"Your humble servant Li Shan Chang greets Your Majesty!”
"Your humble subject, Xu Da, greets Your Majesty!"
"Your humble subject Wu Lin greets Your Majesty!"
In the royal study, the three court officials bowed.
"No need for formalities."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves casually.
"We thank Your Majesty!"
“……”
The three of them straightened up and saw Zhu Yuanzhang splashing ink at the desk.
The Crown Prince stood respectfully at the side.
"May I know why Your Majesty is looking for us?"
Xu Da asked.
The three of them were all important officials of the imperial court.
The Emperor had summoned him to the royal study late at night. It must have caused a major event that shocked the entire court!
However, the Northern Yuan Tartars were beaten to tears by the Ming army, and the Goryeo side had surrendered without a fight.
Just now at the entrance of the Imperial Palace, he had chatted with Li Shan Chang and Wu Lin. There were no natural or man-made disasters in the various places of Great Ming.
Why did His Majesty call them to the royal study in such a hurry?
Not only Xu Da, but Li Shan Chang and Wu Lin were also confused.
"Biao 'er, show these to the three beloved ministers.”
"Your son will obey."
Zhu Biao stood up and divided the manuscript that Zhu Yuanzhang had just written into three parts and handed it to Li Shanchang and the other two.
"Cabinet? The ceremonial director? Military and Political Affairs Office?"
"What is this?"
"Why have I never heard of it?"
After seeing the title on the paper, the three of them exclaimed in surprise.
Li Shan Chang and Wu Lin were both well-read people.
Even Xu Da, who was a military general, could be said to be extremely knowledgeable.
However, no matter how hard they racked their brains, they could not remember which dynasty these three institutions had appeared in.
"Don't be surprised.”
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.
What he wrote on these three manuscripts was the three-piece cabinet that Fang Yunfei had just told him about.
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to seek the opinions of Li Shanchang and the other two.
"Wonderful! How wonderful!"
Wu Lin couldn't help but praise after taking a glance.
The first cabinet mentioned by His Majesty in the manuscript was obviously prepared for civil officials like them.
After Hu Weiyong's case, the power in the hands of these civil officials was getting smaller and smaller. Now, they were almost all running errands for the imperial edict.
They had no right to participate in the affairs of the court.
He had thought that these civil officials would only be able to run errands in the future. He did not expect that a cabinet would appear out of nowhere and they would immediately have the right to participate in the government.
Tears!
"Very good!"
Xu Da was also very satisfied.
Although the cabinet and the ceremonial director did not seem to have anything to do with them, the Emperor had specially set up a Military and Political Affairs Office. This was obviously taking care of their old brothers!
It seemed that in His Majesty's heart, these generals who had fought alongside His Majesty were still suppressing those sour scholars.
"Good! Great kindness "
Among the three of them, Li Shan Zhang was the happiest.
As the official who had followed Zhu Yuanzhang for the longest time and contributed the most, he knew how much power the current Emperor wanted!
Therefore, after only a few years as prime minister at the beginning of the founding of the country, Li Shanchang took the initiative to withdraw and let his student Hu Weiyong take over.
He didn't expect Hu Weiyong to court death himself!
He acted recklessly in the position of prime minister.
Not only did he wantonly take bribes, buy and sell official positions, but he also connived at his relatives and friends to do evil and bully others.
The worst thing was that he actually extended his hand to the army?
This directly touched the reverse scale of His Majesty.
Not only was Hu Weiyong's entire family executed by His Majesty, but a large number of officials were also killed.
As Hu Weiyong's mentor and recommendation, Li Shan Chang had been closing his doors to all visitors in fear and anxiety.
They were afraid that the Jinyiwei would come knocking on their doors and exterminate their families!
He did not expect that there would always be a way out. His Majesty actually thought of the cabinet system, a masterpiece.
Hu Weiyong was killed because he threatened the imperial power.
Now that he had the Cabinet, the Minister of Rites, and the Military and Political Affairs Office, the minister's threat to the Emperor was completely eliminated.
He no longer had to live in fear.
"What do you think of this system? Can it be immediately implemented in Great Ming?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked the three.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the cabinet system can be called an unprecedented masterpiece! With the Cabinet, the Bureau of Rites, and the Military and Political Affairs Office, these three yamen are enough to ensure that our Ming Dynasty will last for ten thousand years!”
Lee Shan Chang was the first to express his support.
"Not bad! Not bad! These three yamens operated flawlessly. It was simply a match made in heaven!”
"I also think that the cabinet system is perfect and can be implemented immediately.”
Xu Da and Wu Lin also nodded in agreement.
"Good! Since that was the case, from today onwards, Wu Lin would resign from her position as the Minister of Personnel and become the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet. Li Shanchang served as the second assistant, Xu Da served as the cabinet old; Formally establish a cabinet."
"The crown prince will temporarily take over the position of the ceremonial supervisor. The Military and Political Affairs Office would be established separately when major events occurred.”
Seeing that the three trusted ministers thought that the cabinet system was feasible, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately took out the plan he had discussed with the Crown Prince.
According to Fang, the cabinet members had to resign from all official positions in the foreign court to avoid internal and external collusion.
Furthermore, Wu Lin's Minister of Personnel was known as the Heavenly Official, and had a high position and authority.
Therefore, Wu Lin absolutely could not be the Minister of Personnel Affairs.
Originally, Li Shan Chang was the most suitable candidate for the chief assistant.
However, he had a high prestige among the ministers, so he could only retreat to the position of assistant minister.
The reason why Xu Da was allowed to enter the cabinet was firstly to balance Li Shan Zhang's influence; Secondly, the Military and Political Affairs Office had not been established yet. Xu Da's entry into the cabinet could prevent the civil officials from monopolizing power.
Zhu Yuanzhang decided to let Liu Bowen, who was recuperating in Zhejiang Province, take over the position of Minister of Personnel.
The ceremonial supervisor was supposed to be in charge of the seal eunuch.
However, the eunuchs in the palace were illiterate and needed to be re-selected and trained.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already ordered the Crown Prince to set up an internal library to teach a group of young eunuchs how to read and write.
One of them was going to be sent to the fourth brother. The young eunuch named Ma Sanbao was smart and could be said to be a promising talent.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already changed Ma Sanbao's name to Zheng He and sent him to the Inner Book Hall to study.
In the future, the Crown Prince only needed to be responsible for checking whether the cabinet's suggestions were feasible, and his workload would be greatly reduced.
It would also allow the Crown Prince to rest more, lest he collapse from exhaustion at such a young age.
"Don't spread the matter of setting up a cabinet and a ceremonial supervisor for the time being.”
"Let's wait for a while."
Zhu Yuanzhang specially instructed.
This idea came from Little Fang.
If the entire court knew about it, he would immediately guess that he was the Ming Emperor and would probably be scared to death.
He, Zhu Yuanzhang, cherished such a peerless Kingdom Knight very much.
Hmm…
He was really a wise ruler who loved talents!
"We obey your orders!"
Lee Shan Chang and the other two agreed.
For a moment, everyone was happy.
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