Domineering Daming

Li Xiangjun also had a look of interest on his face, as if he really hoped to come here for class.

Bi Ziyan's face was calm, and he followed Zhu Xu calmly, without saying anything. From his point of view, today was nothing serious, but Song Yingxing asked the emperor to intercede because he didn't want the Royal Council's budget to be cut.

Zhu Xu walked slowly on the bluestone path of the Royal Political Academy, watching the students coming and going in a hurry. They were not very old, mostly sixteen or seventeen years old, and each one was full of vigor and enthusiasm.

"Master Bi, what do you think of the Political Yuan?" Zhu Xu walked a few steps, looked back at Bi Ziyan and asked with a smile.

Bi Ziyan looked at Zhu Xu with a calm expression, and said: "The government council is of great use to both the country and the people. I have a new look. Regarding the budget, I will restore it, and I will pay more attention to it in the future."

Zhu Xu made a "huh" sound, put his hands behind his back, and didn't reply.

The Royal Political Council is very important in Zhu Xu's plan, and Bi Ziyan cannot be allowed to let himself go.

Bi Ziyan followed Zhu Xu, looked at his back, and felt a little uncertain about Zhu Xu's intentions for coming today. He pondered for a while and said, "Your Majesty, although the national treasury is empty now, the scale of taxation is already very large. If the Royal Government Council needs it, it will not be difficult to squeeze in a few more 10 taels."

Zhu Xu paced slowly, smiling but still silent.

Daming’s current taxation system framework has been established, but it has not been deepened and perfected enough. In addition, the current environment is not good. Most of the money income comes from trade monopoly behaviors such as salt and tea. The real tax bank Still pretty low.

Xiao Yongning and Li Xiangjun didn't care about Zhu Xu's conversation, they were very curious about the Royal Political Council, looked around, and ran out for a walk from time to time.

While Cao Huachun wanted to follow Zhu Xu, he also sent someone to keep an eye on Yongning.

After walking for a while, Zhu Xu said, "Master Bi, I heard that you plan to send all the officials and students from the Political Yuan out of Beijing at once?"

Bi Ziyan remained motionless, raised his hand and said, "Yes, I intend to speed up the promotion of the 'New Deal', so that in the next two to three years, we can effectively intervene and clean up the bottom."

"Then Master Bi, can you see the dissatisfaction of the students in the political academy?" Zhu Xu and others came to a high place, just in time to see a group of students crowded, passing by a fork in the road not far from them.

"I just heard that Wei Xuelian of the Governor's Council is about to appear in Dali Temple, and the cabinet demands severe punishment..."

"We went to see Mr. Wang yesterday. Mr. Wang said that according to court rules, Wei Xuelian will be locked up for at least half a year, and he will be banned for one year after he comes out. That is to say, Wei Xuelian will be reinstated at least in the next year..."

"This is not the worst. I heard that Senior Brother Cao was put on the criminal record by the officials, and he couldn't be promoted..."

"Brother Cao can't get promoted, wouldn't we be worse off? We won't have a bright future in this life..."

"Is this elder Bige our dean? How can he treat his disciples like this?"

"Even if you want 'justice', you don't need to drive us all to death like this?"

"It is estimated that our life will be even more difficult. Think about the backgrounds of Senior Brother Cao and Senior Brother Wei. They have been suppressed repeatedly, and we may have to endure it for the rest of our lives..."

A group of people had no scruples, they staggered away from Zhu Xu and the others while discussing, and gradually drifted away.

Bi Ziyan frowned, his face was not very good-looking.

In fact, he has never taken the Royal Political Council seriously. Even if these people were exiled from Beijing, it was to alleviate the anxiety in the officialdom in the capital, not entirely for the reform of the bottom.

He also didn't expect that the students in the political academy would talk about him like this behind his back, and they were so dissatisfied with him that they had turned into anger.

Bi Ziyan stood beside Zhu Xu, looking at his profile, thinking about the purpose of Zhu Xu bringing him here.

Zhu Xu didn't make him wait too long, and said, "Master Bi, the Political Yuan is quite resentful now, and I intend to appease you, what do you think?"

Bi Ziyan knew that Zhu Xu had a purpose, so he bowed and said, "Please show me, Your Majesty."

Zhu Xu glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, saw that his face was expressionless, and he moved his fingers on the back of his hand, and said: "How about this, Master Bi and Master Sun will no longer concurrently serve as deans of the two academies, but I will concurrently serve as presidents myself, and in addition, I will order the Ministry of Officials to reorganize The transfer of the students of the Royal Political Academy, especially Cao Dingjiao, Wei Xuelian, and Meng Zhaoxiang, is determined. All three of them will stay in Beijing and must be reused, so as to give the Royal Political Academy a reassurance. I have great expectations for the two houses. To attack, we must encourage and increase the intensity of development..."

Bi Ziyan frowned slightly, but he didn't care much about the name of the head of the Royal Academy, but the emperor was also the head of both the Royal Academy, which sounded deviant and unbelievable.

Song Yingxing was overjoyed to hear that, if the emperor also served as the dean, then their political academy would become extremely important, and the budget would not be small!

The two houses of the royal family will be in charge of the military and government for two terms in the future. Zhu Xu can't allow it to fall into the hands of others. He didn't have the energy before, but now all of this must be in his hands—this is also the purpose of his visit today!

Zhu Xu took a new step, considered his words, and said: "The main responsibilities of the cabinet in the future are to govern the six ministries, sort out the administrative relations of the imperial court, and ensure the smooth flow of government orders. At the same time, we must also pay attention to unity, especially the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials. , these two works have a deep foundation and a wide network of people, even I can't figure out the depth. Although I have helped you take over the power, you can't be careless, let alone overdo it. Any contempt, your cabinet must show an attitude, don't always let me teach you how to behave..."

Although Zhu Xu has been considering his words, but at this moment, he still can't help it.He has a lot of dissatisfaction with the cabinet, lack of pioneering spirit in government affairs, procrastination in his work, and being too high-spirited and superior, too divorced from the officialdom and the people...

Zhu Xu said similar things once before, and Bi Ziyan's face tightened slightly, and he raised his hand and said, "Yes, I will definitely review it seriously after I go back."

After all, he is the number one minister in the cabinet, so Zhu Xu couldn't say too much, saying: "Well, government affairs must be sorted out before the end of the year, and the candidates for cabinet ministers should be determined as soon as possible. In three days, I will be in the cabinet to preside over the matter." Government affairs. In addition, Mr. Sun Ge...will focus on the military reform for the time being, let him join the military department and devote himself to it..."

Bi Ziyan's heart skipped a beat. The emperor's words revealed too much, and he told him directly about the arrangement of the political situation.

Sun Chengzong will leave the cabinet, and two more people will be added to the cabinet in a short period of time. Three days later, the emperor will join the cabinet to preside over government affairs... At this moment, he has completely awakened. It has never left the palm of the emperor, and will strengthen the imperial power and further strengthen the emperor's power!

Bi Ziyan looked at Zhu Xu's back, his temples throbbed a few times, and he felt a headache.

He took over the cabinet, which has a purpose in itself-to check and balance the emperor.

He hoped that the emperor's power could be restrained, and he could not be allowed to act recklessly. An emperor who didn't care about public opinion and was no longer restricted by power would be simply too terrifying, especially when Daming was in turmoil.

Bi Ziyan's heart was heavy, and he really wanted to reject or resist Zhu Xu's words, but the emperor in front of him was not Tianqi, Wanli, even if he gave up his pick, the emperor still had ways to continue to do it according to the established mind, and without him, he would be more radical, Without any scruples, the consequences will be greater and unpredictable.

Zhu Xu would not give Bi Ziyan a chance to refuse. When turning to the exit, he said: "Hurry up and do things. The progress of the 'New Deal' in each province, the problems encountered, and the disasters in various places, and the countermeasures, etc., are all important. We need to understand in detail, and when discussing big things, we must discuss them one by one, and we must not be ambiguous. The cabinet must also clarify the things that I, Ming, and Ming should do in the next three or five years. Look at three steps at one step, now base on the past, look at the future, prioritize, distinguish between primary and secondary, and make a plan..."

Zhu Xu didn't want to talk about this with Bi Ziyan in the cabinet, the atmosphere would be too tense, but even now, the atmosphere is still unconsciously developing in a direction he doesn't want.

Bi Ziyan listened quietly, the emperor obviously had a lot of things to say, and the one who had some scruples never said it clearly, and took the opportunity to say it out of his head.

Zhu Xu walked slowly, thinking constantly in his heart, and continued: "After returning, first select the candidates for the assistant ministers, complete the cabinet, and then make a list and plan. The sooner the better, if there is not enough manpower, I will allow You recruit some staff in the cabinet and brainstorm..."

Chapter 841 Rivals in Love

Bi Ziyan listened to Zhu Xu's words, and had a faint feeling that this series of things was about to be settled.

He did not dare to "provoke" Zhu Xu, and tried his best to tactfully express some of his thoughts, especially the reform of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which he was cautious about.

After listening to Bi Ziyan's words, Zhu Xu refuted a lot.

Firstly, Bi Ziyan was in too much haste and some things were overdone; secondly, he had to defend Zhou Yingqiu and Fu Changzong; thirdly, the political situation changed too much, which would push some people who were originally stable to the "unstable" side.

Bi Ziyan saw Zhu Xu's purpose clearly this time, and the response was not as heavy and difficult as before, and he bargained a lot.

Zhu Xu could feel Bi Ziyan's desire for power and anxiety, on the contrary, he was very calm, not in a hurry.

The two left the Royal Political Court one after the other, and stopped at the door.

Zhu Xu looked at the street with his hands behind his back, and said thoughtfully: "Master Bi, the cabinet has a great responsibility now, and we must be cautious and think twice before acting, especially those related to the national economy and people's livelihood of our Ming Dynasty. We must conduct extensive investigations and listen to different ideas. You can’t just sit in the classroom and make a decision with a pen. I have learned a lot during my trip to Beijing, so you should go out more often to see and understand the real situation of my Daming…”

Bi Ziyan also felt that Daming was changing rapidly, so he raised his hand without hesitation and said, "I obey the order."

Zhu Xu felt that it was almost done, and any more would be enough, so he waved his hands and said, "Master Bi, let's go and get busy, we will probably be busy non-stop in the future."

"Yes." Bi Ziyan raised his hand heavily in his heart. Although Zhu Xu didn't talk to him too much or express his dissatisfaction, his tone still revealed deep displeasure, and the days of their cabinet might be even more difficult in the future.

Zhu Xu watched him leave, thinking that something had to be accelerated.