As Zhou Zheng talked with a group of people in the Zhou Mansion and set the tone, Zhou Zheng and his family quickly moved.

Zhou Zheng's people were all over the six departments and nine temples, and the 'Great Ming Law' involved all aspects, and almost all of them were instructed to start preparations.

First of all, Sun Chuanting and others found Zhou Yanru and prepared to renovate and adjust the offices of the various yamen of Daming Gate, and suggested that the cabinet should be moved out of the palace, and at the same time, other people in the palace belonging to the 'government system' should also be relocated.

Zhou Yanru categorically refused, the origin of the name of the 'cabinet' is the 'cabinet room' in the palace, and if you move out, can you still call it the cabinet?

There are other departments, such as the Imperial Wine Workshop, the Ancient and Modern Tongji Library, the Six Branch Corridors, the Imperial Pharmacy, and the Twelve Prisons, the Temple, etc., and almost only the inner court remains untouched.

How could Zhou Yanru agree, not only in cutting the status of the cabinet, but also in the palace, the status of the emperor, and the treatment are also declining!

Zhou Yanru wanted to enter the palace to see Zhu Cihong, only to find that he couldn't get in at all!

At the same time, many craftsmen came from outside the Daming Gate, and they have begun to measure and draw new drawings outside the Daming Gate.

Li Juesi, Li Rixuan, Zhang Sizhi and other six Shangshu entered the cabinet together, all of which were the first and two big.

They didn't dare to offend Zhou Zheng, and they didn't want to lose their authority, so the problem was pushed to Zhou Yanru's head again.

Li Juesi himself is clean, he has no handle, he is relatively upright, he doesn't have so many scruples, he looked at Zhou Yanru, and said worriedly: "Yuanfu, the people who conquered Xibo are now completely on their own, and they don't listen to others." The lower officials heard that their prime minister's yamen wanted to occupy the northernmost and largest place, and the rest of the six departments and nine temples were divided into north and south, and the intention was very obvious. ”

Zhou Yanru thought of the word 'small cabinet' again, his face turned pale, and said, "Where did they put the cabinet?" ”

Everyone was stunned, and Chen Yan said cautiously: "It seems that I didn't see the position of the cabinet." ”

Zhou Yanru's eyes widened angrily, and he stood up and said, "Where is Zheng Xibo?" ”

Li Juesi said: "It's next door, the west corridor." I heard that Lu Xiangsheng besieged Tongguan and prepared for a battle. If Tongguan is recovered, then the pacification of the northwest is just around the corner, Zheng Xibo has been staring at this matter recently, constantly in the transfer of troops, the next official also heard that Liaodong has another 20,000 soldiers and horses out of the pass, is rushing to the northwest. ”

Zhou Yanru's brows tightened, and his expression became more and more ugly. Zhou Zheng controlled the military power, and he didn't know about the transfer.

"I'll go find him." Zhou Yanru said, and went straight out of the cabinet and turned to the west corridor next door.

Li Juesi, Li Rixuan and the others glanced at each other, and they all shook their heads secretly in their hearts. Now that they are at an all-round disadvantage, they are powerless to fight with Zhou Zheng at all, and Zhou Yanru may not be able to reap any benefits if he goes.

Coming and going in the west corridor, busy, seeing Zhou Yanru rarely stepping into the west corridor, he was shocked and hurriedly saluted.

Zhou Yanru waved his hand and stepped straight into the military intelligence department.

The MI is the busiest, bringing together all kinds of military information, constantly analyzing, and making inferences.

In front of the huge sand table, Zhou Zheng stared at the position of Tongguan and said: "Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Jiandou adopts siege but not attack, and there is indeed no problem with the tactics of encircling and sending reinforcements, but his troops are a little small, which is not enough for a long-term confrontation." Ordered all other places to intensify the offensive, put pressure on the thieves, and cooperate with Premier Lu's tactics to solve Tongguan and lay the foundation for the northwest war before the end of September! ”

"Yes!" Meng Hezhou responded.

After Meng Hezhou finished speaking, he glanced at Zhou Yanru outside the door, and said in a low voice: "My lord, Yuanfu is here." ”

Zhou Zheng naturally knew it for the first time, but he just ignored it, and when he heard it, he turned his head and said with some surprise and surprise: "Yuanfu, why are you here, quickly, come to my class room and sit." ”

Zhou Zheng said, swept away the tiredness on his face, and pulled Zhou Yanru into his class room with a smile.

Zhou Yanru was expressionless, sat down on the chair, and said directly without waiting for tea: "Where did you put the cabinet?" ”

Zhou Zheng was stunned and said, "Didn't they make it clear to Yuanfu?" ”

Zhou Yanru stared at Zhou Zheng and said coldly: "Don't come to this, I want to listen to your truth!" I didn't say anything about your grounding of the emperor, but you have to know the proportions yourself! If you mess around, I will pull everyone to be your ghosts, and see how you explain to the world! ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Zhou Yanru angrily, knowing that he had touched Zhou Yanru's sore spot, he smiled and said, "Yuanfu doesn't need to be so nervous, I won't belittle the cabinet." Whether the cabinet is in name or not, there should always be an explanation now. I plan to make amendments to the ancestral system, the cabinet is changed to the Ming Prime Minister Yamen, the first assistant is renamed the prime minister, the prime minister is one, the vice prime minister is eight, and the six ministries and nine temples are governed by the prime minister's yamen, as for my innovation, it is also in the prime minister's yamen, authorized by the prime minister, to establish a 'reform team', Yuanfu you are part-time as the team leader, Sun Chuanting is the deputy leader, responsible for implementation, everything is still in charge of the Yuanfu, but it is more justifiable......"

Zhou Yanru listened to Zhou Zheng's words, and kept frowning, scrutinizing carefully, wanting to see through these statements and ponder the traps.

For a long time, he didn't see anything, thought about it, and said slowly: "The cabinet is indeed a little unjustifiable, and the ancestral system does need some adjustments, but this matter has to be done by me, Sun Chuanting must report everything to me, not hiding, acting privately, and everything must have my permission!" ”

Zhou Zheng smiled in his eyes and said, "Of course." ”

As he spoke, he shouted outside, "Master Sun, come in." ”

Sun Chuanting had already been in the West Corridor for a long time, and when he heard this, he turned around and came in, raised his hand and said, "I've seen my lord, I've seen Yuanfu." ”

Zhou Yanru immediately felt that he had fallen into the pit, and still said expressionlessly: "Did you hear it?" ”

Sun Chuanting turned to Zhou Yanru and said: "Yuanfu is the first assistant of the cabinet, and when it comes to things, it naturally needs the approval of Yuanfu, which is an unshirkable responsibility and a matter of course." ”

Zhou Zheng looked immobile and picked up the teacup to drink tea.

Zhou Yanru glanced at the two of them and said, "What do you think about the many yamen outside the Daming Gate?" ”

Sun Chuanting was neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "If you return to Yuanfu, it's nothing. It is to sort out the existing scattered powers, make some changes to the cabinet, as well as local governors and governors, and determine their status and powers. This should have been done a long time ago, and Motosuke should have known it too. The rituals, laws, and intertwined powers involved in it have to be spoken by Motosuke. ”

The Cabinet, which has always been a 'secretariat', has developed slowly.

Zhu Yuanzhang began, Xuanzong, Yingzong, Wuzong period was not much prominent, to the Jiajing period, Jiajing Emperor lazy government, this silently gave the cabinet power, and then Longqing indulged in wine, Xu Jie, Gao Gong successively took power, and Longqing Emperor died suddenly, Wanli Emperor was too young to be pro-government, Zhang Juzheng as the first assistant, this officially grasped the power, the power of the six departments, laid the position of the first assistant.