Wu Changshi quickly explained the matter of poisoning Zhang Pu, the cause and effect were explained very clearly, which was completely in line with Zheng Xunrui's judgment, Zhou Yanru admired at the same time, of course, he had to make a fuss about this matter, he understood that Zheng Xunrui's purpose was to completely defeat the Donglin Party, Fushe and Yingshe from the moral point of view, so that this organization that gathered scholars would completely collapse.

When the case was handed over to Dali Temple, Zhou Yanru had already made all the preparations.

The conclusion of the interrogation of Dali Temple soon came out, Wu Changshi's poisoning of Zhang Pu was characterized as internal strife, the struggle for power and profit within the Donglin Party and the Fushe, of course, in the final conclusion, but also ruthlessly exposed Zhang Pu's arrogant behavior for many years, and it was precisely because of Zhang Pu's behavior that no one in his eyes angered Wu Changshi and led to death.

Zhou Yanru and Dali Temple are very smart, Dali Temple's conclusion did not involve Qian Shisheng and Qian Qianyi and others, but people who understand can see the meaning clearly, you must know that Wu Changshi thought about poisoning Zhang Pu, such a big thing, Qian Shisheng and others don't know that it is unreasonable, after all, it is Qian Shisheng, Hou Xun and Qian Qianyi and others who can really decide the affairs of the Donglin Party, from this level, these people are afraid that they are still involved.

If the government does not give a conclusion, it will talk wildly, and everyone is thoughtful and will associate it.

This kind of superficial non-involvement, with even more sinister intentions, actually completely defeated Qian Shisheng, Qian Qianyi and others.

Di Bao was sent to the provincial capital, prefecture and county, which instantly caused an uproar.

The Donglin Party and the Restoration Society were in a state of collapse in an instant, you must know that there are still many scholars who have a good impression of Zhang Pu, no one thought that the Donglin Party and the Restoration Society would do such a thing, but at this time, Qian Shisheng, Hou Xun and Qian Qianyi and others all made shrinking turtles. I didn't dare to come forward to explain it at all.

Zheng Xunrui really didn't interfere with this trial, and when he saw the conclusion of the trial in Dali Temple, even he was taken aback, and after thinking about the truth, he could only smile bitterly.

The affairs of the cabinet, Zheng Xunrui has already considered maturity.

The cabinet system was created by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang created the cabinet system, but to consolidate the imperial power and suppress the power of the prime minister, but in the Jiajing period, the power of the cabinet was no less than that of the prime minister.

The advantages and disadvantages of the cabinet system and the prime minister system are not well described, and there are different opinions in history, in fact, hundreds of years later. The cabinet system is still in place in some countries.

Zheng Xunrui did not want to change the cabinet system, it would take too much energy, but he needed to make a huge adjustment to the cabinet system.

Zheng Xunrui's understanding of power is somewhat different, there is no doubt that power needs to be limited, but if the power is not fully given to officials, it is impossible for people to do things well, and the development of commerce and trade has become one of the most important matters today, which requires many rules and regulations to limit power. Otherwise, the enormous damage caused by the collusion between officials and businessmen will sooner or later lead to the emergence of large-scale corruption. Eventually led to the demise of the country.

There is no perfect system in the world, they are all relatively good systems, and the system is also not immutable, and it also needs to be continuously improved according to the development of the times.

The Cabinet and the Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, etc. Whether it is linked together or not, this is the question that Zheng Xunrui thinks about the most, that is to say, the six Shangshu and the Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate directly form a cabinet, or set up a separate cabinet to control all departments.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages. With the six Shangshu and the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate directly constitute the cabinet, so that there is one less level of power, and the work can be more efficient, but the defect is also obvious, that is, the lack of discussion and consultation process, it is easy to form an arbitrary situation, and the formation of a cabinet on top of the six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate can expand a level of discussion, and many things can be fully discussed in the cabinet, and the opinions of these discussions will be provided to the emperor for decision-making.

It seems that there are more advantages to setting up a cabinet alone, at least the cabinet can fully discuss the many decision-making matters proposed by the six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then provide the opinions of the discussion to Zheng Xunrui for decision-making.

But Zheng Xunrui does not see it this way, the establishment of a separate cabinet has an extra level, to build a strong and rich country, the need for a high degree of centralization of power, the need for various decisions to be able to quickly implement the decision, if many decisions are still discussed and discussed as usual, it is difficult to pass and implement, then the pace of development will inevitably slow down, strong and rich must be an unattainable dream.

Therefore, Zheng Xunrui's consideration is a high degree of centralization of power.

The game between the imperial power and the power of the cabinet must exist, which needs to be determined by the system, and the most concentrated place in the power game is mainly in the two aspects of employing people and money.

It's not that the impeachment system of speech officials is bad, but it's a pity that this good impeachment system, after years of continuation, has long since changed its taste, there are many scholars, in order to be able to earn fame, do not hesitate to find ways to impeach, even out of nothing, they are not afraid of the court staff, not afraid of angry reprimands, grasp the emperor's desire to have a good reputation, unscrupulous.

More importantly, these officials do not necessarily know the actual situation below, nor do they necessarily know the effects of policy implementation, and they have fallen into the vicious circle of impeachment for the sake of impeachment.

What is the use of such a spoken-out?

Zheng Xunrui needs to firmly grasp the power of employing people, and he can relax a little in terms of money.

Officials above the fourth grade must be personally audited by Zheng Xunrui, and the basis of the audit is the assessment of the officials.

The evaluation of officials is not only the assessment of the officials, but also the supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate on weekdays, and all the functions of the former officials have been merged into the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the branches of the Metropolitan Procuratorate established by the provincial capitals and prefectures have adopted a one-sided leadership system, that is, the local government has no right to govern, let alone interfere, and the officials of the branches must be adjusted in three to five years.

Zheng Xunrui can not clearly understand the actual situation of every official above the fourth grade, which is to rely on the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the accountability system is also established in this situation.

The responsibility of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is equally heavy, they are responsible for the direct supervision of officials, officials have corruption and the behavior of the common people, the Metropolitan Procuratorate must investigate and deal with it, and must deal with it to the letter, and after the Metropolitan Procuratorate handles it, the big problem must be transferred to the Dali Temple or the Criminal Department to continue to deal with it.

Zheng Xunrui decided to implement many policies, especially the management methods for officials, which seem to be similar to Zhu Yuanzhang's, but the difference is still huge, the so-called people are clear and unobserved, and the water is clear and there are no fish, Zheng Xunrui understands a lot of unspoken rules, and he understands the huge interests here, especially with the development of commerce and trade, if you want officials to live a poor life and do things, this is something that cannot be done.

Therefore, when Zheng Xunrui decided to implement these policies, the first thing he did was to greatly increase the income of officials, and at the same time clarify many things that should be spent by the government, especially the yamen of Fuzhou County, where a lot of expenses were directly taken out of the treasury and did not need to be paid by the county magistrate.

A lot of things need to be done right away, and it takes a strong cabinet to be able to implement these policies.

After careful consideration, Zheng Xunrui set a quota of seven people for the cabinet, the singular number is conducive to voting on major matters, the cabinet also set up the cabinet first assistant and the cabinet secondary, the cabinet chief assistant has great power, directly responsible for the emperor, great power means great responsibility, all after the cabinet discussion, there is a major mistake, the cabinet chief assistant directly assumes responsibility, directly accepts the punishment.

In principle, the Cabinet Vice-Ministers assist the Cabinet Ministers in making decisions, but they also have a certain degree of independence, and they can oppose the decisions made by the Cabinet Ministers on major matters as long as there are appropriate reasons and reasons.

Cabinet ministers work under the leadership of the Cabinet Chief Assistant, and are responsible for their own affairs.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate directly supervises all members of the Cabinet, including the Cabinet Ministers and Cabinet Assistants.

The Imperial Court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate entered the cabinet and became a cabinet minister.

The cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are not related to each other and are directly responsible to the emperor, and Dali Temple is also directly responsible to the emperor.

The cabinet is composed of seven people: the secretary of the household department, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the secretary of the criminal department, the secretary of the military department, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the general army of the Zheng family.

The most important ministers do not enter the cabinet, and they are directly responsible to the emperor.

The first assistant of the cabinet and the second assistant of the cabinet are directly designated by the emperor, but the left capital of the Imperial Court and the Dali Temple are not allowed to serve as the first assistant and the second assistant of the cabinet.

Zheng Xunrui did not make too many restrictions on the appointment of the first assistant of the cabinet and the second assistant of the cabinet, he was still selfish in this regard and did not want to trap himself.

The ticket system is still preserved, the jade seal is kept by the brocade guard, the post of the minister of the guard is established, and all matters in the imperial city are in charge of all matters, and its grade is the second grade, at the same time, the eunuchs in the palace are not allowed to interfere in any political affairs, and the eunuchs who hold the pen and the eunuch who have the palm print are canceled, and the drafting of the decree is completed by the minister of the guard, and the decree is issued after the emperor's review.

The power of the local governor has increased, and he can directly decide on the appointment of local officials of the fifth rank and below, and it is sufficient to report to the Ministry of Officials, but the local governor must obey the Ministry of Officials to adjust the appointment of some officials, and under special circumstances, the Ministry of Officials can decide on the appointment of local officials of the fifth rank and below, which is the so-called airborne.

Officials appointed by officials, whether they are officials or governors, must be approved by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This is the overall adjustment that Zheng Xunrui decided to make, and of course there are many details. (To be continued.) )