Some local officials treat the orders of their superiors in violation of the yin and yang, superficially approve of them, and still have to make plans and make a gesture to implement them, but in fact they do not move the localities and do not implement them at all. Perhaps, such a policy is not good for them, but if it is good for them, they will immediately implement it, not at all dull, and will not be violated. So, what exactly is the cause of the official's yin and yang violation?
Perhaps it is the reason for the cost of governing, after all, the country is very large, there are many officials, from the perspective of the cost of governing, if you want to set up some supervision institutions, supervise the daily actions of officials, basically can not be implemented. If that is the case, it will increase the cost of governing, so that many officials dare not do things, must ask for instructions early and report late, and do not have the right to make independent decisions, for fear of being held accountable for taking a wrong step, and the number of supervisory personnel is very large, the team is huge, and everyone must get a good salary, otherwise, they will not work well, of course, some supervisors themselves are not reliable, and corrupt officials are in cahoots with each other, and after being bribed, they will become corrupt officials.
In the era when the feudal system was prevalent, Zhou Tianzi divided his imperial relatives and state relatives to various places as princes, and the fiefs of the princes were called kingdoms, and they were ruled by one of the princes. The princes had great power, not only could make laws, but also had the power to kill and kill people in the territory, and they also had their own armies. All the princely states add up to the world, ruled by Zhou Tianzi. Princes can make alliances, they can fight wars, and when they are armed to a certain extent, they will have the ability to challenge other princes, and they can also win the Central Plains and become the son of heaven themselves. The Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States were all developed on the basis of the princely states, and they all had to be bigger and stronger. At that time, as long as you are strong, you can be free from bullying from other countries. However, from the beginning of zhou tianzi's division of the seal, it was doomed to the princes' style of doing things in violation of the yin and yang, and also laid hidden dangers for the world to be divided. The same is true of those countries in Europe, which were originally ruled by members of the royal family in their fiefdoms, and then no one obeyed anyone, and they had to annex each other, and the war continued. Borders have been established between countries, and their respective laws and regulations have been clarified, and troops have been stationed on the frontier for a long time to prevent the invasion of troops from other countries.
In this way, from the beginning of the division of the fiefs, the princes had too much power, and they could completely violate the yin and yang, and could prevent the Son of Heaven from supervising and cutting his power. Therefore, after the princes become bigger and stronger, they will compete for hegemony, and the consequences of the hegemony are the destruction of lives, but only to satisfy the power desire of the princes. It seems that the princes who have violated the yin and yang have a lot of power, and even become the only irreplaceable candidates, and the Son of Heaven cannot do anything with them. After all, the world is too big, and Zhou Tianzi's power is beyond its reach, and it cannot effectively rule the princes, but just regularly organizing the princes' pilgrimages or advocating moral restraint cannot bring any good results.
After arriving in a feudal unified country, the emperor had absolute power, even beyond the law. "Under the whole world, there can be no royal land, and the coast of the land can not be a king's subject." All officials have to listen to the emperor, but how can the emperor rule the world alone? It is simply too busy to be done, and it is up to local officials at all levels to govern. However, the number of local officials is huge, and it is difficult to achieve true clarity of official rule by the constraints of superiors and subordinates alone. Therefore, in the case of the emperor's lax control, the officials fought for their own welfare, but did not care about the lives of the common people. Most of them are like iron stones, and they will not sympathize with the suffering of the common people, but will desperately search for it. Together with the emperors doing this, what reason do they have not to follow suit? Moreover, the rules of "imperial power does not go down to the county" and "punishment does not go to the doctor" have given them a certain degree of autonomy and legal immunity. As a result, officials at all levels had to learn from the emperor to become officials.
They are full of benevolence and morality, under the banner of serving the people of Li and saving the lives of the world, but behind their backs, they are engaged in corruption and corruption, "Ten years of Qing Prefect, 100,000 snowflakes of silver." "There are advantages to proving that there are advantages to being an official, and who will still be an official without benefits?" If officials at all levels are honest and honest and do not operate under the unspoken rules of the official field, how can they reach the point of "100,000 snowflake silver"? Therefore, they will obey the yin and yang, never disobey the orders of their superiors, nor will they ask for orders for the people, but all day long pondering how to get more money and how to get promoted. If there is nothing to do in the era of peace, it is better to say, if there is something in the world, in the era of war, these officials may run faster than anyone. When Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, the Chongzhen Emperor went to the court and was surprised to find that none of the ministers had gone to the court, either fled or surrendered, making him the commander of the light pole, and the general situation had gone.
In fact, the emperor went against the will of the people, represented the ruling class, not the broad masses of the poor people, and if he deviated from the line, the people would not support him. It is reasonable to say that power is only responsible for its source, and the power of the emperor comes from the people and is responsible to the people, but he takes the lead in violating the yin and yang, against the will of the people, enjoying himself, and wanting to plunder the wealth of the people for one person to enjoy. For officials at all levels, it is even more seriously off track, and following the emperor will only benefit themselves. And the emperor also turned a blind eye to them, did not want to care at all, if they really managed, they had to take their own knife first, which emperor was willing to take the knife of himself first? Moreover, if you want to rectify the official style, you will increase the cost of governing, and you will also move your own cheese, and the emperor will certainly refuse.
Although the Ming Dynasty strengthened the secret service agency, it went to extremes, making the traitors who violated the yin and yang take the lead, and most of the accomplished scholars or loyal ministers were persecuted to death, and of course, they went into decline.
Officials who follow the emperor and follow the emperor are of course only responsible to the ruling class, not to the people; the power in their hands is too large, they can make their own decisions, and the rules of stealth will not be restricted; the scope of application of imperial power or the power of the superiors is limited, the whip is beyond reach, and there is no strong supervision over the lower-level officials, even if some supervisory bodies are only set up, they can only do it, and they cannot effectively supervise. The use of secret service organs to supervise will make things complicated, and they will appoint traitorous ministers, persecute loyal ministers, and make the court smoke miasma and chaos.
Officials who violate the law may have taken a fancy to the fact that the cost of supervision is huge, and of course, they also see the legal immunity of "criminal doctors", believing that the law will not have much coercive effect on them, so they dare to embezzle corruption, form gangs, and even steal imperial power. It is true to strengthen supervision, and it is also true to resolutely resist the style of yang and yin, but supervision has indeed increased the cost of governing, and if the cost is not raised much, supervision will have no effect, and the style of yang and yin will continue to exist.