Cabinet?

This is a new term, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that such a system officially appeared in Chinese history, and it was not at all the same concept as later Western cabinets.

The Ming Dynasty Cabinet was an advisory body to the emperor established in the fourth year of Jianwen, and the number of auxiliary ministers in the cabinet ranged from one to seven.

In the beginning, the Cabinet Scholars only had the status of advisors, and the Emperor had the power to make final decisions, and the Cabinet Scholars rarely had the opportunity to participate in the decision.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Yan, Yan Song and others were in charge of the cabinet, and their status was the real prime minister, and they could also suppress the six ministries.

However, although the chief cabinet members had the power to vote, they had to rely on the internal eunuchs to deliver the red.

The functions and powers of the first assistant scholar are the same as those of the prime minister in the past, but they must cooperate with the eunuchs in order to take charge of the government, which aggravates the phenomenon of eunuchs interfering in politics and makes the partisan struggle in the court increasingly fierce.

This is obviously not the cabinet system that Liu Zhi wants, he wants a political system similar to that of the island nation after the Meiji Restoration, but it is not exactly similar.

"I intend to expand the Secretarial Ministry into a Cabinet, with one or more Auxiliary Cabinet Ministers, one of whom is the Chief Auxiliary Minister, who is responsible for the government's advisors, advisers, and so on."

This first and auxiliary minister sounds somewhat similar to the prime minister's duties, but there are a few more auxiliary ministers similar to the vice minister below.

There were many courtiers who speculated that His Majesty would slowly restore the Prime Minister's Mansion, but now they feel that His Majesty has just changed his name, or he has changed the soup instead of the medicine.

Anyway, since His Majesty ascended the throne, I don't know how many new terms have come out, and everyone is not surprised.

It seems that it was really a false alarm just now, and as soon as everyone put down their hanging hearts, Liu Zhi continued.

"I'm going to set up another council."

Parliament?

It's a new name, but at this time, everyone has calmed down a lot, and it is estimated that it is a synonym for other official positions.

Historically, parliaments evolved from the hierarchical council system of the feudal era in Europe, and developed into modern society, which already has the power to veto governments and presidents.

Of course, the parliament that Liu Zhi needs can't have such a powerful power, so isn't he lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

He needs to limit the swelling imperial power, but not too much, today's Han Dynasty, if the transition from feudal society to semi-feudal is too fast, ideological and social development will definitely not be able to keep up.

"The duty of the so-called parliament is to consult on the enactment or addition or deletion of the laws of the state."

The first part represents the supreme power of the state, and everyone present knows how much power there is to amend the law.

This parliament is completely different from what they imagined, an absolutely privileged body, and His Majesty would actually delegate such power?

It's incredible.

"The parliament is made up of representatives elected by the ministries, and the ten ministers and cabinet ministers are part of the parliament by default."

I thought it was an independent body, but I turned out that it was similar to the previous system of the court meeting to discuss the revision of the law.

Of course, for this day, Liu Zhi had already done a lot of transitional work, raising the power of several college students, increasing the Shangshu department, holding regular court meetings, and so on.

Now, the courtiers' collective calm expressions have already affirmed his work, and everyone thinks that it is just a different title.

The parliament has the power to amend laws and formulate laws, but it does not have the power to decide, the emperor is still supreme, and the final veto power of all laws is in the hands of the emperor.

The cabinet has the power to participate in state affairs, and the Zhongshu Province is responsible for conveying it, and the real decision power is still with the emperor, which has not changed.

The only thing that has changed is that the Ten Ministries are no longer directly managed by the emperor, but need to go through the cabinet, which shows that the power of the cabinet ministers is still very large.

Everyone knows which of these people will be candidates for the first cabinet, and there is nothing to compete for.

Except for some Shangshu who were not very happy, most of the courtiers felt that this was a good thing.

With the Cabinet, the authority of the outer court increases, which is beneficial and harmless to all the courtiers.

But for the emperor, it is also a joy to be able to get rid of the heavy government affairs, if it is like before, no matter how big or small, he is so tired that he will die or live.

When dealing with things, it is easy to bring personal preferences, biased, a person's energy and knowledge are limited, even if he is an emperor, he may not surpass mortals.

Liu Zhi thinks that he is not a very smart person, if it were not for the rich information more than a thousand years later, he may not be as good as the indigenous emperor at this time.

No one is perfect, but the system has a way to make up for this shortcoming, so Liu Zhi is willing to set an example and establish the system in order to curb possible turmoil.

Since he was the emperor of the Han Dynasty and was worshipped by all the people, he had a responsibility to seek stability for the country, not just for his own welfare.

What's more, he clearly saw the shortcomings in the national system, and he also knew the way to correct and make up for it, but if he sat back and ignored it, he Liu Zhi couldn't do it.

The proposal to form a cabinet and a parliament was supported by all the ministers present, after all, the emperor deliberately chose to open his mouth on the Thousand Autumn Festival, and he had already shown his determination.

No matter how you look at this matter, it is beneficial to the outer court, and they have no reason to object, plus all the first-grade members can benefit, and the remaining second- and third-grade even if they have some small calculations in their hearts, it is not good to express it at this time.

However, for the Zen concession system proposed by His Majesty, he collectively resolutely opposed it, and seeing that the courtiers were passionate, Liu Zhi did not insist on it.

At this time, the court officials were all nurtured and raised by Confucianism, and as the defenders of the feudal system, they generally believed that the Zen system had too many loopholes and was not suitable as an imperial succession system.

What's more, His Majesty is unclear, whether it is a temptation for the courtiers, no one can say.

If you take the liberty of agreeing, but you are hated by Your Majesty because of this, then you will be stupid.

Therefore, all of them objected fiercely, for fear that His Majesty would not know his position, and the most embarrassing person was the crown prince Liu Jin.

His father suddenly put forward Zen concession without warning, which made Liu Jin feel very worried in his heart, and he couldn't figure out his true intentions at all.

For a long time, there have been many strategists in the East Palace, asking him to try his best to keep his head and keep his head down, so as not to arouse His Majesty's suspicion.

But his mother encouraged him to act according to his heart, not to hide it deliberately, and not to be clever, but Liu Jin was a little difficult to determine whether he should follow his mother's teachings.

So there are some contradictions in the way he acts, and he sways from side to side.

He is familiar with history books and has seen too many tragic fates of the crown prince, but according to his own feelings, he thinks that his father is different, and his open-mindedness is by no means comparable to that of previous kings......

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