Xiao Yun paused for a moment, and after Zhu Yuanzhang thought carefully, he also sorted out his thoughts and continued: "Your Majesty's memorials, the memorials will be handed over to these cabinet ministers to give their opinions. After His Majesty read them, he tore the note and then wrote the opinions in a red pen. It is called "Criticize the Red", also known as "Zhu Ci". After the emperor approved it, he took it out and executed it by the subordinates. This is the formal edict. In this way, his effectiveness has been continuously improved, and His Majesty has also reduced the memorials that have been read for several days, and the memorials have been!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said, "But in this way, although this Grand Secretary of the Cabinet is not a Secretariat, he is acting as a Secretariat. If the power is too great in the future, how should he control it?"

"Damn it, I am worthy of being the Emperor Hongwu. Such a vision is not something that ordinary people can do?" Xiao Yun praised inwardly and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry. The "plot" of the cabinet is just a preliminary opinion to provide reference for the emperor, and the final decision is still in the hands of the emperor. Moreover, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet is all fifth-rank... The Grand Secretary is just a special attendant, and is a consultant. His official position is not high. Even if he does the work of the Secretariat, it is not enough to threaten His Majesty. Moreover, the existence and size of the power of the cabinet and the actual status of the cabinet are mainly reflected in the degree to which the "plot" he wrote is adopted. And this is precisely in the hands of Your Majesty, how can a small fifth-rank official control the government's affairs?"

Xiao Yun didn't know that his remarks today created the cabinet in later generations. With the increasing power of the cabinet, the cabinet became an important department. Therefore, from the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the cabinet's Grand Secretary began to be the Minister of the Cabinet, and some of these ministers also served as Taibao, Taifu, Shaobao, Shaofu, etc., and had a high political status and the official rank was the first rank. So the six ministers had to ask the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet for some time, which actually became subordinates of the cabinet, which was equivalent to restoring the old system of the six ministries in charge of the Secretariat. Later, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet was again

According to the order of status, it is divided into chief assistants, secondary assistants, group assistants, and chief assistants. "The prime ministers of the Han and Tang dynasties are not named as prime ministers." In this case, the cabinet had a tendency to become prime ministers, and the power of some cabinet ministers was as great as that of the previous prime ministers. So "princes" such as Xia Yan, Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, etc., who did not have the name of prime ministers but had the power of prime ministers. This resulted in a unique official title of the Ming Dynasty, which was enough to compete with the prime minister. Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations for abolishing the prime minister forever were destroyed in just over a decade.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still thinking hard, and he was only a fifth rank. He served the emperor and helped deal with political affairs. The emperor had the right to criticize the emperor. This was indeed a good way. By bypassing the Secretariat recently, Zhu Yuanzhang personally reviewed memorials and memorials. Although he could understand the major affairs of the country and seize the power of the prime minister, there were many memorials sent by the six ministries every day. Even if he did it day and night, he was fine. The prince Zhu Biao was weak. If I seized the power of the prime minister in the future, he might not be able to do it. Brother Xiao’s method was just to promote a few literati to help me handle government affairs. In this way, I don’t need to read memorials and review memorials every day. The biggest benefit is that these people are well-read and well-known in government affairs. If they help me, they are much better than me alone? It seems that I have to try this method?"

"Well, this method is good. After a few years, I will try it?" Zhu Yuanzhang stuck to his long beard.

The girl glanced at Xiao Yun and said to herself, "Ha, in addition to being slick, this guy has some skills. He is indeed much better than those playboys who rely on others. No wonder this guy is proud all day long."

"Brother Xiao can even think of such a method. Brother Xiao is not an ordinary person?" Mao Xiang murmured to himself.

The four of them talked for a while on the top of the mountain, and suddenly saw a guard hurriedly walked forward, clasped his fists at Zhu Yuanzhang, and bowed, "Your Majesty is ready, can you start?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, turned around and looked at Xiao Yun, and said, "Brother Xiao, do you know what happened to me when I asked you to come here today?"

"You think I am Brother Liu, and I have the ability to predict the future. How can I know what you want to do?" He smiled and said, "Your Majesty is the emperor and has a heavenly heart. I am a mortal. I am naturally a mortal. How can ordinary hearts figure out the thoughts of Tianxin? I have understood this truth very early, so, where will your Majesty ask me to go, and where will I go?"

"Shapeful!" The girl flattered her mouth and cursed in a low voice.

"Brother Xiao, how could he say such nice words? What Tianxin, Fanxin, can I not think of such a elm-head?" Mao Xiang muttered to himself, and when his eyes looked at his elder brother, he felt a little more admiration.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes, and replied with a smile: "Don't you ask?"

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "To be honest, people often say that I am a brick in my hometown. Wherever I need it, I can move it. This is also true when I use it on my minister. I am your majesty's brick. Wherever your majesty needs me, I will move it wherever I want me. Why ask?"

"Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, people say that Liu Bowen is extremely smart in astronomy and geography. In my opinion, the smart Liu Bowen is not as good as Brother Xiao, and can do things?" Zhu Yuanzhang seemed a little happy and said happily.

Xiao Yun said: "No, no, no, Brother Liu cares about the world and pretends to be the people in the world, but Wei Me is just His Majesty!"

"Oh, what do you mean?" Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and glanced at him, and the light in his eyes flashed.

Xiao Yun said: "Those who care about the world are concerned about the comfort of the world. Therefore, in his opinion, the people value the lord's purity, so they inevitably touched the emperor's intentions on certain things, which made His Majesty unhappy. Wei Zheng repeatedly advised Emperor Taizong of Tang many times, but he did not hesitate to make Emperor Taizong unhappy. Emperor Taizong was a wise monarch of generations, so he naturally understood Wei Zheng's intentions and did not make things difficult for him. This led to the good story of harmony between the monarch and the ministers, but who knew that everything had a jaw-dropping change.

Before his death, Wei Zheng secretly recommended the then Secretariat Minister Du Zhenglun and the Minister of Personnel Hou Junji to Emperor Taizong of Tang, saying that they had the ability to be prime ministers. However, after Wei Zheng's death, Du Zhenglun was dismissed for being guilty and Hou Junji was beheaded for participating in the rebellion. Li Shimin initially suspected that Wei Zheng, a man who he thought was very honest, was suspected of being a private party in the court. Later, Emperor Taizong of Tang learned about the news that Wei Zheng had given his suggestions to the emperor to Chu Suiliang, an official who recorded history at that time.

Taizong suspected that Wei Zheng was deliberately gaining a reputation for integrity and was very unhappy. He issued an order to terminate the engagement between Princess Hengshan and Wei Shuyu, the eldest son of Wei Zheng. Later, he became more and more annoyed and actually smashed Wei Zheng's tombstone himself. But Emperor Taizong of Tang failed to understand that the Tang Dynasty could have the Zhenguan rule was indeed his great talent, knowledgeable and good use, and benevolence and righteousness all over the world, but among this merit, there was no result of Wei Zheng's repeated admonition and persuasion? It can be said that Wei Zheng made an indelible contribution to becoming a wise ruler of the Tang Dynasty!"

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