Seeing that Hu Weiyong was stunned by the yelling, the slightly arrogant look on his face due to drinking disappeared completely due to this roar. Li Shanchang then calmed down his anger, took a deep breath, and said leisurely:
"He started his career at a young age. I watched him come up all the way. I know him very well."
"The superiors never act without aim. Everything they do has its own purpose. But recently, he has been making strange moves."
"Let's talk about the Northern Expedition. Before the battle reports from the past have been sent, do you dare to be sure that the main force of the Northern Expedition army is still there, and that the western route has even broken through Gansu and won a complete victory?"
Hu Weiyong was shocked and shook his head numbly.
"But when he came to power... he was sure. He sent a letter to Fu Youde of the West Route Army in advance, and dispatched sergeants to transport food to meet the main force of the Middle Route Army outside the Great Wall. He was even sure that the East Route Army was not in danger of being destroyed. The battle report on the East Route the day before yesterday had been
Although General Li Wenzhong lost troops and generals, the Eastern Route Army did escape the encirclement safely."
"This..." Hu Weiyong was stunned. "Isn't this a prediction of the future?"
"Before I came to power, I was quite elusive. However, I have never felt that the power of God is so unpredictable!" Li Shanchang shook his head and said. "Now that he is determined to destroy the Jurchens in Jianzhou, there is only one possibility, that is, he will never
I learned somewhere that the Jianzhou Jurchens will become a thorn in my side in the future!"
"But even so, there is no need to create a cabinet...Wei Yong, can you guess the intention of the superior?"
"Isn't it because he was too concerned about the war situation in Liaodong that he temporarily..." Hu Weiyong thought for a long time before he remembered the decree to establish a cabinet that he had made together with his replacement as left prime minister.
The most fundamental reason why the emperor was afraid of the prime minister was that without the prime minister, he would have no one to help him govern the country. No one would be able to help the emperor decide on all the affairs of the world.
Naturally, there is a curfew in the palace. After the curfew, even the prince is not allowed to move around at will. However, the small courtyards of the brothers are connected, so as long as they can climb over the wall, they don't have to worry about being caught by the guards.
In fact, this decree was made by Hu Weiyong, the new prime minister, who ordered the six ministries to step up their cooperation...
He decided that he must dig out the master behind His Majesty.
"Wei Yong, accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger."
…
But it was said that in the palace, Zhu Su had not been to the main hall for several days. Early this morning, a chamberlain came to Xuanzhi and asked him to move to the prince's residence outside the palace in a few days.
…
There was a long silence in the study. After a long time, Li Shanchang opened his mouth and sighed to Hu Weiyong who was sweating:
And all this was done unknowingly. No one in the court paid attention to the decree to establish a cabinet.
"We all know that ever since we succeeded in conquering the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty in the north, we have always had the intention of dethroning the Prime Minister."
At that time, I was so overwhelmed by the good news that I didn’t think much about this trivial matter. On the spot, as the new prime minister, I ordered the six yamen to select candidates...
The emperor could recruit a group of his own cabinet ministers and compete with the prime minister. He would no longer be afraid of problems that he could not manage, and by the way, the conflicts and disputes between the imperial power and the prime minister's power would also be resolved.
As long as the cabinet is established, its growth will be unstoppable!
But now, the cabinet appears.
"The power of the superior God is unpredictable...you have to be careful in the future..."
"Runtu? What is that?" Zhu Di stood up and climbed in directly from the window. "Don't be nagging, let me in first. Damn it, Master Li left a lot of homework, and when he finished, the palace was under curfew.
…”
Hu Weiyong was left alone, staring blankly at the ceiling above his head.
This guy threw away his black robe as soon as he entered the room, and without hesitation got into the bed that Zhu Su had just warmed, and sighed happily: "It's really warm. It should be summer, but at night
, it’s actually so cold…”
With that said, he hunched over and left the study.
"No, that's not right. Although His Majesty was also shrewd before, he is more than that."
"Teacher, what do you mean..."
"Moreover, all the power of the cabinet comes from the emperor. The emperor can be established as soon as he wants, and he can be abolished as soon as he wants. Today he can have all the power in the government, but tomorrow he may not be as good as a humble official."
Hu Weiyong was by no means a mediocre person. He thought for a moment and froze on the spot.
"The key point of this edict is in the second half of the letter, 'Those who are appointed to the cabinet are given the title of cabinet minister. They have no rank and no position, and the officials do not need to be in charge. It is appointed by the emperor himself.' Do you understand?"
Lao Zhu made a special excuse for the fact that he did not have to go to the main hall for special reasons. It seemed that what he claimed was that he had blasphemed the saints, disrespected his teachers, was uneducated and disobedient to discipline, so he was sent out of the palace.
His brother's prince Zhu Biao replaced Lao Zhu, who was busy with government affairs, to discipline him.
"Your Majesty's wrist... is so unpredictable!"
Zhu Su himself didn't care, as long as he could lie flat anyway. He wrote those words at that time in order to achieve the goal that Lao Zhu gave up. Unfortunately, the nonsense was ineffective, and in the end he had to take risks to show off his identity as a time traveler.
Now that Zhu Su was walking in the palace, he could vaguely feel the pointing fingers of the palace people. They all regarded him as a prince who had lost the favor of the emperor and whose future was in doubt. There were endless rumors.
"Could it be that there is someone else behind your majesty?"
The six ministries only do things, and the emperor and the prime ministers make decisions. Without the help of the prime ministers, how can the emperor manage such a huge country by himself?
"But with this cabinet, the cabinet directly reports to the emperor and is personally appointed by the emperor. These are the true ministers of the emperor!"
This is an organizational structure that breaks down the promotion of officials in governing the country. Cabinet ministers are appointed according to the emperor's wishes.
"It's just because the prime minister is an ancient system, and if he abolishes it, the government and the public will be shaken. Moreover, there are many national affairs, and the prime minister cannot be separated for a moment."
On the night when the decree to leave the palace tomorrow was delivered, he had just laid down when he heard a strange noise coming from the window. He picked up a candlestick to defend himself, opened the window, and saw Zhu Laosi squatting under the window.
, made a "shh~" gesture to him.
"It was just recently that he suddenly..."
Until, the power of the prime minister is endangered!
For a moment, Hu Weiyong felt like a light on his back!
"Confused!" Li Shanchang slapped the armrest of the Grand Master's chair. "If you are only concerned about the war situation, you can order the battle report not to be reported, and allow him to go straight to the center first. Why bother to add extraneous things and create a cabinet?"
He completely transferred the power to his subordinates.
"But with a cabinet, does the emperor still need to be afraid of the prime minister?"
"Throughout the ages, the reason why the prime minister has been the leader of the court and wields the most powerful power in the world is precisely because he represents the officials. Even the emperor must be wary of the prime minister."
"Fourth brother, what are you doing? I almost became Runtu for a time." Zhu Su raised the sharp candlestick in his hand. Zhu Di was wrapped in a black robe and huddled under the window. When illuminated by the moonlight, he looked really like
A sneaky 猹 stealing melons.
Hu Weiyong, who consciously saw through the fog, became more certain in his judgment the more he thought about it.
"You want something from me?" Zhu Su rolled his eyes, pushed Zhu Di in with his butt, and then got into bed himself. The two brothers sat on the bed and whispered.
"Of course something happened! You will leave the palace tomorrow, but I still have many, many things I want to ask you!" Twelve-year-old Zhu Di's eyes showed great curiosity.
"Really, what kind of time traveler are you?"
"Do you still retain the memories from your previous life, more than six hundred years later?"