When Zhu Yunwen learned from Yang Shiqi's mouth that the latter was going to resign as the first assistant to the cabinet, the whole person was stunned.

To be honest, Zhu Yunwen doesn't like Yang Shiqi because he is too smart.

No emperor would like a wise prime minister, even if he is very capable.

However, Zhu Yunwen never thought of deposing Yang Shiqi in the past, because with Yang Shiqi in the cabinet, he, the emperor, could save too much heart.

You can leave Beijing and you can quit the court.

The cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty is definitely a very mature political system, even if you put it in the post-modern period, you can't find too many faults at all, but it may be a little restrictive to the imperial power.

The Wanli Emperor was absent for 30 years, and the Ming Dynasty was not only not chaotic, but was well organized from top to bottom, which is the superiority of a fully mature bureaucracy under the social management system.

And at present, will Zhu Yunwen's cabinet have the possibility of restricting the imperial power?

Everyone knows that this is unrealistic.

What Yang Shiqi said to Xie Jin was that he felt that he had been the head of the cabinet for 12 years, and it would be a little bad to continue to sit in this position.

Zhu Yunwen is not afraid that Yang Shiqi will continue to be dictatorial, even if Yang Shiqi is allowed to do it for ten or twenty years, let alone shake Zhu Yunwen's supremacy in person, even if it is a portrait of Zhu Yunwen, Yang Shiqi can be overwhelmed.

What really worries Yang Shiqi is that he is afraid that Zhu Yunwen's body will not be able to survive him.

Most of the reason why Sima Chaocao was able to succeed was that Sima Yi, an old immortal, was too capable of living.

Who knows if Zhu Yunwen can't think about it one day, as soon as he worries about his own afterlife, he will learn from Emperor Taizu, and first punish Yang Shiqi, who is still active in the political arena, where can you let Yang Shiqi cry.

Now the rapids are retreating, and in the future there will be a reputation for centuries behind him.

There is no reason to bet on that unknown future, not to mention that death is death, and it is not necessary to leave a stench for 10,000 years.

"The elder of the pavilion sits first, and the double happiness serves tea."

This is the first time that Zhu Yunwen has called Yang Shiqige old without adding his surname in front, which flattered Yang Shiqi.

"Why does the elder have to resign and return to his hometown?"

"Time has passed, and the great world of mountains and rivers is no longer the Ming of the past."

Yang Shiqi sat down, leaned slightly in the direction of Zhu Yunwen, and responded respectfully: "Before the New Year, Xia Weizhe and the household department made the financial statement of my Ming Dynasty and even the entire Ming Union, and my Ming Dynasty income alone is as high as 180 million, which does not include the nearly 600,000 catties of gold sent in from India.

The countries of the Ming Union implemented the restructuring, and the military reform eliminated nearly 1 million troops, saving nearly 30 million troops in military spending and armaments, and the General Staff did not even know how to use this money.

At the cabinet meeting at the end of the year, the minister examined and approved the financial expenditure for the 36th year of the emperor's reign, and according to the deficit expenditure bill required by His Majesty, it was necessary to spend 280 million yuan a year in the 36th year of the emperor's reign.

The development of the local area is getting faster and faster, and Wang Yusen originally wanted to carry out the contract production to the households, encourage the village as the main body to independently contract production, and stimulate the people to develop sideline businesses according to the policy of more rewards and less subsidies.

All over the country, the development of the book, the prefecture and county sent to the province, the political envoy did not understand the minister, so he handed it to the minister, but the minister did not understand.

Your Majesty, at the moment my Ming Dynasty is no longer comparable to the Tang and Song Dynasties, this family makes the ministers exhausted and ashamed, so the ministers resign and abdicate to make way for Xian. ”

Ten years of colonization, top of hundreds of years of savings.

This was the feeling of the East India Company after its ten-year income statement was transferred to China.

It also helped John Bull to complete a leap in productivity that humans may not be able to achieve in 500 years in 30 years.

The current Da Ming is a typical long-term poor and rich, and Yang Shiqi is so rich that he doesn't even know how to spend the money.

What is the concept of spending 280 million a year?

The thirty-one years of the Hongwu Dynasty's cash income did not add up to 80 million!

The gold and silver ingots piled up in the vault of the head office of the bank are like a small mountain, and the troops guarding them have changed from the original 300 households to the current 2,000 households.

Yang Shiqi was under too much pressure.

Being a prime minister is a lifelong ideal of being a minister, but controlling such a huge country as a prime minister, it is really self-aware.

Facing Yang Shiqi's complaints, Zhu Yunwen smiled, got up and walked down, sat next to Yang Shiqi, and joked at close range.

"Why did I insist on being a cabinet elder, it turned out that such a thing, I don't know how to spend money is a thorny problem, I asked Mo Cheng to set up an academy of sciences, that place burns money the hardest, I don't know how to spend it, so I throw all the budget into it."

Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly, knowing that this was a joking idea given by Zhu Yunwen casually.

"I know what Elder Ge is thinking."

Zhu Yunwen patted Yang Shiqi's forearm: "To be honest, I am tired a lot of times, and I don't know where I can lead Daming, or whether I can lead it or not."

But more than 70 million people in the world believe that I can do it, and they are all waiting for me to do it, I dare not stop, Ge Lao is not only my humerus minister, but also the pillar of the Ming Society.

For the sake of the people of the world, the elder of the pavilion will do it for a few more years, and after the end of the third or fifth year, the elder will retire. ”

The emperor moved out the Sheji Cangsheng to keep him, Yang Shiqi hesitated again and again, but still refused with difficulty: "Your Majesty is kind and loving, and the minister is ashamed to be ashamed, but the minister does often feel that his ability is limited." ”

"Reform can't be radical, that's what you said to me back then."

Zhu Yunwen suddenly spoke, recalling for Yang Shiqi: "Fifteen years ago, at the beginning of my ascension, I wanted to reform the government and local government in a big way, and you wrote a letter of advice to me, and stopped me by stating the pros and cons.

Today, although my Ming Dynasty is changing with each passing day, the reform should not be radical, everything is stable, and no one in the world is more suitable for sitting in the palace than you.

Xia Yuanji is a good financial hand, he is not suitable to be the first assistant, if Gao Chi is the first assistant, the fourth uncle will definitely retreat, I am about to start a war with Timur, and the fourth uncle cannot leave.

Xie Dashen I won't mention it, the level is too poor.

Who else can be added to the cabinet as the first assistant?

Xu Buji is very sympathetic, but he is more radical than me, if he becomes the first assistant of the cabinet, I am afraid that in three or five years, even I myself will not be able to understand it.

Yan Zhenzhi will retire from the line in two years, and he can't be promoted, think about it, let's work hard, give me a few years to wait for me to choose a good successor for the elder of the pavilion. ”

When Zhu Yunwen said this, Yang Shiqi completely lost his temper, stood up with emotion, and bowed deeply: "Minister, you will not dare to live up to the grace of the saint." ”

finally left Yang Shiqi behind, Zhu Yunwen's mood was also extremely complicated, he got up to help Yang Shiqi, and said solemnly: "Qing does not live up to me, I live up to Qing." ”

After appeasing Yang Shiqi, Zhu Yunwen asked.

"I plan to transfer Xie Jin out of the cabinet and crown him as the chief academician of the Hanlin Academy, with the title of Zhengyi, and be in charge of leading the work of editing and editing the "Jianwen Dictionary" and "Jianwen Record".

The establishment of the Ming Dynasty Prosperity and People's Livelihood Production Guidance Agency, the former Shaanxi and Gansu Farmland Restoration Supervision Commissioner's Kuang Yihe as the acting minister, Ying Tianfu Yin Wang Yusen as the acting vice minister and Ying Tianfu Yin, the two are the second rank and the second rank respectively.

Xu Buji, the secretary of the ministry, was promoted to a university scholar, and he still held the position of secretary of the ministry, how did the old man of the cabinet think? ”

In order to find a successor for Yang Shiqi, the political system of the Ming Dynasty must be comprehensively changed, and the promotion arrangements for officials must also be put on the agenda.

Everyone lined up to get to the top and exercised and promoted step by step.

Yang Shiqi pondered for a while and nodded: "It is feasible, Xu Buji and Wang Yusen's abilities are obvious to all, and it is reasonable to promote them like this." ”

"Then it's decided."

Just do what he said, Zhu Yunwen immediately drank the edict and decided these personnel appointments.

After such a proper arrangement, Yang Shiqi was also down-to-earth and said goodbye and left.

Seeing Yang Shiqi leave, Zhu Yunwen shook his head and sighed, but still asked Shuangxi.

"Elder Yang Ge submitted his resignation, and allowed it but did not allow it, why did His Majesty sigh."

"What I sigh is that Yang Shiqi's mind is too heavy."

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "He is afraid of me and himself, the older he gets, the less courageous he becomes, he is no longer the radical and bold Yang Shiqi who hosted Zheng Yi's anti-poetry case." ”

Although Zhu Yunwen left Yang Shiqi behind, as Yang Shiqi entered the palace and entered the palace again and added several edicts of appointment, the shock of the upper officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was still huge.

The most uncomfortable thing is, of course, Xie Jin, a university student, his title of university scholar is gone, and he is no longer a cabinet minister of the Ming Dynasty, which is obviously a little difficult for Xie Jin to accept.

I don't know how many times I scolded Yang Shiqi in my heart.

It was you who said that you were going to resign, not me, why did you make a fuss, and your cabinet chief assistant continued to be in charge, and I was inexplicably thrown into the Hanlin Academy?

Is there such a pit for your own brother!

said that the Jiangxi party is a family, and you, the party leader, can still personally send me out of the political inner circle.

As far as Xie Jin's realization is concerned, Yang Shiqi didn't bother to explain more to him.

The turbulent changes in the court did not affect Zhu Yunwen at all, even if this matter involved several top officials of the first and second grades.

Now Zhu Yunwen has more things to deal with.

On the second day of February, in the auditorium of East Chang'an Street, Zhu Yunwen attended the first Daming Student Congress.

Nearly 1,000 Nanjing students got up and clapped their palms frantically towards Zhu Yunwen, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was slowly walking to the golden chair on the ceremonial platform.

The tide of applause faded in an instant at the moment when Zhu Yunwen raised his hand and pressed down.

Thousands of pairs of eyes full of respect and madness stared at Zhu Yunwen, and the latter did not rush to sit down, but stood on the side of the stage, quietly looking at the thousands of young faces.

"Here today, there is no emperor Zhu Yunwen."

The first sentence that Zhu Yunwen opened his mouth first took away his identity as an emperor, and also set the tone for this conference.

"Standing here is only a thirty-six-year-old middle-aged man, on the road of life, I have obviously walked many years longer than you, perhaps older than your father, so every word that comes out of my mouth next is a message from a middle-aged man, a middle-aged man who has been engaged in the emperor's work for more than ten years, to your group of children."

In the face of students, Zhu Yunwen's mood is always quite relaxed and happy, which is probably due to the influence of the good teacher gene in everyone's bones.

"What I see here is the fervor and respect in your eyes. Standing there and seeing Zhu Yunwen, the emperor of the Ming Union, I know that all your desires for the future are hoped to be realized by getting the emperor's affirmation. ”

Zhu Yunwen was talking, the students were listening, only Zhu Yunwen's voice echoed in the auditorium, and under the stands, even Zhu Wenqi, who was sitting in the middle position, looked at his father at the moment, and his eyes were shining like stars.

"You are a student, not a politician, so you should not be so narrow about how to achieve your ambitions and prove your worth in life.

Today's Ming Dynasty is very large, and the stage that can be provided for you to realize the value of life is as huge.

I think you've also heard that a new institution called the Daming Academy of Sciences is in preparation and is about to be established, and over the years, many of the new objects we have seen, the convenient passages and bridges we have enjoyed, and the books we have seen are all from the hands of this group of newly named scientists, and it is their innovative technology that has brought about all these changes.

A caravan to and fro, a sea ship full of goods, will be our Ming Dynasty, the entire Ming Union, the Nanyang countries of all kinds of output to and fro, the prosperity of the people's livelihood has never been seen in history.

These are the fruits of change, created by manpower itself, not by heaven.

The purpose of your coming here today and my coming here, the purpose of your establishment of the student union and my purpose of being the emperor of the Ming Dynasty are the same, that is, to help the Ming Dynasty and make our country stronger.

The purpose of your Nanjing Student Union is right, a strong country is the first thing to be strong in thought, and a strong idea is to first strengthen students, that is, you must first be strong in thought, you can become strong, and the Ming Dynasty can be strong.

Therefore, the prosperity of today's Ming Dynasty and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty in the future are not in others, nor in me, but all in you and in the shoulders of Ming students.

The wisdom of students is the wisdom of the country, the strength of students is the strength of the country, the progress of students is the progress of the country, and the progress of students is the progress of the country.

The red sun is rising, and its path is bright. The river flows out of the subterranean and flows into the ocean. The hidden dragon soars into the abyss, and the scales and claws are flying. The milk tiger roars in the valley, and the beasts are terrified. The falcon tried its wings, and the wind and dust were blowing. The first child of a strange flower, the emperor. The cadres will be hairy, and there will be a man. The sky wears its blue, and the earth wears its yellow. Through the ages, there are eight wildernesses. The future is like the sea, and the future is long. The beauty of our society is not old! Heroic my Ming students, with the country without borders! ”

In the auditorium, applause erupted like a tide again.

And after the applause that lasted for several minutes passed, Zhu Yunwen looked solemn and said in a deep voice.

"What you see, you will be yours. You are the future; You are the Ming Dynasty! ”

The frenzied atmosphere filled the entire auditorium, and in the midst of this ocean of waves, Zhu Wenqi knew that compared to his father, he.

It's too far, too far!