When the ministers came out of the Wenhua Palace, Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian happened to meet each other, and the former snorted coldly, flicked his long sleeves and left directly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Jian didn't have a good face, but now he didn't have the time to provoke Ma Wensheng, but turned his head to look at Li Dongyang, and said with a little dissatisfaction, "Chaling, why did you raise your hand just now, you wouldn't know that the cabinet was already under the target of public criticism, right?" ”

"Brother Bin, you don't want the cabinet to control the power of the court, and you are better than 10,000 people under yourself." Xie Qian also looked at him suspiciously.

"Do I have such ambitions?" Li Dongyang also showed a wry smile helplessly when he heard this. It's no wonder that the two of them would look at him like this, after all, he was the only one among the three pavilion elders who raised his hand. But he didn't want to defend anything, after all, if he didn't raise his hand, he would offend people, it was just a matter of which was more important.

Seeing that Li Dongyang remained silent, Liu Jian also sighed, "Chaling, you and I have been together for so many years, what can't you say, why bother to hide in your heart?" ”

Facing the slightly disappointed gazes of the two, Li Dongyang's lips squirmed slightly, and finally slowly spoke, "Elder Ge, Yu Qiao, if it wasn't for the last one I raised my hand, what would the result be?" ”

Only then did Liu Jian recall that Li Dongyang was the last to raise his hand. Prior to that, the number of votes was seven to five, which means that the total number of people who did not raise their hands reached seven. According to the emperor's wishes, not raising his hand also means that this part of the power to the cabinet will be transferred to the celebrant by default. If the final voting result is like this, it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will not really hand it over to the celebrant in a fit of anger, then this matter will be a big deal.

Liu Jian suddenly felt a little ashamed, he only noticed the interests of the cabinet itself, and was afraid that he would become the target of public criticism, but he ignored the fundamental interests of the entire imperial court in vain. If the emperor really handed over this part of the power to the celebrant supervisor, it would not be a good thing for the entire Ming Dynasty and the entire court. Comparatively speaking, if this part of the power is in the hands of the cabinet, at least there is no need to worry about eunuchs interfering in politics.

"Hey, Chaling, you ......" Liu Jian really didn't know what to say, he did misunderstand him, but it was really difficult to say that he could apologize.

"Brother Bin, Xie is wrong to blame you." Xie Qianzi arched his hand. Although he has an upright temperament, he is also smart, and he understands the meaning of Li Dongyang's words as soon as he hears it. People with this kind of temperament don't care about any face or anything like that, and they admit that they blame him wrongly.

"Yu Qiao is polite." Li Dongyang admired Xie Qian's temper very much, but in order to avoid Liu Jian's embarrassment, he directly changed the topic and said, "Elder Ge, now is not the time to talk about this, there may be a huge storm in the DPRK and China right now, and there is still a big difficulty waiting for you and me." ”

"Difficulty? What's the difficulty? Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang with a look of surprise when he heard this, he knew that the latter would not be untargeted.

"Didn't Your Majesty say that 'those who do not raise their hands will transfer this part of the power to the cabinet to the celebrant by default', doesn't the cabinet elder think this is too controversial?"

"Brother Bin means that the officials will use this as an excuse to attack us and others?" Xie Qian quickly thought of something and couldn't help but blurt out. However, he was still fearless and said, "I and the elder of the pavilion are sitting upright, so why are we afraid of the slander of others." ”

Liu Jian stroked his long hair lightly and agreed with Xie Qian's words.

Seeing the optimistic looks on the two of them, Li Dongyang really didn't want to say something to hit them. At this moment, a red-robed lieutenant came over.

"Elder Xie Ge, Your Majesty is invited."

"Lead the way!" Xie Qian naturally knew that the emperor must be looking for him because of the Jiangnan earthquake, so he turned around and said to the two, "Brother Ge Lao and Bin, move first." ”

Seeing the back of Xie Qian's departure, Liu Jian turned back to Li Dongyang and said, "Don't worry about Chaling, as the saying goes, when the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover the earth, and it's not too late to talk about it when it comes to that point." ”

Li Dongyang could only bow his head slightly, I hope so.

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"Ziheng, why do all the ministers here turn a blind eye to you?" On the way back, Zheng De said a question that had been held in his heart for a long time.

Indeed, as a waiter of the Zhengliupin Hanlin Academy, plus the position of the former secretary of the imperial court who doesn't know if he has been recognized by the ministers, he is not qualified to sit with this group of important ministers of the court. And he was too dazzling in a group of important ministers in scarlet robes, but no one questioned his qualifications to sit here from beginning to end.

Wang Tingxiang explained with a smile, "Maybe they still treat me as a military department." ”

Among the six subjects, it can be said to be a typical example of low authority. The court meeting and the court push are activities that only officials from various ministries can participate in, and only officials of the seven grades can also participate. Wang Tingxiang's explanation is reasonable.

Zheng De also suddenly realized when he heard this, but this did save him the trouble of explaining. After all, he just asked Wang Tingxiang to make a meeting record, and he didn't really want him to participate in this meeting.

"What do you think of what I said at the Imperial Council today?" Zheng De asked Wang Tingxiang for his opinion, after all, this matter was only his own temporary idea, and he had never told anyone about it.

Wang Tingxiang frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, there is a sentence that I don't know if the minister should say or not?" ”

"Say, I forgive you for your innocence." Zheng De was a little unhappy with Wang Tingxiang's unhappiness. But when I think about it, I understand a little. Who dares to speak openly in front of the emperor, isn't this a lantern in the toilet and looking for death ()?

Only then did Wang Tingxiang speak, "Does Your Majesty really want the cabinet to lead the six ministries?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zheng De didn't expect his mind to be seen through by him, and he looked at him with some surprise.

"Your Majesty divided the functions and powers of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Silver into three parts, and the powers obtained by the Emperor, the Cabinet, and the Six Ministries decreased in order of size, and it was obvious that in the Emperor's mind, the status of the Cabinet was higher than that of the Six Ministries. If His Majesty hadn't wanted the Cabinet to be in charge of the six ministries, why hadn't he divided his powers into two parts? After listening to Wang Tingxiang's explanation, Zheng De also had to admire his cleverness.

"But ......" Wang Tingxiang looked up at Zheng De, and saw him give him an encouraging look, so he continued, "Does Your Majesty really want the cabinet to become like the Zhongshu Province?" ”

In the face of his slightly worried gaze, it was obvious that the former did not approve of Zheng De doing this.

Then Zheng De shook his head, "Yes and no." ”

As for the emperor's penchant for saying some ambiguous words, Wang Tingxiang had long been accustomed to it, and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Zheng De paused slightly, and looked up at the sun that had just risen above his head, just like his current life. After a long while, he turned back to him and said, "The cabinet will lead the six ministries like Zhongshu Province, but it will not have that much power." ”

Wang Tingxiang chewed on the meaning of Zheng De's words, and he really couldn't guess what the great genius in front of him was thinking. But he won't really be stupid enough to ask, after all, whether the boss's mind knows it or not, he must pretend not to know, otherwise people who are too smart will never live long.

Zheng De may not fully trust Wang Tingxiang, and hesitate to tell him what he thinks in his heart. But think about him is also his own brain, as the saying goes, 'don't use people who are suspicious, don't doubt people', rather than holding it in your heart, it is better to say it and let it consider one or two, wouldn't it be better if it could be perfected?

"I want to divide the power of the Ming Dynasty into three, including executive power, legislative power and judicial power, of which the cabinet has executive power, Dali Temple has independent judicial power, and as for the legislative power, I want to hand it over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

After Zheng De said this, he looked at Wang Tingxiang, who looked at the young man in front of him with a shocked expression. To be honest, he really didn't understand what the emperor was saying. I have never heard of any executive, legislative, or judicial power.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is stupid, and I really don't understand the meaning of Your Majesty's words." Wang Tingxiang felt ashamed and arched his hand. In vain, he was designated as the emperor's staff, and he couldn't even understand the meaning of the emperor's words, which is really ridiculous and generous!

Zheng De didn't think it was strange, if he had heard of the idea of "separation of powers", Zheng De would have wondered if he had also crossed over.

After pondering for a moment, he slowly explained, "The so-called administrative power is the right to handle the affairs of the world, which should be well understood. Glancing up at Wang Tingxiang, seeing that he nodded, he continued, "As for the judicial power, it is also very easy to understand, the simple point is that the criminal suspect still has the right to convict. As for the legislative power, it is the right to vote on a law. ”

Wang Tingxiang nodded, somewhat understanding what the emperor meant, but he still expressed doubts, "Are the judicial power and legislative power comparable to the executive power, how do you feel a little insignificant!" ”

Seeing his hesitant expression, Zheng De smiled and said to him, "What? Any questions? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister just thinks that even if the judicial power and legislative power go out independently, the impact on the cabinet will still be minimal!" Wang Tingxiang expressed the doubts in his heart. No wonder he thinks so, in his mind, isn't a judicial power just to try cases, and how much power does he have? As for the legislative power, it feels like it is useless, after all, Emperor Taizu has already said that the "Da Ming Law" cannot be changed, even if he has an idea for the emperor to issue edicts or regulations, but it can't go beyond the scope of the "Da Ming Law". Moreover, even if the "Da Ming Law" has not been revised for more than 100 years, what is the use of this legislative power?

Zheng De knew that it would be difficult to communicate with him now, after all, there was too much difference in the worldview of the two. However, with the implementation of the "separation of powers" in the future, I believe he will also understand. He smiled and said, "You'll find out later." ”

Wang Tingxiang didn't say much when he heard this, after all, he also knew that it was difficult to change what Zheng De believed. After pondering for a moment, he brought up the matter of this morning, "Your Majesty, the last sentence you said, 'Those who do not raise their hands will transfer this part of the power to the cabinet to the celebrant by default' will bring great trouble to the six court ministers!" ”

"Oh, what's the trouble?" Zheng De was just on a whim, but he didn't think about it so much.

"I'm afraid that I will be attacked by the officials and included in the list of eunuchs." Wang Tingxiang said worriedly.

"I see." Zheng De couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "That's fine, they always say that I favor eunuchs, and let them suffer from being misunderstood." ”

Regarding the emperor's reaction, Wang Tingxiang could only smile bitterly and say, "Your Majesty, this is ...... There's something wrong with that. ”

"What's wrong?" Zheng De glared at him, "There is no need to say anything about this. Let's go back first, I guess Xie Ge is in a hurry. ”

Looking at the back of the emperor leaving, Wang Tingxiang could only shake his head helplessly and hurriedly followed.