Since the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters, the affairs managed by the military department have become more and more inclined to the building of the military system and the management of retired officers and men. Not only has the power and status of the military department been greatly reduced compared with before, but the tedious chores have increased considerably.

Tang Shiji, who was the right attendant of the military department around him, was busy until the afternoon before leaving the yamen of the military department, even on the day of the Buddha Bathing Festival. Tang Shiji, who was sitting in the carriage, was rushing to the banquet at Wen Tiren's mansion, and he was also thinking about what kind of impact some of the decrees issued by the DPRK and China in the past few days would have on the future situation of the Ming Dynasty.

After escaping the crowds on the streets, the carriage finally turned into an alley in the west of the city. In the more than 100-meter-long alley, there are only three families in total, and this is where the mansion of Wen Tiren, the secretary of the ministry, is located.

As one of the best figures among the Ming officials, Wen Tiren's residence in the capital does not have to be purchased at his own expense, but an official residence allocated by the imperial court. Of course, those who can live next to Wen Tiren are also high-ranking officials and nobles in the DPRK, and ordinary people can't live in this alley.

After Tang Shiji's entourage knocked on the door, someone took him directly into the mansion. After the housekeeper of the Wen Mansion took him through a few courtyards, he came to a courtyard full of flowers and trees, and Tang Shiji, who walked into the courtyard, saw Wen Tiren standing on the steps to greet him, and Wen's deputy Xie Sheng.

He hurriedly took a few quick steps with his robe in hand, and bowed to the two of them at the bottom of the steps to greet them. Wen Tiren hurriedly walked down the steps, held Tang Shiji's arm and said, "Why do you want Brother Meicheng to see the outside like this, let's talk inside..."

Xie Sheng on the side also smiled and said, "Brother Tang, let's wait, I was just talking about sending someone to invite you." ”

Tang Shiji once again confessed his guilt, and said with a wry smile: "Wang Shangshu has something at home today, so please ask me to do some trivial things for him, so it's too late, and I ask the two of you to forgive your sins, forgive your sins..."

This courtyard is a place for Wen Tiren to read and recreation, although the place is not large, but the view is very outstanding. After opening the curtains, the three of them can sit in the study and enjoy the flowers in the courtyard.

However, Wen Tiren invited the two of them to come today, obviously not to drink tea and chat. Tang Shiji walked into the fine house and looked around, then said with some surprise: "I thought I was the only one who came late today, but I didn't expect Brother Qian to arrive, does he have anything important?" ”

Hearing Tang Shiji mention Qian Shisheng, Wen Tiren suddenly said a little angrily: "Qian Zhuangyuan dislikes that my tea here is light and tasteless, and he is anxious to go to the teacher to say goodbye, so he has already left first." ”

Tang Shiji was a little surprised when he heard this, and immediately looked at Xie Sheng on the side, wanting to know what was going on. After all, the relationship between the four of them was quite harmonious before, and Qian Shisheng even caught up with Hui Shiyang and Ni Yuanlu through the relationship between his teacher Qian Longxi, which made the momentum of their small group increase a lot.

Xie Sheng glanced at Wen Tiren's face, and then explained to Tang Shiji: "Previously, we supported Hui Shiyang and Ni Yuanlu to impeach Yang Suoxiu, Yang Weiyuan and several others. Brother Changqing meant that he would leave Li Kuilong for a while, and then he would see clearly the direction of His Majesty's situation on this matter.

As a result, Brother Qian insisted on striking while the iron was hot, and expelled Li Kuilong and his party from the Yushitai and the Criminal Department Procuratorate. Everyone argued a few words about it, and the result was a happy part. ”

Wen Tiren, who was listening silently, couldn't help but "hum" at this time and said: "Qian Zhi is so careful, it's just that he has fallen in love with Li Kuilong's position." Today's inaugural officials pay first attention to their actual achievements, and then look at their age. Or if he has no qualifications but no actual achievements, if he can't take another step this year, he can only retire in his current position.

Looking around at the position of the Nine Emperors of the Imperial Court, what he can barely do is the prefect of the Yushitai. No wonder he was in such a hurry and thought about letting us go into the water with him. But who is there today? If we are not careful, we will have to accompany Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan to return to their hometowns together. Is such a thing to be forced..."

Tang Shiji's heart couldn't help but move, thinking about Wen Tiren and asking, "Listening to the meaning of Brother Changqing's words, Your Majesty seems to have made another move?" ”

Wen Tiren's throat moved, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and finally did not answer this question directly, but looked at Xie Sheng, the deputy beside him, and motioned for him to answer this question.

Xie Sheng was a little helpless, but he still lightly said in his throat: "Anyway, tomorrow this official position adjustment plan will be discussed by the State Council, and it doesn't hurt for Brother Tang to understand a thing or two first."

Because of the matter of Eryang, His Majesty believes that the functions of the Yushitai, the procuratorate, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption are similar, but there are too many Shenke in the Yushitai, not only is the efficiency far inferior to the other two newly established yamen, but there are also too many drawbacks inside. Therefore, it was decided to completely abolish the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Six Divisions, which had become empty shells.

Officials from the Imperial Historical Observatory were assigned to the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Independent Commission Against Corruption to strengthen the work of these two yamen. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has also been upgraded to the Ministry of Home Affairs, which will continue to be in charge of anti-corruption work in various ministries, and will also manage police, RTL and immigration and colonization affairs.

As for the work that was originally placed in the six ministries, it was reassigned to the newly established State Audit Bureau, and its main task was to examine and approve the budgets and year-end accounts of various departments.

In addition, the post of local inspector will be abolished within the year. Its powers will be divided between the newly established Regional Circuit Courts, the Provincial Independent Prosecutor and the Provincial Ombudsman under the Ministry of the Interior...

As for personnel changes, Ni Yuanlu was transferred to the National Bureau of Statistics, Huang Daozhou was transferred to the State Audit Bureau, Han Yiliang was appointed Minister of the Interior, Li Kuilong was appointed Chief Procurator of the Procuratorate of the Criminal Department, Song Yingsheng was transferred to the Governor of Zhili, and Ma Shiying was transferred to the Mayor of Shanghai..."

Tang Shiji was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Why was Zhu Hengyue removed from the post of governor of Zhili?" ”

Wen Tiren sighed and said: "Brother Hengyue's health has been poor since the beginning of winter last year, and he has told His Majesty many times that he wants to return to his hometown to spend his old age in peace. Your Majesty has already approved it. ”

Tang Shiji was silent for a while and said: "Your Majesty's trick is really good, Ni Yuanlu was transferred out of the Criminal Department, even if Er Yang was driven out of the court, those descendants cultivated by Master Yuan may not be easy for Hui Shangshu to command." In this way, the Criminal Department still has the advantage of Li Kuilong and Tian Ergeng.

Although Huang Daozhou is also a protégé of Yuan Lao, returning to the DPRK at this time will not bring us much help except for taking away Ni Yuanlu's influence in the Yuan party. Moreover, he has been away for too long and knows nothing about the situation in the DPRK and China, and I am worried that he may not fall to our side when he returns.

The governor of Zhili controlled the key points of Gyeonggi, and Song Yingsheng was promoted from a person to such an important position in a few years, so he was naturally loyal to His Majesty. After this transfer, His Majesty's control in Hebei can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai.

At this time, Qian Zhizhi wants us to unite with Hui Shiyang and Ni Yuanlu to eliminate Li Kuilong's party in the Criminal Department, I'm afraid it will be difficult..."

Tang Shiji's analysis, in fact, the three people present knew very well in their hearts, especially Wen Tiren himself, who knew better what the emperor was thinking when he announced these personnel appointments and dismissals.

has come to his current position, Wen Tiren said that he has no further **, I'm afraid he can't even deceive himself. But in order to cross this last step, he found out how far he was from the prime minister.

He didn't think it when he didn't serve as the secretary of the ministry, but after he took up this position, he realized that Chongzhen's reform of the official system in the past few years since he ascended the throne was actually no less than the strength of Taizu's re-determination of the official system at the beginning of the country.

Although in this reform, many unspoken rules of officialdom have been realized, such as the cabinet's constraints on the six ministries, and the leadership power of the first assistant to the cabinet. However, in the course of the reform, some unspoken rules of power were also taken advantage of the opportunity to be eliminated. The restraining power of the Ministry of Officials over the Cabinet, the restraining power of the Ministry of Household over the Six Ministries, and the independence of the judiciary and the army also strengthened the emperor's control over the entire country.

It is precisely because of this that the fierce party struggle in the Apocalypse Dynasty is difficult to happen today. Because it is now difficult for the bigwigs of the various factions in the DPRK and China to develop their own power across departments, except for the Scientific Progressive Party and the Donglin Party, other political groups have increasingly integrated with the interests of a certain department. The motivation to compete for the interests of the sector is far more realistic than the previous struggle for power for political groups.

Being able to unite with Yuan Dang in the Criminal Department through Qian Shisheng certainly made Wen Tiren quite moved. But it doesn't mean that he is willing to take his current position to gamble with Qian Shisheng to see if His Majesty is willing to give up Li Kuilong's party. won, the biggest gains are the Yuan Party and the former Donglin Party; lost, but it was he who lost the most.

Therefore, Wen Tiren finally rejected Qian Shisheng strongly, and was ready to follow in the footsteps of the emperor. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't help but say to Tang Shiji: "Mei Cheng, are you willing to be transferred to the Procuratorate of the Criminal Department to serve as the deputy chief prosecutor?" Today's military department has no great future, but the procuratorate of the criminal department has a great future in the future, and we can't help but have no one to take care of it..."

Just when these ministers outside the palace were contacting and talking secretly, Zhu Youzhen took his family to Changchun Garden outside the city very leisurely. Cui Chengxiu, Feng Quan, Sun Zhiqi and other close ministers also accompanied him out of the city to have fun, and it was the first time Chongzhen had made such a big show in the past few years.

Although I came here today for a tour, after taking a cruise ship and watching the scenery for a while, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but call Sun Zhiqi over and said to him: "I am very dissatisfied with the editorials published in the Daming Times in the past two days, do you know what I said?" ”

Sun Zhiqi's thinking was very quick, and he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, can you say that there is an article about our dynasty's defeat of Batavia and the pacification of the internal strife of Yarkand Khan?" ”

Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, leaned on the railing and nodded: "Exactly, it wasn't that I defeated Batavia alone, and we didn't attack Batavia for the sake of spices."

Even if it is, it can't be written so bluntly. Otherwise, what will be the authority of ASEAN in the future? Where is the benevolence of my great ming?

After you go back, find someone to write a few articles, first publish the incident of the local natives being oppressed by the Dutch, and then these natives petition the ASEAN for help, Daming and the members of the ASEAN Association warned the Dutch in the spirit of humanitarianism, but the Dutch refused unreasonably, and this led to the war between the ASEAN and Batavia.

It is necessary to write more about the brave deeds of the British and Spaniards in the war, and fully report their role in this war. As for the performance of the Ming army, it can be written less..."

Sun Zhiqi was suddenly a little puzzled, and he asked cautiously: "But Your Majesty, why do you want to exaggerate the military exploits of those Westerners, will this make my country's soldiers chill?" ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at him and said, "Do you think this war is over?" No, our war with the Dutch has only just begun, so we can't let the Dutch focus on the Ming Dynasty. The newspaper where you publish the article, I will have people send it to the Netherlands, so you have to find someone to write it well.

In addition, it is good to pass the article on quelling the civil strife of Yarkand Khan. The Daming Times should publish more information on the relationship between the Western Regions and China. Let the people know that once upon a time it was our land, and not tell them where it was in the Yarkand Khanate..."