"Bureaucrats." Zhu Cihong spit out two words and smiled briskly: "People are superficial, corrupt and pervert the law, fight for profit, and let ...... If these men had been in my hands, they would not have forgiven. It's just that there are countless people in the court, and I can only avoid the enemy's edge. ”

Li Yuzhi nodded, as if he was asleep, and said after a long time: "Lao Chen was born in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, ten years ago in Wanli, but he was just a student Mengtong. In the twenty-eighth year, he was released and awarded the East Mingzhi County. At that time, Lao Chen's biggest headache was the test method. ”

Zhu Cihong knew that it was easy for the old man to deviate from the point when he spoke, and he didn't urge him, but only let the elderly minister slowly recall. What's more, being able to listen to the voices of a bygone era is also an unattainable life experience.

"Then the test is successful," Li Yuzhi sighed, "it is nothing more than a list of what officials are going to do this year, and then submit it to the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the six departments and the cabinet." The six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate should be assessed monthly, and the six subjects should be tested every six months. The cabinet should also check when it is in Beijing to inspect and make plans. If you really check it, you should be 'set up for the limit assessment, and it will be clear at a glance', as if you have been stripped naked, which is really torturous.

"Hehe, the old minister is confused, the set that Chitose did in the East Palace is the test method, and there is definitely no need for the old minister to explain."

"You keep saying, I'd love to hear it." Zhu Cihong smiled. He has been studying this test method in his past and present lives, and the more he studies it, the more he feels like a performance appraisal in the Ming Dynasty.

While marveling at the genius of Zhang Juzheng, the great minister of Zhang Juzheng, we cannot ignore the rationality of the construction of Zhang Juzheng's previous administrative framework.

When Zhang Juzheng was implementing the examination law, he quoted a lot of the "old system", and he emphasized "affirming the old chapter" rather than the "new policy". It can be seen that as long as someone can preside over and his subordinates are willing to do things, the operation efficiency of the empire is still very efficient. Whatever future generations like is pushed to the head of the system. This is really unreasonable in the Ariake Dynasty.

If you don't talk about Zhang Juzheng's successful counter-evidence, as long as you carefully examine the setting of the political situation in the Ming Dynasty, you can also see the scientificity.

As the eyes and ears of the imperial court, from the central to the local, from ordinary administration to special administration - such as learning, salt patrol, tea and horses, etc. Moreover, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a vertical leader, and the lower-level imperial historians are not responsible to the administrative bureaucrats. It will not be managed. This is enough to ensure the impartiality and independence of the imperial history.

For the central system of the head of the heart of the empire, there are six independent departments for the ministry, which are responsible for the palm seal of the capital and have the power to refute the emperor's holy decree. At the same time, the "science copy" and "science reference" in daily work are the internal affairs of the six departments corresponding to the audit. In addition, there is also "cancellation": the holy decree and the decree are attached to the section every day, and they are sent to the cabinet for the record on the fifth day, and only after verifying that the relevant departments have carried out the will and the decree will be cancelled.

If the rules of the canon are followed, the six branches will proclaim the edict. Major events are repeated, and small things are countersigned and promulgated; If there is negligence, it can be sealed and reinforced. Where the internal and external chapters are sparse, classified and copied, and signed by the Ministry of Payment, and their violations are corrected.

With these two immune systems working at the same time, it is enough to ensure the stability and health of the polity.

At the local level, there are commanders and envoys who are in charge of the military power of the local guards. It is subordinate to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and obeys the orders of the Ministry of War; Sentencing is in charge of the justice of a province according to the procuratorial department - cases with a sentence of imprisonment or higher must be submitted to the criminal department for trial. At the same time, it is also necessary to supervise officials, which is the local office of the Metropolitan Procuratorate; Cheng Xuan is in charge of civil affairs under the administration of the political envoys, subject to the assessment of the Ministry of Officials, and implements various policies of the six central ministries. These three are separate and not subordinate to each other, and they are all under the supervision of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate system.

From Zhu Cihong's point of view, this is already the most complete system in the current era. The common controversy between "separation of powers" and "monopoly of one government" in later generations. In the Ming Dynasty, there was also a political practice: it was only necessary to look at the cabinet struggle for power and the abolition of the governor and governor system.

With such a haode system, weishenme will make a mess today?

Zhu Cihong believes that this is directly related to the cabinet and the emperor.

It is not a problem that Emperor Wanli does not go to court, the problem is that he does not make up for the office. A large number of officials who had not been trained and trained stepped onto the political stage in the Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties. They do not understand the mode of operation of empires, nor have they been eliminated through political tests, nor even understand that politics is the art of compromise, which eventually leads to the collapse of empires.

After the successful seizure of power, the cabinet changed from a secretarial body to the real head of the empire, and its power was more than that of the prime ministers of the Tang and Song dynasties. If they are corrupt, then the political system of the entire empire is bound to follow. And the cabinet corruption of the Chongzhen Dynasty was also the most unparalleled in the Ming generation.

Why didn't this happen in the previous dynasty?

Because before the Apocalypse and Chongzhen, there were only two ways to enter the cabinet: Tingtui and Zhongzhi. Until the late Wanli period, Zhongzhi's entry into the cabinet was still regarded as a shame, and civil officials easily refused to accept it. This adds an additional layer of filtering to ensure that cabinet members have sufficient influence over the executive branch.

At the time of the apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian left and right the emperor and opened the way to enter the cabinet. When he arrived at Emperor Chongzhen, he changed the cabinet as if he had changed his servants, and later even canceled the court push and directly issued a decree. What binding effect can the cabinet elders come out in this way have on the six ministries and localities? The myth that Shi Brown entered the cabinet for more than ten years only happened in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

So in the final analysis, the responsibility still falls on the emperor.

"In the Wanli Dynasty, until Shen Xianggong was always in power, the rule of officials was quite passable." Li Yuzhi continued: "Later, the dispute between the country and the capital was too fierce, the master of the temple did not go to the court, did not make up the officials, the court was empty, and there was no successor. When it came to the Apocalypse Dynasty, it flocked again, which made the entire court a mess, and it also became the source of party strife. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, feeling that Li Yuzhi's opinion was the same as his own, but Dazai didn't dare to accuse the emperor.

"In the forty years of Wanli, the old minister was in Taiyuan, recommending Zou Yuanbiao, Feng Congwu and others." Li Yuzhi suddenly smiled and said, "If Feng Congwu is lucky enough to see His Highness, he should be grateful." He can be said to be the first person in my dynasty to succeed Zhang Zidao. The old minister also regrets His Royal Highness, and wants to worship Guan Xue, but he can't get a true Confucian like me. ”

"It's okay," Zhu Cihong said, "As long as I loosen the soil, I can always grow great Confucianism." ”

Li Yuzhi smiled heartily, his eyes were a little dark, like a naughty child. After laughing, he was annoyed and said, "The old minister is old and confused, I don't know where to go." Or back to this test method, as long as the top and bottom stick to its complexity and never slack off, there is no rule that cannot be cleared. It's just that Dazhang Xianggong offended a lot of people because of this, and the old ministers and mediocre people did not dare to do maverick things. ”

Li Yuzhi said as he spoke, tears already flowed out. Zhu Cihong got up and took a brocade from the case and handed it to Li Yuzhi for him to wipe.

"His Royal Highness has an uplifting heart, and he is proficient in the examination, in the eyes of the old minister, it is not inferior to the ability of Dazhang Xianggong." Li Yuzhi breathed a sigh of relief: "Speaking of which, the old minister does not believe in those who are born to know, even if he is as famous as Xu and Zhang, if he does not have the tempering when Yan Song was in power, he will definitely not be able to achieve the great weapon later." His Royal Highness can be regarded as letting the old minister change his old outlook and be convinced. ”

"I didn't get to see what I am today." Zhu Cihong said truthfully.

Li Yuzhi only thought that Zhu Cihong was modest, smiled lightly, and said: "The old minister was able to see His Majesty before leaving Laizhou." What the emperor means is that if the East Palace is willing to return to the cabinet, the position of the heavenly official Dazai will be recommended by His Royal Highness, and it is not a problem to enter the cabinet. ”

That's the political deal.

Zhu Cihong breathed a sigh of relief. If your own East Palace system is compared with the Ming political system, the chamber is like six departments, the financial department is equal to Kedao, and the ten-person group is Jinyiwei; Wu Fu and Sun Chuanting are considered to have entered the cabinet; Liu Ruoyu is equal to the celebrant supervisor; Tian Cunshan is the guard of the prison army...... It must be said that although the efficiency of this team is high, it is too simple to see the light on the stage.

Because of the existence of this shadow government, there must be a thorn in the heart of the imperial father.

The ministers of the southern capital will also say that the East Palace has the thoughts of Cao Cao, Wang Mang, Empress Lu, Wu Zetian, Li Heng and other predecessors.

"What I'm worried about is that these people in the East Palace are still afraid in my hands, and once they are classified as officials in the ministry, they will be defeated by the officialdom." Zhu Cihong said.

Li Yu knew that he was old and refined, squinted and smiled: "Although Dazai can only appoint officials below the fourth rank, the officials who happen to work are also under the fourth rank. (To be continued......)

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