In the winter sun, next to the plum tree burning with agarwood, Zhu Yijun sat on a rocking chair, squinting, listening to the sound of Concubine Liu plucking the strings, and fell asleep.

And after Zhang Whale came to report the results of the court meeting, the corners of Zhu Yijun's mouth were slightly raised, and he was very comfortable.

The outcome of the deliberations of the bureaucracy was undoubtedly consistent with the holy will of the emperor.

This made Zhu Yijun feel like a Ming bureaucrat and doctor returned to the first ten years of Wanli.

That is, he does not have to kill people and shed blood, and he has to be authoritarian and oppressive, so that the bureaucracy can keep pace with himself.

It could even be said to be better.

After all, there is no Zhang Juzheng, the minister appointed as the emperor's teacher and Longqing's posthumous edict, to supervise at any time, and he is indeed more arbitrary, and can listen to silk and bamboo wind music, and cultivate his temperament.

Of course, the bureaucracy was able to align itself with his ideas again because Zhang Siwei was hollowed out, and the other cabinet ministers and the reformist civil officials left behind by Zhang Juzheng acted again.

These reformist civil officials, because they were protected by Zhu Yijun, were not kicked out of the court one by one, and they still occupied important positions everywhere, so that the power of the empire was still in the hands of the reformers.

Even if the first assistant Zhang Siwei is a detached person.

As long as other ministers are willing to follow Zhang Juzheng's route, Zhang Siwei can be set aside.

Before.

It was only because these reformist civil officials were in the stage of being leaderless after Zhang Juzheng's death, and they were not clear about the emperor's intentions, and even because they were also the landlord class and had the cowardly side of wanting to retreat from Gou'an, they did not confront Zhang Siwei.

Now, once they realize that they have no way to retreat, and only by enshrined Zhang Juzheng's reform thought as a guideline can they be safe, they will naturally take the initiative to show their offensive side without being forced by Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun didn't mind that they would praise Zhang Juzheng next.

After all, Zhang Juzheng has passed away, and no matter how high he is praised, it will not have much impact on his power.

What's more, in order for the ruling class in this land to no longer be conservative, and would rather be self-contained than reform, and even take the initiative to weaken himself, Zhu Yijun is still taking the initiative to support Zhang Juzheng.

Unlike Hai Rui, who was praised to the altar while alive, if it weren't for Zhu Yijun's willingness to benefit the people, Zhang Juzheng's reform would also be beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood, and he would have become the most troublesome figure for the emperor and ministers.

The decision of the court not to abolish the examination law also proves that the overall opinion of the bureaucrats and doctors is still to strengthen the functions and powers of the cabinet, control the way of speech, and strengthen the centralization of power.

This also means that the strengthening of centralized power is still the trend of the entire ruling group, and the emperor is still following the trend, rather than acting against the general trend alone.

After Zhang Juzheng's death in history, the official became bigger, even to the point of influencing the military plan, which was not related to the emperor's own connivance.

However, the general trend in China as a whole is still suitable for the strengthening of the power of the DPRK.

"Since it is the case with the court, the courtiers will be dismissed, and the examination will not be abolished, especially the right of the cabinet to pass the six subjects."

"In addition, the edict is issued, and the cabinet scholars will correct the five grades to follow the first grade, and justifiably govern the country!"

"Add the post of cabinet bachelor, set it up as a second grade, as a university scholar, and divide cabinet affairs, each university scholar is assigned a cabinet bachelor, and the court will recommend several cabinet bachelors, as an alternative to the future transfer of Shangshu and cabinet scholars."

"And the Ministry of Engineering issued an order to build three canopies in the north of Wenyuan Pavilion, which are the centralized office, rest and storage places for cabinet scholars."

"Also, in the Wenyuan Pavilion, one of the statues of Mr. Feng, Gao Gong, Zhao Zhenji and other famous assistants of this dynasty are added on the side of the statue of Confucius, and those who enter the pavilion should not only remember the teachings of the ancient masters, but also think about the virtuous and virtuous Qi of the present."

"As for Mr., Gao Gong, and Zhao Zhenji, which other famous assistants are listed as the central cardinals, and they are flaunted for those who will enter the cabinet in later generations, let them go to the court!"

"Let the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian, the Qingliu of the Ministry of Rites, and the imperial historians of the Six Departments quarrel with the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, anyway, they also like to quarrel, so they don't have to keep staring at the matter of passing the exam."

Zhu Yijun also began to learn from Shen Shixing, using the method of creating new hot spots to divert old hot spots, and then achieve the goal of diverting contradictions.

However, Zhu Yijun's edict to increase the post of cabinet scholar and expand the cabinet, and list the auxiliary statue next to the statue of Confucius was not a whim, but something that he wanted to do after careful consideration.

It was only after he had deliberately decided to order this after the whole bureaucracy began to move in lockstep with him, in order to avoid creating even greater confusion by doing so when the pace was not in lockstep.

Zhu Yijun himself knew that the Ming Dynasty was an empire with a small court model.

The founder of this, Zhu Yuanzhang, did not trust the bureaucracy itself and deliberately allowed the empire to keep only a few officials running, so that the fiscal expenditure was as small as possible, and the taxes were as low as possible, so that the people were not exploited to a great extent.

However, the Ming Dynasty was a big empire, and with the massive increase in population and the prosperity of commerce in later generations, it was decided that the empire relied on tens of thousands of bureaucrats across the country, to be precise, more than 2,000 bureaucrats in the capital to manage it.

The first is that it has led to a large number of places becoming three irregularities, especially some new towns.

For example, Foshan, Guangdong Province has become a large town with tens of thousands of household registrations in this era, which is not inferior to many state capitals, but there is only one inspection department in the official office here, which naturally leads to the fact that although the town's industry and commerce are becoming more and more prosperous, the industrial and commercial taxes have not increased, and the public security has not been effectively managed, and it has become a hiding place for many thieves.

Even in the suburbs of Beijing, because many villages have developed into market towns, and the scale of market towns has developed into the scale of county governments, and because these market towns have risen from the great prosperity of commerce, many of them are located in the important traffic areas at the junction of various counties, resulting in the phenomenon of three regards, and many big thieves and cults in the suburbs of Beijing have bred in these places, which has also had a great impact on the public order of Beijing.

The problem of thieves in the Jingshi area of the Ming Dynasty has always been a big problem, mostly seen in the actual records and official records, because of the lack of effective government management.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty needs to add a large number of bureaucrats.

After all, such a huge empire, especially after the boom of commerce and the massive increase in population in the middle and late periods, determined that its tendency was to centralize power and have a larger bureaucracy in order to avoid chaos.

Because whenever the power of the imperial court is weak, thieves are rampant, and the people are even more miserable, and there will even be large-scale armed battles caused by local forces fighting for territory, and there will be wars caused by large-scale separatist forces competing for hegemony in history.

Of course, it is not good for the bureaucracy to be too large and the central government to be too centralized, and it will eventually die because of fiscal collapse and increased corruption.

The system has untimely times, as Luo Guan said, the general trend of the world, together for a long time must be divided, and for a long time must be combined.

What the Ming Dynasty needs now is to cooperate, increase the bureaucracy, and strengthen the rule.

Wang Guoguang also held the same view as Zhu Yijun, which made Zhu Yijun even more determined to increase the bureaucracy.

In order to increase the number of bureaucrats, he decided to start with the increase in cabinet officials, first to strengthen the capacity of the central cabinet, and then to the ministries and localities.

Because Zhu Yijun can directly control the central cabinet, and the most guaranteed thing is to make the cabinet people reliable.

"Let Gao Gong and Zhao Zhenji also deserve to enjoy the Taimiao, on the grounds of its efforts to open the sea and pay tribute!"

Zhu Yijun gave another instruction after such an order.

Zhang Whale said yes.

It didn't take long for the will to reach the cabinet.

Shen Shixing personally obtained this holy decree from the Imperial Division, and came to the cabinet with Pan Cheng to tell Yu Youding.

After hearing this, Yu Youding sighed: "The emperor's grace is mighty! There's no need to stay up late now! ”

"yes!"

Pan Cheng also smiled and agreed.

Then, the three of them all looked at the statue of Confucius in the Wenyuan Pavilion, thinking that if the statue could be hung on it in the future, wouldn't it be immortal, and the grace would not fade?

After all, as long as you are in the cabinet, you can see your own portrait.

"Holy grace is here, we can't slack off, continue to pass the exam, and hurry up to arrange the court push by the way!"

Shen Shixing said with a solemn face.

Then, the three cabinet ministers continued to take the examination with great enthusiasm.

In addition, when resting, Pan Cheng also took the initiative to say: "It can't just be Xiao Gui Cao Sui, with the high-tech deal, Zhao Neijiang's opening to the sea, Jiangling's examination and the cancellation of preferential exemption and levy, the next ruling must also have achievements that can be taken!" ”

"That's right! Find an opportunity, let's sort it out together. ”

Shen Shixing nodded and said.

Yu Youding also followed with his head.