Ming Dynasty: My father Yongle, Forever Reigns Over Mountains and Rivers

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Zhu Di's face was quite solemn.

When he learned that Prime Minister Quan would reappear, the Yongle Emperor felt very uneasy.

After all, there are not too many powerful officials who have harmed the country in the past dynasties, almost all of them are prime ministers!

Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong in the Tang Dynasty, Cai Jing and Qin Hui in the former Song Dynasty, each used arbitrary power to harm the country, harm the country and the people, made the world angry and resentful, and ruined the last bit of vitality of the dynasty.

The lessons of history are at hand, and Zhu Di naturally does not want to see such a powerful and traitorous minister who brings disaster to the country and the people in the future!

Moreover, the power of the prime minister itself restricted the imperial power. Zhu Di did not want to see his descendants being bullied by powerful ministers, causing the imperial power to fall by the wayside and the Ming Dynasty to fall into the hands of outsiders!

So, is it possible to abolish the cabinet?

Treason, what do you think we should do? Is it possible to abolish the cabinet directly?

Abolish the cabinet? Zhu Gaoxu smiled, Dad, are you willing to do so?

Now that the cabinet is assisting you, you are still complaining and complaining all day long. If the cabinet is really abolished, you will still have trouble!

Hearing this, Zhu Di's face turned red and he groaned and stopped talking.

This traitor really doesn’t save any face for himself!

What a bastard!

Actually, it doesn't matter whether the cabinet is abolished or not.

The key issue is that there is a sequence issue in the cabinet's process of handling government affairs!

The current way the cabinet handles government affairs is that they should see the memorial first, discuss it and attach their opinions to the memorial, and then leave it to you to make a decision, right?

Zhu Di nodded, feeling a little puzzled.

Is there anything wrong with this approach?

There are so many memorials from various states and counties in the world. Without first being screened by the cabinet, he, Zhu Di, went into battle personally. Even the trivial matters had to be handled personally. How long would it take to deal with them? He didn't even have to sleep, right?

After the memorial was screened, and with the opinions of everyone in the cabinet, he, the emperor, only needed to take a cursory glance at it to make sure there were no problems, and then he could directly sign and seal the memorial in accordance with the opinions of everyone in the cabinet, and then forward the memorial to the corresponding person. Department, let it follow the rules.

Zhu Gaoxu saw Zhu Di's confusion, So this is the problem!

Firstly, will everyone in the cabinet have selfish motives, and will their handling opinions be based on private interests and undermine public service?

To give a simple example, there is a memorial to impeach a close friend of the cabinet grandmaster. Dad, what do you think the cabinet grandmaster will do?

Withholding the memorial so that you, the emperor, would not see it, of course the cabinet minister would not do this. He does not have the power to do so, but he slightly embellishes his opinions and covers up the official's guilt without leaving any trace. Dad, when you see it, you will have preconceived notions. It seems that this official has not done anything serious!

Zhu Di was shocked when he heard this, and his expression gradually became serious.

The example given by Zhu Gaoxu is easy to understand. How could Zhu Di not understand it?

This example is not impossible to happen, it has even happened before, but Zhu Di didn't notice it!

Preconceived notions will definitely affect the emperor's judgment!

In other words, the cabinet is shaking the emperor's decision-making power, or in other words, seizing the decision-making power!

Through the opinions of their cabinet, they can influence the emperor's decision-making and achieve the purpose of decision-making in disguise!

Of course, Zhu Di asked himself that with his wisdom and martial prowess, he would not be affected by these small tricks, but what about future generations?

Especially those fatuous kings who are indifferent to political affairs?

They just signed and sealed it without even looking at it!

In this case, the cabinet is equivalent to controlling the decision-making power in disguise. How is it different from the prime minister?

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But if the cabinet is not selected, then the workload of the emperor will be too much!

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu with hope in his eyes.

It is indeed possible to screen them, but the problem is that everyone in the cabinet cannot see the memorial, or in other words, they cannot see the memorial one step ahead of the emperor!

They can prioritize the memorials based on their sources, and send the most important memorials to the emperor first. Then the emperor will convene them on a small scale for discussion, or convene the court ministers on a large scale for discussion to deal with the most important events.

After receiving the emperor's opinions and attitude, the full-time writers of the cabinet draft the edict. After it is approved by the emperor, it is then issued. In such a government affairs process, the emperor's ideas on how to handle important affairs are almost not subject to any influence. Constraints, and will not be affected by any preconceived notions, thus keeping the decision-making power firmly in the hands of the emperor!

Zhu Di was startled when he heard this, and then nodded.

The method proposed by Zhu Gaoxu has indeed minimized the possibility of the cabinet seizing decision-making power.

After all, the emperor was the first to see the memorials of those military and national events, and he would have some corresponding opinions on how to deal with them. After discussing with everyone in the cabinet, and learning from each other's strengths, the final solution can be implemented and implemented!

Secondly, there is actually no need to fix the number of cabinet personnel!

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly, After all, it is just an auxiliary and consulting organization. Why do we have to specify its establishment and personnel?

They can be court ministers or Hanlin bachelors. They only exist to serve the emperor in handling government affairs. They only rely on the emperor's trust to enter the cabinet. Therefore, they should only have one duty room. With the emperor's approval, any Anyone can enter the cabinet, and UU Reading www.uukanshu.net may leave the cabinet at any time due to special tasks.

As a result, even the chief cabinet scholar has no obvious jurisdiction and binding power over other cabinet members. Therefore, the cabinet members will never be able to become a united group and gather the power of the prime minister to challenge the imperial power.

Zhu Di slammed the desk and stood up happily.

Boss, your method is really good!

“In this way, it not only greatly improves the administrative efficiency of the cabinet, but also greatly reduces the possibility of the cabinet seizing power!”

Without a fixed staff, it means that the cabinet has no foundation to seize power, and they will never be able to override the six ministries and consolidate the power of the prime minister!

After all, the cabinet after the restructuring has returned to its essence, which is just an auxiliary and advisory body to the emperor!

No one knows when he will enter the cabinet and when he will leave the cabinet, so naturally he will not pay attention to the cabinet anymore!

In a sense, the cabinet is returning to its original nature!

Thirdly, cabinet members cannot only be limited to civil servants and gentry, noble military ministers can also enter the cabinet!

For example, the war situation in Liaodong, such as the war in Southwest China, all memorials related to major military and national affairs require the opinions of the civil and military ministers together, instead of just relying on the words of the civil servants and gentry family!

Civil and military checks and balances are needed in the court, and they are also needed in the cabinet. Only in this way can the imperial power be completely avoided and the power of the prime minister be reborn!

To put it bluntly, the cabinet is a small circle, which contains the emperor's closest officials. After they have unified opinions on major military and state affairs, they will be handed over to the various ministries and temple supervisors for handling!

This can, to a certain extent, achieve a situation of mutual restraint and checks and balances, prevent the foolish king from making foolish moves, and prevent the powerful officials from causing harm to the country and the people!

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