"Hate~" Zhu Biao lowered his head and frowned slightly, "Can't we talk about it?"
In Zhu Biao's view, although Huang Kao's abolition of the position of prime minister did indeed cause many officials to petition for its reinstatement, under Huang Kao's insistence the matter was left undisturbed.
After a pause, Han Du leaned slightly closer to Zhu Biao and said, "Does the emperor think that after the prime minister was abolished, all the officials just opposed it and then left it alone?"
"Isn't it?" Zhu Biao raised his eyes and looked at Han Du, frowning slightly.
Han Du chuckled twice and sighed: "The officials just didn't make any noise on the surface, but secretly they worked hard to report even trivial matters. The emperor should know that the original intention of establishing the position of prime minister is to replace The emperor handled miscellaneous affairs, but later the imperial examination found that the prime minister was in danger of evading the imperial power, so he decisively abolished the prime minister. However, the position of prime minister is the pinnacle of hundreds of officials, and truly one person is inferior to ten thousand people. Abolition, Naturally, the officials would not give in, so they tried their best to file memorials in order to use as many memorials as possible to force Huang Kao to re-establish the prime minister. But the officials miscalculated. They did not expect that Huang Kao was a perseverant?????? As a person, once you set a goal, you will try your best to complete it. Even if there are dozens of times more memorials than before, and even if you have to review until late at night every day, the Imperial Examination has remained the same for decades. I persevered every day.”
Mentioning Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao felt moved in his heart and sighed: "I am far worse than Huang Kao. Even if I try my best, I can't reach the 11th place in Huang Kao."
Han Du smiled and said: "The late emperor is indeed a great talent and a great strategy, but there is no need for the emperor to belittle himself."
With that said, he raised the memorial in his hand and said: "These ministers cannot relieve the emperor's worries and have not fulfilled their duties as ministers. Instead, they deliberately come here with these insignificant memorials to make the emperor exhaust his efforts. They have really abominable intentions!"
Zhu Biao frowned. He was kind-hearted by nature and didn't think his minister had any bad intentions. He said, "Are you being serious? It is the duty of ministers to advise me, so it is not wrong for them to do so."
"If it is a sincere advice, then there is no problem." Han Du pointed his fingers at the memorial, "But they brought matters that were originally theirs to be reviewed by the emperor. This is shirk and ulterior motives. Does your Majesty know how Zhuge Liang died?"
"How did you die?" Zhu Biao was stunned and asked instinctively.
Han Du's face darkened, "It's so exhausting. It's not just hard work that will kill you, a person who consumes too much energy will also die. I'm afraid those who submitted the memorial may not have had this idea."
Zhu Biao had an indifferent attitude at first, but after hearing Han Du's last words, his expression changed instantly. He could allow his ministers to defy him, but he would never allow anyone to dare to plot against his father.
"Do you mean what you said?"
Han Du smiled casually and said: "This was also clear to the emperor in the beginning, and I reminded him before. But the emperor's exam is just for taking a gamble, gritting one's teeth and not bowing to the officials. But because of this, he died young, if not every day If there are so many memorials that need to be reviewed, Huang Kao will be able to live for at least ten more years."
"Then what do you think I should do now?" Before Zhu Biao could wait for Han Du's answer, he shook his head and continued: "Since the emperor did not agree to reinstate the position of prime minister under such difficult circumstances, then no matter what , I will not recover." Han Du's face changed, and he couldn't help but worry, "But, Your Majesty, your dragon body..."
"There is no need to say any more about this matter, I will not agree to it." Zhu Biao waved his hand directly, interrupting Han Du's words.
Han Du felt that his breath was stuck in his throat, and after pondering for a moment, he continued: "Why does the emperor need to be arrogant? Besides, the Ming Dynasty was not very big at the time, and its affairs were much less compared to now. The Imperial Examination can be managed even if you work harder. But now the territory of the Ming Dynasty is several times larger than before, and the population has almost doubled. Such a huge world cannot be managed by one person. "
Zhu Biao became silent as he listened. What Han Du said were all real issues, and he couldn't avoid them even if he didn't want to.
Seeing that Zhu Biao had listened, Han Du took advantage of the situation and said, "Besides, I didn't say that I would reinstate the position of prime minister."
"Oh? Do you have any ideas? Can you tell me?" Zhu Biao knew that Han Du had always been resourceful, and when he heard what he said, he immediately became interested.
Han Du smiled and said: "The emperor knows that I took over the academy after the death of the old Ministry of Industry, right?"???????????????
"I know." Zhu Biao nodded.
Han Du looked into the void, as if he was lost in memories, and continued: "At the beginning, the academy was also a mess, and everything had to be handled by me personally. To be honest with the emperor, I didn't deal with it from morning to late night on the first day. Finish all the matters. I can’t bear it for just one day.”
"Hahaha..." Zhu Biao was instantly happy, pointing at Han Du and said: "It seems that I made the right decision to hand over the academy to you. At least it will prevent you from wandering around doing nothing all day long."
Han Du glanced at Zhu Biao. Although he had already guessed that Zhu Biao couldn't stand his laziness, he didn't expect that he really thought so.
Do you think being a professional means you can control yourself? Are you thinking too much?
Han Du smiled in agreement and said, "So I found nine people to help me the next day, divided all the affairs of the academy into nine parts, and handed them over to them. Now, I am free again. ”
He stared straight at Zhu Biao and signaled to him that if he wanted to relax, he would leave the matter to others.
Zhu Biao understood what Han Du meant, but he was not prepared to do so. After all, my father had gritted his teeth and persevered in the face of such a situation, and he had no reason to back down.
"The academy can do this, but the Ming Dynasty...can't."
Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows at Han Du and looked at him meaningfully, "My father worked hard all his life to take back the imperial power from the officials. If I give it back, wouldn't I be living up to my father's hard work?"
It turned out that I was worried about this... Han Du shook his head: "The emperor doesn't think I want to re-establish the position of prime minister, does he?"
Only then did Zhu Biao realize that he seemed to have misunderstood Han Du just now.
"What do you think?"
Han Du glanced at Zhu Biao and sighed: "Actually, the emperor knows very well that the Ming Dynasty today is not the Ming Dynasty during the time of the late emperor. To put it bluntly, even if the late emperor is resurrected, it is impossible for him to make the Ming Dynasty great on his own. All matters, big and small, have been dealt with. It is imperative that some unimportant matters be handed over to the ministers."
Zhu Biao slowly fell silent, and Han Du's words came to his heart. Zhu Biao knows better than anyone how many affairs there are in Ming Dynasty now. In the past, he just didn't want to think about it, but now that Han Du brought it up, he had to face it.
"Your Majesty, I have never been reinstated as Prime Minister."
"Then what do you want to do?" Zhu Shou's tone softened, and his attitude was not as firm as before.
Han Du smiled and said: "I thought we could set up a cabinet on top of the six ministries, with the current academicians serving as the cabinet."
Zhu Biao understood immediately, raised his eyes and asked: "You mean... to increase the power of the current grand bachelor?"
"Yes." Han Du nodded, "Give them more power and let them participate in the drafting of memorial votes."
"Vote plan?" Zhu Biao was a little confused.
Han Du immediately realized that there were no assistant ministers in the cabinet, let alone votes. He quickly explained: "It is equivalent to the 'Consultation Table' of Zhongshu Sheren in the Tang Dynasty."
With this explanation, Zhu Biao instantly understood.
Zhongshu Sheren originally existed because of the Zhongshu Province. Since the Zhongshu Province has been abolished, Zhu Biao is naturally unwilling to restore it. He took a deep look at Han Du. Han Du's approach was similar to that of Zhongshu Sheng, except that he changed the name of the cabinet.
"This..." Zhu Biao hesitated.
Han Du struck while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, this is different from the previous Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province."
"Oh?" Zhu Biao looked at Han Du expectantly, hoping that Han Du could give him a surprise.
Han Du explained: "The position of prime minister means that one person is inferior to ten thousand people. The ministers avoid each other and are courteous to hundreds of officials. One person can control the court, so he can naturally seize the imperial power."
"But the cabinet is different. The emperor can establish multiple cabinet positions for bachelors. It is best to have seven or eight or nine. This is equivalent to dividing the original power of the prime minister among seven or eight people. Although there may be one person in charge. People, but in terms of status, they are all equal, and it is impossible for the person in charge to force other bachelors to order. In this way, the problem that the emperor is worried about can naturally be solved. "
Zhu Biao's eyes suddenly burst into light, and he distributed the power of one person to many people. This was similar to dividing the grassland. When there was a prime minister, he could almost decide all matters of the court, big or small, and the imperial power was gradually emptied of power because of this. But after switching to the cabinet, it was no longer possible to make a single decision, and naturally it was impossible to talk about evading imperial power.
There are seven or eight nine ministers in the cabinet. How is it possible to unify the ideas of these people? Zhu Biao has long understood that everyone has his own thoughts in his heart. Even the person in charge of the cabinet is only nominally different from the other ministers.
As he spoke, Han Du sighed slightly, put the memorial in his hand back, and said: "Let these memorials be drafted by the cabinet first, and let them filter out the insignificant memorials like this. The emperor will only review the important memorials." But. In this way, the emperor's affairs will naturally be reduced a lot."
Zhu Biao nodded slightly. Of course he knew the benefits of establishing a cabinet, but he still hesitated.
"But if they withhold important memorials from me, wouldn't they want to keep me in the dark?"
"Then supervise." Han Du said with a smile.
"Supervision? How to supervise?" Zhu Biao asked quickly.
