"The cabinet is composed of several or more than a dozen subordinate agencies. There is no chief officer. Each agency has a bachelor as the leader. The rank of these bachelors will not be higher than fifth rank, which is similar to senior staff officers in the army. , if the emperor has any questions, they can give him opinions and suggestions, but they do not have any right to participate in political decisions."
Chen Wenqi explained the functions of the cabinet clearly and clearly, which shows that the emperor had discussed it with him in advance, and it also shows that Chen Wenqi's weight in the emperor's mind is heavier than that of everyone here.
If this is the case, it actually has no impact on the affairs of the imperial court. It is just that there is an additional institution between the big guy and the emperor.
And with this organization, not only can the emperor reduce a lot of arduous work, but it will also be convenient for everyone.
Because there is only one person in the emperor, he has to take care of everything every day. Sometimes if everyone wants to see him, Keke has to wait for a long time, which is quite fast. Sometimes he may have to wait for several days!
Now that we have a cabinet, no matter what happens in the future, we can go directly to them, leave after talking, and just go back and wait for news...
So this should be considered a good thing, right?
So where do these bachelors in the cabinet come from? Chen Wenqi said that the cabinet should not be too bloated. At present, as long as there are fifty people, it will be enough. It will increase or decrease depending on the situation in the future.
The emperor's intention is that half of the positions will be selected from the six departments, and the other half will be filled by new scholars from the Hanlin Academy. This is also a kind of experience for the scholars. The emperor can personally train and select talents...
It feels like the best of both worlds.
Li Qiu, Xiaochen, Zhao Yu strongly supported this, Li Shi and Li Feng reserved their opinions, and the others were all indispensable. Anyway, this is the emperor's wish, and it is useless to object, so let's wait and see the consequences.
"Shou Li, the cabinet will be stationed in the palace in the future. Do you have any opinions?" Li Wanjiang unexpectedly asked Gong Shouli for his opinion in public at such a high-level court meeting, but this had never happened before.
"How dare you, my slave, have any opinions?" Gong Shouli said flattered, "My slave is the Emperor's servant. I don't understand anything. We will do whatever the Emperor tells us to do."
Having said that, I actually still have opinions. Because all the memorials submitted before had to go through the Supervisor of Ceremonies, that is, after passing through him, the eunuch of the palm seal, before being submitted to the emperor.
This may not sound like much, but actually it is quite famous.
First of all, in theory, he can know the contents of many excerpts. Sometimes Li Wanjiang even gets tired of reading the excerpts, so he simply asks him to read it to him next to him...
And when the emperor read the memorial, he also had an emotional reaction, right?
For example, when it comes to his favorite ministers and things that satisfy him, Li Wanjiang is very happy, and sometimes he even laughs out loud.
But when he met a minister he didn't like and said something that didn't suit his liking, he would frown, even curse a few curse words, and even throw the memorial directly on the ground!
In this way, Gong Shouli might be able to know many, many secrets that no one except the emperor knows...
In addition, for example, if someone wants to hand over a book directly to the emperor and tell something secret, but is afraid that the matter will be leaked, so he does not want to go through the General Affairs Department, he will go to Gong Shouli and ask for his help. Gong Shouli can directly bring the book into the palace, and Make sure the emperor can see it with his own eyes.
There are also foreign officials who come to Beijing to see the emperor. If they follow the procedures and submit the documents, they may wait for several months without hearing anything!
Because the Secretary of General Affairs received too many memorials every day, it was impossible to deliver them to him in time.
But if you find Gong Shouli, it will be easy. If you hand him the memorial, he can present it to the emperor on the same day, and he can also put the memorial at the top to ensure that the emperor sees it first.
If the emperor is not familiar with this person, Gong Shouli can help introduce him and say something nice by the way.
That's no longer possible now. With the cabinet, his Chief of Ceremonies no longer has the power to hand over documents. This is indeed a big blow to him, Gong Shouli.
Probably Li Wanjiang was also afraid that he would be unhappy, so he asked him in public and gave him a huge face, which was like a slap in the face and a sweet date.
As for whether this sweet date is bitter or sweet? Then only he himself knows what it feels like.
"Well, after the cabinet enters the palace, you must keep the etiquette and do not bully others. You must also restrain the people under you and don't make trouble... By the way, I will set another rule for you. From now on, all eunuchs in the palace will not be allowed to do so. If you take one step closer to the cabinet, anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!" Li Wanjiang meant that this includes you, Gong Shouli.
What can Gong Shouli say? As a slave, I can only thank the Lord for his kindness...
"Li Qiu, you are now responsible for establishing the Haining Navy. You must not have time to sort out other matters, right?" Li Wanjiang said to Li Qiu, "I think you will not be in charge of the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple in the future, and you will be in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette. Lu Temple, Guanglu Temple, Qin Tianjian."
"I obey the decree." Li Qiu said hurriedly, "If the emperor didn't say anything, I would have resigned."
"Don't think too much about it. I'm afraid that you are too overworked like me. It won't be good if you sit down and get sick at a young age. Besides, you seem to be unable to handle these affairs. You said you want to clear my name, but There has been no action..." Li Wanjiang's tone was a little harsh.
"What the emperor said is that my son is indeed beyond his capabilities and has heavy responsibilities. It is as difficult as a small horse pulling a big cart." Li Qiu's answer was not bad.
In fact, what Li Wanjiang said is completely wrong. How long has Li Qiucai been here?
Moreover, he had just taken charge of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, and was ordered to go to Langya County. Before he came back, Li Wanjiang asked him to form the Haining Navy. How could he have the energy to do other things?
There is no time at all!
But the Emperor said so, so he could only answer like this, otherwise?
But this is just because of his good temper. If it were Li Feng, he would have to speak out and argue with reason.
"But you can't just do things, and you can't neglect studying and understanding. I didn't take care of you before, and I don't have time to teach you now. Why don't you just become a teacher... I think I would like to ask Feng, a scholar from the Hanlin Academy, Shi is good as a teacher, and although Feng Shi is a bit of a gentleman, he is a gentleman and has high knowledge." Li Wanjiang said again.
"My son..." Li Qiuxin said, your son, I am already busy enough, and my knowledge is already high enough. I even passed the entrance examination, daddy, have you forgotten?
Now you want me to study, and you want that weird old man Feng Shi to be my teacher. Are you going to let your son live well?
Don't tell me to let him be my teacher. Sometimes when I meet him, he pesters me and tells me all the nonsense. Your Majesty, you didn't hear it. Otherwise, you will definitely want to beat him up like me!
