Chapter VII: Separation of powers

Zhu Youzhen sat on the top of the Golden Palace, and confidently began his debut in dealing with government affairs.

But then I found that this national event was far from being as simple as I thought.

The military department first reported to Shaanxi Governor Hu Tingyan, saying that the Shaanxi military sub-district had been short of pay for five or six years, and that it was in arrears of more than 300,000 taels of silver.

The implication is that if the money is not given again, the army will mutiny.

Subsequently, the Ministry of War reported to Liu Yingkun, the eunuch of the supervising army, that Jimen had been short of pay for five months.

Then the household department asked the cashier to use the seal to eliminate the malpractice.

Later, the Ministry of Rites reported to Huguang to inspect the lake according to Wen Gaomo's recital, and asked the emperor to go to the tomb to worship.

Finally, Huang Liji, the first assistant of the cabinet, reported to Li Jingbai, governor of Shandong, that since June, heavy rains have continued in most parts of Shandong, floods have occurred in more than 30 prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction, and all farms and houses have been destroyed, and there have been no casualties among people and animals.

Zhu You listened to it, and suddenly his head was a little big.

He understood the two recitals of the military department, and summed it up in two words, "asking for money".

In the end, Huang Liji's recital also understood, Shandong had heavy rain and floods, and disaster relief was needed, which was summed up in two words, "asking for money".

But what the hell is it that the cashier's official document of the household department uses a red seal, but it doesn't seem to be very important, so let's put it away.

The one reported by the Ministry of Rites to go to the Xianling Tomb to worship is dry hair, and now I am very busy, and this is neither Qingming nor Halloween, I don't want to go to the grave.

Zhu Youzhen was a little dizzy for a while, but fortunately, the old oilman of the agency still has the ability, and he should be handed over to the capable person in case of trouble.

Who is a capable person, Wei Zhongxian should have good ability, otherwise Zhu Youxiao would not be able to trust him, and it is estimated that Father-in-law Wei helped him deal with these things before.

But Zhu Youzhen didn't dare to use Wei Zhongxian anymore, but he didn't know about the others, and felt that the four cabinet scholars should be okay, and they should be able to deal with these things, and it was time to put pressure on them.

"The flood in Shandong is the life of thousands of Li people, and the cabinet has discussed with the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry to come up with the disaster relief regulations as soon as possible, and submit them in the afternoon."

"The matter of the salaries of the soldiers in Shaanxi and Jimen should not be underestimated, and the cabinet will discuss with the household department and the military department to come up with a plan to raise money and food and appease the sergeants as soon as possible, and submit it tomorrow."

"The matter of the sacrifice and the official document seal, the cabinet can draw it up, and submit it to me for reading after the draft."

Zhu Youzhen divided the matter to the cabinet and the corresponding ministries, and then saw a strange scene.

The four cabinet ministers bowed tremblingly, and the rest of the courtiers all watched this scene with some incredulity.

How many years have passed, the cabinet vote has been drafted, and the celebrant has approved the red, but Zhu Youzhen has changed a few sentences on the first day he took office.

The cabinet vote is drafted, and the emperor directly reads it.

Seeing the incredible expressions on the faces of the courtiers, Zhu Youzhen was a little confused.

Isn't the normal working procedure like this, take the plan below, provide it to the leader for decision-making, and finally make the decision-maker.

Professional things are handed over to professional personnel to do, and leaders are only responsible for decision-making, which is quite efficient.

Moreover, there was a collective discussion of the cabinet ministers before, so there is not much chance of mistakes.

In addition, the decision-maker retains the power to make the final decision, and the power will not be sidelined.

This system is very good and has withstood the test of history, as is the case in the work process of modern large enterprise organs.

Decision-makers don't have to do everything themselves, the work pressure is not so great, there will be no laymen to guide insiders, and the specific personnel will feel more relaxed.

At least there is no decision-maker who does not know how to pretend to understand and run blindly to command.

But what Zhu Youzhen didn't know was that this set of good work processes could only be achieved when the Ming Dynasty emperor's EQ, IQ and political skills were relatively high.

For example, Emperor Jiajing, the ancestor of otaku, did not go to court for 20 years, and only wanted to fight monsters and cultivate immortals, but he retained the decision-making power of major events, and made the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty firmly in his hands.

There is also the second generation of the otaku Wanli Emperor, who also did not go to court for more than 20 years, but still engaged in the three major expeditions, and won all of them.

Of course, like Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of model workers, and Comrade Zhu Di, the second generation of model workers, they will not worry about the problem of losing power at all, because the cabinet is just a decoration for him, at best it is just a secretariat.

But the other emperors of the Ming Dynasty were completely unable to do it, either they were cornered by the cabinet ministers, and they had no choice but to use the eunuch forces to confront them, or they completely surrendered to the cabinet ministers and became a benevolent monarch who ruled in the hearts of scholars.

And Zhu Youzhen's elder brother Zhu Youxiao is a good example, his intelligence is not strong enough, and he can only use the power of eunuchs to suppress the civil official group.

It is estimated that he also wants to slowly clean up the eunuchs in the future, but he has no choice but to live a short life, so he cheapens his younger brother Zhu Youzhen.

But Zhu Youzhen in history also did the same, and even uprooted the eunuch group, resulting in an unprecedentedly strong civil official group.

Later, Zhu Youzhen realized this problem and relied on the imperial power to suppress the civilian clique, and changed 50 cabinet chiefs and assistants in 17 years.

The suspicious and conceited personality led him to no longer want to let power go aside, and his own ability was not strong, so he did a lot of things for laymen to guide insiders, and often carried out various magical micro-exercises.

In addition, he cherished his feathers too much, never took the initiative to take the blame, and was more strict with his subordinates, so there was a situation in the later period that no one was available for the emperor and no one dared to do anything for the courtiers.

In the end, he ignored the opportunity to make a comeback in the southern half of the country, and suffocated to death in the Forbidden City.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen, who came through the country, had read books and newspapers in the agency before, and he had a lot of experience in fighting against all kinds of characters, so he would definitely not have such a mentally retarded operation again.

Even if he can't stop the invasion of the northern nomads in the end, it is estimated that he will first move to the area of Nanjing and Hangzhou for a few more years, and then slowly figure it out.

Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting on the top of the main hall, did not know at this time how badly the civil official group had been suppressed by the eunuchs in the past few years.

In order to protect the official and save his life, he did not hesitate to build a shrine for Gonggong Wei, and even rushed to be a son and grandson for Gonggong Wei.

Some can't even grab grandchildren, so they can only be grandchildren for Grandpa Wei's ten children.

Of course, these are all helpless moves forced by the power of eunuchs, and the civil official group still looks down on eunuchs from the bottom of their hearts, so as soon as Zhu Youzhen came to power, the cabinet ministers began to take the initiative to move closer to him.

Now that there is an opportunity to be a courtier, who would be willing to be a grandson again.

Even if he is a grandson, he has to be a grandson to the emperor, so that he can still have a reputation as a loyal minister, and he can only be a grandson for a eunuch, which can only be exchanged for the title of a minister and the contempt of others.

Therefore, the courtiers were not so happy to see Zhu Youzhen bypassing the eunuch of the eunuch group's base camp and talking directly to the civil officials.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a royal history staring at the loss of honor in front of the palace, the civil officials would all want to sing a song, and the sky in the Qianqing Palace is a blue sky.

Buddies don't have to be grandchildren for eunuchs anymore.