The word cabinet seemed to be a product of Europe and the United States in later generations. In fact, the cabinet system is a unique system in China. China's cabinet system began with the prime minister system in the Spring and Autumn Period. At first, the prime minister was the auxiliary minister of the kings of various countries in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was responsible for assisting the kings in managing the country. Of course, these prime ministers were also nobles, and most of them were relatives of the kings.

In the Warring States Period, wars were frequent between countries, and wars were no longer a group of tens of thousands of people, but a battle of all countries. In order to use the last bit of national strength in the war, countries began to reform and use intellectuals from civilian origins as prime ministers.

When Qin Shihuang unified China, the prime minister system was completely formed after hundreds of years of development. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin Dynasty's system. Although the prime minister was no longer a relative of the emperor, he was also a great nobleman.

During the Han Dynasty, the contradiction between the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister was quickly exposed, and the prime minister system quickly entered the adjustment period. The core of the adjustment was that the imperial power was constantly concentrated and the power of the prime minister was constantly divided. However, different kings had different characteristics and preferences, so there were different ways to control the power of the prime minister. Therefore, the power of the prime minister was sometimes strengthened and sometimes weakened.

The Tang Dynasty was an important stage in the development of the prime minister system. The changes in its prime minister's organization and the changes in the prime minister's name were relatively complicated. The three-provincial system was gradually formed during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and Sui Dynasty, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty was truly established.

The Song Dynasty had the same design, and many ministers were parallel, and the organization was not fixed. The purpose was to disperse the power of the prime minister. The Northern Song Dynasty followed the system of the late Tang Dynasty and set up the Zhongshu Menxia Province. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, the chief officials under the Zhongshu Menxia were the prime minister, also known as "the Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi"; the deputy prime minister was called "the chief political affairs". Later, there was basically no difference between the chief political affairs and the chief prime minister, which made the chief political affairs more scattered.

At this time, the prime minister was no longer the only one in the Qin and Han dynasties, but was divided into several people. This is easy to understand. The prime minister was responsible for national government affairs and was in charge of one person's hands for a long time. The emperor was really worried.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was a beggar and under the banner of expelling the Tartars, so in the early days of Zhu Yuanzhang, he still established a prime minister in the Tang and Song systems. However, as a beast of power, Zhu Yuanzhang could share power with others? He soon used Hu Weiyong's case to completely abolish the prime minister system.

But the beggar Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know that the prime minister system was a supplement to the imperial power. The country was so big that Zhu Yuanzhang could not cover everything. Zhu Yuanzhang was so tired that he was unable to do anything. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, he formed a cabinet of secretary. Yes! This cabinet that later developed into a giant was formed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was also somewhat wise with peasantry. He was afraid that the cabinet would develop into prime minister again. At the beginning, it was stipulated that the cabinet's grand rank was only a fifth rank, and it was stipulated that the grand rank "is the special attendant and the consultant". The current grand rank was just Zhu Yuanzhang's secretary to handle national affairs.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a good plan, but he forgot that he would die, and his successor did not have his energy or means. After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, his successors had been from generation to generation. By the time Zhu Zhanji became emperor, the cabinet system had developed very perfectly. At the same time, the emperor overthrew part of his monarchy to the cabinet, which was the right to vote. I have said before about how to divide the labor of votes and the right to votes and votes against the red, so I won't talk about it here.

At this point, the original cabinet system in ancient China was completely formed, and this system controlled the monarchy well, because wise emperors were rare and most emperors were ordinary people. At this time, the elites in the cabinet could prevent national policies from deviating too much. But what if the emperor himself was extremely smart?

It is very simple. The situation will occur during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The cabinet became a chore and the chief minister became a scapegoat.

The cabinet system developed to its peak in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and spread to Europe in the 18th century. The cabinet system in Europe and the United States also borrowed from China's cabinet system. However, Europe and the United States implemented a parliamentary system, and the emperor's rights were not as great as the Chinese emperor, so the cabinet system was carried forward in Europe and the United States.

Zhu Hongsan traveled through time in later generations. In the past, he was just a township cadre. After reading the news, he saw how good the European and American cabinet system was. So when he organized his own forces in the Ming Dynasty, he easily thought of that cabinet system.

Zhu Hongsan made the cabinet system different from the cabinet in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Hongsan had great power in the cabinet. The cabinet prime ministers were basically the same as those of later European and American prime ministers. Except for the military, everything else was in charge. All government affairs across the country could be reported to the emperor only after the cabinet chief minister was willing to preside over, and the emperor's imperial edict could be issued nationwide.

Of course, Zhu Hongsan gave the cabinet such great powers. In the early stages of Zhu Hongsan's development, famous scholars such as Feng Ruoshu and Chen Zizhuang were attracted by the cabinet's chief assistant and surrendered to Zhu Hongsan. In the middle of the Donglin Party bosses, such as Qu Shisi and Lu Daqi, also saw that the cabinet had great powers, so they reluctantly surrendered to Zhu Hongsan.

However, Zhu Hongsan forgot that the European and American cabinets had parliaments as firewalls, so the conflict with the emperor was not very big. At the same time, the European emperors had no power in their hands as much as the Chinese emperor. However, Zhu Hongsan was different here. The cabinet with great power faced the emperor directly. If the emperor had any mistakes, the cabinet would object immediately. In addition, these scholars and officials were all from the late Ming Dynasty, and being against the emperor was a hero. If they spoke to the emperor, they would become a scum of the scholars.

After Zhu Hongsan stepped down from office, he originally thought that his life would be better if he replaced the honest man Feng Ziyong as the chief minister, but he did not expect that Feng Ziyong was also a scholar-official, and he had to follow the tradition of the stern kingdom when he took office, that was, he took it as his responsibility to oppose the emperor.

Zhu Hongsan saw Feng Ziyong not giving him any face and refuting his Northwest Grand Strategy for nothing. Zhu Hongsan's brain hurts. But Zhu Hongsan's energy is reborn. What can he do? He chose this prime minister himself, and he has only been in office for half a month. Could he be deposed now? Who will he replace him with if he is deposed? Tong Yangjia or Ma Jiyuan?

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan felt powerless, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, second cousin, I know I was wrong. I promised that as long as Junggar does not invade my Ming territory, I will ignore him!"

Feng Ziyong was delighted when he heard the emperor surrender. He had always been called the soy sauce master, but now he finally forced the emperor to change his mind. Since the goal was achieved, Feng Ziyong no longer annoyed Zhu Hongsan and stood up and said goodbye.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Feng Ziyong who had left, and felt very regretful that he had to implement a cabinet system back then. It would be better to take over the power directly. Thinking that Zhu Hongsan had a little high blood pressure, he rubbed his forehead with his hands and said, "Old Li, if you continue to do your duty, I will not work today. I will go to the Old Summer Palace to relax!"

Li Chengen bowed and agreed to the emperor's order, and hurried out to prepare.

The Old Summer Palace was a royal garden built by Zhu Hongsan in the western suburbs of Beijing after entering Beijing. Because Zhu Hongsan's wife was from the south, the climate in the north was very dry, and the weak Jiangnan girls could bear this. So Zhu Hongsan built a royal garden in the watery western suburbs according to the Jiangnan garden. Of course, the name Zhu Hongsan used the title of the Old Summer Palace very unconventional.

Now, among Zhu Hongsan's wife, except for the imperial concubine Ma Ruyan and imperial concubine Qian Yuting, they also live in the palace city, and all the wives of all ages live in the Old Summer Palace.

In the western suburbs of Beijing, there are continuous Xishan, Yuquan Mountain, Wanshou Mountain, Wanquanzhuang, Beihai and other terrain. The flowing springs are everywhere, and they form large and small lakes and ponds in low-lying places. The Yuquan Mountains flow from west to east and flow into Kunming Lake, becoming the largest water surface in the western suburbs. Large areas of rice fields were cultivated here, forming a natural scenic spot. As early as the Liao Dynasty, the emperor built the Yuquan Mountain Palace here.

The scenery here is very beautiful. Zhu Hongsan was in a very good mood after seeing such a beautiful scenery, and his headache was cured most of the time. At this time, Li Chengen next to him asked, "Your Majesty, go to that lady's residence?"

The Old Summer Palace covers a huge area. Although it is not as big as the later Summer Palace, it also has more than 100 hectares. The Old Summer Palace consists of three independent gardens, the Old Summer Palace, Changchun Garden and Wanchun Garden. The Old Summer Palace is the residence of the emperor, the Changchun Garden is the residence of the two princesses of the Kunxing Princess Zhu Mai, Zhu Youjia, and the King of Lu. Wanchun Garden is the residence of other women such as Kou Baimen, Bian Yujing, and Li Xiangjun. Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "Go to the residence of the Princess Changchun Garden!"

Of course, the princess Zhu Hongsan mentioned was not an outsider, but only refers to the eldest daughter of Emperor Chongzhen, Princess Kunxing, Zhu Mai.

Zhu Mai lived in the largest building in Changchun Garden, in the Jiudao Garden. This Jiudao was personally initiated by the emperor. No one knew what it meant back then. Of course, Zhu Hongsan could not say that the Jiudao came from the Deer and the Cauldron. Zhu Mai became a monk and was named Jiudao. Zhu Hongsan just told Zhu Mai that she had suffered all her life, so she named it Jiudao.

Zhu Hongsan's carriage and horse came outside the gate of Jiunan Garden. Zhu Mai had already received news from the eunuch and brought all the people of all sizes and big and small to kneel at the door to welcome the emperor.

Zhu Hongsan got out of the car and helped Zhu Mai up and asked in a harmonious voice: "My dear, it's cold now, your hands are fine!"

Zhu Mai's left hand was cut off by Chongzhen's elbow that year, and the weather changed when the season changed, so Zhu Hongsan asked this question.

Zhu Mai has been following Zhu Hongsan for more than 20 years and has been an old husband and wife, but in front of so many emperors, Zhu Mai still blushed a little.

Zhu Mai was gentle and whispered: "Thank you for your concern. More than twenty years have passed, and your arms are fine!"

Zhu Hongsan took Zhu Mi's hand and looked around, and found that his third daughter, Princess Changsha, was also here. Zhu Hongsan couldn't help asking: "Zhu Xiang, why did you come here if you are not at your mother?"

Zhu Xiang is the daughter of Princess Zhu Youjia, and the first child Zhu Youjia gave birth to in Guangdong. Zhu Xiang is two years older than the fourth prince Zhu Yuan, and is already seventeen years old this year.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, royal children had to get married at the age of fifteen, and Zhu Xiang, as a princess, naturally had to get married early. However, Zhu Hongsan was willing to marry his daughter at the age of fifteen, so no matter what the ministers in the court said, they just disagree with Zhu Xiang getting married too early.

Because Zhu Xiang was born to Zhu Youjia by Zhu Hong Sanqiang, Zhu Youjia didn't like this daughter. In addition, Zhu Youjia's second child was the prince Zhu Bo. Zhu Youjia's first son died tragically at the hands of Zhu Hong San that year, so Zhu Youjia transferred all his feelings to Zhu Bo, and naturally he rarely disciplined this daughter. Therefore, Zhu Xiang was basically raised by Zhu Mei and naturally had a deep relationship with Zhu Mei.

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