplessness for humans to be forced into adapting to this imperfect reality! ”
”No one wants an emperor to be in charge. No one wants their wealth to be in their own homes. No one wants their power to be interfered with or violated … Yes, even I, Xiao Letian am not willing! ”
”Does the Paleogene not have this kind of wisdom? Of course they did. Of course they could understand this logic! But the reality is very cruel. Those nations that seek to achieve equality and freedom and those countries that have dispersed their power and power have all been defeated by the sword of centralization of power.
”In the final analysis, totalitarianism can suppress internal disagreements, can intimidate internal conflicts, and can gather the power of tens of thousands of people to do some earth-shattering things … For example, war! For example, the modern giant large project! This kind of terrifying power, it's like an iron hammer smashing apart all of those civilizations! ”
The hall was deathly still. Everyone's heart felt as if it was filled with a heavy boulder, making them unable to speak a single word.
Xiao Letian let out a long sigh, ”The Ming Dynasty was the last glory of the Han civilization, and the Zhu Clan and Confucian Scholars created a system of separation of powers which was considered to be very advanced at that time … The cabinet and imperial power shared power. There was a struggle between them and there was also balance and compromise. The power was divided through repeated conflicts! ”
”At that time, in the Ming Dynasty, the royal family, the civil officials, and the weaker family of generals divided up the power of the empire. They would not let a certain class grow any bigger, thereby ensuring that power and wealth would always flow!”
Xiao Letian turned his head and looked at Zai Chun: ”At that time, the politics of the Ming Dynasty was simply a bright lantern of the Middle Ages to Europe. Countless intellectuals used that almost perfect civil politics mode to motivate themselves to fight against the theocracy! Was the Renaissance really a civilization that revived Rome? No, the Renaissance also absorbed the milk of Chinese civil and political politics... ”
”In particular, France as a representative, the French royalty and bureaucrats of that era simply worshipped the Chinese style!”