In the words of later generations, Yang Rongzu had three generations of poor peasants, and his great-grandfather and grandfather were both boatmen in Jidu, although they were poor and hard, but both of them were good-hearted people. One year, after days of heavy rain, the stream swelled and washed away the houses, and for a while, the boatmen became the lucky ones, because they stayed on the boat day and night, and when they found that the water was rising, the stream was full of all kinds of belongings, and there were many people crying for help, and everyone else was busy snatching their belongings, only Yang Rong's great-grandfather and grandfather were busy saving people. Although there are countless living people, whether it is the scene or what they have heard, they all think that the two of them are stupid.

Perhaps because God blesses the good people, by the time of Yang Rong's father, the situation of the Yang family gradually improved, so Yang Rong had the opportunity to study, and in the fourth year of Jianwen, he became a jinshi, and then he was fortunate to enter the Wenyuan Pavilion to assist the emperor in handling government affairs. At that time, it was the time when Wang Du was the most favored, and he decided on major national affairs during the conversation and laughter, and the conquest of the army and the transfer of the household were almost all decided by him, and most of the things were decided after His Majesty discussed with him, which made Yang Rong envious and yearning for it at the same time.

Yang Rong is familiar with the scriptures and history, and knows the bureaucratic mechanisms of all dynasties and dynasties. So he made a great wish very early on to become the minister of the Ming Dynasty. Although Emperor Gao Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister and set up an ancestral precept, he would not allow future generations to establish a prime minister. But in Yang Rongkai's view, this is purely superfluous and does not make any sense.

The prime minister system began in the Qin Dynasty and was inherited by the Han Dynasty. Based on this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty divided the imperial court into the inner court and the outer court, the inner court was headed by the general and decided on military affairs, and the outer court was headed by the prime minister and was only responsible for implementation, so that the decision-making power and the executive power were separated.

With the increase of the general's authority, Shang Shutai followed the rise, Shang Shu was a subordinate official of the Shaofu, Xiao Chen who was in charge of the emperor's side, and Shang Guan, Shang Yi, Shang Shi, Shang Yu, Shang Xi are collectively called the Six Shang, Shang Shu was originally intended to be a small official in charge of sending and receiving documents and keeping the atlas in the palace.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the prime minister existed in name only, and his power was far from being comparable with Shang Shutai, but although Shang Shutai was noble, it was still under the Shaofu in terms of establishment, and the typical official was humble and powerful, which was similar to the cabinet scholars of later generations.

In the Wei and Jin dynasties, Shangshutai became independent from Shaofu and was the highest central organ of the country, known as Shangshu Province, and Shangshuling was a veritable prime minister.

However, Shangshu Province was powerful, which caused uneasiness in the imperial power. Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi set up the Zhongshu Supervisor, who was in charge of confidential information and drafted edicts, which was equivalent to the Hanlin Academy in later generations, and the Zhongshu Sheren gradually became more powerful. The Zhongshu Supervision gradually evolved into the Zhongshu Province, forming a pattern of decision-making in the Zhongshu Province and the implementation of the Shangshu Province.

After the scale of Zhongshu Province became larger, it naturally moved out of the forbidden middle school and became a system of its own. At this time, another province in the three provinces, Menxia Province, appeared on the historical stage at the same time, Menxia Province's original name is Shizhong Temple, which is the office of the palace attendants, in short, it is to do some small things to serve the emperor, such as urinal and pot, and other lowly things. But these people had an advantage, they were closest to the emperor, so they gradually became important, and the Huangmen Shilang also became a hot official position.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, China formed the famous system of three provinces and six ministries, which was actually a fixed and institutionalized evolution of the previous dynasty's power for hundreds of years. Among them, the decision-making of Zhongshu Province, the sealing of Menxia Province, and the implementation of Shangshu Province, followed by the multi-phase system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, that is, Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu senior officials discussed and made decisions together, but Shangshu Province is only responsible for implementation, so theoretically there is no decision-making power, so in order to allow the governor of Shangshu Province and the six ministers to also participate in decision-making, a new official position has appeared----- Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin, also known as Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, in short, is to go to Zhongshu and Menxia to deal with things (smooth).

After that, if there is no title of "three products under the door of the same book", even the chief of the middle book and the door cannot be called the prime minister.

So far, the system of three provinces and six ministries that came into being due to the decentralization of power has moved towards centralization again.

After five dynasties of war, in order to consolidate the imperial power, the Song Dynasty adopted the system of two governments and three divisions, that is, the government hall in charge of political affairs, the privy council in charge of military affairs, and the three envoys in charge of the degree branch, household department and salt and iron, that is, the political affairs, military affairs and finance were completely separated, so as a dynasty, the Song Dynasty was very stable, of course, it was also very vulnerable to foreign enemies.

The system of the Yuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty was similar, with the establishment of Zhongshu Province in charge of political affairs, the Privy Council in charge of military affairs, and the Yushitai in charge of picketing. And this set of system, the Ming Dynasty basically took over the whole, but the Privy Council was successively renamed the Dadu Governor's Office, the Five Military Governor's Office, and the Zhongshu Province was revoked after the Hu Weiyong case, and the power was scattered among the emperor, Wenyuan Pavilion and the six ministries.

But this kind of system cannot last long, and the one who is most likely to fill this gap is Wenyuan Pavilion, whose duties are similar to those of the earliest Zhongshu Jian and Shang Shutai, so Yang Rong has always been proud of being in it.

But during His Majesty's northern tour, all the personnel of Wenyuan Pavilion accompanied him, Yu Xin, Qi Tai and others entered Wenyuan Pavilion to deal with political affairs, which gave the ambitious Yang Rong a blow to the head, he found that his Majesty's judgment was wrong, His Majesty did not have the idea of cultivating his own people as Zaifu, His Majesty's method was to enter Wenyuan Pavilion and act as Zaifu, so where is the future of his own people?

And the recent change in His Majesty's mood, Yang Rong also saw it in his eyes, according to people, His Majesty's irritability was unprecedented, and the blow of the rebellion of King Chu to His Majesty was still above the rebellion of King Yan, which made Yang Rong very incomprehensible. In his opinion, whether in terms of scale or degree of danger, the rebellion of the king of Chu and the rebellion of the king of Yan are completely incomparable. Although he did not go through the rebellion of King Yan, he heard Wang Du and others say that at that time, His Majesty was calm and calm, commanded firmly, and dealt with the rest of the Yan King Party vigorously without the slightest hesitation.

But this time it is completely different, logically speaking, although the rebellion of the King of Chu is widely implicated, but there is no possibility of success at all, even if His Majesty does not know about the rebellion, the 50,000 elite soldiers around him are enough to repel all rebellions, and Luo Haichao's rebellion is indeed very dangerous, but His Majesty has his own imperial ship, and there are not many places where Luo Haichao can do his tricks, and there is not much hope of success.

Yang Rong remembered very well that when His Majesty knew that Xia Yuanji and Jian Yi were suspected of rebellion, they seemed to have been hit hard, and Yang Rong also felt that since then, His Majesty looked at him a little strangely, which made Yang Rong's heart a little uneasy, so he hollowed out his heart to do what His Majesty liked, as for Liu Jing's dissatisfaction, Yang Rong didn't care, after all, Liu Jing's holy family is far from the dead Wang Du, and his family's identity, His Majesty can't be afraid at all.

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"Your Majesty, although the King of Chu belongs to the clan, it is a great crime to rebel, and now after the deliberation of the three law divisions, the evidence is conclusive. Even if His Majesty cares for the clan, at this moment, please make a decision as soon as possible. ”

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"Well, I know, after the next court, I will issue an official edict, and today I will execute the prisoner, and you will be beheaded!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"In addition, when Jianyi handed over to the vassal king, why did you only decide to make a decision?"

"Your Majesty, the handover of the vassal king, there is no prohibition in the Da Ming law, so the ministers think that it is enough to make a decision!"

"The king of Chu rebelled, and Jian Yi exchanged letters with him, isn't it a ventilating report?"

"The ministers have interrogated the relevant people and criminals, checked all the evidence, and there are letters and exchanges, and there are indeed no reports."

"Isn't there a case for the direction of the court?"

"This, you can't say no!"

"Then why isn't it a rebellion?"

Zhou Xin hesitated for a moment and knelt on the ground: "Xinben is a small official, who was enabled by His Majesty's Longen, and I can't wait to repay Your Majesty's grace." Ran Xin can only act in accordance with the law of Da Ming, and does not dare to add or subtract the slightest. ”

"What if I have to add guilt?"

"That," Zhou Xin was stunned for a moment, bowed his head and said, "That's Your Majesty's grace, and the minister has nothing to say." But the minister thinks that the first emperor is the king of entrepreneurship, and His Majesty is the king of succession, and every move will be followed by future generations. Your Majesty! ”

While speaking, Zhou Xinchang knelt on the ground, choking up.

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he was silent for a while, then looked down at the note from Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, hesitated for a moment, and opened his mouth to say: "That's it, I think about it, you guys will go to the Qianqing Palace in a while!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"