My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 188 I personally supervise

Chapter 188 I personally supervise

"it is good!"

Seeing Ding Xiu dribbling the ball on the court, nimbly dodging a steal from an opponent player, turning around and kicking the ball into the goal, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but cheer.

Looking away from the field, Zhu Youxiao thought carefully about Zhou Yingqiu's words.

“If there is no one in the cabinet, it will be impossible to supervise the six departments.”

"If the six subjects are vacant, they cannot supervise the six departments."

The implementation of the examination method requires a complete set of procedures.

From bottom to top, they are local, six ministries, six departments, and cabinet.

The problem now is that there is a flaw in this process - the cabinet has no power.

This is not false.

The Ming Dynasty's cabinet, to put it bluntly, is a place where decrees are drawn up. To put it more simply, it is the secretariat.

When the emperor refused to give in, he had no administrative power at all.

Even in Chongzhen, this situation did not change.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Zongxi wrote in "Mingyi Waiting for Visits": "Those who work in the cabinet are responsible for criticism and reply, just like the secretary of the office. The matter is light, and the meaning of criticism and reply must come from the internal delegation. But can this be said to be true?"

The most straightforward expression of this point is that the seal of the cabinet can only be used to serve the emperor.

The official documents sent to officials of other ministries were sealed by the Hanlin Academy.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng truly gained real power through the cabinet supervision of the Sixth Section.

But after Wanli took charge, this real power was immediately taken back by the imperial power, and the cabinet became almost a decoration again.

Now, he does not intend to give the cabinet this power.

Once the cabinet has this power, needless to say, with the current form of the court, it will definitely promote the cohesion of the parties and then create an administrative conflict with him, the emperor.

"The matter of the cabinet's supervision of the six subjects will be waived for the time being."

Reaching out and patting his slightly dusty hem, Zhu You said to Zhou Yingqiu.

"Let the Sixth Section list the to-do items and report them to me. I will personally supervise them."

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

After hearing the emperor's words, Zhou Yingqiu and Yuan Shizhen looked at each other and bowed at the same time.

What are they afraid of?

What I am afraid of is that the cabinet will be the referee for the examination and supervision.

Cabinet ministers must leave the Hanlin Academy, and a series of officials in the Hanlin Academy are close to Qing gossip officials.

And these hard-working people, or local officials, have a very bad relationship with Qingliu.

If Qingliu is allowed to be the referee, no matter how good the supervision method is, it will be difficult to be effective.

Why did Zhang Juzheng's reforms succeed in history?

Because although Zhang Juzheng was born in Qingliu, his ideas were similar to those of the local hard-working people - the leader of Qingliu was a hard-working official.

And in the Tianqi and Chongzhen periods.

There was a lot of fighting within the imperial court, and the relationship between the Qingliu, the Pragmatists, and the Local Factions could not be separated by the eunuchs and Donglin.

The fact that all the cabinet ministers are ministers has led to the formation of a huge gap between the six ministries and the Kedao, creating a strange image of impeaching whoever is in charge.

As a result, the effectiveness of the examination method has been greatly reduced.

The Sixth Section, a supervisory agency that should only listen to the emperor, should also be reshuffled.

After the two left, Zhu Youxiao had no intention of watching the ball anymore and headed towards Nuan Pavilion.

"Wow!"

Then, before he reached Nuan Pavilion, he heard a burst of crying.

Hearing that it was the loli he abducted, Zhu Youxiao hurried towards Nuan Pavilion.

Entering Nuan Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao saw a loli crying loudly with its mouth open.

"I told you not to rub it with your hands, but you still rub it!"

"What's wrong with Hui'er?"

Looking at the crying Lolita, Zhu Youxiao looked at the queen who was wiping Xu Huier's face with a wet wipe and asked.

"Hui'er secretly ate a piece of chili pepper sent by the emperor. It's spicy."

Angrily, she thrust the wet wipe into Xu Hui'er's hand. Xu Waner stood up and said a long blessing to the emperor.

"Oh, I'm so greedy."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh, and reached out to pinch Xu Huier's little face.

"You little greedy cat, do you still dare to eat secretly?"

"Wow!"

After hearing the emperor's words, the crying that had just been suppressed suddenly started again.

"Brother Emperor bullies the slave family!"

Unable to help but give the emperor a look, Xu Waner quickly bent down and began to coax her sister.

They are already the emperor's people. If she cries loudly in the palace and the loud mouth spreads, those people will not say that it was the emperor who made her cry. They will only say that she, the queen, is a jealous one. Even his own sister is jealous.

Seeing Xu Huier, who was crying like a pear blossom with rain in her eyes, the smile on Zhu Youxiao's face became even bigger.

He just said that such a cute loli must be able to cry very loudly, and today it was verified.

Not to mention the emperor who was teasing Loli in the palace.

outside the palace.

Just after leaving Xiyuanmen, Zhou Yingqiu and Yuan Shizhen took the bus back to the Yamen together.

"Your Majesty is so smart."

Listening to the gurgling sound of the carriage wheels, Yuan Shizhen couldn't help but sigh.

"You just said that there was a shortage of people in the Sixth Section of the Cabinet, and His Majesty personally took control of the matter. His agility in thinking is amazing."

"Your Majesty has been unhappy with the cabinet for a long time."

Hearing this, Zhou Yingqiu shook his head and said.

"It just happened to happen."

"If the news spreads that His Majesty has personally tied up the minister of the Sixth Section, I'm afraid you and I will be scolded in the spine."

"The emperor is smart and good at making decisions. He has nothing to fear."

Putting a hand on the window, Zhou Yingqiu said nonchalantly.

"I was promoted because I was diligent in state affairs, and you came to Beijing for reforming the salt administration in Huaihe River. You and I are both practical ministers, not just people who want to raise their hopes."

As he spoke, Zhou Yingqiu made gestures between the two of them with his other hand.

"You and I are both Jane's people in the Emperor's heart. As long as we do good deeds, are we still worried that His Majesty will abandon us?"

"I'm worried that if we work so diligently, we might cause controversy."

Seeing Zhou Yingqiu's actions, Yuan Shizhen paused and continued.

"After all, those people's pens are ruthless."

"No matter how sharp the pen is, he still dares to go to Xiyuan to ask the emperor for the imperial staff, so that he can become famous all over the world."

After hearing Yuan Shizhen's words, Zhou Yingqiu smiled disdainfully.

I don’t know when it started, but officials and scholars were promoted to be upright, upright, and courageous in their strengths, which led to the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty taking pride in receiving court battles.

Relying on their so-called "character", these people faced the tough emperor and detailed the emperor's various faults.

But after the little emperor came to power, things were different.

Let’s not talk about Feng and Gu who were chopped alive.

Yang Lian, who was tough on the emperor, directly asked the emperor to send him to that county to serve as an edict.

When will I come back under the name Qingtian?

Listen, is this what Renjun can say?

Then, no one dared to confront the emperor head-on.

"What's the use of being famous? If you can't do anything practical, your Majesty won't listen to his words."

After saying that, Zhou Yingqiu smiled heartily at Yuan Shizhen. "A petition for impeachment is useful only because the emperor does not see the foreign ministers, and the power is transferred to the internal eunuchs, and the internal eunuchs collude with the foreign ministers in order to deceive the emperor."

As a qualified old bureaucrat, Zhou Yingqiu has studied the political ecology of the Ming Dynasty very thoroughly.

"In the past year, Zhang Taiyue died suddenly, and the Xiaoxiao group rose up to attack him. In addition, the temple was not happy with Zhang Taiyue, so Zhang Taiyue was punished."

"In the years that followed, the party in the DPRK was full of troubles, and the temple's legs were not very good. It was difficult to see foreign ministers, and they could only be seen in memorials. It was difficult to see the whole picture with a leaf blinding the eyes. That's why the court officials impeached each other."

After saying that, Zhou Yingqiu stretched out one leg and said relaxedly.

"However, His Majesty rarely avoids foreign ministers' visits."

"As for the science and technology officials, because of the incident between Feng and Gu, they are deeply prejudiced, and they are deeply disgusted with them for acting beyond their authority. Why do you worry?"

"Ah."

After listening to Zhou Yingqiu's words, Yuan Shizhen couldn't help but nod after thinking about it again and again.

"Shang Shu Zhou can still see clearly."

"Times have changed, and things have changed for those of us who have no background. It's better."

After returning to Zhou Yingqiu and Yuan Shizhen, they came to the cabinet.

The imperial court has officially announced the method for restarting the examination.

Not to mention outside Beijing, various government offices in Beijing are busy sorting out the things to be done in the next period of time.

The emperor was diligent.

In this case, no one wants to give up their official title and deliberately delays it to see if they can make this matter a big deal or a trivial matter.

There is such a saying in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty.

If you don’t do this, someone else will.

Especially now that Zhou Yingqiu adheres to the emperor's order and promotes many foreign officials from outside Beijing to Beijing.

Administrative efficiency is not said to be doubled, but it is at least an increase of 50%.

The impression given to the emperor is that there have been fewer memorials recently that have nothing to do but nonsense.

While the ministers in the capital were busy, the emperor led his people out of the capital and headed east.

In the afternoon, in the Longxiang Guards camp on the edge of Zhangjiawan.

The newly recruited soldiers are building their own camp.

Standing on the river bank and looking at the soldiers digging trenches, Zhao Shujiao couldn't help but nod.

And right in front of Zhao Shujiao, his younger brother, Dutou Zhao Shulun, was leading people to build toilets.

"I really can't understand!"

Suddenly, a soldier threw a shovel of soil out of the ditch and couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

"If you want to relieve yourself, you can just find a corner, or you can urinate in the river. Those of us who are soldiers fighting outside, do we need to dig a special toilet like those big families?"

"How troublesome it would be if we had to dig one out every time we went."

"If you find it troublesome, don't join Longxiang Guard."

After hearing the complaints from his men, Zhao Sulun curled his lips and said.

"Liu Feng, if you ask me to dig a latrine, how can I get so much? If you continue to make noises, go and build the river embankment. After you finish building the house, you can continue to work as a tenant."

Building forts was originally the responsibility of the army.

In the past, it was only necessary to set up a camp, antlers, a watchtower, and an earthen stove.

But the new military system established by the emperor even required the construction of toilets, and also stipulated that casual urination and defecation were not allowed.

Because of the presence of military judges led by military eunuchs, the generals could only abide by them even if they had objections.

Anyway, it's just a toilet repair, not a matter of losing your head.

When the soldier named Liu Feng heard this, he lowered his head and started shoveling quickly. As his body rose and fell rapidly, he piled a small mound on the ground in a short while.

Liu Feng was selected by Zhao Shulun during the conscription. If nothing else, he was very strong and could ride a mule.

He is not willing to build the dam. Although he takes care of the food and food, he doesn't give any money.

When you serve as a soldier in Longxiang Guard, you are not only responsible for food and housing, but you are also paid monthly.

Seeing Liu Feng's arm strength and endurance with some surprise, Zhao Shulun didn't say it on the face, but in his heart he was already thinking about developing this kid into his best friend.

He didn't have the courage of his brother to fight with others, so he could only manage the supply camp.

Specially responsible for taking care of supplies, transporting baggage, and building fortifications.

Although the work in the baggage camp is all chores, and the military pay is only half of that in the main camp, the advantage is that the training is less and it is relaxed.

Just when Zhao Sulun was thinking about his life plan, the sound of horse hoofbeats sounded, and more than two hundred knights were seen coming from a distance.

Watching from a distance, his brother Zhao Shujiao led the lieutenant generals to greet him. Zhao Shulun did not dare to neglect and quickly ordered his men to work harder.

Without being taught by Zhao, Zhu Youxiao didn't do much. He just rode on his horse and led a group of royal guards around the camp.

When passing by the toilet under construction, Zhu Youxiao frowned and looked at Zhao Shujiao.

"I'll say it again, wherever you go, you can build a stove for eating, but you must build a toilet first."

The horsewhip in his hand pointed to the toilet that was being covered, and Zhu Youxiao taught Zhao Shu.

"We must pay attention to the cleanliness of our sergeants and soldiers. It is only early spring, and there are not many mosquitoes yet. When the weather gets hot, there will definitely be more mosquitoes and flies, and diseases that have not been dealt with by then will be rampant in the army."

"I don't want to see my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty not die under the enemy's sword, but be killed by the epidemic."

"Your Majesty said that the general must pay attention."

Hearing this, Zhao Shujiao nodded quickly and promised.

Without commenting on Zhao Lijiao's guarantee, Zhu Youxiao continued to wander around the camp.

Arriving at the center of the camp, behind the linen bags placed here.

After getting off the horse, Zhu Youxiao dug out a cloth bag, opened it, and took out everything inside.

Looking at the linen blankets, thin quilts, cotton clothes, and a complete set of military uniforms in the bag, Zhu Youxiao asked Zhao Lijiao.

"Where did this come from?"

"Back to the Emperor, it was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Keep warm?"

"Warm enough."

Hearing this, Zhao Shujiao immediately nodded and said happily.

"The materials used in this batch of military supplies are very solid and no corners were cut."

"Yes, this Xiao Yong is a capable person."

After clicking again, Zhu Youxiao turned to Liu Shimin and said.

"Remember, after you go back, ask this Xiao Yong to come to Xiyuan to see me."

"This slave has taken note of it."

After hearing the emperor's order, Liu Shimin nodded quickly.

The emperor did not blame Xiao Yong for using the material of cotton clothes to make a complete set of supplies.

After all, using ten pounds of cotton to make cotton-padded clothes is not a luxury, not to say luxury.

Even that weight is enough to make armor.

Ignoring what Liu Shimin was thinking, Zhu Youxiao turned his head and looked at the camp, frowning slightly at the troops gathering as the whistle blew.

Even with the soldiers separated from Huben Guards as a base, the formation of the new army was still slow.

After inspecting the Longxiang Guards led by Zhao and sharing meals with the soldiers, Zhu Youxiao led the Jinyi Guards on their way to Zu Dashou Huxiang Guards again.

While on the road, I was thinking about the military supplies that the cloth merchant named Xiao Yong provided to Longxiang Guards.

Two words suddenly popped into Zhu Youxiao's mind.

One is called industrialization.

One is called standardization.

(End of this chapter)

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