The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1872
The night grew darker.

After Zhao Dongting left from Wuding Hall, he went to the Imperial Study Room, and then Lu Xiufu, Zhong Jian, Wen Qingshu, Wang Wenfu, Xin Jingfu, Zhao Yuluo and other central cabinet officials also arrived one after another.

They held a central cabinet meeting in the outer room of the imperial study.

"At this time, I have summoned all my dear ministers to come here, because I want to hand over some state affairs to you for the time being."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhao Dongting startled everyone.

Lu Xiufu and the others all looked shocked.

Wang Wenfu said: "Why did the emperor suddenly come up with such an idea?"

Zhao Dongting said: "I plan to retreat and practice martial arts. During this period, the national affairs will be voted on by the central cabinet, except for matters related to frontline warfare, there is no need to report to me."

"emperor!"

Lu Xiufu, the Deputy Minister of State and Deputy Head of the Central Cabinet, frowned and stood up when he heard the words, "The old minister thinks this is inappropriate. Why don't your majesty wait until after the war..."

"Ha ha."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Dongting laughed out loud and said, "There's no need to be so nervous about state affairs!"

He pretended to be relaxed, "I am relieved to have the central cabinet. I also want to study whether the central cabinet really has the power to govern the country. Speaking of which, it has been several years since I established the cabinet system, and it is time to look at it now." See if this system is really useful for the country and the people.

With me here, you always feel a sense of restraint, and you have to ask me for instructions on everything. If you have anything to do through the central cabinet vote, you will do it according to my will.In this way, Yu Dasong is not a good phenomenon.

I created cabinets at all levels in order to prevent the emergence of monotonous statements, so that officials at all levels can have their own opinions and make achievements, rather than only the chief official will follow the lead.I am not afraid of you daring to remonstrate or deny my decision, what I am afraid of is that you will obey me.Because you are like this, the cabinets at all levels below must be the same, so the cabinet system is meaningless. "

"This……"

Lu Xiufu and others were a little speechless by Zhao Dongting's long speech.There is a thoughtful look on his face.

In their hearts, imperial power is supreme.But now, the emperor is putting down this imperial power.

They probably didn't really realize until this moment that Zhao Dongting's establishment of the cabinet system was not a joke, but really wanted the Song Dynasty to no longer be a "one-word hall".

The emperor wants to set an example for himself.

The court is no longer a "one-word hall", and the government offices at all levels below will be like this.

And as Zhao Dongting said, their central cabinet did nothing before.In the final analysis, Zhao Dongting is still in charge of any decision of the imperial court.

They vote and so on, it's just a situation.

After a long while, Lu Xiufu said to Zhao Dongting: "The emperor really intends to let us vote on national decisions?"

There was still a look of surprise on his face.

Because the previous emperor would never do this.This is absolutely contrary to the way of the previous kings.

Although the emperor had acted very differently from the previous emperors, this time it was different, and he really planned to weaken his imperial power.

Lu Xiufu can imagine that as long as the central cabinet really starts to make decisions on national policies.If this continues, one day, the imperial power will no longer be able to keep promises.

The emperor was furious, and such things as burying millions of corpses would never happen again.

"of course."

Zhao Dongting nodded affirmatively, "I will draw up an order later, and the Military Intelligence Department will be directly under the central cabinet from now on, and will no longer be responsible only to me. Director Xuanxue will be included in the central cabinet."

Lu Xiufu and others were even more shocked.

If Zhao Dongting asked the central cabinet to vote on national policy, it was probably just a gesture, then handing over the power of intelligence affairs to the central cabinet is definitely giving the central cabinet decision-making power.

That night, Lu Xiufu and others did not leave the imperial study until very late.

When they left, there was still surprise in the eyes of these senior officials.

The next day.

There is an early morning.

Zhao Dongting affirmed the decision-making power of the central cabinet headed by him in front of civil and military officials, and clearly planned the hierarchy of the cabinet for the first time.

As far as the cabinet is concerned, it is naturally the central cabinet.Has decision-making power.

But the central cabinet is also restricted by the Der Spiegel.

Der Spiegel has the right to elect, inspect and recall members of the central cabinet.

This can be regarded as truly handing over "power" to the hands of the people.

Below the central cabinet, there are the state cabinet, the military cabinet, the legal cabinet, and the supervisory cabinet.Further down, there are various ministries and divisions.

They have decision-making power in the headquarters, but they are all restricted by the upper cabinet.

As for the various yamen cabinets in various states and prefectures, they naturally belong to the cabinets of their departments.

In fact, the yamen at all levels in the Song Dynasty did not change at all, but changed from the chief official decision-making system to the cabinet decision-making system.The cabinet is supervised by the higher-level cabinet and the Der Spiegel at all levels.

Der Spiegel, which does not have real power, can be said to be an institution that will truly control the "power of life and death" of officials from now on.

Xuanxue, the head of the Military Intelligence Department, became a member of the central cabinet.

The seemingly mysterious Military Intelligence Department, which has always been outside the imperial court, has also been rated since then.It belongs to the level of the military region, but it is independent of the Ministry of Social Security and the Ministry of Military Aircraft.

When Eunuch Liu read out the decree, all the officials in the palace looked at Xuanxue.Xuanxue herself was also full of shock.

She never thought that she would be able to enter the central cabinet in this life, and would get the same level as the "marshal".

She used to only think of herself as the emperor's ears.She also knows that she has never been seen or even looked down upon by the officials, but maybe this situation will change in the future.

The Military Intelligence Department must still act mysteriously, but it will never be a "villain" hiding in the shadows.

As soon as the court dispersed, hundreds of officials left the hall in groups, all whispering.

Only Xuanxue was alone, but there was a smile on her beautiful face.

Just now, several officials took the initiative to express "congratulations" to her.This has never happened before.

The Military Intelligence Department is much more respectful than the people in the Ministry of Supervision, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are afraid.

Zhao Dongting finally came out of the hall, and then headed towards Wu Dingtang at a fairly fast speed.

After coming all night, he can't suppress the desire in his heart now.Maybe in another two hours, he will lose his mind like Bai Yuchan did back then.

(End of this chapter)