The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 287 Zhu Yuanzhang’s Powerlessness

Chapter 287 Zhu Yuanzhang’s Powerlessness
I was busy until the Chinese New Year before finally formulating a rough plan framework.

Looking at this 140,000-word work plan, Chen Jingke breathed a long sigh of relief, and then smiled happily.

If this thing were put into the previous life, it would definitely be beaten back by the leader.

What kind of thing is written? Can it be used even if the person is not clear about it?
But in the early Ming Dynasty, it was an epoch-making thing.

The same goes for everyone else, with a sense of accomplishment in their hearts.

The look he looked at Chen Jingke was even more full of admiration.

As a member of Zhu Biao's core team, he will surely hold a high position in the future.

They are very proud and confident in their hearts.

But since Chen Jingke appeared, their cognition has been impacted one after another.

In the past, they felt that they knew enough about the country and would be able to achieve great results when they reached key positions in the future.

But the time is too short, the ability is limited, and there is not much information that can be interpreted.

He picked out the information he thought was useful, told it to everyone, and then interpreted and applied it with everyone's help.

If they had such profound knowledge, their tails would have been raised to the sky.

"Of course, you used to be the emperor and we had differences. Your opinion will prevail."

This system is still only on paper, and its feasibility remains to be tested in practice.

With everyone's help, he digested a lot of knowledge from his past lives.

he does not know.

"When I become emperor in the future, if we have differences, we have to listen to me."

After completing this plan, they realized how naive and ridiculous they were before.

But Chen Jingke always remained humble. Even when he was teaching, he always used a discussion tone instead of a mandatory command.

Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "After the New Year, you will be the emperor. Don't show us this kind of thing again."

And he has a deeper understanding of governing the country, and it can even be said that he has formed his own set of thoughts.

In addition to resolutely pursuing industrialization, he is also very confused about other things.

A forward-looking governance system that draws on the insights of previous generations and is adaptable to the current era.

Zhu Biao said seriously: "Jing Ke told me before that he would let me be your Wei Zheng."

"You are a person with strong opinions. You can't let our opinions interfere with your thoughts. Besides, we don't understand this thing."

It can be said that this work plan has reshaped their understanding.

Zhu Biao smiled inwardly and said, "How dare I? Even if it is such a big matter, I have to discuss it with you."

What a genius this is.

Now he knows.

In fact, Chen Jingke also felt that he had learned a lot and admired the group of people in front of him very much.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very pleased, and his son still respected him as a father.

For him, this is also a learning process.

Ming Dynasty is destined to take a different path from its previous life.

He was a doctor in his previous life. He saw a lot of things by surfing the Internet and didn't know much about them.

The reform plans he proposed in the past were basically based on existing plans from previous generations.

Even if he can teach a few disciples, he still has some reservations.

In fact, he had no idea how to proceed in the future.

And Chen Jingke, who led them to accomplish all this, has just turned twenty this year.

Forcibly follow the path of the previous life and adopt capitalism? Following the rabbit path?

"Now the situation is just reversed. Please help me find and fill in the gaps."

"Are you seeing your dad's jokes?"

Lao Zhu just glanced at it and threw it back in disgust:

"Haha...you brat, you don't want us to rest."

This kind of knowledge and this kind of mind made them heartbroken.

After entering politics in this life, he has been thinking about understanding the various information he saw in his previous life.

Moreover, they would definitely hide this experience and pass it on to their children and grandchildren.

But no matter what, for Chen Jingke himself, he has completed a transformation.

What made them even more grateful and admired was his humility and selflessness.

Chen Jingke didn't have any idea in this regard and just taught him everything he had.

What doctrine is not important, what is important is who can lead Chinese civilization to a higher peak.
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Zhu Biao was amazed when he got the plan, and then presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say. From now on, I will be your Wei Zheng."

Zhu Biao felt relieved, but still explained:

"It's not that I don't want you to rest, it's just that this plan involves too many aspects."

"The current administrative system of Ming Dynasty is not enough to implement this plan."

"So, in the next few years, we must reform the system and rebuild a new management system that can adapt to new requirements."

"But no one knows what this new system will look like. We can only explore it a little bit."

"There will be some chaos during this period. You can not only intimidate Xiaoxiao, but also help me check for leaks and fill in the gaps."

"We, father and son, have joined hands to re-establish a management system and lay a solid foundation for future generations."

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression became much more solemn and he said: "Where is Chen Jingke, does he have any suggestions?"

Zhu Biao sighed: "He has an idea, but he is too worried to say it."

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "You bastard, what time is it now? You are still hiding it."

"Call him over and let's give him a good scolding."

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, I don't blame him for this. Everyone knows how to change it."

"He just kept his promise and didn't confront you."

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze, and after a while he sighed and said:

"That's all, let's divide it."

"So many plans depend on us two... we are too exhausted to keep busy."

"But there is a premise, the prime minister cannot appear again."

Zhu Biao was overjoyed and said: "Don't worry, I know the constraints of the prime minister on the imperial power, and I will not follow the old path of my predecessors."

"But this work plan also requires that the imperial court must be able to mobilize national resources..."

"In Jing Ke's words, it is a nationwide system."

"This requires that there must be a strong central court."

"As you are concerned, we cannot concentrate all the power on one person."

"My idea is to strengthen the cabinet, distribute the power of the prime minister to the cabinet bachelors, and let the cabinet command the six ministries and other yamen."

"The seven bachelors in the cabinet work together to handle government affairs."

"They also restrict each other to prevent one person from having too much power."

"The monarch holds the decision-making power and remains the country's highest decision-maker."

"Moreover, the army is not under the control of the cabinet. The Governor's Office of the Five Armies is only loyal to the emperor."

"With decision-making and military power in hand, we are not afraid of any trouble in the cabinet."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "As long as you know what's going on."

Then he asked doubtfully: "Aren't you planning to give the cabinet the right to vote? Isn't that enough?"

Zhu Biao said sternly: "That's not enough. The cabinet with voting rights is actually still just the monarch's staff."

"Execution, supervising the execution, and following up on the progress of the plan...these things still fall on the monarch alone."

"If the country is governed according to the previous methods, the monarch can be busy and even have time to be lazy."

"But it doesn't work now. Even if the monarch has three heads and six arms, he can't handle it." "This plan has 140,000 words, but it is still just a framework."

"Because of the lack of data, because of the lag in information transmission, and because the court has no strong ability to control local areas..."

“A lot of the things that need to be done are not being added.”

"If you listed all the plans, this plan would probably require half a million words."

"With such a large number of affairs, even if the monarch has only three heads and six arms, he will be overwhelmed."

"Besides, the monarch has to bear greater responsibilities and formulate the country's major policies."

"This requires him to have enough time to study and think."

"If you put all the burden on yourself and cannot handle government affairs every day, how can you have time to think about these things?"

"So, what the monarch has to do in the future is to point out the direction and make the final decision on the matter, and the specific implementation must be left to the people below."

“This way we can leave enough time to deal with unknown changes and think about the direction of the country.”

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression kept changing, and after a long time he sighed:
"If someone else had said these words, even if it had been told to us by Chen Jingke, we would have thought that he had ulterior motives."

"If I were the emperor, I would not agree to whatever you guys say."

"But... remember what we just said, you will be the emperor from now on, and you have the final say on national affairs."

"We don't have to trust anyone, but we have to trust you."

"Go ahead and do what you want, we will always support you."

Seeing his son leaving with great emotion, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was very complicated.

Although he is not reinstating the prime minister, he still does not want to see the expansion of the power of the cabinet.

The shadow Hu Weiyong left on him was too deep.

Only by holding all power in his own hands can he rest assured.

Finally, under pressure, the prime minister system was abolished and the true monopoly of power was achieved.

Unexpectedly, my son had other ideas in a blink of an eye.

This made him feel even more powerless.

In the past, he thought that he would establish a system and his descendants would implement it.

Who would have thought that the son whom he valued most would turn against him at the very beginning.

This is true even when he is still alive. When he is gone, how can future generations really abide by those dead rules?

At this time, he finally realized the helplessness of the founding kings of all generations.

He wanted to object, but facing his ambitious son who wanted to create a new era, he really couldn't open his mouth.

If Zhu Biao's ability is average... no, even if his ability is only excellent.

Zhu Yuanzhang would take tough measures to force everything back to the familiar track.

Although it is impossible to get rid of the law of dynastic cycles by following the old path, it can at least guarantee the prosperity of the country for two to three hundred years.

You might end up dead if you mess around.

But he knew Zhu Biao's ability, it was very strong.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, he has indeed surpassed himself in terms of running the country.

At least in this life, I will not be able to make that set of national plans. I can’t even understand them, so how can I do them.

Although his great-grandson Zhu Xiongying is only sixteen years old, he has already shown himself to be a heroic figure.

The barbarians in the south had been a serious nuisance to the imperial court in all dynasties, but they were appeased by him.

And it naturally has the support of the military.

He also followed Chen Jingke and learned a knowledge that no one could understand.

It is precisely because of the outstanding heirs and the imperial plan formulated by Chen Jingke that it is indeed feasible.

Only then could he control the fear in his heart and entrust everything to Zhu Biao.

If you don't have the ability, just follow my path.

If you have the ability, we will go out of our way to support you.

None of the emperors in the past dynasties were born into poverty. Only our old Zhu family rose up from commoners and eventually conquered the world.

From this aspect, it is destiny.

God has put this heavy responsibility in our hands, perhaps hoping that Lao Zhu’s family will not follow the example of their ancestors.

Instead, we should embark on a new path and create a new era.

Otherwise, why would we be given two such outstanding heirs and a great talent like Chen Jingke?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt better.

Then he thought of Queen Ma, and subconsciously got up and walked to Kunning Palace - to chat with his wife.

Empress Ma is teaching Xu Miaojin the policy of the Warring States Period. This is a course arranged by Chen Jingke.

Read history.

If she couldn't understand something, she would ask Queen Ma to teach her.

The reason for arranging this course is simple. Reading history can make people wise.

It is also the only way to cultivate the ethnic identity of Chinese civilization.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang come in, Queen Ma knew that he had something on his mind with just one glance, so she asked Xu Miaojin to leave first.

Then he asked the attendants to leave, and then asked: "What's wrong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang explained the matter again: "...Although we comforted ourselves, I still feel uneasy."

Empress Ma nodded and asked, "Are you worried about Biao'er's expansion of cabinet power, or are you worried because you can't see the future?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "Both, but the reason is to expand the power of the cabinet."

Queen Ma smiled and said, "It's normal for you to worry because you can't see the future. It happens to everyone."

"But Biao'er and Xiongying are here, they can see through the future, and you just need to believe in them."

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly said: "Of course we believe them, otherwise we would not agree to Biao'er strengthening the cabinet."

"We are mainly worried that the cabinet will become the second prime minister's office."

Queen Ma asked rhetorically: "Even if the cabinet becomes the second Prime Minister's Office, so what?"

Zhu Yuanzhang retorted: "But the prime minister will restrict the imperial power."

Queen Ma said: "So what? There were prime ministers in the Han Dynasty, and it was still passed down for more than four hundred years."

"The Tang Dynasty also had a prime minister, and the country lasted for nearly three hundred years."

"The Song Dynasty also had a prime minister, and the country was in the 319th year of Zuo."

"The prime minister has indeed produced powerful ministers, but how many prime ministers have actually rebelled?"

"How many dynasties fell because of the Prime Minister's rebellion?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless for a moment: "This..."

Queen Ma continued: "You only see the shortcomings of the prime minister system, but not its advantages."

"If the emperor is strong, the prime minister will be the one who checks for the emperor's mistakes and fills them."

"If the emperor is weak and foolish, the prime minister is the reins that can restrain the emperor from going too far."

"Besides, manpower is sometimes poor, and the emperor is not omnipotent."

"Have you forgotten how busy you are every day after you dethroned the Prime Minister?"

"You have Biao'er to help, but will future generations be able to have harmony between father and son?"

"Besides, times are changing, and there are more and more things that need to be dealt with, and the emperor is too busy."

"With Biao'er's character, if he wasn't really too busy, how could he strengthen the cabinet against your wishes?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time before he said: "But Chen Jingke also said that it is in line with the historical trend to abolish the prime minister system."

Queen Ma shook her head and said, "You don't really understand the meaning of his words."

Zhu Yuanzhang said unconvinced: "Don't lie to us, what else can this mean?"

(End of this chapter)

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