Since Tang Yi left, Yang Bo has sighed and has not even eaten supper.

Until the time when the lights were in hand, Yang Junmin couldn't bear to watch it anymore and came to his father's room.

"Dad, isn't it just a pair of lion heads? I turned around and went to Liulichang to get you ten and eight pairs of them, and you can play whatever you want."

"Bah!" Yang Bo was so angry that he spat and cursed angrily: "Idiot, your father is so slim, and he is worried about getting angry for a pair of cultural relics?"

Yang Junmin quickly laughed, and came behind his father, helping Yang Bo rub his sore shoulders.

"Actually, I understand that you are always angry with Tang Yi, but now that the people are in power, His Majesty obeys his words. How many grievances do we have to hide in our stomachs and not be troubled by ourselves. Do you think so?"

Yang Bo leaned against the chair, squinted his old eyes, and his shoulders were sore and painful, which was very comfortable.

"How can you understand what you said after all your life?"

"Then what are you still worried about? There are fewer people who have gained power in recent years? At the beginning, Zhang Gong said it well, then Xia Yan, Yan Song, Xu Jie, who are not powerful for a while, but now, this person has passed away, only our family has evergreen. You are always planning and invincible in the world, and everyone is relying on you!"

Yang Junmin is not telling a joke. The Jin Party does have the confidence to sit firmly on Diaoyutai with the ups and downs of the wind and waves. Over the past decades, no matter who is in power, they have not done anything to them. On the contrary, the Jin Party’s power is getting bigger and bigger and more prosperous business is. Even the Heavenly King cannot stop them from getting rich.

"You're right, but now the situation has changed."

Yang Bo simply stood up, walked around with his hands behind his back, and said, "Tang Yi just revealed to me that he wanted to add four or five more Cabinet Grand Secretarys."

"What?"

Yang Junmin jumped up in shock, "Dad, since Master Cheng, there have been no such people in the cabinet, right?"

"Not only that, he also said that he would bring Lao Ge, Hu Zongxian, Gao Suqing and others back to the court. My father just couldn't figure out what the hell was going to do!"

Yang Junmin was also shocked, "Dad, it is reasonable that Tang Yi finally entered the cabinet. As long as Li Chunfang is killed, he can rule the world. With His Majesty's trust in him, he will let go and do what ambitions he has, but he can't achieve it? People are afraid of being decentralized and seize the power in their hands. Tang Yi is fine. He is ill in mind. If he finds all the old antiques back, who will have the final say in the court in the future?"

Yang Bo spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "I don't know. If these people come back, they have received the favor of Tang Yi, but they may not really obey. After all, they are all old foxes and have a lot of ideas. I am not sure how the situation will develop in the future!"

...

Yang Bo sighed and worried, but Tang Yi's study was very happy, obviously admiring Tang Yi's move.

Mao Kun smiled and analyzed Tang Yi's plan, "Two hundred years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the civil servant group has been expanding, especially in the past 100 years. Even with the means of the late emperor, he could not truly make arbitrary decision. On the contrary, it was the late emperor who lived in the Western Garden that made the Yan Party dominate. He had to admit that the power of the chief minister had greatly expanded during the period when Yan Song took charge of the country, suppressed the six ministries, and surpassed the nine ministers, and could truly compete with the prime ministers of the Han and Tang dynasties. However..." Mao Kun changed his tone, "Although the prime minister's power is powerful, it has fatal shortcomings. Because civil servants are a group of people, everyone's interests are complicated and serious internal friction. Unlike the imperial power, the eunuchs below understand it with one look, and honestly follow it, like an arm instructing him."

"That's right." Wang Yin took over the topic and said: "In recent decades, the situation has been very clear. Once the civil servant group reaches an agreement, I'm sorry, the emperor has to stand aside. However, the civil servant group is not in harmony or even fighting each other, and the emperor needs to step forward and coordinate the referees. In other words, the emperor can take advantage of the situation and control the court."

"So, in order to truly get rid of the dependence on imperial power, the civil servant group must be able to resolve the disputes and form a unified opinion. In other words, the civil servant group must be expanded, improved, and stand up!"

The two great strategists analyzed alternately and were getting closer and closer to the core of the problem.

Tang Yi smiled and said, "Taizu deposed the prime minister, divided the power into six ministries, and established the Six Corridors to control the big ones with small numbers. In the local area, three departments were also established, and governors and inspectors were assigned. The purpose was nothing more than to divide government affairs from the center to the local area into one by one, restraining each other, and finally the decision was made by His Majesty the Emperor alone."

Tang Yi clearly saw Zhu Yuanzhang's wishful thinking, but this bureaucratic system that served the emperor alone had a natural disadvantage, because all parties restrained and restricted each other, just like a luxury top-end sedan, but without an engine, he could not act on his own.

Only the emperor can provide the power, but the emperor is of varying quality. Needless to say, Taizu and Chengzu are wise and wise, Emperor Xuanzong and Emperor Xiaozong also worked hard to govern the country. This "Ming" was running smoothly in their hands, but when they caught up with a ridiculous emperor like Yingzong and Wuzong, there was a problem with the car. It fell into Jiajing's hands and simply broke down.

"If you want to break the pattern left by Taizu, you must truly concentrate the power scattered to each department, establish a new system one by one, add cabinet masters, and use respected old ministers. This is the first step. First, make the civil servant group stronger and can truly come up with feasible solutions instead of praying for the emperor's ruling!"

Only with a few confidant advisers did Tang Yi dare to reveal his thoughts and tell his plans in full.

Mao Kun and Wang Yin both agreed with Tang Yi's view, but they were also worried.

"Sir, these old ministers have amazing qualifications and have their own opinions. They have inherited your love, but they may not be yours. There will be debates in the court in the future. How to control them depends on your skill." Mao Kun reminded.

Wang Yin exclaimed, "It is easy to talk about, but difficult to do. Adults, the real test has just begun. Be careful of arrogance and impatience and be humble. Xu Huating's so-called three-return program is actually a good thing, but there is no need to return the master to the superior with the power and blessing. Naturally, Weifu must be controlled by the chief assistant! Huating has no mind to accomplish anything, it depends on your means."

...

In March, Tang Yi and Zhao Zhenji have been in the cabinet for more than two months. They are already fully familiar with government affairs. Tang Yi and Zhao Zhenji have rich administrative experience and strong execution capabilities. As they enter the cabinet, the originally slow and inefficient cabinet began to operate at high speed, and various government affairs were implemented quickly. Although there were no earth-shaking slogans or any amazing actions, the changes were real and obvious to all.

The prestige was established bit by bit. In March, the two grand ceremony attracted particular attention. First, the three-year imperial examination. As the first imperial examination after the Longqing reign, the imperial court cared very much.

Chen Yiqin presided over the examination. He specially transferred 300 troops from the Jinyiwei ten days before the imperial examination began, and borrowed 500 soldiers from the Qi family army. All the personnel in the other field were temporarily assigned and transferred from other places. They even realized that they were responsible for the examination work until they entered the capital.

They are completely unfamiliar people who strictly enforce examination disciplines, starting from checking and searching, and are meticulous, and their strictness is more than ten times stronger than before.

After the selection, it was unprecedented, with more than 580 people passing the imperial examination.

Some of the examiners were worried that there were too many people. Chen Yiqin thought about it for a long time and shook his head with a wry smile.

"In recent years, education has flourished, and there are many scholars who have been studying several times more than before. They are all exquisite articles. I really don't admit it. I'm just asking for an order."

Chen Yiqin took the initiative to find Longqing, and just as Tang Yi was asking for an order to deal with personnel affairs. When he heard that there were too many people, Tang Yi was of course supporting him. After a few words, he fooled Longqing.

There are many talents in the world, and they are in my jail. Longqing was also very happy. Not only did he agree, he also thought hard and formulated the question for the palace examination: I only rule the world, and promote the reform of the country, and do a lot of political affairs. However, the main focus is on business, and the military is the most important thing..."

Longqing's strategy is really mysterious. The most important thing is the four words "maintaining business and focusing on business". Since studying the "The Wealth of the People's Republic of China", Longqing has very disagreed with the fundamentals of agriculture and business as the last business.

It has to be said that putting him in line with the countryside and putting forward the view that both rural and commercial enterprises are worthy of both rural and commercial enterprises is a great innovation.

Originally, Longqing was worried about whether it would cause a rebound from the candidates.

I don’t know that 700 to 80% of the people who passed the examination came from the south. As for students from the north, most of them attended academies supported by Shanxi merchants. They were all heavily influenced by business, and even students from the southeast operated workshops or engaged in long-distance trafficking at their homes.

The profits of business are obvious to all, and with the widespread dissemination of Xinxue, everyone is no longer rejecting merchants.

Longqing's test questions were actually popular, and many newspapers were published. Businessmen in the world were so grateful that they raised money to ask people to write articles, praised Longqing, and praised the emperor like a flower.

From then on, Longqing had an additional hobby, which was to ask eunuchs to collect newspapers every day to see what they said, which was even more interesting than reading ministers’ memorials.

In the Wuchen Certificate of Longqing, a total of 585 Jinshi were admitted, which was the highest in history.

On the day when the imperial list was officially announced, a carriage rushed to the capital and jumped out of the car. Two old men were in their early sixties, with straight back and sharp eyes, and full of majesty all over the body.

He looked up at the tall city gate, stretched his waist and smiled, "I didn't expect that Hu Zongxian can return to the capital in this life, it's really not easy!"

Almost at the same time as him, former Minister of Revenue Ge Shouli, former Minister of Dali Temple Mao Kai, former Minister of Rites Gao Yi, former Minister of Rites Li Tianchong, former Governor of Zhejiang Li Tianchong, as well as Nanjing Minister of Revenue Zhang Shouzhi, and Nanjing Right Minister of War Fang Fengshi...

A total of more than ten senior officials from the ministry entered the capital one after another. For a time, all the wise men from the court arrived, and it was extremely lively.
Chapter completed!