Daming Military Empire

Chapter 562 Adding a New Yamen

Zhu Cijiong is very concerned about the management of the cabinet, because the cabinet responsibility system is the core of "Daming Chongzheng Law", and the cabinet will also be the administrative center of Ming Dynasty in the future. It can be said that the management of the cabinet is directly related to the success or failure of "Daming Chongzheng Law".

In fact, in this regard, he does not have much experience to learn from, because the constitutional monarchy he promoted is a political system that has never appeared in later generations. He can only guide himself by combining his own ideas and some related management methods of later generations. His fifth uncle, Zhu Youjian, asked him to explore and practice slowly.

Anyway, he is still young and has a long time to come. He has plenty of time to practice and improve. He believes that after ten, 20 or even 30 years of exploration, he will always be able to sort out a management model suitable for the current situation in Daming.

He talked with gusto, a thought for a while, a new term for a while, what is the post responsibility system, what is the minority obeying the majority, what is the policy program, what is the work summary report, what is the supervision mechanism, etc., etc., etc., he talked with great joy.

Zhu Youjian felt uncomfortable, because these were unheard and unseen things, it was impossible for him to understand at once, he could only swallow them whole, and remember first.

It took nearly an hour, and when his head was about to explode, the emperor finally finished speaking, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I have retired first, and I haven't started reviewing today's memorial."

After Zhu Cijiong heard the words, he said with unsatisfactory intentions: "Well, let's come here first. Uncle Wu will come here often in the future. Let's discuss how to manage the reorganized cabinet."

Zhu Youjian almost fell under the table, still coming, do you want to review this memorial, he is very busy all day, like today, he was delayed for an hour, and he still doesn't know how long he will be able to finish reviewing the memorial at night Well, once or twice is fine, but if you want to do this every day, you have to be exhausted.

He said with a little embarrassment: "Your Majesty, this, you also know that I have to review so many memorials every day, I really don't have time to listen to your teachings!"

This is simple, Zhu Cijiong suggested: "How about this, I will call a meeting with the cabinet scholars and ministers tomorrow, and when the cabinet votes are drafted, I will directly divide the memorial into two halves, and the more important ones will be approved by you and your mentor. Generally, let Menghou and Wen Ruo criticize the red, so you will be free? Anyway, we will decentralize power in the future, just try it out!"

Zhu Youjian is in a cloud of fog right now. He originally came to dissuade the emperor from reforming the system, but was persuaded by the emperor instead. Coupled with the emperor's teachings, he only felt dizzy. What the emperor said was what he said Well, he hastily clapped his hands and said, "But it's up to the emperor to decide."

After finishing speaking, he bowed out and walked away.

The next day, after the morning court, Zhu Cijiong made some preparations, and ordered people to notify the ministers and relevant personnel of the ministries to hold a meeting.

There were quite a lot of participants this time, so he deliberately asked the eunuch to tidy up the side hall of the Qianqing Palace where the meeting was held, and let all the officials sit there.

Soon, all ministers and relevant personnel gathered in the meeting room and sat down one by one.

Sitting on the left is Prime Minister Xinwang Zhu Youjian;

Next is Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials;
Sun Yuanhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War;
Zodiac Zhou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Education;

Tongzheng Envoy Wu Jianye;

Sitting on the right is Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and Assistant Minister of the Cabinet;

Next is Bi Maokang, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry;
Cheng Guoxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs;
Cai Guoyong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments;
Zhang Cai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce.

The most inexplicable thing here is Wu Jianye, the general secretary of the general administration. All the yamen bosses present here are above the second rank, and after the implementation of the "Daming Chongzheng Law", these big bosses will be promoted to the first rank, and he He's just a person in charge of a small yamen of the third grade. Why did the emperor recruit him here? I haven't seen any other people in charge of small yamen such as Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, and Zhan Shifu here.

Wu Jianye was puzzled, but the eunuch outside informed him that the emperor had arrived, and he quickly stood up with all the big shots, waiting for the emperor to arrive.

Zhu Cijiong strode into the conference room and came to the main seat.

Everyone hurriedly clasped their hands together and said in unison: "My humble minister sees the emperor."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, raised his hand and said: "My dear friends, please sit down, please sit down."

After all, he sat down first, and everyone followed him.

Zhu Cijiong didn't talk too much, and went straight to the point: "The "Daming Chongzheng Law" will be officially implemented next year. The cabinet, which is the core of future governance, must make early preparations. Therefore, I have decided to slowly reorganize the cabinet from now on. The first step is to Let’s start with the review of the memorial.”

Everyone heard the words, excited, confused, and hesitant. The consequences of the implementation of the New Deal are still unpredictable. However, with the implementation of the New Deal, they will have greater power, which is beyond doubt.

Zhu Cijiong paused and continued: "I have decided that from today onwards, the memorials drafted by the cabinet will be divided directly into two halves. General daily affairs will be handed over to Bi Maokang, Minister of Industry, and Yang Sichang, Minister of Officials, for approval, and more important affairs will be handed over to Zhu Youjian, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and Xu Guangqi, the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, approved the red."

Now it’s real, the emperor is really going to delegate power. In the past, all the memorials were written by Xin Wang Zhu Youjian, so it can’t be said to be decentralization, because Xin Wang is a member of the royal family after all, and he is also the emperor’s uncle. On the royal side, it will be different if Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, and Yang Sichang are directly added now. Although they are all the emperor's cronies, they are also representatives of civil servants!

Zhu Cijiong didn't spend too much time on this matter. If he had to detail it one by one, he would not be able to finish it that day. He could only slowly reorganize the cabinet through Zhu Youjian to meet the requirements in his mind. Then , he continued: "Cabinet reorganization is only part of the New Deal, and there is another problem that cannot be ignored, that is, with the development of Ming Dynasty, various affairs continue to increase, and the original yamen can no longer handle various affairs well. Therefore, new yamen must be added. Last time, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Commerce were added. This time, I decided to reorganize and add three more yamen."

Everyone has not yet woken up from the shock of the emperor's delegation of power, and here comes another blockbuster, three yamen, according to the emperor's tone, they should all be equivalent to six big yamen, how much more will there be? post!

Many people began to think about how to get their relatives, friends or even acquaintances to take this ride. This is human nature, and it has nothing to do with corruption.

Zhu Cijiong stopped, let everyone digest it, and then continued: "The first one is to reorganize the original Department of General Affairs and Envoys, and establish the Ministry of Communications. The Minister of the Ministry was appointed by Wu Jianye, the general envoy."

It was only at this time that Wu Jianye realized that the reason why the emperor recruited him was to upgrade the general secretary to a large yamen on the same level as the six ministries, and he also followed the tide and directly became the minister of the Ministry of Communications. Master of the first rank!
Happiness came too suddenly, his official career was really like riding a rocket. In the fourth year of Chongzheng, he was only a champion of the new department. Immediately afterwards, he was appointed as the fifth-rank Zuo Tongzheng envoy, and then directly promoted to the third-rank Tong The political envoy has been directly promoted to be a second-rank minister now, and next year he will become a first-rank minister. In just 12 years, he has gone from a newcomer to a first-rank official. This speed of promotion is unprecedented!
Why does the emperor favor him so much?He couldn't figure it out, and neither could the bosses present.

In fact, the reason why Zhu Cijiong reused him is very simple, because his name is Wu Meicun!

(End of this chapter)