Tianqi smiled: "Elder Zhu Ge is already full of children and grandchildren, right?" Do you think that you or ordinary people in the world hope that your descendants will live better than you, or do you hope that they are not as good as yourself? ”

Zhu Yanxi responded: "Naturally, I hope that the generation will be stronger than the next, but does this have to disrupt the ancestral system?" ”

Tianqi said: "The ancestral system is set by the ancestors, if the descendants regard the ancestral system as an immovable rule, then the descendants will live the same as the ancestors at most, if they do not understand the essence of the ancestors, it will be not as good as the generation, Wang Anshi said that the ancestors are not enough to do this." ”

As soon as Zhu Yanxi heard that the emperor was going to abolish the cabinet, he suddenly felt a blank in his head, and he impulsively stepped forward to ask, and only after asking did he remember that the first and second assistants of the inner cabinet did not squeak, and he was a little abrupt to ask in a hurry, glaring at Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei and other cabinet ministers and said: "The emperor's words are agreed by the ministers, but the ministers still think that the cabinet cannot be abolished, because the cabinet directors are not completely moving the ancestral system." Of course, the first and second assistants of the cabinet have no objections, and the ministers can be regarded as troublesome. ”

Tianqi said: "The cabinet was originally in charge of both government and military affairs, but now the government affairs yuan is only in charge of government affairs. Gu Shoufu, do you want to manage the prime minister and let the prime minister report to you every day? ”

When Gu Bingqian heard this, he immediately distinguished: "The minister has no such intention, the minister is willing to believe only in the king's head, and the minister thinks that since there is a cabinet of the Government Council, there is no need to exist." ”

Apocalypse looked up at the six scholars, and found that someone wanted to jump out to speak, and immediately said: "The Law Department summarizes and keeps the precedents, and after summarizing the precedents, the six ministries will distribute the six precedents, and in the future, the six ministries will directly handle the affairs according to the rules, and if there are no cases, they will be reported to the Council for a decision by the Council of Representatives, so that everyone will save trouble, what do you think of the Shangshu?" ”

Lin Yaoyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward and said: "This is very good, so may I ask the emperor, do the six ministries do not need the approval of the Government Council after handling their own affairs according to the rules?" What should I do in case of an emergency military situation? ”

Tianqi said: "There is no need to wait for approval to deal with things that can be followed, and you only need to report while implementing, and small matters are reported every three days and major matters are reported every day, but the Government Council has the power to stop urgently." As for the military intelligence, I have informed the General Administration Department that military affairs are directly reported to the Military Affairs Yuan in the Wuying Palace, and this is the Government Affairs Yuan that only handles government affairs. ”

Cui Jingrong, the secretary of the ministry, also said: "What the emperor said makes sense, and the ministers will give it a try." ”

When the other ministers heard it, they could save trouble and look at the cabinet, and they all expressed no opinion.

Tianqi nodded and said, "Very good, what does Zhu Ge Lao mean?" ”

Looking at the other cabinet ministers and the six Shangshu, Zhu Yanxi lamented in his heart: "The people who dare to speak out are gone, and the rest are all unplanted." He said in a deep voice: "The emperor wants to abolish the cabinet, and the minister, as a cabinet minister, has to express his opinion, if the rest of the cabinet and the six ministers have no opinion, the minister can only agree." ”

Tianqi couldn't help but smile slightly in his heart: "The cabinet ministers are generally commendable for their understanding of the overall situation, and several cabinet ministers have directly entered the Government Council as associate ministers, and I hope everyone will work together with King Xin and the three uncles to serve the country." ”

Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Zhu Yanxi and other cabinet ministers said in unison when they heard this: "The ministers have thanked the emperor!" ”

Gu Bingqian stepped forward and said with a smile: "The ministers are willing to learn from Zhuge Liang to be the emperor and die for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Seeing that Gu Bingqian, who was in his seventies, was still smiling brightly like a little girl, everyone couldn't help but feel a little numb, and secretly scolded shamelessness in their hearts.

Li Zongyan, the imperial historian of the left capital, asked: "May I ask the emperor, the Imperial Court is impeached, I don't know the specific responsibilities of the princes and other officials of the Government Affairs Yuan, which are within the scope of their duties, and which are beyond their authority?" I hope the emperor made it clear. ”

"The Cabinet is divided into the Legislative Affairs Division and the Law Division, and the Legislative Affairs Division decides to deal with matters that have no precedent to follow or is no longer available, and the results can be issued and implemented after the Prime Minister signs the opinion, and the resolution can be summarized and amended into precedents if it has an effect after the implementation of the decision and no one opposes it," said Tian Qi. The Law Administrator's Office summarizes and keeps the precedents and distributes them in a timely manner. This is the current duty of the Government Council, and as for the princes and ministers in the Government Council, if they make mistakes, they will be treated like ordinary officials. ”

Li Zongyan said: "The minister understands. ”

Tianqi said: "I was about to talk about your Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has few people but great responsibilities, and the officials of the six sections only know that rumors and rumors are dragging people back, and from today onwards they will be under the management of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It's just that from this day onwards, the recital of the Inspectorate will also be divided into two parts, and those who have heard and said things and those who have solid evidence will be separated. ”

Li Zongyan asked puzzledly: "May I ask the emperor, why is this?" ”

Tianqi said: "The officials of this dynasty have a bad habit, when they encounter the impeachment of an official who speaks, no matter how urgent the matter is, they will throw their burden and go home to listen to the investigation, as if they cannot prove their innocence without this." I have arranged this way to prevent this kind of thing, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not need to pay attention to the impeachment of the rumors and rumors from the side, and the impeachment person with solid evidence can avoid it, but the person who is found to have slandered the person who did so will be punished to a certain extent, and the purpose is to improve the efficiency of the official and save time. ”

Li Zongyan thought for a while and bowed his head and said, "The minister is taught, and the minister obeys the order." ”

Seeing that no one was talking, Tianqi turned his head to look at King Xin, although King Xin was only fifteen years old, his face was calm and quite mature, but when he heard that he was going to be in charge of the Government Council as the Prime Minister, his eyes showed a look of eagerness from time to time. Tianqi smiled and asked, "Can King Xin have the confidence to do a good job as this Prime Minister?" ”

King Zhu Youzhen stood up and turned to the apocalypse and said: "Since the imperial brother trusts, and the princes and uncles and ministers are also willing to help, the ministers are reluctant to make it difficult, but what is the specific matter?" ”

Tianqi said: "First of all, let's take all of this year's concerts and see how to deal with them, and set them up as examples according to the classification of various departments and localities. If there is a different opinion, the decision will not come down to me for a ruling. ”

King Xin said: "This is a big project, and these few people are afraid that they will not be able to be busy and delay the important affairs of the imperial brother." ”

Apocalypse said, "You mean you need to be transcribed by hand, right?" The people in the Hanlin Academy can write well and quickly, and you just tell them that reading dead books is not interesting for them to learn how to handle government affairs, and I think they will be happy to help. ”

King Xin blinked and said, "Sorting out the previous recitals has nothing to do with the overall situation, but is it ultra vires to issue and execute the new recitals when the ministers sign the opinions?" The younger brother felt that it should be approved by the imperial brother in the end. ”

Apocalypse smiled: "Since I want to review it, why let you come?" In this way, the Government Council can report on the government affairs after it has been handled, and it is also a report for small matters every three days, and major events are reported every day. ”

Zhu Changhao, the king of Rui, stepped forward and said: "The minister said a word, don't be angry, the emperor handed over everything to everyone, do you want to be lazy?" ”

Tianqi smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle Wu Wang has wronged me, I am going to set up a military affairs institute in the Wuying Palace, which will be presided over by me personally, and the princes and ministers will handle the government affairs here, so I will be kind enough to find a way to completely solve the border troubles." ”

King Rui changed color and said: "The minister lost his words, please forgive the emperor!" ”

Tianqi said: "Over the years, the dynasty has continued to lose troops and generals, causing the Jiannu to become more and more arrogant, I am worried in my eyes, as the king of a country, he must always focus on the society and the country, and the government affairs will be burdensome. ”

Wei Guangwei said: "The so-called lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord humiliates the ministers to death!" The ministers must do their best, and if something happens, they will ask the emperor to punish the crime. ”

King Xin also said: "Brother Huang, don't worry, the younger brother will never let you down!" ”

Apocalypse said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, now that everyone understands, let's start." ”

After the apocalypse left, the king of letters said: "You have urgent business to go back first, Xiao Wang sorted out the example and copied it in triplicate and sent it to the ministries, can you read it?" ”

The scholars said: "The lower officials and others are ordered to retire. ”

After the six Shangshu left, Gu Bingqian asked King Xin: "Lord Wang, why do I feel that today is particularly energetic?" What arrangements does the prince have, first order the lower officials. ”

King Xin said: "It's a good thing to have energy, since Gu Shoufu said this, please ask Lord Wei Guangwei to ask someone to bring all the pieces of this year, and one of us is responsible for a stall, Zhu Ge is highly respected and is a scholar in charge of the Hanlin Academy, so I ask you to go to the Hanlin Academy to transfer some people to write, and you can't disappoint the emperor." ”

After everyone agreed, King Xin gently said to Gu Bingqian beside him: "This king also feels that today is very energetic!" ”