"The Judicial Yuan? National Defense Academy? The ministers muttered, these two terms, they don't seem to have seen before, naturally they don't know the specific affairs of the two courts.

"The Judicial Yuan is the original Criminal Department, responsible for hearing influential cases nationwide, President Qiao Yunsheng, Vice President Tang Jishi," Zhu Youzhen stopped the ministers' discussions, "The Judicial Yuan exercises its judicial power independently, and the other two courts must not interfere, even if someone commits a crime in the Government Affairs Yuan and the National Defense Yuan, it must also be tried independently by the Judicial Yuan." ”

"......" The ministers gasped, it seems that Zhu Youzhen has cut off the back road of officials' greed for ink, the judicial yuan is independent, and if the officials commit a crime, they will not even have a person to intercede in the future.

"The subordinate organs of the Judicial Yuan are the courts of the provinces, and the provincial level will also be reformed, and the original judicial power of a province will also be reformed, and the original judicial power of a province will be independently exercised by the provincial courts, which will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the provincial political envoys, but will be directly under the leadership of the judicial yuan."

"Your Majesty, the justice of the Ming Dynasty, is completely independent of the court?"

"Yes, the judiciary is independent and is not subject to the interference of administrative officials at all levels, but in fact, officials cannot interfere either, and the personnel power and economic allocation power of the courts at all levels are only under the jurisdiction of the higher courts," Zhu Youzhen asked: "Is this considered a restriction on the Government Affairs Yuan?" ”

The ministers of the "......" looked at each other, once the judiciary became independent, not to mention ordinary officials, that is, the prime minister of the Government Council, if they committed a crime, they could only hand themselves over to the hands of the Judicial Yuan, and I don't know if the Judicial Yuan after independence is no different from Jinyiwei and the East and West Factory.

"Of course, the Judicial Yuan itself cannot override the laws of the Ming Dynasty, when they try them, they must be based on the law, the Ministry of Supervision cannot interfere, but it can supervise, and when necessary, my Jinyi Wei will also supervise the trial work of courts at all levels."

With the supervision of the Ministry of Supervision, the ministers are a little relieved, how can it be said that the Ministry of Supervision is also a member of the Government Council.

"For the Government Affairs Yuan, I still have a set of constraints, that is, the National Defense Yuan, President Li Chunye, Vice President Wang Zaijin," Zhu Youzhen paused slightly, "The National Defense Yuan is independently in charge of the country's military, and all the armies of the Ming Dynasty are directly under the control of the National Defense Yuan." ”

"Thank you for your trust, and thank you for your trust!" Li Chunye couldn't kneel down in the court, he already understood Zhu Youzhen's internal affairs design, this president of national defense is the same as the premier of the government affairs and the president of the judicial yuan, the three senior officials, the division of labor is different, and they restrain each other, and the president of the national defense court, who controls the whole team, seems to have more real power.

"Hou Qianping! I will talk about the composition of the National Defense Yuan," Zhu Youzhen raised his hand to Li Chunye and motioned for him to stand up, "In addition to controlling the armed forces of the whole country, the National Defense Yuan has three departments: the War Department, the Navy Department, and the General Staff Department. ”

"War Department, Admiralty, General Staff?" The ministers began to talk again, and they could understand the general idea from the name, but not many people knew about the General Staff.

"Zhong Aiqing, the Minister of War is Yan Mingtai, and the Minister of the Navy is Qin Yongnian, these two departments are in charge of the Army and the Navy respectively, as for the General Staff, the Minister is Cao Wenzhao," Zhu Youzhen slowly sipped his tea, "The General Staff Department formulates military discipline and training outlines for the army in peacetime, and during the war, it provides military information to the troops on the front line, ensuring the replenishment of food, grass, equipment, and reserve soldiers, etc., but cannot mobilize and directly command the army." ”

"Your Majesty, is this National Defense Yuan also not under the jurisdiction of the Government Affairs Yuan?"

"Yes, 'the three courts are separated, not subordinate to each other, each other is decentralized, and each other is mutually restrained', this is the basis of the 'three courts and ten ministries system'."

"The imperial court is so designed, then His Majesty xià ......"

"I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so I naturally want to be in charge of the entire Ming Dynasty, I am in charge of the government affairs with the Government Council, the judicial power with the Judicial Yuan, and the military power with the National Defense Yuan.

"I see!" Only then did the ministers understand that Zhu Youzhen was still above the power of Yiqiē, and it was indeed the supremacy of imperial power.

This year, my main focus is on road construction in the five northern provinces, and next year, I may be in charge of compulsory education in the five northern provinces."

Zhu Youzhen's meticulously constructed "Three Academies and Ten Ministries System" enabled the imperial court to have a complete framework, and he himself could completely liberate himself from the cumbersome government affairs, and with the identity and prestige of the emperor, he should focus on a specific matter, and promote the all-round development of the Ming Dynasty.

He also has an idea, which can only be hidden in his heart for the time being, according to this system, if there is no emperor, the imperial court can still operate normally, and in the future, the transition to not having an emperor, or the emperor not taking care of the government, is also a matter of course.

Only by truly breaking the hereditary lineage can it be possible to revive the Ming Dynasty.

"The Provincial Reform ...... Just Mentioned"

"Provincial reform, first of all, 'Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Division', Mengyuan's imprint is too deep, or replaced by 'province' concise, a total of 15 provinces in the north, central and south, plus the five provinces outside the Guan, Daming now has a total of 20 provinces, but the five provinces outside the Guanxi are now 'military management', and they are not in the reform for the time being."

Only then did the ministers remember that the Ming Dynasty was no longer the original fifteen provinces, and the five provinces outside the customs were all Zhu Youzhen's masterpieces, no wonder he had the means and prestige of reform.

"The establishment of provincial-level local administrative organs is similar to that of the central government, with a provincial governor, a court president, and a general soldier, who are respectively in charge of the administrative affairs, adjudication, and reserve armaments of a province, and they are appointed and dismissed by the personnel departments of the government affairs yuan, the judicial yuan, and the national defense yuan."

"Your Majesty, the governor of that province can't even manage the recruitment of troops in his own province?"

"I have set up this institution not only to allow officials to check each other, but also to free the provincial governor from trial and military affairs, to specialize in civil affairs, to strive to improve the living standards of the people, to assist in the development of industry and commerce in the province, and to improve the economic situation of the province," Zhu Youjian said in a relaxed tone, "The governor and below have set up ten departments according to the ten departments of the government affairs yuan, and the heads of each department are appointed and dismissed by the governor and are responsible to the governor." ”

"Your Majesty, what about Nafu County?"

"Prefectures and counties should set up corresponding institutions in accordance with the provinces, but the county level can set up fewer institutions that the county does not need for the time being according to the actual situation of the county."

Everyone was silent, except for the officials who had already been appointed, everyone else must have changed their positions, or even made a decision, but no one could control their own destiny.

Zhu Youzhen continued to govern: "In addition, I plan to abolish the two direct subordinates of the north and the south, abolish the six departments of Nanjing, and turn the two direct subordinates into ordinary provinces. ”

"Your Majesty, the status of the north and south in the Ming Dynasty is too important, you must be careful."

"I will naturally attach importance to the two capitals -- I also plan to build a cement road between the north and south of the two capitals to strengthen the connection between the two capitals and facilitate the exchange of personnel and materials between the two capitals."

"Your Majesty, how can this north and south be revoked?" The ministers were not very interested in the construction of roads, but they were interested in whether they could benefit themselves in the process of abolishing the two direct subordinates.

"Abolish Nanzhili, re-establish Jiangnan Province, abolish Yingtianfu, and re-establish Nanjing Fu, which is the capital of Jiangnan Province."

"What about Beizhili?" The ministers found that the abolition of Nanzhili had little to do with them.

"Abolish the Northern Zhili, re-establish Hebei Province, abolish the Shuntian Mansion, and establish the Beijing Mansion, which is still the capital of the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, the capital of Beizhili, but it's still Beijing?"

Zhu Youzhen suddenly remembered that the population of Hebei Province is too concentrated, out of a population of 10 million, Beijing alone exceeds one million, and the more the population, the more crowded the city will be, and moreover, Beijing is too prosperous, which is not conducive to the development of other areas in Hebei Province. ”

"Your Majesty, Tianjin is too desolate at the moment, but a few military camps, to be the capital of Hebei Province, absolutely not."

"Aiqing don't worry, although Tianjin is desolate now, but as the capital of Hebei Province, it will inevitably be built on a large scale, and I will also move all the factories in Beijing to Tianjin, at that time, Tianjin's population and commerce will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes, and the imperial court now encourages shipping, and Tianjin has Dagu Wharf, which will also promote the development of Tianjin."

"Dagu Wharf?" Most of the courtiers had never been to Tianjin, let alone knew where Dagu was.

Zhu Youzhen put out the map, "The future Tianjin Prefecture, from north to south, is Jixian County, Baodi County, Wuqing County, Jinghai County, in the southeast of Tianjin Prefecture, is Dagu Wharf, and Dagu County is set up near the wharf. ”

The ministers still didn't understand, "Your Majesty, Beijing is already very prosperous, why should you move the capital of Hebei to the desolate Tianjin?" ”

"It is precisely because Beijing is too prosperous, overpopulated, and congested in traffic that I thought of moving the capital of Hebei to Tianjin, and in the future, Beijing must not develop industry, as the national capital, Beijing should be the administrative, transportation, cultural, and commercial center of the country, it can no longer bear too much industry, and my factories will also be moved to Tianjin."

The emperor himself set an example, and the ministers would no longer have nothing to do, and besides, whether to move the factory or not had nothing to do with them directly.

"What is the purpose of such reforms? Let the ministers understand His Majesty's intentions, and serve the new policy in the future. "The ministers feel that although Zhu Youzhen's actions are big, this political reform does not seem to have much to do with them, and the direction is not clear.

"That's a good question, I was going to tell you," Zhu Youzhen coughed twice, "My political reform this time is mainly to prevent hundreds of officials from being greedy for ink, although all of you Aiqing have signed their names on the clean government documents, but the officials who do not supervise will still taste the forbidden fruit sooner or later." ”

"Your Majesty, how can this political reform be related to the prevention of ink greed?" The ministers stared at each other, and Zhu Youzhen's ideas emerged endlessly, and no one could guess Zhu Youzhen's true intentions.

"In this reform, in addition to requiring the Ministry of Supervision to perform the duties of supervision, all departments must also exercise top-down supervision."