"Ahem!"
"Master Du, where are you going?"
Du Yuanxian suddenly turned around and suddenly found a mighty general in armor standing in front of him.
"Marshal Huang?"
"When did you come to the Imperial Study Room?"
Huang Feihu: "...I am always here."
Zi Shou: "I can testify."
Du Yuanxian: "Am I getting old? My alertness has become so low?"
Zi Shou smiled.
I'm sorry, Taishi Du. As a king, I can't ignore an uncle with great military achievements twice in a row.
Du Yuanxian handed the imperial edict to Huang Feihu with a suspicious look on his face, apologized, and after asking for instructions, turned around and left.
"Your Majesty, you actually didn't realize that I was here."
Huang Feihu took the imperial edict with a resentful look and sighed.
"Hahaha, Marshal Huang, are you kidding me?"
Zishou gave him a good beating and sent King Wu Cheng away. Just as he was about to practice the Wheel of Life and Death, he heard the voice of a spirited old man.
"Your Majesty, I would like to see you, Shangrong!"
"come in."
Zi Shou curled his lips, this old man was really everywhere.
Just as Zi Shou finished speaking, he saw an old man with no head swaying in, holding a stack of half-meter-high foldables. Unexpectedly, he tripped over the threshold and fell to pieces.
A pile of folding notes scattered on the floor.
"Oh, my old waist..."
Shang Rong's face suddenly turned purple, he held his waist and cried bitterly.
Zi Shou:......
"Quick, Doctor Xuan!!"
A quarter of an hour later.
Shang Rong was tied into a rice dumpling, placed on a stretcher, and carried out.
On the way they were carried away, they kept shouting:
"I'm fine, I can still work for another twenty years!"
Zi Shou sighed, feeling a little guilty.
Over the years, the burden he placed on Shang Rong was too heavy. He could have taken care of himself until old age, but as a result, he suffered from mental breakdown due to the pressure of work in his old age.
"It's time to hand over the burden."
He picked up the pen, spread out a piece of paper, pondered for a moment, and wrote a line of words on it.
"The first member of the cabinet of Dashang."
Then, a group of people's names were written randomly on the paper.
Yabiqian, Jizi, Weiziqi, Weiziyan, Boyi, Shuqi, Shangrong, Meibo, Yang Ren, Jiao Ke, Zhao Qi, Sun Yin, Fang Tianjue...
Then, Zishou gradually crossed out some inappropriate names, and finally six people were left.
Bigan, Wei Ziqi, Shang Rong, Mei Bo, Zhao Qi, Wen Zhong.
Now the court is stable, and the civil servants and military generals are all virtuous ministers of civilized future generations.
Zi Shou has embarked on the path of spiritual practice, and will not waste too much time on dealing with government affairs in the future, but will grasp the direction of the dynasty.
"It's time to follow Emperor Wanli's example and lie down."
"Lie down and let's start tonight."
That night.
In the middle palace, Queen Jiang's bedroom, the lights stayed on all night.
The palace guards and palace guards were all waiting outside the palace.
The humiliating movement occurred from just after nightfall to the early morning of the next day.
…
The next day.
Zisheng came to Jiujian Hall to pay his respects, holding a thermos cup that was obviously one size larger.
As soon as all the civil and military officials gathered together, they saw the official in front of the son's transfer palace announcing:
"I feel that the affairs of the imperial court are chaotic and disorganized. Now I want to form a cabinet to manage the affairs of the imperial court."
After the words fell, the civil and military officials were in an uproar.
Shang Rong, as the head of the civil service, stood up first.
"Your Majesty, I deserve death for my crime!"
Zi Shou:? ?
"As the prime minister, I cannot relieve the king's worries and cause chaos in the court. This is a capital crime!"
"Please punish me, Your Majesty!"
Zi Shou rolled his eyes angrily.
"You didn't even listen to Gu's will, so I'm going to punish you for offending you?"
"You're not asking for forgiveness, you're blocking my mouth so that I can't speak."
"Prime Minister, is this what you mean?"
Shang Rong's back was suddenly wet with sweat. He was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground. The bones he had just broken yesterday made a clicking sound...
Screams resounded in Jiujian Hall.
"Pass on the royal doctor!"
Zi Shou closed his eyes deeply.
Still the same splint, still the same stretcher, still the same doctor...
Shang Rong was quickly carried out again.
"see it?"
“What is a cabinet?”
"Why form a cabinet?"
"The reason is very simple! I don't want to be like the old prime minister... struggling with my lumbar spine all day long!"
With Shang Rong's accident, no one in the Jiujian Palace dared to speak anymore.
However, the words "the government is disorganized" are like a knife hanging over their heads.
All civil and military officials thought they were going to be liquidated!
Shang Rong, the head of the civil service, was gone, and the civil service had no hope.
The eyes of all the officials were focused on Wen Zhong, the leader of the military attachés.
Wen Zhong raised his eyelids and glanced at them:
"Great King Shengming!"
Civil and military officials:...
Old master, you are a lonely and important minister after all, so can you have some moral integrity?
The decree has not yet been made.
Is this sage?
Yuzhong can't be so stupid!
What if the king is planning to lay off employees?
Recently, the country is peaceful and the people are at peace, and the value of their existence has become less and less.
Everyone knew that cutting off 30% of the civil and military officials present would not affect the operation of the empire.
Of course, this is what they think in their hearts, but no one dares to say it out loud.
After hearing Zhong's statement,
The long-prepared regulations on cabinet formation were also sent to all ministers.
Who would have known that the first line of the imperial edict reads:
The sage king hangs his arch and governs the world.
After that, the author took out a lengthy article called "Ten Thoughts on Remonstrance to Emperor Taizong" and made slight changes.
“I have heard: If you want a tree to grow long, you must strengthen its roots; if you want a tree to flow far, you must dredge up its source; if you want the country to be safe, you must accumulate virtue and justice.
…
Although Dong Zhi punished him severely and shocked him with power and anger, he still refused to be benevolent and was respectful but not convinced.
…
In summary, these ten thoughts, nine great virtues, simple things can be done, choose the good and follow it, then the wise will do their best, and the brave will do their best. "
Zi Shou knew it in his heart.
In a slave-owning society, the King of Man is the absolute belief of an empire.
They can accept being left idle, but they cannot accept the King of Human Beings leaving him idle.
If he wants to form a cabinet and be completely on the right side, he must shock this group of nobles in their thoughts and speeches.
really.
It is indeed a famous piece of advice throughout the ages.
Even if it was changed beyond recognition by him, it would still have a shocking effect when used to admonish officials.
"I am now forming a cabinet, with Bigan, Wei Ziqi, Shang Rong, Mei Bo, Zhao Qi and Wen Zhong as the first chief assistants to handle state affairs for me."
"Do you have any opinions?"
Civil and military officials:? ? ?
All civil and military officials were stunned.
They originally thought that Zi Shou had criticized the government and would then weaken the power of the court. How could it be the other way around and not follow the routine?
No matter how you look at it, this cabinet system weakens the power of the emperor to a great extent.
No, this is no longer a weakening.
This is...a complete recovery of the emperor's rights.
All civil and military officials immediately looked at Wen Zhong.
Could it be that the old master knew the news in advance, so he said that the king is wise?
Wen Zhong frowned:? ?
"Your Majesty, I take back what I just said."
"You want to give up your choice!"
"The Holy Emperor rules from the top of his head. This is the nonsense of those ministers with ulterior motives who are trying to annex the royal power!"
Zishou was beaten haha.
In the world of gods, there is no cultivation, and there is bullshit talk about royal power.
He ignored Wen Zhong and instead looked at the civil and military officials.
"What do the ministers think?"
All the beloved ministers said in unison: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Wen Zhong: "..."
Zi Shou waved his hand with satisfaction, "Okay, the decree has been issued, and the cabinet system will start to operate tomorrow. Grand Master, you are the first chief minister of the cabinet, so don't let it slip."
Wen Zhong sighed.
Although he didn't know if falling off the chain meant the belt, but it didn't affect his loyalty.
Wen Zhong bowed and saluted, cupped his fists and said, "Old minister, I obey the order!"
