armyinform Chapter 447 Cabinet Division
Chapter 447 Cabinet Division
Chapter 447 Cabinet Division
Yuqian's replay was correct, which made Shen Shixing feel very happy when he left.
The problem of a large number of landlords in Buddhist temples is indeed the biggest hidden danger he faces during his tenure as the chief assistant.
He didn't expect that one day he would really have the motivation to deal with this matter.
Shen Shixing knew that this was the impetus given to him by the emperor. If the emperor hadn't insisted on reforms, he might have been in the same dust as before, and he wouldn't be thinking about doing these things that offend vested interests.
Of course, the emperor is willing to distribute foreign mines to benefit the world, so that he, the chief minister, can also reconcile with his relatives and friends, and will not affect his own interests and the interests of relatives and friends because of the reform, and it also makes Shen Shixing willing to continue to hold high the banner of reform and submit to Buddhist temples. Landlord hands.
After returning to the cabinet and seeing the portraits of Zhang Juzheng and the famous assistants of the past in Wenyuan Pavilion, Shen Shixing felt even more hopeful that, like Zhang Juzheng, he would be famous in history because of the reform.
"Yuanfu, what's the result of Ting Tui?"
When Shen Shixing was staring at the portraits of Zhang Juzheng and others, Wang Xijue asked Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing gave the list to Wang Xijue: "It's out."
After Wang Xijue saw it, he frowned and asked, "Heavenly officials actually decided on Hai Rui!"
"This is where your majesty is wise. Knowing that the next step in rectifying Buddhist temples is to see if the officials below can be upright and courageous."
"Anyone who is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is not as reassuring as Hai Gangfeng."
Shen Shixing said with a smile.
Wang Xijue nodded and gave the list to Liu Yingjie.
Liu Yingjie said with a smile: "Let Hai Rui serve as Otsuka's magistrate, it really shows the emperor's sage!"
Wang Xijue glanced at Liu Yingjie, then smiled and said, "Yeah, I didn't think about it just now, but now I figure it out!"
Shen Shixing just smiled slightly: "It's good if you can understand, then follow the rules. First, please make an appointment for the cabinet minister to come to the cabinet for questioning, so that the matter of rectifying the Buddhist temple can be settled."
It turned out that after the drafting of the edict was carried out by the Minister of Imperial Affairs, the cabinet completely changed from a secretarial organization to an administrative one.
Although the cabinet is no longer responsible for directly drafting the decree, but like the Privy Council, it can talk with the newly appointed civil servants, ministers, ministers and important ministers of the internal affairs system before the emperor formally decrees, exchange ideas, and then review and seal the emperor's decree based on the exchange results , Let the emperor re-appoint.
This is done to facilitate work.
After all, the appointment of officials hand-picked by the emperor is not necessarily suitable for the cabinet to implement policies. For example, some civil officials in history will deliberately restrain the cabinet after becoming ministers of the Ministry of Officials and Ministers of the Ministry of War, so that reforms cannot continue.
Historically, the most serious internal political problem in the middle and late Wanli period was the power struggle between the officials and the cabinet.
Moreover, this power struggle turned out to be so serious that in order to prove that it was more fair than the cabinet selection, the Ministry of Officials did not hesitate to use the method of drawing lots to recommend candidates for the court to force the cabinet to give up interfering in the court selection!
This method is undoubtedly self-destruct.
Although it is true that the possibility of the Ministry of Officials selling officials and nobles is eliminated, it also destroys the screening mechanism. The ministers drawn by lottery are often no better than those chosen artificially, and even the high uncertainty of lottery leads to more serious internal strife.
Because among the officials drawn by lottery, there are often both those who support a certain policy and those who oppose a certain policy.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun did not intend to pursue absolute justice in Ming Dynasty, so he was willing to give the cabinet the power to interfere in the selection of candidates, just like in the historical Tang and Song Dynasty times, the prime minister could veto a personnel appointment, so as to achieve the goal of being able to support certain reforms unanimously.
However, Zhu Yijun only gave the cabinet the authority to reject his own ideas before formally issuing his will, rather than a certain person. He also let himself, the emperor, to prevent the appearance of a treacherous and loyal minister with too high a rank alone. Can not make.
The political system is so contradictory. It is necessary to decentralize power and centralize power to prevent it. However, in the era of monarchy, in the final analysis, it depends on what the emperor wants to do.
It is also a dictatorship, but Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Youjian can make the dynasty have two different endings.
But in any case, Zhu Yijun didn't want to be as tired as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Youjian, so he simply made the cabinet work harder.
"I don't know what you think about monks and nuns in Buddhist temples?"
After meeting the seven newly appointed ministers Zhang Xueyan, Xu Guo, Hai Rui, Wang Lin, Yu Shenxing, Shu Hua, and Shen Li, Shen Shixing only asked this question.
All seven civil servants began to criticize the fact that Buddhist temples take up too much land.
Whether it is sincere criticism or false criticism, they all know that they must have this attitude now, otherwise they may not be promoted even if they are about to be promoted.
They all know that reaching this step means that they may decide to occupy a certain important position.
In history, Wang Lin, the minister of the household department who advocated the destruction of private nunneries during his tenure as the minister of the household department, even talked about it endlessly.
Therefore, the cabinet did not ask Zhu Yijun to change the imperial list, but Shangmi asked the emperor to issue an order quickly.
Zhu Yijun ordered the imperial servant to issue an order.
And after the appointment of personnel was issued, Shen Shixing also divided the work of the cabinet, saying: "The success of the examination and the formulation of policies should be drafted by the servant himself. In addition, the matter of rectifying the Buddhist temple is also handled by the servant himself. As for the rest, Ziyu (Zhang Xueyan) is in charge of internal affairs; Jingshi is in charge of external affairs; and Zihe (Liu Yingjie) is in charge of post road transportation, soldiers, horses, food and fodder.”
Both Wang Xijue and Liu Yingjie nodded without any objection.
Afterwards, Shen Shixing invited Shen Li, a cabinet scholar, Hai Rui, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Lin, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Lu Kun, the right servant of the Ministry of Households, and Jin Xuezeng, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, to the official residence of the chief assistant, and first said to Wang Lin:
"Da Si Nong, servant is because you advocate rectifying Buddhist temples, so you are able to force Chen Ziyu (Zhang Xueyan) to be included in the court recommendation, but you should not just talk about it."
"Yuanfu don't worry, Xinwu (Lv Kun) and I have been waiting for this day, as well as Otsuka Zai and Wenxuan Wang Bulang."
Wang Lin said.
Hai Rui smiled, "Exactly!"
"I was worried that the guild would resign because the courtiers have selfishness. Now that I think about it, it will never happen. It turns out that the guild has long intended to eliminate a big evil for the country and the people!"
Shen Shixing said something to Hai Rui with a smile, and then asked: "But the rectification of Buddhist temples appears to be rectification of Buddhist temples, but all the dignitaries and gentry are involved behind it, including royal relatives, noble generals, officials and noble families, wealthy businessmen and tycoons. Jia, sir, have you really thought about it?"
"Think about it!"
"Taking advantage of today's benevolence and virtue, willing to develop external benefits and benefit the people, not only thinking about the wealth and honor of one's own family, one should dare to do it once, so as to live up to one's lifelong aspirations!"
"At that time, it will be nothing but ruin."
Wang Lin said.
Lu Kun followed suit and said, "That's right, the benefits brought by the subscription coupons are obvious. Monarchs and ministers can take care of both public and private interests because of external development. The country is rich and the people are beneficial, and the monarch can also be harmonious with relatives and friends. In order to continue like this, the world will be less slaughtered." Therefore, those Buddhist monks and nuns who have been the tools of the powerful and powerful gentry to exploit the country's children should be rectified! Let the interests of the people really be consistent with the long-term stability of the country."
(End of this chapter)