After entering July, Zhu Si did not have any more head-on conflicts with his courtiers.

But with the report of the audit results of the river engineering, a new storm is already brewing.

When the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry got the relevant audit results handed over by the new emperor and found that there was a shortfall of more than one million taels of silver on the surface, they naturally had to find a way to fill it.

As Zhu Hao expected, Huang Zhan, who was the right waiter in the household department in the past few years, was destined to be pushed out as a scapegoat.

“…… The Ministry of Industry is fine, but when it comes to the governor of Henan and the local river work, it has been stopped since last year, and now it is difficult for the Household Department to transfer out excess money and grain, if His Majesty continues to pursue it, I am afraid that in the past few years, the officials of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry will be investigated a lot, which will cause turmoil in the imperial court......

Jiang Mian walked out of the cabinet and walked side by side with Yang Tinghe, and soon mentioned the recent river audit.

Yang Tinghe replied coldly: "Didn't Your Majesty want to take full control of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry? Let the household department and the Ministry of Industry check themselves, why let outsiders get involved? ”

Jiang Mian was worried when he heard this.

Listening to the meaning of Yang Tinghe's words, it seems that he wants to leave the affairs of the household department and the ministry of work alone.

After Zhu Si ascended the throne, in the first batch of personnel appointments and dismissals, although the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War were abandoned, Zhu Si took the initiative to propose candidates for the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, and passed the court meeting.

This time, the emperor was quite a bit of a knife with his own people.

Jiang Mian said: "But the person who His Majesty examines the accounts this time is Tang Yin, who was born in the Xingwang Mansion. ”

The officials of the imperial court are basically under the control of Yang Tinghe now, and generally speaking, there are no reckless men who do not understand the rules.

But Tang Yin is different.

This is a "wild roader" with an abnormal background, because he was involved in the problem and ruined the future of the imperial examination, he is bound to have a hatred for the orthodox court officials, and he relies on the support of the new emperor, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not make any radical moves.

The affairs of the imperial court, what I am most afraid of is to study it at a glance, and it looks like a harmonious atmosphere on the surface, but once you get to the bottom of it, you will find that all the yamen are pickled things under the glamour.

Yang Tinghe shook his head: "Let the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry first start with the bureaus of the Inner Government, especially the Yamen of the Inner Government established in the Zhengde Dynasty, and eliminate them together if they can be eliminated, so as to save money for the imperial court. ”

According to Yang Tinghe's meaning, doesn't the emperor like to check?

We'll give you some false ones first, and see if you'll take it when you see it.

If you don't know how to converge, then we will push out the person who was in charge of the river work before and send it to death, the most important thing is the former Ministry of Industry Shangshu Li Qi, Li Qi also belongs to Wang Qiong's faction after all, and then dig deeper, even the current Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zhao Huang is also within the scope of processing.

Jiang Mian thought about it, and before he knew how the new emperor would make a big fuss, he could only use the bureaus of the inner government to start.

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Zhu Hao's plan for Tang Yin was to let Tang Yin go to the court to fight the Confucianism, but this matter could not be implemented for the time being.

Or this is just limited to the scope of the imagination, it really has to be operated, unless the contradiction between the emperor and the civil servants is irreconcilable, otherwise let Tang Yin first follow the basic etiquette of civil officials, that is, follow the rules and regulations, and slowly figure it out, so as not to offend so many people as soon as he becomes an official.

On this afternoon, after Zhu Si left the palace, he wanted to watch Gongyeling's play by name.

Gong Ye Ling had already performed for Zhu Si twice before, and each time Zhu Si was fascinated, Zhu Hao was afraid that Zhu Si would just bring Gong Ye Ling into the palace, so he didn't let Gong Ye Ling appear recently.

"Your Majesty, Miss Gongye is a happy person, did Your Majesty give her the status of a lover and let her live a normal life earlier?" Zhu Hao asked.

Zhu Sidao: "Is there any difference between this? ”

Even if Zhu Si is now the Ninth Five-Year Honor, he is still a little unclear about the division of the market class, he doesn't know, in fact, there are many people in the Ming Dynasty who have no way to take the imperial examination and live a normal life, and the so-called equality of everyone does not exist in the society of the Ming Dynasty.

After waiting for Zhu Hao to explain, Zhu Si nodded and said, "Don't say it's a Gongye girl, even if it's a person in the troupe, it's all pardoned." ”

Zhang Zuo next to him hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, pardoning too many people at once will inevitably make people suspicious." ”

"That's ......" Zhu Si thought for a while, looked at Zhu Hao with a smile and said, "Then listen to Zhu Hao, whoever he says will give him a good name." ”

As he was talking, Tang Yin came back under Luo An's escort and saluted Zhu Si.

Zhu Hao asked: "Didn't Mr. Tang go to the Ministry of Industry today to retrieve the recombination between Henan and Shandong in the past few years?" Isn't it tuned? ”

Tang Yin said: "The Ministry of Industry replied, saying that these old songs were not reserved. ”

Zhu Si asked suspiciously: "Didn't you say that all the music of the previous dynasty should be prepared for later historians to sort out and record it?" Why did the Ministry of Industry say that these notes were not left? ”

Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty still can't hear it?" Actually, they just don't want to give it...... Because there is a lot of deficit involved, they can't fill the deficit when they hand it over and check the accounts. Moreover, in their eyes, they didn't take a nine-grade household official seriously at all. ”

"Bastard! They didn't take me seriously! Zhu Si was furious.

Zhang Zuo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is angry. ”

Zhu Sidao: "Zhu Hao, I have an idea, instead of waiting for everything to be handled by the cabinet first, it is better for us to set up a cabinet ourselves, and you will take care of all affairs, and Mr. Tang will join in, if it is feasible...... Mr. Gongsun or other capable people are also added, so that it is more convenient to solve any problems. ”

Zhang Zuo's eyes widened beside him.

New Cabinet?

Where does that put me?

Am I going to be both subject to the cabinet and suppressed by the new one? Then I, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and the nominal minister, has not become an ornament?

Zhu Hao looked at Zhang Zuo and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, everything should be headed by Gonggong Zhang." ”

Although Zhang Zuo knew that it was impossible for Zhu Si to follow this advice, there was still a warmth in his heart, and finally Mr. Zhu remembered that there was someone named Zhang.

Zhu Sidao: "He can indeed join in, but if there is anything, it is still subject to the opinions of Zhu Hao and Mr. Tang, and if it is implemented...... It requires relatively experienced people, and it is better to have someone in the DPRK ......."

Zhu Hao heard that Zhu Si's idea was similar to the "Military Aircraft Department" set up by the Qing Dynasty above the cabinet.

is directly responsible to the emperor, but does not have an official position on the surface, that is to say, they are all part-time, but their identity and status are equivalent to that of the prime minister, and they are in charge of the military and political power in the DPRK.

Of course, at the beginning of its establishment, it was impossible to reach such a height, probably because Zhu Si had just ascended the throne and found that the cabinet had too much power, and also found that the emperor lacked the support of his own people in handling many things, and could not do everything as a whole, so he felt that the prime minister system that had been passed down in China for more than 1,000 years had its necessity.

If the prime minister can be under the full control of the emperor, it is indeed more efficient in handling affairs, and the emperor can control everything.

"In the future, I can't go out of the palace every day, it's best that Zhu Hao and Mr. Tang can enter the palace, it's a big deal to find you an office in the Xi'an Gate, keep a low profile when you enter and leave the palace gate, and probably won't be noticed......"

The reason why Zhu Si wanted to set up such a special institution was because it was very inconvenient to contact the palace and outside the palace, either he left the palace or Zhang Zuo threaded the needle from it.

It is better to directly let Tang Yin and Zhu Hao enter the palace on duty.

Zhu Hao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter should be considered in the long run, the play is about to start, Your Majesty might as well enjoy it while eating, and we will discuss this matter in detail in the evening." ”

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Zhu Si went to the theater.

Although he left the palace just for fun, Zhu Si was still able to restrain himself so far, because he knew that there were many enemies in the court, and he might fall into the hands of others for a while, and even lose the throne.

He dared to come out to watch the play, all because Zhu Hao helped him deal with official business, and he could answer those ministers fluently in the court in Japan, and he could also ensure that the main affairs of the court and China could be understood comprehensively, because Zhu Hao gave a summary every time in place.

"It seems that Your Majesty trusts you very much."

Tang Yin came back and sat down and helped Zhu Hao review the recital.

Recently, Tang Yin has also been practicing calligraphy.

According to Zhu Si's request, Tang Yin wanted to help Zhu Hao share part of the pressure, and it was best to imitate Zhu Si's handwriting.

But in fact, there is no need for this at all, in Zhu Hao's opinion, as long as Tang Yin can distinguish which pieces are important and which are just trivial things, and classify them, part of them will be approved by him Zhu Hao on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the other part will be handed over to the celebrant to do it for him.

So Tang Yin didn't pay much attention to this, at his age, it was indeed a bit difficult to imitate a teenager's words without being noticed.

Zhu Hao said: "If Mr. Tang can enter the new cabinet, doesn't that mean that he is a very good minister?" ”

"Don't laugh."

Tang Yin didn't think this was anything to be happy about, "I can't show my face, I have been hiding in the shadows, serving the court but not being known, just like walking at night in brocade." Zhu Hao, you have a bright future, and you can endure a moment of loneliness, but my old bones, how many years do I have left in the DPRK? It is said that it is not a false name, but the false name is right in front of you, and it is really difficult to refuse. ”

Zhu Hao nodded.

Tang Yin is sometimes so "simple", at least in front of him, he can be regarded as having something to say.

In the past, Tang Yin wanted to pursue fame, but he didn't have that qualification, but now he is qualified to pursue it, but he is dying of old age, and he finds that many things in terms of seniority and seniority cannot be surpassed, and he is a little disheartened.

Zhu Hao said: "Then Mr. Tang pursues more achievements in his career, and recently His Majesty intends to let you be the head of the household department, taking this as an opportunity, or there is a chance to become the center of power." ”