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"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhongguo is the father-in-law of Weichen, and the establishment of the military cabinet is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people. The fastest and most stable update dìng"

Seeing Emperor Xuande and Yang Shiqi looking at him in surprise, Li Yuntian explained to the two of them quietly.

Zhou Zheng, as the second person in the Ming Dynasty, has always been regarded as Emperor Xuande's cronies, if Zhou Zheng takes the lead and gives up the military power of the elite Beijing army in his hands to enter the military cabinet, then Emperor Xuande's implementation of the military cabinet will undoubtedly be much smoother.

In fact, Li Yuntian had already talked to Zhou Zheng about the topic of the military pavilion, and as his father-in-law, Zhou Zheng was obviously the most trusted person in the officialdom of the capital.

In Li Yuntian's view, the military cabinet is different from the cabinet, although the authority of the cabinet is large, but due to the strong existence of the official department, the six ministries will always form a constraint on the cabinet.

It seems that the members of the military cabinet have lost their military power, but once the military cabinet is officially put into operation, they not only have the power to transfer troops, but also have the power to appoint personnel, so neither the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Government nor the Governor of the Fifth Army can compete with them.

After all, the military cabinet is different from the cabinet, the army requires orders and prohibitions and absolute obedience, so the establishment of this system is actually to weaken and limit the power of the governors of each prefecture, making the military cabinet become the central organ of the Ming army to give orders.

Over time, the military cabinet members will be promoted from the governors of each prefecture, which means that the status of the military cabinet members will be higher than that of the governors.

It's just that now due to the outside world's ignorance of the military cabinet, coupled with the deep-rooted concept of "supporting the army and protecting itself", none of the nobles in the court are willing to give up the military power in their hands, which makes it difficult for Emperor Xuande to determine the candidates for the military cabinet. [29215671 ruling the Ming Dynasty ruling the Ming Dynasty] 292 ruling the Ming Dynasty 295

The reason why Li Yuntian proposed to Emperor Xuande to establish a military cabinet was because Zhou Zheng had promised to give up his position as the governor of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor's Office, which held a heavy army, and enter the soon-to-be-established military cabinet as a cabinet member, leading by example and setting an example for those nobles in the court.

"In addition to the Duke of Zhongguo, who else does Li Yushi think can enter the Pavilion?" A smile appeared on the corner of Emperor Xuande's mouth, and he knew that Li Yuntian would not let him worry about the affairs of the military cabinet members, and he must have planned things safely, so he asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, in the eyes of the minister, the number of members of the military pavilion is set at seven is the most suitable, Chen Qia, the secretary of the military department, and Qin Mu, the left servant, can enter the pavilion, and Lu Zhongqian, the prince of Weiguo, Lu Dahai, Wuding, Sun Yi, Yongqing, and Peng Yu, the Zhongyuan wait, can enter the pavilion, please decide."

Li Yuntian groaned for a moment, and solemnly proposed to Emperor Xuande the list of candidates for the military cabinet member.

The list seems simple, but there are many exquisiteness and hidden mysteries in it:

Since the military department will be merged into the military cabinet, Chen Qia, the secretary of the military department, and Qin Mu, the left attendant, will naturally become members of the military cabinet, while the right attendant Wutong will support the Han king, and secondly, his status is not as good as Qin Mu, Li Yuntian naturally wants to exclude him, which is actually to seize the power in the hands of Wutong. The update is the fastest and most stable

In order to show Emperor Xuande's trust in him, Lu Zhongqian must also enter the military cabinet, and at the same time prevent Lu Zhongqian from taking the opportunity to sit in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion after Zhou Zheng left.

Zhou Zheng and Lu Zhongqian left the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion together, so the posts of the former Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and the left deputy governor were vacant, and the former Gyeonggi Governor's Right Deputy Governor, Wu Dehou Zhao Shanhe, could be promoted to the post of left deputy governor.

The position of the Grand Governor of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Government is very important, and it must be held by the Governor of the National, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public, so Zhang Hao, the Governor of the Right Army, can be promoted from the post of the Left Governor of the Right Army Governor to this position.

As for the vacancies of the right deputy governor of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office and the left governor of the Right Army Governor's Office, they can be promoted from among the nobles of the pro-Seondeok Emperor.

Wuding Hou Lu Dahai is the commander of the Zhejiang capital, Yongqing Hou Sun Yi is the commander of the Shaanxi capital, and Zhongyuan Hou Peng Yu is the commander of the Henan capital, the three of them, like Zhao Shanhe, are all the centrists of the court, and Emperor Xuande's move is undoubtedly a pacification of the centrist nobles.

In this way, there are two princes and three marquis in the military cabinet, which is enough to suppress the nobles of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Five Military Governor's Mansion.

Yang Shiqi bowed slightly after listening to the candidate chosen by Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian's move not only made the military cabinet to contain the nobles of the major governors' mansions, but also invisibly won over those centrist nobles, which can be described as a clever move.

"Li Yushi, if the military department is merged into the military cabinet, there will be one missing from the six departments?" However, the selection of candidates for the military pavilion is a military matter of the country, and Yang Shiqi is not easy to interfere, so he groaned for a while, and asked quietly while Emperor Xuande was reminiscing about the candidates Li Yuntian said.

"Ge Lao, Weichen thinks that the people take food as the sky, and there should be a special Ministry of Agriculture to manage agricultural affairs." [29215671 ruling the Ming Dynasty ruling the Ming Dynasty] 292 ruling the Ming Dynasty 295

Li Yuntian also realized that because of the departure of the military department, the six departments would become incomplete, and after thinking about it, he said to Yang Shiqi in a deep voice, "When the minister was in Hukou County, he was quite touched by the great authority of the county government, not only agricultural affairs, taxes and expenditures are all in charge of it, but there will inevitably be a lot of dirt in it, so the minister thinks that the power of the household department should be divided into three, divide and rule, and supervise each other. ”

"Divide and conquer!" Yang Shiqi's eyes lit up, nodded thoughtfully, and then asked with interest, "How to turn one into three?" ”

The household department is in charge of the country's land, taxes, household registration, military supplies, salaries, food and salaries, and financial revenue and expenditure, and is the second largest yamen in the six departments of the capital after the official department, but in the local yamen, the household is the first of the six rooms, and its responsibility and power can be seen.

The reason why the houses of the local yamen can crown the six houses is that the most important thing is to grasp the power of fiscal revenue and expenditure, whether it is tax or expenditure is dominated by the household, which will breed a lot of ** invisibly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that taxation is an important matter of the country, and its powers should not be delegated to the localities, but should be controlled by the imperial court, so that local officials will not be able to make profits from it."

Emperor Xuande was also attracted by Li Yuntian's remarks, and couldn't help but look at him, Li Yuntian saw this, so he bowed slightly to Emperor Xuande, and said in a deep voice, "Therefore, Weichen feels that taxes should also be set aside from the household department, and a tax bureau should be established to specialize in tax affairs, which will be governed by the imperial court from top to bottom, and the local yamen only have the responsibility to assist, but not the right to intervene." ”

"Ministry of Households, Ministry of Agriculture, Tax Bureau!" Yang Shiqi groaned for a moment when he heard this, and said to Emperor Xuande with a smile, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this law is very good, not only has clear responsibilities and powers, but also can restrain local tax stubborn diseases. ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen feels that the time is not yet ripe for the establishment of a tax bureau, first, the preparation of the tax bureau will take time, and second, this move will be resisted by local officials, or it will be gradually implemented when the time is ripe."

Li Yuntian saw that he had Yang Shiqi's support, so he immediately added, "The minister thinks that after the military department is merged into the military cabinet, the agricultural department can be separated from the household department, and the household department is still in charge of taxation. ”

Although Li Yuntian expressed concern about the resistance of local officials, in fact, the deep meaning in his words was alluding to the king of Han, although the local officials were dissatisfied, but no one dared to oppose the tax bureau openly, and they would be honest after the imperial court cleaned up a group of people.

It's just that if this happens, it will make the local political situation unstable and easy to be used by the Han king.

Therefore, the timing that Li Yuntian said naturally refers to Emperor Xuande's complete defeat of the Han Dynasty, so that the Han Dynasty will no longer have the power to turn over, and then the tax bureau can be gradually implemented throughout the country, so that the revenue and expenditure of the treasury will be separated.

"Who is competent in the Ministry of Agriculture?" Emperor Xuande naturally knew what Li Yuntian meant, and asked after bowing slightly.

Once the military cabinet is formed, then the Ministry of Agriculture will fill the vacancy of the Ministry of War and become one of the new six departments, so it is necessary to first determine the candidate for the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture.

"The secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture does not have to know agricultural affairs, but he must concentrate on it, and His Majesty can choose from the six officials." Li Yuntian groaned for a moment when he heard this, and bowed to Emperor Xuande and said.

Although Emperor Xuande was asking Li Yuntian's opinion, Li Yuntian was self-aware, and he had the courage to put forward the candidate for the military cabinet member to let Xuande choose it, and at this time, he would not mention the candidate for the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture again, otherwise he would be suspected of playing with power.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that not only the officials of the six departments, but also the officials of the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Tongzheng Department can also be considered." Yang Shiqi saw that Li Yuntian replied to Emperor Xuande euphemistically, so he smiled slightly and expanded the range of choices for the Ministry of Agriculture.

"Yang Gong, the preparation for the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture will be up to you to do a lot of ''." Emperor Xuande laughed when he heard this, and he also realized that it was a bit difficult for Li Yuntian to answer this question, so he said to Yang Shiqi.

"The minister must do his best." Yang Shiqi bowed his hand to Emperor Xuande and replied in a deep voice.

"Yang Gong, I feel that the affairs of the cabinet are getting busier and busier, so I am preparing to check the Tai Changqing Yang Pu into the cabinet, I don't know what Yang Gong wants?" Emperor Xuande glanced at Yang Shiqi, his words turned around, and he spoke.

"Hongji is cautious and old-fashioned, and he is the best candidate to enter the cabinet." Yang Shiqi was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Emperor Xuande to suddenly make such a decision, and then said solemnly.

When Li Yuntian heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile, and Yang Pu finally came to the bitterness and entered the cabinet and became a cabinet member.

Yang Pu is the former minister of the East Palace of Emperor Hongxi, and Huang Huai was unjustly imprisoned for ten years, and is the descendant of Emperor Hongxi.

Li Yuntian stayed in the Yangxin Hall at night, explaining to Emperor Xuande and Yang Shiqi the administrative system and responsibilities of the military cabinet, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Taxation Bureau.

I have to say that Li Yuntian's system of the military cabinet fundamentally inhibited the possibility of military generals supporting their own troops, and could promote the development of the Ming Dynasty's military.

As for the Ministry of Agriculture and the Taxation Bureau, they can not only promote the development of agriculture in the Ming Dynasty, but also standardize the tax system of the Ming Dynasty and eradicate the soil for frequent malpractices within the Ministry of Households.

The officials of the household department must not want to see the power of the household department being divided, but in addition, the major ministries and yamen are definitely happy to see this happen, I don't know how many officials are dissatisfied with the people of the household department, or jealous of the power of the household department, and wish that the people of the household department are unlucky.

In the evening, Emperor Xuande left him and Yang Shiqi to have dinner in the palace, and the preparation of the military pavilion and the Ministry of Agriculture could be completed in the morning, and it took a certain amount of time to prepare, and it would be established after the year at the earliest.

It is worth mentioning that in the afternoon, Jin Ying went to Anyi Houfu with the holy decree of Emperor Xuande, expressed regret for Gu Xi's untimely death, and named Gu Xi's eldest son as General Mingwei of Zheng Sipin.

General Mingwei is the official title of the Ming Dynasty's military officer, only an official rank, and no actual position, which is a kind of consolation for Emperor Xuande to Anyi Houfu, in order to show the emperor's favor and save a lot of face for Anyi Houfu.

After all, even Emperor Xuande said that Gu Xi "died young", so who would dare to chew his tongue "messily".

Not only that, the next day, Emperor Xuande issued a holy decree and fined him half a year's salary on the grounds that Li Yuntian was slacking off the affairs of Wenyuan Pavilion as a punishment.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Yuntian was punished because of Gu Xi's case, which shows that Emperor Xuande did not approve of Li Yuntian's involvement in this case, and it also invisibly gave the nobles of the court a comfort