The first day of the annual meeting of the business alliance ended in a warm atmosphere, because Zhengde temporarily changed his mind and the original plan was completely messed up, and the auction could only be postponed.

As the people who walked out of the restaurant to see them off formed a long line, Duan Fei told Su Youqing and the others a few steps, and then asked them to persuade the people who came with them to go back.

Now is the most lively time on the streets of the capital, Zhengde's car is slowly moving in the downtown area, Zhengde sleeps quietly in the bumps, and suddenly mutters in his mouth: "Duan Aiqing, Guo Aiqing, I want to go to Jiangnan, I want to go to Lingnan, I want to go all over Daming, I want to go to the sea to play, which of you can achieve my wish, I will ...... Just seal the king's fief! ”

Duan Fei and Guo Xun glanced at each other, only to see that Guo Xun's eyes were shining eagerly, Duan Fei smiled slightly, and said, "Guo Houye, you have to come on, this matter is too difficult, so I won't get involved." ”

Guo Xun said with a smile: "Yes, it's too difficult, I'm just a powerless little waiter, I'm in no way." ”

Guo Xun couldn't help it, Duan Fei didn't break it, he smiled: "The emperor plans to go down to the south of the Yangtze River at the beginning of spring, which is too urgent, in fact, if this matter is delayed, it may not be impossible......"

Guo Xun's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Master Duan, do you really have a way?" ”

Duan Fei nodded and said, "It's not difficult to say this, the important thing is to persuade the emperor to make some changes, it's a little difficult...... Alas, it will make Long Yan angry. ”

Guo Xun asked: "Lord Duan, don't sell Guanzi, you tell me, it's a big deal to join forces to persuade the emperor, and if you can't seal the king, it's okay to be an earl." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "I'm not too interested in whether to seal the king or not, those things that are not brought in life and not brought in death are all floating clouds for me, if Guo Houye likes it, although he works hard, I will never fight with you, in fact, if the emperor wants to be able to go out on tour of the field often, the only concern is the government, if Guo Houye can persuade the emperor to give a little power to the cabinet, the emperor can rest assured and boldly go out to parade." ”

"Bold!" Zhengde, who was leaning in the car and playing soundly, suddenly opened his eyes, he looked at Duan Fei with awe-inspiring eyes, and said, "Duan Fei, you dare to talk nonsense, who gave you such boldness!" ”

Duan Fei knew that he had been pretending to be asleep, and when he heard this, he pretended to be frightened on his face, and said hurriedly: "The emperor is angry, please listen to Weichen's explanation." ”

Zhengde snorted and said, "Say! ”

Duan Fei said: "Your Majesty, there are gains and losses, everything is difficult to be perfect, does the emperor think that it is most important to be completely pro-government...... Or do you think it's better to delegate a little bit of cumbersome and meaningless power to a few cabinet ministers, while you can get out of the complicated domestic affairs and travel freely? ”

Zhengde followed closely and asked, "What is troublesome and meaningless power?" ”

Duan Fei said: "Your Majesty, what you do over and over again every day is troublesome and meaningless, why don't you hand over most of them to a few cabinet ministers, whether they gain or lose is their business, they do it well, the emperor also has face, they don't do it well, the emperor can just remove it, so that the emperor can have more time to play." ”

Zhengde frowned and said: "I also handed over these 'troublesome and meaningless things' to others back then, but unfortunately that person chose to rebel in the end, Duan Aiqing, what is your best way to avoid it?" ”

The person Zhengde said was Liu Jin, at the beginning Liu Jin had the power to wear red, could handle most of the government for Zhengde, once the power was overwhelming, more than 70% of the 100 military officials of the Chinese dynasty were his protégés, and finally this guy actually planned to rebel, and died a miserable death.

Duan Fei said: "The emperor is clear, it's just that the excessive concentration of power breeds someone's ambitions, why doesn't the emperor expand the cabinet to five to eight people, and those complicated and repetitive government affairs will be handed over to a few of them, and each government affairs must be approved by at least six of them before they can be implemented, so as to avoid too much concentration of power." ”

Zhengde's eyes lit up and said, "Expand the cabinet? That's a good idea, but ...... What if the cabinet becomes a monolith? ”

Duan Fei said: "Your Majesty, the most important thing for you is to hold the military power, as long as the army is in your hands, why are you afraid of them joining forces?" Besides, the emperor can also set the cabinet term of office to be five years, and at most he can only be re-elected once, that is, ten years, and there are Dongchang and Jinyiwei to supervise, are you afraid that they can jump out of the emperor's palm? ”

Zhengde became excited, but after thinking about it, he said again: "It's not proper, the cabinet can't be in charge of the military, this is as it should be, but in this way, if I am away and there is a war somewhere, and the news is not smooth for a while, wouldn't it be a big mistake?" ”

Duan Fei smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, so Weichen said that there is no such thing as perfect in the world, the emperor wants to cruise in the south and is worried about missing the state affairs, unless the threat from the north is solved first, then you can tour the south with peace of mind, there is little turmoil in the place, even if there is, the transmission of information will not delay for a few days." ”

Zhengde fell into deep thought, and he muttered, "I understand, it seems that we have to think about it in the long run......"

Duan Fei breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and looked at Guo Xun, only to see the jealousy in his eyes flashing away, Duan Fei smiled slightly, and said, "Guo Houye, this matter still needs your vigorous promotion to be able to do it quickly, this is a great achievement!" ”

Guo Xun perked up and asked, "Huh? What should I do? ”

Duan Fei said: "What Hou Ye needs to do is to publicize and build momentum, and when necessary, come forward to make a statement to the emperor, so that the emperor can restore the old cabinet system of Taizu...... Don't the officials in the court often talk about the ancestral system? This time they got their wish, Taizu abolished the prime minister and established a cabinet, didn't he just disperse power and make his life more leisurely? Hou Ye only needs to write to persuade the emperor to restore the power of the cabinet and expand the cabinet, which is what the civil and military officials are happy to see. ”

Guo was shocked and said suspiciously: "Lord Duan's influence is much greater than mine, since there are many benefits, why doesn't Lord Duan do this matter himself?" ”

Duan Fei said leisurely: "This thing can't be done in a while, I still have to go to Jiangnan to suppress the Japanese at the beginning of spring, how can I have time to stay in the capital and grind with them, Guo Houye is shrewd and capable, it is appropriate to leave this matter to Guo Houye, the emperor, you think about it carefully, if you have a decision, Weichen will also try to cooperate, the emperor may wish to try it first, then you can play in Xuanfu and Datong closer to the capital, and then the emperor will play all over the world after solving the threat from the north." ”

Zhengde's eyes shone with the light of memory, Xuanfu, Datong, there are many good memories of him, seeing him so looked, Duan Fei had a bottom in his heart, this can be done, the change and evolution of the cabinet system, maybe no one needs to change anyone's life to transform the Ming Dynasty from a feudal monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, and then the Ming Dynasty will once again surpass any contemporary country, and become a great empire that no one dares to despise, of course, there are many variables in this, and there are many necessary pains, anything can happen, Duan Fei needs to set a new example in the wave of reform, a new trendsetter, and push those risks onto him, Guo Xun is undoubtedly an excellent candidate.

The next day, the business alliance conference was held in the old Taicang in the east of the city, which became a venue for a hundred schools of thought, businessmen from all over the world expressed their opinions, everyone discussed what to do, how to make more money, Zhengde came to the scene again after the early dynasty, this time he wore royal clothes, pushed the conference to a higher tide, and finally held an auction meeting, the things copied by Guo Zhen's family and the gifts received by Duan Fei were auctioned together, the auction was very lively, who dared not to give the emperor a son, the auction was sky-high, Zhengde took off the wrench on his hand and the jade pendant on his waist on a whim and auctioned them, and finally these two things were bought by Qiao Dayuan, the representative of the Jin merchants, and Zhang Xiaoquan, the representative of the Hui merchants, respectively, and everyone was happy.

Zhengde made a lot of money for nothing, and he was very happy in his heart, he even came up with the idea of taking out all the things in the imperial treasury that were not needed for auction, but as soon as this idea was spoken, Duan Fei dispelled it, this matter can no longer be done, it is okay to play occasionally, how can it become a convention, the royal face is all said, there are more things, it is worthless, and it can't be so neat to grab money.

The business alliance conference ended in the middle of the day, Duan Fei sent Zhengde back to the leopard room first, and when he returned home, he listened to Menzi and said: "Master, there is a junior official surnamed Yan, what is the editor of the Hanlin Academy, he has been waiting for the master in the meeting room for almost half a day, and he can't rush away, does the master see it?" If you don't see it, this cold winter, the little one wants to see if he can survive the night. ”

Duan Fei smiled: "Anyone else dares to come to me? What gift did this kid bring? You chased him away, it seems, what did he say? ”

Menzi said: "He was empty-handed, except for an ordinary greeting post, he didn't bring anything, but he ate a lot of pastries and tea in the guest room, we hinted that his master would not come back for the time being, let him go home and wait, he said that he had to see the master, even if he waited for a year, he had to wait until the master came back, and the little ones thought that this guy was planning to eat white food here." ”

Duan Fei smiled: "It seems that this guy is a bit interesting, you go and tell him that I have come back, and ask him to meet me in the middle hall." ”

"Zhongtang?" Menzi asked in surprise, and then went, Duan Fei Shi Shiran walked into the middle hall, after a while, Menzi led a tall and thin person into the middle hall, before Menzi began to introduce, the person had already taken two steps forward, and said to Duan Fei: "Xiaguan Hanlin Academy editor Yan Song, see Jinyi Weidu commanding Master Duan!" ”