The development of the Ming Dynasty's secret service agencies showed an increasingly fierce trend.

From the Jinyi Guard to the factory guard system in the middle and late periods, various spy agencies continued to rise, which reflected the emperor's control of power and distrust of his courtiers.

In the later stage of the development of Jinyiwei, the organization was bloated, the number of personnel was large, and it became a hotbed for the children of the powerful to provide for the elderly, breeding countless corruption.

But now it's different, the establishment of Jinyiwei has not been established for a long time, and the insiders have no royal relatives who lie flat, and they are all innocent soldiers in the army, but if there is a little stain on life, they can't enter Jinyiwei.

Jiang Zhen was born poor, and his luck was not very good, he did not catch up with the time to fight the country, and later joined the army as a soldier, and he did not have many opportunities to fight, so the accumulation of military merits was quite slow.

After the establishment of the Jinyi Guard, the selection of soldiers in the army to enter, Jiang Xuan was selected because of his innocence, became a small wrestler under the Jinyi Guard, and it took three years to climb to the small flag from the seventh grade.

At this rate, if there is no noble person to help, or a major opportunity, Jiang Xuan's life trajectory can be imagined to be poor, and if he can achieve thousands of households, it is all smoke from the ancestral tomb.

Jiang Xuan was not reconciled to this, he had a deep fascination with power and status, and when he was given the task of monitoring the mansion of the Duke of Liangguo, he realized that the opportunity to change his fate had arrived.

Who is Liang Guogong, one of the top people in the current court, when Jin Yiwei sees Liang Guogong on weekdays, he has to kneel down and salute to show respect, such a big fish is currently included in the key monitoring group, what does it mean?

Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the current saints, who dares to give such an order to spy on a duke, even if it is Mao Xiang, he does not dare to call the shots.

Jiang Zhen realized that this was an opportunity to turn over, and if he missed it, it was likely that there would be no chance to rise to prominence in the future, so he made a lot of preparations, and finally his hard work paid off and successfully entered Mao Xiang's field of vision.

In this era, it is more important to enter the field of vision of the leader than to bury his head in hard work, and Jiang Zhen is sure that as long as his name is remembered by Mao Xiang, there will be a time to get ahead.

Now, here's your chance!

When Jiang Xuan learned that he had been summoned, he understood that the time had come to change his fate, and as long as he grasped it, his future status would definitely not be ordinary.

With excitement and nervousness, he walked into Mao Xiang's hall, and when he walked out again, his face was already a little more solemn.

This task is not simple, and if it is done well, it will be on the rise since then, and if it is not done well, there is a high probability that there is no need to come back.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Zhen suppressed the feeling of being nervous and gradually excited, smiled abruptly, and rode out of the city.

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In front of the Fengtian Palace, to the east, you can see the building covered with green glazed tiles, called Wenhua Palace.

The Mandarin Hall is generally used as an office for the crown prince to handle government affairs, and the door is nailed with 72 door nails.

After Zhu Di entered the East Palace, the Wenhua Hall became the place where he handled government affairs, and now he is convening the officials of the six ministries, which is naturally here.

The handling of government affairs has always been a troublesome matter, and the handling of every matter is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, so we cannot be careless.

But since the abolition of the prime minister system, the things that should have been handled by courtiers have now been backlogged on the emperor and the crown prince, and there are many government affairs, which is tiring.

Zhu Di had been here for a long time before, and it took an afternoon, but when he saw it, there were still mountains of twists and turns next to him, he complained bitterly, and his heart was upset, so he came out for a walk, and then he met Mao Xiang.

Now His Majesty wants him to find a way with the Six Ministries, not only to not slap his father's face, but also to reduce the pressure of dealing with government affairs, this matter is not very simple, but Zhu Di also urgently needs help at the moment.

"Several adults are the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, and now there are many government affairs, I don't know what good ways a few adults have?"

Zhu Di got straight to the point, too lazy to bend with these books, everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, and what they are best at is figuring out their intentions, so as soon as Zhu Di opened his mouth, they knew what to do, nothing more than to find someone to help deal with government affairs.

It's just that this name needs to be set up cleverly, His Majesty has abolished the prime minister system before, and the six ministries are directly under the control of the emperor, if you come up with a system similar to the prime minister, there is no doubt that you are sucking Your Majesty's face.

Zhan Hui pondered, assisting in handling government affairs can be regarded as a beautiful difference, you can have a long face in front of His Royal Highness, and after His Royal Highness succeeds to the throne in the future, he will follow the ministers who deal with government affairs, and his status will naturally rise; In addition, if they do things in front of His Highness all the year round, other courtiers will give some face, and their status will be much more respected.

It's just that the troublesome thing now is how to bypass the level of the prime minister, even if it is similar, it can't work, otherwise the officials will know about it, and they don't know what they will think behind their backs, and it will definitely damage His Majesty's face.

Before he could think of a way, Yang Jing, who was the secretary of the Criminal Department, took the lead in speaking: "Your Highness, the minister learned that during the thirteenth year of Hongwu, His Majesty had set up four auxiliary officials to assist in handling government affairs, and at that time, Wang Ben, Gong Yi, Du You, Zhao Minwang, Wu Yuan and others were appointed to give advice and negotiate political affairs, but these people had limited abilities and could not satisfy Your Majesty, so they were dismissed. ”

The system of four auxiliary officials mentioned by Yang Jing was set up by Zhu Yuanzhang after the removal of the prime minister to assist in handling government affairs, and the selected officials were basically old Confucian students, all of whom were seventy or eighty years old, with good character and benevolent learning, but unfortunately they had no experience in handling government affairs and their abilities were also defective.

Only a year and ten months later, Zhu Yuanzhang dismissed the position of the fourth auxiliary official and instead used the scholars of the Hanlin Academy to assist in handling government affairs, and there has been no specific charter until now.

Listening to Yang Jing's old story again, others also understood that what His Majesty needs is probably something similar to the four auxiliary officers, although these two things are common, but they are still very troublesome to deal with, you can't set up another four auxiliary officers, isn't this a repeat of the past?

Zhan Hui had been in the officialdom for a long time, and was inspired by Yang Jing's four auxiliary officials, and after a little thought, he said: "Your Highness, the position of the four auxiliary officials established by Your Majesty before was an extremely great idea, but it was limited by the suggestions of the courtiers at that time, so that the officials selected among the four auxiliary officials were all old and weak Confucian students in their old age. Although these Confucian scholars were upright and poor, they had no experience in handling government affairs, and their experience and energy were not enough to help deal with them, so His Majesty had to dismiss the four auxiliary officials.

In the humble opinion of the ministers, they may be able to set up similar positions, but the courtiers who enter it can be screened from the six ministries or the Hanlin Academy to consult on state affairs. ”

Yan Zhenzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, has never liked Zhan Hui's twists and turns, and most of the words he said were useless nonsense, but the latter sentence was still somewhat useful, but unfortunately it was only superficial, and there was no specific method to adopt.

It's just that he can also understand Zhan Hui's approach, the banning of the positions of these four auxiliary officials proves that they have great limitations, and some of these problems are still things that the courtiers can't say clearly.

But who will open this topic, how to open it, and how to satisfy His Majesty is not a simple matter.

Thinking of this, Yan Zhenzhi decided to start with Zhan Hui's words, slowly drawing it, at least this pot that opened first could not be carried on his body, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Lord Zhan's method has merit, but it is only screened from the six departments and the Hanlin Academy, and it is not advisable to use the humble opinion of the ministers." ”

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