Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 493 New Cabinet, New Charter

These people will be the newly formed cabinet ministers in the future. The ranking is Sun Chuanting as the second assistant, who is going to take over the first assistant, followed by Lu Xiangsheng, Chen Qiyu, Li Banghua, Yang Sichang, Hou Xun, and Fan Jingwen.

With regard to the scope and authority of the new cabinet to handle public affairs, Zhu Youjian plans to adopt the very effective management system that has been proven by later generations to establish the authority and influence of the cabinet.

The first is to establish the rank of the cabinet ministers.

The ranks of the new cabinet members are all first grade, and then the status in the cabinet is determined according to the order.

The chief assistant is responsible for taking over the overall situation and completing any duties assigned by the emperor in a timely manner.

Since Sun Chuanting, who is about to become the second assistant, lacks experience in dealing with government affairs, after joining the cabinet, he will mainly assist Wen Tiren in handling government affairs.

Lu Xiangsheng is in charge of related affairs of the Ministry of Punishment and the two departments of Dali Temple.

For this loyal minister, a position related to the justice of the law is more suitable for him with a public heart.

Chen Qiyu is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, Honghe Temple, Taichang Temple, and the Department of General Administration.

Chen Qiyu, who has a lot of official authority, has a ruthless wrist, which is suitable for bringing a new style to these bureaucrats who are too literary.

Li Banghua is still in charge of matters related to the Inspectorate. The upright old Li is like Wei Zheng in Tang Taizong's time. With him in the cabinet, he can at least play a role in monitoring whether others form cliques for personal gain.

Yang Sichang was also in charge of his original job, and the Minister of the Ministry of War was taken over by Zuo Shilang Wang Jiazhen.

The same is true for Hou Xun and Fan Jingwen, who are still in charge of their original duties. Familiarity with the business and personnel advantages of the headquarters will make the operation of the household department and the industry department more smooth.

The post of Hubu Shangshu was taken over by Zuo Shilang Zhou Zhiqian.

Zhu Youjian had a good impression of this young and powerful official. Whenever there was a matter within the scope of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Hou Xun would always bring Zhou Zhiqian into the palace for an audience. When answering Zhu Youjian's relevant questions, Zhou Zhiqian Every time the answer is fluent, and will list various data as circumstantial evidence, this pragmatic style makes Zhu Youjian appreciate it.

Since he is a capable minister, he should stand on a higher platform suitable for him to perform.

If Zhou Zhiqian does well, it is not impossible for him to join the cabinet in his forties.

The position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry was held by Chen Liangyin, the left servant nominated by Fan Jingwen.

Zhu Youjian was not familiar with this person, but Fan Jingwen admired this Zuo Shilang very much. He bluntly said that Chen Liangyin was outstanding in talent, calm in speech and quick in action, and he was a rare practical talent. Designed and supervised by the Zuo Shilang himself, the urban planning and layout of the capital was also collected by Chen Liangyin after surveying the terrain and terrain, and then collected by Fan Jingwen, and finally discussed and implemented with several relevant officials of the Ministry of Industry.

Since he is not the kind of person who puts on official airs and only knows how to be an official in the yamen, Zhu Youjian naturally agreed to Chen Liangyin's succession.

This time, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry have vacated three important positions successively, which has given the officials in the two departments a great room for promotion, which will fully mobilize their enthusiasm and initiative to do business seriously, and form a human resource. A good atmosphere for people to go up.

After the establishment of the division system, the chief officials of each temple will go to the cabinet in person every day to report the relevant affairs to the cabinet ministers in charge, and then the cabinet ministers in charge will list the disposal strategies according to the priority of the matter, and report to the cabinet ministers in the morning meeting. The Shoufu put forward suggestions and disposal plans, and then the Shoufu summary bill was to be sent to the Supervisor of Rituals, and the inner court put forward relevant opinions and suggestions and approved the redemption, and finally handed it over to the emperor.

If the supervisor of ceremonies puts forward different opinions from the cabinet on certain matters, and the emperor is uncertain because of the disagreement between the two parties, he will call the relevant people together and state their reasons and propositions face to face. After a debate, the emperor finally chose a plan with more advantages than disadvantages to implement.

Due to the large number of people involved in the decision-making of the imperial court's major policies, it is fundamental to prevent the occurrence of such cases of someone trying to deceive the superior and the inferior, and will also prevent the emergence of powerful officials to the greatest extent, and the final outcome of all major events The decision-making power is in the hands of the emperor, which also avoids the situation where the emperor is emptied, making the entire government process smoother and more transparent.

Zhu Youjian is also preparing to implement a new deal-reform the early court and the duty time of each yamen.

The early dynasty system of Ming Dynasty was a bit too inhumane.

According to tradition, officials who are eligible to go to the early court must get up in the early morning, that is, around three o'clock in the morning, pack up and go out, and then cross half of the capital. When the drums on the Meridian Gate sounded, the officials lined up according to their grades. After the bell rang at the right time, the palace gates opened, and all the officials entered one by one. After crossing the Jinshui Bridge, they lined up on the square outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Waiting to see the emperor.

And now Zhu Youjian's predecessor, Emperor Chongzhen, was the most diligent emperor when he traveled through time, even more than Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Emperor Chongzhen came to the throne, he determined to be the master of ZTE. He sleeps up every day and night, and sometimes even stays up all night in order to correct the manuscripts, and he must come every morning.

When Zhu Youjian thought that in the extremely cold winter, these ministers of the fourth rank and above had to get out of the hot quilt to prepare to go to court in the early morning when they were sleeping soundly, he felt uncomfortable for them in his heart, and at the same time felt sorry for Chongzhen. God is deeply sorry.

How much perseverance and perseverance did the predecessor of this body have, and it has only been so persistent for more than ten years. No wonder he scolded those ministers in his will: "All the ministers misunderstood me."After he paid so much, he still didn't keep the country and land left by his ancestors at the end of the day. Who would change him, would he not have deep resentment in his heart?
Although Zhu Youjian has canceled the daily morning court after crossing, but the Shuo Wang Dynasty on the first and 15th day of each month cannot be cancelled. In addition to the annual Zhengdan, Winter Solstice and the emperor’s birthday, it’s all going to add up. There are still many days every year when he needs to endure discomfort and be forced to get up to deal with business.

In fact, when you think about it, this kind of court meeting is unnecessary, especially in the Shuo Wang Dynasty. After working for a long time, everyone just wanted to say good morning to the emperor. Those low-level officials could not even enter the main hall, so they could only stand on the steps far Take a look at the emperor, whether you can see it or not is another matter.

If you can't cancel it, change the time.

From now on, the time of Shuowang Zhengdan and other major court meetings will be changed to Chenshizhong, which is eight o'clock in later generations, and the on-duty time of each government office will also be changed to the same time.

This change will definitely be well received by officials.They are all normal people, especially in winter, who doesn't yearn for a hot bed?
The change of the office hours of the yamen will not delay major events.

There are officials on duty at night in the Ming Dynasty Office. Once an emergency occurs, these officials on duty at night will naturally report to the higher levels according to the situation, and finally reach the hands of the cabinet ministers on duty at night, and then they will decide whether to send it to the palace overnight to let the emperor know .

In daily office work, there is nothing so urgent that it must be done at dawn, so why do you have to do it?Nothing can be delayed in the middle and upper reaches of Chenshi.

"Report to the emperor, Mr. Wen Ge, please see me!"

A young eunuch's report interrupted Zhu Youjian's thoughts.

(End of this chapter)