The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 629 Reshuffle the Cabinet
Although Zhu Linmi had decided to abandon Huang Daozhou, she did not give any instructions on his speech, and only asked Yang Tinglin to come to see him.After all, Huang Daozhou was also a veteran of the three dynasties, and he had always been loyal to the court, and he was a very clean official, so he should save face, at least resign three times according to the rule.

Less than half an hour later, Yang Tinglin followed Ma Wensheng into the front hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.He knew in his heart that at the beginning of the new dynasty, there must be something important to call himself into the palace, and it has been extremely fast since then.

"Sir, long live my emperor."

Zhu Linmi was still a little uncomfortable with the title "Long Live", so after reacting for a while, she hurriedly raised her hand and said, "Ah, Yang Ge, please."

Then he took out Zodiac Zhou's dictionaries and motioned, "Look at this."

Yang Tinglin took the memorial from Ma Wensheng, opened it and read it quickly.Although he had expected this, he never expected it would be so soon, and immediately knelt down and exclaimed, "This is absolutely impossible! Mr. Huang Ge is an important minister of the three dynasties. He has been in charge of the cabinet and has quite a lot of political achievements. I am afraid that the court will leave him... ..."

Zhu Linmi shook her head and interrupted him, "I've decided to play."

Yang Tinglin was stunned for a moment, thinking that our new monarch is really decisive, the chief minister of the cabinet will be dismissed just after resigning? !Then I remembered that my persuasion the day before yesterday was also "passed once", and I felt relieved.

Zhu Linmi wanted to set an example in person, so as to change the procrastination and formalism of the Ming Dynasty Hall.He didn't wait for Yang Tinglin's persuasion, and continued: "Master Huang is getting old, I am going to make him Zhongyi Bo, so that he can grow old in glory and enjoy the rest of his life. However, the imperial decree will not be issued until a while later.

"In the future, the affairs of the cabinet will be handed over to Yang Ge's department. I also hope that Yang Ge's department will fulfill its duties and serve the country."

Yang Tinglin was stunned for a moment, but then he was overjoyed, the chief minister of the cabinet!This is the ultimate that a minister can do!From the time when I resisted captives in Jiangxi, I have recognized that His Royal Highness Chen Wang is a dragon and a phoenix among men, so I have firmly supported him in several political decisions, and today it finally pays off!
But he prostrated himself on the ground again, "How can I have such virtue, how dare I take on this important task..."

"You don't need to be humble in the Yangge department. You must be the chief assistant. Get up and talk." Zhu Linmi signaled him to stand up, and continued, "Besides, Zhu Jizuo and other courtiers who have been promoted to honorary positions will no longer be bachelors. But even with the exception of a few of them, the cabinet is still overstaffed."

Since the emperor had no money and no soldiers in the Longwu Dynasty, and only the power to appoint officials was left in his hands, in order to win over the courtiers, Zhu Yujian unrestrainedly promoted and conferred titles on people, resulting in as many as 23 cabinet scholars in the Longwu Dynasty. !
Even now, there are still as many as 16 people in the cabinet of the DPRK and China, and even the governor of Sichuan, Wang Yingxiong, has the title of a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts.However, only seven or eight people actually participated in the management of the government.

"What does His Majesty mean?"

"I plan to implement a hierarchical cabinet system." Zhu Linmi began his "first cut" to reduce the redundancy of officials. "Seven Scholars from the Wenhua Palace will be appointed to participate in the drafting of votes, and the rest will only be eligible to discuss politics."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The most important job of the cabinet is to review the memorials and make proposals, which is equivalent to reducing the number of cabinet scholars to six.And the smaller the number of cabinet members, the more it can reduce the dispersion of power. Yang Tinglin naturally supports it with both hands.

"As for the candidates for the Wenhua Palace University Scholars," Zhu Lin said, "there will be seven ministers for the time being. As for the Ministry of War, there is currently no supervisor, and after Mr. Huang Ge leaves office, there will be a lack of ministers from the Ministry of Officials...these two seats will be temporarily vacant. , I will make up for it when there is a suitable candidate in the future."

Yang Tinglin had just been promoted to the chief assistant, and the power of the cabinet was strengthened. He was so happy that he couldn't find Bei. He didn't think about Zhu Linming's various arrangements at all, so he immediately bowed and said: "My lord is far-sighted, and I will follow the will. Start to reshuffle the cabinet."

He quickly entered the role of chief assistant.

In fact, he didn't notice that Song Yingxing and Xu Erlu had been divided into ministers of the Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Rites, and what Zhu Linmi said just now was equivalent to sending them into the cabinet.As for the two vacant positions of Bachelor of Wenhua Palace, Zhu Linmi also planned to leave them to officials from Gezhi School.At that time, among the seven people in power in the cabinet, there will only be three old-style officials left, and Gezhixue will surely flourish!
After talking about the restructuring of the cabinet, Zhu Linming ordered Yang Tinglin again: "By the way, there is one more thing that Yang Ge needs to deal with immediately."

"Please ask the Holy One to order."

Zhu Lin said: "Order the Ministry of Rites to prepare pardons, seals, etc., and the cabinet should draw up such a decree..."

After he finished his instructions, Yang Tinglin couldn't help being shocked, "Your Majesty, this He Tengjiao is rebellious and daring, you must not trust him..."

Zhu Linmei shook her head with a smile, "The Yangge department just needs to follow suit. Ah, I have to prepare everything before tonight, and hand it over to the Hall of Mental Cultivation for the seal."

Yang Tinglin had no choice but to bow his head and said: "I obey the order." He asked curiously, "Who does the Holy One want to use as an envoy?"

"It's a matter of great importance, and I have to go there myself."

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Outside Wuchang City, Zhou Daqi urged his horse to gallop to the side of He Tengjiao's team, cupped his hands and said, "Report to Guozhu..."

Seeing He Tengjiao glaring at him with a dark face, he hurriedly changed his words, "No, sir, the Sichuan Army and the Jiangxi Army have indeed retreated. On the way to the river, the subordinates sent people to check repeatedly. There are no soldiers in ambush."

He Tengjiao just nodded, waved his hand again and said: "Don't be careless, continue to inquire."

"Subordinates obey orders!"

When Zhou Daqi left, He Wenrui came up to him and said in a rough voice: "Father, let me tell you why we don't need to worry about seeing someone.

"The matter has come to this point, so I simply welcome the emperor into Wuchang, and take advantage of the current popularity, to meet that Zhu Linmi with real swords..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" He Tengjiao immediately reprimanded, "As a father, I have never thought of disobedience, but unexpectedly, I was plotted by villains—probably Meng Zhengfa and those guys—spreading rumors that I wanted to rebel. , On the other hand, privately mobilize soldiers and horses from all over Huguang to gather in Wuchang, Changsha and other places, and put me in a situation where I will never recover!"

He Wenrui still poised his neck and said, "I have a 6 army in Chu, all the soldiers are gearing up, can't they still deal with Zhu Linmi's [-] or [-] people?!"

"Hmph, why do you think those leaders are so earnest in trying to persuade me to rebel?" He Tengjiao gave his son a hard look, "They each have tens of thousands of private soldiers, and they can't afford to start a war. How can they have a chance to plunder?" Where? They didn't dare to touch Jianlu, so they were entrusted by someone, and with the reason of supporting Zhu Linyuan, they immediately responded in groups.

"Do you think their morale is strong? Let me tell you, once the war is unfavorable, these people will immediately vote for Zhu Lin, and they will end up doing anyway. In the end, only my He family is the rebellious minister!"

He sighed, "Besides, if you want to embrace the emperor and compete with Nanjing, you have to have both Zhu Linyuan and Empress Dowager Zeng in Wuchang. The little emperor is just a name, and the Empress Dowager Zeng is the real one. Now we welcome Zhu Linyuan There is no queen mother, but the name does not live up to the reality.

"It's just that I didn't expect that the Empress Dowager Zeng would have such courage to make the little emperor abdicate without blinking an eye. Now we have lost even a false name..."

(End of this chapter)