After Zhu Di, the greatest wish of the Ming civil officials was that the king would rule by hanging the arch. What is the rule of the vertical arch, simply put, the king is best to be a clay sculpture of the Bodhisattva, first of all, the purpose of his existence, is to tell others that this is the world of the Ming Dynasty, and then it is not to make a sound, let the civil officials to manage the world.

Not only Donglin people, in fact, the Chu Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Qi Party all mean this. However, Donglin has always been powerful, and the other parties want to unite all the forces that can be united to deal with Donglin, so it is too late to participate in the action of limiting the emperor's power.

Everybody has always thought this way, and that's what they do. But there are some things that can really be done, but not said. Now that Bi Maokang said this, if the emperor or the people around the emperor were carefully touched, it might be a catastrophe.

So Ye Xianggao was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he had always used a gentleman to be gentle as jade on weekdays, and he directly called out the names of Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua, just wanting to get Bi Maokang away as soon as possible, and not let the emperor associate more.

At this time, Bi Maokang had already figured out the rudeness in his words after Ye Xianggao's reprimand. He said expectantly: "Your Majesty, the minister means that Your Majesty is a genius, if it is used to guide the research of the Ordnance Bureau, the technological progress of my Ming Dynasty will be jaw-dropping." ”

Zhu Youxiao stopped Sun Yuanhua's move to help Bi Maokang out, and said with a smile: "Master Ye doesn't need to be angry, I understand what Bi Qing means, in fact, I think this proposal is very good, I can be stationed in the Ordnance Bureau." ”

Ye Xianggao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, don't take Bi Maokang's ridiculous words to heart. All the affairs of the imperial court need to be adjudicated by His Majesty, and the ministers dare not be self-dictated. ”

Ye Xianggao actually said that there was nothing wrong with this, all the major affairs of the current imperial court are decided by the emperor himself, of course, he will first ask the opinions of the cabinet and the six ministries. Because of the step of inquiry, the ministers actually like the current way. At least the emperor's decisions were made based on their opinions, and he did not act arbitrarily.

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "I understand. In this way, in the future, the cabinet and the six ministries will make their own decisions on the small matters in various places, and they will be reported to the celebrant afterwards to show me. Military affairs should be discussed by everyone. The day of the sun in the seven days is the time for us to discuss, and urgent matters are discussed separately. ”

The concept of the week came to China with the missionaries, but the Chinese gave them another name, like the sun day being Sunday.

Originally, this was how major matters in the imperial court were usually decided, but Zhu Youxiao made it clear that he didn't care about small matters, which was tantamount to delegating some power to the cabinet and the six ministries. However, if it is reported to the celebrant for filing afterwards, it is the emperor who retains the right to supervise and reconsider.

Fang Congzhe stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Bi Maokang is talking nonsense, and he has lost the dignity of a minister, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at him deeply and said, "Forget it, it's just a trivial matter, don't make a fuss." Then a fine of three months. ”

Bi Maokang hurriedly stepped forward to thank him. At this time, he was a little afraid, and quietly wiped the sweat from his face after stepping back.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Passing the decree, Bi Maokang, Sun Yuanhua, and Mao Yuanyi have made meritorious contributions in the development of artillery shells, and each will be rewarded with 50 pieces of silk and 1,000 silver coins. ”

Sun Yuanhua took everyone from the Weapons Bureau to kneel down and thank the emperor for his reward. Everyone was overjoyed, especially the ordinary craftsmen below, who worked hard and were naturally grateful to be rewarded by the emperor.

Colonel Zhu You also said: "The Ordnance Bureau will transport the new artillery shells to Liaodong after they are manufactured, and hand them over to the Guards for use and testing, so as to prepare for continuous improvement. From tomorrow onwards, I will come to the Ordnance Bureau to study with the secretaries whenever I have time, except for the Great Pilgrimage every month. ”

Fang Congzhe and Ye Xianggao were originally overjoyed when they heard that the emperor had promised to delegate power, but when they heard that everyone was seeing the emperor in the Weapons Bureau, they didn't even need to kneel and salute, so they immediately quit.

Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, the foundation of the country of the rites, if you change it without authorization, I am afraid that the country will not be a country." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "I didn't say that I should not be polite, I just changed the etiquette." Just like in the past, when we met in the court, everyone stood and went to the court, and then we changed to sit and go to the court, there is no problem, we are still a country of etiquette. In the past, the army used to bow down, but later I ordered that even if I saw me, there was no need to bow down, and the loyalty of the generals in the army to me did not decrease by half a point. I was instructed in the Arms Bureau, and if everyone saw me and bowed, then they wouldn't have to do anything else. Things have to change, and the specific situation must be analyzed in detail, and stubbornness is the biggest problem that hinders our progress. ”

Xu Guangqi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty's words have reached the core of the ceremony, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty and Daming." ”

Everyone had no choice but to say together: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Daming!" ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Okay, this matter is over, tomorrow the cabinet ministers and the six ministers and nine secretaries will be promoted in Yuntai, and the cabinet will enter the new people." ”

The next day, the cabinet and the six Shangshu, the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Political Secretary, and the Dali Temple Secretary gathered in Yuntai to promote the new cabinet members. This is commonly referred to as the Great Jiuqing, Taichang Siqing, Taifu Siqing, Guanglu Siqing, Zhan Shi, Hanlin Bachelor, Honglu Siqing, Guozi Priest Wine, Yuanma Siqing, Shangbao Siqing is called Xiao Jiuqing, and only Dajiuqing participates in the court push.

After everyone was seated, Fang Congzhe got up and saluted Zhu Youxiao first, and then turned around and said: "Your Majesty has a decree, this is the last Jiuqing court push, and the future court push will be expanded to Xiao Jiuqing, or even more officials." The first and second assistants of the cabinet are dying of old age and need to be re-added to the cabinet. ”

"The old man first elected the head of the household department Bi Ziyan, and since he took office, he has done very successfully in both banking and taxation. Ask others to nominate someone else. ”

Xu Guangqi stepped forward and said: "The minister elected Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, and during his tenure, he solved the food problem in Shaanxi, reformed the Shaanxi guard, made the food self-sufficient, repelled the Mengyuan cavalry, and trained the Qin army into a combatable soldier. ”

Ye Xianggao said: "The minister elected Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the military department, and during his tenure as the secretary of the military department, he deployed troops and turned military supplies, so that the guards won one victory after another in Liaodong, and changed the situation that our army was passively beaten. ”

The rest of the ministers did not speak, and three to five officials could be elected at a time, but the other ministers knew that the emperor had always been optimistic about Bi Ziyan, and Sun Chuanting had returned to the capital from Shaanxi, and the new governor Hong Chengchou had also taken office. The emperor's tendencies are not known, so why should he choose a candidate who knows that the emperor will not agree, so as to make the emperor unhappy and the cabinet resentful of himself?