"The next thing to discuss is the issue of the existence and disposal of the five temples. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Zheng De continued, smiling and glancing at the ministers, "I have decided to abolish the Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, and Honglu Temple of the five temples, and many of the matters in charge of their duties will be handed over to the three Qing Officials Division, including the Rite Department, the Ancestral Sacrifice, the Jingshan, and the Host and Guest, and the Taifu Temple will be abolished and merged into the Che Driving Qing Officials Division of the Military Department, what can Zhu Qing say?" ”

Unexpectedly, after the emperor abolished the Zhan Mansion, he began to attack the five temples in the imperial court, Li Dongyang was puzzled when he heard this, "Your Majesty, why do you want to merge the four temples of Taichang, Guanglu, Honglu, and Taifu into the six departments?" ”

"Okay, what are the powers and responsibilities of these four temples?" Zheng De looked at him and asked without answering.

Li Dongyang was stunned, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd, so he still replied, "Back to Your Majesty, Taichang Temple is responsible for the sacrifice, Guanglu Temple is in charge of the birthday banquet, Honglu Temple is responsible for receiving foreign ministers, and Taifu Temple is in charge of Ma Zheng." ”

"What about the four divisions of the ancestral sacrifice, the fine meal, the host and guest, and the chariot?"

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the ancestral sacrifice is clear, and the affairs of auspicious rites and fierce ceremonies are in charge; The host and guest of the Qing Bureau, in charge of the guest ceremony and the reception of foreign ministers; The fine food and cleaning officials department is in charge of the affairs such as feasting and feasting, and the chariot cleaning department is in charge of the post station, military horses and other affairs. ”

As soon as Li Dongyang's voice fell, he somewhat understood what the emperor meant by doing this. Because the affairs of these four yamen are too close to the affairs of the three temples of Taichang, Guanglu, Honglu, and Taifu, it is no wonder that the emperor wants to abolish them and merge them into the six ministries.

Sure enough, I only heard the emperor say something next, "Don't you think that these four temples are similar to the affairs of the four Qing officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War?" ”

The ministers nodded in disapproval when they heard this, and when they thought about it, it was really true.

However, Xie Qian, who was on the side, frowned slightly, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the five temples were set up by Emperor Taizu, is it too hasty to abolish them like this?" ”

"Sloppy? Haven't I been discussing with you, and where is the hasty situation? Zheng De spread his hands, and he didn't get angry, he had gradually become accustomed to Xie Qian's attitude.

Xie Qian was immediately caught by the emperor's words, and at this time, it seemed that he had something to do, but he still stiffened his neck and said, "The five temples are determined by the ancestral system and cannot be abolished at will." ”

Zheng De raised his eyebrows, swept the Zhuqing present noncommittally, and said in a slightly reprimanding tone, "Zhuqing, don't always be cyclical and conservative, holding on to some outdated old things. Although the five temples were set up by Emperor Taizu, his old man did not say that these yamen in the court could not be abolished by the heirs? ”

Although this sounds a bit strong, what the emperor said is indeed reasonable. But a group of fifty or sixty-year-old guys were reprimanded by a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, even if it was a big boy, it still made the ministers present look a little embarrassed.

And hearing the emperor call his ancestor "old man" also made the faces of the ministers present suddenly look a little weird, how can anyone call their ancestors like this?

But these are all trivial matters, just a title. The emperor himself doesn't care, so why should he mention it as a courtier?

Therefore, all the ministers remained silent, but their expressions were a little strange.

Zheng De also felt it at the moment, but he didn't think much about it, and continued, "The purpose of my doing this is to prevent multiple government departments, improve the efficiency of the various yamen in the imperial court, and prevent the occurrence of mutual blame and blame. ”

His tone paused, and after seeing that the ministers present heard the words, many of them showed thoughtful expressions, and subconsciously bowed slightly, and Zheng De showed a satisfied smile

"If you Aiqing no one object, this matter will be decided." Zheng De finally explained.

In the end, no one stood up against it, and the matter was settled.

"Let's talk about Dali Temple now." Zheng De smiled, and his expression suddenly became quite serious.

In fact, the real purpose of his convening of this imperial meeting was not to discuss the reform of the school and the scientific examination, but to discuss the reform of Dali Temple.

The ministers present subconsciously looked at Tu Tu Tu of Dali Temple when they heard this, and many people felt that the emperor would definitely merge Dali Temple into the Criminal Department, after all, the two yamen can also be said to be very similar in terms of authority, so they are full of sympathy for the newly recovered court elder.

"Is it finally Dali Temple's turn? This result is also good, so that you can also ask Your Majesty to resign and return to your hometown, and spend your old age in peace. ”

Even when Tu Tu himself thought that this was the result, the emperor's next words shocked the ministers.

"I decided to promote the rank of Dali Temple to the second grade, and the rank of Dali Temple Shaoqing to the second grade. There are six courts, including case, supervision, criminal, civil, official, and execution, with one court lieutenant, three ranks, no limit to deputy court lieutenants, and three ranks, as for the setting of other specific official positions and powers, there is a detailed introduction in this document. ”

Zheng De nodded to Wang Tingxiang on the side, stood up and handed out the documents in his hand to every official present. After reading this document, the ministers all showed a contemplative expression, and for a moment the entire hall was silent.

Originally, I thought that Dali Temple would also be abolished like the fate of the four temples just now, but in the end, I didn't expect that the emperor would actually promote the rank of Dali Temple to the second grade, and set up subordinate officials under it, just like the six departments, the authority of Dali Temple was greatly improved, which was really beyond everyone's expectations.

What is the emperor going to do?

After reading the document at hand, everyone's eyes were on Tu Xun, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and Tu Xun, the secretary of the Criminal Department. These two people can be said to have been the most affected by this incident, the former being the biggest beneficiary and the latter being the biggest victim. And everyone finally understood why the emperor would arrange Tu Tu under Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet, and now that they think about it, everything was premeditated.

"From today onwards, all trial matters will be handed over to Dali Temple, and any death sentence must be signed by Dali Temple, can you have any objections?"

Everyone's eyes looked at Tu Xun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, the emperor's move weakened the authority of the Criminal Department, and it was obviously impossible for him to continue to remain silent.

Facing everyone's eyes, the latter glanced at the old god who was there, and Tu Tu, the secretary of Dali Temple with an indifferent expression, stood up and arched his hand, "Your Majesty, what will the Criminal Department be responsible for in the future?" ”

Everyone fell, but they didn't expect this criminal department secretary to put on a posture of resignation, and asked about his future responsibilities, which was really unexpected.

But thinking about it, it's true that a minister like them can't interfere in this matter, as long as the emperor doesn't set up something too outrageous such as a wine pond and meat forest, they really can't say anything against it.

"Responsible for the investigation of the case and public security, and then transferred to Dali Temple for trial and conviction." Zheng De explained.

Li Dongyang groaned at this time and said, "Your Majesty, is the rank of this Dali Siqing a little too high?" ”

Zheng De glanced at him, "Dali Siqing is responsible for judging all the guilty people in the world, if the rank is not high, how to convince the public, and it is easy to be swayed by the high-ranking people, how to achieve a fair and fair trial?" ”

Li Dongyang was speechless for a moment, and all the ministers present were also silent, after all, what the emperor said was also the truth. If the rank is not high, it is obvious that it is inevitable to be oppressed by the superior with power.

"Since there is no objection to this, it is settled." After a long time, Zheng De saw that no one stood up to say anything, so he directly made a decision.

"Speaking of the rank of Dali Siqing, I thought about it and decided to adjust the rank of some official positions in the DPRK and China." This matter was suddenly decided to be said by Zheng De on a temporary basis.

Glancing at all the ministers present, no one raised their eyelids, but they all looked at their noses and noses, and waited to listen to what was going on.

Zheng Deqing coughed, and threw out a shocking news, "I have decided to reduce the rank of the six Shangshu to the third grade, the rank of the left and right servants to the third grade, the rank of each Qing official Shilang to the fourth grade, and the staff outside the Lang to the fourth grade, I don't know what Zhu Qing thinks?" ”

Regarding the matter of the five temples before, everyone present had an attitude that it was not about themselves, so it was naturally not surprising that they could pass smoothly, but the emperor now stretched out his hand to the six ministries, so that the ministers present could no longer sit still.

What does the emperor want to do?

"What does Your Majesty mean?" This time it was the official Shangshu Hanwen who spoke out, and he should have avoided suspicion when this matter was involved. But after all, he is the head of the hundred officials, and he is the official secretary on the spot, so it is impossible to sit idly by and ignore this matter.

"The rank of the ministry official represents the minimum official rank requirement to hold this official position, just like the current Hubu Shangshu Sun Jiao, his current official title is the third rank of the Zhongqing Doctor, but he serves as the second rank of the Hubu Shangshu, which is seriously inconsistent with his qualifications, obviously inappropriate, so I decided to downgrade the rank of the six Shangshu to solve this embarrassing problem."

As soon as the emperor's words fell, all the ministers present looked at Sun Jiao, their eyes flashing with inexplicable meaning. The emperor would directly reduce the rank of the sixth department to the third grade for the sake of a minister, this is too child's play, right?

Sun Jiao is face is helpless, who does the emperor say that things are not good, why do you want to look for him? It's good now, I must have offended some people invisibly because of this incident, this is purely lying down and getting shot.

"Your Majesty, because a minister downgraded the rank of the sixth grade to the third grade, this matter is a little too inappropriate, right?" This time it was not Xie Qian who spoke, but Wang Wei, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion.

"I'm just giving an example, it's not really because of the Hubu Shangshu Sun Jiao that the rank will be lowered, I just hope that some excellent ministers will not be unable to be reused because of seniority, that's all."

When Xie Qian heard this, he seized a loophole in the emperor's words, stood up and said, "If this is the case, why did Your Majesty raise the rank of the officials of the six ministries?" After all, according to the current rank of the Qing officials and the foreign officials, it is obvious that the young and outstanding officials in the DPRK and China can be better tempered. ”

Zheng De was choked by his words, but he also had an idea, "I did this to let the officials of the DPRK and China get better training and motivate them." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone felt that the emperor was a dead duck with a hard mouth and strong words.

From the eyes of everyone, he could also guess what the ministers were thinking at the moment. But he couldn't help but smile lightly, "I arranged the official ranks of the six subordinates in this way in order to better motivate the officials at the bottom to do things well." Like now, from the fourth rank of the staff to the third grade of the Shangshu is like a ladder, as long as the middle and low-level officials have outstanding ability, they can be promoted from the outside Lang to the position of a Shangshu step by step, don't you think this is good? ”

Is it possible to be promoted from a foreigner to a book?

All the ministers present couldn't help but glance at each other, and they didn't expect the emperor to give such an answer. However, if such a rank adjustment is really made, it is still really possible.

"I think it's feasible."

At this time, an approving voice sounded, and everyone looked at it with some surprise, but it was Wang Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.