The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

One of them, set on the left side of the gate of Xiyuan, is the six corridors where the six departments work.

The other is the cabinet value house facing the six corridors.

This was stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Leaving aside his black history of "drinking with you with a golden cup, no mercy with a white blade", and economic idiots, Zhu Yuanzhang is a political and military genius...he single-handedly set up the entire officialdom of Ming Dynasty The system is very scientific.

For example, after the Hu Weiyong rebellion case, the prime minister was abolished and replaced by the emperor's secretary cabinet.

For another example, the settings for the six subjects.The sixth division is only a mere sixth-rank, but it can work in the palace, and it has the terrifying power of [refutation power], which can directly refute the imperial edict of the emperor!

As long as the six subjects think that the emperor's imperial edict violates the ancestral precepts and is incompetent, they can return it to the emperor!

The grade is very low, the power is great, and the combat effectiveness is very strong. This is what the six subjects give.

Yan Song looked at the six departments opposite, stuck out his tongue, and walked into the cabinet's value room.

The Cabinet House, sounds like a great name, but it is actually a row of low houses.

In the center is the main hall of the cabinet and the part-time meeting room. On the left is the office exclusively for Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and on the right is the office shared by the second assistant and other cabinet elders.

The cabinet reflects status and the relationship between superiors and inferiors everywhere.

For example, Yan Song, the first assistant, has an independent office, and no one will know even if he closes the door and sleeps, but the second assistant and the other three elders can only share one office.Zhang Bi, the second assistant, can still have an independent desk. Poor Xu Zan, Shen Shixing, and Yang Bo, who are dignified and old, can only squeeze together to work.

Seeing the 1.0 to four elder colleagues huddling together on a hot day, Yan Song felt refreshed.

Sure enough, it's better to be the chief assistant.

He coughed: "The emperor just made a decree, another cabinet meeting will be held!"

Thus, the five cabinet members held the first meeting of the new cabinet.

Yan Song did his part and sat at the head. On his right was the second assistant Zhang Bi, on the left was Xu Zan, and the old Shen Shixing and Yang Bo of Xinge sat down.

Yan Song said indifferently: "First of all, as the chief assistant, I welcome the two new elders!"

Shen Shixing and Yang Bo stood up, smiled and bowed to the seniors.

This scene reminded Yan Song of the office of later generations.

It feels good to bully newcomers.

Haha.

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Chapter 437 Decentralization of the Cabinet [5]

Although Yan Song defeated the princelings and kept Xu Jie out of the cabinet, he did not dare to take it lightly.Where there are people, there will be struggles, and the cabinet is equivalent to the Politburo of later generations.Except for Shen Shixing who is absolutely trustworthy and Zhang Bi who will soon retire, the others present here are all old foxes, it is hard to say when they betrayed themselves and stabbed them.

Therefore, Yan Song must maintain absolute control over the cabinet.

He smiled slightly: "Since the new cabinet is established, it is natural to have a new look! I, Yan Song, have three sentences that I want to announce to the emperor, the new cabinet, and the ruling and opposition parties. Take it as my ruling program to lead the new cabinet!"

He took out a banner that had already been written and slowly opened it.

Zhang Bi, Xu Zan, Shen Shixing, and Yang Bo stared intently at each other.

On that banner, three sentences were written impressively.

"Return the majesty to the Lord, return the government affairs to the ministers, and return the opinions of the public with the punishment and reward."

If Xu Jie of later generations could see these three sentences, he would definitely vomit blood with anger.

Because this is Yan Song's pirated version of Xu Jie's famous saying!

The shameless Yan Song took out the famous sayings of the 15th generation Xu Jie when he was the chief assistant, which won the hearts of the people, as his policy program!

To translate it in plain language, what this means is that I, Yan Song, want to return authority and well-being to the emperor, return government affairs to various government departments, and return the appointment, removal, rewards and punishments of officials to public opinion.

Zhang Bi, Xu Zan, Shen Shixing, and Yang Bo couldn't help but stood up at the same time and cheered, some even had tears in their eyes.

Why did Yan Song put forward these three sentences?

In fact, it was Jiajing's balanced policy that reminded him.

Yan Song reflected that the reason why Jiajing pursued a balanced policy was that he was impatient to support the crown prince and distribute his own power. After all, he was still worried that he had too much power.

That's right, I am a deeply trusted chief assistant, even if I don't join the party, I can still influence the court situation.

These three sentences can be regarded as his policy program, the purpose is to reassure Jiajing!

The first sentence is that Yan Song said to Jiajing: In the future, if I have any rewards and punishments, can I ask you for instructions one by one?

When Jiajing heard this sentence, he would definitely be elated, and his vigilance towards Yan Song dropped greatly.

In the second sentence, Yan Song confessed to the cabinet elders and six ministries: In the future, I, Yan Song, will never monopolize power, everyone has the right to share the benefits, how about it?

The expressions of Zhang Bi, Xu Zan, Shen Shixing, and Yang Bo are enough to show that this sentence has won the hearts of the people.Yan Song, who was before possessing him before, had too much power. These cabinet elders are basically talking tubes and errand runners. Anyone who has been around for a long time will have to say something to Yan Song.

This is Yan Song's move to buy people's hearts.With this power, everyone's interests are shared, and who in the cabinet and the six ministries will seek refuge with the prince?I'm afraid it won't happen.After all, the prince can't give them more power.

The third sentence is Yan Song showing his favor to all officials and the ruling and opposition parties.It means that I want democracy, not dictatorship, and your public opinion has the final say.

public opinion?Ha ha.It's all in Yan Song's hands.

In short, as soon as these three sentences appeared, they quickly won the hearts of the cabinet elders.