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Chapter 49 Separation of Military and Political
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Ying Chen, the military commander, has no objections, and Ying Zheng naturally has no objections. After all, serving as the Prime Minister of the Yan State is also a promotion. Although the Yan State is weak, it is still a country and the prime minister of a country. Compared with the Qin State, Being a general who is not outstanding is still a very high salary.

As long as the parties want to, they won't say anything.

But as it happens, the parties involved really have opinions on this matter.

To go to the Yan State to serve as the Prime Minister, you must pass through the Zhao State, and Zhang Tang has made great contributions in the war against Zhao in the past few decades. Compared to the Zhao State, Zhang Tang is a big enemy!

King Zhao once offered a reward for Zhang Tang's head with hundreds of miles of land. Even though King Zhao has changed now, this reward still works.

If Zhang Tang goes to the Yan Kingdom, it is one thing whether he can reach the Yan Kingdom safely, let alone whether he will be the prime minister.

Therefore, Zhang Tang rejected Lu Buwei.

Lu Buwei, who got this result, was naturally very angry, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, Ying Chen and Ying Zheng both said that as long as the person involved is willing, it will be fine. In other words, if the person involved is not willing, he cannot force it.

Seeing the worried Lu Buwei, Gan Luo, who was only 12 years old, naturally couldn't help but stand up and show off his abilities.

However, Gan Luo, who volunteered, was about to encounter his first setback in life.

After he confidently went to Zhang Tang's house and talked to him rationally and emotionally for a long time, Zhang Tang still didn't agree to risk going to Yan State.

The reason is simple. Although Lu Buwei is the prime minister, he is not the only one in the court. Moreover, since Ying Chen took over the military, the military has been completely separated from the court and is no longer involved in political struggles.

The current military and political system of the Qin State can be said to be two systems. Lu Buwei is indeed the prime minister who has the most consistent opinions within the court, but Zhang Tang belongs to the military, and his immediate superior in the military is Ying Chen. As long as he does not offend Ying Chen, he will not go out. any problem.

Therefore, Gan Luo, who went confidently, returned disappointed.

But Zhang Tang's explanation also gave Gan Luo a new understanding of Qin's military and political system!

Complete separation of military and political affairs!

How dare Ying Chen do this?
And those generals actually followed Ying Chen to do this?
Aren't these guys worried about what will happen in the future after King Qin is crowned and takes charge?

To put it nicely, the Qin army in this state was loyal to Qin, but to put it harshly, the King of Qin directly lost absolute control of the army!
What king could tolerate such a thing?

Whoever stands at the top of the military can control the Qin army. What the hell is this? !

What on earth is Ying Chen doing?
He is blatantly trying to ignore King Qin!

"Failed?"

It can be said that Lu Buwei was not surprised when he saw Gan Luo returning depressed.

"Xiangbang, the military and political affairs are completely separated... What exactly is this situation?" Gan Luo really couldn't understand this situation.It's not that he hadn't heard of this before, but he didn't take it seriously. He just regarded it as Qin's statement to the outside world. In order to create an illusion that Qin King was weak and Qin's internal struggles were serious, he made other countries relax towards Qin. alert.

But today, Zhang Tang's attitude, what Zhang Tang meant... the military and political affairs of Qin were really completely separated? !

"It's not a complete separation, but the Qin State is currently experimenting with a new political system in order to find a balance between military and political affairs." Lu Buwei said.

"I can't say more about the specific situation. This is currently the top secret of the Qin State. You'd better not inquire about it, unless you want to leave this world forever in your sleep."

The separation of military and political affairs was a system proposed by Ying Chen when King Zhao was still there. Of course, only Ying Chen dared!
Because one of the purposes of this system is to restrict the power of the king.

In the Battle of Changping that year, Qin had a chance to destroy Zhao in one go, but due to the advice of Marquis Fan Ju, King Zhao forcibly withdrew Bai Qi. This incident was an obvious lesson in political interference in the army.

Because of the internal political struggle, the army stalled and Qin's interests were damaged. Is it worth it?
In addition, there are many troubles in the mixing of military and political affairs. For example, what should everyone do if a person with a heavy military force expresses his position in the government?obedient?Wouldn’t that allow the military to control politics?
Also, political struggles for personal interests solve problems by driving the army, that is, civil war!A similar situation occurred when the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into the Jin Dynasty. The same was true when the Tian family replaced the Qi Dynasty. The political struggle gradually turned into a military struggle.

The separation of military and political affairs can prevent some people from relying on their own troops.

Ying Chen once explained these issues in detail, and he also read part of it.

One of the points is that basically all rebellions and rebellions are caused by those forces having both the military and local governance rights. Having local governance rights means having financial power and population resources. In this kind of situation, Under such circumstances, how could an ambitious person not rebel?

To give the simplest and most direct example, why did Emperor Zhou gradually become a decoration?Did the Zhou royal family lose control of the vassal states?
Isn't it because the vassal states all took control of their own military and political power at the same time?

In the future, Qin will unify the world. Even if it follows Qin's current method of setting up counties and counties, military and political conflicts will still arise.

Therefore, it is necessary to separate the military and political affairs, and separate the decision-making power, command power, and training power of the army. Those who raise troops do not have the power to use troops, and those who use soldiers do not have the power to raise troops, which directly eliminates the possibility of supporting troops and self-respect.

Ying Chen proposed that the ideal state of this system is that the military will always remain neutral and not interfere in political issues. The military will only be used to maintain national security and engage in foreign wars.

But this system may also lead to the other extreme. After all, not everyone is Ying Chen, who can really hold power without using it for personal use!
Moreover, politicized groups may appear within the military, or if someone with insufficient deterrence in the military takes control of the military, politics will penetrate the military again.

It is also because the balance point of the separation of military and political affairs is difficult to control, so the Qin State is still in the experimental stage, but the most basic thing is that the military does not participate in politics, and the court is not allowed to interfere with the military. The military is actually still subordinate to the King of Qin, but The military has a certain right to speak, instead of being like before, the military has to do whatever the King of Qin says. Even if the King of Qin is wrong, the military cannot refuse.

This system is a big project, and it will have a great impact on Qin's current military and political affairs, so it can only be done slowly.

In order to let everyone adapt to this change, Ying Chen directly implemented a complete separation of military and political affairs. The military only needed to be responsible to Ying Chen, and Ying Chen was responsible to the King of Qin.

However, this situation cannot last long. What happens after Ying Chen leaves office?

The current King of Qin and Ying Chen have a special relationship. They can indeed trust and cooperate with each other, but what about the future?
Trust, this is a big issue.

If King Zhao could trust Bai Qi back then, Qin would have destroyed many countries now, and it would not be impossible for Qin to even dominate the world, but...

Trust is a luxury product.

(End of this chapter)