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After Zhu Cihong's generous speech, the tone of internal development and foreign colonization was set.

As a high-level meeting to determine national policies, it talks more about the route and strategy than about the specific implementation. So, after the tone was set, Zhu Cihong left. The next more detailed tasks will be discussed in more detail by the heads of the Cabinet, the Privy Council, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the various ministries.

Of course, it will not be long before the minutes of the meeting will naturally go into Zhu Cihong's hands. Then a bachelor, a scholar or a master of ceremonies and eunuchs on the side read out the minutes of the meeting, and at the same time sorted out the summary and handed it to Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong's side actually has three sets of teams. One is the celebrant and the other is the middle scholar, and finally the bachelor. And this, in fact, also represents the three power systems around Zhu Cihong.

The celebrant is most familiar with these eunuchs who still play the role of eunuchs in the inner palace, but they are extremely low-key under Zhu Cihong's smooth external contact, and they no longer have the prestige of the inner minister. Of course, this is due to the character of Zhu Cihong's great companion Si'en, and it is also Zhu Cihong's attitude towards the eunuchs that makes them see the context and dare not pull hatred anymore.

Therefore, although the celebrant still handles government affairs when it is inconvenient for the internal court and foreign officials, his influence has been greatly weakened. In their place, there are Chinese scholars and scholars.

The Zhongshu Sheren is actually the secretary team, which is analogous to the work of the General Office of the Central Committee in later generations. Now the chief official Li Caishan is also the general political envoy of the general political department. Low-key and unobtrusive, but running a lot of chores. After many people were recognized by Zhu Cihong here, they became capable officials from outside, which can be called a shortcut to the south before the king. In fact, the emergence of these people also represents Zhu Cihong's emphasis on practical officials and the power of new-style professional bureaucrats.

Because, many of these people were born in the country, and they were of low rank, and they didn't even have an official body, even if they were released to the prefecture and county, they also started from the canon history, the main book, the county officer, and the police chief.

They look inconspicuous, but they have never been less than Zhu Cihong's attention, and there are not a few who have done a good job.

In this way, it actually represents an orientation of Zhu Cihong. This emperor doesn't like those former imperial elites who have risen on the noble line.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhu Cihong has abandoned these people. After all, those who rise up in the noble route may lack practical experience, but they are indeed good seedlings.

And this is the relatively advanced acolyte advisory system, that is, the attendants everywhere are bachelors.

Bachelor of Waiting, in the fourteenth year of Hongwu, customized two members, from the fifth grade. In Jianwen, it was changed to a doctor of literature. Chengzu reverts to the old system. When the emperor listened to the lectures and celebrated the banquets in the suburbs, he sat on top of the Sipin Beijing officials with the bachelors of Hanlin and the bachelors of the chamberlain. After Chenghua, the Ministry of Rites and the Waiter must be from Hanlin, and the two Waiters of the Ministry of Officials must have one by Hanlin, and those who are served by Hanlin as the six Waiters will also serve and lecture on bachelors. Bachelor's degree is not limited to the five grades. His position is in charge of the affairs of the edict, the annals, and the Wenhan, and the examination system, the detailed text, and the emperor's advisers. All major political affairs, major ceremonies, and meetings of ministers shall be decided with the ministers.

To put it simply, these people are Zhu Cihong's think tank, and whether their influence is large or small depends entirely on whether their opinions can be adopted by Zhu Cihong, how many times they are adopted, and how much they trust.

That is, relying on this delicate power system and auxiliary institutions, Zhu Cihong was able to handle complicated state affairs a little easier.

This empire is too big. And because of the continuous strengthening of imperial power during the Zhu Yuanzhang period, the final handling of any affairs cannot bypass the emperor in terms of procedure. Some people in later generations described the operation of the party and government in the contemporary era as a thousand needles at the top and a line at the bottom. fell into the hands of Zhu Cihong, and it seems that the reverse is also appropriate.

He only has one needle, but he has to string thousands of threads together.

Therefore, a diligent emperor must be a hard-working and miserable emperor.

Fortunately, Zhu Cihong is not an authoritarian person. In strengthening the system of power in his hands, he also strengthened the cabinet and made up for the lack of a head in the civilian government.

Although the Ming Dynasty still nominally did not have a prime minister, it established the authority and jurisdiction of the six ministries under the leadership of the chief minister, such as the Minister of Finance, the Minister of National Defense, and the Minister of Education.

In this way, the cabinet becomes the de facto State Council. And the Chief Minister of the Cabinet has become a veritable Prime Minister. Although, nominally, there is still no such word. But as long as the procedural power to manage the six temples is there, it obviously doesn't matter if there is such a word or not.

Of course, government affairs are only one aspect.

In this post-apocalyptic era, Zhu Cihong still has to take charge of more important military affairs.

For this reason, the Privy Council was turned out of the pile of old papers by Zhu Cihong, resurrected the Privy Council institutions in the former Song Dynasty, and established a Ming version of the General Staff.

Relying on these, at least there is no need for Zhu Cihong to select a group of elite officers, stay up all night to formulate combat plans, and supervise logistics and transfer.

"Forget it, I don't want to...... It's better than ever. Zhu Cihong left the conference hall, his mind still couldn't stop, after reviewing the above messy power structure, Zhu Cihong still couldn't help but sigh that his affairs were busy.

Qianqing Palace, as Zhu Cihong's private palace, is more of an office at the moment. After thinking about it like this, Zhu Cihong waved his hand and drove to Xiyuan.

Compared with the Forbidden City, which is full of palaces, Zhu Cihong obviously prefers the West Garden, which has mountains and rivers.

The Forbidden City is a huge place, and in the past, when the emperor wanted to travel, he used to use a chariot. The so-called chariot is actually a sedan chair carried by people. Zhu Cihong didn't like this kind of thing that seemed to be a bit devastating, so he changed the carriage.

The carriage in the palace was made larger, and Zhu Cihong got into the car, almost as if he had entered an RV. The inside was wide and wide, with a couch in the middle and a small collapse in the back, enough to sleep on it. There are also two tables on the side of the couch, one in front and one in the back. One holds a chilled drink and the other, and the other holds something essential: books. Here, there happens to be a stack of books left by Zhu Cihong last time.

The book is still the same as when Zhu Cihong left last time, casually placed on the table, the pages are spread out, and a delicate bookmark is being placed. It was an amber leaf, recording where Zhu Cihong read.

Looking at this bookmark, Zhu Cihong thought of the queen. This leaf amber bookmark is still made by the queen herself.

However, the queen has also been a lot busier recently, dealing with the affairs of the business house in Cining Palace all day long. Compared with Zhu Cihong, in fact, the queen is more busy. In order to cooperate with Zhu Cihong's strategic planning this time, Hengxin Commercial Bank will next make every effort to get involved in ocean shipping.

Later generations saw the collusion between these officials and businessmen, and only thought that it was easy to make money.

But there is no official custom order delivery benefit here. Even though some firms that collude with officials and businessmen can gain an advantage by means of privacy, when they go to sea, it is a different matter entirely. This is not only because today's maritime trade order is no longer in the hands of the Yamen, but more importantly, when you go overseas, guns and cannons are roaring, and people are coerced and lured, who will care how much you have to do with your country?

If Hengxin Commercial Bank wants to survive, it has to experience the sword rain in the business sea.

After worrying about Hengxin's affairs, Zhu Cihong only felt extremely tired, and even his favorite book "Zizhi Tongjian" at hand had no interest in reading it.

The carriage almost didn't feel the vibration and drove to the West Garden, passed the straight room, went out of the Qianming Gate, and arrived at the Chengguang Palace, and arrived at the ruins of the Guanghan Palace in the north.

The Guanghan Hall is majestic, and it is the place commonly known as the dressing house of the Empress Xiao in those years. However, here in the seven years of Wanli decline. At this moment, it is already in ruins. Only after Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, a gymnasium was established on the site of Guanghan Palace.

Of course, the name is not so vulgar.

Zhu Cihongya called the gymnasium on the site of Guanghan Hall as the Six Arts Residence.

The six arts of a gentleman, etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics.

This is where Zhu Cihong practiced shooting and equestrianism.

Zhu Cihong's equestrian skills are good, because of the training of his military career, and he can escape if he loses the battle. Archery is becoming less and less useful these days. But every time Zhu Cihong practiced archery, he would feel a sense of pleasure in his thoughts.

It allows him to concentrate and feel relaxed.

Especially every time Zhu Cihong hits the target in an archery, he has to reward himself with a chicken leg. Of course, recently Zhu Cihong got tired of eating chicken thighs and switched to steak.

In addition to archery, there are also various types of firearms prefabricated in the Jingshi Ordnance Workshop. There are not only standard ZTE rifles, but also smaller handguns, cavalry guns, three-eyed guns and even small heavenly punishment guns.

It's just that the imitation Napoleonic cannon of the Heavenly Punishment One Artillery is not only reduced in size to only one-tenth of the original, but also does not contain gunpowder. When Zhu Cihong was rising, he was familiar with the action of firing the cannon, but every time he fired the cannon, it was very troublesome.

After all, there was a cannon fire in the palace, and those who knew knew that Zhu Cihong was interested, and those who didn't know would only think that there was a mutiny here.

Even if Zhu Cihong wants to solve the misunderstanding, someone will stop him: the sound of artillery is forbidden in the army, which is a concern for the safety of the saint. If it is normal in the future, who can warn if it is unexpected?

Today, Zhu Cihong lifted the longbow again and aimed at the target calmly.

As if he was in the heart of a blessing, Zhu Cihong opened his bow and waited for the arrow, and in one go, the feather arrow flew away, hitting the bull's-eye.

"Ten rings, full marks! Husband, what a skill. At this time, a person dressed in home clothes walked slowly, holding a food box in his hand, smiling and cheering.

Zhu Cihong couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when he saw the visitor: "Queen, have you finished the matter in Cining Palace?" ”

"Even if you haven't finished cooking, you have to come to the saint to cheer, right? Husband, this is the beef harvested by Monan Mongolia after the war, I heard that it tastes good, why don't you try this steak? The queen said with a smile.

Zhu Cihong responded with a smile, found a place, and the two sat opposite each other to open the food box.

Without mentioning the meal, the queen looked at Zhu Cihong quietly, saw the tiredness in Zhu Cihong's eyebrows, and after a while of distress, she couldn't help but say: "The saint has not been in a very good mood recently." ”

"I'm used to the busy government affairs every day. Staying in this Forbidden City is indeed not cool enough. Zhu Cihong was not holding a knife and fork, but chopsticks.

Although the steak is good, it is made by the imperial chef of the palace according to the ten mature styles. In these years, Zhu Cihong's preference is fashion. Who's going to say a turtle?

"It's better to ...... Out of the palace? The queen looked at Zhu Cihong with sparkling eyes.

Zhu Cihong paused, stopped what he was doing, put down his chopsticks, and looked at the queen quietly.

Recently, the concubine body is also thinking. Reading so many reports every day, I always feel that these things are not really happening. I even thought, if the people below have bad intentions and use words to fool me, how much can I tell the truth? If you have been in the palace for a long time, you may not be able to see the real affairs with your eyes. The most important ...... It's just that I always feel as if these things have nothing to do with me. It's like there's a disconnect. Therefore, the concubine wanted to go out of the palace and see with her own eyes how this thing she promoted with her own hands would change the world. In this way, you may really be able to feel the meaning of your hard work. The queen's words were gentle, but they were even more sincere.

Zhu Cihong closed his eyes and couldn't help thinking: "Yes, calculate, I haven't been out of the palace for half a year." Every day, I always think about the chapter and documents, personnel appointments and dismissals. I always feel uncertain. Perhaps, you have to go out and see for yourself. Even, when you rush to the front line again, you can see the most beautiful scenery and understand the meaning of everything you do. ”

As the mastermind behind the scenes, although it is in line with the old saying that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, he really lacks the experience of personal experience.

Dealing with documents every day, maybe those manual laborers will feel that the wind can't blow and the rain can't get wet, but Zhu Cihong wants to experience the feeling of being in the same boat with Daming.

"Out of the palace...... Out of the palace......" Zhu Cihong muttered, "Yes." In this voyage to conquer the world, how can I hide far behind? I...... It is time to move forward with the thousands of pioneers. Breathe with the strength of this Ming Dynasty! ”

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In the lobby of the Hengxin Hotel, located outside the hall of Beijing Normal University, Wu Qiaoer skillfully ordered the menu, and after handing it to the waiter, she looked at Wu Wanying carefully, and couldn't help exhaling heavily: "Okay, I'm back." The whole head and tail are back, and my sister is relieved. ”

"Hey, isn't this coming back for nothing? Besides, when the fight starts, the robes are all up, can I shrink my head and be a coward? Isn't that a shame for our Wu family! Wu Wanying touched her head and smiled.

"You, you ......" Wu Qiao'er wanted to say something, and knew that it was not interesting to continue talking about this topic, but he also had a way, and said, "Do you remember the shopkeeper Tian?" Now, it's our godmother. You're done with this battle, and I'm thinking about it, and I'm going to find a way for you to stay there anymore. You, don't think that sister, I don't know about you on the Yunchuan Soldier Station...... It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous, I can't come back! ”

"Sister...... If you let me retire, then today, I will also take care of it as soon as possible, it will never be possible! Wu Wanying suddenly got up and interrupted.

For a while, the atmosphere in the room was a little stagnant. (To be continued.) )