Chapter 883 Passing Years (Medium)

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On the surface, the implementation of "Chen Wushishu" is to calm people's minds and prove to the high-ranking party members all over the government and the opposition that the Shen cabinet will still follow the line of the previous first assistant. Therefore, there will be no large-scale personnel changes, and everyone can continue to serve as officials with peace of mind.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye has found that the process of implementing "Chen Wushishu" is the process of expanding and legitimizing the power of the cabinet. Because the five articles mentioned in "Chen Wushi Shu" - 'the imperial gate listens to the government, sets up cases and chapters, everything must be played face to face, things are done according to the rules, and the chapters cannot be left behind', which seems to be a detailed guide for the emperor to practice government affairs. But in reality, it is a political platform that demands power.

Nowadays, the so-called 'entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister', that is, after an official becomes a cabinet scholar, the government and the opposition regard him as the prime minister. Not only did the common people and officials think so, but even the emperor openly said in his edict, 'You are called a minister, but you are actually a prime minister...... But none of this changes the fact that they are not really prime ministers.

Because there is no prime minister in this dynasty, although the cabinet scholars act as prime ministers, from the institutional point of view, this practice is really ambiguous...... In fact, the scholar itself only has five grades, and he was originally a minister of literary attendants, and his duty was to write edicts for the emperor and polish the words and sentences of the imperial approval documents, and to put it bluntly, he was the emperor's confidential secretary. Although the power of the cabinet has increased due to the need to handle political affairs, and the position of university scholar has become more and more in line with the prime minister of the previous dynasty, but it has always been? The law is real, right? The embarrassment of the name - they are actually approving the emperor's answer, issuing an edict in the name of the emperor, and they are different from the eunuchs of the celebrant eunuch, right? Two.

The power comes from the emperor, which means that the emperor can remove you at any time and cut off your power.

Now that the emperor is less than ten years old, he is silent and suddenly deposed, but because of this, if he issues an edict in the name of the emperor, he will inevitably be questioned by the government and the opposition - is this the emperor's intention, or is it your Shen Ge Lao's idea?

is still the same sentence, if the name is not right, the word will not be good, and if the word is not good, the thing will not be done. Legitimizing the power at hand first, and then exercising it justifiably, this is the king's way. The most favorable condition is that Gao Gong has already completed the most difficult part of this matter that is destined to find infamy-a month ago, he approved the Red Chengxian in the name of the emperor and published it in the palace newspaper. Silence only needs to be carried out under the banner of high arches.

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The first is to implement the 'Imperial Gate to listen to the government', in view of the fact that the emperor is in the age of growing up and learning knowledge, he only goes to the court twice a month in Shuo and Wang, and does not have to worry about weekday government affairs, only when a major event occurs, the emperor will convene the cabinet and ministers to solve it together; If there is no major event, then please let the Queen Mother and the Emperor rest in peace and wait for the Emperor to grow up.

Then there is the 'case review seal', which stipulates that the chamberlain will set up the imperial case every day, put the latest received medal, and then go out, and when the imperial review is completed, the cabinet will be issued a draft ticket. After the cabinet vote is drafted, it will be presented again, and the emperor thinks that there is no problem, and he can approve the red issue. This was to allow the emperor to practice the form of government, and more importantly, to show the people of the world that all wills were made by the Holy Judge.

The third is 'everything must be done', which has the same intention as the second.

The focus is on the fourth and fifth articles, 'according to the rules and the chapters cannot be left behind', these two provisions stipulate that the emperor's approval of the red must be subject to the vote, if the vote is not in harmony with the holy will, it can be redrafted. If there is a case of internal approval without a vote, please allow the Cabinet Secretary to make it clear before it can be implemented. And the emperor can't withhold the chapter and not send it, if there is one who has not sent it, let the original person still have the original begging will. For this reason, it is ordered that when the secretary enters the seal, he should send the number of the chapters of the day to the six sections for preparation, and if there are any unattended, the ministers will discuss and understand.

These last two are actually very eye-catching, originally even if they had been submitted for approval in the era of high arches, and now they are implemented, they will cause an uproar*. However, because Feng Bao was emasculated before, he almost dismissed the first assistant, so that the government and the opposition, right? Not shocked. Therefore, these two decrees are regarded as a painful lesson from the Feng Bao incident and set up to prevent the celebrant from making trouble again.

Shen Mo took advantage of the wave of condemnation of the eunuchs' interference in politics, and took the authority of the celebrant into the cabinet, and when the tide receded, people calmed down, and could only accept it with a wry smile...... After all, the emperor is so small, and it is better to have power in the cabinet than in the hands of a dead eunuch.

At this point, the highest administrative body of the empire has finally completed the transfer of power, and the cabinet has monopolized power, right? The celebrant is restrained...... At least before the emperor was diligent in his administration, Wenyuan Pavilion, located in the southeast corner of the imperial city, became the real core of power in the Ming Dynasty.

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After the implementation of "Chen Wushishu", another matter is urgent. That is the power gap left by the high arch, which needs to be filled immediately.

First of all, in addition to the first assistant, Gao Gong also served as the secretary of the ministry. Now that there is a vacancy in the heavenly officials, after the court pushes, Yang Bo, the most promising minister in the court, took over this position.

At this time, Gao Yi, a long-ill bachelor, passed away, and Zhang Juzheng was sick and retired, leaving only Shen Mo and Zhang Siwei in the cabinet. The addition of university scholars is urgent, after the court push, the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials Wei Xuezeng, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites Zhu Dashou, and the right capital Yushi Lu Shusheng entered the cabinet.

Gao Yi also vacated the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and was succeeded by Sun Ling, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing.

In this series of personnel changes, Shen Mo has always adhered to the principle of court push, and has not interfered in the determination of candidates, and clearly stipulates through the holy decree that in the future, all the appointment of officials of the fourth grade must be presided over by the secretary of the ministry, and the officials above the third rank must be appointed by the cabinet ministers and the head of the ministry. Effect.

This is the conventional rule, and silence is only in the form of a holy decree, which is decreed and determined. Moreover, the silence highlighted the functions and powers of the minister's secretary, and did not make the cabinet dominant, but implemented the dualistic system of the central organ, that is, the separation of powers and checks and balances between the heavenly officials and the first assistant, which made Yang Bo very satisfied, and also blocked the mouths of the people who said that he wanted to be the best.

In terms of candidates for the cabinet, in addition to Zhu Dashou, Wei Xuezeng and Lu Shusheng are not silent cronies, which makes people see the public heart of Lord Shoufu. However, in fact, Wei Xuezeng was known as a cannon, and Lu Shusheng was the Huiyuan of Jiajing for 20 years, both of whom were well-known moral people, and the two had a common characteristic, that is, there was no private party, and they would not form a party.

A month later, Shangshu Ma of the Criminal Department was self-reliant, and was succeeded by Sun Yan, the left attendant of the headquarters. In addition to the others, Zhu Heng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Ge Shouli, the imperial historian of Zuodu, remained in office. At this point, the cabinet, the six ministries, and the senior officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were decided, and Shen Mo duly implemented his 'theory of rewarding justice with punishment', stipulating that all major matters of the imperial court, such as military affairs and the formulation of national policies, must be discussed by the court, right? If the result of the legal discussion is reached, the decision will be made by voting. Like the court push, the court has its own opinions. As for the voting decision, this is not a new thing, when the 'tribute and peace', Gao Gong played this hand, and it was implemented very smoothly at that time, and now it is silently fixed, and naturally there is not much resistance.

At first, the hundred officials were worried that Shen Mo would return the power in the hands of the celebrant to the cabinet, would it be launched? The ** of the ancients, no matter how virtuous and respected he Shen Ge is, the officials will not cooperate with him. However, Shen Mo separated the most important personnel power and legislative and executive power from the cabinet again and handed it over to the ministers and ministers to make joint decisions, which is very different from the ** person like Gao Gong, but gives people the feeling of being honest and brainstorming, which is an important reason why he is rarely criticized.

However, only those who are most familiar with the government will understand that Shen Mo still holds the power to say everything, because among the six departments, Shen Mo's fellow cronies occupy the three Shangshu of soldiers, punishments, and rites, as well as seven of the twelve attendants. Right? Whether it is a court push or a court discussion, there is an advantage of more than half of the people, right? As for what he wants to do, no one can object.

But after all, this makes everyone see hope, and it is no longer a hall of words like Yan Song and Gao Gong - as long as you are qualified enough to participate in the court push, you can participate in the decision-making of national affairs, so that you can ensure your own interests at the lowest and determine the direction of the country at the highest, so why not be satisfied?

After all, before, everyone was ready to be the first assistant, but now Shen Mo shares the power with everyone, although he still accounts for the majority, but everyone regards it as a matter of course, at least at this stage, they are very satisfied and satisfied.

This is to appease high-ranking officials, and for middle- and lower-level officials, the prime minister's energy is mainly focused on solving the problems of the life of Beijing officials......

In October of the sixth year of Longqing, a minister wrote a letter to say that the head of the six products of the Ministry of Rites was because of the poverty of the family, and his mother died, right? Fa Fa mourning. For this reason, Shen Mo asked Yousi to investigate the living conditions of officials in Beijing, and the results were surprising - the salaries of Liupin Beijing officials were not as good as those who did rough work in Beijing. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is still implementing the salary standard formulated by Emperor Taizu two hundred years ago. In the past two hundred years, prices have doubled several times, especially in recent years, all kinds of prices have risen repeatedly, and the salaries of officials are even more meagre - or take the largest number of six-grade officials as an example, taking out all the monthly salaries to buy rice, just enough for a family of five to make ends meet, but what kind of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea does not cost money? And so many people are sophisticated?

Shen Mo said in a letter to the emperor that the salary is too low, so that those who have power and power, right? If you don't eat and take a card, you can't say so, right? Law to support the family also. However, most officials do not have the opportunity to bend the law for bribes, and their lives are extremely shabby, and they even have their wives and children working to supplement their families. This has created a strange phenomenon, only those who dare to do the mafia can live a good life, and the more honest and self-disciplined, the more they will be cleared of suffering. So make corruption and bribery the right way, and make honesty and self-discipline, right? Yes. In the long run, the atmosphere will be bad, and the people will also suffer greatly where it spreads.

After the emperor saw it, he thought so deeply that he ordered the cabinet to preside over the court to discuss the increase in the officials. After a heated debate, the plan to increase the amount directly was rejected because it was against the ancestral system. Instead, it is subsidized in the form of 'post allowance' for the living of officials, which is paid every year on six festivals: New Year's Day, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang Festival, and Qianyuan Festival. Moreover, this money was not spent from the taxes of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, but was distributed by the income of the imperial court in Annam and Luzon...... This money was originally given to Emperor Longqing, but now the emperor is still young and doesn't need it, so he will first relieve his ministers.

For this kind of kindness to others, and to earn a good reputation, the ministers are naturally right? was not allowed, so from the beginning of the Double Ninth Festival this year, the officials in Beijing enjoyed a higher allowance than the Yulu - the largest increase in income was the six branches and the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in addition to the same job allowance as their colleagues, they also enjoyed the so-called 'clean government allowance', the mess added up, and the salary received by a seven-rank official in the matter has been the same as that of the third-grade official. At least that's guaranteed, right? If you need any help, you can have food and clothing, right? Worry, the whole family can live a more decent life.

Regarding this salary increase, Shen Mo's statement to the outside world is naturally 'high salary and honesty', and he also reiterated that corruption will not be tolerated from now on...... But from 500 years later, Lord Shoufu knows very well that people's greed is an inch, and without strict supervision, no matter how high the salary is, he can't maintain a clean government, so he doesn't have much hope for this.

He has only one purpose, to put it bluntly, it is to invite people's hearts

As a chief assistant who has served in both military and political areas for many years and has more than 500 years of experience than ordinary people, Shen Mo has a clear understanding of how to promote this huge empire - whether a policy can be implemented, and whether it will succeed or fail after implementation, depends on whether it can be supported by the majority of civilian officials, otherwise no matter how perfect it is in theory, it is still just a castle in the air.

There are two capitals and thirteen provinces in the country, with a population of nearly 200 million, and millions of gentry and eunuchs, but only 20,000 officials. For the 200 million Li people, their strength is naturally the greatest, and if they want to overthrow a dynasty, they are indispensable. But the peasants' demands were the lowest, they didn't care who was the emperor or what the situation was, as long as they had something to eat and could live, they would not rise up in rebellion, let alone support any changes. So when they can live, they are governed, they don't read, they don't understand reason, they don't have a common language with the rulers, and they cooperate, right? Start with talking.

Cooperation with the gentry from all over the country will not receive great results, because their distribution area is too wide and the local interests are different, doomed, right? Law coordination.

The only thing left to do is to cooperate with all civil servants, and the benefits are obvious. First of all, they are the ruling class of the country, and without their consent, nothing can be done. Moreover, as a group of people who receive the same education and the same background, as long as they are silent and do not show a tendency to **, and do not infringe on their interests, they will identify with him and support him; Clause... It is also very important that the number of people in this class is the smallest, whether it is easy to buy 200 million people, millions of people, or 20,000 people, this account is easy to calculate.

Therefore, Shen Mo saw that the key to all problems lies in the mutual cooperation of all civil officials, relying on each other, so as to unite sincerely and unite as one.

There is a way that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, in the end they want to win the hearts of those people, this is not understood, everything is foolish-

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Today's waist is strong again, I really can't stand it, rest early, and send a chapter.

Chapter 883 Passing Years (Medium)