Liu Mingzhi looked at the bewildered and confused reactions of the officials, happily opened the document in his hand, and raised his eyes to scan the civil and military officials.
"My dear friends.
Now the world is unified, and everything is in ruins.
Not only documents from various state offices in Dalong Neifu flew to the court like snowflakes, but documents from Beifu and Xinfu were also densely packed and continuous.
What I am dealing with is that I am physically and mentally exhausted and have trouble sleeping and eating.
Nowadays, even the issue of the appointment of a small county magistrate has to be personally reviewed by me. It's time for you, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the officials in the examination department under your jurisdiction to do some self-reflection. "
Du Chenghao, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly walked out holding the Chao Hut.
"I know I'm guilty, Your Majesty, I forgive you."
"Oh? What crime are you guilty of, Du Shangshu? Tell yourself!"
Du Chenghao's face froze, and the corner of his mouth twitched as he looked at Liu Mingzhi's smiling expression: "Uh! Old minister! Old minister! I don't know how to sympathize with Your Majesty, and I deserve death!"
"Okay, stop giving me these innocuous remarks here."
"Yes, yes, I know my mistake!"
Liu Mingzhi retracted his gaze and looked down at the document in his hand.
"I am physically and mentally exhausted now, but for the sake of the people and the world, I cannot be lazy just because I am tired.
With no choice, I could only come up with a way to get the best of both worlds.
That is to establish a new government office, cabinet and palace of ten kings.
All ministers should be wondering, what is a cabinet? What is the Palace of Ten Kings?
The cabinet is divided into one chief assistant and two secondary assistants. According to the Ming Dynasty... According to the great rivers and mountains, Ming Xin Jingshen, I decided to add five assistants.
The first assistant and the second assistant have the power to approve and make decisions, and the assistant assistants have the power to advise, discuss and make decisions.
After the memorials submitted by the chief minister Phi Hong from various state capitals, they need to be submitted to the Ten Kings Palace for review.
Finally, it was handed over to me for approval.
As for the memorials in various prefectures in our dynasty, even in Xinfu and Beifu, they were divided into four levels: A, B, C and D.
The fourth-level memorials are A, B, Bing and Ding. The first assistant is the memorial of Bing and Ding, and has the power to make decisions on red approval.
The second assistant has the right to remonstrate and reconsider. For example, two second assistants have objections to the first assistant's decision and memorial at the same time. You can directly skip the Ten Kings Palace and submit it to me for approval of the final result.
In addition to the A-level memorials, the Ten Kings Palace has the power to make decisions under the B-level memorials.
Only Class A memorials need to be submitted to me for final approval.
As for the second-class memorial, if half of the people in the Ten Kings Palace have objections to the decision, they will directly submit it to me for approval.
Class A memorials are like droughts, floods, locust plagues, natural and man-made disasters... and other matters related to the state.
The cabinet has just been established, and I would like to...
The six ministries and nine ministers, each supervisor and director, should give full support and must not slack off.
Sirs, do you have any objections? "
The civil and military officials looked at Liu Mingzhi, who silently closed the documents, with complicated expressions and different thoughts.
It takes too much time to digest the shocking decisions announced in Liu Mingzhi's documents.
Especially the expressions on the left and right prime minister Wei Yong and the right prime minister Tong Sansi were even more complex and strange.
Regarding the cabinet system and the ten-king palace system mentioned by Liu Mingzhi, although the two of them did not digest everything, they both clearly understood the most important point.
That is, Liu Mingzhi most likely wants to revoke the official positions of the left and right prime ministers.
The two old rivals who had been fighting for half their lives glanced at each other, obviously confused and confused.
Liu Mingzhi's eyes were always lingering on Wei Yong and Tong Sansi. Seeing their tangled and uneasy expressions, Liu Mingzhi walked over with neither sadness nor joy.
"Prime Minister Zuo, Prime Minister Wei!"
The two people who looked at each other with complicated eyes reacted quickly.
"The old minister is here!"
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly and whispered softly: "Don't be nervous. Didn't you understand all the meaning of my establishment of the cabinet? You just thought of my intention to revoke the position of prime minister and assistant."
"I am stupid, I don't dare!"
The smile at the corner of Liu Mingzhi's mouth flashed away, and he slowly walked towards the two people who nodded and lowered their eyebrows.
"Two beloved ministers, the left and right ministers only have the power to review the memorials of the six ministries and nine ministers, each department, and supervise the memorials. However, the chief minister of the cabinet has the power to review the memorials of each ministry and office, and also has the power to make decisions for me!
When I establish a cabinet, whether you agree or not depends largely on the decision of you two civil servants. "
The two old foxes trembled, thought for a moment, and looked at each other while suppressing the excitement in their hearts. Their minds were full of criticism, and the four big words "decision" lingered in their minds.
No matter how you look at it, the chief minister of the cabinet has more power than the prime minister.
Even though there is control from the Ten Kings Palace above, compared to the rights of the left and right prime ministers, the power of the chief minister of the cabinet seems to be completely over the heads of the two secondary ministers.
Moreover, it is not difficult to guess from the literal meaning of the official office of the Ten Kings Palace that it must be His Majesty's princes who are in charge.
When a prince is in power, isn't that exactly the same as when an emperor is in power?
After all, first-class memorials that really mattered to world affairs had to be approved by the emperor in the end.
Even if it is a second-class memorial, the Ten Kings Palace can make its own decision, but if the emperor wants to approve it again, no one can refuse.
Moreover, Liu Mingzhi quietly told the two of them that the chief minister of the cabinet had the right to approve and make the decision. It was obvious that he had to select a chief minister of the cabinet from between the two of him.
At the worst, Xia Gongming, the imperial censor, might come out to interfere, but he still has a 30% chance of winning over his old rival.
The most important thing is that since Liu Mingzhi mentioned this matter in front of the civil and military officials of the court, he has obviously made up his mind.
Resistance is definitely useless. In this case, it is better to maximize the benefits!
The two old foxes looked at each other and saw the excitement and hostility in each other's eyes.
The chief minister of the cabinet completely controls 80% of the position of the imperial court.
The two old foxes carefully considered Liu Mingzhi's words about the cabinet's institutional rights just now, and their minds became more and more active.
"Your Majesty, I am a minister, Your Majesty is the king, I will only obey your Majesty's orders!"
"Old minister, I second the proposal. Your Majesty is your guide. His Majesty has already read out the decree. It is obvious that he has made up his mind. I will follow your Majesty's lead and will not give up even if I die!"
Wei Yong and Tong Sansi, the two old foxes, had just finished speaking when Xia Gongming came out holding the Chao Hut.
"Your Majesty, the old minister boldly advises you to take back your sacred mandate. The cabinet system is indeed as your Majesty said, and it can quickly and effectively review the memorial documents submitted to the cabinet by various state governments.
However, the shortcomings are also particularly obvious. The old minister boldly said that if he comes after your majesty, the successor will be an incompetent king.
At that time, when the king is weak and his ministers are strong, the generals of the country will..."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the sincere look in Xia Gongming's eyes and raised his hand in time to interrupt Xia Gongming's next words.
"Xia Lao loves you!"
Xia Gongming spoke and looked at Liu Mingzhi who was smiling at him in confusion: "Your Majesty?"
"My lord, I have made up my mind on this matter. There is no need to say more, lord."
"Your Majesty! Think again!
The old minister once again boldly advised Your Majesty that the cabinet system may seem to benefit the country and the people, but in fact it may bury endless disasters..."
Liu Mingzhi moved in front of Xia Gongming with a quick step, raised his hand and pressed the Chao Hut raised by Xia Gongming.
"Master! Master!"
Looking at Xia Gongming's stunned eyes, Liu Mingzhi smiled lightly and shook his head: "Sir, I hope you believe me and will never treat important matters related to the rise and fall of the world as child's play!"
Xia Gongming stared blankly at Liu Mingzhi's deep gaze for a while, then nodded hesitantly.
"Old minister, I obey the order!"
Liu Mingzhi coughed a few times, waking up the officials who were still weighing the cabinet system and the ten-king palace system.
"Since I proposed it today, I have decided to establish the cabinet and the Palace of Ten Kings. If you have any objections, all you can do is write a memorial and submit it after you withdraw from the court.
I have considered the candidates for the first assistant, two second assistants, and five assistants in the cabinet for three days and three nights, but I have not yet decided on my own.
After all, all my dear friends will think that I will be partial to whomever I choose!
But it’s impossible not to choose.
After much thought, I can only let God decide.
For the first assistant and the second assistant in the cabinet, I decided to make the decision between the imperial censor, the left and right prime minister, and the assistant.
For the five assistants, two were selected from the six ministries, one from the nine ministers, and one from the twelve military officers and princes.
Temporarily the first official in the cabinet.
Little Chengzi! "
"Your Majesty, we are here!"
"Served with pen and ink!"
"According to the order!"
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Chengzi walked up to Liu Mingzhi holding the four treasures of the study on the dragon desk.
"Your Majesty, please!"
