Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 637 The Cabinet
Seeing that the officer was about to slip away, Zhu Cihong snorted coldly and ordered the Fa-rectification on the spot.

As the leader of the patrol team, he is indiscriminate and arrests people regardless of the reason.

At one point, he even wanted to shoot and kill the prince and princess. Ordinary people would definitely suffer.

He is flattering the powerful and wantonly trampling on the laws of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of officer cannot be left behind.

"Your Highness, please spare my life. The little one is wrong. I beg your Highness to spare me my life..."

Hearing that he was going to be executed on the spot, the little leader lay down on the ground and repeatedly begged for mercy.

But Zhu Cihong didn't pay any attention to him at all. With a wave of Baihu's hand, Jin Yiwei cut off his head with a knife.

Zhu Cihong didn't want to kill people at will, but today was different. While letting go of those soldiers, he would also kill their officers to frighten them.

Zhu Cihong wants them to know that there is a price to be paid for breaking the law, and this price is unbearable for them.

Zhu Cilang showed both kindness and power, showing the means and potential of Ming Dynasty's future successors.

It made those soldiers who were loyal to Daming very gratified, and it also made some people trembling with ulterior motives.

Zhu Cihong looked around, but the soldiers in charge of patrolling this section of the road still did not appear.

He said to the white tiger again:
"Commander Baihu, the soldiers on duty at this section of the road today have not yet appeared, and they must have been bribed by Zhu Xi.

You are responsible for finding out the situation and dealing with it seriously. You can't wrong a good person, and you can't let a bad person go. "

"obey"

Baihu took the lead and immediately called a hundred households:
"Liu Yang, you are responsible for cleaning up the place, dragging all the corpses to the back mountain and burning them."

"Yes"

Baihu asked the soldiers to clean up the scene, and he took five Jinyi guards to find the team on duty.

Seeing the white tiger leave, Zhu Cihong waved to the four beauties:

"Get in the car and go back."

"Ok."

Princess Kunxing and Princess Jianwen followed Zhu Cihong into the carriage, while Zhang Min was still in a daze.

"Zhang Min, let's go!"

Ziwei glanced at her eldest brother, and stretched out her hand to grab Zhang Min's arm.

"Oh……"

Only then did Zhang Min come to his senses, and his pretty face couldn't help but blush.

The carriage started slowly, and Princess Kunxing Zhu Wei smiled and stared at the elder brother for a long time.

"What are you looking at? Is there a flower on the emperor's face?"

Zhu Cilang was baffled by Princess Kunxing's look, and stretched out his hand to scratch her nose.

Princess Kunxing touched the nose that was scratched by the emperor and laughed:

"Brother Huang handled things calmly today, and did not retaliate against those soldiers. My sister admires it!"

Zhu Cihong smiled faintly:
"As the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, Brother Huang must be considerate in doing things and not be willful."

The carriage drove forward for another half a stick of incense time, and after turning a corner, we arrived at the headquarters of Da Ming Daily.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince and the Princess. The Da Ming Daily is here, and Zhang Min bids farewell!"

Wang Lu parked the carriage in front of the gate of the daily office, and Zhang Min, Zhu Cihong and others bid farewell and got off the carriage.

Zhu Cihong just smiled at Zhang Min and didn't say much.

Princess Kunxing Zhu Weixi waved to Zhang Min:
"Zhang Min, you can come and play with us when you are free."

Zhang Min nodded, a boon for the carriage:
"Okay, thank you princess!"

The curtain of the carriage was slowly drawn, and Wang Lu raised his whip to urge the carriage to leave.

When Zhu Cihong returned to Duanmu Palace, a court lady and eunuch immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Fafa went to the eunuch, and he took a bath and changed clothes to rest under the service of the maid.

Having nothing to say all night, Zhu Cihong got up early the next morning to practice his sword.

When the maid found him, Zhu Cihong had already washed himself.

The two little maids knelt in front of Zhu Cihong nervously:
"See Your Highness, next time the servants will come to serve you, please don't get up and wash yourself."

Zhu Cihong looked at the two beautiful maids and nodded:

"Pingshen, you will be my personal maids from now on, what's your name?"

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"We are called Chunhong Lotus!"

"Well, prepare breakfast for this palace."

"obey"

Under the waiting of the spring red lotus, Zhu Cihong ate breakfast, and when it was time to go to court, he went directly to the cabinet.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Sun Chuanting, was discussing matters with other cabinet ministers. Seeing the arrival of the prince, they hurriedly got up and greeted each other.

"See Your Highness."

Zhu Cihong smiled and waved his hands:

"You elders are welcome."

The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was first established by Ming Chengzu.It was the emperor's advisory body from the fourth year of Jianwen to the 17th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty.

After that, the power gradually increased, and it became the administrative center of the Ming Dynasty.

The number of assistant ministers in the cabinet ranges from one to seven. The assistant ministers are envoys to work abroad, and most of them call themselves cabinet ministers.

Ming Taizu abolished the prime minister.In the beginning, the Grand Scholars of the Cabinet only had the status of advisors, and the emperor had the final decision-making power, and the Grand Scholars rarely had the opportunity to participate in decisions.

By the time of Ming Renzong and Ming Xuanzong, the great scholars were able to accumulate to the status of the prince's three orphans because of the kindness of the prince's scripture teacher, and their status was increasingly respected.

During Xuanzong's period, the imperial court had no matter how big or small, and Xuanzong consulted Yang Shiqi, a scholar, to make all decisions.

Although Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Household Department, were able to participate in the affairs of various ministries when they were summoned, they were far inferior to Yang Shiqi and other cabinet members who were able to meet in person.

Since then, the power of the cabinet has increased day by day. In the middle of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Yan, Yan Song and others were in charge of the cabinet. They were the real prime ministers and could suppress the six ministries.

Zhu Youjian also reorganized the cabinet after the defense of the capital.

Now the cabinet consists of Hanlin Academy, Wenyuan Pavilion college students and six ministers, and of course the chief assistant.

The emperor will basically discuss with the cabinet any major matters, but in the end it is the emperor who decides.

If the emperor is not around, the cabinet will discuss and formulate major court affairs, which is equivalent to the State Council of later generations.

Because of the existence of the six ministers, the current cabinet of the Ming Dynasty is definitely made up of professionals doing professional things.

They knew almost everything about Daming, not only the money and food, but also all the information about Daming except Jinyiwei and East Factory and West Factory.

It is no longer like before. Many cabinet members don't know much about the court and the people, which is equivalent to talking on paper.

Of course, important things, they can't pass the emperor, they must get the emperor's nod to pass.

If the emperor doesn't stamp the seal, their decision is just a piece of paper.

Zhu Cihong sat down on a chair, and Sun Chuanting and others also took their seats one by one.

"My elders, what are you discussing? How is the current situation in various parts of Daming?"

After Zhu Cilang saw the elders sitting down, he began to ask about the situation in various places.

Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and said:
"Your Highness, the world is basically stable now, the lives of the people have been greatly improved, and the business development in various places is also very stable and fast.

The main concern of the cabinet is the drought problem in the northwest of Ming Dynasty. If it cannot be effectively resolved, the people will suffer again. "

Zhu Cihong already understood this, he nodded:
"Well, after a while, the emperor may have a way to deal with the drought in the northwest when he comes back. I am going to set off for disaster relief in the northwest tomorrow. I hope the cabinet can give me enough support."

Hearing that Zhu Cihong was going to the northwest, Sun Chuanting hurriedly said:

"Your Highness can't, His Majesty is not in the court. Since His Highness comes back, he should be in the capital to supervise the country. It's best not to go to the northwest easily."

(End of this chapter)