When Ma Bao read Xie Jinjin, the civil ministers present thought that the cabinet should be about seven people, and there would be no more, but when Ma Bao read out the next name, the officials were petrified on the spot.

"The first assistant of the cabinet, King Zhu Song of Han, and the second assistant Xia Yuanji!"

The scene can be described as deathly silent.

I don't know who it is, so I stood up and asked: "Gonggong Ma, who did you just say is the first assistant of the cabinet?" ”

Ma Bao looked at the official who asked the question, and replied loudly with a lot of anger.

"Han Wang Zhu Song!"

Not only the ministers present gathered in person, feeling that the news was really explosive, even the few who were elected to the cabinet were also confused.

At this moment, the Imperial Inspectorate stood up.

"Your Majesty thinks that this matter is inappropriate, there is no precedent for a prince to be an official since ancient times! Please be cautious! ”

As the future of the Inspectorate stood up, more officials also stood up, and their reasons were varied, but everything remained the same, and the core idea was one sentence, Zhu Song could not be appointed as the first assistant of the cabinet.

Zhu Di watched these gods come out one by one to second, he looked at these officials, and when the officials finally quieted down, he glanced at everyone present, then stood up, slowly walked down the dragon chair, and walked in front of the officials present.

"Everything must be acted on according to the ancestral system, isn't this a sacrifice of the basics? If the ancients hadn't taught us how to fight, how to eat, wouldn't we have done nothing? ”

"The precedent is the precedent set by the rules set by the people of the time, so why can't we wait for this? Decades, centuries, or even millennia from now, will future generations dispute some of the irrational decisions we made then, just because we were born earlier than our children and grandchildren, and we must be right? ”

"And the cabinet is led by the prince, which is only useful in the Yongle dynasty, and after the Yongle dynasty, no matter who is the descendant of the Zhu family as the emperor in the future, no matter who is the emperor, the prince is not allowed to be arranged in the cabinet, in case the emperor's relatives are dictatorial!"

"You are blocking me like this, do you believe King Han or don't you believe me? King Han's exploits are worthy of the struggle of so many of you for more than ten years, if you want to speak in the court with some weight, you have to find a way to make a few beautiful achievements back, when the country is not stable, it is King Han who overrides public opinion! To make herculean efforts to save a critical situation! recovered the salt tax in Jiangnan and saved the country from fire and water! ”

"Isn't his credit enough to be the first assistant to the cabinet? I have made up my mind about this matter, it doesn't matter if anyone says it, I'm not here to discuss with you today, I'm here to inform you, from today onwards, there will be an institution called the cabinet in the imperial court, and the first assistant in the cabinet is Zhu Song, the king of Han, you have to accept it, and you have to accept it if you don't accept it! ”

Zhu Di has always been extremely domineering, and these ministers also know that the literati style and bones have been broken as early as when they killed Fang Xiaoru, and the civil and military ministers who have survived now do not have the courage to say that they will die.

Zhu Di looked around, no one dared to stab anymore, Zhu Di was also very satisfied, and immediately said.

"Since you all have no opinion, this matter is settled! Retreat! ”

"Retreat!"

The crown prince, the prince of Han, and the prince of Zhao all looked at the twenty uncles stupidly, and they couldn't understand why the twenty uncles coaxed the old man so happily all of a sudden, and suddenly the world changed color, and the prince was going to be an official in the court.

Although this official is not an official in the traditional sense and has no real power, it is easy to say that this is the goal of the center of the civil official's heart, and it is indeed unacceptable to let Zhu Song occupy it like this.

The prince already understood what his father meant, but he still didn't believe in himself, but he was afraid that in the past few years, his father would definitely take the royal conquest, and when the time came, he could not hand over all the major affairs of the country to himself, and the twenty uncles were watching him.

But the prince is not worried, this prince is still the prince after all, and he knows what to worry about and what not to worry about himself.

The prince first smiled and congratulated Zhu Song: "Twenty uncle, my nephew is here to congratulate the second uncle first." ”

Zhu Song smiled bitterly: "It's good, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll have to get up early every day in the future." ”

King Han and King Zhao looked at the emperor and returned to the palace, and the two also came over with a smile.

King Han said: "Uncle Twenty is deeply hidden, I never thought that my father called us here today for you, no wonder you put on a five-clawed golden dragon robe!" ”

King Zhao also chimed in: "Yes, Uncle Shi, the first official in the imperial court in history, is also a prince of you!" Although this cabinet is half an official, it is also half an official! ”

Zhu Song knew what kind of cabinet chief assistant this was, it was a good thing for the court officials, and even for a few of their royal children, but it was really not a good thing for Zhu Song, and Zhu Song couldn't hold on to this every morning.

But the matter has come to this point, even if Zhu Song is reluctant now, there is no way, Zhu Di's move is high, not only to prevent him from taking the risk of the prince's family dominating after the royal expedition in the future, but even pushing himself to the opposite side of the civil and military officials, making himself the focus of attention in an instant, and those civil and military officials will inevitably be enemies with him.

Now the situation in the DPRK and China has become clear, this civil official claims to be a faction of civil officials, among which there are different parties such as the Jiangsu and Zhejiang parties, and the military generals are another faction, and the emperor's relatives and Zhu Song are naturally also a faction, and the king of Zhao and the king of Han also have their own forces in the court, and the prince does not need to say much.

This is the emperor's mental trick, let the ministers form factions below, express their opinions on major affairs of the court, and even fight with each other, and the emperor can mediate and mediate, which is convenient to control the situation in the court, and second, it can appease people's hearts, and the cycle of each faction goes back and forth, and the emperor is the ultimate beneficiary.

Now that the situation has been formed, there will not be much change in the next five or even ten years.

After leaving the court, the cabinet officials came to Wenyuan Pavilion, which was the office of the future cabinet.

There is a long table in the Wenyuan Pavilion, and Zhu Song, as the head of the cabinet, naturally sits in the main seat, and the first place on the left hand side is Xia Yuanji.

According to the emperor's decree, Zhu Song has the right to vote, and the so-called right to vote refers to the proposal for approval of the music from all parts of the country, before submitting it to the emperor for approval, and pasting it on each book, and then presenting it to the emperor.

Zhu Song sat in the position of the head of the cabinet, to be honest, he didn't know anything about what the right to vote for, and he still had to rely on professional people to do this major national affairs, and he only needed to control the general direction, that is