My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 76
"The cabinet ministers help the emperor handle government affairs, so it is natural to select civil servants to join the cabinet. How can it be possible for military ministers to join the cabinet?"

Zhu Gaochi blushed and argued to Zhu Zhanhe with a thick neck.

"What's wrong with the military minister, the king of a country, the long-term way is to pay equal attention to civil and military affairs!"

Zhu Zhanhe also refused to give in at all, and refuted loudly.

The cabinet is not only concerned with administration, but also with military and state affairs. At this time, military officials are required to give more professional advice, instead of letting civil servants who do not understand the military mess around.

If Zhu Di wants to reform the cabinet, the first step is to abolish the existing cabinet, and then set up a seemingly non-existent cabinet. At least from the perspective of the administrative organization of Ming Dynasty, there is no cabinet at all.

The next step was the selection of cabinet members. Zhu Gaochi insisted that the cabinet was only an administrative agency, and naturally he could only select civil servants to join the cabinet, but Zhu Zhanhe insisted on both civil and military affairs, so a fierce conflict broke out between the two.

Speaking of which, this was the first time since the two of them had known each other that such a big conflict had occurred due to different political views.

"It's a tradition to use literature to control martial arts. If you let military ministers enter the cabinet, what is the order?"

Zhu Gaochi said excitedly again.

"What a tradition. When the Tang Dynasty was strong and prosperous, there was never any use of literature to control martial arts. Li Jing was a general, but he was also an official worshiped by Shangshu Youpushe. Soldiers repelled the Turkic army, and there was no clear boundary between civil and military at that time."

Zhu Zhanhe took a deep breath when he said this, and then said with contempt on his face.

"If you talk about tradition, it was only the rules established by the Song Dynasty. As a result, in the end of the Song Dynasty, it was fine if they couldn't beat the Beiliao. Even a small Xixia was able to suppress them and beat them. In the end, even the emperor was beaten by the woman. The real person was captured and danced, and Yue Wumu was finally born in the Southern Song Dynasty, but he was killed for an 'unnecessary' crime, and the final subjugation of the country deserves it!"

"you……"

Zhu Gaochi was left speechless by Zhu Zhanhe, and didn't know how to refute for a while?

"Uncle, my words today may be a bit harsh, but believe it or not, if civil servants are allowed to control the cabinet, after a hundred years, our Ming Dynasty's military and government will be completely ruined. Even if we have hundreds of thousands of troops, we will be useless against the enemy!"

At this time, Zhu Zhanhe also felt that his tone was a bit fierce, so he calmed down a bit before persuading him earnestly.

This is not Zhu Zhanhe's alarmist talk. In history, after the defeat of the Tumu Fortress, the nobles of the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy casualties, and the government was completely controlled by civilian officials.

During the Jiajing period, dozens of Japanese pirates were able to attack cities and land in the south, and even hit the city of Nanjing.

You must know that there are almost 10,000+ garrisons in the entire south, and there are tens of thousands of troops in Nanjing City alone. However, these troops faced dozens of Japanese pirates, and no one was willing to fight. This shows how corrupt the military and government were at that time?

In the end, when Chongzhen fell to the country, he was unable to resist the little Jurchen externally, and internally he was unable to wipe out the bandits and rebels everywhere. The root cause was also the corruption of the military and government.

Zhu Gaochi took a few breaths, and finally shook his head and said: "I don't care what you say, but I still insist on my opinion. Military officials only need to obey the imperial court's command, and must not participate in government affairs!"

"Then it seems that none of us can convince anyone, so we can only write down our opinions and hand them over to Grandpa Huang for adjudication!"

Zhu Zhanhe spread his hands and stopped arguing.

Zhu Gaochi nodded, so the two each held a pen and wrote their thoughts into a memorial, and then Zhu Zhanhe took them away and came to the Wuying Hall to meet Zhu Di.

After Zhu Di read the memorabilia of the two, he closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, finally opened his eyes and said, "Zhan He, why do you think the military minister must join the cabinet?"

"The army is the foundation of a country. Thousands of soldiers will risk their lives, and someone must speak for them in the court!"

Zhu Zhanhe replied very briefly.

There are some things that don’t need to be said too much. Zhu Di was born as a general, so he must understand better than Zhu Zhanhe.

"That's right. Uncle Ni is good in other aspects, but he doesn't pay much attention to the military. Sometimes I really hope he can complement your father!"

Zhu Di sighed, picked up Zhu Gaochi's memorabilia, and threw it into the brazier next to him.

"Grandpa Huang is wise!"

Zhu Zhanhe was also overjoyed to see Zhu Di's actions, which showed that Zhu Di agreed with the military minister's entry into the cabinet.

"Don't rush to be happy!"

Unexpectedly, when Zhu Di raised his hand at this moment, he also had a somewhat sad expression on his face.

"It's no problem to let military ministers join the cabinet. I have a few candidates in my mind now. Needless to say, Zhang Fu, Wu Neng can open up borders, Wen Neng can govern one side, and there are also Chen Gui, Marquis of Taining, and Zheng Heng, Marquis of Wu'an, who are also good candidates. candidate."

Zhu Zhanhe nodded repeatedly when he heard this, Zhang Fu must be fine, but someone has to replace him to guard Jiaozhi.

Chen Gui has the oldest seniority in the army. He once followed Xu Da to conquer Beijing, and later participated in Jingnan. It can be said that he has fought all his life and is deeply trusted by Zhu Di.

As for Zheng Heng, Marquis of Wu'an, his character is quite stable. Both of them are mature and prudent people, so they don't have to worry about any troubles when they enter the cabinet.

"These three people are all confidantes who followed me, Jing Nan, and have nothing to say about their character and talent, but I am worried that there will be no successors in the army. Even if my descendants want military ministers to join the cabinet, I am afraid they will not be able to pick out suitable people. ah!"

Zhu Di frowned and continued.

There are indeed many heroes of Jing Nan, but many of them are not young. For example, Chen Gui is [-] this year. Although he is in good health, he can't last for a few years.

As for those honored children, look at Zhang Zhong and Zhu Yong, who spend all day fighting horses and cockfights. Just like that, they are already considered good among the honored children, at least they have not bullied men and women, or acted mischievously.

This is mainly due to the low family background of Jing Nan heroes. Most of them were hundreds or thousands of households under Zhu Di in those days. They have developed the ability to fight, but they can't teach their sons, so most of the noble children are arrogant.

These honorable children will inherit their father's titles in the future and hold high positions in the army. If they are allowed to join the cabinet, I am afraid that they will only succeed and fail.

"It's a problem, but it's not without a solution."

Zhu Zhanhe pondered for a moment and suddenly said again.

"Do you have a solution?"

Zhu Di was very surprised. During this period of time, his grandson gave him too many surprises.

"Grandpa, don't be impatient. The most important thing now is to build the cabinet. As for the matter of the nobles, it can be dealt with later."

Zhu Zhanhe didn't say his own way, after all, people's energy is limited, if they do too many things at once, they will be greedy instead.

"Haha~, that's true, I'm really impatient, I always want to do everything well at once!"

Zhu Di also laughed out loud when he heard the words, he had to distinguish between priorities, the most important thing now was the cabinet.

"By the way, last time you mentioned the drafting and approval of the redemption, I also think it is quite good. The cabinet ministers will write suggestions for the memorial, and I will decide whether to implement it. This way, it will save me a lot. thing."

At this moment, Zhu Di patted Zhu Zhanhe's shoulder and praised again.

"Thank you, Grandpa Huang, for your praise. It's just that the drafting of the ticket and the approval of the award are good, but there is a note at the end, that is, the eunuchs in the palace must be strictly prohibited from being able to read!"

When Zhu Zhanhe said the last thing, his expression was very dignified.

In history, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty used eunuchs mainly to contain the civil servants and prevent them from taking the imperial power.

But now the cabinet proposed by Zhu Zhanhe has changed drastically. Not only have military officials join the cabinet, but the cabinet has also become a vassal of the emperor, which can no longer threaten the imperial power. In this way, there is no need to train eunuchs.

Now, instead, we have to worry that the power of the emperor to approve reds falls into the hands of eunuchs, and it is not difficult to solve this problem, because in the early Ming Dynasty, eunuchs were forbidden to read and write in the palace, as long as this regulation was implemented.

"I understand what you mean. Back then, it was difficult for Jing to succeed. I didn't have many people around me, so I used a lot of eunuchs, and there were talents like Zheng He among them. No defense!"

Zhu Di nodded in deep agreement.

The monopoly of eunuchs is the way of making chaos in all dynasties. At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely wary of eunuchs. Although Zhu Di used many eunuchs, he did not relax his vigilance against eunuchs.

It was not until Zhu Zhanji was in power that eunuchs began to be literate, which opened the way for the eunuchs and the cabinet to fight against courtesy.

Next, Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanhe chatted about the formation of the cabinet. Compared with Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanhe had more similarities in their political views. Even if there were occasional differences, it was not a big problem.

In the end, Zhu Zhanhe had dinner with Zhu Di again, but just as he was about to leave, Zhu Di stopped him and said, "By the way, have you visited your father today?"

"I went there in the morning. My father was busy at the time, so I didn't bother. I took a few glances outside the hall and left."

Zhu Zhanhe replied honestly.

"Then you'd better go there again, I guess your father is about to be overwhelmed."

Zhu Di laughed out loud at the end. After waiting for so long, the result is finally coming.

"What's wrong with my father? Is something wrong?"

Zhu Zhanhe was startled, and hurriedly asked Zhu Di about it.

After this period of time, Zhu Gaoxu became thinner and thinner, and his temper became more and more violent. Even Gao Guang, a confidant eunuch, was scolded by Zhu Gaoxu yesterday, let alone the others.

So Zhu Zhanhe was also very worried about Zhu Gaoxu's situation.

"Hey, I don't know how to say a few words, you'll know after a while!"

Zhu Di deliberately betrayed Guan Zidao.

"Grandson leave!"

Zhu Zhanhe was worried, so he didn't waste any more time, and immediately left the Hall of Martial Heroes.

After a while, Zhu Zhanhe arrived outside the Wenhua Hall. Before he entered the main hall, he heard the sound of "哗哗哗~" and the sound of "Huhuhu~" breaking the wind from the hall. Voices.

Zhu Zhanhe was puzzled, he didn't dare to go in directly, but leaned on the window and looked inside, but he was also startled.

I saw Zhu Gaoxu with his helmet on and a long-handled sword in his hand, dancing in the empty hall. The blade was shining with cold light. Although there was only one person, the whole Wenhua Palace was filled with murderous aura, like a battlefield.

　It's three o'clock today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)