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Chapter 110 The Cabinet Meeting
There are three types of court meetings when the emperor is in court, and all officials attend the meeting. There are three types of court meetings: Zhengdan, Winter Solstice, and Longevity Festival. All officials, nobles, and qualified officials must participate. They pay homage to the emperor in the main hall, which is called Great Dynasty: On the first day and the 15th day of each month, all officials wear formal dresses and pay homage to the emperor in the main hall, which is called the Zheng Dynasty.

The above two gatherings are of a courtesy nature, and do not participate in the discussion of political affairs. There is also a court meeting called the Richao, which is the daily meeting of the emperor to deal with government affairs.

Those who participated in this court meeting were usually cabinet scholars, six ministries and nine ministers, and eunuchs with ceremonial supervisors on duty, and officials of other ranks made announcements as required.

During the time of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, there were morning court and late court in the daily court meeting, and later it was gradually simplified to the early court procedure.

With the maturity of the supervisor and cabinet system, the political system of the entire Ming Dynasty can actually operate automatically without the participation of too many emperors.

That's why Emperor Zhengde liked martial arts and traveling, and that's why Emperor Jiajing didn't go to court for more than 20 years. In fact, it didn't have any negative impact on the country's affairs.

However, the emperor is the head of the world. According to Confucian evaluation standards, whether the emperor directly participates in political affairs often represents whether he is a virtuous emperor or a foolish emperor.

The emperor's sageness and stupidity also directly affect the world's evaluation of the cabinet scholars and the six ministers and nine ministers, and determine whether they can do well in this position, or those censors who like to dig into the horns will participate and be taken advantage of by those who want to , is really troublesome.

In the Ming Dynasty in the fifth year of Wanli, the world's major plans were decided. There was actually only one person who ran the national policy. Zhang Juzheng has enough strength to decide and implement.

But even so, Zhang Juzheng still had to urge Emperor Wanli to go to the court every day, and Wanli had to review everything before deciding anything in the court.

Emperor Wanli would not object to his opinions. As early as when Emperor Wanli's father, Emperor Longqing, was still King Yu, Zhang Juzheng had been Wanli's teacher, and Emperor Longqing's confidant. If you want to, you must tell Emperor Wanli to listen to Zhang Ge's advice in everything.

Zhang Juzheng knows that he has too much power, too high a position, and how many people covet and hate him. If he makes a mistake, he will be labeled as a "treacherous prime minister" and "no emperor", and then he will work hard to build it up. Everything in his life was going to be wiped out, so he acted cautiously, never letting anyone catch the truth.

What he said to Emperor Wanli every day and what he urged Emperor Wanli to do was to allow Emperor Wanli to conquest himself, or to prepare for Emperor Wanli to rule in person.

At least it looks like this on the surface. Everyone in the world knows that Zhang Juzheng is the one who is in charge, Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

The cabinet is located in the west of the imperial city, and there is a special lane outside the palace. Officials walk to the cabinet through this lane to work on errands. However, Zhang Juzheng has the privilege of sitting in a sedan chair, which is also a symbol of his respected status.

As May was approaching, the people sitting in the sedan chair were still a little bored, but Zhang Juzheng didn't notice this at all. Yesterday, Huguang's hometown sent him an urgent letter on a fast official horse, saying that his father didn't know what to do. The condition that was too stable has worsened again, the parents are sick, and the children are worried.

But Zhang Juzheng didn't dare to leave because of all the complicated things now, so he could only write back to his family, asking his family members to do their best to diagnose and treat him, and let the Governor of Huguang solve any needs.

My father’s illness is one aspect. Now the world has begun to clear the land and acres. The Ming Dynasty has been established for almost 200 years. The local officials, gentry, wealthy families, and wealthy people have hidden lands and underpaid taxes. Find out those fields that are not listed in the household statistics.

With more acres, there will be more land taxes and more money, and the embarrassing financial situation of Ming Dynasty will be alleviated. Moreover, having a clear grasp of the number of acres in the world will be of great benefit to his next policy implementation.

While speaking, the sedan chair landed on the ground, and the cabinet had already arrived.

When they walked into the room, the Grand Scholars who had arrived earlier, the six ministers and other ministers stood together to respond, and the two sides bowed to each other.

Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Guoguo, is the number one non-cabinet minister, and has always been self-confident. He usually comes to this cabinet a little earlier than Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet, so that it appears that his status is precious and different.

On that day, Wang Tong's hundred households had o'clock every morning, and Liu Xinyong, the general banner, always arrived when Baihu Tian Ronghao came out.

But today, Wang Guoguang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was the first one to come. Although he still has such a high status, he has to carefully observe the appearance of every subsequent high-ranking official.

Later, when the university scholars and ministers saw that Wang Guoguang was so early today, all of their faces were surprised. Then, as usual, they came forward to say hello politely. Although Wang Guoguang claimed to be the leader of Qingliu, he could Things in the officialdom are already perfect.

No abnormalities were seen on everyone's faces. Although everyone was always intriguing and conflicting, Wang Guoguang could tell that they should have nothing to do with what happened yesterday.

Could it be that his son was fighting for a woman with someone from Dongchang, and it turned out that those rough men in Dongchang started to kill people, and then forced his family members to write a confession after the incident became serious, so as to get a handle?

After Feng Bao concurrently served as the factory owner and governor of the East Factory, the fans of the East Factory have always acted cautiously and low-key in the capital. This rarely happened. Wang Guoguang was always hesitant about the conclusion he drew. Dare not make a decision.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant who was worried, come in, Wang Guoguang hurriedly got up and saluted together with the others. Zhang Juzheng returned the salute casually as usual, and then asked everyone to sit down without even looking at Wang Guoguang. After sitting down, Zhang Juzheng said directly to the Minister of the Household Department:
"How is the matter of Qingzhang Tianmu? The surrounding areas of the capital and the prefectures of Northern Zhili should have been reported!"

Hubu Shangshu quickly nodded and replied:

"There are still two counties in Hejian Prefecture in Beizhili that are still counting. The Ministry of Household Affairs has sent a chief to urge them. The results will be sent to the cabinet in seven days."

"All the provinces in the world must write to urge and send people to watch. The matter of clearing the land is related to the country's great plan, and it must not be ignored!!"

Hubu Shangshu quickly nodded in agreement, Wang Guoguang, who had been observing carefully, had been a courtier with Zhang Juzheng for a long time, and knew the habits of Zhang Juzheng quite well. At this moment, he finally understood that Zhang Juzheng really didn't know about yesterday's incident. Is it true that it is not intentional to target yourself.

Wang Guoguang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, suddenly thought of a direction. If he impeached and attacked Dongchang without discipline and acted arbitrarily, then Feng Bao, who was an important supporter of Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet, would also be disgraced. Zhang Juzheng might not be moved by this matter. But it can change the situation of Zhang Juzheng and other Weifu self-professionals.

Since the reign of Xuande, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials has been extremely high in the court. Not to mention those bigwigs who joined the cabinet as the chief assistant.

But Zhang Juzheng wants to monopolize the power. A senior scholar in charge of the ministry must have a great say in the cabinet, which will inevitably threaten his own authority. He must not allow such a person to enter the cabinet. The two powerful ones, such as the Minister of Rites, are not eligible to enter the cabinet. On the contrary, the ministers of the Ministry of Punishment, who are at the next level, are admitted to the cabinet in advance.

Since Wan Shihe and Wang Guoguang are the leaders of Qingliu, they have always been indifferent to fame and fortune on the surface, and don't care about this power and status, but they don't know how much they want to join the cabinet in private.

Power can easily make people lose their own judgment. Wang Guoguang increasingly feels that his inference is the truth of the matter, and he must seize this opportunity.

"His Majesty is here!!"

The ministers who were whispering in the cabinet immediately got up together, knelt down together when the door opened, and praised, Emperor Wanli walked in.

Emperor Wanli followed closely behind Feng Bao, Zhang Cheng and other senior eunuchs who were in charge of the rites. The cabinet drafted the proposals, and the ceremonies approved the reds. Many major national policies were decided in this cabinet.

The cabinet scholars here and the six ministries and nine ministers here are all important ministers of the country, and they cannot be allowed to kneel there. Emperor Wanli smiled and said please, and then sat on the dragon chair.

Wang Guoguang looked at Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng who were standing behind the emperor. The expressions of these two great eunuchs with power inside and outside did not change. They didn't pay much attention to him, which made him more concerned about his own thoughts. Feeling confident, Wang Guoguang stood up respectfully after looking at the old gods beside him, and said loudly:
"Long live, I have this Chen Zou."

In the court, everything is decided by Zhang Ge. Emperor Wanli has to listen to those old men talking about boring state affairs every day, and intrigue with each other. With Huwei Martial Arts Hall, which is full of peers, he can relax his heart After Xiaotiandi, Wanli was even less interested in this cabinet.

But today, Emperor Wanli was looking forward to and excited about coming to the cabinet. Seeing Wang Guoguang come out to Chen Zuo, he almost grinned, and quickly sullenly replied:

"What's the matter with Wang Aiqing, let me tell you."

"The minister's family was working on the street yesterday. They met with the members of the Dongji Incident Factory and quarreled with each other. This is because the minister did not do enough to restrain his family. He should ask for punishment, but the people in the Dongchang were so angry that they killed people in the street. This..."

Emperor Wanli suddenly interrupted Wang Guoguang's words, and said calmly:
"What a coincidence, I also received a report from Dongchang yesterday, also talking about this matter."
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