I have to admit it.

Jiang Xinghuo's words made Zhu Di break his defense.

The cabinet system originated from Zhu Di's summoning of Hanlin scholars to sort out and divide the stream for him.

And the members of the cabinet, in Zhu Di's era, did not have the power to deal with government affairs, but only Zhu Di's secretaries.

As for why it became what Jiang Xinghuo said in his mouth, Zhu Di felt that what Jiang Xinghuo said was very different.

After all, not everyone has the exuberant energy of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and his tireless interest in government affairs.

Zhu Di's interest is more in the national strategic decision-making of the Ming Dynasty, as well as in the military, and he is not so interested in government affairs.

Therefore, the establishment of the cabinet is actually a certain inevitability.

Otherwise, why have there been "prime ministers" for thousands of years?

To put it bluntly, isn't it that the emperor is too tired to deal with government affairs by himself, and he has to find someone to help him work?

It's just that Zhu Di didn't expect it, or didn't think about it in any way.

He is not interested in government affairs, but when his descendants become emperors, he is interested in government affairs?

Impossible, lazier than him!

Therefore, the power to handle government affairs has gradually been handed over to the cabinet.

In the history of Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, from the votes drafted by Sanyang in the Hongxi and Xuande periods, to the votes drafted by Zhang Juzheng in the early Wanli period, they were almost transformed into the blueprint for the emperor's approval of Zhu.

Zhu Di was slapped in the face by Jiang Xinghuo's words.

But at this time, it is not easy to turn around.

Not only Zhu Di but also Jiang Xinghuo, waiting for Jiang Xinghuo to answer questions.

More importantly, Zhu Di knew that what Jiang Xinghuo said was actually very likely to appear, or in other words, it was almost inevitable.

"How did the emperors of later generations fight against the civil service system headed by the cabinet?"

Faced with Zhu Di's question, the corners of Jiang Xinghuo's mouth hung a faint smile.

"There are many ways."

"There are those who concentrate on alchemy and cultivation, and do not forget to use the emperor's mental technique to divide and control civil officials."

"There is a bad heart to work against the cabinet, and he will not go to court for forty years."

"There are also those who hide in the palace and work as carpenters, and push out the big eunuchs to fight with civil officials."

Listening to Jiang Xinghuo's answer, Zhu Di almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood.

Zhu Di felt that he had underestimated the descendants of future generations, but he never expected that the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty in Jiang Xinghuo's mouth were even more outrageous than he expected.

"Ahem...... Then please ask Mr. Jiang to tell me which of these emperors in later generations succeeded in using these different methods to fight against the civil bureaucratic system? Zhu Di coughed dryly.

"Don't worry, it's all a failure."

Jiang Xinghuo swore an oath.

Hearing this, the corners of Zhu Di's mouth twitched.

Zhu Di took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and then said slowly.

"So what Mr. Jiang means is because I am now setting up a cabinet of measures. Will the civil servants be allowed to sit big in the future generations? ”

"That's right!"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at Zhu Di and said seriously: "But as I have always emphasized, the problem should not be blamed on someone, so then again, although the cabinet was founded by you, even if you don't create it, the Ming Emperor of the future generations will create an outer cabinet as an auxiliary institution, and this institution will also develop and grow over time." ”

"So the root of the problem is not the cabinet, but how to limit the civil service."

This means that all of Jiang Xinghuo's actions, whether it is to inform Zhu Di about the future of the Ming Dynasty, or to point out the shortcomings of the Ming cabinet system and the guard system to Zhu Di, are not aimed at strengthening Zhu Di's imperial power, or patching the feudal empire of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiang Xinghuo's intention is to exchange.

The real dilemma Jiang Xinghuo is facing is that if he wants to change the world, he can't do it by relying on his own strength alone, and he must tie the imperial power to his side.

And any political tie-up undoubtedly requires the exchange of interests, and then the formation of a community.

The bargaining chip that Jiang Xinghuo can exchange with Zhu Di is that he can fill in the invisible hole for Zhu Di, have knowledge that Zhu Di can't get from others, and be able to predict the future.

The last point is also Jiang Xinghuo's backhand for himself based on realistic considerations.

Although Jiang Xinghuo's predictions about the future of all individuals and countries are from historical records.

But the problem is, Zhu Di doesn't know! No one else knows!

The information they know is that Jiang Immortals can predict the future, although this kind of prediction of the future will be limited by some conditions, and it is not arbitrary.

But they didn't know that Jiang Xinghuo couldn't predict the future after being changed.

Therefore, this awe will always remain in the hearts of Zhu Di and others.

"And what do I need to do to prevent this from happening?"

Zhu Di is desperate to know this question at the moment.

Is the civil service really unsolvable?

Could it be that the future of the Ming Dynasty will be played by this group of insects to the death of the country?

At the moment, even if it is a test method, it only plays a restrictive role.

"It's easy!"

Jiang Xinghuo replied without hesitation.

"They failed because they didn't understand a single truth, so they were guessed in the process of confrontation between the civilian system and then lost. And as long as you understand this truth, you can naturally avoid this kind of result! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't understand what deep meaning Jiang Xinghuo's words contained.

"Reason?"

"Yes!"

"What the hell is the truth?" Zhu Di frowned slightly.

"Don't dwell on this issue, just do it the way I say, and you'll understand it soon." Jiang Xinghuo replied.

"Okay, then you tell me, what am I going to do?" Zhu Di opened his mouth as he spoke, his eyes burning, and he seemed to be looking forward to Jiang Xinghuo's next answer.

"Close your eyes first." Jiang Xinghuo looked at Zhu Di and said softly.

Hearing this, Zhu Di did not hesitate, and closed his eyes directly.

Even if he is blind, in terms of individual force, a first-class military general like Zhu Di can easily deal with ten Jiang Xinghuo, so Zhu Di is not worried, after closing his eyes, Jiang Xinghuo will be unfavorable to him.

"Now between the two of us, can you see what I'm doing?"

Zhu Di, who closed his eyes, frowned slightly when he heard Jiang Xinghuo's question.

What kind of nonsense is this?

I've closed my eyes, how can I see what you're doing?

But when Zhu Di was about to say this, suddenly, a lightning bolt crossed Zhu Di's mind.

Close your eyes and you can't see it.

So if I can close my eyes to each other and not see each other, will I be able to control the civil service system?

But how do you get civil servants to close their eyes to each other?

When Zhu Di closed his eyes and fell into contemplation, Jiang Xinghuo's words sounded in his ears, waking up the dreamer.

"Information isolation."

This sentence instantly reminded Zhu Di.

That's right, just let the civil officials not know what information the other party said to the emperor, and there will naturally be suspicion, so that the civil official system will compete around the imperial power, and who else can threaten themselves?

Zhu Di opened his eyes.

What caught his eye was still Jiang Xinghuo with an indifferent expression.

Zhu Di suspected that Jiang Xinghuo might not have done anything just now.

But when he closed his eyes, he didn't know what Jiang Xinghuo had done, but was constantly suspicious.

This is the effect of "information isolation".

Now, Zhu Di feels that the whole world has changed.

Zhu Di took a deep breath, feeling the sense of "epiphany" in his mind, and couldn't help but subconsciously think of Dao Yan and Zhang Tianshi, who had gone crazy, and Xia Yuanji, who was willing to be a lackey of Master Jiang's subordinates.

Although he didn't have the kind of insight that touched his heart, just this level of epiphany had already made Zhu Di feel clear and refreshed.

Is the edict hell the place of enlightenment?

A strange thought rose from Zhu Di's heart.

Without waiting for Zhu Di to continue to think, Jiang Xinghuo said simply: "And if you want to achieve the effect of information isolation, it is very simple, you only need to promulgate a system among middle and high-level civil officials. ”

"What system?" Zhu Di asked subconsciously, and at the same time secretly wondered in his heart whether the system that Jiang Xinghuo was about to propose was really as he guessed, in order to prevent the civil official system from being connected to each other and affecting the decision-making of the imperial court.

"Dense folding." Jiang Xinghuo calmly spit out three words.

"Dense folding?"

Zhu Di was stunned, he never expected that Jiang Xinghuo would say these three words.

"Isn't this the inspection system set up by Wu Zetian at the suggestion of Yu Baozong after Xu Jingye raised troops to oppose the armed forces?"

The so-called "inspection system" is that Wu Zetian stipulates that no matter whether you are rich or low, you can report to Tongkuangli by submitting a letter, and no one can interfere, and the whistleblower will have a rich reward. Not only that, Wu Zetian also personally met with the informant, if the informant is true, then the informant can be promoted to an exceptional position, even if the informant is not true, he will not be punished, so the informant from all over the world swarmed, in the early days of the implementation of this system, Wu Zetian had met with nearly 10,000 informers.

Zhu Di frowned and said: "Although the Tang Dynasty's inspection system can have the effect of isolating information, the result is that the entire court is panicked, and the act of telling others about their words and deeds is not only quite shameful, but in the long run, it will be morally degraded and customs corrupted, and it is not conducive to the governance of the country, which is not feasible." ”

Jiang Xinghuo's fingers tapped the armrests of the seat regularly.

"Who said it was a quarantine system?"

"And what does this secret folding system mean?"

Jiang Xinghuo said: "The so-called secret folding system, only the emperor authorized the middle and senior officials can be on the secret fold, when writing must be done in person, not fake hands, all heard can be reported, after writing the text will be written on the folded white paper, and then put into a special leather box, the key to the leather box is only two, one in the hands of the official, one by the emperor keeping, no one else can be opened, after the secret fold is written, the official sent his cronies to the capital, do not disturb the post station, go directly to the emperor, and the emperor personally answers. ”

Seeing all the realizations in Zhu Di's expression, a trace of inexplicable emotion flashed in Jiang Xinghuo's heart.

Jiang Xinghuo provided Zhu Di with the powerful weapon of the "secret folding system" against the civil system, and even risked greatly strengthening the imperial power for a certain period of time.

The aim is to better implement change.

The secret folding system and the examination method will form a set of combination punches to completely defeat the civil and official system.

Otherwise, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's urine habit of killing one stubble after another, the civil and official system can re-emerge, and it is absolutely impossible to carry out reforms that violate their interests without relying on the new system to beat the civil and official system at one time.

Moreover, as long as Jiang Xinghuo can plant the seeds of a new era, this seed will take root sooner or later.

At that time, the overthrow of imperial power will also become an unstoppable historical trend.

Was there a secret folding system at that time, and what could it change?

After thinking about it thoroughly, Jiang Xinghuo said again.

"Since we talked about the civil service system, we have to say something."

"What's that?"

"The future Ming Dynasty died in natural disasters, in exile, in Sanjiao, and in . Donglin Party. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes revealed an undisguised murderous aura.

Donglin Party, what is it? How dare you become the trigger for the demise of the Ming Dynasty?

I will never suffer again!