"Your Majesty, Li Shanchang, pays homage to your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, Xu Da, pays homage to your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, Wu Lin, pays homage to your Majesty!"
At this time, in the Imperial Study Room, three core members of the Ming Dynasty bowed and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang with their faces full of respect.
Kneeling was not practiced in the Ming Dynasty. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that the Manchu Tatars allowed lower officials to kneel to superior officials and call themselves slaves. Not only that, they also forced people to grow braids and even their clothing was controlled.
"Get up!"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The three of them looked at each other, and no one could figure out why Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly summoned them.
I only saw Zhu Yuanzhang behind the case, swaying his ink.
Zhu Biao also stood aside with a respectful face.
"Your Majesty asked me and three others to come here. Why?"
Xu Da was the first to stand up and ask.
The status of these three people in the Ming Dynasty was not low. Zhu Yuanzhang found all three of them at the same time. He could guess with his toes that something big must have happened.
But Xu Da really couldn't figure it out. What big things could happen in Ming Dynasty that he needed to discuss with the three of them?
The remaining Tatars of the Northern Yuan Dynasty had been beaten to a pulp by the Ming Dynasty long ago, and the Goryeo side surrendered without even a fight.
The three of them were already confused on the way here. They also thought about it privately, why are they looking for them? Nothing major happened in Ming Dynasty recently.
Not only Xu Da, but the other two were also confused and had no idea what they were looking for.
"Biao'er, show this to them."
"yes!"
Zhu Biao took the rice paper from Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and divided it into three parts, one for each person.
"What is this?"
"cabinet?"
"Supervisor of Ceremonies?"
"Military aircraft department?"
"Unheard of!"
Looking at the words above, the three people became even more confused.
Let’s not talk about Xu Da as a general, but Li Shanchang and Wu Lin are very knowledgeable people.
But they knew every word of what was written on it, but when put together, they really didn't know what it meant.
"You don't need to be surprised. Let's talk about it after reading it."
Zhu Yuanzhang put down the brush in his hand and smiled lightly.
What is written on the paper is what Zhu Ying said.
Zhu Yuanzhang came to see the three of them just to see what they thought.
"High! Really high!"
After the three people read it, they all praised it in unison.
The cabinet mentioned first is obviously tailor-made for civil servants.
Since Hu Weiyong was beheaded by Zhu Yuanzhang, the civil service group has become increasingly weak and has basically become His Majesty's lackey.
They can only listen to the important events in the DPRK and are not qualified to participate at all.
I originally thought that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty would be like this in their lifetime, but I didn't expect that His Majesty would establish an institution specifically filled with civil servants.
It’s really another village where everything is bright and clear!
"Wonderful! Indescribably wonderful!"
After Xu Da read it, he was also full of admiration.
Although two of the three agencies have nothing to do with military generals, the last military aircraft department is obviously established for military generals.
It seems that His Majesty still has a lot of affection for these old friends in his heart and has not forgotten them.
Li Shanchang can be said to be one of the people alive today who has been with Zhu Yuanzhang the longest. Xu Da knows very well about Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang's desire for power has reached the point of paranoia.
Therefore, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, although Li Shanchang was the first prime minister, he abdicated the throne within a few years and recommended Hu Weiyong as his successor.
Unexpectedly, Hu Weiyong insisted on seeking death. Not only did he take bribes and pervert the law, he even allowed his own people to bully men and dominate women, living in a land of fish and meat.
Forget all this, the most outrageous thing is that Hu Weiyong is really out of his mind and wants to get involved in military power.
Therefore, in a fit of rage, His Majesty not only killed Hu Weiyong's entire family, but many people were also implicated.
As Hu Weiyong's teacher and recommender, Li Shanchang had a very frustrating time. He didn't dare to leave the house, for fear that Zhu Yuanzhang would see him and kill him by accident.
Even when he was hiding at home, Li Shanchang had nightmares all day long, in which Jin Yiwei's knife was already placed on his neck.
Who would have expected that His Majesty not only did not seek to settle accounts with him, but even established a cabinet!
The reason why Hu Weiyong was cut down was because he reached Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line.
Now, once these three institutions are established, the imperial power will not be threatened in any way.
He, Li Shanchang, can finally see the light of day again, and he no longer has to worry about being a coward all day long.
"Do you think these institutions are feasible? Can they be established?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the three of them finished reading, he asked with a smile.
"Replying to Your Majesty, I think the idea of this cabinet is really wonderful! With the cabinet, we will establish a Supervisor of Ceremonies and a Military Aircraft Department. As long as these three institutions are established, our Ming Dynasty will be able to last forever.
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"I also think these ideas are perfect!"
"I second the proposal!"
When the three people saw Zhu Yuanzhang asking, they nodded in agreement almost without thinking.
"Yes, since you all have the same idea as me, these three institutions will be established immediately. Wu Lin will resign from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs immediately. You will be the first chief assistant of the cabinet, and Li Shanchang will be the second assistant.
, Xu Da is the elder of the pavilion."
"As for the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Biao'er is in charge for the time being, and the Military Aircraft Department does not need to be established for the time being. We will wait until there is an emergency in Ming Dynasty and we will establish it again!"
Seeing that the three people had no objections, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately nodded in approval.
Our eldest grandson made it clear that once he joins the cabinet, he can no longer hold any position in the foreign court.
The position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the real core position of the Heavenly Official.
Therefore, Wu Lin must be relieved of this position.
Originally, Li Shanchang was the best candidate to serve as the first minister of the cabinet.
However, as the first contributor to the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Shanchang's prestige was still extremely high despite the impact of Hu Weiyong's case, so Zhu Yuanzhang ranked him as the second assistant.
As for Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang put him in the cabinet. Firstly, it was to check and balance Li Shanchang's influence. Secondly, there was no need to establish a military aircraft department for the time being. Xu Da entered the cabinet, which could prevent the civilian officials from becoming more powerful again.
Wu Lin resigned from the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. For this vacant position, Zhu Yuanzhang also had a candidate in mind, that is Liu Bowen, who was recuperating at home. It was time to go out for a walk.
The Director of Ceremonies originally planned to have eunuchs serve among them, but at this time, the eunuch Dou Da of the Ming Dynasty did not know a single character, so it would take some time for Zhu Biao to select the people and then teach them how to read and write.
For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang even set up an institution called Nei Shu Tang specifically to train eunuchs.
There are also a few smart eunuchs in the inner library, such as the one named Ma Sanbao, whom Zhu Yuanzhang planned to give to Zhu Laosi.
He was named Zheng He and studied in the inner library.
