Zhu Yuanzhang was confused.
Lu Ya's words were really contradictory.
Lu Ya ignored him and continued,"
"Only by crippling the Prime Minister can we proceed with the following matters.”
Zhu Yuanzhang muttered to himself.
The current Zhu Yuanzhang actually did not have any thoughts of abolishing the prime minister system. This was because he had just ascended the throne and had many things to do. Many political affairs needed the prime minister's assistance.
Once the prime minister was abolished, the amount of government affairs he had to deal with every day would become extremely huge.
Even if he was full of energy, he would not be able to handle so many government affairs every day.
In particular, there were rebels in various places, plus the matter of conquering Northern Yuan. Each and every one of them was an extremely huge workload, and they had to rely on the Prime Minister's assistance.
Not to mention, he had handed over many government affairs to the Prime Minister, but he was still very busy. If he really abolished the Prime Minister, it would be even more troublesome to deal with government affairs.
"State Preceptor, I naturally trust your words, but if you abolish the Prime Minister, there will be so many government affairs every day that I can't handle.”Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Lu Ya and voiced his concerns.
Lu Ya smiled and said,"
"You're right. Once the Prime Minister is abolished, he'll indeed be busy, but it's not like there's no way to solve it.”
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately perked up.
Lu Ya smiled and said,"
"You can set up a cabinet system to replace the Prime Minister's power, but you can still exercise the Prime Minister's authority.”
"Cabinet? What does that mean?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.
This was the first time he had heard of this thing, so he didn't understand.
Lu Ya smiled.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what the cabinet was.
This was an organization established by Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty.
Lu Ya thought for a moment and didn't answer what the cabinet was. Instead, he asked,""Chongba, what do you think is the greatest use of the Prime Minister system?”
"Of course, it is to assist the Emperor in handling government affairs and share the pressure of the Emperor.”Zhu Yuanzhang replied with a smile.
In fact, in ancient times, the prime minister did not refer to one person, but many people. There were three or four prime ministers during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, all of whom assisted the emperor in handling government affairs.
"Then what do you think is the biggest drawback of the Prime Minister system?" Lu Ya asked.”
In the past twenty years, under Lu Ya's strict requirements, Zhu Yuanzhang was also familiar with the history books, so he naturally knew the Prime Minister's shortcomings. He did not have time to think and said,
"The prime minister system is the easiest to threaten the imperial power. Once the emperor is greedy for pleasure and ignores the government, the prime minister will easily monopolize power and control the government.”
"That's right." Lu Ya smiled and said,
"Just now, you were worried that once the Emperor slackens, the Prime Minister will control the government and take over the Emperor.”
"This cabinet system is to recruit some knowledgeable and capable top talents to help you handle government affairs.”
After a pause, Lu Ya continued,"
"These talents do not have any real power. They only have the right to make suggestions and not the right to make decisions. Thus, they cannot threaten the emperor's position and can even assist the emperor in handling government affairs.”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands."
"Yeah, why didn't we think of that?”
This method was simply too great. It was completely tailor-made for him.
As long as he found a group of people to handle government affairs, he would not be given any real power. They would only need to give him some suggestions, and the final decision-making power would still be in his hands.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up.
Lu Ya added,"
"Set up a cabinet, and then set up a system of votes to approve the red.”
"The memorials sent by the courtiers have to first be sent to the cabinet for approval.”
" What the emperor received was only the minimalist version that had been reviewed by the cabinet. While the workload of the emperor was greatly reduced, the power of the military could still be firmly grasped in his hands.”
Lu Ya looked at the excited Zhu Yuanzhang and continued,"
"In this way, no matter how capable the cabinet ministers are, they are just tools in front of the emperor.”
The cabinet system was a great invention of the Ming Dynasty to strengthen the central power.
How powerful was this thing?
For example.
Emperor Wanli had not attended court for thirty years, but he still firmly controlled the government. This was all due to the strength of the cabinet system.
Even a political genius like Zhang Juzheng was only a tool in Wanli's hands.
Wanli could take back his power in a matter of minutes.
Wei Zhongxian had been in control of the government for many years. Once Chongzhen took over, he was immediately dealt with.
In particular, Chongzhen had been in office for 17 years, but he had changed 19 times. One could imagine how much power he had.
This was also due to the cabinet system protecting the imperial power.
The Ming Dynasty's cabinet system successfully solved the drawbacks of the prime minister's power, so much so that the Qing Dynasty also used it. There was no prime minister, but the cabinet was changed to the Military and Political Affairs Office.
In reality, the so-called Military and Political Affairs Office had the same role as the cabinet. They could only handle government affairs and give suggestions to the Emperor. They had no real power at all.
It was equivalent to the emperor's secretary.
Zhu Yuanzhang's breathing quickened.
This cabinet system was simply meticulously created for him.
For Zhu Yuanzhang, who was extremely controlling, the appeal of the cabinet system was absolutely fatal.
What shocked Zhu Yuanzhang even more was that the imperial power had been wary of the drawbacks of the prime minister for thousands of years, but it was solved by the Imperial Advisor in an instant.
"Wonderful, this is too wonderful." Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed.
Lu Ya ignored Zhu Yuanzhang's surprised expression and took a sip of wine before continuing,"
"After the cabinet system is established, do you think you can't 'return to the Ning family' yet?”
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud.
"Yes, yes. Anyway, we'll handle the government affairs for them, but the power is still in our hands. If they don't do a good job, we'll just change someone else to do it.”
"You're worth teaching!" Lu Ya nodded gratefully.
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