Chapter 110 Decentralization and Struggle for Power
Chapter 110: Struggle for Power by Separation of Powers
Yang Tinghe was silent for a moment and after a few rounds in his mind, he asked the core question seriously: "Your Majesty, I would also like to ask, since there is a national policy meeting, and cabinet ministers will participate in aircraft maintenance in the future, how will the power and responsibilities of this plan be determined?"
He is the chief minister of the cabinet, so this question can only be asked by him.
Zhu Houcong had already made a plan: "At the beginning of the establishment of the cabinet, participating in the affairs of the government was to share the emperor's worries, and draft opinions on how to deal with all matters in advance to prepare for the emperor. I have been observing the government for the past month, and the responsibilities between the cabinet and the six ministries have gradually become less and less clear.
.After that, if the matter only involves one department or within a certain yamen, the memorial must state the general strategy, and the cabinet will give its opinions on voting, and I will approve it in principle. If the matter involves various departments, and the dispute is unresolved, it will be decided at the national policy meeting.
Make a decision."
Jiu Qing's heart was shocked: In principle, it means that the cabinet will really have jurisdiction over the internal affairs of each specific department in the future. Although the strategy is taken by each department, the cabinet's theoretical voting opinions are only
There are two options to agree or reject, but this is the jurisdiction of the process.
If more than two departments are involved, they can report to the national policy meeting. Although the cabinet still has the power to make suggestions, everyone can participate in the decision-making process. In this way, the cabinet used to be less able to deal with complex matters that many people did not want to take responsibility for.
Lost the power to give plans.
Whether this is to reduce the power of the cabinet or to give it more weight, it was hard for everyone to figure out for the moment.
Yang Tinghe immediately left his seat, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you are wise!"
Wang Qiong couldn't help but look at him, because Yang Tinghe must have figured it out. Wang Qiong immediately thought in a clear direction from his reaction: This system is still beneficial to the cabinet.
Then, it must be because the cabinet has the power to clearly review the internal affairs of each department and can influence the officials of each ministry.
In this way, for matters that need to be decided at the national policy meeting, each department, under the influence of the cabinet's review power, will be able to first coordinate the strategy with the cabinet, which is equivalent to just a single process at the national policy meeting.
For Huang Jin, the Chief of Ceremony's Palm Seal is definitely something he will have in his pocket in the future.
Therefore, Yang Tinghe recognized this new king more and more from the bottom of his heart.
The establishment of the National Policy Council is to help important civil servants make the cake bigger.
If it hadn't been a signal that the emperor wanted to reform, it would have been impossible for the Qian Ning and Jiang Bin cases to affect Liang Chu, Wang Qiong and others in such a timely manner.
Zhu Houcong smiled: "It depends on the situation, it's up to me."
Not only the top leaders of each yamen have the authority to take action, but for some small matters, the bureaucrats directly report them, so wouldn't the top officials of each yamen be sidelined?
Yang Tinghe took the lead and made all three of them dissatisfied.
Jiang Mian already had the intention of taking the lead - although he was disappointed that Yang Tinghe was persuaded to stay.
The emperor's move was to actively withdraw part of the imperial power by weakening the eunuch's power, in exchange for the establishment of the National Policy Conference and the Imperial Study Room, which would hardly be opposed by anyone.
Now it seems that this attack only hit Yang Tinghe the hardest, but Yang Tinghe could not offend other cabinet ministers, nor could he oppose the establishment of the accompanying bachelor in the Imperial Study Room.
It doesn't matter, he could have achieved this goal by adjusting the cabinet and the selection of the Nine Ministers. What's more, the decision-making power on all matters will still lie with the emperor.
When it comes to the people attending national policy meetings that will hardly change in three years, how can the emperor tolerate which cabinet minister is responsible for specifically taking charge of affairs in a certain field?
Because this is a decentralization of power, each cabinet minister will have clear responsibilities in the future. Of course, the chief minister can express his opinion on everything, but the leading cabinet minister who has to sign and take responsibility can choose not to listen.
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But... these top civil servants with flexible minds all thought of a possible evolution: the current emperor has shown strong energy, sufficient wisdom and determination, but what about him in the future? Where are his descendants?
Can this national policy meeting always exist? If it always exists, what changes will there be in the future?
But at least Yang Tinghe and his cabinet ministers, who had just experienced the incident in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice and the incident of Wang Shouren's lecture, faced the emperor's proposal to share the power of the imperial study room with the bachelor's degree and the power of the ceremonial supervisor. Each cabinet minister had clear powers to handle affairs.
The entire collective of civil servants now has two more paths to enter the core power circle, and cannot oppose them face to face.
But now, cabinet ministers are in charge?
Jiu Qing, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief. In order to handle his own affairs well in the future, it seems that he only needs to greet one minister in charge?
So even in national policy meetings, cabinet ministers will not be monolithic and fight with Jiu Qing together.
Zhu Houcong held out three fingers: "For matters that do not go through the national policy meeting, there are three requirements for the execution of the memorial: the chief official of each yamen approves the signature seal of the strategy, the cabinet leader handles the signature seal of the cabinet ministers' vote, and the secretary of etiquette approves the red seal. Six cabinet ministers
Everyone is responsible for the opinions given by the ministers in charge of the affairs they handle. If the minister in charge is temporarily absent, he will directly report it to me for approval."
Everyone has no time to think about what reaction will be caused after the news of the establishment of the National Policy Council is spread today, because since so many important ministers have no objections in principle, the discussion will begin.
Setting goals and preparing guarantees for resetting the three major battalions is to help the military minister make the cake bigger.
The emperor said nothing, but Guo Xun, who experienced the emperor's first visit to the court and many subsequent events, knew that the emperor actually had expectations for his ministers and generals.
Because this means that the only way for a civil servant to enter the core of power is to become a cabinet minister. When Jiuqing or Tuen become a bachelor in the imperial study room, it has already reached its peak: all real major events cannot bypass the national policy meeting.
Yan Song looked at the young emperor with admiration. The eunuch next to him, Huang Jin, the head of the Internal Affairs Department, was also low-key and silent. There was no difference in the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
The three checkpoints of ordinary affairs must have signatures and seals, and the heads of each department and leading cabinet ministers must be responsible for specific matters. Although it is stressful, it is clear that it is done well, and no one else can take away the credit.
Now, having achieved his goal, the emperor returned to the same state as before when he went to court.
The establishment of the imperial study room to accompany bachelors is to help civil servants make the cake bigger.
Wang Qiong immediately saluted: "Your Majesty, the cabinet has effectively suppressed all ministries. I am afraid that the power of the cabinet is getting stronger and stronger! Although the nine ministers attended the national policy meeting, they have actually lost their authority over the yamen in charge."
To hold a national policy meeting like this is to put it bluntly, to reshuffle the cards in another more obvious way, so that the minds of the cabinet ministers and those under the Nine Ministers can be fully alive, and there will be more paths to enter the core power circle.
Wang Qiong also knelt down and said sincerely: "Your Majesty is wise!"
As long as it lasts three to five years, it is a deep-rooted interest relationship.
Yan Song couldn't help but speculate, what exactly does His Majesty think about the future power structure of the court?
No one thinks that future national policy meetings will always have this pattern, and the imperial study room will always be just an imperial study room.
No one can guess what the emperor was thinking. After all, today's decision has broken through the ceiling imagined by civil servants in the past, which is why the national policy conference and the decentralization of cabinet powers have been smoothly changed.
Now Wang Qiong was also satisfied: as long as all the memorials under his hands must pass his own level, the power of this first level is certainly greater than that of the second and third level!
The specific performance is as follows: almost all matters that did not give an attitude on the spot at the court meeting were submitted to the upper level by the relevant yamen, and were approved by Zhu for implementation after being voted by the cabinet.
Having clear responsibilities and powers is a good thing after all, and Yang Tinghe couldn't object to it for a while.
The only ones injured were the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Chief Assistant to the Cabinet.
The emperor, who was aloof, was able to see more people fighting with each other by relying on his power of approval and decision-making at the national policy conference.
Everything depends on whether the cabinet's coordination can be effectively accomplished, and whether the cabinet's review of the affairs of various departments can convince the public.
With so many people in the core power circle, there are more ways to rise, and people below will become more active.
Everyone looked at the emperor with complicated eyes.
The first thing to be discussed now is directly related to Wu Chen, but he is not able to participate in the discussions between Wang Xian, the Minister of War, and other important ministers.
Yang Tinghe's opposition to the establishment of the National Policy Council was not just as simple as opposing the other three cabinet ministers and all the nine ministers, but also blocking a new path for all officials below.
The first thing is the specific strategy for abolishing the three major camps and re-establishing them.
Seeing it through without saying it, the emperor is just shuffling the cards first, but it is not time to make a fool of the cards yet.
Strictly speaking, except for the first time when the imperial court was suppressed, in subsequent daily affairs, the authority of the cabinet was constantly recognized by the emperor.
In addition to competition, the cabinet should not allow the chief minister to become more powerful and give other cabinet ministers clearer powers. This can also allow the cabinet to fully play its role and improve the efficiency of internal affairs of each department.
How will this royal study evolve in the future?
If you want to get in, you naturally have to lean towards the emperor and get his approval.
Guo Xun feels like a clown.
You are irresponsible, you can beep, but don’t beep all the time!
Not only Fei Hong, who has returned to the cabinet, but also Jiang Mian and Mao Ji will be more happy to see this.
This is only reasonable now. The emperor has always just expanded the number of people in the core power circle in order to better control something from a high position.
It seems that the emperor will choose to save worry and effort on small things. In the future, his home court will only be here, only in national policy meetings!
And Jiu Qing is qualified to sit here!
Yang Tinghe's eyes narrowed slightly: he was anxious and it was too early to call Shengming. He only saw the clamping effect of this general principle on the six departments.
Although Mao Ji agrees with Yang Tinghe in many aspects, doesn't he have his own expectations?
As for Fei Hong...if he has been away from the court for many years and can take charge of specific affairs as soon as he returns to the cabinet, there is no need to slowly compete with the current cabinet ministers.
At this moment, the Chief of Ceremonies has no right to say anything. At this moment, Yang Tinghe cannot be an enemy of the entire group of civil servants, and preventing military ministers from getting a bigger stage has the unavoidable threshold of the emperor's own "insecurity".
Furthermore, he cannot object to the establishment of the National Policy Council.
Anyone who stands up to oppose is almost a thief of civil servants.
Everyone understood clearly: which cabinet minister is responsible for specific affairs, it is like a temporary assignment of an official.
Everyone has figured it out: the emperor's purpose is to expand the top-level decision-making circle and bring in the team he trusts and has trained.
Once the decision has been made and entered into the implementation stage, the cabinet resumes its authority to review various ordinary matters related to the implementation process of various ministries.
Yang Tinghe, who had called Shengming early, seemed not to object at this time. He just got up and asked as if he understood the details: "Your Majesty, the cabinet ministers are responsible for their own affairs. Is it determined by circumstances or is there a rule?"
His main energy is still listening to their words, paying attention to their "quarrel skills", and at the same time, he has a more intuitive understanding of the ways between the various yamen today.
That day, Guo Xun earnestly persuaded other ministers and generals: You guys who are getting fatter and fatter must consider whether this is...
But now, only Guo Xun is here among the generals!
In this first national policy meeting, the first thing to be discussed was the abolition of the three major battalions and the re-establishment of the three major battalions. Can the representatives of the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the representatives of the honorable ministers and generals really say nothing?
The emperor didn't look at him, but Guo Xun couldn't wait for the emperor to look over and hint at something.
It's hard for Your Majesty! If he looks over and can't fart, what does that mean?