Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

My father-in-law, Zhu Gaochi and his son Zhanji, together, reigned for almost as long as my grandfather.

They are all over thirty years old.

These thirty years have also been a period of endless struggle with the six ministries.

The emperor wanted to be the boss, and the court officials wanted to be in charge. Everyone tried their best to do what they could.

There was the Inner Library, the Cabinet, and the Imperial Household Department. They were changed all over the place. While they solved the problems of the time, they added many unfavorable factors to the inheritance within the royal family.

But the six ministries have always stood firm. No matter who was in the position of emperor or in charge of the six ministries, everything has always run smoothly without any major mistakes.

Zhang Xin wanted to make a big splash but never thought of focusing on the six departments.

After all, three generations of the family, including the Xu family, are present at the moment, so she has no reason to interfere in state affairs openly.

Among the five major officials, civil officials and military officials are not people Zhang Xin can make friends with.

She currently has no channels to make friends.

Once she shows this tendency, I'm afraid her father-in-law will be the first to kill her.

Everything depends on the three people: eunuchs, female officials and noble officials.

The eunuchs are not very powerful at the moment, and there are only a few young eunuchs in the palace who can read, so Zhang Xin is temporarily put on hold.

The noble officials were the descendants of the royal family and the princesses who were married off.

Among these people, the men are under the care of her father-in-law, and the women are under the care of Mrs. Xu, so she doesn't need to pay any attention to them for the time being.

Only the female official was left, and she was at home.

When the dynasty was founded, the late emperor determined all the duties of the Shanggong Bureau, Shangyi Bureau, Shanggong Bureau, Shangshi Bureau, Shangqin Bureau, Shangfu Bureau and Gongzheng Bureau in the harem.

The Shang Gong was in charge of guiding the Empress Dowager. She was in charge of the Si Ji, Si Yan, Si Bu and Si Wei.

Shangyi is in charge of etiquette and daily life. Under him are Siyue, Siji, Sibin, Sizan, Siji, Siyue, Sibin, Sizan and Tongshi.

Shang Gong supervised the needlework courses for women. Under him were the Sizhi, Sizhen, Sicai and Siji.

The Imperial Chef is in charge of the food and food department, and is in charge of the food department, medicine department, brewing department, and food department.

The Shangqin was in charge of the emperor's banquet and bedroom. Under him were the Sishe, Siyu, Siyuan, and Sideng.

The Shangfu is in charge of the supply and purchase of clothing. It has the following divisions: the Sibao Division, the Siyi Division, the Sishi Division, and the Sizhang Division.

The Palace Supervisor was in charge of inspecting the palace, issuing orders, and issuing punishments.

Each of the six departments had two or more deputy supervisors such as Dian and Zhang, and female historians recorded the information to prevent one person from dominating the department.

Gong Zhengsi is the supervisor of the entire Sixth Bureau.

As long as the Palace Justice is upright, the six bureaus will not be able to step out of line.

There are three hundred people in the entire six bureaus and one department, which is basically just right compared to the number of concubines and palace maids.

Each department and each division will check and balance each other, so no one will dominate;

The division of labor among the various bureaus is also clear, and everyone has their own duties. Each bureau has its own pile of things to manage, and everyone has their own work to do every day, so there will be no trouble in the palace due to too many people and too little work to do;

The Shang Gong and Gong Zheng were both of the fifth rank, which was neither high nor low. They were not likely to be overbearing nor humble.

Most of the female officials were born into scholarly families and were well-behaved, so they would not lead the people in the palace astray.

The entire set of palace ladies exists to serve the emperor and the concubines in the harem, and they are only responsible for all affairs in the harem.

It seems very limited, and the power is only within the palace.

But in fact, Zhang Xin only realized the actual influence and usefulness of this female official later.

The number of female officials is the smallest, and their power is the least, but their main function is to check and balance!!!

It not only checks and balances the eunuchs in the palace, but also checks and balances the court officials outside the palace.

Because everyone has overlooked one point, that women outside the imperial court are also female officials.

There are imperial edicts of the same rank as the officials in the court.

The energy that a legitimate lady of the house with an imperial decree can exert is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

In the past, Zhang Xin was in the situation, and even though she realized the importance of female officials, the situation was already over.

Her energy was limited, and it was difficult for her to turn the tide. She could only let the situation develop to the point where it became uncontrollable.

Now let's start over again, Zhang Xin, you must get this matter back on track.

The six bureaus and one department must never decline.

Only the female officials in the palace could restrain the eunuchs from becoming more and more powerful in the imperial palace, and only the female officials could suppress the eunuchs from becoming the big eunuchs who could influence the children and then the emperor.

Moreover, compared with eunuchs, Zhang Xin felt that female officials amassed less wealth.

At least during the years when she was in charge of the harem.

When the Sixth Bureau was in charge of purchasing, the expenses in the palace were lower than when the eunuchs went out to purchase later. The things they bought were also better.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xin remembered something else.

"Wanxiu, please ask someone to let my second brother enter the palace tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Highness."

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"Hey, Xin'er is cooking again? You're so busy, and you still go to cook!"

After everyone had eaten unpalatable meals for several days in an effort not to waste food, Xu was quite overjoyed, but also felt sorry for Zhang Xin who was so busy cooking.

"Mom, no! I asked Concubine Hu to build a small kitchen. Zhanji said something very true a few days ago, the food in the capital is terrible..."

Hu Shanggong carried out Zhang Xin's orders without any compromise.

The small kitchen was in place and the cook was immediately in place.

What was served that night was no longer the inedible Guanglu Temple product.

"What about the agreement not to talk while eating?"

Zhu Zhiming's face turned black. His own parents were the first to break the rules. What was going on?

"I was still talking in my sleep! Who cares?"

Zhu Gaosui choked.

"Talk back! You're asking for a fight!"

Zhu Anle waved his arms.

"It's just this once, it won't happen again."

Xu tried to smooth things over.

She felt that she was getting thinner and hungry these days, so she couldn't help it.

Who could have thought that she, who grew up in the capital, would one day not be able to get used to the capital's food.

"The articles in the Imperial Academy, the swords and guns in the Armory, the tea in the Imperial Palace, and the prescriptions in the Imperial Hospital. The Beijing jingle is true to me."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

"Pfft—you heard about it too, bro!"

Zhu Gaoxu burst into laughter.

"Well, I've experienced all four of these, and nothing is more upsetting than these four."

Zhu Gaochi looked at his belly.

Everything was stable and normal when they were in the capital, but as soon as they came to Nanjing, they shrank. The Guanglu Temple really played a great role in this.

"What happened to the swords and guns in the armory?"

Zhu Di concentrated on eating, finishing two bowls of food very quickly before he started to talk to people.

"Rotten. Didn't they gather together to resist you this time? They just found out that the swords and guns in the armory are rotten and rusty."

As the eldest prince, Zhu Gaochi inspected various places in the capital several times.

I know everything.

He often drank tea from the Guanglu Temple when he was a child, and he didn't think anything of it. His grandfather could eat anything anyway, so he just followed suit.

When he came back this time, his appetite, which had been spoiled by Zhang Xin, immediately felt something was wrong.

As for the prescriptions from the Imperial Hospital, he often drank them when he was young. Whether they were effective or not is another matter, but they were definitely bitter.

Later, Wen Beijiao cured the problem of physical weakness.

As for the articles in the Hanlin Academy, most of them are nonsense.

[A little science: The Imperial Kitchen is a palace catering organization that only appeared in the Qing Dynasty. In previous dynasties, there was no such thing as an Imperial Kitchen. The place where food was cooked in the palace was called the Kitchen, and the organization responsible for managing the imperial meals in the palace was called the Guanglu Temple.]