Chapter 651 Cabinet! At First It Was Just a Supporting Organization!

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Zhu Di was puzzled.

I don’t quite understand what Zhu Gaoxu means.

I wanted to give you the Zen position before, but you refused to accept it.

Now you are asking me to delegate power. Why is the Crown Prince more interesting than the Emperor?

Seeing Zhu Di's face becoming more and more gloomy, Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly explained.

"Dad, I don't mean to delegate power to me, but to delegate power to... civil servants!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di's expression suddenly changed and he shook his head decisively to refuse!

"I think you are obsessed with thinking that you have such an idea!"

"Not long ago you were saying that the stability of the court requires civil and military checks and balances. Now the civil servants and gentry have reared their head. In order to suppress them, our royal family has to support the noble and military ministers!"

"Now you want to delegate power to civil servants. I don't quite understand. What are you thinking about all day long?"

No wonder Zhu Di was angry, it was really Zhu Gaoxu's thinking that was too fast.

Damn it, before coming to Beijing, he had definitely stated that he wanted to suppress the civil servants and gentry and support the noble military officers. To this end, he also formulated the Liaodong Development Plan!

As a result, only a few months have passed, and he wants to delegate power to civil servants again!

Let alone Zhu Di, anyone else would be furious because of Zhu Gaoxu's "capriciousness"!

"Dad, please don't be angry, just listen to what I have to say!"

"Before that, I would like to ask Dad, why did Taizu abolish the prime minister system?"

"Nonsense!" Zhu Di spoke subconsciously, "Isn't it because Prime Minister Hu Weiyong is a master of power and dictatorship, causing harm to the country and the people?"

"Taizu considered his merits and made him prime minister of the left, ranking him at the top of the hundred officials."

"Unexpectedly, as his power continued to increase, he became increasingly arrogant and domineering. He decided on the life and death of officials without authorization. He colluded with Zhongcheng Tujie and the imperial censor Chen Ning, etc., and made Chen Ning sit in the Zhongshu Province and read the world. Soldiers and horses, prepare to rebel."

"Fortunately, Tujie reported the disaster and reported it to Hu Weiyong. Taizu was furious and killed all his associates. He also felt that the prime minister had too much power and it was very easy for Hu Weiyong and other powerful ministers who were good at dictatorship to harm the country again, so he removed the prime minister The position is completely abolished, and the successor is strictly ordered not to appoint a prime minister again; any minister who dares to petition for the appointment will be severely punished!"

Hearing these past events, Zhu Gaoxu looked suspicious.

"Dad, is this really true?"

"Isn't this Taizu deliberately fishing in order to strengthen the imperial power?"

Zhu Di was startled when he heard this, and then showed an angry look.

"What kind of fish are you fishing for?"

"Then Hu Weiyong is seeking death himself!"

"Are you such a traitor that you have an itchy skin, and you still dare to slander Grandfather Taizu?"

Zhu Di reprimanded with a half-smile, which made Zhu Gaoxu also laugh.

On the surface, the big case of Hu Weiyong is that, as Zhu Di said, Hu Weiyong himself was arrogant, domineering and dictatorial, so he ended up dead.

However, in a sense, is it possible that Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was deliberately "fishing for law enforcement"?

He deliberately promoted the evil-minded Hu Weiyong to the post of prime minister, and then deliberately delegated power to Hu Weiyong. He sat back and watched as Hu Weiyong's party fought against dissidents and eradicated dissidents. He was good at dictatorship and disrupted the government. In the end, he wiped out all his party members with a thunderous force, and then took the opportunity to abolish the prime minister system that had been passed down for thousands of years!

This possibility is not impossible, on the contrary it is very likely!

That was Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!

The most outstanding military commander among the heroes at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the son of destiny!

With Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's vision and strategy, how could he not see Hu Weiyong's little thoughts?

What's more, during the Hongwu period, the Jin Yiwei monitored all civil and military officials, and the spy rule reached its peak. They even found out what officials said and what they ate after returning home from court!

As the Prime Minister of the current dynasty, Hu Weiyong, the Jin Yiwei's supervision of him is definitely the most powerful among all officials!

In this case, no matter what little tricks Hu Weiyong makes, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely know about it at the first time!

But in the end, a major rebellion by Hu Weiyong broke out that swept the court!

The hidden story behind this is very intriguing.

Thinking from the perspective of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, with this "Hu Ni Case", not only did he purge all civil and military officials, but he also successfully abolished the prime minister system that had been passed down for thousands of years and greatly strengthened the centralization of power. It can be said to be a clever plan that kills two birds with one stone!

So no matter how you look at it, the "Hu Ni Case" has a strong flavor of conspiracy, more like Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was "fishing for law enforcement"!

"Whether Grandfather is fishing for law enforcement or not, it doesn't actually matter."

"The important thing is that Taizu abolished the prime minister system in one fell swoop. Since then, the imperial power has completely overwhelmed the prime minister's power, and no one can check and balance it anymore!"

Zhu Gaoxu did not delve into Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's fishing and law enforcement, but expressed his thoughts.

"However, after the prime minister was abolished, his affairs were handled by six departments. The emperor has supreme power, but he also has to bear the blame of both the emperor and the prime minister!"

"Just dealing with government affairs is a bit overwhelming for Grandfather Taizu. He has to review more than 200 official documents and deal with more than 500 large and small matters almost every day. Therefore, he can rest only after four shifts every day, and he has to go to court before dawn. ... Grandpa Taizu is exhausted to death!"

I have to admit that Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed a great emperor. He loved his people like a son throughout his life and worked hard to govern. It is not an exaggeration to call him a "workaholic"!

But when Zhu Gaoxu's words fell into Zhu Di's ears, they were full of irony.

"what do you want to say in the end?"

"Is it possible that you still want to restore the prime minister system?"

"Don't tell me whether the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty agree, I will skin you first!"

Are you kidding me about restoring the prime minister system?

Taizu finally took advantage of the "Hu Ni Case" to abolish the prime minister system in one fell swoop, allowing the imperial power to completely overwhelm the prime minister's power and become the supreme existence!

He, Zhu Di, was not a fool. How could he restore the prime ministership system and let the prime minister power revive?

"I have also considered the issue of busy government affairs, so I established a cabinet system!"

"These cabinet academics are of lower rank, and unlike the seven ministers, they have no real power in their hands. Even if they are close ministers of the emperor, they will not grow into powerful ministers who are good at dictatorship and bring disaster to the country!"

"It's you, the treacherous son, who previously implemented the examination law, allowing everyone in the cabinet to gain the power to check and balance the seven ministries!"

"I'm worried that if this continues, the power of the cabinet will gradually increase until one day it completely overrides the seven ministries. At that time, the power of the prime minister will resurrect and be born again in the cabinet!"

Zhu Di didn't hide it and spoke out what was in his heart.

He initially established a cabinet just because of the need for the Northern Expedition.

Zhu Di would naturally leave the court during the Northern Expedition, but after all, he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and many government affairs required his personal orders as the emperor.

There was a war on one side and government affairs on the other. Zhu Di was naturally very annoyed, so he formed a cabinet to accompany him on the Northern Expedition to assist him in handling government affairs.

The purpose of Zhu Di's establishment of the cabinet was only to serve as an auxiliary organization, and the official ranks of all the cabinet members were not high, and they were far inferior to the prime minister who once monopolized power!

"Dick!"

"You have to remember!"

"The cabinet must not hold power!"

"Once the status of the cabinet is higher than that of the seven ministries, the power of the prime minister will be born in the cabinet again!"

"At that time, not only will the imperial power be constrained by the power of the prime minister, but the civil servants and gentry who have the power of the prime minister will never be able to compete with the military officers and nobles!"

Zhu Gaoxu was startled when he heard this and silently gave a thumbs up.

As expected of Emperor Yongle, his vision is long-term.

It's a pity that the descendants of later generations were unworthy, and the cabinet eventually grew into that behemoth!

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