Daming: I really don’t want to be an emperor!

Zhu Yunhuan waved his sleeves and rewarded Fang Xiaoru with ten clans of Elimination Chamber music.

"Yes!"

Several Jinyiwei came in immediately and subdued Fang Xiaoru and the other two.

The Jinyiwei asked, "Your Highness, how do you execute ten clans? Please enlighten me."

They had indeed never heard of the extermination of ten clans.

If it was about killing nine clans, they knew that killing ten clans was also the first time for a young lady to get married.

"The tenth clan, Fang Xiaoru's disciples and old friends!"

Zhu Yunhuan replied.

In other words, all of Fang Xiaoru’s students and friends would be implicated.

"As ordered!"

The Jinyiwei took the order and pulled the three men out.

"You are a traitor who plotted rebellion against your superiors! You are hated by both humans and gods, and you must be punished by both heaven and man!"

Fang Xiaoru was still howling when he was dragged away.

The Jinyiwei quickly covered Fang Xiaoru's mouth to prevent him from shouting.

"Report! Your Highness, there is a troop of soldiers outside the palace, claiming to be here to protect the emperor on the orders of the Crown Prince." At this time, the eunuch outside the palace suddenly came in to report.

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the civil and military officials in the court changed slightly.

Does Zhu Yunhuan have soldiers?

The Huaixi Group was also confused. How could Zhu Yunhuan have troops?

"Call them to the palace." Zhu Yunhuan said as he sat back on the dragon throne.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch obeyed the order.

All the officials looked towards the entrance of Fengtian Hall.

A group of soldiers in armor trotted into the Fengtian Hall and quickly surrounded the civil and military officials.

"I am Zhu Zhan, the commander of the Hengdao Army, and I am here to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! I have been ordered to lead 500 soldiers to protect the Emperor. The remaining soldiers will be stationed outside the capital, awaiting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's instructions."

Zhu Zhan bowed and said loudly.

Zhu Yunxun nodded and said, "Stand aside."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhu Zhan accepted the order and immediately stood under the imperial steps.

His eyes swept over all the civil and military officials.

It seemed as if anyone who dared to make any unusual move would be killed.

“My dear ministers, Fang Xiaoru is a great scholar, but he has committed ten crimes. It is like he has never met a teacher or heard of books. I doubt whether Confucianism can still educate the world.

The world today does need a state religion to educate the people. I intend to summon all schools of thought to gather in the capital to discuss philosophy and law. The winner will be established as the state religion.

It's a good opportunity for me to see what kind of talents there are in today's Confucianism. I wonder what you think of my words? Hmm?"

Zhu Yunhuan looked at the civil service group and asked.

Call all the great Confucian scholars and see if we can catch them all in one fell swoop.

On that day, it will surely attract everyone's attention.

If I burn books and bury scholars myself, I will surely be able to lay the foundation for a prosperous era where a hundred schools of thought will bloom.

"Your Highness is wise, and we have no objection."

Several factions on the civil service side looked at each other before expressing their views.

After all, Confucianism has been revered for thousands of years, and its foundation is far beyond the reach of the Hundred Schools of Thought. In addition, Confucianism has suppressed the Hundred Schools of Thought in recent years, making it impossible for them to rise again. This has also given these great Confucian scholars a mysterious self-confidence.

This debate is the time for Confucianism to openly trample on all other schools of thought and become the state religion!

By then, the status of Confucianism will be elevated again!

This is a hundred benefits and no harm to Confucianism.

"Okay, then I will tell you the second thing. Your Majesty always reviews memorials until midnight, which is very stressful. As a minister, I should share the worries of the emperor."

Zhu Yunhuan continued to speak.

When it comes to this matter, all officials will no longer be sleepy.

"I, Zhao Rui, the head of the Ministry of Rites, highly praise your highness's insightful views. I implore your highness to reinstate the prime minister to relieve your worries!"

Immediately, someone's younger brother stood up and said.

"We second the motion and ask Your Highness to reinstate the prime minister to help relieve your worries!" A group of younger brothers stood up and said.

Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand, "I have decided to set up a cabinet, with one chief assistant and two deputy assistants, who will go to the Southern Study to assist in government affairs! To exercise some of the emperor's power!"

The cabinet is fully responsible for reviewing memorials, providing opinions and references to the emperor, and drafting imperial edicts. All memorials will be reviewed by cabinet ministers.

When reviewing memorials, the cabinet ministers would write blue comments. Ordinary memorials of greeting would be directly approved and issued by the cabinet. All matters involving military or national affairs would be decided by the cabinet ministers after discussion.

The method would then be written on a memorial to the emperor for his review. If he felt it was feasible, he would write a "yes" in red ink. If he felt it was not feasible, he would cross out the blue comment in red ink.

The matter would be handled again with the red-ink approval. Cabinet ministers were not allowed to withhold memorials. Once discovered, the first minister would be demoted to the second minister, and the second minister would be expelled from the cabinet and never re-employed.

We support the cabinet ministers in exposing each other and withholding memorials. All consequences arising from this will be punished severely and there will be no leniency."

When these words came out, all the officials were shocked.

Did Zhu Yunhuan voluntarily give up the power of the emperor?

Entering the cabinet means being in charge of the world, doesn't it?

"I, the Minister of Personnel Zhan Hui, would like to recommend myself to join the cabinet to help Your Highness." The Minister of Personnel immediately stepped forward and said.

Zhu Yunhuan smiled and continued, "The cabinet ministers are not allowed to concurrently lead the six ministries, nor are they allowed to monopolize the nine ministers. The cabinet ministers only have the right to make suggestions on military and national affairs, not the right to make decisions. The second assistant is the first rank, and the first assistant is the first rank."

Uh……

After these words were spoken, many people became less excited.

This power is not that great and not that tempting.

"Your Highness, I feel that the Ministry of Personnel still needs me, but I do not have enough qualifications and am not worthy of joining the cabinet." The Minister of Personnel Zhan Hui immediately changed his words.

Zhu Yunhuan still smiled faintly.

"From today on, the Wucheng Military Command will be abolished, and all military power will be returned to the Ministry of War. Duke Xin Tang He will be summoned to the capital to supervise the Ministry of War. Duke Song Feng Sheng will be promoted to Grand Secretary of Huagai Palace and promoted to First Assistant of the Cabinet. Minister of Revenue Zhao Mian will be promoted to Grand Secretary of Wenhua Palace and promoted to Second Assistant of the Cabinet. Minister of Personnel Zhan Hui will be promoted to Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion and promoted to Second Assistant of the Cabinet. They will take over the government from today."

The Huaixi Group made great efforts last night, so Zhu Yunhuan should give the Huaixi Group a piece of the cake first.

I still have room for the Huaixi Group to be of use.

After a while, when I am fully grown and ascend the throne to become emperor, the Huaixi Group will be balanced.

What's more, Feng Sheng is a man of great use.

If I were a minister, I would have to rely on the Huaixi Group. If I were a king, I would have to suppress the Huaixi Group. My identities were different and my perspectives were different.

As for the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel, I still have to take control of these two areas as soon as possible.

Recruiting Tang He to the capital would also be beneficial to him, as he could check and balance Lan Yu.

Tang He was initially granted the title of Marquis of Zhongshan, and in the 11th year of Hongwu, he was promoted to Duke of Xin. Tang He was afraid of being abandoned after his time had run out, so he retired and returned home in the 22nd year of Hongwu.

The Minister of War was appointed and dismissed a few months ago. According to history, the position will not be re-established in the next five years, so the position of Minister of War is still vacant.

In addition, with the Five Cities Military Command, the Ministry of War did not have much power, so Zhu Yunhuan abolished the Five Cities Military Command and returned power to the Ministry of War.

Similarly, it is also to pave the way for controlling troops in the future.

"The minister obeys the order."

Feng Sheng didn't expect a big cake to fall on his head, so he quickly agreed.

Zhao Mian and Zhan Hui looked at each other, both of them had a look of wanting to cry but having no tears. How could this be called a promotion? It was clearly a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality.