Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 271
In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, the cabinet is to assist him in his work, not to create obstacles for him. To control the vast Ming Dynasty, it is far from enough for him, the great emperor, to control the vast Ming Dynasty. There are so many things that need to be involved and intervened. It is necessary to intervene and solve. No matter how diligent and self-restrained we are, it is impossible to say that everything is covered.

People must be able to face reality calmly.

In a sense, the cabinet belongs to the highest level of governance, and its political position is second only to the emperor. After all, the power is there. If you want to handle military affairs well, you must have power. If the power is not enough, If nothing else, if the people below you don’t obey you, then how can you govern the world?

But then again, power must be prioritized after all. There can only be one person who can call the shots and control the absolute authority. If there are more, it will be chaotic. In the Ming Dynasty, the special thing is always the cabinet, not who is in it. Sitting here, the power of the cabinet ministers is focused on the cabinet itself. They cannot help the emperor share the worries and cause trouble at every turn. It is better to stay where it is cool.

Zhu Youxiao, who was in the Qianqing Palace, had long anticipated the turmoil and influence caused by the cabinet, so Zhu Youxiao was not very concerned about it.

Qianqing Palace.

"It's a great day."

Zhu Youxiao was walking on the royal road, looking up at the blue sky with a faint smile on his face, "Qian Qing, do you think the sky in Liaozuo is good?"

"Sure."

Qian Qianyi, who was accompanying him, smiled and echoed: "Liao Zuo performed a victory and defeated the rebels who invaded our Ming territory. Your Majesty is thinking of Liao Zuo. For the people there, this is the best day."

This mouth really knows how to speak.

Zhu Youxiao kept smiling and glanced at Qian Qianyi. A person like this, who has no political principles, is greedy for life and fear of death, is a typical self-interested person, and fishes for reputation, is very suitable to stay in the cabinet.

Without him.

Meet the wind and steer the ship!

The new cabinet formally formed by the Apocalypse Dynasty must not be like the cabinet under the transitional transition between Wanli and Taichang dynasties, which frequently contradicted the emperor. Most of the time, they did not consider the emperor's thoughts. When they needed to solve problems, they either delayed or emphasized the difficulties. This is definitely not the cabinet Zhu Youxiao wanted.

The reason why I didn't solve these problems before was because there were so many things piled up, which affected the whole body.

Just like Zhu Youxiao also hates Fang Congzhe, hates his indecisiveness, hates him for looking forward and backward, as the chief minister of the cabinet, but he is besieged by the people below, how does this look like the chief minister of the cabinet.

However, when Yu Ji ascended the throne, Zhu Youxiao had to keep Fang Congzhe. This position of chief assistant could be taken over, but how and how to take it over would be up to him, the great emperor of tomorrow.

Instead of directly deposing Fang Congzhe because of some public opinion, the DPRK ministers impeached him too much. It seems like nothing, but in fact it is a kind of pressure.

Now the new cabinet headed by Zhu Guozuo was finalized by Zhu Youxiao through the Liao Zuo memorial. The political influence between the government and the public was put aside for the time being. Controversies are disputes, and accusations are accusations. However, the new cabinet has been decided like this and cannot be changed. In the next five years, the new cabinet will initially sort out various bad policies and stubborn problems, so that the national treasury can be replenished, the central fiscal revenue and expenditures must be stabilized, and some preferential policies to reduce the burden on the people must be ensured. Everything must be closely focused on In five years, the reform reforms must be clearly implemented so that the central court can take the initiative, instead of being passive and constrained everywhere...

The new cabinet has people who can do things, but it is not enough to have people who can do things. They also need people who can talk. Qian Qianyi is the best candidate.

"Your Majesty, what is the purpose of your special summons to the palace this time?"

Following the emperor, seeing that the emperor stopped talking, Qian Qianyi followed for a while, but after all he couldn't hold back and said to Zhu Youxiao with a smile.

Qian Qianyi, who was specially summoned to the palace, still doesn't know that he has been promoted to the position of second minister in the cabinet.

What Qian Qianyi didn't even know was that when he was walking with the emperor, Zhu Youjian, who was lying by the window in Dongnuan Pavilion, was observing this scene. He had no choice. Who told his royal brother to say this? Until this time After the meeting, he still had to take a test.

"Nothing else."

Zhu Youxiao walked forward with his hands behind his back, looked at Qian Qianyi and said: "I know that Qian Qing is extremely talented. The Records of Zhonglie in the Ming Dynasty are currently being compiled. Someone has reported that there should be a preface to the Records of Zhonglie in the Ming Dynasty, so that the world can know about it. I have thought about it, I feel that among the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, Qian Qing is the most suitable."

This……

Qian Qianyi's expression froze, and he went to write the preface to the Ming Zhonglie Record. This was no small matter. Regardless of the current court, there was no objection to the Ming Zhonglie Record, the Zhonglie Monument, and the Zhonglie Temple, but these were all on the surface. After all, Liaozuo's victory had a huge impact, but privately, there were a lot of dissatisfaction and controversy, and some even said that the emperor was making a fuss out of a molehill.

It's just a bunch of people. If they die, they will die. Why bother to mobilize troops like this?

Compiling records of loyalty and martyrs for them, building monuments of loyalty and martyrs, and building temples of loyalty and martyrs are simply too flattering for them.

"how?"

Seeing that Qian Qianyi remained silent, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Does Qian Qing think there is something wrong? Or does he think I am making a mountain out of a molehill?"

"no no."

Qian Qianyi was startled and quickly bowed in salute and said: "I was just thinking about how to write a preface, so..."

"Haha, this is my beloved."

Zhu Youxiao laughed when he heard this and said, "In that case, I will leave this matter to Aiqing. I will see Aiqing's preface in three days."

Zhu Youxiao could see what Qian Qianyi was thinking at a glance.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not give Qian Qianyi a choice and directly finalized the matter. If the matter is difficult to handle, you have to handle it for me. Otherwise, what should you do?Think the water is too cold?

"Yes Yes."

Qian Qianyi was struggling in his heart, and the smile on his face was uglier than crying, "I will do my best."

"Right, there's one more thing."

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand to interrupt and said to Qian Qianyi: "I want to ask Aiqing to see Han Xu. I plan to ask Han Xu to take charge of Cangchang."

"Your Majesty, this may not be in compliance with the rules, right?"

Qian Qianyi was stunned, frowned and said: "Mr. Han Ge is here to assist the government. Although the warehouse affairs are serious, the Integrity Commission has also found many problems, so we can let Mr. Han Ge..."

"How did you get the job?!"

When Qian Qianyi mentioned his different opinions, Zhu Youxiao scolded him, which shocked Qian Qianyi and made him sweat. He didn't know what he said wrongly, which made the emperor unhappy. When his legs went weak, he Kneel down on the ground.

"The imperial edict I drafted, for Qian Qing to join the cabinet to assist in government affairs, to serve as an assistant, and to remove Han Xu from his position as assistant, didn't I go to the General Affairs Department to promulgate it?" Zhu Youxiao pretended not to see it and shouted to Liu Ruoyu who was accompanying him behind him.

"The emperor calm down."

Liu Ruoyu, who knew the situation, immediately bowed and said: "This is the authority of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. I sent someone to inform the Supervisor of Ceremonies before. Maybe the eunuch in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies went to the cabinet first, but..."

Liu Ruoyu reported the situation in a calm and unhurried manner, but Qian Qianyi, who was kneeling on the ground, was stunned at this moment. In his heart at this moment, he kept repeating a sentence, asking Qian Qing to join the cabinet and serve as an assistant. Didn't Han Xu's dismissal from the post of Qunfu go to the General Affairs Department to issue an announcement?

Is he in the cabinet?
Also served as a secondary assistant?
This sudden news made Qian Qianyi dumbfounded. Wasn't it that the first and second assistant positions in the cabinet were already clear before the nomination was held?

"Go get ten boards!"

Zhu Youxiao flicked his sleeves and shouted to Liu Ruoyu with a cold snort. Then he turned around and saw Qian Qianyi kneeling on the ground. He pretended to be surprised and said, "My dear, why are you kneeling?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

When Qian Qianyi came back to his senses, he was a little excited when he saw the emperor bending down to help him. He was speechless for a moment. Zhu Youjian who was staying in Dongnuan Pavilion saw this scene and couldn't help laughing.

"Qian Qing, you are going to be in charge of government affairs in the future, so you can't do things so recklessly."

Zhu Youxiao suppressed his laughter, stretched out his hand and patted Qian Qianyi's arm and said, "I know the talents and loyalty of your family, so this cabinet adjustment was not recommended by the court, but was selected based on the previous recommendations. Aiqing was appointed as the second assistant in the cabinet, and Zhu Guozuo was appointed as the first assistant."

The chief assistant is not Ye Xianggao?

Qian Qianyi was stunned. Hearing this news, it was far beyond his expectation. Since the positions of first and second assistants were vacant in the cabinet, he had always wanted to seek the position of first and second assistant. After all, as the first assistant, that was the responsibility of every civil servant. Everyone dreams of it, but Ye Xianggao is his strongest competitor.

Many things that happened during this period made Qian Qianyi feel very uneasy. He felt that it was difficult to get the first assistant, so Qian Qianyi targeted the second assistant, but the second assistant also had competitors.

That is Han Xu.

The current situation is that the chief minister of the cabinet is not Ye Xianggao, who is the most vocal, but Zhu Guozuo, and the second assistant is Qian Qianyi. Han Xu, who was originally in the cabinet, was deposed by the emperor.

Co-author, Qian Qianyi is now the strongest?

"Qian Qing, since you have joined the cabinet, you should share my worries more and worry about the country."

Zhu Youxiao saw Qian Qianyi's various changes in his eyes, but he didn't say much else. He said with serious irony: "Cangchang is the foundation of the country. I can't sleep at night every time I think about the memorial of the Integrity Council. Han Xu This person is not good at being a cabinet minister, he is a little bit bad after all, but I think he is pretty good as a minister in Cangchang."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will take care of this matter."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Qian Qianyi bowed his head and expressed his position: "As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, I should be concerned about the country and share the worries of His Majesty..."

Zhu Youxiao listened to Qian Qianyi's lofty speeches in one ear and heard it in the other. The political goal he wanted to achieve was that this cabinet adjustment could be implemented smoothly in the DPRK.

One Qian Qianyi belongs to the Donglin Party, and the other Sun Ruyou belongs to the Zhejiang Party. With the practical benefits obtained by these two, Zhu Youxiao feels that even if there is opposition from the DPRK and China, the signs will not be big.

In Zhu Youxiao's mind, in addition to the first assistant Zhu Guozuo, the members of the cabinet who were actually working on this term were Wang Xiangqian, Bi Ziyan, and Sun Chengzong.

In the future, they will be involved in different levels in the cabinet.

Especially for Bi Ziyan, if he wants to solve the financial dilemma of the central government, it is almost meaningless that the Minister of Household Affairs cannot enter the cabinet. However, Bi Ziyan's qualifications are not good enough, so there is a pattern of seven groups of assistants. Otherwise, the original cabinet group assistants , Zhu Youxiao will have to depose at least one or two.

(End of this chapter)