Daming Military Empire

Chapter 561

Zhu Cijiong actually has no other meaning. Since people in this era of social development or democracy and freedom can’t understand what they are talking about, then he can only say something that people in this era can understand. The reason why he told Zhu Youjian Whether one person's ability can surpass hundreds or thousands of people is naturally purposeful.

He knows that Zhu Youjian will definitely answer no. If the answer is yes, then this person is either faulty or arrogant. Now that he knows he can’t, then it’s easy to handle. Are you tired of reviewing memorials now?"

This really touched Zhu Youjian's heart. He felt that he was really busy every day. From the early morning until the evening You or even Xu time, he basically spent his head there reviewing the memorials. It would be a lie to say that he was not tired.

The territory of Ming Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more provinces. Now the volume of memorials is almost double the original. He can't complete the approval every day without sleep!
At this time the emperor asked, he couldn't help sighing: "Tired is indeed a bit tired, but it will be fine if you get used to it."

Zhu Cijiong heard the words, and said with concern: "Uncle Wu has worked hard, and I know how many memorials are there every day, but now the Siberian Plain is about to be taken down, and a territory as large as Siberia needs to form at least a dozen provinces. Daming still wants to open up overseas colonies, at least it can open up a territory equivalent to dozens of provinces. At that time, I wonder if you are still busy, Uncle Wu?"

Zhu Youjian heard that he couldn't spit out a mouthful of blood. If he came to dozens of provinces, wouldn't the number of memorials be doubled? If that was the case, he wouldn't be able to review them every day without sleeping. !

Thinking of this, he said with a little panic: "This, I must not be able to review it."

Zhu Cijiong continued to guide: "Then if the memorials cannot be reviewed, will they pile up more and more, and will it delay a lot of things?"

Zhu Youjian thought for a while, and the consequences were really serious. Now there are nearly a thousand copies of memorials every day, which is close to his limit. Even if he doesn't sleep every day, he can only review about [-] copies. Doubling it again, then there will be five hundred memorials that cannot be reviewed every day, and five thousand copies in ten days. How much is that in a year, and how much delay will be caused!
Thinking of this, he broke out in cold sweat. Indeed, if this continues, the consequences will be quite serious. He couldn't help but nodded and said: "The emperor is right, it will indeed delay a lot of things."

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "That's right. With the development of Ming Dynasty, not only will there be more provinces, but also more and more yamen in the capital. At that time, it will not be a matter of doubling or doubling. I know that Uncle Wu You must be too busy alone, so you decided to reorganize the cabinet and decentralize power so that they can review memorials or official documents and handle the daily affairs of the court. In this way, Uncle Wu, you don’t have to work so hard, and there will be more things in the future There will be no delay."

This sounds reasonable, but it seems a bit forced. Zhu Youjian thought about it, and finally figured out where the problem is. Isn't it easy to ask for more people to review the memorial? It looks like the memorial of his emperor brother Tianqi But they were all reviewed by others, so he couldn't help but reminded: "Your Majesty, don't there still be eunuchs who are in charge of ceremonies and hold pens? Just call a few to review the memorials. Why give the power to those civil servants?"

Zhu Cijiong shook his head resolutely and said: "No, eunuchs are always in the deep palace, how can they handle state affairs well, besides, if they are like Wei Zhongxian, deceiving the saints, forming cliques, suppressing dissidents, and corrupting, then Daming will not be messed up .”

Zhu Youjian still insisted: "The civil servants may form gangs and become corrupt."

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "It's different. Didn't I separate the Metropolitan Procuratorate? Whoever forms a clique, corruption can be investigated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate can't. There are also Dongchang and Jinyiwei, who are you?" If he dared to form cliques and become corrupt, I immediately let him step down. The eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, is different. The East Factory is generally in charge of the eunuchs, the supervisor of ceremonies and Bingbi. They are my eyes and ears. With eyes and ears in power, I can easily be deceived."

Zhu Youjian still didn't understand it very well. He insisted: "Your Majesty, this still can't stop civil officials from forming cliques and becoming corrupt. Corrupt officials can't be caught. The Ming Dynasty has been arrested for hundreds of years. Isn't it still there? Corrupt officials."

Zhu Cijiong heard the words, nodded and said: "Yes, there is no end to arresting corrupt officials. Only by setting rules, can we prevent erroneous things from happening. This is what I want to tell you."

Zhu Youjian didn't understand even more, and he couldn't help asking: "Rules, what rules?"

Zhu Cijiong didn't answer and asked instead: "Uncle Wu, have you ever thought about how to handle government affairs after the cabinet reshuffle?"

This Zhu Youjian really didn’t think about it, isn’t he trying to dissuade Zhu Cijiong from reorganizing the cabinet and decentralizing power? How could he think about things after the cabinet reorganization? He couldn’t help shaking his head in embarrassment: “This, I haven’t thought about it yet. .”

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, I didn't think about it, it's just right, I will tell you first, you should think about it carefully, and then make a charter."

Zhu Youjian really doesn't know how to take the lead in governing a country at the moment. He has been a machine for reviewing memorials for more than ten years. He has read a lot of other people's governance plans, but he has not been responsible for any specific ones. Things, in general, are rich in theoretical knowledge and almost no practical experience.

It would be great if the emperor would mention something at this moment, in his eyes, his nephew is simply a god, omnipotent!

He couldn't help saying sincerely: "Please also ask the emperor to teach you."

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and explained: "Actually, this is not difficult. You can hand over small daily matters to the following ministers. For example, you can hand over to the Ministry of Households where you need a small appropriation, and where you need to convict a prisoner. In the Ministry of Punishment, you can hand over the lack of officials below the fifth rank to the Ministry of Officials. You can organize a meeting to discuss major matters, such as the promotion of officials above the fifth rank. You can ask them to nominate and explain the reasons for the promotion clearly. With a raise of hand, whoever gets the most approval will be promoted."

If this is the case, he seems to be relaxed, but the problem is that there are so many memorials every day, what is a major event, and what is a small matter must be distinguished first, so what is the difference from reviewing memorials, but there are no instructions. You have to watch every memorial.

He couldn't help reminding: "It takes time to distinguish the big and small things of the emperor, which is about the same as the time for reviewing memorials."

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "You don't need to distinguish between them. Isn't there still a deputy prime minister? You can let them distinguish. If two can't do it, you can promote a few more. Three, four, five are fine, you This is a good reminder, I will change the "Daming Chongzheng Law" later, and change it to several deputy prime ministers."

"Daming Chongzheng Law" cannot be modified at will, which means that his descendants cannot modify it at will. In the hands of Emperor Chongzheng, he can modify it as he wants, and he can't guarantee that he will be able to compile a completely problematic one after a while. Code, his idea is to implement it slowly, revise it slowly, and then finalize it when there are no problems at all.
(End of this chapter)