The only thing that makes Zhu Di a little dissatisfied is that now the parliament building has to design as many seats as possible, and there are long tables in front of each row of seats, so there is no place to kneel.

That is to say, whenever a meeting is held here to discuss major matters of state, regardless of the position, they will no longer bow down.

In this way, this place can only be used as a place for court discussions, and when there is a court meeting such as a celebration, it is better to place it in the Fengtian Temple.

This is precisely Zhu Zhanji's purpose, to correct the phenomenon of the ministers in the court grabbing their hair and beards, first of all, to change the environment of the officials' deliberations.

When the working environment is separated and everyone is accustomed to performing their duties, there will no longer be an official of the Criminal Department, and the affairs of the Ministry of War can be casually observed.

Of course, this will also have a consequence, that is, the power of the speaker has increased greatly, although he does not have the name of the prime minister, but he also has the power of the prime minister.

It's just that Zhu Di hasn't seen these yet.

He was satisfied with the parliament building, not only because he could see every minister condescendingly, but also because this dragon chair was much more comfortable to sit on than the golden silk nanmu dragon chair in the Fengtian Temple.

In terms of enjoyment, Zhu Zhanji is more particular than anyone else, and all the seats in the parliament building are designed according to the leather sofa.

The dragon chair he sat on was made of sandalwood, with nine dragons entrenched, wrapped in springs and brown canopy wrapped on top and back, and then stuffed with cotton, and the outside was covered with bright yellow Nine Dragons silk.

The back of the chair is two meters high, and two people can sit side by side, and one person can sit in it as a bed.

With such a dragon chair, Zhu Di felt extremely comfortable when he sat in.

He looked at Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting in front of him diagonally on a brocade stool, and hesitated in his heart.

Now that this grandson has to worry about complicated affairs, he can be lazy, and this throne makes him reluctant to do so.

It can also be seen from the changes in the past two years that although his grandson is diligent in government, he is also a enjoyer.

He is now changing the court proceedings beyond recognition, grasping the big and letting go of the small, in fact, it is still to be lazy.

However, Zhu Di is not worried, because although he has given many affairs to the ministers, but at the same time it restricts the qualifications of the ministers to meddle in other affairs, and there will definitely not be a minister who leans towards the government and the opposition.

Although Jian Yi is now the speaker of the parliament, it seems that his power has increased greatly, but he has no executive power and cannot interfere in the affairs of other ministries at all.

Sitting on the wide dragon chair, Zhu Di opened today's agenda book.

This is also a new trick that Zhu Zhanji has come up with, and every time there is a big court meeting, all departments must first submit the matters that need to be discussed, and then implement them in accordance with the procedures.

Jianyi, the speaker, is responsible for controlling the discipline and process of deliberations.

Everyone must follow the procedure if they want to do something, which also reduces the process of arguing in the court and speeds up the process.

Seeing the booklet in front of him, Zhu Di knew what matters were going to be discussed in the court today, who would speak on stage, and what things would be discussed.

And he only had to see this pamphlet to already have a judgment on many matters in his heart.

However, if the result of the discussion of the ministers conforms to his ideas, it can be passed, and if it does not conform to his ideas, it can be reconsidered.

This not only saves a lot of time, but also allows him to have the most intuitive understanding of the affairs of the imperial court.

As long as he is not a mediocre talent, he will not be fooled by the ministers casually when he becomes the emperor in the future.

The only bad thing about this is that if the Metropolitan Procuratorate wants to impeach an official, it will not be possible to hide it from everyone at the beginning.

However, this is fine, there is no conclusive evidence, and there will be much less cases of impeaching officials casually based on rumors.

Zhu Di also wondered in his heart, Zhu Zhanji has been emphasizing the need to improve the status of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, why is it restricting their power now?

In particular, the six branches, they were originally a supervisory body, and they relied on hearsay and deeds to gain a foothold.

Now they are tied hand and foot, and at their level, they have no authority to investigate possible corruption in the Six Ministries without the Holy Judge.

Thinking of this, he knocked on the wooden table in front of him.

I never thought that in front of this wooden table was a brass tube for amplification, which led from the fourth floor to the amplification device under the rostrum on the second floor.

Through the amplification of the brass pipes, the sound of him banging on the table resounded throughout the parliament building.

On the rostrum, the representative of the Uzbek ethnic group had just handed over his credentials and was about to bow down to Zhu Di.

When I heard the loud noise, I couldn't help but be stunned.

Jian Yi, who presided over the meeting, raised his head, hugged his fist towards Zhu Di and said, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

Zhu Zhanji also looked back at Zhu Di, and saw that his face was surprised, knowing that Zhu Di might be a habitual action, but he was not afraid to be heard by everyone.

Zhu Di made a joke, but he didn't take it to heart, in the face of this situation, he said with ease: "The Uzbeks showed heroism in the battle against the Timurid country, and today they are rewarded with 5,000 swords." ”

Ying Tianfu's special steel factory specializes in all kinds of alloy steel, and now although the musket has become the main weapon of the Ming Dynasty, the long knife and dagger have not been eliminated.

The special steel knives produced by Daming today far exceed the steel knives of various countries, and the famous Damascus steel knives are dwarfed in front of Daming steel knives.

And their production is troublesome, the cost is high, and it is simply impossible to equip the whole army.

Hearing Zhu Di's words, Jian Yi asked again: "Song Shangshu, five thousand sabers, when will the Ministry of Industry be able to supply?" ”

Both big and small Jiuqing had positions on the rostrum, Song Li got up from his position, came to the front of the speaker and said: "An Guogong ordered a batch of sabers last month, and now it has not been shipped, so it can be transferred to the Uzbeks first." ”

At this time, the representatives of the Uzbeks, Wang Shumu and Wen, knelt down, first kowtowed to Zhu Di three times, and then raised their right hands.

This is the request of the representative who wants to speak in the rules of procedure, Jian Yi nodded and said, "Qing can come to the front of the stage to speak." ”

Mu Hewen was taught the rules by the officials of Honglu Temple, he walked to the megaphone in front of the stage, saluted Song Li who was about to leave, and then said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, can the foreign minister change his request?" ”

Zhu Di sat up straight and said, "Let's listen to it." ”

Mu and Wen said: "I, an Uzbek, originally made my home from all over the world, and lived by water and grass. With the help of the kingdom, our people now grow a large amount of cotton, and the harvest is amazing. But my clan can only weave by manpower, and please ask Your Majesty to teach me the technique of hydraulic drive, for our clan, the technique of hydraulic weaving is far more useful than five thousand sabers. ”

Zhu Di laughed when he heard this: "The grandson already has a comprehensive plan for this matter, so don't bother me with such trivial matters." However, in order to commend you and others, I will allow this to be done. ”

Except for the first night, Zhu Di was too tired and slept well. In the following days, he kept talking to Zhu Zhanji in addition to his busy work.

The grandfather and grandson had extensive communication on the politics, economy, diplomacy, military, internal affairs, navigation, etc. of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Di was very clear about Zhu Zhanji's attitude towards the various ethnic groups in the northwest.

The ethnic groups in the northwest are far away from the Ming Dynasty, and they just transfer cotton to make small profits, which cannot last long.

Da Ming wants to firmly control them in his own hands, in addition to the deterrence of force, he must give them greater sweetness.

Teaching them the technology of hydrotextile is the next step in the plan, even if it is wood and Wenbuti, Zhu Zhanji will gradually implement it.

Only let them, like the Tatars and Warats, completely rely on the Ming to survive. The Ming Dynasty fully controlled them from both military and economic aspects, and this kind of rule could be stable.

When Mu Hewen heard Zhu Di say this, he hurriedly knelt down again to express his gratitude. And below the first layer, representatives of the Uzbeks also bowed to Zhu Di.

What Zhu Di enjoys most is this feeling, this satisfaction of holding power, and the main reason why he is hesitant now and does not want to abdicate.

is used to holding power, and let him give up for a while, and no one is a little reluctant.

The meeting continued under the chairmanship of Jianyi, and the countries that followed, seeing that the demands of the Uzbeks had been met, also wanted to exchange their various rewards for water-powered textile technology.

There are even countries such as Kezhi and Punggar that want to get the production technology of trains.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji will not agree to this, and it is enough to make public the water textile technology now.

What's more, their small countries can't even melt iron, and it is impossible to produce trains at all.

This is an upgrade for the entire industry, not just a technology.

If you can't raise the furnace temperature, you can't melt the steel, and if you can't melt the steel, you can't cast iron. Not to mention the alloy manufacturing of cylinders and pistons.

It's not as easy as they think.

As long as they can't break through the steelmaking technology, Daming won't worry that they can catch up.

In the original history, it was not until the nineteenth century that the furnace temperature of steelmaking technology was really solved, and that was four hundred years later.

The butterfly effect brought about by the improvement of Daming technology is unlikely to make this era continue to follow its original history, but at least for a few decades, steel smelting technology should be kept as secret as possible.

When the Ming Dynasty occupies most of the world's land and forms an absolute advantage, at that time, even if they are allowed to obtain steelmaking technology, they must also have a source of steel!

Zhu Di originally enjoyed this kind of respect, but he was soon irritated by the endless demands of various countries.

When he got to the back, he shrank in the dragon chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, not caring about what was happening below, and letting Zhu Zhanji reply.

After receiving all the foreign envoys, they left the meeting and resumed the deliberation of internal affairs.

In the past half a month, there have not been many major events, and Zhu Di's return to China is the biggest thing.

Those procedural affairs, not only Zhu Di, but even Zhu Zhanji did not have much interest.

He was still thinking about the penicillin purification hosted by Lan Yan, whether it was successful or not. I have been with Zhu Di for the past few days, and I don't have time to pay attention to this matter at all.

The research of penicillin is difficult to purify in this era. The growth of melons is seasonal and can only be studied for a few months each year.

Although the strains were later produced, when it came to purification, even if it was blue smoke, there was no shortcut.

It has been studied for three years, and there is still no major breakthrough in purification. Today, the production of penicillin has increased from 2 units per cubic centimeter to 40 units.

However, due to the lack of cooling technology, penicillin bacteria with high purity cannot be obtained.

Penicillin, which is purified at room temperature, is more of a poison than a life-saving medicine.

Near noon, it was also the final stage of the discussion, and an incident reported by the Jinyi Wei attracted everyone's attention.

It was only this morning that Zhu Zhanji learned that Zhu Zhanjun had sex during his filial piety, which caused his wife Fan to become pregnant.

This matter is nothing in later generations, Zhu Gaochi has been dead for more than a year, and he can even get married, let alone have sex together.

But in this era, it is a great unfilial piety.

This matter is actually a trivial matter, and it should not have been brought to the court to discuss. But who made Zhu Di come back now, and who made Zhu Zhanjun not Zhu Zhanji's half-brother!

In other words, the meaning behind this incident goes far beyond the event itself.

Zhu Zhanji was actually a little annoyed by Yang Zhangde in his heart, he really had nothing to do. dared to poke this matter out without consulting with himself, making himself a little passive.

But he also knew that Yang Zhangde was acting instead of himself, and wanted to use this incident to test Zhu Di's mentality.

Even if it was too much, Zhu Zhanji couldn't blame Yang Zhangde too much.

Yang Zhangde has served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard for three years, although he is not as domineering as he was at the beginning, but he is ruthless and ruthless.

He is Zhu Zhanji's loyal dog, and he has also established a group of forces in the court. They were afraid that Zhu Di's return would frustrate the power of their grandson family, and they wanted to test Zhu Di.

And at this time, Zhu Zhanjun's incident is a good starting point.

Zhu Zhanji is not afraid that he can't hide it from Zhu Di, and with Zhu Di's means, it is easy to see through this.

The key lies in what kind of attitude Zhu Di has, and this attitude will directly affect the situation in the court in the future.

Taking advantage of the interval between the discussions, Zhu Di beckoned to Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji got up, and Li Liang hurriedly moved his brocade stool to the left side of Zhu Di's dragon chair and asked Zhu Zhanji to sit down.

Zhu Di leaned back in the dragon chair, crossed his legs that were suffering from rheumatism, and said softly like an ordinary old man: "Looking at today's proceedings, it has indeed achieved what you said three years ago, and now there are fewer senseless disputes and accusations in the court, and it is more efficient." But...... Spread out all the affairs and discuss them, so that the Metropolitan Procuratorate, how can the six departments still hear about it? ”

Zhu Zhan had been waiting for Zhu Di's questioning, but he didn't expect that he didn't seem to care about Zhu Zhanjun's affairs at all, but he asked about the procedure.

In the past, institutions such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division could impeach a minister based on rumors.

And whether this minister has done this or not, he must give an explanation, and if he can't explain it, he will wait to lose his position.

This presumption of guilt has basically become extinct in later generations, and after the gradual improvement of the law, it is basically the presumption of innocence. Investigative agencies must provide evidence, not allow people to prove their innocence.

Such impeachment steps made some so-called clear streams and mouth cannons become more and more rampant in the future, and also formed a huge force.

For example, in the later generations of the Donglin Party, although they often have members in high positions, more people still control the way of speech.

They regard these positions as noble positions, what is noble and noble? It means that you don't have to do things, and you can casually say that others are not doing well.

You want to let him give advice, let him come out and do things, and he still doesn't bother.

This kind of self-inflicted non-work, and can't see others do things, no matter what they do right or wrong, they can't escape their criticism, and it will become glorious in the future.

This is similar to the keyboard warriors on the Internet in later generations, but in this era, they can be officials and big officials by relying on this ability.

Zhu Zhanji is the most disdainful of these people, although it is still the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and there are not so many cannons, but he has already decided to reform this aspect.

The first step he did was to establish a liaison system between the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Six Sections, and the Jinyi Guard.

Regardless of whether it is the Metropolitan Procuratorate or the Six Sections, if any minister is found to be corrupt, corrupt, or illegal, it must be investigated first. The investigation was secretly conducted by the Criminal Department or Jinyiwei, and only with evidence could it be brought to the court.

If you don't investigate first, you will directly take it to the court and say that if there is no evidence, whoever is impeached will be slightly reduced by one degree for the same crime.

That is, if you impeach the other person for murder, if the other party does not kill someone, then you are convicted of manslaughter. If you impeach the other party for corruption and the other party is not corrupt, you will be guilty of corruption.

This does make many people dare not talk nonsense, but because the following procedures are gradually improved, basically the cases brought to the court are all evidenced.

Of course, this will allow some people to go unpunished, but at the very least, it has exercised the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate cases and ensured impartiality.

The main thing is that those incompetent people who survive by mouth cannons have no soil for survival.

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Although Sun Er has banned rumors in the court, he has increased the funds for the investigation of the criminal department and Jinyiwei, and established a set of fair investigation procedures among the ministries. If there are fish that slip through the net, I am not afraid, but what I am afraid of is that the words are wide open and the atmosphere of the court is ruined. ”

On the rostrum, Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was righteously denouncing Zhu Zhanjun's immorality, believing that Zhu Zhanjun should be severely punished in order to promote the style of benevolence and filial piety.

However, Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji didn't care about his words, in short, they were the same.

It doesn't matter what to do with Zhu Zhanjun, what matters is Zhu Di's attitude.

Zhu Di laughed at this time and asked, "How do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Zhu Zhanji was a little confused about what Zhu Di was thinking, and replied: "Everything is up to the emperor's grandfather." ”

Zhu Di shook his head and said, "You, you did a great job, so now you are being put here, you can't get down!" ”

Zhu Zhanji wanted to get up and confess, but Zhu Di held down his arm. "There are some things that I originally wanted to say later, but now it seems that if I don't make it clear sooner, this court will be in chaos."

Zhu Di has always been in the whirlpool of the palace, and he sees many things far more clearly than Zhu Zhanji.

This is not to say that Zhu Zhanji is stupid, it's just that he was too influenced by later generations, and he paid more attention to power than strategy. In his opinion, in the face of absolute strength, any intrigues and tricks are useless.

Zhu Di went out on the expedition and let Zhu Zhanji supervise the country. This has been going for three years, and Zhu Zhanji has subdued most of the civil and military ministers in these three years.

Now that Zhu Di has returned, the Chinese and military ministers of the DPRK have become accustomed to the rhythm of discussing with Zhu Zhanji, and suddenly they have to change back, and it is inevitable that there will be some unaccustomedness.

What's more, now these ministers can't turn around and look back when Zhu Zhanji doesn't exist, and bow down at Zhu Di's feet!

Because Zhu Di is sixty-two years old, how many years can he live? Now abandon Zhu Zhanji and go to Zhu Di, aren't you afraid that Zhu Zhanji will settle accounts after the autumn?

Zhu Di's return from the western expedition has been relatively novel in the past few days, but the novelty also means that this court is no longer the court he is familiar with.

Seeing that those ministers are now subservient to their grandsons, and there is more tacit understanding between them than himself, Zhu Di's heart is relieved and lost.

He could not leave the center of power, just in Fangcai, and because of the prostration of those envoys, he was particularly satisfied.

But he is also well aware that he has now become a factor of instability.

Those ministers don't know who to listen to, and those generals don't know who to listen to, and that's a big problem.

Zhu Di also believes that today's Jinyiwei targeting Zhu Zhanjun is not what Zhu Zhanji means, this is the choice of the ministers of the imperial court.

But if you continue to fool around like this, it will only make people's hearts uneasy.

He sighed and said, "You go and say, do what you want." Then I had something to say. ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pulled Zhu Zhanji onto the dragon chair, stood up by himself, put his hands behind his back, walked to the front of the guardrail, and looked down at the civil and military ministers in the audience.

Zhu Zhanji sat on the dragon chair and said in a deep voice to the audience: "As the grandson of the prison country alone, he has the great responsibility of the society, so he broke away from the mourning dress system and only served the mourning for 49 days with the law of the Ming Dynasty. As the younger brother of Lone, Zhan Jun is young, newly married Yan'er, and has the incompetent eldest brother of Lone, so he should not be responsible. ”

Zhu Zhanjun and Zhu Zhanyong, their younger brothers, were married in the autumn of the eighteenth year of Yongle, and they got married after the autumn. As the third generation of the royal family, Zhu Di did not speak, nor could he be knighted, they could still only live in the palace as idlers.

Half a year after they got married, Zhu Gaochi died, and they couldn't have sex with their wives. This is very difficult for young people to bear.

Zhu Zhanji said: "Zhan Jun's matter is not a state affair, and it should be punished according to patriarchal rules, and this matter will be proposed again in the future." ”

There was a sound of inhalation in the venue, and now all the ministers are a little unclear about Zhu Zhanji's attitude, Zhu Zhanji will not let him mention it again, but the lid has been lifted on this matter, how to calm it down?

Everyone looked at Zhu Di, who was standing next to the railing, staring at him, and no one dared to talk casually, wanting to see what Zhu Di's attitude was.

Zhu Di was not very satisfied with Zhu Zhanji's treatment, but he also knew that Zhu Zhanji was embarrassed, and he couldn't reprimand all the ministers who were facing him at once.

He waved his sleeves, leaned next to the brass pipe of the megaphone, and said loudly: "I dominate the four seas and exalt the eight wildernesses, how can I fight with my grandson because of the matter of flies and dogs!" I know what you're worried about, and I know what you're trying to do! I only have one thing I want to say today: On the occasion of autumn and winter, looking for an auspicious day of the zodiac, I want to be a Zen grandson! ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and even Zhu Zhanji was stunned.

On the rostrum, there was a vacant space in front of him, and all of them had already come out of the queue and knelt down on the rostrum.