Zhu Biao walked on the road, and a group of people behind him followed him quietly, for fear of disturbing His Royal Highness the Dao Prince's thoughts, Liu Jin is also trembling now, he knows a little more things today.

Zhu Biao is still weighing the pros and cons of the prime minister system and the cabinet system, which is not so easy to change once it is decided.

The relationship between the imperial power and the prime minister can actually be described as a tug-of-war. The emperor and the minister were at one end of the rope, pulling in their own direction, and there was no referee and no winner in this game, but there was an unwritten rule that it should not be excessive.

In the rules, the two sides compromise with each other, and there are certain limits to the advance and retreat of both sides, but it is undeniable that the relative power can indeed restrain the imperial power to a certain extent.

Zhu Biao is naturally reluctant to let the prime minister divide his authority, but government affairs must be handled by someone, the cabinet system is a good mechanism, but his growth is also inevitable, the cabinet cabinet, they are the emperor's ministers, it is easy to get the emperor's trust.

With the emperor's trust, let alone a cabinet minister, even a nine-grade sesame official can shake his majesty in front of a first-rank official, of course, such a fool generally won't last long.

But compared to the prime minister, Zhu Biao is actually willing to have his own secretarial organization, so that he can hand over his official affairs to them and let them make the best solution, and then all he has to do is decide whether to use this method.

Although after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the cabinet became greater and greater, and gradually controlled the government, and the scholars became the de facto prime ministers, called auxiliary ministers, and those who belonged to the head were the first assistants, but compared with the prime minister, there were indeed a lot less.

In general, the cabinet was only an advisory body to the emperor's chamberlain, and had no decision-making power of its own. Although there are cases of cabinet members wielding great power, their power does not come from the system or their positions, but from the personal support and trust of the supreme ruler, and once they fall out of favor, their status will plummet.

Therefore, although some people believe that the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is the prime minister who was re-established in disguise, his power is no longer the same as that of the previous prime minister, let alone restricting the imperial power, after all, the most critical decision-making power is in the hands of the emperor.

What's more, the cabinet can also be restrained through secret service organizations such as eunuchs and Jinyiwei, and then the military department can be separated from the six departments, and the martial artists can form an organization similar to the military aircraft department, only the emperor can serve as the leader of the military aircraft department, so that the civil and military are separated, and the status of the martial artists must not be allowed to fall to the point of the Song Dynasty.

In the future, Zhu Biao will definitely be in the army, to promote the education of loyalty and patriotism, in this regard, the old Jin family next door is doing very well, in fact, it is also simple, it is nothing more than instilling ideas, starting from teaching them to read and write to tell them stories, singing military songs and other methods, there is no shortage of this method in ancient times.

The only thing that made Zhu Biao hesitate was that the balance and mutual restraint between the prime minister and the imperial power were broken to a certain extent, and if he met a stupid emperor, as long as it was not the end of the dynasty, it would not be so easy for the prime minister to mess up in the world, at least he could wait for a master of Zhongxing.

Fortunately, there is still time to think about this matter, and Zhu Biao can continue to find ways to improve during this period, all the way to Song Lian's official residence, where there are people guarding the pro-army governor's mansion, and no one is allowed to enter or come out.

This prohibition naturally couldn't stop Zhu Biao, but in order to show his attention to the imperial examination, Zhu Biao only took Liu Jin in.

With Zhu Biao's pace, the guards along the way all bowed their heads and saluted, and several court officials and some officials who heard the movement came out to greet them, and they thought that the emperor was coming.

However, seeing that it is His Royal Highness the Prince, it is the same, they all have to kneel and salute, Song Lian is Zhu Biao's teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang has long ordered that Song Lian is not allowed to bow to Zhu Biao.

Seeing that Song Lian was about to salute, Zhu Biao hurriedly stepped forward to support his teacher: "Master Song, what are you doing here." ”

Song Lian looked at the proudest disciple in his life and said: "How does the gift of the teacher and the student compare with the gift of the monarch and the minister, it is natural for the minister to give the prince and the prince a salute. ”

Zhu Biao asked the other officials to get up: "This palace is here to take a look at the preparation for the imperial examination, you are all the most knowledgeable people in my Ming Dynasty, so the Holy Lord asked you to be responsible for producing the examination papers, selecting talents for my Ming Dynasty, please do your best." ”

Everyone immediately bowed down and replied, "Your Excellency will do your best if you obey the order, please rest assured that Your Highness." ”

Zhu Biao nodded, asked them to go down and continue to produce the papers, and then followed Song Lian to his room, which was also full of various documents, Liu Jin stepped forward to sort it out, and then there was a place for two people to sit.

Song Lian looked at Zhu Biao and said, "I don't know what His Highness has ordered here?" ”

Zhu Biao opened his mouth and said: "The disciple is here to ask about the situation of the exam papers, are the exam questions the same for candidates from all regions?" ”

Song Lian nodded and said, "The exam papers are all average. ”

Zhu Biao frowned, although the origins of those scholars have not been counted clearly, but they can also guess the situation that the scholars are more in the south and less in the north. After all, compared with the south, the north has many wars and disasters, and culture and education are far inferior to the south.

Zhu Biao glanced at Song Lian and asked, "Master Song feels that how many northerners can there be in the new science and technology this time?" ”

Song Lian glanced at Zhu Biao, stroked his beard and said: "The old minister also talked about this matter with his colleagues in his spare time, the war in the north has just been pacified by His Royal Highness, and it is far from recovering, not to mention that since the Southern Song Dynasty, the southern culture has been much higher than that of the north, and among the three hundred jinshi admitted by the ministers and other ministers in this section, I am afraid that the north will not even occupy a hundred people." ”

Zhu Biao nodded, this is also expected, the north was the political, economic and cultural center of the country in the Qin and Han dynasties, but after the Yongjia Rebellion of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty and the Jingkang Rebellion of the Northern Song Dynasty, the south began to become the economic and cultural center, and the south became the political center again after his father set the capital of Nanjing.

In this way, in the future, there will inevitably be more officials in the south than in the north, which is actually not a good thing, the ancients had a very strong sense of place, just look at the two major parties in the DPRK and China, you can see it, the Huaixi Party and the Zhedong Party, these are the names of the two places.

Although these two parties also accept talents from other places, they mainly promote the children of their hometowns, and sometimes even exclude and suppress a person who has no grievances just because of the region.

Balance is necessary, otherwise after a few decades, I am afraid that eighty percent of the officials above the court will be southerners, and if they are allowed to form a southern party, it will not be beneficial for the Ming rule.

However, what you want in the imperial examination is fairness, and you can't engage in favoritism, otherwise you can simply say that this imperial examination only recruits students from the north.

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