Daming Military Empire

Chapter 478
The imperial court was reorganized, departments were added, and the six ministries that had not changed for hundreds or even thousands of years were finally about to be moved. When the news came out, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.

Of course, at this moment, no one really dares to sing a different tune. The old Zhu family is famous for its strength. Before Emperor Taizu abolished the Zhongshu Province, he killed many officials. The entire government and the opposition were almost completely killed. , and the rest are less than [-]%. Emperor Chongzheng, the lord of Zhongxing, is no less than the lord of Emperor Taizu. If you mess with him, you can be sure that he will not kill him!

Besides, this time is to add departments, not to abolish departments. Everyone has more chances to be promoted, so why risk their lives to oppose it?

Therefore, after Zhu Cijiong announced the idea one morning, although the entire government and the public were discussing it, no one jumped out to sing the opposite. Most people were discussing enthusiastically, how many new government offices like the Six Departments would be added by the court.

Now the Ming court really has a lot of yamen that are overwhelmed. When the Ming Dynasty had only two capitals and thirteen provinces, there were so many yamen. Now that the Ming capital has two capitals and 35 provinces plus two Zhili prefectures, there are still so many yamen. The work is heavy. It is conceivable that the workload has increased by at least three times, and there were assistance from the yamen left behind in Nanzhili. In this way, the workload of each yamen has increased by at least four times!
After a few days of discussion between the ruling and opposition parties, Zhu Cijiong finally called a meeting of the big bosses of the various yamen, so how many yamen did Ming have in Beijing?

To know how many yamen there are, just look at the big bosses attending the meeting. In the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, all the big bosses of the yamen sat together and sat on both sides.

The first one on the left is the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Xin Wang Zhu Youjian, uh, he doesn't seem to be the boss of a certain yamen, but the boss of all the bosses.

Sitting behind him is Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate;
Tongzheng Envoy Wu Jianye;

Dali Temple Qing Fang Gonggan;
Cai Bangjun, Minister of Taichang Temple;
Fu Qiguang, Minister of Guanglu Temple;
Song Zhipu, Minister of Taipusi;
Zhou Fengxiang, Minister of Honglu Temple;
The first person on the right is the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xu Guangqi, Minister of Rites;
Sitting behind him is Bi Maokang, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry;

Minister of the Ministry of Officials Yang Sichang;
Sun Yuanhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War;
Cheng Guoxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs;
Cai Guoyong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments;
Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi Huang Daozhou;

Gu Yanwu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy.

There are a total of sixteen positions, and the lowest ones are senior officials of the fifth rank. Of course, it does not mean that the Ming court has fifteen yamens in total, but the heads of other yamens do not even have the fifth rank. They belong to small yamens, so it is impossible It has been raised to a height equivalent to six parts, so for the time being, it can only be left alone.

Zhu Cijiong silently glanced at the officials present. These are all models of loyalty and patriotism he carefully selected, at least on the surface. I hope they will not hinder the reorganization of the imperial court for their own selfish desires and to seize power. good.

With this in mind, Zhu Cijiong said solemnly: "My dear friends, everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty has developed rapidly in recent years, and its territory has more than doubled. The affairs of each yamen are quite heavy, so I think Reorganize the court, add some yamen, promote a group of officials, improve the efficiency of the court, everyone can put forward any ideas, one by one, don't be afraid of making mistakes, I will consider it as appropriate."

After all, he turned his head to look at the left head, and it turned out that the left head was the letter king Zhu Youjian!

Zhu Cijiong fainted by mistake, why did he forget this, his fifth uncle doesn't have any yamen, what's new?

Just when Zhu Cijiong was in a state of embarrassment, Zhu Youjian actually spoke up. He cupped his hands without hesitation and said: "Your Majesty, I propose to promote all the cabinet scholars to first rank."

The ranks of cabinet scholars can be described as the strangest thing in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. These cabinet scholars clearly exercised the powers of prime ministers, but their ranks were only five ranks, which can be said to be seriously inaccurate.

Regarding this issue, Zhu Cijiong also found it very strange, but considering that it was a rule set by Emperor Chengzu, he never thought of changing it before.

However, this time is different. Anyway, the imperial court is going to make a big move, so why can't the cabinet as the center make a move?

He gritted his teeth, nodded directly and said: "Well, the job of the Cabinet Grand Scholars is the position of the prime minister, and it is not too much to be a first-rank, I agree!"

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of all the people present were shocked. This is the rule set by Emperor Chengzu, and the emperor changed it as soon as he said it. Of course, the current emperor has surpassed Emperor Chengzu in terms of prestige. His old man said If you want to change, who dares to object?
This is actually their old Zhu family's own business. Now the king of Xin who is most qualified to oppose is the proponent. Whoever is full has nothing to do to contradict the emperor!

Since no one objected, let's continue. Zhu Cijiong turned his gaze directly to Xu Guangqi on the right.

Xu Guangqi had already made up his mind, and he directly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think that the Ministry of Rites should focus on etiquette, that is, etiquette, sacrifices, ordinances, laws, and imperial examinations. Others such as teaching, It is better to set up a special office to manage foreign affairs, reception of envoys from various countries, etc.”

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "What my mentor said makes sense, I'm just thinking about these issues, and I'll discuss these after everyone has finished making suggestions."

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head to look at Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Li Banghua was also straightforward, he cupped his hands directly and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the capital and supervision should be divided into two yamen."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijiong also nodded and said: "Well, this can be considered."

Then he looked at Bi Maokang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. Now the authority of the Ministry of Industry is a bit bigger. Bi Maokang pondered for a while before he handed over his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I feel that the research and development and manufacture of weapons, the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, and the technology The research and development of the government should be managed by a special office."

Zhu Cijiong heard the words, but still nodded and said: "Well, this can be considered to gradually increase the yamen."

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head to look at the envoy Wu Jianye.

Wu Jianye also cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "Your Majesty, I feel that the functions of general administration and post office should be separated."

This post office is also the former post station. It was originally taken over by the General Secretary from the Ministry of War. At that time, there was nothing wrong with it. However, since the telegram appeared, the General Secretary has been a little busy.

Zhu Cijiong heard the words, thought for a while, nodded and said: "Well, this can be considered in the future."

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head to look at Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Yang Sichang was different. He cupped his hands directly and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the functions of the Ministry of Officials are more specific. There is no need to expand the yamen. There are a little few officials, please allow the emperor to add a few more."

The function of the Ministry of Officials is indeed very simple, there is no need to split it up, Zhu Cijiong nodded directly and said: "Well, you draw up a charter and show it to me."

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head to look at Dali Temple Qing Fang Gongqian.

Fang Gongqian said with a little embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I also feel that the function of Dali Temple is more specific and there is no need to expand the yamen. It's just that the subordinate officials are not enough. Please allow the emperor to add some."

Zhu Cijiong nodded directly and said: "Well, you also draw up a charter and show it to me."

More than half of the people present did not speak, but the number of yamen that needs to be added is already too scary. Will Zhu Cijiong really add so many yamen at once?Let's see the breakdown next time.

(End of this chapter)