After listening to Luo Sigong's words, Zhu Youxiao turned around and glanced at him, but did not say anything.

What he meant was obvious, that is, you go ahead and say, what kind of opinions do you have to say.

Luo Sigong came to his senses and said: "Jinyiwei has people in various places, so it is more convenient to mobilize, and there is no need to temporarily form personnel." ”

When he said this, Luo Sigong also turned his head to look at Wei Zhongxian, and the meaning was obvious, your East Factory does not have the advantage of us.

Wei Zhongxian was suddenly so angry that he gritted his teeth and glared at Luo Sigong fiercely.

However, Wei Zhongxian knew that Dongchang was indeed inferior to Jinyiwei at this point, but he couldn't let Luo Sigong suppress him. If this matter is handed over to Jinyiwei, then Jinyiwei will definitely crush Dongchang, and I am afraid it will be difficult to turn over in the future.

Not looking at Wei Zhongxian's appearance at all, Luo Sigong's face was very serious, and he also realized that this was an opportunity. This is a very good opportunity for Jin Yiwei and for him personally.

Once you can take this matter on Jinyiwei, your power will be greatly improved, and you can easily let Jinyiwei overpower Dongchang, and you can also overpower Wei Zhongxian.

Luo Sigong continued: "Jinyi Wei has been in the local area for many years and has an understanding of the local area. As long as they explain the matter, they will definitely be able to handle the matter well, so the minister thought that this matter should be handed over to Jinyiwei to handle. ”

Regarding Luo Sigong's remarks, Zhu Youxiao was noncommittal.

The reason is also very simple, he doesn't want to watch Dongchang become bigger, and naturally he doesn't want to watch Jinyiwei become bigger. Jinyiwei is not much stronger than Dongchang, and this matter cannot be handed over to the two of them.

The reason why I brought the two of them here. It's nothing more than preparing to talk about the two of them.

"Jinyiwei and Dongchang." Zhu Youxiao said in a slow voice: "You have done a lot of things over the years, but there are some things you still can't do, but you can think of other ways." ”

Zhu Youxiao changed the topic and suddenly asked, "You two don't have any good solutions?" ”

Wei Zhongxian and Luo Sigong glanced at each other, and understood in their hearts that His Majesty didn't want the two of them to interfere.

But the key question is how?

Since His Majesty has summoned the two of him, there must be an arrangement, and at this time it depends on who can guess His Majesty's thoughts.

Luo Sigong quietly set his eyes on Chen Hong, and he hoped that Chen Hong could give him some hints. After all, this Gonggong Chen has always been by His Majesty's side, and he has been relatively close to him for so many years, and the benefits are not less.

This is a critical time, and this Chen Gonggong naturally has to make a little effort.

But Chen Hong didn't seem to see Luo Sigong, standing aside with his head down, his eyes asking his nose, his nose asking his mouth, and his mouth asking his heart, as if he was thinking about something important.

Seeing this, Luo Sigong could only turn his head a little helplessly.

Wei Zhongxian, who was on the side, seemed to think of something, took a step forward and said, "Emperor, the slave maid thinks that he can start from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

This matter is actually very easy to guess, since his own Dongchang and Jinyiwei are not good, then the supervision agency of the imperial court is only left with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so it is more appropriate to hand over this matter to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Wei Zhongxian was a little excited, because he knew very well that there were people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Compared with Jinyiwei, he has this huge advantage.

Now Cui Chengxiu can be said to be a rising star of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it can also be said to be a rising star. If you can leave this matter to Cui Chengxiu to do, it will be no different from doing it yourself.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Zhongxian and said with a smile: "Then what should you do carefully?" ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "Emperor Qiqi, the slave maid thinks that he should select competent personnel from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and assign them to various places to supervise the place. If there is anything inappropriate in the locality, these people can be allowed to secretly play in the capital. ”

His tone was full of excitement, this was actually a copy of the policy he had just proposed, except that the executor had changed from the East Factory to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Once the emperor agreed, Wei Zhongxian decided to recommend Cui Chengxiu immediately and spread the matter as soon as possible.

Luo Sigong on the side heard this, and his face was a little unsightly.

If this matter is done by Wei Zhongxian, then he will definitely be crushed again. was already inferior to Wei Zhongxian before, and if he did this again, he would really be finished.

Luo Sigong was about to sweat, and he could only look at Chen Hong again with a little hope, wanting to see if Chen Hong had any way.

Looking at Luo Sigong helplessly, Chen Hong raised his head gently, the expression on his face still did not change, but there was some disappointment in his eyes.

This Luo Sigong is really not as good as Wei Zhongxian, but there is no way, if he doesn't help at this time, I'm afraid Luo Sigong will really be finished.

So Chen Hong opened his mouth and said a word softly with his lips. After finishing speaking, he hurriedly lowered his head, no longer raised his head, and no longer signaled.

Although Chen Hong only made one move, Luo Sigong could see what he was talking about. Chen Hong is talking about officials.

This made Luo Sigong a little unfigured.

I don't know if it's a blessing to the soul, Luo Sigong suddenly thought of a possibility, a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this move is inappropriate." ”

Luo Sigong and Chen Hong's small actions, Wei Zhongxian naturally saw it.

But he also knew that he had no way to report it, so he could only glare at the two of them fiercely. Hearing Luo Sigong say this at this time, Wei Zhongxian's heart turned upside down, and these two people are probably going to make a moth again.

Taking a step forward, Luo Sigong said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the personnel selected by the Metropolitan Procuratorate are uneven, and this approach may not necessarily achieve any good results, but may cause chaos in the place. After all, they don't know much about local affairs, and there is likely to be something inappropriate about them. ”

Seeing the righteousness that Luo Sigong said, Wei Zhongxian couldn't wait to go up and slap him.

Why didn't you say it just now?

Now run out and talk about this, and mention your brocade guards?

You can't even use this one reason, can you?

Without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to stand up and say anything, Luo Sigong continued: "The minister thinks that when all local officials are allowed to enter Beijing, they can be confiscated by Jinyiwei and secretly sent to Beijing. ”

"Without going through the cabinet, go directly to the imperial front, so that the local officials can present the truth, put an end to the local officials from deceiving the superiors and subordinates, and there is anything that can be sent to the capital as soon as possible, and at that time, the affairs of the world will naturally not be hidden from Your Majesty."

After Zhu Youxiao heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, they were not mistaken, they could really think of this.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "What Aiqing said makes sense, maybe this is a good way." ”

In fact, it is not a strange thing to play in the Ming Dynasty, but there are not many people who have the authority to play secrets, basically Dongchang and Jinyiwei, as well as some important ministers in the court.

They can be when they meet Zhu Youxiao. Submit the question book they wrote directly to Zhu Youxiao, without going through the cabinet.

It's just that this kind of practice is a bad rule, and it is usually not chosen to do so, and the courtiers still have to go through the cabinet when they get on the question, but the news can't be hidden.

Whether it is the Cabinet, the General Administration, or even the Celebrant Supervisor, it is like a dilapidated house that leaks on all sides, and there is no way to hide anything.

Zhu Youxiao has long been dissatisfied with this, and this is also a point he wants to change.

It is not too difficult to change this, because there are lessons to learn from future generations.

During the Qing Dynasty, in order to change this system, in order to reduce the power of the cabinet, there was a very important invention, and its name was called Sotsu.

It was first used in the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and was widely used in the future, and a fixed system was formed during the Kangxi period. Until the abolition of the Qing Dynasty, it lasted more than 200 years.

The documents of the officials to the emperor are called "folds" because they are written in folded books. Also known as "folding". There is a fixed format for the number of pages, lines, and words per line.

Officials inside and outside Beijing, regardless of their official positions, as long as they are favored and privileged by the emperor, even if they are members of the minimum, or even the abbots and monks of the temple, can also perform and give thanks.

The most important thing is secrecy. In order to ensure that the contents of the folds would not be leaked, the Qing court established a complete set of secrecy systems to further improve the folds system.

First, the writer must write in person, and generally no one else is allowed to write on his behalf, and he must not pass it on after writing, otherwise he will be punished.

Second, leather boxes were made from the palace, equipped with locks and keys, and issued to the performance officials, which were used exclusively for storage and transmission of the music.

Thirdly, the excerpts of the senior officials above the superintendent were sent to the Inner Qianqing Gate, handed over to the Inner Affairs Office, and went directly to the Imperial Palace, unlike the inscription and the traffic envoy to forward it; The excerpts of ordinary officials were also sent to the ministers designated by Yongzheng to be presented by them. Of course, the person who handed over the excerpt has no right to know the content of the excerpt, and Emperor Yongzheng read it and made a Zhu approval, and the excerpt was sent back by the original channel.

Fourth, take back Zhu's criticism.

Fifth, it is necessary to strengthen the secrecy work of the Military Aircraft Department.

Because the memorabilia omits the transmission of intermediate links, and adopts the method of sending to the court, it can not only be quickly delivered to the emperor, but also can be directly returned to the officials after the emperor Zhu approves the imperial decree, and it can be put into practice immediately, thus greatly improving the administrative efficiency and bringing a positive impact on the politics of the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, since the reciprocation was carried out in secret, a relationship of mutual restraint was formed between the governor of the province and the secretary, between the local government and the central government, and between the inner court and the outer court, in addition to the normal relationship between the leader and the led.

The ministers snitched each other, and the emperor's eyes and ears were all over the city and abroad. No one knew who made a small report to the emperor, and the public and private events and interpersonal relations in the central ministries and localities, no matter how big or small, the emperor could directly learn from the twists and turns.

The emperor then used the help of the recital to rectify the rule of officials, supervise the people's feelings, give orders, and exclude dissidents, and the affairs of the world were always handled by one person, so that the feudal imperial power reached the point of no return.

Such a good thing, Zhu Youxiao naturally wants to use it.

At the same time, a new yamen can also be set up to take charge of the affairs of the folds. This weakened the power of the cabinet to a certain extent and laid the foundation for the establishment of a new yamen in the future.

It's just that if this matter is brought out, it will inevitably make countless people dissatisfied. Cabinet officials, in particular, will also have a lot of attacks.

It was impossible for Zhu Youxiao to end up in person, so he used the matter of dreaming to find Han Li, and now he had brought Wei Zhongxian and Luo Sigong over.

Originally, Zhu Youxiao wanted to give this pot to Wei Zhongxian, but he didn't expect Luo Sigong to be so positive.

Anyway, whoever is given is given, then he is good.

As for Luo Sigong's proposal to let Jinyiwei transport these twists and turns, Zhu Youxiao was not prepared to listen to them.

Because it doesn't have much effect at all, the civil officials won't believe Jinyiwei. Even if they believe that many things belong to the internal problems of civil officials, they will not go to Jinyiwei.

There is a sentence in later generations, Zhu Youxiao remembers it very clearly. That is:

The rivers and lakes are in trouble, and whoever reports to the official is a traitor.

Although this principle is a bit vulgar, it is equally feasible here. Civilian officials can jump from one party to another, and that's their own business.

But you can't jump to Jinyiwei and Dongchang, that belongs to the class enemy, and defecting to the enemy is tantamount to mutiny.

Zhu Youxiao's gaze slowly swept over the faces of Wei Zhongxian and the others, and said with a smile: "You two are good, you are doing things very properly, I am very satisfied." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Chen Hong and ordered: "Reward them with jade ruyi, and give them python robes." ”

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "You guys retreat." ”

After Wei Zhongxian and the two left, Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly: "You should know how to do it, right?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the slave understands." Chen Hong hurriedly agreed respectfully.

The news quickly spread, and everyone was in an uproar.

The ministers in the court also reacted, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei started to do things again.

This time, these people cursed Luo Sigong, even more ruthlessly than scolding Wei Zhongxian.

But more people are serious-looking, and this matter is troublesome.

in the Cabinet.

Although the four cabinet members fought during this time, they were all principled people who knew how to control the scale of the struggle.

Fight but not break, that's what they want. If they really fall out, none of them will be able to stay.

And when facing Dongchang and Jinyiwei, they need to be united. As the so-called brothers are insulted by the wall, it is our business between us, and we must not let Dongchang and Jinyiwei take advantage.

The four elders of the current cabinet are not the kind of people who are willing to pat Wei Zhongxian, so the four of them sat together again, their faces were a little serious.

The first to speak was still Han Yi, and he said slowly: "Presumably a few people should have heard about it, right?" ”

The three of them nodded together.

So Han Yi continued: "Then I won't say more, what do you all think?" ”

"You should all know the seriousness of this matter. If it really goes along with the wishes of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, I am afraid that it will be another eunuch party rampant and the country will have no peace! ”