In order to impose rule, the Qing Dynasty carried out a reform of the inscription system, since Zhang Tingyu institutionalized the inscription, the more important affairs, local officials first wrote the inscription, after the emperor Zhu approved, approved, before writing the inscription as a formal report, as the basis for the performance. However, the content of Zhu's criticism in the compromises must not be written into the title book, so the title book will become an official article, and its value will be greatly reduced.

In fact, this is equivalent to cutting off the power of the cabinet in disguise, and the folds do not go through the cabinet directly to the imperial front, and the emperor only goes through the process on the cabinet side after the approval, and the cabinet has become a yamen for handling daily affairs.

It replaced the role of the original inscription, making it the main official document, and this system persisted until the end of the Qing Dynasty. After Yongzheng practiced Zuo, he suffered from the slander and exclusion of the kings of the clan and trapped by the friends of the Manchu and Han ministers, and was anxious to ask for words, so the scope and authority of the subjects were relaxed.

Since most of the matters involved in the folds are state secrets, the secrecy of the folds is very prominent. If you can't keep it secret, don't play it, and keeping it secret is a prerequisite for writing it.

It is precisely because of the premise of secrecy that officials can give the emperor peace of mind, and they don't have to worry about being known by others and then retaliated against.

Zhu Houzhao values this point, for example, in the Yangzhou case this time, if there are twists and turns, then Zhu Houzhao believes that the situation will definitely not collapse to this point. Not to mention the rest, for so many years, not a single upright official in Yangzhou has been put on the stall? Of course not, it's just that they don't have the heart! It is estimated that the inscription book on it has not reached the front of the emperor, this person is gone, and the things that the emperor sees have also been floated.

Once there is a system of twists and turns, then the power of the cabinet will be greatly weakened, and the weakening of the power of the cabinet represents the weakening of the power of the first and second scholars of the cabinet.

Although this seems to be a yamen, or the power of a few people is weakened, Zhu Houzhao knows that this is by no means that once the power of the cabinet is weakened, it will represent the weakening of the entire civilian group and the strengthening of imperial rule. It is not for nothing that the Qing Dynasty is known as the pinnacle of feudal dynasties, and many of his systems are very conducive to dynastic rule.

Because the memorabilia omits the transmission of intermediate links, and the method of sending it to the court is adopted, 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.

Since the recitals were carried out in secret, a relationship of mutual restraint was formed between the provincial governor 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 told each other, the emperor's eyes and ears were all over the city and outside the capital, and 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 local governments, 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.

Emperor Yongzheng was the only Qing emperor Zhu Houzhao admired, because his reforms and the system he instituted were groundbreaking in many ways.

Zhu Youzhu listened to his son's detailed explanation of the twists and turns, and the expression on his face suddenly became very exciting, and he looked his son up and down with strange eyes.

Not to mention the rest, just the dumping between officials, how many people will be impeached back and forth? The lower officials covet the position of the upper officials, will they stare and wait for the upper officials to make mistakes?

Of course, if you think about it from another angle, if those honest officials have access to books, wouldn't it be much easier to do many things? When encountering a setback, fulfilling the duty of a courtier, and at the same time not hurting oneself, and not afraid of being retaliated against by others, how many people are willing to do such a thing? Zhu Youzhu didn't dare to imagine it.

"Where's the fold?" Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked with a slight hesitation: "Have you thought about this question?" ”

If it is handed to the celebrant eunuch, then once he encounters an emperor who does not like to do things in the court, the celebrant has the power to approve the emperor's red, what will be the consequences if the secret fold is in their hands? Zhu Youzhu could imagine this, and Zhu Houzhao could not have imagined that if he really handed the secret fold to the celebrant supervisor, it would be equivalent to cutting the power of the cabinet and enhancing the power of the celebrant supervisor.

"Go back to your father, go to the political department!" Zhu Houzhao said without thinking about it, he had actually thought about this question a long time ago.

The current situation of the General Administration Department is very miserable, the status of Jiuqing is very low, it can be said that it is a very, very sad yamen, and at the same time, Shen Lu is the person of Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning. It's hard to say in the future, but this person is useful in the early stage, at least he will do whatever it takes to seize power, but if you use it first, you must know that the resistance of Mi Zhen is definitely not small, especially on the side of several cabinet scholars.

"General Administration?" Zhu Youzhu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The General Administration Division is now like a colander, is the secret fold that enters there still a secret fold?" ”

At the same time, the General Administration Department does not involve the vote, nor does it involve the approval of the red, which has no impact on both parties, and at the same time, it will not let the Secretary of Ceremonies come into contact with the secret fold, but will be directly submitted to the Imperial Front by the General Administration, as for the issue of confidentiality, the son is ready to submit the secret fold here in the General Administration Department, and he will be in charge of submitting the secret fold in various places." Zhu Houzhao directly said his idea.

After looking his son up and down, Zhu Youzhu asked directly: "You've been thinking about this matter for a long time, right?" ”

"Back to my father, Erchen was thinking about this matter before he left Beijing, sitting in this Forbidden City, the hardest thing to get is the truth, to know what happened outside, it can be said that it is even more difficult, and Erchen was thinking of a way at that time. Once there is a secret fold, in addition to civil officials, military generals from all over the country can also play and fold to the front of the emperor, which is also advantageous. Zhu Houzhao didn't deny it, and directly nodded and admitted.

Looking at his son's face, Zhu Youzhu smiled, what is beneficial, if the secret folding authority of the generals from all over the country is released, it will be equivalent to improving the status of the generals, and then the status of the nobles will be improved.

Although everyone looks down on Xungui, Xungui's status in the army is very high, especially now that he has not experienced the Jiajing Dynasty, the Nanjing garrison is all Chengguo Gong, Xungui's power in the army can be said to be intertwined, and the secret fold can make them less controlled by civilian officials, because they have countermeasures and can impeach civilian officials, so that civilian officials do not dare to go too far.