The cabinet structure already has a detailed charter, which is equivalent to a complete skeleton.

The previous assumptions about its internal deliberations were still too idealistic and could not catch up with the bones of reality, which led to many problems today.

This kind of thing is unavoidable, as a freshly baked policy, there are some mistakes in the process of implementation, which is really a normal thing, and it is rare to achieve it overnight.

As mentioned earlier, the officials in the cabinet do not have actual power, but only the right to make suggestions on political affairs, and whether these suggestions can be adopted or not is actually decided by the emperor.

In this way, the expansion of the power of the cabinet was avoided, which threatened the imperial power and prevented the cabinet from growing into a de facto prime minister.

The problem of inefficiency in the cabinet is caused by the natural antagonism between civil and military officials, and although the effect of checks and balances has been achieved, every proposal that wants to be issued is bound to arouse the vigilance of both sides.

Such a cabinet is still a lot worse than Zhu Yuanzhang's vision, so it is inevitable to make some adjustments.

He first asked Zhu Gaochi about the specific process of the current cabinet operation.

Zhu Gaochi was very familiar with this, after all, he had already experienced it for two days, so he replied quickly, and said: "After the song Shu enters the cabinet department, the grandson will read it, and many small things will be decided by the grandson alone. For those things that are difficult for the grandson to handle, they will first hand it over to the cabinet officials, let them discuss a suitable method, and then hand it over to the grandson, and the grandson will judge whether it is feasible and then make a decision. ”

These things should have been done by Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to deal with them, so he handed them over to Zhu Di before, but Zhu Di went to Shaanxi, and the burden fell directly on Zhu Gaochi.

If it weren't for Zhu Gaochi's intelligence, he might not be able to handle it, but even so, he needs the help of cabinet officials to deal with many things effectively.

"Most of the things were handled by the cabinet very quickly, and the suggestions given were indeed meritorious, and after the grandson adopted them, he handed them over to the imperial grandfather. It's just that there are some things, and the cabinet officials are also very noisy, often for a day or two, they can't give suitable advice, and the grandson is helpless about it. ”

"Then why don't you think they can give the right advice?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry to say his opinions, but asked step by step, he wanted to cultivate a successor who dared to question and think.

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaochi obviously had a draft, and said without thinking: "This is very simple, now that there is a division of civil and military affairs in the cabinet, when a matter does not touch their interests much, it can often be passed quickly; But when a matter touches their interests, it will cause contradictions, which will cause quarrels and be difficult to resolve. ”

"Very well, that's the truth!"

Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands and said: "Gao Chi, you have to understand that the advice given by these courtiers may not be the best, but it must be in their interests, otherwise it will not be passed, and the interests of the courtiers may not be the same as the interests of you and me." And these things that are difficult to resolve, they have not been able to find a balance of interests, so they will quarrel like this, and once they find it, they will also pass it quickly, it is nothing more than a matter of who gave in. Gao Chi, have you ever thought that if this goes on like this for a long time, the civil and military officials who were originally opposed in the cabinet will find ways to start converging. ”

"This ......"

Zhu Gaochi thought about it carefully, and his little eyes were shocked, now the civil and military officials are quite estranged, and it is naturally difficult to merge, but in the future, when the civil and military Wang Ba looks at the mung bean, the confluence is an inevitable thing.

When the time comes, we will be deliberating, this time you will suffer a little loss, to meet our requirements, next time we will suffer a little loss, to meet your demands, in the long run, it is bound to form a new interest group.

And this interest group, after fully grasping the laws of the operation of the cabinet, is bound to greatly threaten the power of the emperor.

Even because of the convergence of civil and military, the military and government have reached a consensus of interests at a certain level, and the change of dynasty is only a thought.

In an instant, Zhu Gaochi broke out in a cold sweat, although this kind of thing can't happen now, who knows if it will happen in the future?

He hadn't thought of these problems before, and he was even a little complacent, and he also had a lot of credit for the establishment of the cabinet, and this sense of accomplishment in promoting new things made him very satisfied.

Now that he heard Grandpa Huang say this, he realized that in addition to being horrified, he admired Grandpa Huang.

Grandpa Huang must have thought of these questions before, but in order to mention me, he has only delayed talking about them until now.

Zhu Gaochi was moved and said, "Grandson understands, how can the imperial grandfather solve this?" It is only expedient to forcibly provoke discord between them. ”

"It doesn't have to be that troublesome."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, now that the cabinet has become customized, he doesn't have too many scruples, so he speaks much more directly, and said: "I said before that I wanted to give the cabinet officials an official position, we have already refuted it, this time we have to refute you, why should this cabinet official be fixed to those people?" There are countless capable people in the big tomorrow, could it be that only they can enter the cabinet department, and others can't enter? ”

"Grandpa Huang, forgive your grandson for being stupid, if the cabinet officials are not fixed, then how to select them?"

Zhu Gaochi's concept is obviously still fixed on the selection and use of officials, but this is really normal, and people's cognition is difficult to surpass the limitations of the times, just like the household registration management system designed by Zhu Yuanzhang, the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.

In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang is not surprised, this fat grandson can think of this, which can be regarded as enlightenment, but he is still almost energetic, and he needs to work harder in the back.

"Why do you want to be selected, as long as we think, no matter who you are, you can join the cabinet to discuss military and political affairs!"

"Huh?"

Zhu Gaochi was so shocked by Zhu Yuanzhang's words that he couldn't speak, he never thought about this, not because he was stupid, but because of the limitations of his thinking.

He has always felt that this selection of officials needs to be cautious, and he can't make decisions based on likes and dislikes, but Zhu Yuanzhang's sentence is to tell him plainly that as long as you like it, anyone can do it.

Of course, he also understands that this is a more popular saying, and not all cats and dogs can enter the cabinet.

After all, this world is still the world of the old Zhu family, and the emperor is equivalent to the patriarch, and he will never hope that the world will collapse and change the dynasty.

Therefore, the people who are selected naturally also have real talents and real learning, otherwise where can they get into the eyes of the emperor?

In this way, the cabinet officials are not fixed, and it is all based on the emperor's will, and there can be no theory of the convergence of civil and military.

Moreover, due to the uncertainty of personnel, there will be no so-called interest groups within the cabinet, and who knows who the emperor will change tomorrow to participate in military and political affairs.

Even, as long as the emperor is willing, he can set off a court battle at any time and firmly control all officials in his own hands.

Zhu Gaochi thought about it carefully, and felt more and more that the imperial grandfather was unfathomable, and the unsolvable problems in his eyes were in the hands of the imperial grandfather, and they had a perfect curtain call when they talked and laughed.

But the ensuing doubts did not decrease, but became more and more, Zhu Gaochi sorted out a little, keenly found the problem, and said: "Grandpa Huang, according to this method, it is indeed possible to avoid the confluence of civil and military forces from threatening the imperial power, but in case of a thorny problem and can't find a solution for a long time, what should I do?" You can't change people halfway, isn't that a futile effort and a waste of time? ”

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