After the assembly was dispersed, the emperor took Zhu Ciran to the imperial study, and the palace maid closed the door after serving tea. Zhu Youxiao said: "The intelligence agency is not the army, and it only has the power of investigation, not the power of trial, but of course you understand its importance." ”

Zhu Ciran said: "Father, the emperor, the sons feel that these institutions are not under the jurisdiction of the cabinet, and are only responsible to the emperor alone. ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Yes, it may cause trouble." But because of their limited authority, such troubles are actually not a big problem. If these institutions were to be abolished altogether, it would be a real problem. ”

Zhu Ciran said: "Erchen actually doesn't really understand, what's the trouble with abolishing these institutions, Erchen has asked his father many times over the years, but his father has never said it, Erchen is stupid and doesn't understand what the reason is." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Yes, you have always been very smart, you have asked me a few times, I have never answered you, but today I want to talk to you well, so that you can understand why." ”

Zhu Ciran felt a burst of excitement in his heart, and the questions he had asked for many years could finally be answered, and he sat upright and looked at his father carefully.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Why am I the emperor, because my ancestors many generations ago defeated Meng Yuan and restored the land of China, then I have the right to rule this world." Is this reasonable? This makes sense. Is it reasonable that the emperor has all the powers? Irrationality. ”

"It's like you're worried that future generations will be unwise and cause these intelligence agencies to get out of control. The emperor is virtuous and foolish, and if he meets a good emperor, the country will be safe and the people will be stable. But when encountering a chaotic emperor, it will lead to the people's misery, and it is possible to lose the right to rule. Obviously, this kind of luck is not going to work, so I handed over the power to the cabinet, and used the court and the parliament to perform their respective duties, but they checked each other. ”

Zhu Ciran said: "When my son was studying in England, he heard similar theories, but what his father implemented was more complete and effective than what they said. ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Power is the most fascinating thing, and ordinary people can't resist its temptation." So they will find ways to grab more power, which we would have allowed, but if they use it for their own personal gain, it is obviously not something we can tolerate. We have the police and the courts to deal with them, but sometimes it's not enough. Because the court pays attention to evidence, sometimes there are many things, we know who did it, and even he admits to you that he did it, but without evidence, we have no way to bring him to justice, and then the intelligence agencies can work. ”

Zhu Ciran said: "Does my father mean that our intelligence agency can help us find evidence of their crimes?" Isn't it enough for us to strengthen the police? ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Yes, the intelligence agencies can find evidence for us, because they are different from the police, one is that they are directly responsible for you, and they are not as easy to be bribed as the police." Second, they can use some illegal means when investigating, and it is easier for them to find evidence. And even without evidence, they have specialized violent apparatus that can execute these people with violence. ”

Zhu Ciran exclaimed: "Isn't this more dangerous? They can act outside the law, they have no one to restrain them. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "The emperor restricts them." The emperor could decide whether or not to execute the people they reported. However, they also stipulated that within a year, the emperor could execute ten people, and they had to report it, and there was no evidence but the various agencies were convinced of the facts of their crimes. Therefore, these institutions have their own necessity for existence. ”

Zhu Ciran breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Ten people a year, this really won't cause too much trouble." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "The Military Survey and Statistics Bureau has the greatest power, mainly responsible for overseas territories, in these places, the law is not sound enough, the construction of the court is lagging behind, and it is similar to other countries, things are complicated, and some things cannot be done according to domestic methods, so the existence of the Military Survey and Statistics Bureau ensures the rule of the Ming Dynasty." The head of the Investigation Bureau is submitted by the cabinet to three candidates, and you choose one of them, you must pay attention to the fact that you must choose someone who is close to the royal family, which was proposed by the former director Dai, and the overseas situation is complicated, so the royal family is the first selection criterion. ”

"These institutions are funded by the royal family, so first of all, they are guaranteed to be loyal to the royal family and not to other powers. You have to make sure that they have enough money, they are running around outside, their lives are in danger at any time, a high salary is a must, don't be stingy on this. ”

Zhu Ciran said: "Father, the son has a saying, I don't know whether to say it or not. ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at this son with great ideas, and said with a smile: "If you have anything, you can say it, since I am in you, of course you can ask me anything." ”

Zhu Ciran hesitated for a while and said: "Erchen thinks that if there is no emperor in this world, there is actually no problem. Didn't my father once say that the world is not the world of one person, but the world of the people. ”

Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, this son seemed to be thinking farther than himself, he thought for a while, and then asked: "There is no emperor, there must be a leader in this big tomorrow, who will be the leader?" ”

Zhu Ciran obviously thought about this question, and immediately replied: "It is elected by the whole world, and the time for which he can be in power is limited, such as stipulating that he will serve one term of six years and a maximum of two terms like the first assistant of the cabinet, then wouldn't it be okay to let the first assistant of the cabinet be the head?" ”

"Your idea is actually reasonable, but it does not correspond to the actual situation in our country. The Confucian doctrine of the father and son of the monarch and the minister has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, your father and I just changed the article that the monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, so he has been scolded for many years, and then after so many years, he has been constantly propagating in the textbooks of the school, and it is slightly acceptable, and the abolition of the emperor at this time will cause chaos in the world. ”

"If one day, the Ming Dynasty loses the emperor and makes the cabinet chief assistant become the representative of the country, then this position will become an emperor-like existence in everyone's eyes, and it is an emperor with real power. There will be many careerists who will start to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals for this position. ”

"Some people will question the legitimacy of the Shousuke, some will start to stir up ethnic divisions, some will want to stay in the position of the Shousuke for a long time, and some people will start to rebel. All this happened because there was one less de jure emperor, an emperor who didn't have much power. So the emperor must exist until most of the people in the country feel that the emperor is not needed. ”