Since the Tang Dynasty, the prime minister said that he was polite to all officials. Those who saw him were not old or young, and the prime minister stood up and held his hands down. After a while, the official sang "The Lord Respects" from the side, and the guest stood up and retreated.

Although the Ming Dynasty abolished the prime minister system, the authority of the Jiajing period quietly fell into the hands of the cabinet. Long Qing, who had mediocre imperial power, naturally had no ability to change the system that had been in power for decades.

Therefore, today's cabinet ministers are called prime ministers, which is worthy of their name.

Lin Weiran's trip from ordinary cabinet ministers to secondary assistants is undoubtedly an extremely important leap. Although there are examples of Xu Jie's ten-year secondary assistants, this is an extremely rare situation, and it is more likely to wait until two or three years.

Replace the throne of the prime minister.

The same is true. The position of the second assistant can be compared to the current crown prince. Lin Weiran is already the future chief assistant who will lead all officials in the future, so his status can be clearly distinguished from that of ordinary cabinet ministers.

Although Ma Sen and other officials have long followed Lin Shiran's lead, they only saw that Lin Shiran officially became the second auxiliary of the cabinet, the feeling of affiliation seemed even stronger and they firmly supported Lin Shiran.

Lin Weiran looked around at the officials present and respectfully nodded first, then walked towards the carriage.

He knew that if he wanted to lead China to the top of the world, he could not be as friendly as Xu Jie and Li Chunfang, but he had to use his strong skills to command all officials.

The problem that is in front of us is to break the current situation where the imperial court is content with the status quo. Only by trying to get rid of the tumors on the Ming Dynasty can we create a new era of the Ming Dynasty.

In March, the capital is full of spring.

The green grass in front of Wenyuan Pavilion has more colors, and the tall trees look more and more vibrant, and the chirping of sparrows comes from the branches.

With Li Chunfang's departure, the structure of the entire cabinet also quietly changed, the most obvious thing is that the cabinet members have changed from five to four.

Although there is one more cabinet minister in the cabinet, there is no need to rush to add cabinet ministers in the current situation. Especially outside the threshold is Zhao Zhenji, the Minister of Rites. It is even more impossible for all officials to recommend Zhao Zhenji to the cabinet.

In addition, the four cabinet ministers were all in their prime and strong age, and had enough energy and wisdom to deal with matters of all sizes and big in the court, so the cabinet also had no idea of ​​adding members.

Lin Weiran, wearing a python robe, came to Wenyuan Pavilion by the stone road, but did not rush to return to his own room, but walked into Guo Pu's room who was upgraded to the chief minister's room.

Although Guo Pu has been upgraded to the prime minister, he has no idea of ​​moving to a duty room. He still has the original duty room office, and a faint sandalwood is floating in the air.

Guo Pu is different from the past. He has already put on a majestic python robe and is dealing with the memorial at hand.

If it weren't for Li Chunfang's overtaken by the time of mourning, the inner support and chief assistant would have belonged to him long ago, but the current situation would not be too bad. After all, he took over the position left by Li Chunfang.

After Long Qing agreed to Li Chunfang's resignation yesterday, he also issued an imperial edict to Guo Pu. In addition to awarding the title of false, he also gave Guo Pu a set of python robes.

Guo Pu is not suitable to go and see Li Chunfang off today. He stopped his hand and raised his hand to the returned Lin Weiran and said gently: "Ruoyu, sit down first!"

"Thank you, Master!" Lin Weiran also maintained a respectful attitude, and sat down opposite him and said.

Guo Pu reached out and picked up the teacup on the table, raised his face and asked seriously: "Ruoyu, Master Li has left, what should we do next?"

Although he took over Li Chunfang's position, he did not intend to compete with Lin Xuran for the helm of the aircraft carrier, and he also knew that he could not control this huge aircraft carrier.

But now, the court is facing difficulties such as vassals and the wealth of the vassal states, but they need to work together to solve them, so that they can have the opportunity to create a prosperous era.

"The resignation of Mr. Li this time, coupled with the previous storm in "Wine, Sex, Finance and Wealth" has caused criticism now. If the emperor still disagrees with reducing the vassal of the vassal, he may have to restore his reputation through other methods.

This may be our most effective opportunity to break the deadlock!" Lin Weiran took the tea from the cabinet officials and seemed to have analyzed in his grasp.

Although the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty was obviously much stronger than before, the emperor's right to judge was always in the hands of civil officials, and he had the ability to decide the emperor's reputation during or after his death.

If Longqing wants to have a good reputation before and after his death, he needs to make some corresponding compromises instead of singing opposites to all officials.

Now he does not agree to reduce the vassal of the clan and does not need to enthrone the emperor's legitimate son as the crown prince, but he needs to make some achievements to offset these negative effects.

Guo Pu frowned slightly and asked seriously: "Ruoyu, at this point, do you think it's still no chance to cut the vassal of the clan and the rice?"

"Thirty thousand people of the sect, these are blood-sucking mouths, but they are also cursing mouths. The emperor is unlikely to agree easily!" Lin Shiran knew that Guo Pu was optimistic about Long Qing's choice to compromise, but he still

I decided to pour a basin of cold water into an analysis.

When Guo Pu heard Lin Shiran's reason, he couldn't help but nodded gently.

As the clan members continued to reproduce, the huge population certainly dragged down the finances of the court, but this huge population would also make Longqing afraid of the rat.

After all, the reduction of the vassal and majesty's salary and rice infringes on the fundamental interests of 30,000 people. Not to mention whether there would be a cruel person like Zhu Di, the condemnation of these 30,000 people also made Longqing unbearable.

In fact, the vassal kings in various places not only sent personnel to complain to the capital and demanded the owed grain for years, but also constantly advocated the harm of reducing the vassal rice to Longqing through their own blood relatives.

That's right, even though everyone knows that reducing the vassal of the country and the people is beneficial to the people, Longqing probably still does not have enough courage to promote this matter.

Guo Pu pinched the tea lid and poured tea water lightly, but asked with frown: "If this problem cannot be solved, how can the Ming Dynasty's finance be improved? How can the imperial finance be able to support more and more clans in the future.

Where are people?"

"Yuanfu, we are so urgent to create a prosperous era, but simply maintaining the status quo may not be too anxious! Our Ming Dynasty finance has been greatly improved, and the issue of reducing the vassal and the rice of the clan is not as urgent as in previous years.

"Lin Weiran sat comfortably on the chair and said with a bitter look.

Guo Pu took a sip of tea, but glanced at Lin Qingran in disguise and blamed him: "In this way, you have to blame you for this! The financial addition of grain tax and commercial tax has increased a lot, resulting in significant financial gains.

Improve, be sure to be able to pass it barely!”

The so-called blame is naturally a joke. It is just that even if the Ming Dynasty's finances have been improved, it does not constitute a reason to not deal with the cancer of Zongfan Lumi.

"Mr. Yuanfu, in the eyes of the emperor, the current vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal and vassal, so we still have to do this time.

We have to give in a temporary basis!" Lin Qingran said his thoughts, and then looked at Guo Pu with a serious face.

"Ruoyu, although I am the prime minister now and you are the secondary assistant, your ability to govern is far above me! No matter what decision you make next, I will fully support you, so you can go with confidence

Just do it!" Guo Pu knew that Lin Xuran wanted to strive to form a consensus with him, so he said heartily.

The two have already formed an alliance since the Xu Jie period. After so many years of time together, he has long seen Lin Qinran's governing wisdom and understands that Lin Qinran is actually the best candidate for the prime minister.

The reason why he wanted to occupy this position was that Lin Qingran was indeed too young, and the other hand, he could also help Lin Qingran suppress Guo Pu and Zhang Juzheng.

"Thank you! I will live up to everyone's expectations and will create a prosperous era!" Lin Qingran faced Guo Pu's sincere gaze and no longer responded politely.

In a prosperous era, this is the goal that all officials are striving for now. Even if the person who is blocking him is Longqing, they still have to find a way to move away this obstacle.
Chapter completed!