In the fourth year of Zhengde, that is, in 1509, Emperor Zhu Houzhao was already nineteen years old, and according to the algorithm of the ancients, it was okay to say that he was twenty.

It's been a year and a half since the last battle of Liangxiang.

In addition to the battles in Beijing, the battles in Yulin and Ningxia in the northwest were also successfully won under the command of Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren, but they did not catch the fire sieve, and the fire sieve fled back to the grassland with more than a thousand remnants.

On the part of the Kyoshi.

After the end of the war in the northwest, Yang Yiqing relieved himself of the burden of the governor of the three sides and returned to the cabinet to assist the emperor in handling the affairs of the court.

According to the emperor's combing after the three-year court meeting in Zhengde, the new concept of 'division of duties' was also popularized in the cabinet.

Yang Yiqing entered the cabinet earlier than Wang Wei and Wang Bingdu, so he can naturally be called the first to be called. Since it is the first one, the burden will be a little heavier. The emperor asked him to contact the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Department of General Affairs.

Wang Wei was responsible for contacting the Ministry of Households, Shaofu, and the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Bing was responsible for contacting the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

At the same time, both of them have the responsibility of assisting Yang Yiqing.

The word "connection" is wonderful.

It only manifests itself when it's 'big things'.

For example, Ma Zheng, war horses are the 'strategic materials' at this time, which naturally belong to major affairs.

Ma Zheng is under the jurisdiction of Taifu Temple, and Taifu Temple is subordinate to the Ministry of War. When Zhu Houzhao was dealing with affairs related to Ma Zheng, he would ask the head of the cabinet, the officials of the military department, and the secretary of the imperial servant temple to participate.

In this way, a situation can be created in which 'major affairs' are handled by cabinet elders taking the lead. The cabinet elder is the head of a hundred officials, and the personnel and resources that can be mobilized are incomparable, and the 'major affairs' in charge of his hands have become a national strategy in a certain sense, and no one can easily dare to disobey it.

In addition, because Ma Zheng involves silver and repairs some buildings, then the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry need to participate together.

As for particularly important Tianzi affairs, such as the Hetao Military District, then the cabinet and the six ministries all participate.

Because Wang Wei and Wang Bing themselves also have the responsibility of assisting the first leader, they must fully cooperate as required when encountering things.

Of course, in this process, there will be the phenomenon of prevarication, non-cooperation, and desperate push-out of things that are not their own, which belongs to the friction and run-in of the political system in the process of operation.

For Zhu Houzhao, the advantage of this model is that it can be used to identify people: there is a main person in charge of something, and if something goes wrong, he can know who to look for.

The so-called everyone is in charge, that is, everyone doesn't care, hundreds of courtiers talk about it in Fengtian Temple, but no one really does it, or no one is responsible for doing it, it's not good.

The reshaping of this responsibility system plays an important role in promoting the improvement of administrative efficiency. Of course, we should not expect this to eliminate the formalism, bureaucracy, corruption, and other ills that existed in the original bureaucratic system.

But at least there is an advantage, that is, when facing major affairs, the emperor's will can be effectively implemented, because it is deduced layer by layer, and of course there will be cases where it cannot be pushed, but it doesn't matter, the emperor will ask after a while.

If the actual effect is not satisfactory, it will encourage the officials in the chain to take risks of 'having to deceive their superiors and subordinates', thus quickly driving up their political security costs.

To put it simply: if you are bold, you will lie.

This would be much better than the situation of 'no government decree out of the Forbidden City', and much better than letting a group of officials sit idle and have nothing to do."

Zhu Houzhao is more accustomed to this, and his current early dynasty has become once every three days, and more forms of government affairs have become mainly based on him calling responsible officials.

In this way, normal government affairs are handled by the civil system, and the emperor will grasp major matters, and the whole country will naturally be managed.

For a year and a half, except for the change of the cabinet.

There were also transfers of ministers from various ministries in Beijing.

After Wang Bing entered the cabinet, he no longer served as the secretary of the military department, and the emperor transferred Qi Cheng, the former governor of Shaanxi, to Beijing to replace him. This is another example of the awarding of meritorious officials after the successful repetition.

Qi Chengchuan originally belonged to Yang Yiqing Group, and there were two wars in the northwest in the past few years, and there was no merit and hard work.

In fact, there are quite a few Qingliu officials in the DPRK and China, but Zhu Houzhao is unwilling to let such people get involved in the military department.

At that time, he didn't like Zhou Shangwen and Yang Shangyi, who were generals who were inclined to attack, and suppressed them, and then transferred them indiscriminately, and asked the emperor to come out to clean up the mess himself.

In addition, more than three months ago, the criminal department of Shangshu Min Qi Zhishi, he was born in the fifth year of Xuande (1430), seventy-nine or eighty years old is really very big, so three times to submit his resignation, Zhu Houzhao allowed him to return to his hometown for retirement, but it was still winter at that time, so he thought about returning to his hometown this spring.

Min Jue is a native of Huzhou, Zhejiang, and as long as the weather is a little better, he can take a boat all the way south.

In fact, in addition to the weather, there was another point that prompted him not to rush back.

After two years of construction, the library garden in Beijing was officially completed.

The library garden is located in the southern city of Beijing, which is composed of rockeries, artificial lakes and study buildings as a whole, and is decorated with corridors, pavilions and book pavilions that are entwined among them, and all kinds of flowers and plants, green trees are of course not lacking, so this can be a scholar's 'royal courtyard'.

In order to ensure a certain safety, the library garden has a wall courtyard, only a south gate is opened, and the three characters of the library garden above the gate are given a plaque by Zhu Houzhao himself.

The stone wall on the left side is engraved with the purpose of building this garden, which is also a quote from the famous sentence.

Books, medicine also. Reading well heals foolishness.

The stone wall on the right side is also a text, mainly recording how the emperor decided to build a library garden at that time, which appears the name of the official in charge of this matter, Shaofu Zhang Chi.

Spring blossoms bloom in March.

Both inside and outside the library garden were full of people from Shenwuwei and Jinyiwei.

Now that the emperor is out of the palace again, it is not uncommon, and the project of the library garden has cost millions of taels of silver in the imperial court, so I have to come and see it anyway.

The whole structure of the garden is an oval, with mountains, rivers and bamboo forests in the middle, and the left and right sides are divided, with Confucianism on the left and miscellaneous studies on the right.

The stone road goes all the way, like Confucianism, there will be a sage garden, and their heirlooms will be placed in accordance with the names of Confucius, Mencius, Zhuzi and others.

The Sage Garden will be divided according to dynasties, so that there will be a difference between Han Fu, Tang poetry, and Song Ci, and some literary masters and historical books of that era have been collected.

The construction of miscellaneous gardens is simpler, and it is divided into specialties, such as medicine, military science, agriculture, physical science, weapons, geography, arithmetic, and so on.

These independent courtyard buildings have different styles, but the unity is that a large vat is placed at the main entrance, which is filled with water, so that in case of fire, water is immediately taken to extinguish the fire and the loss is minimized.

In addition to books, there are also some necessary shops in the library garden, which are opened by the library itself, such as simple restaurants, four treasures of the study shop, and paper umbrella shops.

You don't need money to read books, but everything here costs money, and this business is not open to private individuals, anyway, some money is recovered, thinking that it is to earn back the wages of the management and maintenance personnel.

Although it is not necessary to read books, in order to carry out the necessary management, there are requirements for the people who enter, that is, the people who come in must register, indicate which park to go to, so that a certificate will be issued and enter the park with this card. When you come out at the end of the reading, you should also indicate whether you want to leave or go to another garden, which will also have a certificate.

This leaves a trace, and if a book in the garden is stolen or vandalized, it can pinpoint who has entered the garden.

To prevent villains and gentlemen, things must be done meticulously to this extent to have the possibility of success.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao didn't need these things here.

He came in mainly to check three points, one is whether the things needed to read books such as tables and benches are sufficient, the second is the summary and classification of books, and the third is the overall safety, for example, there should be no tall trees near the wall, which is basic common sense.

The cabinet head Yang Yiqing, the head of the cabinet who followed the emperor, Lin Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Gu Zuo, the commander of the Shaofu.

These are all departments directly related to the library garden, and Wang Wei and Wang Bing do not have to accompany such less important matters, and they also have to consult with their subordinates to deal with the government affairs in their hands like the emperor.

It is not necessary to let everyone follow the emperor at all times.

Zhu Houzhao went to the Sage Garden first, which is the prescribed action, and here he mentioned another word, which can be regarded as a gift to everyone who comes to read:

Learn the art of literature and martial arts, and the emperor's family of goods.

"Your Majesty's calligraphy has been refined again." Elder Yang Ge was telling the truth.

Zhu Houzhao usually knows how to practice.

But that's just a simple practice when cultivating sentiment, "It's just a simple write, I don't want to be Song Huizong, it's not the key to write well or not." ”

"Your Majesty, did you hang this painting in the garden of the saints? In this way, it is also an encouragement to those who come here to study. Zhang Chi, an official of the Shaofu government, proposed.

"It's fine, you can do it. Zhang Chi, "

"The minister is here."

"Today, Yang Ge Lao, Lishang or Shaofu Decree are here, and the importance of the library garden is no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but if you want it to weigh more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, it will take at least ten years. After the garden is completed, you will be responsible for the management of the garden. Management is mainly in three aspects, one is to ensure the normal order of personnel in and out, this is a place to study, can not be messed up, the second is to be kind to people who make a living in the library garden, what is the salary when recruiting workers, do not default, deduct; The third is to do a good job of maintenance and cleaning, books are often turned over will be broken, either repaired, or replaced, this can not be stopped, the environment of the library should also be fresh and clean, but also fireproof, moisture-proof, insect-proof. In a word, don't let a library garden become a landscape architecture. Every once in a while I will come, and if I find something wrong, I will come to you. ”

Zhang Chi arched his hand: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the library contains the efforts of the minister, just like the minister's child, the minister will do his best to take care of him." ”

"Manly husband, be responsible for what you say." Zhu Houzhao stretched out his finger and pointed at him, then turned to look at the minister he brought over, "You also heard his words." If the library is destroyed by anyone, then find the person who destroys it, but first of all, he must be punished for the crime of poor supervision. ”

Yang Yiqing and the others had nothing to say.

The emperor is now in this style, very simple, but also very rude, when he focuses on one thing, he will find a person, and if he does a good job of promotion, he will not be able to punish crimes. So there is no surprise that they include Zhang Chi.

"Your Majesty, do you want to go outside, there are also stone tables and stone benches in the corridor, the scenery is pleasant, and you can also study."

"Okay, let's see."

……

When the emperor went out, there was no one inside and outside the Forbidden City, but the harem was anxious.

Empress Xia patted Concubine Shu's hand: "I have asked someone to find it, this is a happy event, Your Majesty must be happy to hear it." ”

Concubine Shu is the Shen family, she was elected to the palace because she looked like Qiu Yun, and it has been two years, and her stomach has finally moved.