Reincarnation Showdown

Chapter 139: Drawing the Emperor into the Imperial Guard
“Don’t have those departments?”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up at Lin Yuan's words, and he hurriedly asked, "I would like to hear more about it."

"First of all, our Ming Dynasty has a cabinet that can handle all kinds of government affairs perfectly. Why do we still have a prime minister's office? Isn't it better to have multiple cabinet ministers checking and balancing each other than a prime minister's office monopolizing power?" Lin Yuan said.

The suggestion he put forward was actually not very clever, and the problem he mentioned was actually not too difficult to find.

It made Zhu Houzhao nod again and again.

On the one hand, as the emperor, he also has the idea of ​​dealing with Zhu Wushi, Cai Jing and others.

On the other hand, various departments are deformities born due to various reasons. They should not exist in the first place. They only appear because of certain people and selfish motives.

For example, Xiangfu.

It was founded purely by Prime Minister Cai Jing to monopolize power.

Its existence is only beneficial to Cai Jing, not to the court.

"There is also the Shenhou Mansion. I know that Your Majesty trusts your mentor and needs to collect evidence to deal with those traitorous officials, so this department was established. However, its existence still affects the operation of the court to a certain extent." Lin Yuan added: "Why not just let Master Zhuge be the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Zhu Houzhao had different opinions on this.

"The Ministry of Punishment has a minister, so it cannot be touched."

In fact, why didn't he want to?
However, the civil service system is so intertwined that he, the emperor, cannot do it if he wants to.

"Since Zhuge Zheng and I are more suitable for the Ministry of Punishment than others, why can't I move?" Lin Yuan shook his head and said: "To put it bluntly, the imperial power is on the sidelines, and the leader is weak and the ministers are strong. This is not the situation that the Ming Dynasty should have. Those civil servants cannot If you get used to it, you need to be cured!”

These words were a bit presumptuous, and could even be said to be treasonous.

Another emperor would definitely not like to hear it.

But Zhu Houzhao was different. He always hated those ministers, and he didn't stick to them. When he heard this, he nodded and said: "Sooner or later, we will punish them severely."

It is a pity that in history, he was treated harshly and then was suspected of being killed by his ministers.

At this time, Lin Yuan said again: "The East and West factories are also redundant. Your Majesty needs eyes and ears. The 'eunuch' system can already satisfy you. Why open a separate department? If you want better operation, even if you don't abolish it, you should merge it." , just get an 'internal factory' out!"

Zhu Houzhao also liked to hear this suggestion.

He nodded and said, "If there is a chance, the east and west factories must indeed be merged."

But he didn't say whether it was all abolished or only the East Factory was kept.

Lin Yuan also knew that there was no need to rush.

So he continued: "As for the security of the imperial city, the Imperial Guard is actually enough. The Jinyi Guard investigates corruption, and the Dali Temple investigates cases. There is no need for six doors. To supervise all officials, there is the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which determines punishment, and the Department of Punishment .The six gates that are in charge of the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Punishment at the same time have too much power and are particularly prone to corruption."

This is not a lie.

The existence of six doors is equivalent to the same chief officer, who is both a policeman, a judge, and a disciplinary committee.

Can such a weird department not breed corruption?

There is a saying that "the six doors of the yamen are open, don't come in if you have a reason and no money", this is not just talking.

Therefore, this department is actually necessary to be abolished.

Good for the country!

"What about Hulong Villa?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Compared to the Prime Minister's Mansion, what he was most worried about was actually Hulong Villa.

According to the original work, Cai Jing only conspired to usurp the throne, but Zhu Wuli finally reached the point where no one could check and balance, directly controlled the government and even claimed to be "I".

If it weren't for the plot killing, it would have been successful.

The level of threat is different.

"The entire capital and the whole country are protecting the Holy Emperor, why do we need to build a Dragon Protection Villa?" Lin Yuan knew Zhu Houzhao's fear and said directly: "The Dragon Protection Villa is the department that should not exist in the entire Ming Dynasty. If he is not abolished If it falls, the Ming Dynasty Hall will never be peaceful!" These words reached Zhu Houzhao's heart.

"But how to deal with these departments?"

He is not the kind of emperor who can decide everything with one word. If he wants to abolish those departments, he must have a suitable reason.

"The solution is far away but right before our eyes." Lin Yuan said.

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao, who was already smart, immediately understood: "Do you mean to restore Jin Yiwei to the size of Taizu's period?"

To be fair, he was moved.

Because of the prosperity of Jinyiwei, what it brings is the imperial power.

But still hesitant.

The Jinyiwei is different from other departments. This is a serious guard, prepared by the regular army. When other departments get bigger, they form cliques for personal gain. But when the Jinyiwei gets bigger, they can mutiny directly.

Much more dangerous.

Lin Yuan also knew about this worry.

So he smiled and said: "Not only can we restore it, but we can even spread the guards all over the country and directly replace the 'army'. We just need to formulate a perfect system so that every generation of emperors can firmly control it."

After all, he paused.

Throwing the killer weapon, he said: "For example, Your Majesty, you will directly assume the position of 'Commander'."

This made Zhu Houzhao's eyes light up at that time.

Why is he obsessed with beauty rather than making progress?
That's because he doesn't like government affairs at all and hates dealing with those trivial matters.

He likes to fight.

In history, he even proclaimed himself "the mighty general" and took another name "Zhu Shou".

But he is the emperor after all, and the Queen Mother is unwilling, the courtiers are unwilling, and the nobles are unwilling to let him command the army.But if you personally control the Jin Yiwei, it won't be a big problem.

If the Jinyiwei were turned into an army in a disguised form, wouldn't it be possible to "steal the sky and change the sun"?

"Furthermore, Your Majesty can also choose to control it secretly." Lin Yuan said: "In fact, everyone in this court is doing one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes. As on the throne, Your Majesty has no way of seeing this court clearly. But, if you look at it from another identity, from the perspective of Jin Yiwei, everything will be clear."

These words also made Zhu Houzhao deeply agree.

He nodded and said, "Good."

With a wave of his hand, he wrote an imperial edict on the spot, appointing himself as one of the leaders of the Jinyiwei, codenamed "Huanglong".

He didn't directly act as a commander, because the emperor himself had no time to deal with many things.

There must be a commander.

This important task fell on Lin Yuan, and Wen Shijie became the deputy commander.

The two switched.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao's name in the Jinyi Guards was "Zhu Shou", and his identity was concealed. Only Baihu, Zhuque, Tanlang, Wuchang and others who were also leaders knew it.

Moreover, these leaders will all wear masks when performing official duties in the future.

A specially made mask similar to a waistband.

Only recognize the mask but not the person.

After learning about this incident, Wen Shijie couldn't help but mourn for the other reincarnations in this reincarnation: "The emperor has been dragged in, and you still want to abolish the Jin Yiwei?"

Next life, well, next reincarnation!
(End of this chapter)