Chapter 1259: Lift the Lid

"Are you worried that I will be wasted?" Zhao Yu had already guessed Wang Yinglin's thoughts from his words and the change in his expression, and he said bluntly.

"......" Wang Yinglin probably didn't expect the little emperor to be so vigilant, he had already guessed his thoughts from his words, and directly lifted the lid and broke out the contradictions. This made him a little flustered and a little overwhelmed, and he didn't know how to defend himself for a while, so he could only bow his head silently.

"I don't have any intention of abolishing the phase, maybe what I did made Qing feel more worried." Zhao Yu saw that he was silent, obviously acquiescing to his guess, and he smiled.

"Your Majesty, the minister speculates on the Sacred Heart, and the sin deserves death!" Wang Yinglin knows that guessing the holy will has always been a taboo, and once he is wrong, it will bring disaster to himself, even the entire family, and even the interest group. At the moment, although the little emperor expressed his attitude, he was still panicked, worried that perhaps because of his carelessness, the little emperor would be vigilant, and he would speed up the pace of abolishing the phase, or act more secretively. He rolled over and knelt down to plead guilty.

"Thou shalt convey my words to all of you, so that the ministers may be content with their duties, and do not miss the affairs of the state. Besides, this is just a private word between our kings and ministers, what a crime! Zhao Yu got up and helped him up with his own hands, and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty Xie is magnanimous, and the minister is ashamed, and he will definitely do his best, and there will never be the slightest slack." Wang Yinglin bowed again before getting up and saying. But he also knew that the little emperor might not have accepted the idea of abolishing the phase because of this, but he also understood that the little emperor didn't care about spreading his promise that he would not abolish the phase, at least he wouldn't take action for the time being.

"Bo Hou proposed that Shi Kai serve as the keeper of Ying Tianfu, I think that his qualifications are still shallow, not enough to take on this important responsibility, you can first serve as the prefect of Xuzhou to experience it, Bo Hou and Wen Xiang and others to discuss to see if he can be competent?" Zhao Hao diverted the topic of waste and turned to the topic.

"When the minister goes back, he will write to the minister to discuss this matter, and settle it early, so that I can unload the courage on my shoulders!" Wang Yinglin naturally wouldn't mention that sensitive topic again, and hurriedly responded.

"As for Ying Tianfu, there is no plan to re-promote it to Nanjing at present, so there is no need to set up a left-behind position, and the imperial court only needs to appoint a governor in accordance with the charter." Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Ying Tianfu is at the forefront, even if a peace agreement is reached with Meng Yuan, there should be no major wars in the future, but small conflicts will occur from time to time, and I am ready to set up the Huaibei Town Fu Division here in case it is not needed." Zhao Mengjin has led the army for many years, with outstanding military achievements, and his town should guard Tianfu to protect Huaibei without worry. ”

"Your Majesty's arrangement is very proper!" Wang Yinglin nodded yes and said, "The minister also has a proposal, Zhao Zhizhi is not only a general of the army, but also a member of the royal family, and he can raise the Hongqing Palace, and there is no objection if he wants to come to the court!" ”

He also knew that the little emperor relied heavily on Zhao Mengjin militarily, and he had always called him Zongbo in private, and he had little thought of being named the king of the county with his merits in the Northern Expedition, and would even let him become the heir as a prince in one step, after all, most of the current royal family relatives were taken away by Meng Yuan and exiled to the north, and the rest were scattered in all directions, or they lost the jade gold book and could not re-enter the sect. And the little emperor can not only praise his merits, but also use it to collect his military power and eliminate his hidden threat.

"Well, it's the best of both worlds, I've got it in mind!" Zhao Hao really said with a happy face, as if he had let go of the burden in his heart.

"It is the duty of a subordinate to share his majesty's worries!" Wang Yinglin saw that the little emperor was happy, and he was also happy in his heart, hoping that he would not hate himself because of what happened just now. As for Chen Pu, he can only say sorry, who made you not look long, not only rejected the emperor's 'kindness', but also secretly slandered him, and even wanted to coerce the 'public opinion' to achieve his own goals, and the result made His Majesty even more disgusted, which is really a typical lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot.

Next, both of them were interested in not mentioning these sensitive topics, but instead talked about some gossip, and Wang Yinglin retired after sharing lunch. In the eyes of outsiders, the monarch and the ministers are happy and have a very harmonious relationship. And only if the person concerned knew how dangerous it was just now, Wang Yinglin dared to wipe the cold sweat when he walked out of the camp, feeling that the back of his shirt had been soaked with sweat.

Wang Yinglin knows the truth that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, although the emperor in the palace is young, he is also the emperor, although he has just hidden his teeth and claws, but no one dares to underestimate it, and hundreds of thousands of Mengyuan elite soldiers have just been destroyed under it. If he hadn't answered properly, His Majesty had shown restraint, fearing that not only would he not be able to leave the camp, but there would also be a storm in the DPRK and China, and I don't know how many people would have to land on their heads.

After Wang Yinglin left, Wang De found that although the little emperor's face was calm, he was still sitting in front of the desk to review the chapter, but he had not spoken for a long time, and he had not written a word for a long time, and the red pen in his hand had been broken. He knew that His Majesty was trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and he didn't know how to persuade him, so he just waved his hand to let the attendants quietly withdraw, and then covered the door and stood beside him......

Zhao Yu knows very well that since the establishment of the dynasty by mankind, the imperial power has been established, and the imperial power and the power of the past dynasties have complemented each other like a pair of enemies, loving and killing each other, and the competition between the two has never subsided. However, whether it is a change of dynasty or a political revolution, there has never been an abolition of the 'prime minister' system, and it has always been accompanied by each other.

In the past dynasties, Zhao Yu knew that the era when the power was at its peak was the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, and it was also a period when the system was further improved. At that time, the three high-ranking officials were all served by meritorious princes, the prime minister opened the palace, and was in charge of all government affairs, and the intervention of the imperial power in the administration could only be limited to the replacement of candidates in the circle of a top meritorious prince, that is, the personnel dismissal of the prime minister.

It was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that he gradually balanced and encroached on the administrative power by constantly mixing sand and throwing stones, reusing relatives, setting up generals and great Simas, and finally the administrative power was returned to the hands of Emperor Liu. This form of politics is the alliance between the highest vested interest groups and the imperial family, and the relationship between mutual restraint and decision.

Another form is the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties of the scholar system, these scholars formed a "small circle", the small circle of public opinion and talent supply, the formation of constraints on the emperor's power, but in terms of power, the emperor, as the largest "powerful family", has greater autonomy, can appoint his favorite "outsider" as the prime minister. In this way, the "group phase system" has been formed, and it is no longer a solitary phase. For example, the province has the authority to refute the edict, and the Taiwan officials will also morally persuade and restrain the emperor's behavior, and use wind comments and public opinion to restrict the emperor.

In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial power was expanded, whether it was from the above-mentioned Wenzhi bypassing Taiwan Province, or in terms of military power, the expansion of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army under the direct control of the emperor, until the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the power of the Privy Council held by the eunuchs of the inner court even overwhelmed the prime ministers of the Southern Ya. This form is actually a chamber of resistance, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. Of course, if the emperor doesn't care about this, they also have enough strength to "come hard", such as the "Hanlin Bachelor" and other systems that have been continuously strengthened after Wu Zetian, which are independent of the construction of the original Taiwan Provincial official system.

In the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin said 'rule the world with scholars', and most of the emperor's power was ceded, forming that the emperor was completely dependent on the administration of civil ministers, and the instructions of the emperor could not be carried out through procedures, and the emperor had no other channels to exercise his power. This form is dependent, and Wenchen is the dominant emperor. Knowing that Song Shenzong Yuanfeng reformed the system to suppress the power of the emperor through the system, the emperor's life was better.

When Zhao Yu came to this era, he realized that the imperial power had basically been lost, and the emperor was just a ceremonial clay tire. At present, Chen Yizhong controls the government, and Zhang Shijie controls the government and the opposition. Even when he had to endure humiliation and inherit the throne in order to avoid the division of the remnant Song Dynasty and the formation of a situation where the kings of the Southern Ming regime fought and perished, the situation was still very bad and he was deposed at any time.

Fortunately, Zhao Yu turned the tide after the Battle of Yashan, and there was a group of subordinates loyal to him, so the situation changed slightly, but he only gained some right to speak. In order to gain power, he can only unremittingly deal with the ministers, and constantly strengthen himself to fight for more power. And Zhao Yu knew that the 'phase system' was not not replaced, and this was the case in the later Ming Dynasty, at least in the era when Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, it was abolished and a new cabinet system was formed.

Therefore, Zhao Yu began to deliberately imitate in the struggle, but unfortunately he did not have as much power as Zhu Yuanzhang, and he could rectify the dynasty through a great purge, but it did not prevent him from using forms and contradictions to gradually regain power and constantly strengthen his strength. During this period of consolidation, he did not think of abolishing the 'phase system' and removing this stumbling block that was everywhere.

And the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang wants to redefine the emperor and imperial power is also because the imperial power has been restricted. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhongshu Province was the ruling center of the country, and it was directly managed by the prime minister and governed by six ministries. This system originated in the Han Dynasty Zhongshu Order, and in the Tang Dynasty it was designated as Zhongshu Province, and later changed several times until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. In the Tang and Song dynasties, the power of Zhongshu Province was already very large.

So Zhu Yuanzhang first took the Zhongshu Province as a knife, such as the famous "two copies of Guan Bai, one for the emperor and the other for the prime minister". Guan Bai here refers to the relevant reports presented by the officials to the emperor. However, there are too many guanbai presented every day, and the emperor can't read them all, so some unimportant guanbai will be directly replied by the prime minister and the Zhongshu Province, and the emperor only needs to deal with the more important and tricky ones.

Among them, the prime minister can privately review the official recitals before the emperor, and remove the recitals that are unfavorable to him in time, so that the emperor cannot understand all the circumstances and is kept in the dark without knowing it. And such a thing, of course, is something that a promising emperor cannot tolerate......

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