Daming: I help my wife be the empress

After Aimee Zhu sat on the dragon chair in the Wuying Hall, all the officials paid homage.

"See Jian Guo Chitose!"

"Zhu Qing is flat!"

After all the ministers got up, she waved her plain hand, and one after another the little eunuchs brought tables and chairs and placed them in the hall.

Ma Shiying, Yuan Jixian and others all looked surprised.

I saw that the tables and chairs were all newly made-the table was nearly three feet long, two feet wide, and had four legs, which were not even waist high.

The chair is also a simple four-legged wooden armchair.

The eunuchs placed tables horizontally, and because the Hall of Martial Arts is large enough, each table is spaced one foot apart.

What surprised the officials even more was that after the tables and chairs were set up, the eunuchs put a wooden sign on each table with words written on both sides.

He Tengjiao looked around, and it was easy to see his official position and name on a table in the back two rows - He Tengjiao, the left servant of the household department.

Then, the eunuchs served a cup of tea, as well as pens, inks, papers and inkstones on each table.

At this time, the eunuch Han Zanzhou said loudly: "Please sit down according to the names of the ministers and ministers."

Some people were ready to sit down after listening to it, some hesitated to wait and see, but some questioned it aloud.

"How can we all sit and discuss matters with the supervisor? Where is the courtesy of the monarch and his ministers?"

It was Jiang Yueguang who spoke.

He was the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Hongguang Dynasty, a scholar of the Dongge University, and one of the original cabinet ministers. Unfortunately, the Donglin Party defeated Ma Shiying and Ruan Dayue in a battle. Jiang Yueguang resigned and returned to his hometown in Fengxin, Nanchang, Jiangxi.

Aimee Zhu counted many ministers in Nanming, but when she recruited Yuan Jixian, she sent someone to give Jiang Yueguang a decree, granting him the post of Royal Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Jiang Yueguang was born in 1583 and was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli. He is now 62 years old.

In the original history, Jiang Yueguang followed Jin Shenghuan in the uprising against the Qing in 1648, and after failing, he threw himself into the water and died for the festival, which was also considered a martyr.

Of course, the main reason for Aimee Zhu to use him is that there are too few people on hand who can use him.

Seeing Jiang Yueguang's questioning, Auntie Zhu was not angry, but said with a smile: "I respect that all of you are old ministers left behind by the late emperor, and today's discussion will take a long time, and you need to record the summary, so I give you a seat here." ,is it not OK?"

Jiang Yueguang was taken aback when he heard that.

Searching my mind, I found that there is indeed no ancestral system or rule that prohibits the monarch from rewarding ministers with seats.

It's just that it has never happened before that all the ministers participating in the court meeting are seated at once.

Just when Jiang Yueguang was thinking, Ma Shiying laughed and said: "I dare not resign from the state supervisor."

After speaking, he was the first to be seated——as Minister of the Ministry of Finance, his seat was assigned to the far right, which was the fifth table from the left in the first row.

Yuan Jixian had some friendship with Jiang Riguang. Even after Jiang Riguang returned to Jiangxi, he still lingered with him in Jiujiang for a period of time.

At this time, Yuan Jixian came over and said in a low voice: "Jian Guo's arrangement makes sense, Brother Ju, hurry up and sit down."

After speaking, he also went to sit down.

Seeing that the rest of the people had already taken their seats, Jiang Yueguang could only sit in the first seat in the second row from the left with a little embarrassment.

After all the ministers sat down, Aunt Zhu said, "Today's court meeting will mainly discuss two things:

First, there are still vacancies for the positions of Ministers of various ministries. If you have suitable candidates, you can recommend them to the palace, and strive to make all ministers full before the palace ascends the throne.

The second is to determine the cabinet ministers and form the cabinet in advance.Only in this way can the court run more smoothly.

In order to let you have a more intuitive understanding of the functions of various departments of the current imperial court, as well as the ministers and ministers of each department, I specially asked someone to create a picture. "

After Aimee Zhu finished speaking, Han Zanzhou brought a few young eunuchs to a large wooden board with a stand, and hung a set of drawings on it.

Everyone looked at it, and found that the various departments of the current imperial court, as well as the names of the heads and deputy officials of each department were impressively listed on it.

I saw that the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment among the six ministries of the original imperial court were gone.

The rest of the departments and chief officers are as follows—

Huang Daozhou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, has vacancies for both left and right servants.

Yuan Jixian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Long Wenguang, the left servant, and the right servant are vacant.

Zhang Youyu, Minister of the Household Department, He Tengjiao, the left servant, and the right servant are vacant.

He Yingrui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Liu Linchang, the left servant (not arrived), and the right servant is vacant.

Ma Shiying, Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, and the left and right ministers are all vacant.

Lu Zhenfei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Communications, Shen Youlong, the left servant, and Shen Youlong, the right servant, are all vacant.

Jie Xuelong, Minister of the Patrol Department, and the left and right servants are vacant.

In addition, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Propaganda are still in preparation, so the three new departments are newly established, and their responsibilities and affairs are still being explored.

Seeing this, all the ministers felt dumbfounded.

Before that, they also knew that Aimee Zhu intended to abolish the Ministry of War, but they didn't know that even the Ministry of Punishment had been changed into the Ministry of Patrol.

In addition, although they knew that Aimee Zhu had added the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications, they didn't know what Ministry of Education, Ministry of Commerce, and Ministry of Propaganda would be established by Aimee Zhu.

That is to say, there will be ten in the Ming court in the future!
Looking at the big blueprint again, in addition to the ten departments, there are the Military Affairs Academy, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Legal Affairs Academy.

The chief officer of the Military Affairs Council is Li Yan, the governor.

The chief officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are Zuodu Yushi (vacant), and Youdu Yushi Jiang Yueguang.

The head of the Court of Justice is Wang Yingxiong (not yet present), the dean.

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Aunt Zhu saw that all the ministers were looking at the drawings and remained silent, so she said: "Except for the next three departments that are still under preparation, I hope that the remaining seven departments will have at least one servant.

So, today's first topic is to ask you to propose a few candidates for ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Finance, and the Police Department.

Of course, if you have any doubts about the new department established by the palace, you can also raise them.

We must ensure that there is no suspicion in the hearts of the monarchs and ministers in order to make the court run better. "

After hearing what Aimee Zhu said, all the ministers looked thoughtful.

As for the separation of the Ministry of Finance from the Household Department, everyone present basically knew the whole story, and no one objected.

Because the household department of the Ming Dynasty was too bloated, and could not perform the duties of sorting out the finances of the Ming Dynasty well, it should have been reformed long ago.

But for other departments, there are many doubts among the ministers.

Jiang Yueguang was the first to stand up again, cupped his hands and said, "Excuse me, Jian Guo, what is the difference between this Patrol Department and the former Criminal Department? If there is no difference, it is best not to change the name."

"Since the name has been changed, there is naturally a difference." Zhu Wei said: "In the past, the Ministry of Punishment was in charge of adjudicating most cases, and it was also in charge of the prisons of the Ministry of Punishment. trial of the case.

Only when there is a major case, it is necessary to conduct a joint trial with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple.

It is so arbitrarily adjudicated about most of the country's cases, it does not know how many unjust, false and wrong cases have been created, and how many innocent people have been harmed by corrupt officials.

The Patrol Department is different. Although the Patrol Department was born out of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it only has the right to detect cases and arrest criminals.

At the same time, local government officials no longer need to try cases, but only need to concentrate on improving people's livelihood. "

Hearing Auntie Zhu say this, Jiang Yueguang looked at the big blueprint again, staring at the longest string of characters below the Court of Justice, and couldn't help saying: "Could it be that the primary, intermediate, and high courts correspond to counties, states, and courts in turn? Chief Secretary?"

"Mr. Juzhi has a good understanding." Auntie Zhu laughed.

"What about the Supreme Court? Is it going to replace Dali Temple?" Jiang Riguang asked again.

Auntie Zhu nodded and praised: "It seems that Mr. Ju Zhi not only has a good understanding, but also can infer other things from one instance."

Jiang Yueguang couldn't help but blush after being praised by Auntie Zhu one after another.

He didn't feel embarrassed to pick any more criticisms, but looked at the various new imperial institutions on the drawings and began to think seriously.

At the same time, Auntie Zhu's praise of Jiang Yueguang also made some people jealous.

Seeing that Jiang Yueguang stopped talking for a while, He Tengjiao stood up, cupped his hands and said: "If local courts are established to specialize in prison sentences, it will not only make the trial of cases in various places more efficient, reduce the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, but also make it more convenient for people to go to court." Supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The idea of ​​setting up courts in the country is really brilliant."

But there are also people who are not used to He Tengjiao's behavior of flattering and flattering the emperor. No, just after He Tengjiao finished speaking, Huang Daozhou got up and said: "It is a good thing for the country and the people to establish a court to judge prisons, but this requires Therefore, a large number of officials were added.

The imperial court always pays salaries to these officials, right?Wouldn't this aggravate the already unbearable financial problems of the imperial court?

Therefore, I think that the original intention of Jian Guo to establish a court is good, but if you want to implement it, please think twice! "