Seeing that Hu Weiyong was stunned by the roar, the slightly arrogant look on his face due to drinking disappeared completely because of this roar. Li Shanchang finally calmed down his anger, took a deep breath, and said leisurely:
"He started his career at a young age. I watched him come all the way. I know him very well."
"The superiors never act without aim. Everything they do has a purpose. But recently, he has been making strange moves."
"Let's talk about the Northern Expedition. Before the battle reports from the past have been sent, do you dare to be sure that the main force of the Northern Expedition army is still there, and that the western route has even conquered Gansu and won a complete victory?"
Hu Weiyong was shocked and shook his head numbly.
"But when he came to power... he was sure. He wrote to Fu Youde of the West Route Army in advance, and assigned sergeants to transport food to meet the main force of the Middle Route Army outside the Great Wall. He was even sure that the East Route Army was not in danger of being destroyed. The battle report on the East Route the day before yesterday had been Although General Li Wenzhong lost troops and generals, the Eastern Route Army did escape the encirclement safely."
"This..." Hu Weiyong was stunned. "Isn't this a prophetic prediction?"
"Before I came to power, it was quite elusive. However, I have never felt that the power of God is so unpredictable!" Li Shanchang shook his head. "He is determined to destroy the Jianzhou Jurchens. There is only one possibility. That is, he learned about the Jianzhou Jurchens from somewhere, and he will become a thorn in the side of the Ming Dynasty in the future!"
"But even so, there is no need to create a cabinet...Wei Yong, can you guess the intention of the superior?"
"Could it be that because he was too concerned about the war situation in Liaodong, he temporarily..." Hu Weiyong thought for a long time before he remembered the decree to establish a cabinet that he had made together with his replacement as left prime minister.
At that time, I was so overwhelmed by the good news that I didn’t think much about this small matter. As the new prime minister, I ordered the six yamen to select candidates...
"Confused!" Li Shanchang slapped the armrest of the Grand Master's chair. "If you are only concerned about the war situation, you can order the battle report not to be circulated, and allow them to go straight to the center first. Why bother to add a whole cabinet?"
"The key point of this edict is in the second half of the letter, 'Those who are appointed to the cabinet are given the title of cabinet minister. They have no rank and no position, and the officials do not need to ask. It is appointed by the emperor himself.' Do you understand!"
Hu Weiyong was by no means a mediocre person. He thought for a moment and froze on the spot.
"Teacher, what do you mean..."
"You and I both know that ever since he succeeded in conquering the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty in the north and came to power, he has always had the intention of dethroning the prime minister."
"It's just because the prime minister is an ancient system, and if he abolishes it, the government and the public will be shaken. Moreover, there are many national affairs, and the prime minister cannot be separated for a moment."
"But with this cabinet, the cabinet directly reports to the emperor and is personally appointed by the emperor. These are the true ministers of the emperor!"
"And all the power of the cabinet comes from the emperor. The emperor can be established when he wants to be established, and he can be abolished when he wants to be abolished. Today he can have all the power in the government, but tomorrow he may not be as good as a humble official."
"Throughout the ages, the reason why the prime minister has been the leader of the court and wields the most powerful power in the world is precisely because he represents the officials. Even the emperor must be wary of the prime minister."
"But with a cabinet, does the emperor still need to be afraid of the prime minister?"
The most fundamental reason why the emperor was afraid of the prime minister was that without the prime minister, he would have no one to help him govern the country. No one can help the emperor decide all the affairs of the world.
The six ministries are only those who do things, while the emperor and prime ministers are the ones who make decisions. Without the help of the prime minister, how could the emperor manage such a huge country by himself?
But now, the cabinet appears.
This is an organizational structure that breaks down the promotion of officials in governing the country. Cabinet ministers are appointed according to the emperor's wishes.
The emperor could recruit a group of his own cabinet ministers and compete with the prime minister. He would no longer be afraid of problems that he could not manage, and by the way, the conflicts and disputes between the imperial power and the prime minister's power would also be resolved.
Completely taking over the power to his subordinates.
And all of this was done unconsciously. No one among the officials in the court cared about the decree to establish a cabinet.
In fact, this decree came from Hu Weiyong, the new prime minister, who ordered the six ministries to step up their cooperation...
As long as the cabinet is established, its growth will be unstoppable!
Until, the power of the prime minister is endangered!
For a moment, Hu Weiyong felt like a light on his back!
There was a long silence in the study. After a long time, Li Shanchang opened his mouth and sighed to Hu Weiyong who was sweating:
"Wei Yong, accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger."
"The power of the superior God is unpredictable...you must be careful in the future..."
With that said, he hunched over and left the study.
Hu Weiyong was left alone, staring blankly at the ceiling above his head.
"Your Majesty's wrist... is so unpredictable!"
"No, that's not right. Although His Majesty was also shrewd before, he is more than that."
"He just suddenly..."
"Could it be that there is someone else behind your majesty?"
Hu Weiyong, who consciously saw through the fog, became more certain in his judgment the more he thought about it.
He decided that he must dig out the master behind His Majesty.
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But in the palace, Zhu Su has not been to the main hall for several days. Early this morning, a chamberlain came to Xuanzhi and asked him to move to the prince's residence outside the palace in a few days.
Lao Zhu made a special excuse for the fact that he did not have to go to the main hall for special reasons. It seemed that what he claimed was that he had blasphemed the saints, disrespected his teachers, was uneducated and disobedient to discipline, so he was sent out of the palace. His brother's prince Zhu Biao replaced Lao Zhu, who was busy with government affairs, to discipline him.
Now that Zhu Su was walking in the palace, he could vaguely feel the pointing fingers of the palace people. They all regarded him as a prince who had lost the emperor's favor and whose future was in doubt. Rumors are endless.
Zhu Su himself didn't care, as long as he could lie down flat. He wrote those words at that time in order to achieve the goal that Lao Zhu gave up. Unfortunately, the nonsense was ineffective, and in the end I had no choice but to take a desperate risk and show off my identity as a time traveler.
On the night when the decree to leave the palace tomorrow was delivered, he had just laid down when he heard a strange noise coming from outside the window. He picked up a candlestick to defend himself and opened the window, only to see Zhu Laosi squatting under the window and making a "shh~" gesture to him.
"Fourth brother, what are you doing? I almost became Runtu." Zhu Su raised the sharp candlestick in his hand. Zhu Di was wearing a black robe and huddled under the window. When illuminated by the moonlight, he really looked like a sneaky scorpion stealing melons.
"Run Tu? What is that?" Zhu Di stood up and climbed in directly from the window. "Don't be nagging, let me in first. Damn it, Mrs. Li left a lot of homework, and after finishing it, there will be a curfew in the palace..."
Naturally, there is also a curfew in the palace. After the curfew, even the prince was not allowed to move around at will. However, the small courtyards of the brothers are connected together, so as long as they can climb over the wall, they don't have to worry about being caught by the guards.
This guy threw away his black robe as soon as he entered the room, and without hesitation got into the bed that Zhu Su had just warmed. He sighed happily: "It's really warm. It should be summer, but at night , it’s actually so cold..."
"You want something from me?" Zhu Su rolled his eyes, pushed Zhu Di in with his butt, and then got into bed himself. The two brothers sat on the bed and whispered.
"Of course something happened! You will leave the palace tomorrow, but I still have many, many things I want to ask you!" Twelve-year-old Zhu Di's eyes showed great curiosity.
"Really, what kind of time traveler are you?"
"Do you still retain the memories from your previous life, more than six hundred years later?"
