Now in the ministry, only the chief Qin Mi is left, and a few Lang Zhong are top. This official is in charge of the personnel of the imperial court, and a few of them are doing the work of more than a dozen people, how can they not be tired? There are still a lot of alternate jinshi this year, and when people get jinshi, the emperor has to supplement some personnel from the official offices at all levels? Qin Mi and they have done this countless times, and the jinshi also want to be officials and want to go crazy, but the emperor just doesn't approve it. What can you do? These alternate jinshi were in a hurry, and they came to visit the ministry if they had nothing to do; When they visited Qin Mi, they either persuaded each other with good words, or they were coerced and enticed, and they did some things every day. Always take care of their emotions? In case the emperor approves it, but no one comes to work, isn't this a slap in the face?

Why is this the second worst? Jiang Fei smiled, because the worst was still the cabinet. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet should have six scholars to be considered full, so as to give full play to its maximum effect. But now? Wang Xijue left, and there were still two people left, Zhao Zhigao also wanted to leave, but the emperor refused to approve it, so Lord Zhao's current work mood was seriously wrong, and the class did not do anything. In fact, it is no different from not doing it. In addition, the benevolent brother is basically a number, and he can't hide when he encounters things, where is he willing to take the initiative to do things?

The current cabinet is like the six ministries in the Hongwu period, and everyone has to prepare a coffin before taking office, maybe one day they will either be killed by the officials or killed by the emperor. It's like entering the cabinet to follow up on the Hades Palace! When it comes to the cabinet, everyone shrinks their necks, and the position of the head of the cabinet is more like a life-threatening charm, and whoever touches it is unlucky.

The most nonsense thing is that even if the emperor approves it and issues a letter of appointment, you don't want to be an official.

In mid-August, Zhao Zhigao felt that he couldn't stand it, and looked for the emperor countless times, and finally approved hundreds of letters of appointment from him, but a week passed, and no one was appointed! Zhao Shoufu thinks that this is not right, why did he send you a letter of appointment, why didn't he hurry up to report to the various departments of the imperial court? After checking it, I found out that this letter of appointment was not issued at all, and it is still in the cabinet of the ministry to sleep!

What's going on? Originally, according to the regulations, the letters of appointment of officials at all levels were uniformly issued by the Ministry of Officials. But the ministry doesn't give it to you at all now, who will send it to you? Qin Mi in charge? His level of power is not enough, if he oversteps the level and sends it to these people, then he will have to leave, and the letter of appointment issued will not count, and the officials will have one less person to do things from now on!

Zhu Yidao sighed, how can it go on like this? The state apparatus of the Ming Dynasty is gone, how can tens of millions of ordinary people and millions of square kilometers of land be maintained? How does it work?

Jiang Fei laughed miserably, saying that Zhao Zhigao was now scolded by the officials, and he didn't dare to tell the emperor. Because the emperor is angry and wants to kick these noisy guys out of the court, now that there are few officials, where can there be fewer people? If you want to scold, you can scold casually, as long as you don't leave and stay in your position!

No wonder the people of the Ming Dynasty now live a rich and abnormal life, what "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" have popped up, including what "Golden Vase Plum", the yamen in charge is not working, whatever you write, as long as it is not a public propaganda against the Ming Dynasty, basically no one cares about you, how can it not appear like mushrooms after a rain? Although the emperor and the cabinet require all localities to collect taxes in advance to alleviate the huge financial pressure caused by the earthquake, many local governments are gone, who will collect taxes for you?

A hundred households listened to it interestingly, and also interjected, the people of his hometown, they don't even need to ask for the yellow book when they go to other prefectures and counties, you can go wherever you want, and if you go to other places, you will be considered locals! So everyone is desperately running to the county seat, and there are many opportunities to make money in that place. Why doesn't anyone care, you say? Hi! The lord of the county government doesn't know where to go, who cares about you?

Zhu Yidao was speechless.

What if there was a sudden war?

Unafraid! Or which hundred households said, what do you want us to do with Jinyiwei? That is, when an unexpected situation occurs, such as a foreign enemy attacking the border, or when the people are in turmoil, they directly bypass all the yamen and report to the emperor; The emperor then informs the ministers to decide what to do. So every time something happens, it's a thrill. In fact, the East Factory of the Inner Court also has this function, but it is more internal, responsible for monitoring the ministers and the people; But now the scope of Jinyiwei has also been expanded to this piece, so the amount of tasks is much larger!

Lao Zhu could completely guess Wanli's purpose for doing this. The ministers are unreliable, the cabinet is unreliable, and even the inner court is unreliable. Only he is personally responsible for commanding the most powerful piece of Jinyiwei, and then makes it and Dongchang responsible, so as to ensure the loyalty of both parties. However, in this way, the handling of civil affairs has also been reduced to a minimum point, and the government's control over the people is quite weak. However, for the common people, this is good news, there are fewer people in charge, there will be fewer troubles, and there will be more economic development and spiritual pursuit.

Just when it came to Jinyiwei, a spy ran in breathlessly, didn't even care about drinking water, and reported a shocking news to everyone: Banzhou Yang Yinglong is reversed! Now it has led Miao soldiers to invade dozens of forts and towns in Sichuan, Guizhou and Huguang, searching for residents, raping and plundering! Previously, another spy had already urgently entered the palace to report to the emperor!

Zhu Yidao, Jiang Fei and the others looked at each other. Banzhou is reversed, such a big matter, the emperor should immediately convene the cabinet and the six ministries to discuss, how to solve this matter, why haven't you heard any movement until now?

It's not that Wanli hasn't thought about this, but he feels that with the pitiful troops and poor logistics and military supplies in Banzhou, it is not enough to confront the entire Ming Dynasty! Maybe it was because the local government was so persecuted that Yang Yinglong used rebellion as a threat. There is no need to panic about this matter, just let the Jinyi Guard's local guard nailed its movements, they can't become a big climate! So he didn't even think about convening his ministers to discuss this matter.

In fact, the six ministries and the cabinet can't even recruit people, let alone discuss anything. Zhao Zhigao was busy hiding in a secluded place to study the Fa, and he was really annoyed to death during this period of time, and it was wrong not to do anything! There are a few officials who say that they should go! Isn't that? Does the old man advance or retreat, and you need to command? So what is the emperor for?

After listening to the report of the spies, Wanli pondered for a moment and said, let the cabinet draw up a charter, and let the governor of Sichuan, Tan Xisi, and the governor of Guizhou, Jiang Dongzhi, be responsible for this matter! There are so many guards in Sichuan and Guizhou, so they can't take care of Yang Yinglong, who only has a few thousand people? In addition, let Li Hualong, the former imperial envoy of the former capital, concurrently serve as the squire of the military department, and be responsible for contacting him.

Once judged in Ningxia, it left a deep impact on Wanli. There are indeed not many thousands, but the trouble brought to the local area is very great, if, if it is not for Zhu Yidao to hold on to Zhongwei for several months, dragging down the main force of Hetao Mongolia, maybe the military food consumed is an astronomical amount! This time, you can't do that again, first surrender, it's really impossible to surrender! There was only less than one million taels of silver left in the internal treasury, and the family of Zhao Yiquan, the political envoy of Henan, received less than three million taels, except for the replenishment of less than one million taels of internal funds, the rest were given to the cabinet and the ministers were given arrears. If you use the sword in vain this time, it will really cost money!

There must be a lot of silver left in the household! These old guys won't give me a cent! However, Wanli must not know that there is only one left in charge of the household department, he is not qualified to hold the financial power, if the situation is uncontrollable, when it is necessary to send troops, he must first arrange a monk for the household department, and then he can allocate special military funds. The waiter opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Wei Zhongxian's recent limelight has become more and more popular. Ever since he had nothing to say at the noon gate, his position as the celebrant has become more and more peculiar. According to his rank, he was just a little eunuch, at best, he was the godson of the Wei Dynasty. But he was shrewd and capable, and he actually helped Wei Chao handle those things properly and impartially, everyone was quite satisfied, and of course Wei Chao was also quite satisfied. For him, this is the highest state of being an official! Besides, there is a lot of filial piety below, which I have never thought of before! That is, this godson is capable, and he can be so easy, how can he be like Wang An and Li Lianxiong before? Tired like a dog, you don't get a good reputation! Why bother!

Only Wei Zhongxian himself knows that since then, in the eyes of everyone, he has been completely counted into Zhu Yidao's party, at least his sympathizer. But no one dared to say anything, and the reason was very simple, Zhu Yidao single-handedly promoted the third prince to become the crown prince, and after the emperor's great trip, he Zhu Yidao at least had a meritorious support; And Wei Zhongxian's support for Zhu Yidao will naturally be appreciated by the future emperor. Maybe in a few years, he will be the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch! However, up to now, the emperor has no intention of letting the three princes out of the cabinet to read, although it is not clearly stated, but Wei Zhongxian has sniffed out the clues: the three princes are the most favored among the princes, and the status of his mother Zheng Guifei is also as stable as ever, and the most important thing is that Zhu Yidao, after being rescued by the emperor, did not receive any treatment! returned to the right of the capital division and continued to be his thousand households! The emperor is obviously choosing a minister for his third son!