"You Marquis Xiao is not clear about his own affairs, and you dare to pack tickets for the prince?" Zhao Yu sneered, "Then let me ask you, what kind of cargo has your cargo ship from Yanyun County been carrying in Haining Bay in the past few days?" Why don't you go through Haining Province and enter the military port directly? In the middle of the night, you can hear the neighing of horses, what's going on? ”

"Oh, Lord Zhao doesn't know." Lu Jing said, "It was our military department and the prince of Xuanping to form the Haining Naval Division, because there is a naval division of the Marine Corps, so we need some war horses, so we bought them directly from Yanyun County, if the procedures for going through the civil wharf are too cumbersome, so we will directly enter the military port." ”

"It doesn't matter if I know this or not, I only know that now is not wartime, but all the materials purchased by the imperial court, including armaments, should go through normal procedures, and taxes must be paid in accordance with regulations! Otherwise, today you will save trouble for Lord Lu to buy a donkey, and tomorrow you will also want to save trouble when you buy a donkey, so you will simply save the tax system, right? ”

Zhao Yu either didn't speak, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he offended a large number of people, and all the princes and princes were all under his blow, and they were not used to it.

"Why did you go somewhere else?" Li Wanjiang sighed, "Let's talk about these things separately, let's get back to business, let's talk about Jiang Musheng, Zhao Yu, what do you mean by talking for a long time?" ”

"The minister thinks that he Jiang Musheng can be the prefect of Fengyang, but it is best to be an agent, observe for a period of time first, and if he has the ability, it will not be too late to correct it." Zhao Yu's words are equivalent to agreeing.

Li Wanjiang asked what other Aiqing meant, and the big guys also said that Jiang Musheng could, for many reasons, so and so, and so and so ......

"Xiao Chen, what do you mean?" Seeing that Xiao Chen didn't speak, Li Wanjiang took the initiative to ask for his opinion.

"I don't think it's appropriate!" Xiao Chen's words were amazing, and everyone looked at him sideways.

Gong Shouli said in his heart, Your Majesty, it's superfluous for you to ask him, and the big guys agree to it, so you can make up your mind, what does he mean? If you are entangled by him, you will be yellow if this thing is not good!

"Oh? Then what is wrong with Jiang Musheng? Li Wanjiang is also willing to listen to different opinions.

"The minister thinks that there is nothing wrong with Jiang Musheng, but it is not appropriate to let him act as an agent of Fengyang Mansion, Fengyang Mansion is located in the center, and there are many powerful people, if he is asked to act as an official, he will inevitably shrink his hands and feet, for fear that a person who accidentally offends will be taken down, if the emperor officially appoints him as the main hall of Fengyang, he will be able to let go of his hands and feet." Xiao Chen said.

"Oh, I see, what you said is reasonable, then you won't act as an agent, go back to Anbang, your ministry will directly issue a document to officially appoint Jiang Musheng as the main hall of Fengyang Mansion." Li Wanjiang said.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not appropriate." Xiao Chen said again.

"What's wrong?" Li Wanjiang said. "Your Majesty, Fengyang Mansion is all third-grade, and Jiang Musheng is only fourth-grade...... It's better for the emperor to directly promote him to the third grade, once in place, how much trouble will be saved. ”

"Then according to Qing's play, Anbang, your officials will handle it like this." Li Wanjiang said.

It sounds like the emperor gave Xiao Chen a special face, but he played and obeyed.

In fact, this is almost a matter that has already been decided, Zhao Yu said that he asked Jiang Musheng to act as an agent, which was to leave room for the emperor to be rewarded.

As for the promotion of Jiang Musheng to the third grade, it is also a procedure sooner or later, Xiao Chen does not say it, it is also handled like this.

He could have kept silent, but he wanted to say it in public, feeling that he was deliberately showing favor to Li Shi, because Jiang Musheng was Li Shi's person and Li Shi was the first to bring it up......

However, it is not surprising that the big guy is doing this to Xiao Chen, because he almost quarreled with Li Feng just now, and now he has a clear position to support Li Shi, in fact, he is also looking good for Li Feng.

This kid has always been jealous and will be repaid, it's just such a temper, when he was a eunuch, he was like this, and he was still this virtue when he was a marquis! The country is easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change.

"I'm also fifty years old, and although I'm not tired of politics, I deal with dozens of affairs every day, and I have hundreds of reviews and reciprocations...... Wen Qi, I heard that there was a department called the cabinet of the former Han Dynasty, what is going on? Li Wanjiang said suddenly.

"Back to the emperor, the so-called cabinet is composed of some Hanlin scholars and capable officials personally selected by the emperor, who usually enter the palace to help the emperor deal with various complicated affairs, and can be regarded as the emperor's adviser and personal attendant, a bit like a senior staff officer in the army." Chen Wenqi said.

"Well, I also want to set up a cabinet, what do you think?" Li Wanjiang said.

"Erchen thinks it's excellent!" Li Qiu was the first to support, "First, you can share a lot of chores for the emperor, saving the emperor a lot of hard work, and secondly, listening to it will be clear, the more people talk, the clearer the reason will be, and third, with the cabinet, the big guys can find them first if they have anything in the future, and they don't have to disturb the emperor in everything." ”

"Well, Li Qiu said it clearly and clearly, and that's what I mean." Li Wanjiang listened and nodded repeatedly.

"Then what kind of cabinet do we have to go through for the affairs of the six ministries?" Ma Wuming asked.

"Theoretically, this is the case, not only our six ministries, but also the general affairs department must be handed over to the cabinet for sorting first, and the same is true for military affairs, of course, urgent and important matters can be exceptional." Chen Wenqi said.

"Isn't this cabinet the same as the Prime Minister's Mansion in the past?" Li Feng said, "In the future, hundreds of officials in the imperial court will go to them if they have something, will it make the imperial power fall in the long run?" Has this big guy thought about it? ”

"The prince doesn't know, although the cabinet is all big and small, but in fact it doesn't have any decision-making power, they just sort things out, refine and concise them together and present them to the emperor, and in the end the emperor comes up to make a decision." Chen Wenqi said.

Because the cabinet is a new thing, the Han Emperor has only just been implemented for a period of time, it is said that the effect is still quite large, and the effect is also very good, but it is a pity that the Han Dynasty soon died in the country, and the cabinet naturally disappeared and ceased to exist.

After the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Wanjiang took over the power, and he had to personally take care of the decision-making in everything, so that he could firmly grasp the center, but it was also really tiring, he was fine when he was young before, but now that he is older, he is really powerless, he can be dazzled when he looks at the excerpts, and he can fall asleep listening to the music......

Only then did I think of the cabinet as an institution, and I felt that if there was such a department, I would be able to free myself from these heavy court affairs and leave my energy to deal with real affairs.

Of course, this decision was made after careful consideration, but it was not just remembered and casually proposed.

"So what rank is this cabinet?" Lu Jing asked, "And what is the rank of its chief officer?" ”

"The cabinet itself does not have any rank, nor is it a permanent institution in our court, it only belongs to the emperor's private team, just like the Ouchi guards, but the guards are responsible for protecting the emperor's safety, and the cabinet ministers are responsible for helping the emperor deal with affairs, and they all follow the emperor." Chen Wenqi said.