Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 457 Intimidate Li Mingrui
At any rate, Li Mingrui was also a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and the memorials he wrote were of outstanding literary talent, well-organized, and clear in logic.

Although he himself was unwilling to divide the Ministry of Rites into three, but now that Zhu Youxiao was forced by the authority, he could only cater to Zhu Youxiao and write this memorial against his will.

Li Mingrui also felt quite aggrieved. Although he had become the number one civil servant since Qian Qianyi was imprisoned, he was still nothing in front of His Majesty. You can dismiss yourself, and let everything you own turn into nothingness in an instant.

Zhu Youxiao took the memorial from Li Mingrui, looked at it and nodded with satisfaction, then handed it to Wang Chengen and said, "Take it to the Supervisor of Rituals for approval. Elder Li Ge's memorial should not be taken lightly."

"Abiding by the order", Wang Chengen hurriedly accepted the memorial, and trotted to the supervisor of ceremonies. It is unthinkable for Fu Neng to be forced into such a state by His Majesty, not to mention that there was a custom of ministers performing martial arts in the court hall in Daming, so under normal circumstances the emperor would not dare to do anything to these important ministers.

But in today's Daming, the ministers dare not disobey His Majesty's wishes in the slightest. This is also a time when there is no way. Today, Zhu Youxiao controls the army and finances, and after the expansion of the imperial examination, there are all the scholars who are waiting to become officials. There are a lot of things, so His Majesty Zhu Youxiao can directly use power to oppress without considering the feelings of these officials.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao will not directly use power to oppress unless it is absolutely necessary. After all, this empire still needs the management of these bureaucrats, and he cannot do without these bureaucrats.

It is also because of this that Zhu Youxiao did not dismiss Li Mingrui directly, but only dismissed Li Biao and used this to deter Li Mingrui, so that he would not mistakenly think that he could only discuss with him because he was discussing with him.

In fact, from the very beginning, Zhu Youxiao knew that Li Biao, an old-fashioned official who strictly abides by the ancestral system, would inevitably oppose his reform of the Ministry of Rites, but he did not expect that Li Mingrui would also object, so Zhu Youxiao changed the order Li Mingrui forced Li Biao to agree to the idea of ​​reforming the Ministry of Rites, and directly dismissed Li Biao and exiled Hamiwei, so that Li Mingrui could be forced to agree by subverting the bid.

As long as Li Mingrui agrees to carry out the reform of the Ministry of Rites and let him be the initiator, then the grassroots officials of the Ministry of Rites will carry out the reform. After all, the Ministry of Rites is all from Li Mingrui.

Zhu Youxiao was forcing Li Mingrui to delegate power, and Li Mingrui had to obey.

However, although Zhu Youxiao once again used his imperial power to achieve his political goals, this result was not what he wanted very much. The conservative officials are always so ignorant of current affairs, even though they want to stabilize the government It is true that they need to maintain a certain force to fight against the reformers, but these conservative officials always contradict their own political ideas and always become their own obstacles.

At any rate, there was Qian Qianyi who could figure out his intentions and obey him unconditionally, and because he was coerced by the conservatives, he sang against him when he was full-fledged, which forced him to follow Li Mingrui's wishes and put Qian Qianyi into the edict Prison, so that until now there is no way to find a representative of the conservative faction who satisfies him and can fight with the reformist officials.

Looking at Wen Tiren who had been showing a flattering smile, and thinking that this guy had performed outstandingly when he was an envoy to build slaves, he really cheated Dorgon and Huang Taiji, so Zhu Youxiao also thought that maybe he could Give this Wen Tiren a chance, even though this Wen Tiren is also notoriously shameless.

But now who plays politics these days, who is really an honest gentleman, so Zhu Youxiao called Wen Tiren over: "Wen Tiren, if I let you be the first Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ming Dynasty, you may be qualified for the job. Since the opening of the sea, our Daming has closer contacts with overseas countries than before, and friction and conflicts are inevitable, can you handle it properly?"

Hearing what Zhu Youxiao said, Wen Tiren naturally guessed that His Majesty meant to simplify himself, so he hurriedly replied that he would do his best to think that Daming's diplomatic career would go through fire and water, and he would never let Daming suffer when he came into contact with foreigners. Lost, received the slightest insult and so on.

Zhu Youxiao just nodded when he heard this, and he was relieved to let Wen Tiren take charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After all, Wen Tiren can deceive people, and it is much better for him to deceive foreign fans than to let him deceive domestic people, and now Judging by this warm and benevolent performance, he can figure out his intentions but is not arrogant about his talents. Obviously he can be the next key promotion official.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao also knows that such a person cannot be used for a long time, but there is no way to do it now. There are very few officials who can be used, and even fewer non-revolutionary officials who can be used, and Wen Tiren can only be used temporarily. The role of checks and balances.

For reform officials such as Li Mingrui who represent the interests of the emerging bourgeoisie, Zhu Youxiao loves and fears them. These officials, like himself, belong to the emerging capitalists of the Ming Empire and have the same interests. Threatening the expansion of their political rights, Zhu Youxiao was afraid that they would launch a revolution after they were strong enough to depose their own king or directly send them to the guillotine.

But the good news is that none of the civil and military officials in the military system and the imperial guard system that control the military power have been allowed by Zhu Youxiao to start new businesses in their families, and Zhu Youxiao has also strictly prohibited them, so that these officials can remain neutral. And currently there is no way to be used and controlled by reformist or conservative officials.

Zhu Youxiao also asked Dongchang to always pay attention to the latest trends in the trend of folk thought. Although he is laissez-faire with most thoughts, he still maintains a high level of vigilance for those thoughts that question the monarchy. Directly launch the literary inquisition, but also invite the creators of these extreme ideas that threaten the rule to drink tea and have a good talk.

No gossip, no matter Zhu Youxiao's attitude towards the various officials of the court, and no matter what thoughts these court officials have, they still have to do the right thing.Li Mingrui's memorabilia soon spread to the court. No one expected that Li Ge's elders would suddenly propose to reform the Ministry of Rites and divide the power of the Ministry of Rites into three, which made many officials puzzled by this. Everyone knows that the Ministry of Rites is Li Ge's back garden, and now Li Ge's voluntary relinquishing of his power is undoubtedly cutting off his own arm.

Although most officials don't understand, they don't care about Li Mingrui's decentralization of power, and a few officials who smell the real taste is that His Majesty wants to change it. Express Li Mingrui.

In any case, because it was Li Mingrui who proposed it on his own initiative, the resistance to reform was much smaller, and the curtain of reforming the Ministry of Rites was thus smoothly opened.

　It’s a headache, I can’t ask for leave without a leave slip, so I barely wrote a chapter, I’m not very satisfied, don’t spray

　　
　
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