The cabinet is in the east of the Forbidden City, from Yongle to Zhengde, the status of the cabinet is in a steady rise, in the real history, to the Ming Shizong, that is, during the Jiajing period, because Xia Yan and Yan Song were in charge of the cabinet continuously, their status began to be comparable to the prime ministers of the past, and the power could also be firmly suppressed by the six ministries.

Fortunately, so far, there has been no case of a single minister, and the number of people in the cabinet has remained at about three. In fact, the Yongle Emperor originally set up a cabinet, and its number ranged from three to seven. Therefore, the emperor stuffed Yang Tinghe in, but it can't be said that there is any problem in the etiquette system.

He entered the cabinet with the holy order of promoting sweet potatoes, that is, Wang Bing has always regarded himself very highly, and he did not dare to slack off too much.

Yang Yiqing didn't say anything, and when he saw Yang Tinghe saluting him, he said calmly: "The cabinet is not a big place, just choose a place to sit down." Doing things for His Majesty, self-denial, honesty and honesty are all in my heart, and there is no need for the old man to talk about it. In the future, we will be in the same cabinet, and His Majesty will also attach great importance to sweet potatoes, and if there is a need, the three of us can help. ”

"Thank you for your care."

In the past, the most important task of the cabinet was to draft votes, which was to write down their opinions on paper and then paste them on the recital. After that, it was forwarded to the emperor by the celebrant of ceremonies.

It was in the middle that the position of the celebrant was highlighted.

The amount of power sometimes depends on the distance between you and the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao knew such a hidden danger, that is, once the monarch of later generations was lazy, he would hand it over to the eunuch to approve the red.

But so far, he has retained the position of celebrant and superintendent.

The balance between the inner court and the outer court is also an important aspect. If the celebrant is vigorously suppressed, one day Wenchen climbs on his head to and pee, and the emperor will cry when he says that he should not do it every day.

Since last year, because the so-called 'major affairs' need to be handled by the cabinet elders, the cabinet has one more task in addition to the draft vote.

It is to arrange major affairs, and if there is a problem, the following reaction will come up, and they will study and solve it together.

Although a meeting is a very annoying thing, when a matter involves many departments, a meeting is indeed an effective way to solve the problem.

Only by organizing such study and discussion meetings from time to time can cabinet members have a thorough understanding of the progress of the matter and the current problems when Zhu Houzhao asks questions.

"Your Majesty is acceptable for 'not knowing for the time being'. But what is unacceptable is that you don't even know who to ask...... Jie Fu should have heard of these in the past, so naturally it is not a problem. And then in addition to His Majesty's side, there are ......"

This is Wang Wei mentioning him, and signaling Yang Yiqing's position with his eyes.

Wang Wei is the oldest here, he is 58 years old this year, four years older than Yang Yiqing, and nine years older than Yang Tinghe. But who let Yang Yiqing be the first of the four of them to enter the cabinet.

When Yang Yiqing was in Shaanxi to govern Ma Zheng, the methods were relatively intense, such as smuggling, he caught one and dealt with one by one, and the disposal here was basically either to raid the house or cut off the head, otherwise how could he control that kind of messy place.

To some extent, Yang Yiqing was more strict and unsentimental than the emperor.

It is a completely different style from Li Dongyang and Xie Qian at the beginning.

Now he is the head of the cabinet, and according to the rules, the remaining three should be under his management. In other words, if Yang Ge is not satisfied, this will not work.

Yang Yiqing followed the direction pointed by Wang Wei, looked at Yang Ge Lao, who was annotating on the desk, and understood it in his heart. He is in the court, where can he not hear any rumors.

"Thank you for the point."

During this process, Wang Bing did not speak, but only greeted him with each other.

After sitting down, Yang Tinghe didn't know what to do.

The main emperor's request for him was two words, sweet potato. But such a new thing, the officials below don't know about it, so naturally there will be no negligence.

After a while, three or four eunuchs moved a lot of books, Yang Tinghe checked from morning to evening, during which the other three pavilion elders were very busy, and Wang Wei also left for a while and went to the Qianqing Palace, probably something happened.

Yang Yiqing only glanced at him a few times in the interval, but he didn't speak.

By the next day, Yang Tinghe couldn't sit still, so he walked over and said, "Elder Yang Ge, the lower officials have consulted some ancient books, and indeed they have not seen any records about sweet potatoes or similar sweet potatoes. The lower officials thought that there would be no progress in sitting in the cabinet for this kind of thing, so they thought that it would be better to go out, choose a place first, and then discuss the promotion method with the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry. ”

"But, it's good to do it."

"Yes."

Yang Tinghe turned to leave, and lowered his head when he passed by Wang Bing's side, "Wang Ge Lao." ”

"Hmm."

Wang Wei was not in the cabinet room, but in the newly opened room on the side.

In addition to the cabinet room, three new rooms have been added, and they are all arranged for guests, a few chairs, and a few tables, and they are now discussing things.

He was in charge of liaising with the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Youth, and the Ministry of Industry, which involved a major matter, road construction.

Generally speaking, the elders of the pavilion give face to each other, for example, although Wang Wei is not responsible for contacting the Ministry of War, but if the specific matter involves the Ministry of War, they can also be notified to send someone over, and unless Shangshu is called away by the emperor and the chief, Shangshu will also come.

In the same way, the other two people can also be called Tobe in the same way.

There will be no blushing between the elder and the elder on this matter, after all, they need each other, today I beg you, and tomorrow you have to beg me. As long as it's not the core issue, even if you assign some work and make a little effort, it's nothing.

For example, if the military department is disobedient, Wang Wei can go and talk to Yang Yiqing.

So the people below don't like to make trouble to this extent, so why bother? I can't hide and hide, it's really not good, people can still find the emperor.

Unless it is a very reasonable refusal, doesn't it make the emperor feel that he is deliberately making things difficult for others?

Now Wang Wei has summoned the three leaders of the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Youth, and the Ministry of Industry to discuss things.

The reason for this was that Zhang Xuan, the magistrate of Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture, played a performance, and on the road from Huai'an Mansion to Yangzhou Prefecture, some officials of the Shaofu Prefecture deducted their wages, causing the engineering team to complain for many days, and the engineering team hired ordinary people from the local area.

The common people couldn't get the money, so they kept suing the officials. But Shanyang County is not responsible for repairing this road, which is to be repaired by the imperial court. The official sent is not an official from Shanyang County, he is a county magistrate who is in charge of heaven and earth, and he can't manage the heads of other people's young mansions.

However, many ordinary people don't understand the difference at all, what Shaofu and Shanyang, aren't you all officials? What difference can there be between a nest of snakes and rats!

This kind of thing, Zhang Xuan is afraid of hearing too much, if something happens, he is innocent and guilty, so he keeps going up one after another.

He Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said: "...... After the auction of the salt farm last year, the stove households were unwilling to engage in salt production, and would rather be hired to repair the road, because their lives were already poor, and the original salt production could not be completed, and now the road construction is not successful, and the resentment in the heart is difficult to occur, and the people's grievances are so huge, if something happens, it will cause a lot of disasters. ”

This is also understandable, no matter what, that is, not to give a way to live. Who is not in a hurry?

That's why Wang Wei cares about this.

The emperor is now a matter of people, and the construction of roads is a major matter, which is under his jurisdiction, and if something goes wrong, it is inevitable that he will be guilty of negligence. As an emperor, his reputation is far and wide, and he doesn't want this to fall on his head.

"Liqing, this song in Shanyang County, the ticket has not yet been prepared, I think it is to discuss a way first, you are dedicated to the country and conscientious, don't let the following group of people be deceived. The silver that has been set aside must be checked to see which layer it is withheld. ”

"Elder Ge rest assured, since someone has reacted to this matter, the lower officials will definitely pay attention to it."

"What about the other paragraphs. In addition to Huai'an Mansion to Yangzhou Mansion, there should also be this kind of wage deduction in other sections, right? "Hubu Shangshu Hanwen hates it when he says it, and he knows the most about the greedy ink of the officials.

If you check it in this way, it is easy to have a nest case.

This road, along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to connect the two capitals, has allocated no less than 4 million silver taels.

The reason why the imperial court had to spend a lot of money to do such a thing at the beginning was, of course, to build roads, and on the other hand, to spend as much money as possible from the people.

In other words, to give to the people.

If the silver is withheld in large quantities at the level of officials......

"Let's look it up." Wang Wei felt that for the sake of safety, he still sent someone to check the whereabouts of the silver two and sort out the situation, "This matter, this official came to tell Wang Ge Lao, let the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate send people to investigate with the Shaofu." Otherwise, we won't be able to explain it then. ”

"Yes!"

Wang Wei looked at the ticket in his hand again, and the plan in his heart had been decided, but the punishment involved Wang Bing, and he still had to say hello.

From his heart, it is best not to be too serious in his greed for ink, and it is impossible to completely eradicate it, but he doesn't know how far the people below will go.

On the other side,

Yang Tinghe knocked on the door of Meng's father and daughter.

He originally wanted to choose a place first, but he felt that sweet potatoes were a fresh crop, and he didn't know exactly how to plant them or where they were suitable for planting, so he still asked clearly, anyway, he was an old man, and it was easy to ask for a few acres of land.

Of course, that's not what he's most concerned about.

At that time, in the Qianqing Palace, many people did not dare to ask more.

It's different now......

"Your Majesty has given this official this task, and this burden is extremely heavy. But there is one thing, this official has not seen it with his own eyes, and he has never been able to fully believe it, Brother Meng, you can't lie to me. Can this sweet potato really yield 30 to 40 stone per mu? ”

Meng Qiuzhong lowered his head, "Where does the villain dare to lie in front of the Son of Heaven and the boss." The villain has seen it with his own eyes overseas, and his yield per mu is about this amount, and this matter will not be fake. ”

"That's a gods......"

(End of chapter)