In October, the news of the Ming Dynasty's great victories everywhere was announced to the world, but compared with before, the people of the Ming Dynasty had a more intuitive feeling that they almost did not feel the war.

At the beginning, the main battlefield of Jingnan was mainly in Beiping and Shandong, Shanxi and Zhili also affected, and the counterattack war had a greater impact, almost sweeping the entire Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di's final decisive battle mobilized 200,000 people, and countless people were affected.

This year, Daming fought at the same time in many places, but the east and west sides were abroad, only Shaharu broke through the barrier from Zhuhu Fort and attacked Mayi County, and only the people near Shuozhou and Datong in Shanxi Province were affected.

The Ming Dynasty has won so many battles, but the people can't feel the impact, which is a good thing for most people.

And officials all over the world will soon feel that this is a good thing.

Because the imperial court won the war, and received a large amount of silver and food, and returned the population.

Zhu Gaoxu completely learned from the foreign tribes before the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin in the late Ming Dynasty, and fighting a war was to plunder, grab money, grain, and population, and then use the population to open up wasteland for construction.

From the second year of Hongxi to October of the third year, the population transported from the west to the east alone was more than 100,000, and then in Ping'an in Liaodong, it was reported that people from places such as the Yue people and the Angkor Dynasty were completely unsuitable for being transported to Liaodong.

It is too hot on the other side of the Yue people, and it is too cold on this side, and many people can't stand it in winter, and they freeze to death and frostbite a lot every year.

After considering it, the emperor decided to transport the people from that side to Dayuan and the country.

Then the population was plundered from Dongben to Liaodong, and the territory of Iwami Province occupied by Tomoto, and the people of Tomoto within a hundred miles of Iwami Silver Mountain suffered and were plundered by the Ming army.

These people used to help build cities, cut trees, mine, and do hard work.

The lord of Iwami Province reported to Ashikaga Yoshimochi many times, accusing the Ming army of not preaching morality, saying that the range was within fifty miles, but he ran fifty miles away to rob people, Iwami Province was about to be robbed, and a large number of Dongjin people ran to other places.

Ashikaga Yoshinori can't help it, now the Ming army only robs Iwami country, and doesn't provoke other feudal states, he can only act as if he didn't see it, and he can't find a reason to start a war with the Ming army again.

Anyway, he thought, Iwami has robbed it all, and Mingren is going to stop and stop, right?

The imperial court has a population, can do a lot of hard work, and the imperial court has money, can do a lot of things, and can also make money for everyone.

Therefore, although Hong Xi fought several battles in the third year, the court was very satisfied with the results.

Of course, if Daming loses, then the situation will definitely be different.

At the end of October, Emperor Zhu Gaoxu held a meeting in the Wuying Palace, and convened six Shangshu, the left and right imperial histories, as well as the cabinet secretaries, plus Huang Fu.

Among the military attachés, only Mao Xin, the commander of Jinyiwei, was present, and there were more than a dozen people at the scene.

Many people looked at the six Shangshu and their expressions were a little depressed, because in the third year of Hongxi, the emperor changed several Shangshu.

As soon as the Hongxi Dynasty was established, Zhu Gaoxu appointed a lot of original officials, the original civil officials of the Gaoyang County Palace, first, the qualifications were too shallow at that time, the second was too low-level, and the third was inexperienced, so most of Zhu Gaochu were arranged in the political envoys and inspection envoys, and after two years of experience, these people took the position one after another in the three years of Hongxi.

Now the secretary of the military department is Xu An (Xu Xiang's son, the former soldier of the military department), the secretary of the ministry is Qian Chang (the former secretary of the ministry), the criminal department is Jing Sheng, the ministry of work is Hou Hai, the rite department is still Song Li, and the household department is still Xia Yuanji.

In addition, the left capital imperial history is already Li Mo, and the right capital imperial history is still Meng Shan.

So far, only about three years, Emperor Zhu Gaoxu's old ministry has basically replaced most of the important positions in the court.

A round table was set up, and everyone sat together.

The emperor also asked the eunuchs to pour tea on them.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Gaoxu looked around and said slowly: "I want to formally set up a cabinet to manage my Ming Dynasty."

Everyone was stunned, what's the matter, the previous cabinet was not a cabinet.

As the eunuchs sent the information to them, everyone was shocked.

The cabinet members have six Shangshu, left and right imperial history, Huang Huai, Hu Guang, Hu Yan, Jin Youzi, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu, Huang Fu, Mao Xin, a total of 17 people, singular.

The first assistant Huang Fu, the second assistant Hou Hai, Yang Pu.

Everyone didn't understand what the emperor meant.

The emperor said: "In the future, all the affairs of the court will mainly be handled by you first. ”

Zhu Gaoxu only needs to grasp the financial and personnel powers, so he decided to delegate power again, and the officials also like the emperor to delegate power.

In the future, the court meeting of the imperial court, presided over by the first assistant, civil and military officials, if there is any matter, report to the cabinet, if the emperor is there, he will listen first, the emperor is not there, and the court will run as usual.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, a Jiajing, a Wanli, the two of them together have been emperors for nearly a hundred years, and the entire Ming Dynasty has only been more than 200 years, and these two goods account for one-third, most of which are not in the court, and the Ming Dynasty is still running very well.

So Zhu Gaoxu has already begun to prepare for laziness.

"Your Majesty, how should the cabinet deal with it?" Huang Fu is also inexplicable, he suddenly became the first assistant, and then suddenly had to deal with national affairs, of course, he knew that he was doing very well in Jiaozhi, so that the emperor valued it, but this was too sudden.

"Wherever money is needed in the court, less than 10,000 taels, the head of the department can decide, and if more than 10,000 to 50,000 taels, the first assistant and the two second assistants and the four people of the head of the house can decide in consultation, as long as two people agree. ）。 ”

"If it is less than 100,000 taels, it will be decided by the cabinet members through discussion, and it will be enough for more than ten people to agree."

Everyone looked at each other, looking at each other, and soon, many people showed ecstasy on their faces and eyes.

The emperor is really delegating power.

"Civil officials of the seventh rank and below shall be appointed and dismissed by the Ministry of Officials themselves, and all new officials shall prepare a list and resume, as well as family background, and the information of teachers and classmates, and hand them to the Huagai Hall (referring to the emperor)"

Brush, many officials raised their heads at the same time when they heard this, and looked at Qian Chang, the secretary of the new ministry, this is the best thing to go to the sky, the seven products and the following are the most common batch of Ming officials, Qian Chang can be the master alone, and the power is going to be in the sky.

The emperor immediately said: "The Ministry of Officials is not Shangshu alone, the imperial court has the imperial court assessment standards, and if the officials appointed by the officials themselves do not do a good job, they must be held accountable." ”

All the officials were moved.

"If there is more than seven to four grades, the Ministry of Officials will report to the Cabinet, and the Cabinet will discuss and decide on promotion and dismissal, and if there is a difference of opinion, vote to decide."

"The first assistant is five votes, the second assistant is two votes, seventeen of you, a total of twenty-three votes, the one with the highest number of votes, and the total number of votes must exceed ten votes to win, if no one has more than ten votes, you must report to me to decide."

In this plan, the first assistant alone accounts for five votes, so as long as the first assistant wants to appoint, dismiss or promote an official, he has already taken the initiative, and if he can convince the two second assistants, it is basically very stable.

Zhu Gaoxu considered that the cabinet was mainly composed of the Han Dynasty and the Yongle Department, and Huang Fu had been in Jiaozhi, and he was not familiar with the Yongle Department and the Han Dynasty, so when necessary, he needed to make a final decision.

Because now the Han Dynasty will definitely support Huang Fu.

"If you have more than four grades, you will be reported to the Huagai Hall by the Ministry of Officials, and it will be decided by me."

Then the emperor said: "All the officials of the previous rank, excluding the chief officials, that is, the county order, the prefect, and the chief officials of various departments (such as the local salt department promotion department, the tax department, the customs department, etc.), must finally report to the Huagai Palace. ”

The emperor said as everyone looked at the information and quickly understood.

The emperor mainly grasped the financial power and personnel power.

The imperial court uses more than 100,000 taels of silver, which needs to be reported to the emperor, and the chief officials at all levels among the officials, the fourth grade and below, they will propose candidates and then report to the emperor, and the fourth grade and above shall be directly decided by the emperor.

In addition, when handling cases, civil officials below the fourth grade are led by the cabinet, and jointly investigated and dealt with by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then report to the emperor if the results are obtained.

Civil officials above the fourth rank should report to the emperor first, and then make a decision on the handling, (of course, all chief officials must report to the emperor first.) ）

The appointment and dismissal of military generals and their promotions are different.

The provincial capital division is responsible for the appointment, dismissal and promotion of the provinces below 1,000 households, and the command level is known above 1,000 households, which is responsible for the Ming Command, but in the end it must be reported to the emperor for approval.

The cases of military attachés are similar, the local capital departments below 1,000 households handle it by themselves, and if there are more than 1,000 households, it is handled by the Ming General Staff and reported to the emperor, and the command envoy level or above is handled by the emperor with full authority.

Seeing this, Meng Shan, who used to be a military general, asked: "Your Majesty, what is the headquarters and the general staff?" ”

"The Governor's Office of the Five Armies will be changed to the Ming Headquarters and General Staff, the Logistics Department, and some military generals may be dismantled." Zhu Gaoxu changed the Five Armies to three divisions, because the Governor's Office of the Five Armies no longer played a role in Daming, and many times some outdated veterans were placed.

When Zhu Gaoxu first ascended the throne, in order to stabilize, he placed many generals who surrendered from Jianwen and Yongle Dynasty, and now he has been the emperor for almost three years, and his position is becoming more and more stable, especially after the defeat of Shaharu, and now he is going to start laying off people.

These generals have high salaries and don't do anything, so of course they have to get out.

After listening to this, the cabinet members still felt more satisfied, the emperor delegated power, although it was not very large, and many of them had to be reported before being decided, but it was already progress.

There are no generals in the key cabinet.

This is also the foundation of the Wenchen governance that they agree with.

And from it, I can see that the function of Jinyiwei seems to have weakened a lot, and the handling of civil officials by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the handling of military generals by the General Staff, it seems that the function of Jinyiwei to try cases has disappeared all of a sudden.

Huang Fu also asked the emperor specifically and received an affirmative answer.

"Jinyiwei's main role in the future is to supervise the work of local officials, and can help arrest people, but will not participate in the trial of cases, and foreign intelligence is the main function."

As mentioned earlier, in the future, the local government will do big projects, and whether there is any intention to implement the policies of the imperial court, etc., will be supervised by Jinyiwei.

They can help arrest people, but they can't try cases, and when they are caught, they have to hand them over to other divisions.

The main function of Jinyiwei is to develop in intelligence.

At the end of the third year of Hongxi, the emperor dropped a bombshell, delegated power, and ran the court by the cabinet.

Zhu Gaoxu also wants to see if he hasn't been in court for decades, can Daming run normally?

The New Deal was prepared to begin on the first day of the first month of the fourth year of Hongxi.

Unexpectedly, on the first day of the implementation of the new policy, Fengtian Temple was a little chaotic.

(End of chapter)