Zhang Juzheng also told Qin Tai that the cabinet implemented a shift system. In addition to the cabinet chief assistant Gao Gong, three cabinet members take turns on duty.

However, Zhang Juzheng has a lot of things, and he usually spends most of his time in the cabinet duty room. Zhang Juzheng is on duty here every three days, and the other two days he goes home to rest.

Yesterday it happened to be Zhang Juzheng's turn to be at night, so Zhang Juzheng has not been home for two days and one night.

The cabinet is also on duty, generally every two cabinets walk in shifts, and also take a shift system to be on duty at night. The Cabinet Seal is not on duty, but it is necessary to assist the Cabinet members in different shifts.

Generally, each cabinet is equipped with one or two cabinet chapters, and each cabinet member is equipped with four cabinet chapters, and Zhang Juzheng is assisted by six cabinet chapters.

The six Zhangjing are divided into two shifts, with three people in each class in charge of government, military affairs, and civilians. When handling the handover, each person has their own management department, and there will be no confusion when it comes to special personnel.

Through Zhang Juzheng's introduction, Qin Tai finally had a general understanding of the division of labor within the cabinet. Cabinet members are like general managers or department managers in today's society, cabinet walks are assistant managers or department heads, and cabinet chapters are manager secretaries or younger brothers.

If the Ming Dynasty is regarded as an enterprise, Emperor Longqing is the chairman, the royal family is the director who does not participate in daily affairs, the first assistant of the cabinet is the general manager of the company, the second assistant of the cabinet is the deputy general manager, the third assistant of the cabinet is the chief financial officer, the fourth assistant of the cabinet is the marketing director, the cabinet walking is to coordinate the supervision of various departments or the special representative of the head office, the six Shangshu and Shilang are the managers and supervisors of various departments of the head office, and the governors are the managers of the branches under the head office.

Everyone has their own territory and direction of responsibility, and they are mutually restricted and related to each other. It's just that Zhang Juzheng, the deputy general manager, was acquiesced by Emperor Longqing, the chairman of the board, and set up Gao Gong, the first assistant of the general manager's cabinet, to be responsible for the daily work of the enterprise in the Ming Dynasty and the appointment and dismissal of middle and lower-level personnel.

Zhang Juzheng told Qin Tai that the cabinet seems to be busy now, but in fact, there are a lot fewer things. Local affairs are managed by local officials, and generally not major or difficult matters, and local officials do not report to the cabinet.

The relationship between local officials and the central authorities is quite good, and in general, local officials can hide things and do not report them if they can.

Letting the cabinet know too much about the lack of local government will not only be detrimental to the local government at all levels, but will also affect the future of the local governors.

Therefore, except for the appointment and dismissal of important officials and disaster relief, and other major matters must be reported, the local government generally does not report everything.

On the other hand, they will report everything to the six ministries, and the purpose is to make the cabinet not forget the yamen, the chief official of the six ministries.

Generally speaking, the cabinet can help the chief officials of the six ministries to make decisions about this kind of matter related to the six ministries, and can also seek the opinions of the chief officials of the relevant yamen of the six ministries.

It depends on the authority and status of the cabinet. In general, the cabinet can make decisions on its behalf, or even handle it directly.

However, some important matters must be communicated with the relevant departments of the six ministries before they can be decided. In particular, matters concerning the appointment and dismissal of officials and financial expenditures can generally be decided only after consultation with the officials of the Ministry of Officials or the Household Department.

The Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry are the best to deal with in the six ministries, and generally do not dare to go against the will of the cabinet. The Ministry of War needs the approval of the Cabinet to allocate funds before it can operate, and the Ministry of Rites needs the approval of the Cabinet to fund, so it generally does not work against the Cabinet, and only the more arrogant Ministry of Officials and Household Departments sometimes often have conflicts with the Cabinet.

But as long as you think about it, the problem inside is immediately clear. The Ministry of Officials is the yamen for evaluating and approving middle and lower-level officials, and now the Cabinet has taken away the right to appoint, which of course leads to the dissatisfaction of the entire Ministry of Officials with the Cabinet.

If it weren't for the fact that the secretaries of the Ministry of Officials here were all concurrently served by cabinet members, the Ministry of Officials would have fallen out with the cabinet a long time ago.

The household department was in charge of the money pockets of the Ming Dynasty, and it was originally the most oily yamen. However, the Cabinet not only took away the power of examination and approval, but also frequently checked the accounts of the Ministry of Households, so the Ministry of Household Affairs had a lot of opinions on the Cabinet and often made it difficult for the Cabinet on various grounds.

Fortunately, the cabinet leaders and assistants are all good at finance, not only managing the finances in an orderly manner, but also not going to the household department.

But every time I coordinated with the Ministry of Households, it was the time when the relationship between the Cabinet and the Ministry of Households was the most tense. Zhang Juzheng's main energy these days is spent on how to subdue the main officials of the household department.

If it weren't for the restraint of these people, Zhang Juzheng would have done things more smoothly. Zhang Juzheng decided to put this first before he became the first assistant to the cabinet

The "hard bones" were won, so that he could logically take over as the first assistant of the cabinet. Qin Tai found a big problem, why did all the documents go directly to the cabinet instead of reporting to the cabinet through the six ministries?

If these emergency documents are handed over to the six ministries first, won't the six ministries ask the cabinet to do something? At that time, the cabinet will not only not have to ask the six ministries to do things, but there will also be many fewer things.

You must know that Zhang Juzheng is not only the second assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but also the prince and the prince, and he has to take care of and educate the prince Zhu Yijun.

As the crown prince Zhu Yijun grew up, Zhang Juzheng was about to be distracted from managing Zhu Yijun's education and management. If Zhang Juzheng was entangled in so many miscellaneous matters, he would have no time to manage Zhu Yijun.

You must know that the matter of educating Zhu Yijun seems very small now, but the actual significance and role are immeasurable.

This not only affects the future relationship between Zhang Juzheng and Zhu Yijun, but also affects Zhu Yijun's future governing ability and personal morality.

If Zhang Juzheng can break away from these documents as soon as possible, he will be able to concentrate on educating the next generation of emperors one day earlier.

The Ming Dynasty needs a wise emperor too much, and a healthy and wise king will definitely benefit the country and the people.

Qin Tai said his opinion, and Zhang Juzheng's eyes immediately lit up. Yes, it seems simple to do this, but in fact, the trouble and cumbersome are pushed to the sixth.

The chiefs of the six ministries did not dare not accept it, and they would not accept it, which would not only ease the relationship between the cabinet and the six ministries, but also make the officials of the six ministries feel that they have face.

If this is really done, the cabinet will no longer have to ask the officials of the six ministries, and the officials of the six ministries will turn around and plead with the cabinet.

Zhang Juzheng and others are all capable people, it's not that they haven't thought of countermeasures, but no one has thought about it like this. Although Qin Tai does not understand politics, he is a simple person, and he can always hit the key and difficult points of things with one word.

If this idea is implemented, the cabinet can save nearly half of its time and energy, and cabinet members can also spend as much time as possible managing middle and high-level officials in the six ministries to analyze and study the country's major affairs and future trends.

Zhang Juzheng carefully explained the process of the cabinet to Qin Tai, and Qin Tai immediately thought of the problem.

When Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he issued a holy decree that all localities should report to the central government as soon as they encountered a famine.

These urgent matters of money were not reported to the relevant departments of the six ministries, but directly reported to the emperor through the Department of General Administration.

If you meet a diligent and capable emperor, this is not only easy but also fast. But now several generations of emperors are lazy or mediocre, and these things are pushed to the cabinet.

Although the cabinet wants to deal with it, it is not capable of doing it alone, and it needs to contact various departments to solve the problem.

The more departments there are, the more complicated the relationship between them becomes, and the contradictions between some officials will make some things more difficult to do.

This kind of urgency has become difficult under the mutual prevarication and incoordination of these people. It not only harmed the people in the affected areas, but also caused damage to the reputation of the imperial court and the cabinet.

If the local authorities urgently report to the relevant yamen, not only can everyone be prepared, but also think of countermeasures as soon as possible, as long as all departments coordinate.

It not only saves time and effort, but also saves everyone from passing the buck to each other, and no one dares to bear the responsibility of concealing and not reporting it alone.

Qin Tai suggested that Zhang Juzheng, after receiving this urgent report, the General Administration Department copied a copy for the record, and immediately distributed it to the six relevant yamen in different categories.

Not only must the Department of Communications and Administration have a cabinet member present to supervise the office, but also the documents delivered to the relevant yamen of the six ministries must be signed by officials at the level in charge.

This prevented problems such as loss in the middle of the process and concealment and non-reporting by the six yamen. Every 10 days, the Cabinet sorts out the documents of the General Administration, checks the number of documents reported by the six ministries, and urges the six ministries to handle all the documents that have been withheld by the six ministries without permission.

For some important and difficult affairs concealed and not reported, the cabinet should report to the emperor and demand that they be seriously dealt with and held accountable.