Fang Fengshi and Pan Sheng both looked at Zhang Juzheng.
Both of them were close confidants of Zhang Juzheng, so naturally they were the only ones who followed Zhang Juzheng's orders.
Zhang Juzheng originally supported the emperor's use of tyranny to stabilize the country, so he first handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that this move is reasonable. The suzerain country naturally has the right to question the vassal state, just like a father questions his son. Teach them with sticks and hope that they will become effective."
"What a father asking his son!"
"Sir, you are absolutely right!"
Zhu Yijun smiled and nodded, and then said: "That's it! Teach Zi Bangza with a stick!"
"I obey the decree!"
Zhang Juzheng replied at this time.
But then, early the next morning, Zhang Juzheng said to Zhu Yijun in the west room of Wenhua Hall because of yesterday's discussion about military aircraft:
"Your Majesty, the Privy Council is now in charge of the drafting of military aircraft. Therefore, it is inappropriate for the cabinet to draft decrees on military aircraft, as it may easily leak military aircraft."
"Therefore, I would like to ask your Majesty to simply set up the imperial office in another official office, and select those who are good at Hanlin poetry and composition to be responsible for taking orders and drafting edicts in front of the emperor."
"The imperial decree no longer needs to be drafted by the cabinet. The cabinet can only draft non-military policies and accept the imperial decree and arrange for the execution of the six ministries."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded: "Then we will set up the Imperial Service in the west side of Qianqing Palace, and the Imperial Palace will be responsible for drafting the decree. Sir, we will still use the bachelor of Zhongji Palace as the chief minister of the Imperial Palace, and he will be in charge of the Imperial Palace. In the future, the Cabinet The first and second assistants are all foreman and servants;"
"The privy envoys will work with the Imperial Council to discuss common affairs;"
"An imperial scholar or lecturer of the Hanlin Academy is then appointed to serve as the minister of imperial edicts, who is responsible for drafting edicts. After the edicts are drafted, they will be reviewed by the master and the privy envoy, and then submitted to the ceremonial supervisor for approval, and then handed over to the clerk's office. It will be sent to the Cabinet or the Privy Council by the Minister of Attendance."
"In addition, select a number of Hanlin Jinshi and martial arts disciples to serve in the Imperial Service Department to observe political experience and prepare for consultation as Zhongshu Sheren. In this way, in the future, both civil and military skills will be able to be succeeded by virtuous ministers and generals, so as to achieve the emperor's career."
Zhang Juzheng raised his hand and said yes.
By doing this, Zhu Yijun concentrated the power on himself, but did not weaken the authority of the chief assistant too much. Although the chief assistant could no longer vote on military aircraft matters, he could still discuss military aircraft matters as the chief minister in the Imperial Service Department, and This will make it easier for the chief minister to continue reforming the system for the emperor in the future. If the emperor is weak and wants to reform the system, he can still rely on the chief minister to implement the reform.
It's just that the chief minister only has the power to consult, so once the emperor becomes strong and does not listen to the chief minister, he will still be able to act arbitrarily.
"Another political affairs hall will be set up in the study on the west side of Qianqing Palace, which is equivalent to two government offices and one team. The political affairs hall will be specially used as a place for me and the ministers to sit and discuss politics."
"The public ministers always have chairs in front of the emperor, while the bachelors and ministers stand. The chief assistant and the privy envoys sit on the two chief ministers on my left and right, with soft cushions spread out to show consideration for the ruling minister."
Zhu Yijun no longer wanted to make government decisions through court discussions.
Because the court meeting requires officials such as the imperial censor, Liu Ke Yanguan, and officials from various ministries and halls, as well as the Imperial College's sacrificial wine and the chief minister of Dali Temple to attend and decide on government affairs.
As a result, decisions are easily leaked, and national policies cannot be formulated for a long time. There are even disagreements because there are too many people in the court, and many policies are ultimately unresolved.
Not to mention other things, let alone the rapid leakage of secrets, in many wars against the Jin Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty, people like Nurhachi knew the plan as soon as the military plan was agreed upon by the imperial court, which ultimately led to the failure of the battle.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun would no longer leave decisions to everyone, but set up a political hall to only allow a few important ministers to discuss policies with the emperor, reducing the possibility of leaks and improving governance efficiency.
Zhang Juzheng had no objection. He also knew the shortcomings of the imperial proposal, so he continued to obey the decree.
At this point, Zhu Yijun's Wanli Dynasty had carried out a major restructuring of the central government.
The emergence of the Shi Yusi will help him directly control the court situation in the future by controlling several central and close ministers.
In October of the seventh year of Wanli, two months after Zhu Yijun decided to let Li Chengliang interrogate North Korea and restructure the central organization.
Liaodong, Tieling Guard Qingyang Fort.
The heavy snow has just stopped, the sky is blue, the ground is white, and the sun is shining brightly.
The commander-in-chief, Zhang Guozhong, was now wearing a brand new indigo cloth face armor, carrying a three-eyed blunderbuss on his shoulder in his right hand, and leading a camel loaded with supplies in his left hand, pointing at the ordinary guardsmen in front of him. The house where the soldiers lived came.
At this moment, Zhang Guozhong shouted to a strong man in a torn cotton-padded jacket who was shivering by the kang in the room, looking out the window and grinning at him: "Brother Zhong, bring the brothers out." Receive food, fat coats, cotton shoes, and weapons!"
The man named Zhong Changdong hurriedly responded after hearing this. Not long after, he came out with ten men in ragged clothes and helped Zhang Guozhong unload the fat coats, cotton shoes, ordnance and food on the camel. However, he was shaking while unloading. The snow fell one after another, and soon, Zhang Guozhong's new cotton shoes were dyed white.
Zhang Guozhong was shaking his feet to remove the snow when he heard Zhong Laosan say: "Guozhong, I didn't expect that the superiors would distribute so much food now, and the fat coats are much thicker than in previous years. Mr. Li is so kind to us!" "
"This is not Mr. Li's fault, but the Emperor's fault. Make no mistake!"
"Be careful if the security guard hears it, and you will sue him again!"
"The boss will also be unhappy. It makes people think that he didn't let the military households in Liaodong know about it, just like the emperor tomorrow. If you become an official and the boss hears you say this, be careful and he will have someone slap you."
Zhang Guozhong reminded quickly.
"Hey! I remember, it's the emperor's kindness."
Zhong Changdong responded, started talking, and then said: "I don't dare to think about becoming an official. Now that I'm back, I can live a good life. It's not like living in exile."
Zhang Guozhong said: "If you hadn't escaped at that time and stayed at Tielingwei, maybe you would be the chief flag officer like me now. Maybe Brother Qin Zhong would be better than me. After all, you taught me how to ride a horse."
"Who would have thought that life for military households would be easy!"
Zhong Changdong sighed and said: "In the past, even poor women could not get married. They had not finished their last meal. They wanted to kill Tatars and perform meritorious deeds, but they had no strength, and they did not have a decent knife or saddle. I just thought it would be better to go to Liaoyang and raise horses for a big family instead of being a military household."
"As long as they could survive at that time, let alone women, as long as they didn't starve and had the strength to protect my mother and my three-acre land when the Tatars came, no one wanted to leave this native land."
"I heard from them that the emperor's wedding has not taken long, and he is still young. There are still many good days to come. Take your time. I will become an official sooner or later."
Zhang Guozhong comforted Zhong Changdong and said: "However, if you had come back three months earlier, you would have been able to catch up with Mr. Li to fight against the 40,000 Tuman cavalry, and you would have made great achievements long ago; with your ability , maybe you can also get a piece of python jade, the emperor has an edict, and those who get the python jade will be treated as state officials, and they don’t have to kneel before the master of Fuyuan."
Zhong Changdong just grinned.
After the military uniforms, weapons, and food were unloaded, Zhang Guozhong took out the roster and said, "Let's start collecting our pay and fat coats and cotton shoes. Take off all the old coats and boil them in boiling water. This is what the higher-ups ordered." , saying it kills invisible insects.”
Because commerce in Liaodong was not developed yet, and the military households were relatively scattered, it was inconvenient for ordinary military households to purchase food directly by paying them. Basically, the guards concentrated on paying the merchants in exchange for food, and then distributed the food.
But sometimes they would also issue silver directly, mainly to see if there were grain merchants to transport grain.
Not long after, Zhong Changdong and others put on new fat jackets and cotton shoes, and also received new weapons, which suddenly seemed to be a lot more formal.
At this time, Commander-in-Chief Ma Shilong came over with a group of Mongolian girls whose wrists were tied, and said to Zhang Guozhong:
"This is distributed by the boss. It will be distributed to the newly returned military households. They will be divided by drawing lots. Regardless of beauty or ugliness, who is matched with whom will depend on God's arrangement!"
"After the preparation is completed, log in to the book and wait for next spring to receive the newly arrived crops to cultivate the wasteland and sow the seeds."
"yes!"
Zhang Guozhong cupped his hands and responded.
Zhong Changdong couldn't help but smile after hearing this, and began to look at the Mongolian girl who was being escorted over.
It's just that these girls are all unkempt and disheveled, and some of them are holding dirty lambs, so they can't see clearly.
But Zhong Changdong couldn't help but smile and murmured: "In the past, it was the barbarians who robbed our women, but now it is us who rob them."
Da da!
"The boss has an order! Send half of the soldiers from each castle to the capital to assemble!"
At this time, Li Chengliang's family came carrying snow with a flag.
Seeing this, Ma Shilong hurriedly asked the servant loudly: "Li Rushe (Nurhaci), is there another war to be fought?!"
Li Ruzhen hurriedly dismounted and knelt in front of Ma Shilong and said: "Go back to the boss. The boss said that we have been ordered to assemble a large army to punish North Korea. The whole army will celebrate the New Year in Seoul this year!"
The Liaodong Frontier Army of the Ming Dynasty will celebrate the New Year in Seoul. I wonder where you will celebrate the New Year? Anyway, happy new year to everyone! I updated the two chapters that I worked overtime to save together last week, and the author also went to New Year's Eve, so let me take a half-day off.
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