Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 134 Imperial Power Technique
In order to impose rule, the Qing Dynasty reformed the inscription system. Since Zhang Tingyu institutionalized the memorials, local officials had to write the memorials for slightly more important affairs. Report, as the basis for playing things.However, the content of Zhu Zhu's comments in the memorial must not be included in the title book, so that the title book will become an official article, and its value will be greatly reduced.

In fact, this is tantamount to cutting off the power of the cabinet to draft proposals in a disguised form. The memorial goes directly to the imperial court without going through the cabinet. After the emperor approves, it goes through the process in the cabinet.

The memorial replaced the function of the original title book, making it the main official document, and this system persisted until the end of the Qing Dynasty.When the memorial was first produced, there were not many officials qualified to use the memorial. After Yongzheng practiced Zuo, he suffered from the slander and exclusion of the clan kings at home, and was trapped by the cliques of the Manchu and Han ministers. He was eager to ask for advice, so the subjects were relaxed scope and authority of the play.

Since most of the matters involved in the memorial are state secrets, the confidentiality of the memorial is very prominent.If you can't keep it secret, don't submit the memorial. Confidentiality is a prerequisite for writing a memorial.

It is precisely because of the premise of keeping secrets that officials can feel at ease when they submit a memorial to the emperor, and they don't have to worry about being known by others and then being retaliated by others.

This is what Zhu Houzhao attaches great importance to. For example, in this Yangzhou case, if there is a memorial, then Zhu Houzhao believes that the situation will definitely not collapse to this point.Aside from other things, after so many years, no upright official in Yangzhou has been put on the table?Of course not, it's just that they are powerless!It is estimated that the question books on the Internet have not reached the imperial court, this person is gone, and the things the emperor saw have also been drifted away.

Once the memorial system is in place, the power of the cabinet will be greatly weakened, and the weakening of the power of the cabinet represents the weakening of the power of the chief minister of the cabinet.

Although this seems to be a government office, or the weakening of the power of a few people, Zhu Houzhao knows that this is by no means. Once the power of the cabinet is weakened, it means the weakening of the entire civil service group and the strengthening of imperial power.It is not unreasonable that the Qing Dynasty is called the pinnacle of the feudal dynasty. Many of his systems are very conducive to the rule of the dynasty.

Because the memorial avoids the transfer of intermediate links, and adopts the method of court posting, it can not only be delivered to the emperor quickly, but also can be directly returned to the officials who made the memorial after the emperor Zhu approved the imperial decree, and it will be put into practice immediately, thus greatly improving the administrative efficiency. efficiency.

Since the memorials were all carried out in secret, a relationship of mutual restraint was formed between the provincial governor and the chief minister, between the local government and the central government, and between the inner court and the outer court, in addition to the normal relationship between the leader and the led. .

The ministers informed each other, the emperor's eyes and ears were all over the capital, and no one knew who made a small report to the emperor. The emperor could directly learn from the memorials about public and private events and interpersonal relationships in the central ministries and local governments, no matter how big or small.The emperor then used memorials to rectify the administration of officials, monitor people's sentiments, issue orders, and reject dissidents. The general affairs of the world were always handled by one person, which made the feudal imperial power unstoppable.

Emperor Yongzheng was the only Qing emperor that Zhu Houzhao admired, because his reforms and the system he formulated were pioneering in many aspects.

Zhu Youtang listened to his son explaining the memorial in detail, the expression on his face suddenly became very exciting, his eyes looked up and down strangely at his son, this method of manipulation, his son is also very good at playing it, such a method is really quite A little bit of Han Gaozu's meaning, letting officials inform each other is simply killing these officials.

Not to mention other things, just the strife between officials, how many people will be impeached back and forth?The lower official covets the position of the upper official, will he stare and wait for the upper official to make a mistake?

Of course, if you think about it from another angle, if those honest officials have a way to write a letter, wouldn't that make many things easier to handle?How many people are willing to do such a thing to submit a memorial to something that fulfills their duty as a courtier without hurting themselves or being afraid of being retaliated by others?Zhu Youtang didn't dare to imagine.

"Where is the secret package delivered?" Zhu Youtang looked at Zhu Houzhao, and asked hesitantly, "Have you thought about this question?"

If it is handed over to the Supervisor of Rituals, then once you meet an emperor who doesn't like to do things in court, the Supervisor of Rituals has the power to approve the emperor's redemption. What will happen if the secret is in their hands?Zhu Youtang could have imagined this, but Zhu Houzhao could not have imagined that if he really handed over the secret document to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, it would be tantamount to reducing the power of the cabinet and strengthening the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

"Go back to the emperor, and go to the General Secretary!" Zhu Houzhao said without thinking about it. He had actually thought about this issue a long time ago.

The current situation of the Tongzheng Secretary is very miserable. The status of the Jiuqing is very low. It can be said that it is a very, very sad yamen.It's hard to say in the future, but this person is useful in the early stage, at least he will use all means to grab power, but first use it, you must know that the resistance of the Secret Zhe is definitely not small, especially the few cabinet scholars.

"General Secretary?" Zhu Youtang smiled wryly and shook his head: "The General Secretary is now like a colander, is it still secret to enter there?"

"The Secretary of the General Administration was supposed to submit an order from the top to the bottom, and it is appropriate to leave the Secretary of the General Administration secretly. At the same time, the Secretary of the General Administration is not involved in the drafting of the ticket, nor is it involved in the approval of the bonus. As for the issue of secrecy, my ministers are going to submit secret documents at the secret office of the Secretary of General Affairs, and they will be in charge of submitting secret documents in various places." Zhu Houzhao directly expressed his idea.

After looking up and down at his son, Zhu Youtang asked directly: "Have you thought about this for a long time?"

"Going back to my father, I was thinking about this matter before I left Beijing. Sitting in the Forbidden City, the most difficult thing to get is the truth. It can be said that it is even more difficult to know what happened outside. At that time, I I was thinking of a way. Once there is a secret document, in addition to civil officials, military generals from all over the country can also submit the memorial to the imperial court, which is also beneficial." Zhu Houzhao did not deny it, and nodded in recognition.

Looking at his son's face, Zhu Youtang smiled. What's the advantage? If the secret authority of generals from all over the country is released, it means that the status of generals will be improved, and the status of nobles will be promoted accordingly.

Although everyone looks down on Xungui, Xungui has a very high status in the army, especially now that he has not experienced the Jiajing Dynasty. Let them be less controlled by civil officials, because they have countermeasures and can impeach civil officials, so that civil officials dare not go too far.

　I went out today and came back late. This is Chapter 1. There will be another chapter later. Don’t worry about me being an eunuch. How can I be an eunuch?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)