We all know that during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, he set up two institutions, "East Factory" and "West Factory", which were responsible for supervising officials and intelligence gathering. The functions of these two agencies are similar to those of modern intelligence agencies and anti-corruption agencies. However, the power of these two institutions is too centralized, which leads to the fear and dissatisfaction of officials, Zhu Di can't help but think about convincing people's hearts, if you want everyone to be loyal to me, you must give them enough benefits, and you can't make them too afraid, you can't part with your family every time before the early dynasty.

Zhu Di waited until Huang Huai and Xie Jin left, and thought about it, creating a cabinet, that is okay, but what about the rights given to these auxiliary ministers, if they are given too much, they will inevitably be like Hu Weiyong back then.

Huang Huai and Xie Jin walked side by side, they didn't speak along the way, the two of them had their own ghosts, Xie Jin looked at Huang Huai being favored and felt very uncomfortable, obviously he was more famous and talented than Huang Huai, how could he be inferior to him? Huang Huai also saw Xie Jin's expression in his eyes, and Xie Jin was really happy and angry, and almost wrote his opinion on Huang Huai on his face, causing Huang Huai to be a little flustered in his heart, what did he say and do wrong? Does it make this Xie Da talent very unhappy? In this way, they each returned home.

Huang Huai didn't pay attention to Xie Jin's attitude at all, neither to please nor to tear his face, anyway, everyone is just colleagues, just to serve the country, looking at Zhu Di's meaning, the two are likely to enter the cabinet together in the future, if the relationship is too close, it is likely to be mistaken for a party for personal gain, if the relationship is too bad, there is no way to carry out a lot of work, it is good to maintain this status quo.

The next morning, Taihemen.

Zhu Di sat lazily on the dragon chair and said slowly to the ministers: "There are two things I want to talk about today, the first one. I know that when my father set up the East Factory and the West Factory, many of you were frightened, I don't think it's good, so I plan to abolish it, what do you think? ”

All agreed on this, and no one wanted anyone to spy on them, and it was almost unanimously approved.

Then, Zhu Di said: "The second thing, I plan to set up a cabinet and find such a few excellent people to help me deal with national affairs, what do you think?" ”

No one disagrees with this, because in essence it has nothing to do with most people, whether it is the emperor deciding something or someone else making a decision to report to the emperor, it is almost the same.

After the early dynasty, Zhu Di called Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Huang Huai, Hu Guang, Hu Yan, and Jin Youzi to call over alone, and asked the eunuch to serve tea and then ordered, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea gently, looked around, his eyes stayed on the faces of the seven people for a while, stroked his beard and said: "You and the other seven can be said to be the seven most talented people in the Ming Dynasty now, just like I just said in the early dynasty, I plan to set up a cabinet, and I plan to ask a few of you to help me. In the future, I will discuss all the things of the Ming Dynasty with you, and I hope you can spare no effort to help me, what do you think? ”

"The ministers obey."

"Alright, stand down."

Zhu Di's selection of these seven people was actually deliberate, first of all, except for Xie Jin and Huang Huai, the two well-known talents of these two people's poems, and the rest of them have been carefully investigated.

Yang Shiqi lost his father since he was a child, his mother remarried Luo Xing, who was known to De'an at that time, Yang Shiqi changed his surname to Luo, and later Luo Xing died because he offended the powerful in Shaanxi, Yang Shiqi and his mother returned to De'an, and he taught while serving his mother. He traveled in Hubei and Hunan to teach, and later entered Hanlin under the recommendation of Wang Shuying.

In the first year of Yang Rong's Jianwen, that is, in 1399, Yang Rong was a student, that is, a student studying and studying. He explained the Qi Cultivation Chapter in "Mencius", and was appreciated by Xia Yuanji, a waiter who inspected Fujian at that time. In the same year, Yang Rong participated in the Fujian Township Test and won the solution. In the second year of Jianwen (1400), Yang Rong won the third place in the examination of the Ministry of Rites and the second place in the second class in the palace examination [13].

Hu Guang studied in Fujian and Guangdong at the beginning of the weak crown, and after two years of business and study tours, Hu Guang returned to his hometown to study and devote himself to his career. After some hard study, Hu Guang, like other scholars, embarked on the road of the imperial examination. In the first year of Jianwen, he participated in the township examination in Jiangxi and won the examination with the second place. In the second year of Jianwen, he was the first Jinshi and was awarded the Hanlin Academy for revision.

Hu Yan was in Hongwu for 20 years, participated in the Jiangxi Township Examination, and won the second place in the "Book of Books" examination, and participated in the examination in Nanjing in the 21st year of Hongwu, and was appointed as a teacher in Huating County (now Songjiang District, Shanghai).

Jin Youzi was born and intelligent, outstanding and outstanding, since he was a child, he studied hard, and went to the provincial capital Nanchang to participate in the Jiangxi Township Examination in the first year of Jianwen, and was ranked ninth.

On the whole, these seven people can be said to be the best in the world at that time, and Zhu Di is very relieved to release his rights to them a little, but if he is as smart as Zhu Di, he will not fully trust them, fearing that they will have too much power and will hinder themselves, so the current cabinet is only a subordinate institution of the Hanlin Academy, and there is no formal establishment, and the level of several university scholars is not high, and the highest is only a five-grade official position. I have to say that Zhu Di is really smart, and he has appointed top talents with both ability and political integrity to reduce his burden; At the same time, it also limited the power of the cabinet, and only in this way could he go to Mongolia with confidence.