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Zheng De glanced at the ministers, "This is the first time that my Ming Dynasty has convened a pre-imperial meeting. Due to the format of the court, there are many things that cannot be discussed at all. The emperor has just died, and there are many things to be solved, so this meeting is hereby convened. ”

After Zheng De said a simple opening remark, he deliberately paused, but did not hear any applause. Only then did I realize that I was now in another world, and there was no habit of applauding after a leader spoke. glanced at it awkwardly, and found that all the ministers present were listening to themselves carefully, so he was a little relieved, "The paper, ink, pen and inkstone in front of you are all used to make meeting minutes, and after the meeting, bring the content of the meeting back to the various yamen, and go back to implement it, understand?" ”

"Meeting minutes? This is much more convenient than standing in the court and taking a wat board to take notes. Hearing this, the ministers glanced at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of them, "It turned out that it was used for this, and the emperor really had good intentions!" ”

For the first time, I didn't have such a strong sense of rejection for this so-called Imperial Meeting, after all, it was better to sit than to stand. This is especially true for this group of seniors, most of whom are in their early seventies.

"The purpose of this meeting is to plan the work plan and focus of the imperial court in the second half of the year, as well as to redivide the responsibilities of the six ministries." Zheng De glanced at the ministers present, "In the past, the imperial court was a little passive in doing things, solving whatever happened, and there was no direction and goal for the work, and there was no clear focus. Just like a headless fly, it is not only inefficient in doing things, but also leads to panic in response to unexpected things, just like the Mongol invasion of Xuanfu this time. ”

The ministers present bowed slightly when they heard this, and what the emperor said was indeed good. However, what is the situation of redividing the responsibilities of the six departments, and does the six departments still need to be redivided?

Seeing the ministers present looking at him with a puzzled expression, Zheng De continued, "As for the redivision of the responsibilities of the six departments, in my opinion, it is very necessary, and only by clarifying the terms of reference of their own departments can they do things better." There will be no overstepping or prevarication. Zheng De glanced around, "Of course, the most important point, if my department can solve it, don't send it to the Maoqin Hall every day, I don't want to die of overwork." ”

Death from overwork? The ministers frowned slightly when they heard this, the emperor said too much!

Liu Jian also knew that he should stand up at this time, got up and arched his hand, "Your Majesty is cautious, with the assistance of the ministers of the imperial court, Your Majesty will live a long life." ”

Will Liu Jian still make sycophants? Zheng De felt a little funny when he heard this. It's just that he also knows that Liu Jian's words are not flattering, just to let him not think cranky.

"Ge Lao, please take a seat." Zheng De breathed a long sigh of relief before he slowly spoke, "Since Zhuqing wants me to live a long life, then don't throw all the trivial things to me to do in the future." ”

Xie Qian stood up at this time, "Your Majesty, what is a trivial matter?" ”

"This?" Zheng De was speechless for a moment, after all, trivial things are difficult to define, and even if you say it, it is difficult to say why. Seeing that this minister was looking at him, Zheng De felt that it was Alexander! For the first time, I felt that I was not easy to be an emperor!

"You talk a lot!" Zheng De glanced at Xie Qian coldly, for himself, a pavilion elder who loves to drill horns, Zheng De only hated it. I simply didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued directly, "First of all, the Ministry of Officials, in the future, the appointment of the Cabinet Scholars, the Six Ministries and the Nine Secretaries, the Governors of the Five Armies, the Governors, and the Commanders of the Envoys needs to be signed and approved by me, and the Secretaries of the Six Ministries need to be handed over to the Cabinet for discussion and appointment after the court push, and the subordinate departments of the Six Ministries and the officials below the state and county level will be appointed by the Ministry and the Officials Ministry, what do you think?" ”

The ministers were shocked when they heard this, and the emperor actually gave the cabinet the right to appoint and dismiss officials. In this way, wouldn't the cabinet change from an auxiliary office to a powerful office? Where will this leave the emperor? But this idea was put forward by the emperor again, so how did you think about it and feel wrong.

"Your Majesty, by all means." Xie Qian, who was still there, didn't feel embarrassed at all, and was the first to jump out to oppose it, "In this way, the power of the cabinet has increased greatly, which is not conducive to the stability of Jiangshan Sheji." ”

There are still people who are stupid enough to push out the rights that have been obtained, and Zheng De also looks at him like a monster, I really don't know if he is stupid or loyal.

"Xie Aiqing, sit down." Zheng De sighed lightly, and he didn't have the heart to worry about him. glanced at the ministers present, "If you have any opinions, just say them." ”

Liu Jian couldn't sit still at this time, although the emperor made the cabinet powerful, as the first assistant of the cabinet, he will undoubtedly become the biggest beneficiary. But no matter how you think about it, how do you feel that the cabinet is no different from the Ministry of Central Books. In this way, wouldn't he, the head of the cabinet, be in harmony with the prime minister? Not to mention how future generations will evaluate themselves, just violating the ancestral system can make all the courtiers drown themselves with a mouthful of spit. He couldn't allow the slightest hesitation, and quickly stood up against it.

"The emperor can't, in this way, won't the cabinet be in harmony with the Zhongshu Province, does Your Majesty want to disobey the ancestral teachings?"

"Disobeying the ancestral teachings?" Zheng De has never been interested in this kind of thing, but he still asked, "What ancestral teaching?" ”

"Emperor Taizu once set up an ancestral precept that 'the heir must not be established as a prime minister again', and Your Majesty must not disobey it!"

"Don't use the ancestral system to scare me, I'm not from your old Zhu family, why do you want me to abide by it?" Zheng De was very disapproving, but he was not stupid enough to say this directly to Liu Jian. Instead, he asked rhetorically, "Did I say that I want to set up a prime minister?" ”

Liu Jian was speechless when he heard this, after all, the emperor only let the cabinet have part of the right to appoint personnel, and he didn't say anything about the establishment of a prime minister, and it really had nothing to do with Zu Xun.

Zheng De glanced at everyone, "To be honest, my Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty just said that 'the heir is not allowed to set up a prime minister', and he didn't say what the cabinet is not allowed to do?" I let the cabinet have the right to appoint some officials, where is it against the ancestral system? ”

The ministers were silent when they heard this, after all, what the emperor said was indeed the truth. Even if the functions of the cabinet and the ministry are similar, in terms of official positions, they are really not the same. The cabinet is headed by the Huagai Temple scholars, and the Zhongshu Province is headed by the left and right prime ministers. Who else can blame the emperor for exploiting this loophole, blaming Emperor Taizu for not being a prophet? Or is it to blame Emperor Taizong for setting up a cabinet?

"If there is no objection to this proposal, I will assume that you agree to it." Zheng De's eyes faintly showed a look of pride, and it was the first time he had the upper hand in a confrontation with this group of old guys.

Seeing that the eyes of the ministers were faintly looking at him, and Ma Wensheng, another big man in the court, was resigned to it. Liu Jian sighed lightly, and could only stand up again and said, "Emperor Taizu was abolished because the prime minister was too powerful, Your Majesty must not repeat the mistakes of the past!" ”

"Just having the power to appoint some officials is too powerful?" Zheng De looked at him, "Don't you think it's an exaggeration?" ”

Ay! Looking at the emperor's posture, Liu Jian didn't know what to say, and there were some things that he didn't say as the head of the cabinet. Do you want him to say that the excessive power of the cabinet can easily lead to the usurpation of the throne, isn't this looking for his own death?

Liu Jian really didn't know what to do at this moment, and he felt a little lonely. glanced at Ma Wensheng, who was still there on the side, and he was almost certain that this person must be deliberately pretending to be deaf and dumb. Maybe it's because of the previous seat, and I want to deliberately embarrass myself. Ignoring the overall situation like this also made him feel a little angry, and more helpless.

He couldn't help but sigh lightly again, and at this moment he actually had the idea of retreating, "I'm old, and the Ming dynasty is still left to the young people to worry about." ”

"Ge Lao, please take a seat." Zheng De also saw Liu Jian's slightly lonely expression, but he didn't care much about it, and continued, "Elder Liu Ge once told me that the Inner Carrier Treasury and the Key Treasury had millions of taels of silver and didn't even have an account book. In addition, there are no two departments in charge of disaster relief and relief in the imperial court. Therefore, I decided to set up a household registration, civil affairs, and banking department under the household department, which is responsible for disaster relief, relief, household registration management, and the collection and payment of all taxes and financial expenditures of the Ming Dynasty, and Han Aiqing also agreed to this, so I would like to ask your opinion? ”

When all the ministers heard this, they all looked at Han Wen with a look of envy, after all, this was indeed to strengthen the authority of the household department. However, Han Wen was not as happy as others saw, but helplessly showed a wry smile, he was really sold and counted the money for others.

The ministers present were all a little silent, and Zheng De had never expected this to open to such an extent. Seeing that no one was silent, he coughed and was about to say something, when Zuo Du Yu Shi Dai Shan stood up, "Your Majesty's move is very good, I don't know the scope of the Ministry of Silver and how it operates, will there be a mistake because of too much power." ”

"That's a good question." Zheng De nodded, "In the future, the taxes of the imperial court will not be directly distributed to the various yamen after they are collected, but directly handed over to the silver department under the jurisdiction of the household department for unified management. If there is a need for each yamen, you can apply to the Ministry of Silver. Among them, the expenditure of less than 100,000 taels of silver shall be signed and approved by the head of the household; If it is between 100,000 and 500,000, it must be approved by the first assistant of the cabinet; Expenditures of more than 500,000 taels need to be approved by me. At the end of each year, the Ministry of Banking must report the basic income and expenditure of the year to the imperial court, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate can also send people to supervise and check the basic situation of each income and expenditure. ”

The ministers present bowed slightly, the emperor was really thoughtful, and there was really nothing to add, even if there was any dissatisfaction, there was no reason to say. But why is this related to the cabinet again? Does Your Majesty really want to make the cabinet powerful? Thinking of this, everyone looked at Liu Jian again, but unfortunately the latter also learned from Ma Wensheng this time, and the old god was unmoved, which made all the ministers show a trace of disappointment.

After waiting for a long time, Zheng De said very democratically, "Since this is the case, then these two things will be voted on together." If you agree with the Cabinet, please raise your hand, and if you agree to transfer this part of the power to the Cabinet to the celebrant, do not raise your hand. ”

The ministers were confused by Zheng De's words when they heard this, as the emperor and disagree, it is not your decision to do so, what is the use of letting us raise our hands to vote?

And the ministers also made Zheng De's cunning words so that they didn't raise their hands, and they didn't raise their hands. There was really a dilemma, and I didn't know how to decide, so I couldn't help but look at Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng, the two court bigwigs.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the emperor's words fell, Ma Wensheng, who had been sitting on the side like a Bodhisattva, was the first to raise his hand. No one would have imagined that the old god would always be there, and he would be the first to raise his hand without saying a word.

"Compared with the Ministry of Central Books, the Cabinet has only held a negligible part of its powers, and how can the six ministries ever be subordinate to the Cabinet? Some people are here to be alarmist and sell their reputation. Ma Wensheng said sarcastically, and it was natural to know who the ministers were talking about. couldn't help but look at Liu Jian, the first assistant to the cabinet, who was there indifferently and motionless. Let the ministers can't help but admire his magnanimity and open-mindedness, and he really deserves to be the person who can be the head of the cabinet.

Maybe it was because of Ma Wensheng's words, or maybe it was because of Zheng De's slightly threatening words, and he quickly raised a few more hands.

Six votes to six, the number of votes is just equal, now all the ministers are relieved, and the emperor is afraid that he will not fold now.

But thinking that no matter what, the final decision on this matter is in the hands of the emperor, he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, even so, what can it be?

However, after this scene, all the ministers present were completely dumbfounded. A white and tender little hand stretched out, only to hear Zheng De say, "Seven votes to six votes, this matter is so decided, let the cabinet deal with it." ”

Ministers really didn't expect these two events to end in such a way, it was so unexpected. Everyone present looked at Zheng De and faintly felt that this young man was not simple, but it invisibly added a bit of cunning image to him among the ministers.

After that, the other four departments were discussed, but they only mentioned it slightly, and there was no real action. After all, the commotion of the second ministry of officials and households was big enough, and Zheng De didn't want the court to fall into chaos because of this.

However, he still underestimated the impact of this incident, which would set off a huge storm in the DPRK.