Hu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry has long wanted to be a scholar, but there has been no suitable candidate to take over in the imperial court, and the successor in the mind of the Son of Heaven, Qin Shilang, is not qualified enough, so he has been dragging on to be this Shangshu. Therefore, he didn't want to cause trouble at all, and today the Son of Heaven gave "instructions", and he took it easily. As for the doorway, I want to think about it but I don't want to openly contradict the Son of Heaven.

The reason why the ministers were surprised, and at the same time called Hu Shangshu, who was holding the "instructions", secretly hesitated, was because it was unprecedented.

In accordance with the rules of the dynasty, the hundred officials were responsible for everything, and the Son of Heaven ruled vertically, and the contact between the hundred officials and the Son of Heaven was to play and approve, and the cabinet and the celebrant were in a sense endorsing this procedure. This is a set of procedures that are considered "legitimate" by civil officials.

The Son of Heaven's treatment of the cantata is called a reply, and it can be seen literally that there is an answer in it, which is actually very passive. There is no progression, there is no answer, that is to say, there are officials and soldiers and civilians who write first, and then there is an answer from the Son of Heaven.

On the other hand, the Son of Heaven arbitrarily issued an edict on government affairs to the foreign courts, which was regarded as a chaotic order and was to be resisted by the civil ministers. As for whether the arm can be twisted over the thigh, it depends on the ability of both parties, sometimes it can be twisted, sometimes it can't.

Of course, in reality, there are indeed Son of Heaven who take the initiative to declare the holy will with the edict, but the premise is that the edict must be sent to the cabinet first, signed by the cabinet and re-drafted, and then played to the Son of Heaven in the form of a recital, and then approved before it can be considered effective and legal.

These procedures have largely restricted the Son of Heaven's right to speak. For example, if all the ministers can pretend to be deaf and dumb and turn a blind eye to some things, then even if the Son of Heaven does his best, it will be difficult for him to issue a holy decree that is in line with his heart.

Why is it that in the dynasty, the extralegal forces such as the celebrant supervisor, the factory, and the guard were criticized but could endure for a long time? That's because the Sons of Heaven needed such a right-hand man to realize their will. Otherwise, they will be greatly constrained within the system and in public opinion.

Now the Son of Heaven gave this thing to Master Hu of the Ministry of Works. It is neither an ordinary oracle reply, nor is it different from an ordinary edict, and the Son of Heaven himself has a name called "Instructions". How to treat it correctly has become something that worries Hu Shangshu.

Lao Shangshu suddenly thought of what the Son of Heaven had just said, and his heart immediately brightened. I remember that the Son of Heaven said that "we must treat public opinion correctly", which is very familiar. If you think about it carefully, it was emphasized repeatedly by Li You yesterday!

Immediately, he could conclude that the "instructions" must also be Li You's idea, and only Li You could come up with this idea of finding another way!

Hu Laoshangshu did not guess wrong, this idea did come from Li You, and Li You came from the memory of his previous life. Although with his short-sightedness, he has not been able to understand the principle of the four words "leader's instructions", but he knows very well that this is a very mysterious method that is worth learning from the Son of Heaven.

Instructions are different from comments. It may or may not work; You can want it to work, or you don't want it to work; can be legitimate. It can also be illegal.

And it works. If the subject of the instruction does not take it seriously, it will be miserable; When it shouldn't work. But the object of the instruction really takes it seriously, and it will be even worse.

All in all, the so-called use of the magic is also in one mind. This kind of exercise, combined with the "public opinion" created by well-intentioned people and the platform of newspapers, in the Ming court, which advertised that the way of speech was inviolable, it could be regarded as breaking the system of criticism and creating a public opinion ecosystem, which was too conducive to the Son of Heaven to counteract the ministers.

As long as the reigning Son of Heaven is not a fool, he will gladly learn it. Therefore, after hearing this idea yesterday, the eldest princess of Guide excitedly praised her lover with "genius".

Hu Shangshu is thinking about it in his heart, and others are also thinking about it in his heart. Although it seems to be just a trivial matter, it represents the ritual procedure, and it must be known that the wind starts at the end of Qingping, so the ministers dare not be negligent.

From the perspective of power ethics, this "instruction" comes from the newspaper's public sentiment, not from the edict that originates from the inner selfish desires of the Son of Heaven. Under the Son of Heaven are all subjects, and no minister dares to openly say that the subjects are not the people, it is a rebellion. If the newspaper presented to the Son of Heaven is regarded as another form of sparseness, it is not unavoidable.

It would be nice if things were just so simple, the ministers in the palace are all characters who have been in the sea for a long time, and many people are actually thinking deeply about the problem of the game of power and power of the monarch and the minister.

This "Mingli Bao" is obviously something outside the existing system, and it can be said that it is very free, and there is everything in it, even such a thing as "naked corpses of beautiful women" has appeared. That day, the Son of Heaven took the newspaper to give instructions, under the guise of public opinion, and he was also very free.

After all, newspapers are not concerts, and the Son of Heaven can give instructions if he wants, and if he doesn't want to give instructions, he doesn't want to give instructions, and if he doesn't care about them, he can give instructions and ignore what he doesn't care about. In this situation, if the ministers want to move with the instructions of the Son of Heaven, wouldn't it be equivalent to the Son of Heaven regaining a great deal of dominance in public opinion and government affairs?

For the ministers, the public opinion must be taken seriously, in fact, you don't need to take it too seriously, the people can make it impossible to know it, but you can't help but take the Son of Heaven seriously.

Courtiers who had experience as magistrates, such as stone sacrificial wine, suddenly remembered a word at this time - coercing public opinion.

Those who have been officials in local areas know that it is common to see large gentry relying on local forces to kidnap public opinion and blackmail the government. And at present, this kind of instruction issued by the Son of Heaven under the banner of listening to public opinion is completely like a style of coercing public opinion!

It sounds funny that the nominal supreme ruler of a country coerced the will of the people to give instructions to the minister... The ministers felt that this was simply holding chicken feathers as arrows, but they couldn't think of any good way to deal with it for a while.

It is the monarch alone, and it can be surrounded, and it is the public opinion alone, and it can be ignored, but what about the combination of the monarch and the public opinion? I'm afraid it's not as easy to deal with as before.

In fact, the thoughts of the ministers, to put it bluntly, are all selfish thoughts, and it is not easy to announce them, so you can't openly jump out and say, Son of Heaven, it is wrong for you to attach importance to public opinion, you are just to suppress the right to speak of our generation. So after a long time, no one has taken the initiative to come forward, after all, it is not a matter of life and death.

"Retreat!" Just as the princes were still thinking about it, they heard the inner eunuch shouting, and the Son of Heaven got up and left the palace.

The ministers withdrew from the Wenhua Palace, and they couldn't help but talk about today's "instructions". Someone smiled bitterly at Hu Shangshu: "Da Sikong! You've got a headache this time. Jingshi Street has been a chronic disease for many years, and it is by no means an overnight effort, who can be satisfied with it in a moment and a half. ”

Hu Shangshu sighed: "Li Baixian misunderstood me! ”

"Yes, if it weren't for Li Baixian's newspaper, there would be no today's affairs." Others chimed in casually.