The imperial court was reorganized, departments were added, and the six ministries, which had not changed for hundreds or even thousands of years, were finally about to move, and as soon as the news came out, the government and the opposition were shocked.

Of course, no one dares to disagree at this time, the strength of the old Zhu family is famous, before Emperor Taizu abolished Zhongshu Province, I don't know how many officials were killed, and the entire government and the opposition were almost killed, and the rest was less than fifty percent, the lord of Zhongxing, Emperor Chongzheng, is no less than the lord of Emperor Taizu, provoke him, you can conclude that he will not kill!

Besides, this time we want to add departments, not to abolish departments, and everyone has more opportunities to be promoted, so why risk death to oppose it?

Therefore, after Zhu Cijiong announced this idea one morning, although the entire government and the opposition discussed a lot, no one jumped out to speak against it, and most people were discussing enthusiastically how many new yamen like the Six Ministries would be added to the imperial court.

Now the Ming court really has a lot of yamen overwhelmed, when the Ming Dynasty was only two capitals and thirteen provinces, there were so many yamen, and now the Ming Dynasty has two capitals and thirty-five provinces plus two Zhili Mansions, or so many yamen, the heavy work can be imagined, at least three times the workload, and there was also the assistance of the yamen left behind by Nanzhili, so calculated, the workload of each yamen has increased at least four times!

After a few days of discussion between the government and the opposition, Zhu Cijiong finally convened a meeting of the bigwigs of the various yamen, so how many yamen did the Ming Dynasty have in Beijing?

To know how many yamen there are, just look at the bigwigs attending the meeting, in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, the yamen bigwigs gather together and sit on both sides.

The first one on the left is the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, King Zhu Youzhen, uh, he doesn't seem to be the big guy of a certain yamen, but the big guy of all the big guys.

Sitting behind him was Li Banghua, the left capital of the Imperial Palace;

Wu Jianye, the general political envoy;

Dali Temple Qing Fang Gong Gan;

Taichang Siqing Cai Bangjun;

Guanglu Temple Qing Fu Qiguang;

Song Zhipu, Taifu Temple;

Zhou Fengxiang;

The first on the right is the first assistant of the cabinet, Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites;

Sitting behind him was Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry;

Yang Sichang, the secretary of the ministry;

Sun Yuanhua, the secretary of the military department;

Cheng Guoxiang, the head of the household department;

Cai Guoyong, the secretary of the Criminal Department;

Zhan Shi Mansion Zhan Shi Huang Dao Zhou;

Gu Yanwu, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy.

There are a total of sixteen people, and the lowest ones are all five-grade members, of course, it does not mean that there are a total of fifteen yamen in the Ming court, but the chief officials of the other yamen do not even have five grades, they belong to the small yamen, and it is impossible to raise them to the height of the same as the six, so for the time being, they can only be put first.

Zhu Cijiong silently glanced at the officials present, these are all models of loyalty and patriotism that he carefully selected, at least on the surface, I hope they will not hinder the reorganization of the imperial court for their own selfish desires and to seize power.

With this in mind, Zhu Cijiong said solemnly: "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty has developed rapidly over the years, and the territory alone has more than doubled, and the affairs of the various yamen are quite heavy, so I want to reorganize the imperial court, add some new yamen, promote a group of officials, and improve the efficiency of the imperial court. “

After that, he turned his head directly to look at the left head, and as a result, the left head was Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters!

Zhu Cijiong fainted by mistake, how could he forget this stubble, there is no yamen under his fifth uncle, what is new?

Just when Zhu Cijiong was embarrassed, Zhu Youzhen actually spoke, and he did not hesitate to arch his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen proposed to raise all the cabinet scholars to be a subordinate product. “

Regarding the rank of cabinet scholars, it can be said that the most bizarre thing in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, these cabinet scholars obviously exercise the power of the prime minister, but the rank is only the fifth grade, which can be said to be seriously unworthy of the name.

Zhu Cijiong also felt very strange about this question, but considering that this was a rule set by Emperor Chengzu, he had never thought of changing it before.

However, this time it was different, anyway, the imperial court was going to make a big move, so why couldn't the cabinet, as the center, move?

He gritted his teeth and nodded directly: "Well, the cabinet university scholar is the position of prime minister, and it is not an exaggeration to be a good one, I am right!" “

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present showed a look of shock, this is the rule set by Emperor Chengzu, the emperor actually said that he would change it, of course, the current emperor wants to say that he has surpassed Emperor Chengzu, he said that he wants to change, who dares to object?

This is actually their old Zhu family's own business, and now the most qualified to oppose the king of faith are all initiators, who has nothing to do to confront the emperor when they are full!

Since no one objected, then continue, Zhu Cijiong directly turned his gaze to Xu Guangqi on the right.

Xu Guangqi had already made a bamboo in his chest, and he directly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is best for the Ministry of Rites to focus on etiquette, that is, etiquette, sacrifices, regulations, laws, and imperial examinations can also be managed at the same time, and other things such as teaching, foreign affairs, and receiving envoys from various countries are better to set up a yamen to manage them." “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he nodded and said, "What the teacher said is very reasonable, I happen to be thinking about these issues, and when everyone has finished making suggestions, I will discuss these things." “

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head to look at Li Banghua, the left capital of the Imperial Palace.

Li Banghua was also simple, he directly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the imperial capital and the supervision should be divided into two yamen. “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he also nodded and said, "Well, this can be considered." “

Then he looked at Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and now the authority of the Ministry of Industry is a bit big, Bi Maokang pondered for a while, and then he gave his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the research and development and manufacturing of weapons, the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, and the research and development of technology should be managed by a special yamen. “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he still nodded and said, "Well, this can be considered to gradually add a yamen." “

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head to look at Wu Jianye, the political envoy.

Wu Jianye also did not hesitate to give his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen feels that the functions of the general administration and the post office should be separated. “

This post office was also the former post station, which was originally taken over by the General Political Envoy from the Ministry of War, and it was nothing at that time, but since the appearance of the telegram, the General Political Envoy has been a little busy.

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he thought about it, nodded and said, "Well, you can consider this later." “

Then he turned his head to look at Yang Sichang, the secretary of the ministry, Yang Sichang was different, he directly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen feels that the functions of the ministry are more specific, and there is no need to expand the yamen, but the subordinate Qing officials are a little small, please add a few more with the emperor's permission." “

The functions of the ministry are indeed very simple, there is no need to split them, Zhu Cijiong nodded directly: "Well, you draw up a charter and show it to me." “

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head to look at Fang Gonggan of Dali Temple.

Fang Gonggan said a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, Weichen also feels that the functions of Dali Temple are more specific, and there is no need to expand the yamen, but the subordinate officials are a little insufficient, and I also ask the emperor for permission to add some." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded directly and said, "Well, you also draw up a charter for me to see." “

More than half of the people present have not spoken, but the yamen that need to be added is already too scary, will Zhu Cijiong really add so many yamen at one time? Let's see the next breakdown.