After Yuan Keli saw the title book of the Ministry of Personnel, he couldn't help but frowned, and asked He Ruizheng, the secretary of the cabinet: "What do Mr. Xu Ge and Mr. Bige think?"
"The two pavilion elders said in private messages that they did not understand military affairs and did not know whether Jianzhou Guards would be useful in defense, so they did not dare to make good plans."
He Ruizheng replied.
Yuan Keli couldn't help but cursed "Old Slippery" in his heart, and then came to Zhu Youxiao with the question book.
Zhu Youzheng was watching the sea view at Shanhaiguan Pass.
Moreover, at this time, Li Yongfang was being cut to pieces on a warship parked in the waters here.
Because Zhu Youxiao felt that Li Yongfang, a big traitor and the first traitor who took the initiative to betray the Ming Dynasty, was no longer worthy of staying on the land of China, but was only worthy of being eaten by sharks.
Zhu Youxiao is now watching swarms of sharks swimming around the battleship.
But at this time, Yuan Keli came to him and handed him the official title book. After explaining its contents, his eyes suddenly turned cold.
"If a place is worthy of direct rule by the imperial court, and whether it is rich or not, and whether it will deplete national power, then it would be best to abandon all the territory outside the customs. Even in the north, there are only large-producing provinces such as Henan and Shandong. In this way You can save a lot on grain!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Yuan Keli as he spoke: "But as long as these places can be defended? Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of bandits coveting her in the sacred places in the pass! You cannot defend your foundation by blindly guarding a few passes. Always have the ability and even the attitude to take the initiative to attack, and move the border towns as far away as possible to ensure that more people are protected from the flames of war!"
"Remove Bi Jingrong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, from his post, and reject the report of the Ministry of Personnel."
Then, Zhu Youxiao replied directly.
Yuan Keli did not plead for Cui Jingrong, but only replied: "Yes!" and asked: "Who will take over as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel?"
"Sun Chengzong, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, will take over."
Zhu Youxiao replied.
More than ten days later, the Ministry of Personnel received Zhu Youxiao's edict.
Cui Jingrong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was directly dismissed from his post.
Sun Chengzong officially succeeded Cui Jingrong as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Cui Jingrong was not surprised by this, and only said to Sun Chengzong and Wang Yongguang: "I have already expected this result, and you don't need to comfort me."
Wang Yongguang pretended to be puzzled and asked: "If this is the case, why did Cui Gong do this at that time?"
Cui Jingrong did not say that he was the one who was instigated by Sun Chengzong. Instead, he sighed and replied: "As long as the public opinion of the world can be heard by heaven, it doesn't matter if there is no black gauze hat."
"Mr. Cui truly loves his people like a son!"
Wang Yongguang replied.
"Farewell!"
Cui Jingrong handed over and left.
Sun Chengzong, Wang Yongguang and other officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs bid farewell to Cui Jingrong.
Sun Chengzong looked back at the main hall belonging to the Ministry of Personnel, and then walked straight over.
At this time, he couldn't help but sigh, because the emperor preferred ministers who were both civil and military and dared to do things, so that he, who was stable and did not dare to cause trouble casually, was much slower in his official career, and now he finally became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
After Sun Chengzong took over as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Personnel naturally did not dare to violate the holy will again, and honestly selected and appointed officials.
Not long after, Zhu Youxiao also returned to the capital.
"In order to destroy just one bandit, he actually raised hundreds of thousands of troops and spent countless money and food. Such an emperor is not a blessing to the country!"
Wu Weiye, a civil servant living in the capital, looked at the endless stream of emperor's troops coming into the city, and couldn't help but talk to his friend Zhao Jinmei, who was in the same department.
"Therefore, the power of the king should be limited, because if this is allowed, more of the world's profits will only flow into the hands of murderous butchers, instead of hiding wealth among the people."
Zhao Jinmei said.
At the end of Ming Dynasty in history, the idea of restricting monarchical power began to appear.
After Zhu Youxiao imposed commercial taxes, he further stimulated the commercial gentry, which made this kind of thinking more widespread than in history.
This is something that is inevitable.
After all, the commodity economy of Ming Dynasty has been highly developed.
Not only are there a huge number of wealthy businessmen, but their level of wealth is unmatched by those in other countries around the world.
Because the wealth of the Ming Empire cannot be compared with other countries.
Naturally, after these wealthy businessmen have a lot of economic wealth, they will also seek political power.
In the past, when the imperial power was weak, it could achieve this power by buying off officials or letting its own children become officials.
But now that the imperial power is strong and the monarchy is more obvious, many scholars who represent the interests of wealthy businessmen hope to limit the monarchy.
"It is not that easy to limit the power of a king. With the temperament of that person now, he will not rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats."
Albert Wu replied with a wry smile.
"Yes! In my opinion, the ideal system is that the power of decision-making should be vested in the court of important ministers as before, and the decision should be made by voting (meaning to vote), and the important ministers should be elected by the people of the world, and the emperor should be himself Just rule by doing nothing and follow the good path!"
Zhao Jinmei replied.
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"Xiong Aiqing is worried, and because of her advanced age, she has submitted a request to return to her hometown as an official, and I will grant her permission. In addition, Xu Aiqing has also submitted a petition saying that she is old and ill, and is no longer adaptable to the tedious affairs of the political hall. If you want to live a few more years and study in secret, I have to give permission! Bi Aiqing also said that now that the workload inside and outside the court has increased dramatically, when there are more cabinet ministers and political affairs hall ministers, I have to give permission."
As soon as Zhu Youxiao returned to the capital, he talked about the appointment and selection of some important ministers, and said: "And this involves the appointment and decision-making of new important ministers. I know that most of you are the most accepting. The court recommends it, but does not accept the emperor's special slip, thinking that the latter is unfair, and may even be unclear. In the eyes of most civil servants, courtiers are always wiser than the king, but is this the case?"
"I have read through the records of the former emperors and found that not all the ministers recommended by the court in the past were qualified for the position of court recommendation. Therefore, there must be a more reasonable system for the selection and selection of these important ministers. I do not mind the recommendation of ministers. After all, although I Even as an emperor, I cannot know all the talents and virtues of all ministers, but I do not think that by letting the officials in the capital recommend them, we can recommend good ministers."
Zhu Youxiao then added: "I intend to establish a more reasonable recommendation and selection system. Court recommendation can be made by court recommendation, but the right of recommendation is no longer exclusive to the Ministry of Personnel. Any Beijing official with grades above four can recommend one." The candidates for your ideal cabinet ministers should be recommended by the imperial court, and the scope of recommendations will be expanded, and the choices of the imperial ministers will also be expanded, so that you will not worry about good ministers being buried."
After hearing this, Chief Assistant Yuan Keli immediately understood that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to reduce the power of the Ministry of Personnel. After all, in the past, recommendation was a matter for the Minister of Personnel. Now, everyone can recommend it. This will undoubtedly shrink the power of the Minister of Personnel.
"Not just cabinet ministers, but all officials in the future, regardless of rank, can recommend them to me at any time. When I need them, I will ask you to recommend them."
Zhu Youxiao continued.
After hearing this, Yuan Keli was even more surprised and thought to himself: "This not only reduces the power of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but also reduces the power of the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, which is equivalent to weakening the power of selecting officials of the entire Ministry of Personnel!"
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