Whether or not to set up a prime minister mainly reflects the opposition between the monarch's power and the prime minister's power.

If the emperor was strong, it would be impossible for such a thing to be discussed.

But who called Zhu Cihong now has no use for his subordinates, as for Sun Chuanting and the others who originally planned to oppose it, they were fooled by Dou Yuquan and others and came to their senses.

This matter is no longer just a question of whether Liu Ximing will seize power, but another attempt by Wenchen to overwhelm the imperial power.

If it is done, then the emperor will be controlled by Wenchen again, and if it is not done, then in the future, the misdeeds of the Ming Emperor may be repeated again.

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting, Yuan Jixian and the others glanced at each other, and they were all silent at the moment.

Liu Ximing glanced at the expressions of Sun Chuanting and the others, and laughed in his heart.

Or Dou Yuquan knows how to do things, and the past events of the cabinet he listed are all stinging Sun Chuanting, who is an official who serves abroad, which foreign minister does not have a grudge against the cabinet.

Gradually, the debate in the court became quieter, and at the last moment, the civil officials were surprisingly unified.

Dou Yuquan took the lead again: "Please also think twice, it is necessary to reinstate the prime minister at this time, otherwise, it is not enough to calm the world." ”

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

After the ministers agreed, Liu Ximing, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

As he spoke, he turned his head and reprimanded Dou Yuquan and the others: "Whether or not to set up a prime minister should be decided by His Majesty, and you and other ministers can do their best to admonish them, and you must not be persecuted." ”

After speaking, Liu Ximing turned to look at Emperor Zhengxing again.

"Your Majesty, today is Your Majesty's enthronement ceremony, everything is important to Your Majesty, as for any position of the minister, it is really not important, and it can be discussed again after the dispersal of the dynasty today, and it is better to set the national policy as early as possible at this time."

It's okay if Liu Ximing didn't say it, but as soon as he said this, it suddenly reminded Zhu Cihong of what Dong Fuyu told him when the Jingshi City was broken.

All the officials of the court fought for loyalty to Li Zi on both sides of the palace gate, and the Dashun army actually found 70 million taels from the homes of the hundred officials in Beijing, how could this not make Zhu Cihong grit his teeth.

"I still remember that when the city was broken before, the emperor ascended to the top and sounded the drums, and none of the cabinet ministers came, so it can be seen that what the ministers said is true, and the cabinet is the prime minister but there is no prime minister, so that the cabinet ministers are zaifu, but they do not demand themselves with the respect of zaifu, it is indeed a big disaster in this dynasty, thousands of years to the present, but there are people who are in turmoil today?"

Zhu Cihong's crisp voice revealed a bitter hatred, which caused all the officials in the hall to be silent.

Who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty has been raising soldiers for 300 years, but in the end, there are few people who really dare to die for the country, which is really embarrassing for all the scholars.

The more Zhu Cihong spoke, the more excited he became, and in the end, he simply got up and said:

"I have made up my mind, just as the Zhongqing played, worship the Taishi Liu Ximing as the prime minister, seal the Bowang Marquis, and lead the hundred officials for me!"

"My Emperor Shengming!"

Dou Yuquan, Huang Zongxi and others fell to the ground with excitement on their faces.

Liu Ximing also showed a touched expression and bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen, and I will live up to Your Majesty's trust." ”

As for Cao Bianjiao and the others, who went to the court together, they were all overjoyed, and their eyes were full of eagerness when they looked at Liu Ximing.

Seeing that the big thing had been decided, Liu Ximing unceremoniously and directly fulfilled the duties of prime minister.

"Your Majesty's ascension to the throne should recruit talents, and I also ask Your Majesty to give an order to order the Ministry of Rites to hold Enke and recruit talents."

"That's right, I'm right."

Of course, Liu Ximing will not just talk about this, "This is one thing, but in the sixteenth year of the emperor's reign, during which six imperial examinations were held, but the local governance is still worse day by day, and the minister thinks that what should be done first is to immediately start reforming the rule of officials." ”

"Only by reforming the rule of officials can the people of the world know that His Majesty is working hard, and can also let the real talents get ahead, and can also correct the atmosphere of our country."

"That's right!"

As soon as Liu Ximing finished speaking, Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi and other former scholars of the Restoration Society were all excited.

This is the fucking government, and this fucking is what the prime minister should do.

In these years, all those with lofty ideals, who do not hate the corruption of the court and the superficiality of people, but I didn't expect Brother Wujiang to be so arrogant, and he wanted to take this as soon as he came up.

Sure enough, he is the minister of Dingding!

Chen Zilong, Huang Zongxi and the others glanced at each other, and said with excitement on their faces.

"Your Majesty, what the prime minister said is the key to the gains and losses of our dynasty's government, and the reason why there is a big chaos today is that officials are not like officials, and officials are not like officials, and the root cause of this is in the imperial examination.

Zhu Cihong didn't expect the courtiers to be so excited, and immediately looked at Liu Ximing with a respectful face.

"Dare to ask the prime minister, is there a way to improve the imperial examination?"

Liu Ximing already had a draft in his heart, and he talked eloquently at this moment:

"Your Majesty, in fact, the minister has begun the reform of the government in Huguang, Henan and other places, before leaving Beijing, the minister asked the emperor for the power of the reform of the officials, and now the officials in Huguang and other places have all been renovated, all the officials are recruited by the examination, and the style of Huguang and other places has been a new one."

Sun Chuanting on the side kept nodding, "Your Majesty, what the prime minister said is true, although the ministers from Shaanxi to Huguang, although they only help deal with military affairs, they also feel that these new officials do not have the rotten atmosphere of the old officials, which shows that the prime minister's reform has been successful." ”

As soon as he heard that the reform was effective, Zhu Cihong suddenly became excited.

"I don't know why the prime minister thinks it can be effective, and how to improve it in the future?"

"The minister thinks that the key to the previous reform of the administration of officials lies in three, one is to open up the road of employment, recruit officials through examinations, and then arrange them uniformly by the imperial court, so that they can put an end to the act of giving and receiving privately."

"The second is to determine the establishment and open up promotion channels, in the past, Xu officials were not included in the main organization of the imperial court, firstly, the salary is not guaranteed, and secondly, there is no hope for job promotion, so in this case, Xu officials naturally all think about corruption and extortion."

"The minister thinks that the old system of Taizu can be restored, and the officials can also be promoted to officials, and at the same time, they will no longer only follow the ranking of the imperial examination, and even more, they can let the scholars of the middle school also start from the officials, so as to break the barrier between officials and officials."

"The third is to reform the content of the imperial examination, and now the scholars are specialized in eight papers, and all the scholars learn are Cheng Zhu Lixue, but His Majesty has also seen it, once the catastrophe comes, where will the science learned by these people go, so the minister thinks that the books learned in the imperial examination must be reformed."

"Wow"

All the court officials in the carrier hall did not expect that today's enthronement ceremony would be so rich in content.

Not only did the ministers overthrow the emperor and re-establish the prime minister, but now they even said such things as reforming the content of the imperial examination.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion.

Huang Zongxi, Chen Zilong and other people who have long been unaccustomed to Cheng Zhu Lixue are excited, many of them are learning the psychology of science, but there are also scholars such as Yuan Jixian and He Tengjiao who stick to Cheng Zhu Lixue.

At this moment, the court and the court all argued loudly as if they had exploded.

On the throne, Zhu Cihong's eyes were clear and excited when he heard it.

Liu Ximing's words went to his heart again, and at this time he remembered what his father said when he left.

"I am not the king of the dead country, all the ministers are the ministers of the dead country!"

How desperate it must be to say such a thing, thinking that his father had worked hard for many years but ended up hanging himself, Zhu Cihong's disgust for these old ministers rose to a new height.

"I think the prime minister is right......"

There was a lot of noise in the court, and Zhu Cihong opened his mouth to say a few words, but found that the ministers were still talking in one piece.

Liu Ximing hurriedly coughed loudly and said, "Ahem, be quiet, Your Majesty is here, you must not be rude." ”

The court fell silent for a moment.

Zhu Cihong glanced at Liu Ximing gratefully, and then continued:

"I think what the prime minister said is right, as the so-called broken and then established, this dynasty has gone through great difficulties, if you can't learn from the pain, then the future will just be a reversal, since the prime minister has put it forward, then please discuss with the courtiers and decide on the next strategy."

"The minister obeys the order", Liu Ximing responded indifferently.

But then his words caused the court to shake even more.

"Your Majesty, when the fiscal and taxation system is reformed, the tax exemption qualification of the official gentry will be cancelled, and from then on, the official gentry will pay the grain in one piece, and there will be no forgiveness!"

"Wow"

"Prime Minister, this matter is too big, please think twice."

Except for a few officials such as Dou Yuquan, the officials in the court were even more excited now.

The officials and gentry pay the grain in one piece, wouldn't that be the root of everyone's life, how can this be obtained?

Among them, it was the officials of the former Huguang who made the most trouble.

They were not only for this matter, but because Liu Ximing took advantage of the opportunity to recover the lost land, burned all the original acres of land, and did not recognize all the land originally held by the Huguang gentry.

At this time, everyone happened to have a seizure together.