Since it is useless to keep prisoners, and these prisoners cannot be killed, then instead of keeping these prisoners who consume a large amount of food and grass every day, it is really better to bring back something useful.

However, before letting these people and Alazhiyuan go, Zhou Yu had to call Alazhiyuan over to give them a lecture, and then let them go through a process of scolding and encouraging them in front of all the courtiers, so as to show the great Ming Dynasty.

The demeanor that a country of etiquette should have.

But Zhou Yu did not choose this method. He did not think there was any benefit in admitting that he was a country of etiquette. What is a country of etiquette? That is, I have the ability to destroy you but I greeted you with my mouth first. This is called etiquette.

A country, but now the words "a country of etiquette" are more like some kind of excuse.

Zhou Yu adopted another method. After the court, he personally entertained Alazhiyuan. There was no reprimand or any formality. He did not belittle the other party in front of a bunch of people. There were just ordinary interactions, simple conversations, and quiet conversations.

Dinner and a few thoughtful reminders.

After that, Alazhiyuan was released, and at the same time, he issued an order to release a thousand prisoners and send them out of the Great Wall together with Alazhiyuan.

At night, Zhou Yu was looking at the thick pile of zhezi in the imperial study and suddenly slapped the zhezi in his hand on the table, raised his head and slowly looked at Cheng Jing and Xing'an who were standing by: "I asked you to find them.

Does this person have any eyebrows?"

Cheng Jing and Xing'an looked at each other and nodded at the same time: "Your Majesty, we have found some suitable candidates. Do you want to recruit them now?"

Zhou Yu asked curiously: "Who are they?"

"They are all people with clean family backgrounds, respecting the emperor and patriotism. Most of them are depressed and ostracized in the court."

Some people who are capable but unwilling to collude with others and are excluded, there are countless officials inside and outside the Ming Dynasty. Not only those officials who can often appear in front of Zhou Yu are capable and practical, there are many, many more

Officials do not lack talents but do not have opportunities to display them. If not, how could the country continue to survive for so many years under the complicated circumstances of the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty.

"Well, compile the list and give it to me, and ask the ministers in the court who are good at flood control and disaster relief."

Cheng Jing gave Xing'an a look, and the latter quickly left to do something.

"Have there been any changes in Dongchang and Jinyiwei recently?"

Cheng Jing replied: "Wang Shan, Ma Shun and their party members are all honest and do their jobs without any complaints."

"Well, Wang Shan and Ma Shun should be rewarded. Other people who have made meritorious services have been rewarded. They can't live without them. Even if they perform meritorious service for a crime, it is still meritorious service."

Zhou Yu took out a blank book and started writing, and at the same time said: "The servants are all retainers, so rewards can be given but the method must be paid attention to. Give Wang Shan the surname Zheng to completely distinguish him from Wang Zhen, and reward him with a thousand gold coins as a reward. I hope he will continue to work hard and do good things like this."

Zheng He generally made outstanding contributions to me."

"Ma Shun, please give me a title of baron. How about a third-class baron named Jinwei? If you are careful and careful, you will be able to pass the imperial guard. You will also be rewarded with a thousand gold coins, a baron bronze medal, and a set of baron uniforms."

"Ah?" Cheng Jing was stunned for a moment and said in confusion: "But Your Majesty, there is no longer the title of baron in this dynasty."

Not only barons, there are no viscounts in Ming Dynasty now.

There are only three levels of Dukes and Dukes, and the lowest level is the third level.

Zhou Yu naturally had other plans when he brought up the baron issue again, and he also wanted to use this matter to continue his charge. Of course, it would definitely make sense to reopen the two titles of son and male, and it would also give Ma Shun and others a way out.

A talisman for them to work with peace of mind.

A thousand gold is not a thousand taels of gold, but a thousand copper coins. Unless Zhou Yu explains that it is a thousand gold coins, it will be regarded as a thousand bright copper coins by default.

Zhou Yu smiled and asked Cheng Jing to stamp the seal after writing: "Give it to the cabinet and tell them that this is my wish. Those who have made meritorious services should be rewarded. Ma Shun took the lead in the battle against Wala at Juyong Pass. The most important thing is to return the favor."

As soon as I ascend the throne, I must reward you for this, and I am going to send people to deal with the flood, so let them discuss a suitable solution first."

Cheng Jing nodded, took the fold with both hands, bowed and left, stepped back a short distance and left quickly.

Zhou Yu closed his eyes and leaned on his chair: "Cabinet, cabinet..."

Judging from the current situation, the cabinet has become an indispensable part of the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, the cabinet was just a secretarial department established to assist the emperor in handling government affairs.

At the beginning, the cabinet was only responsible for organizing official documents and providing opinions without actual rights, but as time went by, the cabinet gradually evolved into an important core management organization.

At the beginning, the cabinet was mainly composed of officials from the Hanlin Academy who provided advice to the emperor, drafted edicts, reviewed memorials, etc.

But gradually the situation changed. The cabinet was selected from the six ministers and other officials with real power. This formed a new centralized center and divided the original power of the emperor. The reason why this happened

The changes also came due to some adjustments during the reigns of Renzong and Xuanzong.

Some arrangements made by the two emperors gradually elevated the status of the cabinet to become an important center of power. Later, it gradually gained greater power and could even directly compete with the imperial power.

But perhaps the previous emperors also anticipated this, so they promoted eunuchs and cabinets to check and balance each other. Especially Xuanzong, Zhou Yu's father in this world, raised the status of the inner court and placed the inner court and outer court in the same position.

Above, there is a cabinet outside and a ceremonial supervisor inside.

, there were Dongchang Jinyiwei in the Sanfa Department outside, and there were guarding eunuchs in the inner court of the Governor of the Foreign Posts. Then the conflicts between the eunuchs and the civil servant group began to sow. At the same time, the mutual checks and balances between the two also guaranteed the emperor's rights to a certain extent.

of supremacy.

Zhou Yu also had to admit that the existence of the cabinet balanced many unnecessary tasks of the emperor and made the handling of government affairs more efficient. After the development and efforts of several emperors, the country has formed a complete set of

The government affairs system of the inner and outer courts has a perfect balance of power at this time, but Zhou Yu just doesn't like the cabinet. Anything that can divide the imperial power and can compete and intimidate the imperial power is not what Zhou Yu likes.

This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Fortunately, today’s cabinet is not so large that it is difficult to check and balance. Today’s dispute between the inner court and the outer court is not as incompatible and endless internal friction as it will be in the future.

They almost always cooperated with each other and served the emperor, mainly completing the emperor's orders.

In addition, the cabinet is not yet a completely formal administrative agency. Although it has substance, it has no actual name. It is still the emperor's private secretary agency in name. As long as there are many talents in the cabinet, it can be guaranteed that the emperor will not care about state affairs.

Ming Dynasty continued to operate smoothly.

But even so, the cabinet is still not the optimal solution, because now all cabinet officials have great power and can participate in military affairs and even correct memorials. To a certain extent, cabinet officials are already qualified to become prime ministers.

, the power they hold makes even the emperor have to consider their opinions.

The cabinet is indeed useful, but the influence of the cabinet must be weakened and returned to its original state, only responsible for handling normal government affairs, so that the cabinet will not become a threat to the imperial power.

If you want to restrict the cabinet, you must either turn yourself into a government affairs processing machine, or you must come up with a way to share the power of the cabinet. Although Zhou Yu is not lazy, he is not willing to become an emotionless government affairs machine, and even if he

No matter how diligent you are, it is impossible to manage the Ming Dynasty in an orderly manner, and the existence of the cabinet is still meaningful.

And this apportionment is not the kind of internal strife that sets up the inner court to compete with the outer court. Zhou Yu feels that such internal strife is meaningless and worthless. Jinyiwei and Dongchang should also return to normal development. As servants of the emperor, they can only do

What a good emperor's servant should do, eunuchs should not be involved in politics. The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were more powerful than the last.

What about Huaien, Li Fang, Chen Ju, and Cao Jixiang who participated in the coup, and what about Wang Zhi, Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian, etc. Now Huaien and Cao Jixiang can actually live in today's world.

During that time, Huai'en was a very capable and loyal eunuch, while Cao Jixiang was a very good at fighting eunuch. Now he is not in the capital but in Fujian to suppress the rebellion. He is also a greedy, domineering wolf who eventually rebelled.

It is not a problem for these eunuchs to make good use of the Ming Dynasty and continue it for more than three hundred years. Each generation of these eunuchs is more and more capable. However, when the Ming Dynasty fell into the Baozong lineage, various weird emperors appeared one after another.

The internal strife of the Ming Dynasty is also increasing every generation. Under normal historical development, it is destined that the Ming Dynasty can last for so long, and capable people have emerged to stand up.

But if these people do not consume themselves internally but focus their real energy on more important things, then the Ming Dynasty may really become a real Ming Dynasty, and the place where the sun and the moon shine is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

What Zhou Yu wanted was to fundamentally put an end to this kind of internal strife, which would not only restrict the cabinet but also suppress the eunuchs. Then we had to mention the Military Aircraft Department established by Emperor Yongzheng of the Demon Qing Dynasty.

The most powerful thing about the Military Aircraft Department is that this organization is more casual than the cabinet that is not officially recognized. How casual is it? There are no formal regulations on the office space and official settings of the Military Aircraft Department. All the people recruited are part-time.

It can also be disbanded and reorganized at any time.

For example, if there are only ordinary government affairs that need to be dealt with on weekdays, then these government affairs can be left to the cabinet to deal with them first and then come up with opinions and finally be approved by him. But if there are important things, such as floods, wars, and disasters

Wait, Zhou Yu can summon people to the Military Aircraft Department at any time to set up a special working group to handle related matters, and then disband it directly.

And such a working group is completely temporary. Even if it has the power to be formed, it can only focus on one thing, and all matters must go through Zhou Yu's hands before being distributed to the members of the Military Aircraft Department. From a modern perspective,

The Military Aircraft Department is a real team of the emperor's secretaries. If there is no customization, it is very appropriate to describe it as a working group, and working groups are something Zhou Yu is very familiar with.

With a single right for a certain matter, everyone from the minister to the petty official can enter and deal with the single matter exclusively.

Zhou Yu is now preparing to create such an organization to check and balance the cabinet. However, he is not going to call this organization the Military Aircraft Department but is planning to change its name. At the same time, he will also make some changes to this new organization according to his own ideas. Not only must he implement the military aircraft department

The office also needs to implement the working group more.

The cabinet was indeed of great use in the Ming Dynasty. The emergence of the Military Aircraft Department in the Qing Dynasty suppressed all the problems that would arise in the cabinet. In modern times, the emergence of various working groups can specifically deal with different problems. These three must

If they can be combined, Zhou Yu feels that he can completely become a hands-off shopkeeper.

Of course, Zhou Yu actually has some other thoughts about this so-called working group. From an ordinary perspective, the working group does not seem to be of much use. The Military Aircraft Department and the Cabinet are completely sufficient, but it would be a big mistake to really think so.

, the working group is what Zhou Yu considers to be the most important and core part in the short term.

The people Cheng Jing and Xing'an were looking for were not meant to join the Military Aircraft Department. Although they were all in the Military Aircraft Department, they were actually the working group and temporary office that Zhou Yu had in mind.

These people will become Zhou Yu's mad dogs who bite whomever they see. They will also become the scapegoats for various things. They will be the sharpest swords when opening up various paths for Zhou Yu. The first battle of this working group is

Floods and house raids.

As for the confiscation of homes, that would be very serious. Yu Qian must take the lead in this matter. The scope of the confiscation is too much and too wide. Without someone who can control the situation, it will be difficult to do it well. But in the short term,

Only those who are clearly rebels will be copied.

Some ministers were right, what Zhou Yu really wanted was to destroy and then build up.

However, you have to pay attention to methods when doing things. At least Zhou Yu hasn't really thought about it yet. He just madly tests the bottom line of the officials again and again. In modern terms, he is crazy about PUA officials, making these officials more and more tolerant of the emperor.

They made more and more concessions to the emperor. When facing the emperor, the bottom line followed the emperor's three views instead of their own.

There was also one thing Zhou Yu had to do, which was to acquire weapons and arm an army with new weapons that would be completely obedient to his orders.

As long as we have this pro-army, we can take bigger steps in all subsequent actions.

Suddenly a eunuch came in outside the door: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine and the eldest prince are asking for an audience."

Zhou Yu opened his eyes: "Well, let them come in."

With permission, Hang led the historically short-lived crown prince into the imperial study. Of course, this boy was not the crown prince yet.

Mr. Hang bowed and saluted Zhou Yu, while his son knelt on the ground and began to kowtow.

"I, my concubine, see you, Your Majesty."
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