When they arrived at the yamen of Li Shanchang's official office, a group of people were already waiting, and when they saw Zhu Biao, they saluted and said: "The ministers see His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness Qianqiu." ”

These people are all officials who assist Li Shanchang, after all, his workload is not much easier than Zhu Yuanzhang, and even more cumbersome.

After letting them avoid Liping, the two of them entered the house, only Liu Jin followed, and the rest of them were waiting outside.

Liu Jin took the teapot handed in from outside, poured it for Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang, and stood at the door, his arms naturally drooping, his eyes looking at his toes.

Zhu Biao glanced at the pile of official documents on the other side of the bookcase and said: "Li Xiang has worked hard and made great achievements, and Daming can really not do without Li Xiang today." ”

Li Shanchang said happily: "It is appropriate for the minister to serve the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness, but the old minister is indeed a little more than enough and has insufficient strength, and he will return to his hometown next year." ”

Zhu Biao shook his head and persuaded: "Li Xiangnian is in the prime of life, where is it about to reach the point of begging bones, not to mention how can my father be willing to let you go." ”

Li Shanchang said with a smile: "The old minister has occupied the position of the prime minister for a long time, and it is time to give way to the young man." ”

Zhu Biao picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Why does Li Xiang care about Yang Xian, his ending has already been decided, starting from the day he bullied the king." ”

Li Shanchang shook his head: "The person who is staring at the position of the old minister in the Manchu Dynasty is not just a Yang Xian. ”

Zhu Biao laughed: "Hu Weiyong is your doorman, without your support, he is even inferior to Yang Xian, not to mention the rest." ”

Li Shanchang sighed and said, "The more the old minister looks at Yang Xian recently, the more he feels panicked. ”

Zhu Biao asked curiously, "Why?" Li Xiang saw it thoroughly, how could he panic because of Yang Xian. ”

Li Shanchang picked up the teacup and took a sip: "The more the minister looks at Hu Weiyong, the more he looks like Yang Xian when he returned Liu Bowen's subordinates, the same talent, the same good at seizing opportunities, the same good at forbearance, and even the arrogance hidden in his heart is a little similar." ”

Zhu Biao asked with a smile: "Since Li Xiang noticed it, why did he press him down." ”

Li Shanchang's face showed bitterness: "Hu Weiyong has already entered the eyes of the saint, it is not for the old minister to suppress the afternoon, not to mention the teacher-student relationship for so many years." ”

Zhu Biao nodded, worthy of Li Shanchang, he had discovered the biggest threat around him so quickly, not Yang Xian but Hu Weiyong. It's a pity that it's too late, Hu Weiyong has become a tool man, even if Li Shanchang suppresses him, the emperor's will come back immediately.

The two were silent for a while, and Li Shanchang said: "The heart of the saint is getting higher and higher, and the old minister is really panicked, lest he won't even be able to enjoy his old age in peace." ”

Zhu Biao said with relief: "Li Xiangzhi's work is well known in this palace, and the same is true for my father's side. ”

Li Shanchang was silent for a while before he said, "Is the Holy Lord interested in abolishing the post of prime minister?" ”

Zhu Biao was shocked, and turned his head to look at Li Shanchang with a calm face, Zhu Yuanzhang had never said anything about this, even for him and Queen Ma.

Li Shanchang smiled on his old face: "The old minister has been following the saint for too long, and since the minister became the prime minister, he has felt more and more jealous of the saint against the minister. ”

Zhu Biao didn't speak, and looked at Li Shanchang quietly.

Li Shanchang then spoke: "Maybe His Highness also thinks that there is nothing wrong with the dismissal of the prime minister, but the old minister thinks that the prime minister is necessary. The minister will retire next year, and the dismissal of the prime minister will not be able to remove the minister's head, so the minister is not because he is reluctant to be powerful, but the position of the prime minister is indeed necessary! ”

Zhu Biao opened his mouth and said: "The prime minister is high and powerful, he is in charge of Zhongshu Province, and he is in charge of six departments and hundreds of officials under the Son of Heaven, and each dynasty has the right to control the government.

Li Shanchang arched his hand and said: "It is not that there are no emperors in all dynasties who want to abolish the prime minister, but in the end they did not do so, and the reason for this period is that His Highness's wisdom will not be unexpected, if it really comes to that day, I hope His Highness can persuade the saint." ”

Zhu Biao said slowly: "Since Li Xiang still guessed the will of the saint, why didn't he play a persuasion or two?" ”

Li Shanchang sighed: "It's not just Chen who thought of it, Liu Bowen should have guessed it, but I don't dare to wait." The saint did not express this meaning, and the ministers said that they were self-deprived from the saint, and I am afraid that it would be rare to have a good death, and only His Royal Highness, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, was qualified to appeal to the saint about it. ”

Zhu Biao didn't say anything more, and talked to Li Shanchang about the imperial examination for a while, and then got up and said goodbye, after all, where is Li Shanchang's official business still piled up.

After Li Shanchang personally sent Zhu Biao out of the official office, he sighed and went back to the house to work.

Zhu Biao sat on the road and kept thinking in his heart, there are pros and cons of abolishing the prime minister system, at least the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for their father and son, but even if the position of prime minister is nominally gone, he will still exist in the end, and the cabinet will not be the prime minister in the end, and even during the Zhang Juzheng period, it was even more powerful to suppress the emperor and dominate the world.

According to Zhu Biao's calculations, his father and emperor now have to read more than 100 pieces of music every day, and deal with more than 200 major military affairs, if the prime minister is abolished, the daily workload will at least be more than doubled.

It's really hard to practice triathlon, the ghost knows how his father did it in history, and he can also give birth to several sons in his spare time.

The infinite expansion of imperial power and the emperor's own energy is an extremely serious contradiction, which leads to the emperor having to manage all things in the world, but his physical energy limits him, and he can't handle the affairs of the whole world alone, which is the reason for the emergence of the prime minister system.

For an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang, who has no pursuit of pleasure, handling government affairs is his happiest thing, because he is from the wind and rain of the thatched house to the lonely lamp of Huangjue Temple, from the sword and sword shadow of Chuzhou to the beacon fire of Poyang Lake, he galloped out of thousands of troops and horses, and stood up from the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang greatly cherishes his hard-won authority, but the descendants of later generations will be different, they are noble, born for pleasure, where is the mood to lie on the table day by day to deal with endless official duties.

Those princes finally ascended to the throne, didn't play more with women, built a few palaces, and raised tigers and leopards to drink and have fun every day, did they have to die suddenly in the bookcase?

His father was hard-working from snacks, had a good body, was mentally strong, and ate a lot. If you are a champion in a proper ironman race in the future, it is estimated that running a marathon or something will be a piece of cake.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, driving the prime minister away is just that he has to do more work in the future, he is tired, and he is afraid of something for the happiness of his children and grandchildren, so the glorious deeds of Zhu Yuanzhang, a model worker, have been left in history.

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