My Daming New Empire

After a sumptuous dinner, Gu Zuo was surprised to find that they all came empty-handed, but they all brought a lot of things with them when they left.

The youngest son, Gu Qian, smiled as if blossoming, staring at a large package held by a court lady, for fear that she would lose it.

The eldest daughter of Yuan Yi's family is still at the age of losing her teeth. She pursed her lips like a little lady, for fear of showing her teeth.But at this time, beside him, he occasionally couldn't help laughing, and then covered his mouth in horror.

When they arrived at the Wengcheng of Donghuamen, the carriages of each family were pulled out.Gu Qian hurriedly led the maid to put the package on their carriage, not forgetting the promise. "Sister of the Yuan family, I will wait for you at home in the future and take you to see the newborn puppy. Whichever one you like, I will give it to you."

Gu Dan was very envious of this little brother, rubbed his hair vigorously and smiled, "Your hair hasn't grown yet, and now you have a little daughter-in-law, how can I deal with myself?"

Gu Cheng said with a smile: "Mother, I think the second brother has reached the age to talk about marriage. We should find him a tie so that he won't cry every day to go to sea and make the world his home."

Everyone burst into laughter again, only Gu Dan looked forward to it, but deliberately pretended not to care. "I want to enter the Habayashi Guard School, and in the future I will expand the territory for Daming, so I don't care about my children's personal love!"

The female relatives of each family chattered for a while, and said goodbye one by one.Several men waited for them to finally finish and got into the carriage before they each sat in their own carriages, or left Donghuamen on horseback.

Gu Zuo's heart still didn't calm down. After leaving the palace that made him feel depressed, the ups and downs of the past came to mind one by one.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of the difference between him and other civil servants that His Highness is willing to let himself be the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

However, how can I do it to really play my role?

After they left, Zhu Zhanji sat alone in the study. On the desk in front of him was a list of the Ming Dynasty's Jiuqing, and a list full of names.

The balance of the court cannot be balanced by just changing a few people. The change of people is only a superficial balance, and it has little impact on the development trend of the whole society.

But these things have to be done, because this is the signal to be in power. Without these actions, the ministers don't know which direction to go.

The implementation of the rules of procedure this time has had some impact on the Ming Dynasty Hall, but in fact it is not that great.

While the ministers are rejoicing, they will find that there is not much benefit except for an additional speaker with the name of the prime minister.

On the contrary, the actual power of the ministries below has greatly increased!

Jian Yi may have regretted it now, but it's too late to regret it.

Although he is the head of a hundred officials, he is not capable of resisting the counterattack of all civil servants.

This kind of situation is a general trend, and it is a modification of court politics since the era of Zhu Yuanzhang. When this tide rises, no one can resist it.

During the Taizu period, the six ministers were all of the third grade.In the 13th year of Hongwu, Taizu dismissed Zhongshu and imitated the system of the six ministers in "Zhouguan", and promoted the rank of the six departments to the second rank, each with a minister and a servant.

The six ministries include the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishments, and the Ministry of Industry, and the highest official under them is the Minister.Together with the capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Tongzheng envoy of the Tongzheng Shisi, and the Dali Temple Minister of Dali Temple, they are collectively called "Jiuqing".

The appointment of important ministers must be publicly recommended by Jiuqing, governors and governors of other provinces, which is recommended by the court.The major and important matters of the country that cannot be decided by the ministries and divisions alone must be decided by the Nine Ministers, which is called the court discussion.

For large-scale prison lawsuits that cannot be decided by the three courts, the Jiuqing meeting will be held to fix the prison, which is called court court or garden trial.

This centralized system constituted the administrative power center and decision-making core of the Ming Dynasty, but it was a collective decision-making.

The advantage of this kind of decision-making is that it is fair and just, and there will be no major mistakes.

But Zhu Zhanji has the experience of later generations, and it is clear that this model has become a hotbed of civil servant politics. In order to fight against military power and imperial power, they formed a huge force.

This force is like a snowball, and finally grows bigger and bigger, unstoppable, and any obstacles are crushed.

Until the end, with a bang, Snowball couldn't bear the force and exploded.

To disintegrate this force, one must decentralize power.The most important item in the rules of procedure is not to limit the powers of the ministers, but to determine which matters are to be decided by the ministries themselves, and which matters need to be brought to the court for discussion.

Neither the previous six ministries nor the Dali Temple had any real self-righteousness, and any major or important matter must be decided by referendum.

The same is true of Dali Temple's trials. A major case requires a referendum by Jiuqing. How can there be judicial independence?

It's like the courts of later generations trying an official's case, but the judges are voted by the officials' colleagues. Can such a result achieve the real purpose?

Of course not.

Therefore, no one really saw the significance of that inconspicuous provision in the rules of procedure.

Even if they see it now, they will never want to correct it.It's not that civil servants don't have a big picture, but that everyone has selfishness.

My household department is in charge of the money, and people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment want to intervene. How can I highlight my professionalism and authority?

This is just an example, and so are others.

From now on, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Rites will all be my private land.I can make up my own mind about small matters, without you intervening.

As for the big things... what big things can there be?

This purpose is the first part of the separation of powers, to separate the monolithic civilian politics from themselves.

Although this will lead to confusion in some reforms, the most important thing is to completely interrupt the general trend of civilian politics snowballing.

This is a strategy, but replacing one's own people and dealing with something is just a tactic.

But tactics must match strategy, and if execution ability is not enough, no matter how good the plan is, it is just a fantasy.

"Your Highness, it's time to rest..."

Zhu Zhanji raised his head from the document and stretched his arms.

He was not a hard worker, and in modern times he would not spend more than five or six hours a day on official duties.

But in this era, his identity is too restrictive, and there are too few fun things to do, forcing him to spend most of his energy on official duties.

Wherever I wanted to go in my previous life, I could fly there by myself, or by private jet.

But now, not to mention the beautiful scenery in other places, even if you want to go to Huangshan, which is not far away, it is impossible to go back and forth without a month.

The favorite pick-up girl in the previous life, in this era, all kinds of beauties are unconditionally delivered to the door.Picking up girls can no longer be said to be a kind of "job". Even if all kinds of beauties care about them, they still lack that kind of fun.

Life is as lonely as snow...

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Early in the morning, Li Zifeng got up from the bed. It was just dawn, and because it was cold and it was a holiday, most people hadn't gotten up yet.

Now every neighborhood has built a public toilet, and the excrement in the toilet is monopolized, and there are no door-to-door traffickers collecting night incense.

Most people are used to going to public toilets for convenience, only his grandma often complains that she has no daily income.

Because there is no income of one or two coppers a day, the old woman has no money to live in front of her grandchildren, and can make the little ones happy to buy a few pieces of candy occasionally.

He couldn't help laughing when he thought that grandma often complained that the toilet should not be repaired.The toilet has been repaired, among other things, at least there is no need to get up early every day, and the smell is everywhere.

According to his previous habit, he walked along the Yunguili neighborhood to the main street, and then started running along the lanes by the Qinhuai River.