Recently, inside and outside the Jinchuan Gate, a large number of troops have been heading north every day, and the ranks of chariots and men have been extended to Longjiang Port.

The soldiers carried a large number of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles, which were bulky and heavy, and the Central Plains Dynasty had been in use since the Han Dynasty; But now, if the Ming army only fights at home, it will not use this kind of ordnance that slows down the speed of the march.

Only if Mongolia is attacked in the north, the soldiers will carry this kind of vehicle! The Ming army not only used Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles to transport baggage, but also in order to make it easy to use Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles to set up camp in the desert steppe without a barrier, and to guard against the surprise attack of nomadic cavalry.

The imperial court expected to enter the Tatar area of activity in the autumn, but in the early summer the transfer of the capital division became known. There is really no way to keep it secret, and the gathering of two or three hundred thousand troops is a huge thing in itself......

Zhu Gaoxu did not personally lead the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp on the march, and he had to wait for about two months before setting off.

He has been busy summoning ministers in Wuying Hall for the past few days to reform the decision-making center of the imperial court. The words often mentioned by the monarch and ministers are: sticking yellow, counciling hall, and cabinet.

During the period when Zhu Gaoxu left the court and drove the imperial expedition, all matters of the imperial court needed to be decided, and a temporary decision-making mechanism was required.

During the Yongle Dynasty, Zhu Di sometimes did not deal with the chapters, and the crown prince Zhu Gaochi was in charge of this matter; However, Zhu Gaoxu's eldest son Zhan Yan is only a few years old in this dynasty, and he obviously can't bear this matter, so he can only rely on the minister.

The general mechanism is the decision-making process based on the "Council Hall" and "Cabinet".

Almost all of the imperial court recitals go to the general political department, and after the general political secretary collects the recitals, they are first sent to the council hall. The council hall is located in the Wuying Hall in the Xihua Gate of the Imperial Palace, with the main hall, the Ningdao Hall and the Huanzhang Hall on the east and west sides as the office area.

There are 11 personnel, including 11 yamen from the 6th Ministry, Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate, Tongzheng Division, Shouyu Division, and Hanlin Academy, each with one person on duty to discuss politics.

Eleven people first "yellowed" all the recitals of the day. The ministers of the Song Dynasty wrote the chapters with unfinished meaning, and often pasted yellow paper at the back to write supplementary terms; But at this time, Zhu Gaoxu brought out the old things of the Song Dynasty, not to supplement, but to summarize the content of each chapter...... So that the ministers can more intuitively understand what is going on.

Then everyone picked out the important pieces that had objections, and the officials of the council hall voted on the plan for dealing with them. The proposal with the largest number of favourers will be initially adopted.

After the processed movement, it continued to be sent north to the "cabinet" of the Jingsi Hall in the backyard of the Wuying Palace; And the original cabinet of the Hanlin Academy has been abolished. There are six members of the cabinet, and the first cabinet minister is a five-year term, including Wei Da, Qiu Fu, He Fu, Pei Youzhen, Lu Zhen, and Wang Gui.

The Cabinet cannot make new decision-making propositions, but has the right of veto. As long as one of them has the slightest objection from the other party, the matter will be detained and suspended.

Those who reject the strategy must write detailed reasons; The piece was then sent north on a fast horse and delivered directly to the Emperor's palace, where it was decided. Therefore, the cabinet cannot arbitrarily veto decisions.

And urgent matters that must be responded to immediately are not vetoed by the Cabinet. Whether it is urgent or not, it is up to the council to decide first; If the Cabinet disagrees, the six members of the Cabinet advocate that as long as three of them consider it urgent, it should be treated as an urgent matter.

All the decisions and the outlines of the contents and handling strategies of the "stickers" should be recorded in the dossier. It is sent to the palace every month and is inspected by the emperor......

After the entire "council hall" and "cabinet" were roughly set up, the ministers almost understood that the functions and powers of the cabinet had completely changed!

Previously within

The cabinet is nothing but an institution for the emperor to check and fill in the gaps and advise; But now, the cabinet has become the temporary core of power of the dynasty.

And what is going on with the six members of the cabinet, the hearts of the clear-eyed people are also clear.

Qiu Fu is a hero of Jingnan, Wei Da is a hero of crime, He Fu is a hero of the founding of the country, Pei Youzhen is a civil official of the Han Dynasty, Lu Zhen is a civil official who abolishes the prince's power and surrenders to the civil official, and Wang Gui is a lackey in the palace.

The meaning of the Holy Zhu Gaochu's appointment of cabinet members is obvious: during the period when he is not in the court, the court can maintain its operation; The decision must not affect the interests of any party too much, otherwise it will not pass at all!

Recently, although Zhu Gaoxu is still in Beijing, he has issued an order: From now on, the concert will be handled by the Council and the Cabinet, and the Zhu Approval will be changed to a blue Approval.

He wanted to put it up and running on a trial basis.

…… The officials who came out of the Wuying Hall walked out of the palace through the Xihua Gate. Because the place where the emperor summoned his ministers recently, from time to time in the Rouyi Hall in the west, the central organization was also located in the Wuying Hall in the west; Therefore, the original convention that military generals only follow Xihuamen is gone.

Among the ministers, the most surprising person was Lu Zhen, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites. His face was a little red, of course, because of the excitement in his heart.

Since the Yongle Dynasty, the place where Lu Zhen stood couldn't be more wrong! When Emperor Taizong was still in power, he was a person who was inclined to "abolish the crown prince", and was blamed and imprisoned by Taizong. Within a year or two of the "Hong Xi Dynasty", he was even a close minister in the court!

But it's a person like him who can actually enter the cabinet! Although the current cabinet does not have a monopoly on power, it has great power, and it is not trivial for one person to negate the country's decision-making.

Everyone walked out of Xi'an Gate one after another, and Ru Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Hu Guang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, all walked up and said goodbye to Lu Zhen very politely.

Hu Guang, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, saw Zhang He coming over, and jokingly praised: "The most enviable thing about Lu Shilang is that he has a good son-in-law, a young talent, a Jinshi background, and a very filial piety. ”

"Haha, Mr. Hu has too much praise for him." Lu Zhen smiled happily.

Zhang He also said humbly: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." ”

Hu Guang hugged his fists again and said: "Say goodbye, see you in the temple tomorrow." ”

Lu Zhenyue and his son-in-law also returned the salute, and looked at Hu Guang for a while, then turned around and walked to their carriage.

The two of them got into the carriage, and Zhang He immediately said in a deep voice: "In the past, people like Hu Hu, Ruyu, and Hu Guang ignored their father-in-law, for fear of getting involved with us. Today is really polite, that Master Hu seems to be a friend of his father-in-law. ”

Lu Zhen said with a smile: "If something happens to the council hall and it is not good for them, they still rely on the old man to reject the strategy!" ”

He said goodbye and smiled at his son-in-law.

Zhang He smiled, and said: "Today's saint is really different, all dynasties have been wary of ministers forming a party, isn't the saint acquiescing to everyone dividing the mountain?" ”

Lu Zhen thought for a while and said in a low voice: "There is no way for the saint to do it. The Ming Dynasty went through two civil wars in the past ten years, and it was a pot of porridge; Now there are everyone in this court, and the grievances are even more unclear! The saint is busy with the northern expedition again, and the saint is gone, and there is no one to reconcile the civil and military forces of the Jingshi, I am afraid that I don't know how many things will happen! ”

"My father-in-law has a point." Zhang He nodded and said, "So the Holy Lord can only use the way of checks and balances?" ”

Lu Zhen looked at Zhang He a little and said approvingly: "You have made progress." He said

"But it's a great thing for us." ”

Zhang He pondered seriously.

Lu Zhen said clearly: "As soon as the cabinet was selected, one thing was confirmed: the Holy Lord really couldn't make a decision|Wash the courtiers!" Otherwise, why let people like the old man enter the cabinet? It's a reassuring pill! Those civil and military who have taken the wrong path can rest assured at this time; The precarious days of officialdom will no longer exist from now on! ”

When he said this, he also let out a long breath and said: "Not only does it make the ministers feel that they are safe, but they all have people in the cabinet who can speak, so why should people be panicked from now on?" ”

Zhang He seemed to remember something from the past, and then he suddenly came back to his senses, hugged his fists and said: "Congratulations to my father-in-law, return to Fengchi!" ”

Lu Zhen changed his previous low and worried color, put his hand on his beard with great ambition, and said earnestly: "When a gentleman holds the weapons of the country, he must first seek the welfare of the people, instead of only thinking about the selfishness of one party!" ”

Zhang He bowed with admiration on his face and said, "Son-in-law, remember the teachings of my father-in-law. ”

Lu Zhen asked with a smile, "What was the virtuous son-in-law thinking just now?" ”

Zhang He immediately bowed and said: "Back to my father-in-law, the little son-in-law suddenly remembered the matter of going to the Han Palace's palace during the 'Battle of Crime', and at that time the little son-in-law saw the eldest daughter of the Duke of Qian, Mu Shi; ”

Lu Zhen was noncommittal.

Zhang He also said: "The saints often do not follow the rules, but they seem to be far away. ”

Lu Zhen groaned: "This matter is not harmful to us, but it is still unpredictable for the long-term plan of the imperial court......

Lu Zhen, the chamberlain of the Ministry of Rites and the minister of the cabinet, seems to be indeed fulfilling the remarks of "not for the selfish interests of one party". The next day, something happened.

Xia Yuanji, the head of the household, found Lu Zhen and asked him to veto a piece of music.

Originally, in addition to issuing official salaries, the Southern Department also had money and silver allocated by the Imperial Internal Affairs Office every year, and things worth 10,000 yuan; Qian Xun wrote a letter requesting a 20-fold increase in the budget of the Southern Agency! Among them, the household department and the internal affairs department each contribute half.

It also contains a bunch of reasons, such as building dams, setting up rules for rewards, and other costly schemes, which benefit the country and the people. Xia Yuanji saw that he was furious, a newly established inexplicable Yamen branch office would cost 200,000 yuan in one place? !

The most amazing thing is that such an unreasonable request was actually passed in the council hall!

Xia Yuanji had no choice but to order Lu Zhen, who was in a lower official position, to immediately draw a big blue cross on the chapter.

Lu Zhen was from the Ministry of Rites, and he didn't pay attention to Xia Yuanji's order at all, and soon politely refused Xia Yuanji's request; The reason is that the Southern Agency is doing the right thing, and he Lu Zhen can't ignore the overall situation because of his friendship (there is a fart friendship, but each other's identities are just demoted).

In fact, Lu Zhen knew very well in his heart: I believe that most of the civil and military forces are slandered, why can it still be passed in the council hall? It's not because the Holy One supports the Guardian of the Southern Administration.

The yamen of the Imperial Guardian Division was originally set up by the Holy One himself. At this time, the civil and military courtiers didn't want to go against the saint at all.

In that case, why did Lu Zhen touch that moldy head?!

The most important thing is: the saint is still in the capital division, can it be his turn Lu Zhen to jump out? After all, the Internal Affairs Office also has to allocate up to 100,000 yuan every year, and if it weren't for the acquiescence of the saint, the eunuch Wang Gui would have vetoed the recital a long time ago!

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