To be able to share the benefits of Xishan Coal Mine from the hands of the coal tax supervisor managed by the palace, Wu Chunfu was naturally very happy.

"Your Majesty, will the coal tax supervisor be under the name of the Ministry of Industry in the future?" Wu Chunfu hurriedly confirmed.

"The coal tax supervision is not divided into two parts, one is responsible for tax collection, and the other is responsible for mining and miners' livelihood. The Ministry of Household Affairs sent people to participate in the management of tax collection affairs, while the Ministry of Industry set up a mining bureau to take over other affairs.

The annual start-up expenses of the Mining Bureau shall be budgeted at the beginning of the year and allocated by the Ministry of Households, and shall not be charged to the mine owners without permission. ”

Chongzhen's words suddenly made the excited hearts of Wu Chunfu and other officials of the Ministry of Industry cold, and they couldn't charge fees, so the Mining Bureau didn't seem to be attractive.

After Wu Chunfu stepped back, he felt that his back was soaked with sweat. His simple sparseness actually caused two big problems in the court, which he had never thought of before.

Two fierce arguments left Wu Chunfu exhausted. Because of this, he gave up the proposal to continue to go up and ask Zheng Zhilong's troops to go north to transport Liaodong military rations.

After Wu Chunfu retired, Sun Chengzong proposed his own martial arts, which was originally in the vicinity of Zhihua Temple in Dongcheng, the capital, was a small place and a dilapidated building, which was obviously not enough for military training schools.

Zhu Youzhen just thought about it, and then returned: "Since ancient times, the army has been a weapon of war, and if the army and the people are mixed, the morale of the army will greatly decline, and it is no different from ordinary people.

Neither the New Army nor the Army Military Academy should be located in the capital. Didn't you say before that you should learn how to introduce Western fortification?

I looked outside the capital, chose an open space, and built a fortress with Western methods. One can protect the capital, and the other is used as a military academy and a new army barracks, isn't it two pennies? ”

Yuan Chonghuan immediately stepped forward and said: "The minister thinks that the Lugou Bridge in the southwest of the capital is the main road to the south, so it is better to build a city in the east of the bridge to guard the throat of the southwest of Gyeonggi. The minister is in Liaodong, has rich experience in building cities, and is willing to serve as the supervisor of the city. ”

After Zhu Youzhen inquired about the location of the Lugou Bridge, he said: "Although the location of the Lugou Bridge is important, it is too far away from the capital to stand with the capital. I thought that whether it was a military academy or a new army, it should not take more than a day to leave the capital.

Fengtai between Lugou Bridge and the capital is less than a day's journey from the capital, which is suitable. I see that the new city is set up in Fengtai, as for the supervisor? I think it's better to do it another way.

Didn't I say before that I wanted to retire the army that was not suitable for the battlefield in Beijing and turn it into a company specializing in building roads, bridges, and buildings? The new city could be used as a pilot for the new rules.

The craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry and the Western city builders jointly explored the topography of Fengtai, and then designed the drawings of the fortress, the Ministry of Industry formulated the material quota and budget, and the Ministry of Household reviewed and approved, and Director Yuan was responsible for the quality of the acceptance of the fortress. ”

Hearing that the Ministry of Industry could intervene in the construction of the fortress, Wu Chunfu immediately proposed to use the "Ministry of Industry Factory and Treasury Instructions" as the basis for the budget quota to calculate the budget of the fortress. After Chongzhen asked a few words, he agreed.

Then there is Huang Liji's proposal, and the cabinet and the six ministries have preliminarily determined the plan for their powers and responsibilities. The content of the plan is roughly the same as the plan that Chongzhen talked about when he met him alone, and there is not much change.

The plan strengthened the powers of the Cabinet and made the six ministries, except for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, directly subordinate to the management of the Cabinet.

Xu Guangqi, who is the secretary of the ministry, has already seen this plan, so he naturally will not stand up against it. The head of the six ministries, the official department Shangshu, did not object, and the other officials of the ministry naturally did not dare to stand up against it.

And those who have the ability to wrestle with the cabinet, according to their powers, only have three major ministries: the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War, as well as the various ministries that are trusted by the emperor.

At present, the restructuring of the cabinet is only aimed at the four ministries of officials, households, industry, and rites.

Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the household department, is weighing the pros and cons, according to this plan, the ministry of officials and the secretary of the household department will directly enter the cabinet, so it seems that the household department will clearly accept the management of the cabinet, but it will also expand its power accordingly.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu came to Zongdao and found that if he didn't say anything, the plan would be passed without hindrance, so that the Ministry of Rites would go from the third department to one of the last two departments side by side with the Ministry of Industry.

Lai Zongdao had to play cautiously: "Your Majesty, in this way, the power of the cabinet has been greatly increased, wouldn't it go against Taizu's original intention of abolishing the prime minister and setting up six ministries. ”

Liu Zongzhou, Wen Zhenmeng, Huang Daozhou, Ni Yuanlu and others immediately followed up, believing that Huang Liji's plan was to merge the six ministries into prime ministers, which violated Taizu's original will, and future generations were not allowed to reinstate prime ministers.

Under the impeachment of the ministers, Huang Liji had to take off his official hat and obey the impeachment of these officials.

Seeing that the officials in the court were about to move, and several Shangshu were also beginning to waver, Zhu Youzhen finally spoke.

"The ancestor abolished the prime minister and placed the six ministries, although it was for the peace of the Ming Dynasty, but it was not unrelated to Emperor Taizu's wisdom and wisdom.

The descendants of the future generations are not as good as Taizu. I thought that I couldn't match the Taizu, and I couldn't match the Shizu. The two emperors could control the six divisions without any obstacles, but my knowledge and experience were not as far as those of the two emperors.

But today is the end of the Ming Dynasty, and people who are not talented cannot save this crisis. I think that in today's state affairs, we should first consider how to save the Ming Dynasty, and then think about whether this cabinet will create powerful ministers and hinder state affairs.

"Mencius: Lilou Shang" once said: Men and women do not kiss, and etiquette is also; Sister-in-law, the one who helps her, the right also. Mencius once said that to save people, you must know how to be flexible. Today, Daming is like a drowning sister-in-law, and you don't want to save people first, but want to hold Huang Shoufu and talk about whether he is qualified to save people, isn't this ridiculous and ridiculous? ”

Han Yi silently looked at Chongzhen who was talking eloquently on the throne, it was the first time he had met an emperor who knew nothing about the scriptures and meanings, and he liked to quote the words of the ancestors.

Whether it is Guangzong or Tianqi, because of the chaos of the Wanli Dynasty, they have not received a complete orthodox education, so they generally rarely quote the scriptures at the court meeting.

And Chongzhen is obviously an accident, he often likes to interpret the meaning of the scriptures according to his own meaning, rather than the interpretation of his predecessors.

As courtiers, they can't directly denounce them in the court, but this kind of feeling of being gagged by Chongzhen with the words of a saint is really uncomfortable.

Liu Zongzhou finally couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, this sister-in-law is not suitable for me to use in state affairs, right?" ”

"I'm just making an analogy, so all the ministers have seen that I can't even quote the words of the saints very appropriately, how can I manage this country well? With my abilities, a well-functioning cabinet center is really necessary. Isn't it, Mr. Liu? ”

Liu Zongzhou didn't expect that Chongzhen would blow up his shortcomings and use his words to stand up for Huang Liji. Chongzhen stopped in front of Huang Liji and blocked the impeachment of the courtiers, which made it impossible for others to continue to entangle, Huang Liji's intentions when formulating the plan.

However, in order to prevent the loss of checks and balances on the power of the cabinet, Zhu Youzhen still determined the stipulation that the first assistant of the cabinet should serve for a five-year term and not be allowed to serve three consecutive terms.

In addition, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple are independent of the Cabinet, which has the power of supervision, but no longer has the power of direct jurisdiction.

Although the rank of the Criminal Department has not changed, the power of the Criminal Department has expanded. The grade of Dali Temple has been upgraded from the third grade to the second grade, which is equal to the grade of the criminal department.

The cases reviewed by the Criminal Department are no longer directly reported to the emperor, but reviewed by Dali Temple and then reported to Chongzhen.

When the discussion of the plan was initially taking shape, Zhu Youzhen suggested that the scholars of the cabinet should no longer be called auxiliary, but should be named after the minister.

However, most of the courtiers objected to the change of the name, and they could accept that Zhu Youzhen determined the relationship between the cabinet and the six ministries in the name of subordination, because the cabinet's jurisdiction over the six ministries was in fact established, and now it is only a correct name.

But changing the name of the cabinet undoubtedly made them feel that it was against the moral principles they had always adhered to. On the other hand, they were unwilling to lose one of the tools that restrained the emperor.

In the face of this general trend, Zhu Youzhen and Huang Liji both flinched, they were unwilling to push out the results they had already obtained for the sake of a name change.

At the end of this day, Zhu Youzhen suddenly said: "I have many laws and regulations in the Ming Dynasty, and I have seen that the "Ming Law", "Da Huo", and "Punishment Regulations" are either incomplete or repetitive, and the punishment is too harsh and difficult to implement.

I thought it was necessary to re-establish the law so that the people of the Ming Dynasty and the local officials could have a law to follow and not have to fall into chaos. ”

"After the revision of the "Da Ming Law" was completed, Emperor Taizu once issued an edict and ordered his descendants to abide by it. If the ministers have a slight discussion, they will sit on the crime of changing the ancestral system. Therefore, Your Majesty, this matter of cultivating the Fa cannot be done. ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's voice fell, most of the officials of the court expressed their opposition to Chongzhen's proposal to revise the law.

Unlike before when there were still people who supported Chongzhen, no one dared to stand on his side regarding the matter of cultivating the Fa. Even the left deputy envoy, who had always stood behind Chongzhen and waved his flag and shouted, also shrunk his neck and didn't dare to make a sound.

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and found that this was because his prestige was too low, and his power still came from the imperial power after all, not from himself.

When he tries to change something, they won't be on his side unless it brings more good to the ministers than they did before the change.

For example, this issue of revising the entire Ming law does not bring these officials personal benefits that can be seen, and naturally no one will be willing to stand on his side.

Zhu Youzhen, who was not energetic after a morning court meeting, finally had no energy to entangle with these officials.