Chapter 40: Checks and balances, checks and balances, balances and balances!

Zhu Zhanji's voice fell, and the three generations of Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi, also started brainstorming at the same time.

The eyes of the three ancestors and grandchildren fell on Zhu Zhanji, and they all cast their appreciation.

Obviously, Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi all agreed with the answer Zhu Zhanji said.

"Yes, that's a good answer."

Ji Boying raised his hand and shook it, a golden shadow swept by the wind, and Zhu Zhanji subconsciously raised his hand to grab it.

Spread out the palm of your hand, it was a golden ball, to be precise, a ball wrapped in gold paper.

"It's chocolate."

'Chocolate? ’

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously dialed it, peeling off the gold paper on the outside, and there was a black 'stone' inside.

"Immortal Master, this..."

"You can eat it."

After receiving Ji Boying's reply, Zhu Zhanji did not hesitate and stuffed it into his mouth.

Suddenly, his eyes straightened.

Chocolate was introduced to China hundreds of years later during the Kangxi period, and the degree of mellow flavor was far less than that of later generations.

"Delicious?"

Zhu Gaochi swallowed his saliva, and subconsciously asked, he is fat, not for no reason.

Among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, the one who pursued food the most was the Hongxi Emperor who only sat on the dragon chair for ten months, and all kinds of wild histories that arranged his food could write an encyclopedia.

"Very good."

Zhu Zhanji nodded firmly.

"Eat, eat, you know how to eat?!"

"Listen carefully to the immortal master's lectures."

Old Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochi was fat, and looked at Ji Boying seriously.

Ji Boying pushed back the scattered strands of long bangs, glanced at the sky outside, and glanced at the four great tomorrows on the table.

"I don't have enough time, so I won't ask them all."

Ji Boying tapped the table with his fingertips.

"What I'm going to say next is all about the point."

Lao Zhu Di and Big and Small Zhu all looked nervous, they all subconsciously thought that the immortal master had other important things to deal with, but Lao Zhu knew what it meant that there was not enough time.

"Brother, please speak."

Lao Zhu took a deep breath, and he had a hunch that the answer he wanted had finally arrived.

"First, the ancestral system is established, the prince and the kings cannot use eunuchs, and close eunuchs, no matter what position, need to be changed every three months."

The close eunuch is changed every three months, so that no matter how scheming the eunuch is, there is no way to get close to each other for a long time, and it is impossible to gain the trust of those in power.

For example, Wang Zhen, who is a teacher for the God of War, if he can only teach Zhu Qizhen for three months, then the God of War will definitely not be obedient to him.

According to this practice, even after the crown prince ascends the throne, the closeness to the eunuchs in the future will not be too close.

"Of course, this is only to reduce the trust of the monarch in the eunuchs as much as possible in the future, and it cannot completely eliminate it."

After Ji Boying finished saying this first point, Zhu Zhanji felt a little uncomfortable.

The eunuchs who played with him were all masters, and they had to be changed in March, where would they go to find a new one to play with?

Lao Zhu and Lao Zhu Di both nodded, obviously agreeing with this method.

"Second, give the cabinet its due legal status, and set the head of the cabinet as the head of the hundred officials in the court, and you can set your own rank, but it must be above the chief officials of the six departments."

"My suggestion is, start with a product."

The growth of the Ming Dynasty cabinet from a secretariat to the center of the empire was a gradual development process, including the gradual improvement of the status of the cabinet, and finally the choice of history was to let it override the six ministries, and it took nearly a hundred years to complete this choice.

It's like crossing a river, instead of crossing the river by feeling the stones and stepping on the pits one by one, it is better to build a bridge across the river directly.

"In addition, it is necessary to establish a complete set of assessment mechanisms for entering the cabinet, and the specific assessment requires you to set your own decision, and the final ruling power is in the hands of the Son of Heaven, who will give the cabinet the authority to institutionalize the cabinet and give the imperial power, and cut off the ministers from deliberately forming parties inside and outside the court in order to enter the cabinet, and at the same time cut off the way for the inner court to interfere in the cabinet."

In some periods of the Ming Dynasty, the reason why the celebrant was able to manipulate the cabinet was because the cabinet lacked a perfect system for entering the cabinet, so that these eunuchs could take advantage of loopholes and support their own people to enter the cabinet, so as to manipulate the outer court.

Because although the celebrant has the right to approve red, it must be drafted by the cabinet, otherwise his batch of red and white papers?

Part of the reason why the cabinet ministers deliberately went to the DPRK and China to form a party was also because they needed the support of these party henchmen to join the cabinet, but if the power to join the cabinet came from the system, not personnel, then some honest ministers did not need to form a party, and they could still join the cabinet to serve the country.

In this way, there will still be friends in the Ming Dynasty, but there will be a lot less.

When Ji Boying exited this second point, Zhu Zhanji asked again, this kid obviously got the sweetness.

"Immortal Master, I have a question, if the first assistant of the cabinet is clearly the head of a hundred officials, what is the difference between it and the prime minister? Isn't it back to the old ways? ”

Before Ji Boying could answer, Zhu Gaochi on the side spoke.

"Zhanji, the immortal master preached, why don't you listen carefully?!"

Zhu Gaochi took out a strict father posture.

"The immortal master has made it very clear before that the cabinet only has the power to discuss politics, and the head of the cabinet is designated as the chief of a hundred officials, this is to clarify the legal principles of the cabinet, and in order to make the operation of the various ministries of the imperial court more effective, why go back to the old way?"

Ji Boying glanced at Zhu Gaochi in a little surprise, this big fat man, his head is really good.

"Da Zhu is right."

"The head of the cabinet is the head of a hundred officials, which can make the operation of the six ministries more effective, but the cabinet does not have the essential authority to superimpose, only the parliamentary power, which can be understood in such a sentence, there is a false name and no real power."

'There is a false name, and there is no real power. ’

Lao Zhu and Lao Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and the father and son looked at each other, both of them were amazed.

"The third point is to give the first assistant to the cabinet the right to face the Son of Heaven without going through the minister's report."

"This is when the eunuchs have signs of chaos, the outer court can counter the core of the inner court, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are different from the Han and Tang Dynasties, the eunuchs of the Han and Tang dynasties are chaotic in front of the emperor, and the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are because the emperor doesn't care about things, hiding from the emperor to mess around, but no matter what does not mean that the emperor is a fool, looking at the future generations of your old Zhu family, although there are many wonders, but most of them are smart people."

Even if it was Zhu Houzhao, when he learned that his Mr. Yang was sent to Nanjing by Liu Jin's malicious revenge, he was the first to angrily reprimand Liu Jin, and this kind of dictatorship can happen, largely because the cabinet cannot see the emperor at the first time.

If the cabinet is given the right to face the Son of Heaven in the system, then as long as Liu Jin uses the right to approve the red to retaliate against Yang Yiqing, the cabinet can meet the emperor as soon as possible, and this appointment order against Yang Yiqing will not take effect at all.

To put it bluntly, the setting of this system is to use the celebrant to check and balance the cabinet at the same time, and give the cabinet the conditions to counteract the celebrant in an extreme environment, and balance the balance.

"Of course, this situation is limited to the eunuchs who have signs of dictatorship, if the emperor just doesn't want to see people, but is still in charge, then it doesn't matter."

After all, the old man Wanli did not go to court for twenty-six years, and when he set foot on the Fengtian Hall for the first time after twenty-six years, those ministers below didn't know what the emperor was like, and Wanli didn't know these ministers, but it still didn't matter.

After Ji Boying finished speaking, Xiao Zhu spoke again.

"Immortal Master, why can't you just cut off the appearance of the red right?"

Ji Boying glanced at Xiao Zhu and smiled.

Zhu Houzhao: 'My father has been a cow and horse all his life, what's wrong with me enjoying it? ’