Before Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji were exposed, no one could have imagined that Zhu Di would send the prince to Beijing and leave the grandson in the capital to supervise the country.

Even Jin Kuo and Li Liang, who supported Zhu Zhanji the most, didn't dare to think like this.

Therefore, before this news was announced, Zhu Zhanji's actions were a bit arrogant.

This is not a small mistake, in today's era when the king is the minister and the father is the son, this is a big rebellion.

So even Yuan Yi, who knew the situation best, didn't dare to think like this. And others didn't expect this, and thought that Zhu Zhanji was instructed by the emperor.

Especially Gu Zuo, Zhu Zhanji can clearly tell him that he can be arranged to the position of Shangshu of the Criminal Department after the holiday, without Zhu Di's instructions, no one can do it.

But precisely because Yuan Yi knew a little bit about the situation and knew very well about Gu Zuo's position adjustment, it was absolutely impossible for the prince to know.

The emperor will never allow the crown prince to meddle in this aspect of affairs...... is this a deliberate arrangement made by the emperor for the westward expedition? In order to curb the power of the civilian bureaucracy?

But why is it at this time that the rules of procedure that give civil servants more freedom are being implemented?

Yuan Yi felt that he couldn't understand the recent situation at all.

However, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it, it's good to be honest lately and not be in the limelight.

Zhu Zhanji's co-optation of the five commanders came naturally, and Zhu Zhanji took over the navy and became the second largest force in the Ming Dynasty after Zhu Di. The generals have great expectations for this grandson who "emphasizes martial arts and ignores literature".

Especially on this trip to the West, Zhu Zhanji proposed that the class represented by the nobles and military generals go to Nanzhou and Xizhou for development, and this great benefit immediately made almost all the military generals regard Zhu Zhanji as a savior.

Even if it is not because of the position of the class he is in, but just for the sake of huge interests, the military generals, nobles, including the clan, have all stood closely by Zhu Zhanji's side.

Zhu Zhanji doesn't even need to be wooed at all, as long as those generals can see an opportunity, they will take the initiative to post it.

In this era, most of the generals have developed to the second and third generations. Who doesn't have a few concubines, and who doesn't worry about the growing population?

Go to Nanzhou and occupy an area. This has become the new hope of the entire military general class today.

At the end of a sumptuous dinner, Gu Zuo was surprised to find that they all came empty-handed, but when they left, they all brought a lot of things with them.

The youngest son, Gu Qian, smiled as if it had bloomed, staring at the big package held by a palace maid, for fear that she would lose it.

The eldest daughter of Yuan Yijia is still at the age of losing her teeth, and she pursed her mouth like a little lady, for fear of revealing her teeth. But at this time, he occasionally couldn't help laughing beside him, and then covered his mouth in horror.

When they arrived at the urn city of Donghua Gate, the carriages of each family were led out. Gu Qian hurriedly led the palace maid and put the package on their carriage, and did not forget to promise. "Sister of the Yuan family, I will wait for you at home the day after tomorrow, and take you to see the newborn puppy, which one you fancy will be given to you."

Gu Dan was extremely envious of this little brother, rubbed his hair vigorously and smiled: "Your kid's hair hasn't grown, and now you have a little daughter-in-law, how can I deal with myself?" ”

Gu Cheng said with a smile: "Mother, I see that the second brother has also reached the age when it is time to say goodbye, and he should find a leash for him, so that he will not shout every day that he wants to go to sea and make the world his home." ”

Everyone burst into laughter again, only Gu Dan was looking forward to it, and deliberately pretended not to care. "I want to enter Yulin Health School, and in the future, I will open up territory for Daming, how can I take care of the private feelings of my children!"

The ladies of each family were verbose again and said goodbye in turn. Several men waited for them to finally finish and get into the carriage, and then they each got into their own carriages, or rode out of Donghua Gate.

Gu Zuo's heart still did not calm down, and when he left the palace that made him feel depressed, the bumpy experiences of the past came to mind one by one.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of his difference from other ministers that His Royal Highness is willing to let himself ascend to the position of the secretary of the criminal department, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

But what do you have to do to really play your part?

And after they left, Zhu Zhanji sat alone in the study, and on the desk in front of him, there was a list of Ming Jiuqing, and a list full of names.

The balance of the court is not something that can be balanced by just changing a few people, the replacement is only a superficial balance, and it has little impact on the development trend of the whole society.

But these things have to be done, because this is the signal of the government, and without these actions, the ministers simply do not know which direction to go.

The implementation of the rules of deliberation this time has an impact on the Ming Dynasty, but it is not so great.

While the ministers rejoiced, they would find that there was not much to be gained except for the addition of a speaker with the name of the prime minister.

On the contrary, the actual power of the following ministries has increased greatly!

Jian Yi is afraid that he has regretted it now, but it is too late to regret it.

Although he is the head of the hundred officials, he is also unable to resist the counterattack of the entire Wenchen.

This situation is the general trend, since the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, the revision of court politics, when this tide is set off, no one can resist it.

During the Taizu period, the six ministers were all positive three grades. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Taizu dismissed the Chinese book, imitating the system of the six kings of "Zhou Guan", and promoted the rank of six departments to the second grade, and each set up a book and a waiter.

The six ministries include the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of Industry, and the highest official under them is Shangshu. It is called "Jiuqing" together with the imperial history of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the general political envoy of the General Political Envoy Division, and the Dali Temple of Dali Temple.

The appointment of important ministers must be publicly recommended by Jiuqing, governors and governors of other provinces, which is recommended by the court. Major national events and important matters that cannot be decided by various ministries and departments alone, and major matters must be voted on by the Jiuqing, which is a court discussion.

In the case of large-scale prison lawsuits that cannot be decided by the three legal divisions, the prison will be determined by a meeting of Jiuqing, which is a court bow or garden trial.

This centralization system constituted the center of administrative power and the core of decision-making in the Ming Dynasty, but it was a collective decision-making.

The advantage of such decision-making is that it is fair and impartial, and there are no big mistakes.

However, Zhu Zhanji has the experience of later generations, and he knows very well that this model has become a hotbed of civil politics, and in order to confront the military power and the imperial power, they have formed a huge force.

This force snowballed, and finally grew bigger and bigger, unstoppable, and any obstacle was crushed.

Until the end, with a bang, Snowball couldn't withstand the force on its own and exploded.

If you want to dismantle this force, you must decentralize power. The main rule of the rules of procedure is not to limit the power of the ministers, but to determine which matters are to be decided by the ministries themselves, and which matters need to be brought to the court for discussion.

Whether it is the previous six departments or Dali Temple, there is no real self-power, and any major and important matters must be voted on.

The same is true for the trial of Dali Temple, a big case still needs a referendum in Jiuqing, how can this be judicial independence?

It's like a court hearing an official's case in later generations, but the person who adjudicates it is the official's peers votes, can such a result achieve the real purpose?

Of course not.

Therefore, no one really saw the significance of the inconspicuous provision in this rule of procedure.

Even if they see it now, they will never want to correct it. It's not that the ministers don't have a sense of the overall situation, it's that everyone has selfish intentions.

My household department is in charge of money, and the people from your Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs want to intervene, how to highlight my professionalism and my authority?

This is just one example, and so are others.

In the future, the military department, the criminal department, the household department, and the ritual department will all be my own land. I can make my own decisions on the little things, and I don't need you to interfere.

As for the big ......, what big things can be?

This purpose is to divide the monolithic civil politics into the first part of the decentralization, to divide themselves apart.

Although this will lead to some confusion in reform, it is important to completely interrupt the snowball of civil service.

This is strategy, and replacing one's own people, dealing with something, this is just tactics.

However, tactics must be matched with strategy, and the ability to execute is not good, and no matter how good the plan is, it is just a fantasy.

"Your Highness, it's time to rest......

Zhu Zhanji raised his head from the data and moved his arms.

He was not a hard worker, and in modern times he would not spend more than five or six hours a day on official duties.

But in this era, his identity is too restricted, and there are too few fun things, forcing him to spend most of his energy on official business.

Where did I want to go in my previous life, I drove myself, or I flew by private jet.

And now, not to mention the beautiful scenery of other places, even if you want to go to Huangshan, which is not far away, it is impossible to go back and forth for a month.

My favorite pickled girl in my previous life, in this era, all kinds of beauties are sent to the door unconditionally. Now I can't say that I picked up girls, it has completely become a kind of "work", even if all kinds of beauties are petty to serve, they also lack that kind of fun.

Life is as lonely as snow......

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Early in the morning, Li Zifeng got up from the bed, the sky was just numb, because it was cold, and it was a holiday, and most people had not gotten up yet.

Nowadays, every neighborhood has built a public toilet, and the feces in the toilet are monopolized, and there are no more door-to-door night incense sellers.

Most people are accustomed to going to public toilets, but his grandmother often complains that she has no daily income.

Because there is no income of one or two coppers a day, the old woman has no living money in front of several grandchildren, and she can make a few small ones occasionally buy a few pieces of candy happy.

He couldn't help but laugh when he thought that his grandmother often complained that the toilet should not be repaired. This repaired the toilet, not to mention anything else, at least every day you don't have to get up early in the morning to smell everywhere.

According to his previous habit, he went up the street along the Yunguili neighborhood and started running along the laneway by the Qinhuai River.

The lantern festival on both sides of the Qinhuai River began yesterday, and the crowds were weaving. Yesterday he brought his younger siblings to see the lantern festival, and he couldn't walk at all, but this morning, the lights were all out, and the crowd was gone.

From here to Yulin Weixue outside Chaoyang Gate, it is almost ten miles, as long as it is not raining heavily, he runs to the school every time.

Today is still a holiday, he doesn't have to go to school, but he can't relax in his daily running. Ran along the Qinhuai River to Qingliangmen, and turned back from there, he felt that he had just warmed up.

But if he wants to go to Master's house today, he may have to be trained, and he doesn't dare to toss himself too hard.

If you don't practice well for a while, you're going to be beaten. Thinking of this, he felt a pain in his butt.

However, although he was often beaten, he still respected this master. This great evil man in the eyes of others is just like his father.

No, more like a father than a father.

Running back to the neighborhood of Yunguili, most of the merchants have not yet opened, but there is a shop selling tofu brains that has already opened.

"Uncle Hu, use your jar to give me ten yuan of tofu brain, ten more fritters, and I'll give you money when I send the jar later."

"Zifeng, you went to run again so early? Do you want to join the army in the future? ”

A fellow neighbor exclaimed disdainfully, "What army?" Two...... Zifeng is now the apprentice of Lord Jinyiwei, and he is destined to enter Jinyiwei in the future. What's more, he is still studying in Yulin Weixue under His Royal Highness Taisun, and after this comes out, at least he is a general ......"

Ever since he was accepted as an apprentice by his master, he could feel a noticeable change. The adults who were high up in the past had a little respect for him.

No one called him "two dogs, two dogs" anymore, and all of them called him his big name Li Zifeng.

The officials in the neighborhood didn't look at him at him, but now they still talk and laugh with him, and praise him from time to time.

At first, he was still a little nervous, but when it came to Yulin Weixue, he could learn so much new knowledge every day, and he was able to crawl and roll with those noble children to get hit and his body was incomplete.

He knows very well that if he wants to get ahead, he still has a lot to learn!

When he got home, his grandmother saw the fritters in his hand and began to count him again. "How do you buy so many fritters? The fritters cost two pennies a piece, and you can buy two steamed buns, and you can't stand hunger. You're a big spender......"

The second dog ignored her, and entered the house with something and a smile. "Sanwa, Niuniu, get up soon, if you get up late, there will be no tofu brain, and you will eat fried dough sticks."

As soon as he shouted, his younger brothers and sisters in the side room got up and ran out without wearing thick clothes.

They quickly ran to the kitchen, brought a few large bowls, divided the tofu brains, and then each took a fritter and ate it.

Sanwa likes salty, so she eats diced pickles, and Niuniu likes sweet, so she took the sugar jar on the table under the portrait of the Sanqing patriarch in the main hall, carefully pinched out a handful, and sprinkled a thin layer.

White sugar is a precious thing, if it weren't for the master's New Year's reward of giving him a jar, no one in the family would be willing to spend money to buy it.

After eating two bites, it didn't feel sweet, Niuniu wanted to get the sugar jar again, but was knocked on the head by her grandmother. "Expensive things, are you wasting them like this?"

Niuniu rolled her eyes and looked at Ergouzi in distress. Ergouzi smiled: "Grandma, let Niuniu eat, is there still a shortage of this thing at home?" Today's holiday, everyone is happy. ”

The old woman is patriarchal, and now this family can prosper, mainly because of this eldest grandson, so although she is verbose, she is almost obedient to the words of this eldest grandson.

She hesitated, but still stuffed the sugar jar into Niu Niu's hand. "Eat you stinky girl."

At this time, Daddy Li Hai and his mother came from another room, one of them was holding a child in his arms, the older one was already able to speak, and he was about to eat when he saw the fritters, and the little one had not yet been weaned, and he was smiling toothlessly with wide eyes, and his saliva was flowing out.

Li Hai is still working as a broker in the government-run dental industry, and with the light of the two dogs, he has a relationship with Jinyiwei. Now Jinyiwei is looking for him if he wants to rent a house, and the adults of Jinyiwei have a relatively large flow and continuous business, which makes his life much better.

"Today you are going to Master's house and bring the air-dried raccoon dog that your second uncle in the countryside brought over a few days ago to your Master."

"yes, I see." Ergouzi put down the bowl, wiped his mouth and said, "I won't come back at noon, mother, you help me pack up the quilt, and I will go to the school tomorrow." ”

"It's all packed up, and you won't miss your business."

Sanwa asked a little reluctantly: "Second brother, will you still go to the lamp market tonight?" I didn't see Lei Gong discharge yesterday......"

"That's not Lei Gong's discharge, it's a research by His Highness...... I can't tell, people can discharge anyway. If you come back early, I'll take you to see it. ”

Sanwa and Niuniu immediately became happy, especially Niuniu, who is eleven years old this year, without two dogs, not even letting out the door, being able to go to the lamp market to play, and her brother to buy something to eat, that is the happiest thing.

The second dog wanted to go out, and his mother couldn't take care of eating, so she went to help him get the air-dried raccoon dog first, and was stopped by the second dog when he helped him change new clothes.

"Mother, when I went to the master's place, I definitely wanted to practice martial arts, so I wore a school uniform. This uniform is more magnificent than the new clothes......"

Li Hai nodded and said: "That is, His Royal Highness is back, Yulin Weixue is now terrible, it is said that many rich businessmen want to spend two hundred taels of silver, but they can't buy a place to enter the school." It's no worse than those earl's garments. ”

"Two hundred taels of silver!" The old woman was surprised and said, "Ergouzi, this is all your master's grace, but you must remember your master's great kindness." ”

"Got it." Ergouzi entered the back room and opened his money box, which contained a few silver dollars and a lot of copper coins, some of which were red envelopes given by his teacher's wife, and some of which he earned by doing things for those noble children at school.

He was not yet sixteen years old and could not open an account at the bank, so the money had to be locked in his home. In two years, when he reaches the age of sixteen, he will deposit his money in the bank, and there will be no such trouble.

He took out two fifty copper coins, took another handful of change, and locked the box.

When he came out, he stuffed the handful of copper coins to his grandmother. "Grandma, you keep these coppers for flowers."

The old woman is actually reluctant to spend it, but there are a few little grandchildren, little granddaughters, who have copper coins and can buy them something when they are hungry.

Saying no, she finally put it into her clothes.

Carrying the jar and the raccoon dog out, this time I met more people, and they all greeted him one by one, shouting Zifeng in their mouths, not Ergouzi.

When he came to the master's house in Chang'anfang, he found that he was under martial law today. Fortunately, he was wearing the clothes of Yulin Weixue, and those people who were under martial law were from Yulinwei, so they just questioned him, verified his identity, and let him in.

It is Yu Linwei who is under martial law, is it His Royal Highness's trip today? Will he come to Master's house?

Li Zifeng's heart beat violently, he knew very well that the change in his fate was from the time he was met by His Highness three years ago.

The master originally didn't want to accept him as an apprentice, but he only accepted it for the sake of His Highness's face. However, in the past three years, his master has been getting better and better for him.

When he came to the small courtyard of the master's house, and saw the attendants coming in and out, he decided that it was His Royal Highness who was coming to the master's house today. No wonder Master told him a few days ago that he must come on time today.

When he finally saw His Highness again, his heart was extremely excited.

Yang Zhangde's home is not big in Chang'anfang, where the powerful gather, but if he can have a set of two-entry courtyards here, it is for a big mansion that will not be changed.

It is less than a mile away from the imperial palace, and there are yamen of the imperial court on the front and back, and it is already a status symbol to live here.

"Ergouzi, ouch, I brought a gift today!"

A thin Taoist in his fifties wearing a Taoist robe saw Li Zifeng and shouted. "This is Lord Yang's apprentice, studying in Yulin Weixue."

A young chamberlain said with a smile: "I can see that those who can enter Yulin Weixue are all their own people." But the rules can't be broken......"

The so-called rule is to inspect it, this time the inspection is much stricter, and a training short-handed dagger that Li Zifeng was carrying in his arms was searched out and placed in the gatehouse.

However, with this procedure, Li Zifeng has been immersed in the excitement of seeing His Royal Highness, and he has no disgust with several eunuchs touching him.

When he entered the small courtyard, he found that the kitchen here had been taken over by the chamberlain, and everyone was busy in an orderly manner, and everyone could take care of him, a half-grown child.

The Taoist smiled and said: "Ergouzi, I heard that you have seen Your Highness, you are more blessed than me, I came to Yingtianfu from Wudang, this is the first time I have seen Your Highness." ”

In this small courtyard, in addition to the gentle master, it is this old Taoist priest who is not taboo in wine and meat to Li Zifeng is the best.

He was originally a Taoist priest in Wudang, although he was a little obscene, but he also had some skills under his hands. couldn't hold on to the loneliness on the mountain, and he was seduced to the capital by Yang Zhangde.

Although he is just a porter guarding the door, there is wine and meat every day, not to mention how comfortable it is.

At this time, Yang Zhangde, who had a short beard, was walking and talking to the red-clothed attendant beside him. "There are no omissions in checking everywhere, then I will go to the next few houses to say hello, they are all ministers of the DPRK and China, disturb them today, and I, the master, should also show my face."

The red-clothed chamberlain said, "Well, this is right. You can go and get busy, just have Xuanhe Daoist to play chess with me. ”

Yang Zhangde nodded and saw Li Zifeng carrying a raccoon dog. "Ergouzi, your master was still talking about you just now, Dabao has been making trouble, you go and take him to play. …… It's a fat raccoon, let the imperial doctor check it, burn this raccoon dog at noon, and give it to His Highness to taste. ”

Li Zifeng responded, walking slowly, while listening to their small talk. This red-clothed chamberlain should be the person next to His Royal Highness, but I don't know if it's Li Liang or Liu Wan.

The red-clothed chamberlain smiled and said, "Your Highness will be missing this little thing?" This year, Yizha sent dozens of live roe deer and flower-tailed hazelnut chickens from Liaodong, which is the real delicacy to eat. I'll get you a few and let you try them too. ”

Bypassing the main room and entering the corner gate, their words were not heard.

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