Chapter 4: The Emperor's Red Envelope
Compared with the past political system of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong has changed a lot. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
First of all, the cabinet was expanded by Zhu Cihong, adding a chief minister, and recognizing the chief minister as the chief minister of the rest of the cabinet ministers. As for the rest of the cabinet ministers, one by one they have the functions of the Ministry of Management, such as the Minister of National Defense, Gao Mingheng, who is in charge of the Ministry of War, and at the same time has jurisdiction over the ordnance part of the Ministry of Industry, the Jingshi Ordnance Workshop, and the Ma Zheng of Taifu Temple.
With a clear relationship between superiors and subordinates, the cabinet effectively became the State Council, and the chief minister, Li Banghua, became the prime minister. The six ministries, which could faintly compete with the cabinet, officially became the subordinate departments of the cabinet.
This change put an end to the delicate history of the relationship between the six ministries and the cabinet, and gave the cabinet full authority.
Such a change may seem inconspicuous, and it is not an earth-shattering event. However, those who know the inside story understand how rare such a reform is and how much courage is needed.
The first is the generosity and open-mindedness that His Majesty the Emperor needs to give up his power, and the second is to have such courage and execution ability.
There is no doubt that Zhu Cihong has all of these.
Similarly, after such a reform, not to mention the rest, at least the internal friction in the court can be greatly reduced.
Returning to the original point, at this time, the vote was not only the opinion of the cabinet ministers as scholars, but also the will of the chief minister of the ministry, and he could freely implement the decree to a certain extent and solve the government affairs within his authority.
Otherwise, according to the usual situation where the imperial government affairs are not detailed, His Majesty the Emperor will not be able to deal with it even if he is exhausted.
After the cabinet finished speaking, there was also a celebrant dressed in red.
It is said that in this way, the wearing of red is very important, and the authority of the celebrant should be heavier.
But......
The current celebrant Zhu Cihong Si'en, Zhu Cihong has never entered a person again.
If Si En is a traitor, then maybe he can really be the second Wang Zhen, Wei Zhongxian. But obviously, Zhu Cihong just understands that Si En is not a traitor.
Moreover, Si En is old, and it is impossible for one person to deal with huge government affairs.
The most important thing, of course, is that Si En understands Zhu Cihong's intention to do this.
Leaving the celebrant supervisor, Zhu Cihong was not at ease with the civil official group. But letting Si En go alone also shows that Zhu Cihong is not worried about eunuchs interfering in politics.
At this time, the Zhongshu Sheren Division appeared.
Zhongshu Sheren is the existence of Zhu Cihong not long after he left the palace, and he handled government affairs for Zhu Cihong at the beginning, filtered the complicated affairs, and reduced the complicated and unnecessary workload. When it came to the center, Zhu Cihong did not miss it.
According to the description of later generations, the people of the Chinese Scholar House are the work of assistants and secretaries. They refine and simplify the content of the recital every day, so that Zhu Cihong can handle the recital most efficiently.
Even, they can prepare chapters one by one according to the processing paradigm determined by Zhu Cihong before.
Obviously, this is a simplified version of the right to approve red.
The function is also to allow Zhu Cihong to no longer need to do fill-in-the-blank questions when facing one piece of music, but can do multiple-choice questions. The workload is further simplified.
At this moment, the concertos in front of Zhu Cihong are obviously the ones that have been drafted by the cabinet and have been processed by the people of the Chinese Academy.
They were piled up in front of Zhu Cihong, and they were even higher than one of Zhu Cihong's heads.
Seeing this, although Zhu Cihong expected it, he couldn't help but let out a heavy breath.
He couldn't help but think of the comments made by later generations when they evaluated Zhu Yuanzhang's workload......
"It's really not a work done by people...... Zhu Cihong silently thought in his heart, and his mood was probably the same as Ma Yun saying that he regretted the most was the establishment of Ali, and after complaining, he began to enter the work state.
Sure enough, the recitals placed in front of Zhu Cihong were carefully divided into several piles, which were labeled with different kinds. This symbolizes different levels of importance.
The ministers present all had important issues to discuss in person. In the cantata, there are inevitably words that cannot be explained clearly.
Zhu Cihong retained great patience, and the deliberations were also carried out from noon to late at night.
Such days spent three days in a row, and under one topic after another, Zhu Cihong almost met with the long-lost central officials.
It wasn't until the fourth day that Zhu Cihong suddenly found out......
"Is it the end of December? Queen, there are still a few days...... It's New Year, right? Zhu Cihong suddenly realized.
The empress responded gently: "Tomorrow, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve." ā
Zhu Cihong slowly bowed his head: "Then I'll work harder to let everyone have a good year." ā
The queen held Zhu Cihong's hand distressedly, and stopped talking.
After all, the mountain of government affairs was quickly disposed of. If it was the era of Emperor Chongzhen, maybe Zhu Cihong would have taken twice as long.
But thanks to the current imperial court's financial resources and execution capabilities, an issue has been raised, at least there is no need for Zhu Cihong to worry about him wasting his time on prevarication and prevarication.
Against the backdrop of His Majesty's great victory, few people dared to offend such a taboo.
The New Year has passed, and the lively New Year has begun.
On the day of removing the old and welcoming the new, Zhu Cihong was pleasantly surprised to receive a red envelope from the Emperor Zhu Youzhen.
"Hong'er has done really well in the past year, much better than being a father. In the past few years, I have been able to spend the New Year with peace of mind as a father. Your queen mother nagged every day, praising you for giving us a long face. Come, accept this red envelope, good luck! As he spoke, Zhu Youzhen handed Zhu Cihong a big red envelope.
In the midst of the trembling, there were even some sound tremors. Obviously, it's all about the delicate gold leaf inside. This is a common gift for the rich and noble in this era.
Zhu Cihong accepted it with a smile, and the atmosphere was peaceful.
For the busy New Year for others, Zhu Cihong rarely felt a little quiet. Of course, Zhu Cihong did not want to pay New Year's greetings, and in the Spring Festival, it is rare to really relax, there is no government affairs in the court, so Zhu Cihong and Emperor Chongzhen walked casually in Zhongnanhai.
"It's good that the Tartars have been pacified, and even the Mongols are no longer wreaking havoc. There is no rebellion in China, and the world is peaceful. Thinking about this every day makes me feel like I'm in a dream. After this battle, it was finally ...... No one secretly delivers messages to his father in the palace anymore. Emperor Chongzhen said, his eyes calm.
Zhu Cihong heard what Zhu Youzhen meant, obviously, Zhu Cihong drove the expedition in person, and there were still people who were looking forward to it, and planned to burn a cold stove for Emperor Chongzhen. Zhu Cihong said emotionally: "If it weren't for the strong support of my father and emperor back then, my sons would not be able to do today's career." ā
He comforted Emperor Chongzhen, and no one knew that Da Ming would die in your hands anyway.