Chapter 102                           

This time, Jiajing met Zhou Mengchen and the place where he met Zhou Mengchen was not elsewhere, but the Forbidden City. And it was the platform of the Forbidden City.

The platform summoning the right was a ceremony for the Ming Dynasty emperor to summon ministers to consult with political affairs.

It is a very grand courtesy.

The most famous one is naturally that Emperor Chongzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan on the platform and proposed the so-called five-year pacification of Liao.

Jiajing has not returned to the Forbidden City for many years. This time, returning to the palace from Xiyuan has already alarmed many people. Not to mention summoning Zhou Mengchen with such etiquette, many people were even more shocked.

Jiajing did not wear the Taoist robe he usually wore, but was wearing a vermilion-red dragon casual suit. There were many great Han generals standing around him, majestic and solemn. However, if the rules were followed, all officials would stand on the left and right. But now there is no one except Jiajing.

After Zhou Mengchen gave his tribute, Jiajing said lightly: "Zhou Qing, you can continue to say what you said that day."

Zhou Mengchen took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, I think that reshaping the cabinet to govern the world. The cabinet must have a weight. When weighing the cabinet, I must use the way of publicizing the world."

Jiajing said: "When the great way is the way, is the world the public?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "That is, Your Majesty, the world of the Ming Dynasty for 200 years. Even if there is turmoil, it will not be defeated by the people. The people's hearts are in this. The power of the cabinet is like planning in a secret room, no one in the world knows its darkness. I think that the government of the cabinet is not about anyone, but about being upright and upright. I will not dare to act rashly. I can also make selfless people bold. Based on this, I think that the decision-making of the cabinet should be made by the cabinet. Every time I issue an order, it should be revealed to the world in the "Official Report". Every year the cabinet should issue a report to let the world know the situation of the court. The weight of the cabinet chief assistant should be limited. The cabinet chief assistant can serve two terms, each for five years. And the cabinet

If the cabinet member does not serve as the chief minister, he can serve three positions. If there are already two cabinet members, he can only serve as the chief minister. In this way, the powerful ministers cannot be overestimated. Before the cabinet chief minister takes office, he must declare his policies to His Majesty and implement them in the next few years. If the cabinet chief minister has no major faults or is not a false statement, he should be as calm as possible. At the same time, when the cabinet chief minister proposes his own policies, he should also accept questions from all parties in the newspaper. Within the cabinet, I believe that the cabinet should have multiple members and seven members at the highest level. The chief minister summarizes the overall situation. The six auxiliary ministers are in charge of each department. Each department and relevant yamen are under the cabinet."

"In order to limit the power of the cabinet, the Censorate and the Three Justice Departments should be independent and not subject to the cabinet's restrictions. They should be directly responsible to Your Majesty. All the political affairs of the world will be out of the cabinet. All the judicial departments of the world will be out of the Censorate."

"The military power comes from the Privy Council. His Majesty personally takes charge of it."

"In this way, the world's major policies and the law of conquest and reform, Your Majesty only needs to summon all the ministers and senior officials to discuss it. As a result, it will be handed over to the cabinet. The cabinet's actions are supervised by the Censorate. If both sides are not in harmony, Your Majesty will deal with it."

"Your Majesty only needs to listen to the public opinion. It benefits without paying, and the power of the world belongs to it."

This is just a simple summary. In fact, it adheres to the principle of being a fair world. Many of the government affairs processes have problems in designing them. It seems that Zhou Mengchen has only changed the cabinet and redefined some of the internal regulations of the cabinet and the relationship between the cabinet and the six ministries.

After all, the cabinet can suppress six ministries now, but there has never been a specific constitution.

But in fact, the entire Ming system is being pushed back and forth.

The Ming Dynasty actually had some statistics, but in fact there were not many. For example, the "Wanli Accounting Record" in the Wanli period was a very important historical data. However, although these data cannot be said to be left alone, not everyone can see it.

Jiajing asked, "In this way, what secrets do the imperial court have?"

Zhou Mengchen said, "Your Majesty, are there many secrets in the Ming Dynasty now? I think that since I can't stop it, it's better to let go. Of course, I think some confidential matters are not announced, and even if they are announced, it's just a big feast."

"I think it should be stipulated in detail about confidential matters. If someone leaks it, it is said that it is based on the ban. The rest of the matters that can be disclosed are better than the court itself."

To be honest, Zhou Mengchen was already desperate about whether the Ming Dynasty could keep it secret. It was really difficult. Many things, at most, will be kept secret for a while, and after a while, they will definitely spread in a sensation.

And after adding fuel to the fire, some things that Zhou Mengchen would probably have been misled if Zhou Mengchen was not the person involved.

After thinking about it, it is better to be open to government affairs. It cannot be kept confidential anyway.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen also wanted to make the Ming Dynasty more enlightened.

Zhou Mengchen's reform has only changed from a breakdown of all matters to the emperor, and the common affairs are in the cabinet, and the major policies are in the emperor. The emperor ruled on major policies and arranged candidates for cabinets. The specific implementation is within the scope of power of the cabinet.

The cabinet cannot handle it well. The emperor can punish it. However, the emperor simply interferes in cabinet affairs, but it is overstepped the line.

Although the power of the emperor was somewhat reduced, he still held the highest power of the Ming Dynasty. After all, Zhou Mengchen also had to consider the acceptance of Jiajing. In fact, when the late Jiajing period was in power, he had these two points. The general direction of the court and the personnel power of senior officials.

He actually didn't care too much about the rest of the matter. Even if he was in charge, he was more about supervision than interfering.

Zhou Mengchen just institutionalized Jiajing's approach.

Jiajing also heard this. But he was still reluctant. Some things are what you give to you. Even if they are rotten, even if they are stolen by others, you cannot rob them.

But Jiajing also understood that he could not grasp some things. But his stupid son and even his grandson might not be able to grasp them.

For example, the personnel rights of the cabinet.

Jiajing is now struggling to control this power. Jiajing is so dissatisfied with Xu Jie because Xu Jie's actions broke his control over the cabinet's personnel power.

Power is very simple. It's just someone's listening to.

Now the staff of the cabinet are not according to Jiajing's intentions. Jiajing has so much to say with Zhou Mengchen. If Jiajing can completely grasp the personnel power of the cabinet, why should he talk about this with Zhou Mengchen here?

Even Jiajing was like this, and it was even more unbearable in the Wanli Dynasty. The civil servants actually became the ancestral system. This made Jiajing know that Jiajing had to launch a few major cases, and Wanli could only hide from the deep palace.

Jiajing sneered and said, "To put it nicely, this is the world of scholars and officials. I wonder where Zhou Qing is to me?"

Zhou Mengchen said, "Your Majesty is a bad person. Your Majesty's private affairs are the public. Your Majesty is the world. The world is the world. The world is the best. The world is peaceful and the country is becoming stronger and stronger. Is there any bad thing with Your Majesty? The world is to use the hearts of the people of the world for your Majesty. Your Majesty gives up his reputation and take the truth."

"Real?" Jiajing said: "There is the reality that the government orders cannot leave the capital!"

Zhou Mengchen said, "Your Majesty, I will say a few heartfelt words to Your Majesty. Your Majesty is afraid of the scholars and officials. However, how can the scholars and officials hold great power? Therefore, they can use the saint's decree to influence the local government. The officialdom is in a mess and connected with each other. Your Majesty only has a single figure, and can only respond with power and passiveness everywhere."

"Since ancient times, ministers have been powerful and monarchs have been weak every day."

Jiajing's eyes shrank slightly and said, "I admire you, but you dare to tell the truth. How should I deal with it?"

Zhou Mengchen said, "Where is Your Majesty's foundation in the Ming Dynasty? It's in the scholars and officials? It's not. After counting the aristocratic families in Jiangnan, it was long ago since it was passed down from the Three Kingdoms, and it was also Jingkang's way south. After several dynasties, even if the Ming Dynasty is gone, they are still there."

"The army is not, the Mongolian iron tools are so powerful. However, if you win the world immediately, you cannot rule the world immediately."

"As for the royal family, does your Majesty think it can be fundamental?"
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