"Kill all the generals? Have you forgotten the shame of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty?”
"This…"
Fang Yunfei's question made Zhu Yuanzhang tongue-tied!
Zhao Kuangyin used his military power to usurp the throne of the Chai family's orphan and widowed mother, and established the Song Dynasty himself as the emperor.
Because he had a ghost in his heart, he was very worried that the Northern Song Dynasty would repeat the mistakes of the Later Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, after the wine was served, Zhao Kuangyin tried his best to suppress the status of the generals in the court and disperse their power.
As a result, the soldiers of the Song army did not know their generals, and the generals did not know their soldiers.
Second-rank generals had to kneel and salute seventh-rank civil officials.
This also caused the Great Song army to be extremely weak!
Dali, Tubo, Xixia, Khitan, Jurchen, none of the surrounding countries could defeat them.
Against anyone, they would cede territory, pay compensation, and become allies.
People gave him the nickname "Big Coward"!
After the Battle of Jingkang, other than Zhao Gou who escaped, the Great Song Imperial Family was annihilated by the Jin Army!
The women would be reduced to military women, and the men would be reduced to slaves.
When the two emperors were alive, they had to disguise themselves as ugly for the pleasure of the Jurchen. After they died, they were even used to refine oil.
The humiliation of Jingkang was the greatest humiliation in the history of the Han people!
The reason why the Ming Dynasty did not cede territory, pay tribute, marry, or become a minister was because they did not want to repeat the tragedy of the Great Coward!
"Then let it be?"
Zhu Biao probed.
"Leave it alone?"
"Haha…"
"Have you forgotten about the vassals of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the feudal governors of the late Tang Dynasty?”
Fang Yunfei sneered.
The Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty were the two empires with the most martial virtues among the Han dynasties. The power of the generals was extremely great.
This also led to the end of the empire. Not only was the emperor unable to control his subordinates, but even his own life was in the hands of the other party.
"This won't do, that won't do!"
"Are you forcing us soldiers to die?”
Lan Yu was furious!
According to what Fang brat said, it was too difficult for them to become generals!
If I had known this would happen, why would I have rebelled against Boss?
Just stay at home and farm!
Zhu Biao also looked at Fang Yunfei in confusion.
The past emperors had only used these two methods to deal with generals.
They either suppressed it with all their might or indulged it too much.
This also directly led to the two extreme consequences.
However, this problem had troubled the emperors for thousands of years, and there was still no good solution.
He really couldn't believe that a teenager like Fang Engong had a solution.
"Kid Fang, don't hide it.”
"What method do you have?”
Zhu Yuanzhang urged.
He knew Fang Yunfei quite well.
She knew that he definitely had a solution.
Although it might not be useful, it was good to listen.
What if it really could solve the problem?
They were all old brothers who had eaten in the same spoon. It was best not to kill them.
"There's only one way-to concentrate power! As long as all the power was concentrated in the hands of the emperor, this predicament could be solved.”
"Kid Fang, how do you think we should concentrate the power?”
As soon as he said that, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up!
Didn't he abolish the power of the prime minister just to concentrate all the power in his hands?
However, it seemed that Fang brat still had an even more powerful method!
Let him talk.
"Hiss…"
The Crown Prince sucked in a breath of cold air, his face scrunched up like a bitter gourd!
His father had only abolished the power of the prime minister, and he had already exhausted himself half to death.
Now, he actually wanted to take back all the power?
Savior, you want me to die of exhaustion!
Lan Yu had a disappointed look on her face.
If all the military power was concentrated in the hands of the boss, then the power in the hands of the generals would naturally be so little that Hulv could not care less.
However, compared to his own life, it was fine if it was a little less.
Having no power in one's hands was better than having no head on one's neck!
"Very simple!"
"Set up a cabinet!"
Fang Yunfei finished the wine in front of him and said loudly to the three of them.
"The cabinet…"
"What is this?"
The three of them looked at each other, not knowing what Fang Yunfei meant by 'cabinet.'
"May I ask, benefactor, what is this cabinet?”
Zhu Biao asked eagerly.
If his father really believed in his benefactor's monopoly of power, then he would be the first victim.
Therefore, among the three of them, he was most concerned about the use of the cabinet.
"Alright, then I'll tell you!”
Fang Yunfei was already drunk, and he was also saying that he was high!
He strode to the front of the wall in the courtyard and wrote the words 'Cabinet' with a splash of ink.
"The so-called cabinet is an internal counselor organization that is opposite to the six ministries and nine ministers of the foreign court. It is filled by civil officials.”
"Those who enter the cabinet are not allowed to be officials in the outer court.”
"Three to five people in the cabinet. The first seat was called the chief assistant, the second seat was called the second assistant, and the rest were collectively called the cabinet elders.”
"But regardless of whether it is the chief assistant, the second assistant, or the cabinet elder, there is only the difference of entering the cabinet sooner or later. There is no difference in official rank.”
"The job of these people is to sort out the memorials every day and then write down the preliminary handling plan for the emperor to judge.”
"I call it 'vote'!"
"Well done, Your Majesty can bestow upon them the title of Grand Secretary. If they didn't do well, not only would they have their titles taken back, but they could also get lost immediately!”
"This is the cabinet!"
Fang Yunfei explained to Zhu Yuanzhang and the other two.
"That's good!"
Hearing Fang Yunfei's words, the Crown Prince's eyes lit up.
What he was doing now was the work of the cabinet mentioned by his benefactor!
If there were a few people to share the burden with him, then he would be much more relaxed.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded his head repeatedly.
Although the cabinet sounded a little like the prime minister in the past, it was fundamentally different!
The prime minister had his own office. Not only could he directly manage the six ministries and nine ministers, but he could even appoint his own aides and officials.
It was not too much to say that the prime minister was the "executive vice emperor" of a country.
However, the cabinet members were not officials of the outer court. They had no rank and did not have the power to appoint officials.
They only had the right to make suggestions and not the right to deal with the government.
In addition, there was no fixed office location. They followed wherever the emperor worked.
At most, he was the emperor's follower.
If he wanted to change, he could do so at any time.
How wonderful!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think highly of Fang Yunfei.
How did Fang brat's brain grow?
He even thought of such a method?
Amazing!
Unexpectedly, Fang Yunfei shook his head and said with a regretful expression,
"What a pity! The cabinet also has a fatal flaw!"
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Today's second update!
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