"Fang brat, how can you guarantee that the eunuchs of my Ming Dynasty will not interfere with military power?”
Zhu Yuanzhang was really anxious.
He couldn't even stand the threat of civil officials and generals, let alone a crippled eunuch.
If the Zhu family was like the emperors at the end of the Han and Tang Dynasties, being manipulated by a few eunuchs who did not even have eggs, would Zhu Yuanzhang's coffin be able to hold them down?
"Puchi!"
"Old Zhu, oh Old Zhu! You're really a eunuch who's anxious when the emperor isn't."
"Those who don't know might think that you're the emperor!”
Fang Yunfei pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang and laughed.
Zhu Biao and Lan Yu were dumbfounded.
Your guess is quite accurate!
Wasn't he the Great Ming Emperor?
"Fang brat, for this big Ming, our old man has also put in effort and shed blood!”
"How can we just watch as these great rivers and mountains fall into the hands of those shameless bastards?”
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Fang Yunfei.
"That makes sense!" Fang Yunfei nodded in agreement.
The positions of generals like Old Zhu could be passed down to their descendants.
As long as Da Ming existed, they could eat a day's salary.
If Big Ming was a company, the emperor would be the chairman, and these generals would be the shareholders, and they would not be able to withdraw their shares.
Their future and profits were tied together with Great Ming, so they were naturally loyal to the Imperial Court!
"Seeing that you are so loyal to my Great Ming, I will talk to you properly.”
Fang Yunfei stood up and wrote the words 'vote' next to the cabinet:
"I've already told you that the main function of the cabinet is to vote. Then what was the role of the ceremonial supervisor?”
Fang Yunfei glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang and the other two, and looked at them with the gaze of a teacher encouraging a big class child to answer questions.
"Uh…I don't know."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and said honestly.
"That's why I said it! Old Zhu, you're a typical half-filled bottle! I haven't even finished speaking and you're already anxious."
"Since ancient times, the upper echelons have never changed their colors even when Mount Tai collapsed in front of them, and the elk has never blinked when they flourished on the left.”
"You should at least hear me out, right?”
"With your unstable strength, I reckon you'll end up as a Rank-4 commander in this lifetime.”
Fang Yunfei said as he wrote down the words "Red Mark" next to the ceremonial supervisor.
"Red? What's that?"
Zhu Biao asked curiously.
"The so-called red approval literally means to use a red pen to give an approval.”
"It is to let the eunuchs of the ceremonial supervisor write down their own handling opinions next to the preliminary opinions drafted by the cabinet.”
"After all, the cabinet is made up of civil officials. The opinions they give will more or less be biased towards the civil officials.”
"But the eunuchs of the ceremonial supervisor are all servants chosen by the emperor himself.”
"All of their power comes from the imperial power. It can even be seen as another form of extension of the imperial power.”
"If the cabinet votes are unfavorable to the emperor, they will definitely be the first to object!”
"When the time comes, let them argue with the cabinet.”
"This memorial will only be carried out when the votes and the approval are in agreement.”
"If they are not consistent, then we will need to revise them repeatedly until the cabinet and the ceremonial director come up with a compromise!”
"This way, the cabinet and the ceremonial director will balance each other, and the emperor will not have to worry about losing power.”
Fang Yunfei explained to them.
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
After listening to Fang Yunfei's plans for the cabinet and the director of ceremonies, Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited that he slapped his thigh.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao's eyes lit up.
After all, the two of them were the actual rulers of Great Ming, and immediately understood the wonderful use of the inner cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor!
In layman's terms, all the memorials that the Ming Dynasty reported to the emperor would be given a preliminary plan by the cabinet.
The ceremonial supervisor then made some changes to the plan given by the cabinet.
No matter how powerful the eunuchs were, they were only servants of the emperor. All their power came from the emperor.
Therefore, they would definitely not pass any measures that would harm the imperial power.
With the presence of the ceremonial director, the cabinet would not be the only one to dominate!
As for whether this would lead to Zhu Yuanzhang's worry that the eunuchs would interfere in politics after taking over military power?
I'm sorry, but the approval of the ceremonial director can only be carried out on the basis of the cabinet's vote, and cannot be listed separately.
Do you think those civil officials will hand over military power to these damn eunuchs?
It was precisely because of the checks and balance between the cabinet and the director of ceremonies that even if the emperor did not attend court for decades, he could still firmly control the government.
Although Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian, and the other eunuchs were all mighty on the stage, the Emperor could take their lives at any time if he was unhappy.
No matter how powerful the cabinet chief and assistant chief were, they were just rubber stamps in the hands of the emperor. They could not be compared to the true power of Lu Buwei, Wang Mang, and Cao Cao.
Moreover, with the help of the cabinet and the director of ceremonies, even if the emperor was a carpenter or a naughty child, he could guarantee that the Ming Dynasty would be smooth and without any problems!
This was a great idea.
How did Benefactor Fang think of this?
Zhu Biao looked at Fang Yunfei with admiration.
He actually felt inferior.
"No…no! That's not right!"
"Kid Fang, why am I not here…What do we have to do with generals?”
"Are you looking down on us…generals?”
Lan Yu suddenly stuck out her tongue and said.
The cabinet belonged to the group of sour scholars, and the ceremonial director belonged to the group of shameless people.
Where did this group of generals go?
The more Lan Yu thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. She protested loudly with the strength of alcohol.
"Old Blue is right."
"If all the power falls into the hands of the civil officials and eunuchs, aren't you worried that my Great Ming will become another Great Song?”
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.
Lan Yu's worry was not without reason.
According to the normal progression of history, the generals of the Ming Dynasty would also be suppressed by the civil officials.
In the middle and later stages of the Ming Dynasty, the highest commanders of the Ming campaign were almost all governors who were civil officials.
A seventh-grade imperial inspector dared to order a general with tens of thousands of soldiers around.
If you dare to resist, a memorial can remove you from your official position.
A town's chief soldier would have to flatter and curry favor with a small military officer.
If you dare to be disrespectful, I'll cut off your rations at any time.
The generals of Great Ming were humiliated to the extreme!
In the late Ming Dynasty, the military's combat strength was extremely poor, and this was largely due to the low status of the generals.
"Hehe…"
"Do you think I didn't think of such a simple thing?”
"Let me tell you, I've already predicted your prediction.”
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