My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 135 Establishment of the Cabinet
Zhu Gaosui was demoted to a commoner, and the news was blocked by Zhu Di.

But there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Just before the Chinese New Year, the news leaked out.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the entire capital.

You must know that Zhu Di has only three sons in total. Zhu Gaoxu was demoted to Jiaozhi before, and now Zhu Gaosui is suddenly demoted as a commoner. This makes many people wonder whether His Majesty is clearing the way for the prince?
But some thoughtful people think that Ji Gang was killed suddenly, it is said that it was because of treason, and the commander Xu Yingxu also died for no apparent reason. Up to now, there is no clear statement, but Xu Yingxu's wife and children Was demoted to Yunnan.

If these things are connected in series, people can even guess an astonishing truth. Of course, even if someone really guesses the truth about this kind of matter related to the battle for the throne, they dare not speak nonsense outside.

Therefore, although there are different opinions about Zhu Gaosui's demotion as a commoner in private, there is no conclusion in the end.

Just when Zhu Gaosui's relegation attracted everyone's attention, there was one thing that was ignored by everyone, that is, Zhu Di issued an order to abolish the cabinet.

The current cabinet is an inconspicuous organization, let alone has any real power. It is just a private advisory group assigned to him by Zhu Di, so the cabinet is abolished. Except for a few bachelors in the cabinet, no one cares at all.

On New Year's Eve, there is a custom of keeping the year old among the people, but instead of keeping the year old, Zhu Zhanhe has to go to bed early, because the morning of the first day of the new year is a very cheating grand meeting.

The so-called Dachaohui is still a rule set by Qin Shihuang. Every year on the first day of the year, all civil and military officials have to go up to congratulate the emperor. It is said that Qin Shihuang ordered people to build the Afang Palace in order to make the dynasty look more grand. As a result, Afang Palace was taken by Xiang Yu The fire was burned, but the Dachaohui was preserved.

It is not easy to be an official in the Ming Dynasty, especially for Beijing officials. There used to be a court meeting every day. Of course, this only torments those high-ranking officials, but the Great Court Meeting is different. Almost all officials have to participate.

Of course, Zhu Zhanhe, the son of a man, cannot escape, especially since Zhu Gaoxu is not in the capital, so he will attend on behalf of Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Zhanhe felt that he had just laid down, and then was pulled up by Sun Ruowei. In a daze, he let Sun Ruowei lead a few maids to toss, comb hair and put on clothes, and it took more than half an hour to finish. .

In the end, Zhu Zhanhe was wearing a bright red tuanlong costume, a winged crown on his head, and auspicious cloud boots, with a tall and straight figure and handsome features. up.

"Your Majesty, the carriage has been prepared, and you must pay attention to your appearance at the court meeting. There will be a censor picketing the officials!"

Sun Ruowei stepped forward to straighten Zhu Zhanhe's neckline, and then reminded him again.

"Don't worry, even if I want to doze off, I will hide behind Uncle, no one will be able to see me!"

Zhu Zhanhe yawned and joked by the way.

Hearing Zhu Zhanhe making fun of Zhu Gaochi's figure, Sun Ruowei also trembled with laughter, a jewel hairpin on his head shone brightly, which set off Sun Ruowei more than Huajiao.

Zhu Zhanhe stretched out his hand to caress the opal under the hairpin, and then praised: "It's so beautiful! This hairpin is really a gift to the right person for you!"

"Does the prince say that I am beautiful or this hairpin is beautiful?"

Sun Ruowei looked at Zhu Zhanhe boldly and asked.

"All beautiful!"

Zhu Zhanhe replied with a laugh.

Last time because of Zhu Gaosui's incident, Zhu Zhanhe released Sun Ruowei's pigeons. After coaxing his old lady that day, Zhu Zhanhe gave Sun Ruowei this opal hairpin, which calmed down the girl's anger.

"If the prince thinks it is beautiful, then I will always wear this hairpin!"

Sun Ruowei boldly said again that the blind date of Princess Han for Zhu Zhanhe obviously made this girl feel a sense of crisis.

"That won't do!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly shook his head and refused.

"why not?"

Sun Ruowei was taken aback for a moment, but also a little angry.

"If you have been wearing this hairpin all the time, where will the hairpin I give you be worn?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked with a smile.

This kind of earthy love talk made Zhu Ruowei turn his anger into joy, and even lowered his head a little shyly.

Seeing Sun Ruowei's shy look, Zhu Zhanhe laughed again, of course he knew what this girl was thinking, and he said this to reassure her and avoid wild thoughts.

Zhu Zhanhe left the palace by car, and it was still early in the morning, but the streets were full of people, all of them were officials from various families rushing to the imperial city to participate in the court meeting.

The Great Court Meeting was held in Fengtian Hall, but civil and military officials had to gather in front of Fengtian Gate first, and then lined up to pass through Fengtian Gate.

On the square in front of Fengtian Hall, Jin Yiwei set up a guard of honor, and the Etiquette Department displayed documents and congratulatory forms from various countries. On both sides, there were musicians from the Jiaofang Department who prepared their instruments. Everyone was waiting for Zhu Di's arrival.

As the emperor's grandson, Zhu Zhanhe didn't have to wait at Fengtianmen, but went straight to the imperial city and came to Huagai Hall.

Not only Zhu Zhanhe, headed by Zhu Gaochi, but also Jin Zhong, Xia Yuanji and other important ministers were also there. Among the military officials, the leader was the British Duke Zhang Fu.

Zhang Fu also just returned to the capital last night. He only went home to see his family, and immediately rushed to attend the Grand Court Meeting, because there will be important things to announce in today's Grand Court, that is, the establishment of the cabinet.

After waiting for a while, I saw Zhu Di wearing a dragon robe and coming to the Huagai Hall in full costume.

Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanhe and others also stepped forward to salute in unison.

According to the rules of the Dachaohui, Zhu Di would go to the Fengtian Hall to receive the congratulations from the civil and military officials after receiving the congratulations from the important ministers in the Huagai Palace.

"You Aiqings are flat!"

Zhu Di said with a smile on his face, and then glanced at the important officials in the hall.

There are not many ministers who are eligible to enter Huagai Palace. There are more than 20 civil servants and more than a dozen military generals. Including Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanhe, the princes and grandchildren, there are only more than 50 people in total.

"I have been enthroned for fourteen years. I have worked hard to govern these years, and I dare not slack off in the slightest. Finally, my Ming Dynasty has been peaceful and the people have no suffering from wars, but I am already old!"

When Zhu Di spoke at the end, he seemed to be a little emotional.

"Father, you are in your prime, just like my Ming dynasty, how can you talk about an old word?"

Zhu Gaochi solemnly stepped forward to persuade.

Jin Zhong and the others also felt strange that Zhu Di said that he was getting old on this day of great joy. Isn't this a bit unlucky?

Some people thought of Zhu Gaosui's demotion as a commoner, which made many people secretly guess that this incident should have dealt a great blow to His Majesty, otherwise, with his temperament, how could he admit that he was old?

But seeing Zhu Gaochi stepped forward to persuade, so the others followed suit.

Regarding the persuasion of the ministers, Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "Okay, I'm almost sixty years old, and I'm not young anymore. In recent years, I feel a little powerless when dealing with government affairs!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Di suddenly changed the subject, raised his head and glanced at the ministers again, and then announced: "Therefore, I decided to select a few important ministers from among the ministers, form a cabinet, and help me handle government affairs!"

"The cabinet? Hasn't the cabinet been abolished?"

Xia Yuanji was the first to ask in confusion.

Not only him, but all the ministers, including Jin Zhong, were also at a loss at this time. They couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Zhu Di was selling?

But Zhu Di did not explain, but directly announced the list: "Military Minister Jin Zhong, British Duke Zhang Fu, Household Minister Xia Yuanji..."

Zhu Di mentioned the names of six important ministers, including four civil servants and two military generals. In addition to Zhang Fu, there is also Zheng Heng, Marquis of Wu'an.

The six cabinet ministers do not distinguish between priorities, but they need to take turns to be on duty and listen to Hou Zhudi's call at any time. When there is any urgent matter, Zhu Di will also call the cabinet ministers to discuss matters.

As for the office of the cabinet, it is located in Wenyuan Pavilion. The last fire only burned down the west building of Wenyuan Pavilion, and the east building is still intact, which is enough for the cabinet to work.

Of course, in addition to these six cabinet ministers, the cabinet also needs a group of auxiliary officials. As for these matters, Zhu Di does not need to worry about them.

The establishment of the cabinet was so sudden that even the selected cabinet ministers did not receive any news in advance.

But the important ministers who were able to enter the Huagai Palace were all human beings, and they quickly recalled that although this cabinet had the same name as the previous cabinet, its role was completely different, because the cabinet held real power, and the cabinet ministers had personalities. The high weight of a single digit is by no means comparable to those few bachelors in the past.

However, they can only see the above. No one in the hall can see through the specific role of the cabinet except Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanhe.

After all, the cabinet has just been established, what kind of affairs is it responsible for?What kind of power?For these ministers, it is still an unknown number.

Those ministers who were selected were naturally very happy. The ministers who were not selected did not object too much out of caution. After all, they had no concept of this cabinet yet, and everything needed to be seen.

So under such circumstances, this core of power, which is disguised as a cabinet but is actually the backbone of the Military Aircraft Department, has finally been formally established.

This is what Zhu Di wanted. With the establishment of the cabinet, the extension of imperial power will be greatly enhanced and the control over ministers will be strengthened, so that ministers can only obey the emperor's orders. against imperial power.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. While the cabinet strengthens the imperial power, it also makes the emperor the center of the entire empire, and the requirements for the emperor's personal ability have also increased a lot.

If you meet an emperor with outstanding ability, it will naturally make the empire prosperous, but if you meet a cruel and senseless emperor, it will also cause greater damage to the empire.

(End of this chapter)