One day not long after the fifth prince Zhu Cizhuo left Zhu Youxiao's place, Zhu Youxiao received the book "The clan should not be overly involved in political affairs" from the seventh prince Zhu Cikai.
The memorial lists the many drawbacks of the clan's excessive involvement in politics.
Of course, the clan here naturally includes the broad concept of the royal family.
Zhu Cikai suddenly wrote this memorial at this time, naturally intending to express his dissatisfaction with the emperor's sudden reuse of the second prince Zhu Cican and the fifth prince Zhu Cizhuo.
After Zhu Youxiao saw this memorial, he naturally guessed the true thoughts of the seventh prince.
"His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince was not re-employed after supervising the country for the eldest son, but His Royal Highness the Second Prince and His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince were re-appointed. I'm sorry."
Liu Hongxun also saw the purpose of this memorial to Zhu Cikai, and therefore said something to remind Zhu Youxiao that you indeed seem to have forgotten the eldest son of the emperor who has been supervising the country for you for more than a year.
"What Yuan Fu said makes sense, but I didn't expect that His Highness the Seventh Prince would dare to speak for His Highness the eldest son of the Emperor."
Sun Chuanting said with a smile at this time, the implication of which was to remind Zhu Youxiao that maybe the seventh son of the emperor was not being reused and had complaints. Even if he often acted under the banner of supporting the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince, there was no guarantee that he was not a drunkard. Not interested in wine.
No matter what, Zhu Cikai's superficial thoughts and true thoughts were clearly seen in front of these scheming ministers around Zhu Youxiao.
Wen Tiren naturally saw it, but he knew His Majesty the Emperor's thoughts better, so he said at this time: "Your Majesty, it is rare for His Highness the Seventh Prince to have such courage to speak out, but it can also make him contribute more to the court. force."
As a person from later generations, Zhu Youxiao also knew a lot about all kinds of heirloom affairs at home and abroad.
So Zhu Youxiao also understood why his seventh son suddenly came to this memorial.
But Zhu Youxiao did have the intention to reuse Zhu Cikai for this reason.
Naturally, it's not because Zhu Youxiao really wants to see Zhu Cikai do this, but because he needs to use such behavior to conceal it, confuse others, and at the same time achieve some of his own purposes that cannot be disclosed to others.
"That's what I have in mind. Since he is right, I will transfer him back to the capital and serve as an official in charge of the affairs. I will try to make suggestions for further reform of the official system."
Zhu Youxiao said something at this time.
In today's Ming Dynasty, the administrative system has been reformed. The officials of various departments no longer discuss government affairs, nor do they supervise various ministries. They only have the obligation to mediate inter-departmental affairs of various ministries.
Zhu Youxiao believes that he cannot restrict what a department does when he wants to do it.
Supervision can only be about supervising a person's integrity or dereliction of duty, rather than supervising whether everything a department does can be implemented.
Because the latter's supervision is no longer supervision, but is equivalent to managing and reviewing this department.
This is also the reason why the Liu Ke Lang Yan Guan had great power in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Whatever the ministries wanted to do, the Six Sections could review and reject it.
Zhu Youxiao is well aware of the importance of clear powers of the central government.
He remembered that the first reform carried out by Zhang Juzheng in history was to pass the examination to become a law and clarify the powers of each department. The most important of them was to control the power of the six subjects and not let the six subjects be given to the six ministries. make trouble.
Because the Six Sections were really a troublemaker in the Ming Dynasty's political system, whatever the ministries wanted to do would be constrained by the Six Sections.
This also derailed the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty many times.
Historically, even during the Chongzhen period, on the eve of Li Zicheng's invasion of Beijing, when Chongzhen proposed moving the capital to the south, the proposal to move the capital was terminated because Liu Keyan Guan Guang Shiheng opposed it.
Of course, there are various reasons why Chongzhen failed to move the capital successfully.
But it is undeniable that the Six Branches, who do not do anything but have great power, that is, they are not officials of the Six Ministries, but have the final decision-making power on the government affairs of the Six Ministries, played a certain role in it.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, in fact, the power of Ming ministries does not need to be supervised.
Because there is already the Metropolitan Procuratorate responsible for supervising officials in various ministries, and the Eastern Factory dedicated to the emperor.
What ministries really need is mediation.
Because many major policies involve the cooperation of multiple departments, each ministry requires specialized agencies to mediate and cooperate, which is beneficial to the implementation of government orders.
Now Zhu Youxiao has let each subject assume this function, no longer acting as a stirrer, but only as a mediator.
Therefore, the lecturing officials of various subjects are no longer lecturing officials, but mediators.
Officials from each department will communicate and coordinate with other departments according to the needs of the department.
Moreover, the officials in each department are young officials who have just entered the officialdom.
Doing more to mediate conflicts between ministries and running errands will help improve their administrative capabilities.
Instead of being beaten, used as a troublemaker, the main force in the party struggle, and then become a victim of the party struggle.
It must be said that many Liuke officials in history had very hard bones, so much so that they dared to speak even if they would be killed with a stick.
If this kind of strong will does not become a victim of party struggle, but is first used to familiarize itself with mediating government affairs of various ministries, it can definitely serve as a reformist who dares to move the cake of vested interest groups in the future.
It is precisely because of this that the spokespersons of each department are relatively quiet now, because they have no time to beep. Even if they beep, they are no longer to the emperor or the boss of their own department, but to the spokespersons of each department on behalf of each department. The interests of the people were beeping wildly during the scientific discussions, and the officials of various ministries and ministers made more reasonable draft decrees based on their arguments.
In fact, this also supports the career interests of young officials.
Before this, the reason why the Sixth Subject had not been reformed in this way was naturally because the interest groups behind it were unwilling to do so.
After all, once this change is made, interest groups will not be able to use young officials as spearheads and encourage individual young officials who are extreme and whose interests are consistent with their own to act as vanguards, thereby achieving certain political goals without risk. The method that all the big guys want to use the most.
However, this does not mean that the officers of various departments are no longer important.
Because the function of each department officer is to mediate between various ministries, it has been clearly stated that they are trained as cabinet ministers, assistant ministers, or privy officers.
According to Zhu Youxiao's current civil service system, the officers of each subject must be officials of the Hanlin Academy before this, and then must have been trained at the Ming Dynasty Academy of Administration.
The requirement to have stayed in the Hanlin Academy was because the Hanlin Academy had all the confidential archives and documents of the entire empire.
To be trained at the Administrative College, one must have the basic official beliefs required by Zhu Youxiao.
Only after these two are satisfied can one become an official in various departments, and will be sent to local officials in the future.
Of course, there are also those who first serve as local officials, then are transferred back to the Hanlin Academy, then to the Executive Yuan, and then to the Sixth Section.
In short, now that the seventh prince Zhu Cikai has been transferred to the capital as an official, it undoubtedly reveals Zhu Youxiao's intention to reuse Zhu Cikai.
Zhu Cikai complained for himself in the name of opposing the clan's interference in politics.
However, Zhu Youxiao allowed him, the prince, to participate in more political affairs and even be reused because of it.
This was undoubtedly Zhu Youxiao's attempt to test Zhu Cikai, wanting to see whether his son would practice his own moral principles at this time, that is, the clan should not be involved in politics, or whether he would go to Beijing to serve as an official, Ke Zuo, and Shizhong.
"Father is not angry, but wants to reuse me!"
After Zhu Cikai received Zhu Youxiao's order, he was extremely elated.
Chen Wei smiled faintly and felt strange about Zhu Youxiao's behavior: "After all, it's His Majesty who always doesn't act according to common sense."
Zhu Cikai asked hurriedly: "Do you think it's because my father admires me and appreciates my courage to speak out?"
"I don't know!"
Chen Wei replied and said: "But in my opinion, it is best for Your Highness to refuse this post."
Zhu Cikai was shocked after hearing this: "Why is this?"
"Your Highness, I would like to ask you, do you want to be an official or an emperor?"
Chen Wei asked.
"how do I say this?"
Zhu Cikai asked.
"If Your Highness wants to be an official, he must work hard and be careful. With His family background, there is no need to worry about not being able to be a high official. Under the circumstances that His Majesty allows the clan to engage in some government affairs, if Your Highness wants to be the emperor, no matter how big your Highness is at this time, As an official, as long as you are not the crown prince in the future, you will still lose!"
Chen Wei said, "His Royal Highness just said that the clan should not be overly involved in politics. Although it was intended to express dissatisfaction with the second prince and the fifth prince being re-appointed by His Majesty, in the end he was also expressing his opinion that the clan should not be overly involved in politics. Now he is directly involved because of this. If you go to Beijing to hold an important position, won't you be inconsistent and make people laugh at you? Then you will be despised by His Majesty."
Zhu Cikai also hesitated after hearing this.
But the appointment of Li Kezuo was indeed very popular for him.
It was a temptation he couldn't resist.
But Zhu Cikai also felt that what Chen Wei said was reasonable.
One cannot slap oneself in the face immediately.
That would make you look like you have little credibility.
"Your Highness, there is a letter from the eldest prince. It was sent by telegram."
At this time, Zhu Cikai's attendant came over and handed the telegram to Zhu Cikai.
"Seventh brother, my father ordered you to serve as an official, Kezuo, and gave a decree. Brother Yu thought it was quite inappropriate and was not conducive to my trust in the world. Brother Yu decided to persuade his father to withdraw this decree, and this matter also requires Only when I resign can I show my sincerity. We, the children of the royal family, can have no power, but we cannot have no faith, otherwise the world will inevitably despise my royal family."
Zhu Ciwei said this in the letter.
After hearing this, Zhu Cikai couldn't help but get angry and tore the telegram into pieces: "Who does he think he is?! Does he really think that he is the emperor in the future?! He actually wrote a letter asking me not to be an official, and he made his own decision. If I want to persuade my father in front of me, he doesn’t really think that I really support him because I have always praised him. Could it be that he doesn’t want to see me have the opportunity to compete with him!”
"Your Highness, you need to calm down now."
Chen Wei replied.
"I can't calm down! Father finally wants to use me, why should he stop me?!"
Zhu Cikai replied.
"But His Royal Highness the eldest son of the Emperor is right, this is related to your credibility."
Chen Wei replied.
"The eldest son of the emperor, the eldest son of the emperor, why do you all like to emphasize his status as the eldest son of the emperor! If he hadn't cooperated in the first place, what happened in Kashima would not have happened!"
Zhu Cikai roared hysterically.
"I want to go to Beijing, and I don't want my father to misunderstand that I don't have the ambition to dominate the world! I believe that my father has his own reasons for doing this, and as a son, all I can do is obey!"
Zhu Cikai replied accordingly.
When Chen Wei saw this, he couldn't persuade him anymore.
…
"You want me to take back the decree that your seventh brother be appointed as an official, Kezuo, and serve as an official?"
Zhu Youxiao asked Zhu Ciwei, the eldest son of the emperor, who came to see him.
Zhu Ciwei replied: "That's right."
"Why?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
"My child is thinking about the credibility of the seventh brother. What's more, in my opinion, the seventh brother's temperament is not suitable for staying in the officialdom. He likes to work hard, is often self-righteous, and behaves childishly. If the father still loves the seventh brother, It shouldn’t be done.”
After Zhu Ciwei said this, he continued to plead: "Therefore, I ask my father to take back my life!"
"Asshole!"
Zhu Youxiao slapped the table and feigned anger: "What do you mean? Do you think a father will use his son as a pawn?!"
"In addition, I didn't expect that you would think so of your seventh brother. Did you know that in order to fight for you, he even went to the court to advise that the clan should not be overly involved in politics, and was sent to do things for your second and fifth brothers? Express your dissatisfaction!"
Zhu Youxiao continued to reply.
"My child is telling the truth. The seventh brother is indeed behaving erratically! I don't dare to cover up my public opinion of my seventh brother because of personal feelings."
Zhu Ciwei replied.
"Get out! I don't want to talk to you."
Zhu Youxiao pointed at Zhu Ciwei as he spoke: "Get away!"
Zhu Ciwei continued to ask: "If your father insists on doing this, why not really drive the child out of the capital and continue to transfer him to other places? The child does not want to see his seventh brother acting chaotically after arriving in the capital, and he cannot carry your father's back. Intent to stop him!"
"Do you think what you think is what your seventh brother wants?"
"What do you know? Even if I am the emperor, if I want to achieve something, I must first defeat a lot of friends and a few enemies, and then use the most cruel and resolute means to completely execute the enemies. ! Now the more you don't let your seventh brother do anything, the more he will become your enemy instead of your friend!"
"Use? Some people just like to be used, don't you know?"
After Zhu Youxiao said that, he said: "Forget it, I am too lazy to tell you more. You are going to another place. You go. Now I don't need you to supervise the country. When the time comes, you will go to Jiangnan to serve as the censor to assist Tang Aiming." The wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River were separated and relocated."
"yes!"
Zhu Ciwei knew that this was an offending job, but he still agreed because he knew that behind the offending, it was also an opportunity to exercise his skills.
…
After Queen Zhang Yan came to Zhu Youxiao according to the order, she asked Zhang Yan: "Do you think I am really cold-blooded in doing this? I deliberately mislead my sons, just for him, and he actually still..." He doesn’t understand his father!”
"You are not just for him, you are also doing it for the world!"
Zhang Yan replied.
Zhu Youxiao laughed after hearing this: "But I may not really like him. Although he is our first child, you know, although I know that destiny cannot be violated, I still have the courage to disobey it. of."
Zhang Yan took the initiative to lean into Zhu Youxiao's arms and said: "God made him our first child, but it does not necessarily mean that God must make him the next monarch of the Ming Dynasty! What does your majesty do? In fact, In the end, it was fate’s choice.”
Zhu Youxiao smiled sarcastically and asked, "Do you think anyone can see my thoughts, except you?"
"If anyone finds out, will your Majesty still want him alive?"
Zhang Yan asked.
…
"Your Majesty is really kind to the eldest son of the emperor."
Wen Tiren started talking about his Wen Yuren here, and said: "All this is done now is actually for him."
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