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In the face of the minister's dissuasion, Zhu Youzhen brought out the "funeral" to talk about the matter, and immediately blocked the mouths of the ministers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, set a very bad precedent, that is, after the death of the emperor, someone in the harem had to be buried, and he himself had more than 30 concubines martyred. The funeral system was abolished in the Han Dynasty, which cannot but be said to be a big historical reversal driven by Zhu Yuanzhang.

After Zhu Yuanzhang, in addition to Emperor Jianwen's unknown life and death, and he was not buried, Chengzu Zhu Di, Renzong Zhu Gaochi, and Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji were all martyred, and I don't know how many innocent concubines and palace maids became victims of this cruel system. It was not until the time of Yingzong Zhu Qizhen that he issued an edict to abolish "human martyrdom" forever.

Zhu Youzhen used "martyrdom" as an example at this time, which naturally created a problem for the hypocritical ministers. Because if you want to keep the ancestral system, you should practice martyrdom; But the abolition of martyrdom is really a popular move, and no one has opposed it since Yingzong, so isn't it from Yingzong that all emperors and ministers have violated the ancestral system? If the abolition of burial is not a violation of the ancestral system, then why is the abolition of the equally cruel eunuch system a violation of the ancestral system?

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu came to Zongdao and saw that Chongzhen could not be suppressed from the "ancestral system", so he wanted to start from the practical difficulties. He smiled dryly and said: "Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and it is really a good deed to prohibit new eunuchs. However, there are twenty-four eunuchs in the palace, each performing its own duties, and if all internal officials are suddenly suspended, chaos will inevitably occur. In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to temporarily retain the existing eunuchs and then slowly change them. ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "This Lord is worried, I have already made arrangements." As he spoke, he sent the reform plan for the "Twenty-Four Prisons" that had already been written to the ministers for circulation.

It turned out that the "twenty-four eunuchs" were institutions dedicated to serving the royal family, and all eunuchs were the leaders and oversaw all the eunuchs and maids in the palace. According to its different functions, it is divided into 12 supervisors, 4 divisions, and 8 bureaus, headed by the celebrant supervisor, covering the major and minor affairs in the palace.

The first of Zhu Youzhen's reform plan is to abolish the celebrant supervisor, confiscate the emperor's 23 treasures, and return the crucial red right to the emperor. A "secretariat" was added to assist the emperor in approving the recitals, but it did not have any real powers.

The second is the abolition of the Imperial Horse Warden. Because the Imperial Horse Supervisor is in charge of the dispatch of soldiers and horses in the world, it is really duplicated with the functions of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and it is nothing more than adding another mother-in-law to the head of the official, so it is simply abolished.

The third article is to merge Shang Bao Jian and Yin Shou Jian to form a new organization, the "Archives Department". Because Shang Baojian was responsible for the management of treasure seals, edicts, and general seals, and the seal and ribbon supervisors were in charge of the ancient and modern collection of treasures, as well as iron coupons, edicts, yellow stickers, seals, books, surveys, verifications, letters, etc., some functions were relatively close, and some should have been under the jurisdiction of the six ministries, so they were merged.

Article 4 is to abolish the internal officials and supervision, and establish a new "supply department" and a "finance department". The internal official supervisor is also a place with great power and a lot of oil and water, because it is responsible for all procurement matters of the court, and is also in charge of the internal silver, that is, the emperor's private money. The internal officials and supervisors are in charge of both money and spending, which is equivalent to being both the financial and the cashier, so it is strange that there is no problem, so Zhu Youzhen divided it into two, the supply department is only responsible for procurement, and the finance department is only responsible for managing the internal treasury.

The fifth article is to merge the Shangshan Jian and the Wine and Vinegar Noodle Bureau in the Eighth Bureau and change it to a "cooking office", with basically the same function, and it is still responsible for the food supply in the Forbidden City. However, the power of direct procurement by the superintendent of Shang Shan was cut, and the purchasing power was unified to the supply department, and the cooking office was only responsible for cooking.

The sixth article is to merge the Divine Palace Supervisor, the Zhidian Supervisor, the Treasure Money Division, the Mixed Hall Division, and the Huanyi Bureau to establish a new organization, the "Health Department". Because these departments are either responsible for sprinkling and cleaning, or managing straw paper, bathhouses, and laundry, their functions are very similar.

Article 7 is to merge all the other prisons, departments, and bureaus to form an "internal affairs department" to manage other miscellaneous matters.

In this way, the 24th Supervision Office has become the Secretariat, the Archives Department, the Supply Department, the Finance Department, the Cooking Office, the Health Department, and the Internal Affairs Department. The ministers wanted to find fault with it, but they really couldn't find it. Besides, in the final analysis, these things do not belong to the government, but the emperor's private affairs, and the ministers have little room for beaks.

But Lai Zongdao still didn't give up, and pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Although Your Majesty has added and deleted it properly, who is in charge of these institutions?" ”

Zhu Youzhen was already prepared, and said eloquently: "I have already thought about it. Although there are no eunuchs, there are still thousands of palace maids in the palace, and some female officials can be selected from them. Before the selection of female officials, the queen is temporarily in charge of seven departments, and Concubine De is also in charge of the cooking office, the health department and the internal affairs department. ”

"It's... How does this work? Lai Zongdao was shocked and said, "How noble is the concubine, she only lives in the palace, how can she care about such trivial things?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a straight face: "As the saying goes: the male protagonist is outside, and the female protagonist is inside." The Forbidden City is my home, and the queen and Concubine De are the mistresses of this house, isn't it normal to take care of housework? Lord Shangshu's wife, doesn't she care about family affairs? ”

It just so happened that the ministers all knew that Lai Zongdao was a "strict wife", and his wife had the final say on all the major and minor affairs in the family. Zhu Youzhen was unintentional when he spoke, but the ministers were intentional in listening, and they all thought that Zhu Youzhen was deliberately ridiculing the sect and fearing the inside, so they all laughed.

An old face of Zong Dao turned red, but he still refused to give up and said: "But the original Shang Shan Prison and the cooks are all eunuchs, if all of them leave the palace, Your Majesty and all the ladies will have a problem with today's imperial meal." ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed and said, "Lord Shangshu can rest assured. The imperial food in the palace, I have long been tired of eating; When I was in the Domain, the Queen and Concubine De often cooked for me, and I thought it was delicious! With the guidance of two mothers, and so many ingenious palace maids, can I still eat raw rice? ”

When I came to Zongdao, I also wanted to say that the imperial meals were customized, and the royal majesty was shown according to the system; But when I thought about it again, the emperor didn't even want eunuchs, and what ancestral system couldn't be changed. I have spoken too much today, maybe it has caused the emperor's dissatisfaction, it is better to protect yourself wisely, and it is better to say less. Therefore, he had to say "Your Majesty declares, and the minister will undoubtedly discuss it", and hurried back to work.

Zhu Youzhen saw that there were no more opponents among the ministers, and a stone finally fell to the ground in his heart, and it seemed that his tactic of "boiling frogs in warm water" really worked, and there was no resistance to such a big thing as abolishing the eunuch system and reforming the palace institutions.

After dealing with this matter, it is time for the courtiers to report on the affairs of the state. The king of the military department was busy in Jin: "Your Majesty asked the governors of various places to discuss the matter of peace the day before yesterday, and now Yan Mingtai, the governor of Jiliao, the governor of Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, Zu Dashou, the chief military officer of Liaodong, and Mao Wenlong, the chief military officer of Dongjiang Town, have been handed over. Several of them have very different opinions, please Your Majesty! ”

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