Chapter 47 Zhu Xiongying’s Cabinet Candidates
He Xi said: "No, wouldn't you be treating your husband badly? Now I'm very likely to go on an expedition. I won't worry if your husband doesn't sit in the center for me."
Yao Guangxiao pondered for a moment and said: "If you insist on giving me an official position, I will be a member of Shushe."
One difference between today's Ming Dynasty's cabinet and the cabinets of later generations is that the cabinet's bachelors have their own subordinate officials. Of course, it's not too sound. Generally, the Grand Master of the Cabinet appoints a person from Zhongshushe to manage a group of people to serve the Grand Master.
It is equivalent to the director of a certain office, leading the office of a certain office.
This is what Yao Guangxiao wants. Yao Guangxiao is the old man beside He Xi. He has enough influence to unite Yang Shiqi and Yang Zhen to form a unified opinion in the cabinet when He Xi is away, at least not causing Beijing to have a situation where He Xi has no time to respond.
Moreover, as He Xi's staff, Yao Guangxiao actually does this on weekdays.
There is also the secret intelligence agency in He Xi. This is also the reason why Yao Guangxiao does not want to become a bachelor. Yao Guangxiao seems to be free, but in fact he has a lot of things to do. If he becomes a bachelor, who will be responsible for these intelligence work?
As Yao Guangxiao himself said, he actually prefers this aspect of things rather than focusing on doing certain things. It's just that intelligence work is shady.
He Xi pondered for a moment and said, "That's fine."
He Xi secretly thought: "It seems that I have to discuss this with His Highness."
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He Xi was having a small meeting. Zhu Xiongying was not idle either.
Zhu Xiongying was also discussing with Xie Jin at this moment.
Zhu Xiongying selectively told Xie Jin what he had discussed with He Xi. Naturally, all matters concerning Zhu Yuanzhang's death were omitted. After all, when He Xi came from the future, both He Xi and Zhu Xiongying decided to rot in their stomachs.
Zhu Xiongying no longer wanted to add halo to He Xi.
After all, He Xi and Zhu Xiongying are now both partners and political rivals.
Zhu Xiongying did not want to add political halo to the other party.
And He Xi doesn't see the point in passing on the so-called correct history when history has changed so much. Even if the past history exists, it still exists in another parallel world.
Zhu Xiongying naturally wouldn't tell Xie Jin.
But just He Xi's arrangements for the future are enough for Xie Jin to digest for a long time.
Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty, you are an unparalleled scholar in the country, and with your assistance, Your Highness will definitely be able to resettle Your Majesty to comfort the late Emperor's spirit in heaven."
Xie Jin is the smartest person. During this period of time, Xie Jin walked around Beijing a few times and already faced reality. That is, the character He Xi is impossible to bypass. If Zhu Xiongying wants to ascend to the throne of God, he must use He Xi, and he must use He Xi very much. .z.
Given the current situation in Beijing, if the monarch and his ministers are at odds, big problems will arise.
While Xie Jin planted the shadow of He Xi's power in Zhu Xiongying's heart, he comforted Zhu Xiongying's emotions. He did not slander He Xi's ideas, and even had the intention of persuading peace.
Zhu Xiongying said: "I have known about my uncle's talent for a long time, otherwise Grandpa Huang would not think so highly of him. It's just ------"
Zhu Xiongying was also very conflicted in his heart.
It's not that he doesn't know He Xi's talent. After knowing He Xi's origin, he understood even more how valuable He Xi's talent was, the kind that could not be cultivated in the entire world. Just as an emperor. Some things are intolerable.
It’s not just capital that alienates people. So does power.
A successful emperor must be a loner and defend his power at any cost. Just like a capitalist, in order to make money, he must become a rational person in the philosophical sense. Any problem can be measured by money. What is human touch? How much can it be valued at?
It is impossible not to do so. I don't know that the emperor who defends his power will inevitably die without a burial place, or lose power, which will cause problems in the court system and make it dysfunctional.
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And a capitalist who is unwilling to assimilate into capital will inevitably be abandoned by capital.
As an emperor, Zhu Xiongying was instinctively wary of He Xi and had the desire to attack. But Zhu Xiongying once had a very good relationship with He Xi. Even now, Zhu Xiongying has a very good relationship with Princess Anqing and Princess Anqing's two children.
This is the contradiction in Zhu Xiongying's heart.
However, the overall situation is more important. Zhu Xiongying can also postpone this contradiction.
Zhu Xiongying said: "I know that my uncle is the only one who wants to pacify the world. But there are some things that we have to be prepared for. The cabinet has too much power. I must make some arrangements. Is Mr. Jie willing to share my worries?"
Xie Jin was overjoyed.
No matter what he is in charge of, he is a cabinet bachelor. In the Nanjing cabinet, a bachelor is already the prime minister. In Beijing, the cabinet bachelor after He Xi's reform is even more powerful.
Because when we were in Nanjing, there were checks and balances of power between the cabinet's bachelors, secretaries and supervisors, as well as the six ministries. Before the six ministers, he was the head of the hundred officials and received extraordinary treatment. He could bypass the cabinet and meet the emperor directly.
In this case, the relationship between the cabinet bachelor and the six ministers is not a superior-subordinate relationship.
But Beijing is different.
He Xi actually split the six parts.
In He Xi's view, He Xi's reform of the Six Ministries was more similar to the reform of the Six Ministries during the Reform Movement of 1898, establishing various parts that corresponded to specific affairs, rather than sticking to the Six Ministries in Zhou Rites. But Xie Jin looked different.
Because if you just think that the imperial court has six ministries and the affairs of the imperial court are in the six ministries, it would be a big mistake. In addition to the Six Ministries, there are Jiuqing, and there are even the so-called Da Jiuqing and Xiao Jiuqing. In fact, the court has many departments, and the Six Ministries are the most important. Even under the most important Six Ministries, there are many secondary departments responsible for specific affairs. , such as the Water Resources Department of the Ministry of Industry, can be understood as the Ministry of Water Resources in later generations. Specialized in water conservancy projects.
Therefore, in Xie Jin's view, He Xi's reform was to abolish the Six Ministries and Jiuqing all at once, merge the Six Ministries and Cabinet Scholars, and merge the second-level departments under the Six Ministries with Jiuqing and other yamen to form a direct centralized Department responsible for the Cabinet.
Although this clarified the upper and lower sides, in Xie Jin's view, the biggest benefit was the denial of Confucian officials.
Confucianism governs the country by etiquette.
How were rituals reflected in the Ming Dynasty? Not only in terms of the emperor's behavior, but also in the imperial official system, why is it always divided into six departments? Can major court affairs be solved by just six departments? No, it is recorded in the Confucian classics. Compare those that come.
And He Xi's current situation is completely based on work. Removing all other aspects is itself a new study, which is He Xi's study and negates Confucianism.
As a result, Beijing's bachelor's degree is much stronger than Nanjing's bachelor's degree. Even the future bachelors would be more powerful than the prime ministers of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Xie Jin was also very happy about this. After all, Xie Jin had no intention of rebellion and would never be able to reach Zhu Xiongying's position in several lifetimes. But Xie Jin was determined to be the chief minister of the cabinet.
In this regard, Xie Jin is still very confident.
It is impossible for He Xi to remain in the position of chief minister of the cabinet, and he understands that someone is still very young.
Xie Jin said: "Of course I am willing to share your worries for Your Highness. It's just that my qualifications are too young. I might make the world laugh."
Zhu Xiongying sighed and said: "So what? The problem now is not this, but that there is no one in my group. Even the cabinet cannot be filled. We can't all use He Xi's people, then what have I become?"
This is also what worries Zhu Xiongying.
During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, the division of civil and military rule had been formed. Although it cannot be said that civil servants govern military affairs, Zhu Xiongying did not want to go back to the past. However, Zhu Xiongying had too few civil servants. After all, Fang Xiaoru was here, and most civil servants actually supported Zhu Yunwen.
Not to mention that Beijing is not a place with prosperous culture, and there are no veterans for Zhu Xiongying to recruit. Zhu Xiongying had some literary people and military generals around him, but overall, it was not as good as Xie Jin. of.
After all, Xie Jin has been in the secretary's prison for such a long time. He may not be very clear about local affairs, but he is very familiar with central affairs.
But he is very understanding. It is still barely possible to take charge of the overall situation in the cabinet.
