When Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, Yuan Wei, Yan Ne and others heard that Zhu Zaiji wanted to arrange a cabinet grandson in Nanjing to strengthen their control over Nanjing as the governor of Nanzhili, the previous gloom and worries in their hearts were not only wiped out, but they couldn't help but feel excited.
Since the Ming Dynasty abolished the prime minister system, the initiative that originally belonged to civil servants has been cut to the extreme, although Emperor Chengzu later created a cabinet.
But the cabinet was not as it was now. It was only after decades of evolution that the cabinet has become the leader of all officials today.
However, the position of the head of all officials is relatively weak. Once the six powerful ministers meet, if they don’t buy the cabinet’s account, the cabinet can only look at them helplessly.
Now Zhu Zai-ji is going to set up an important position in Nanjing as a cabinet minister and governor of Nanzhili. This is another opportunity for civil servants to strengthen their own power.
Therefore, they would definitely not have any objections to Zhu Zaiji's suggestion, and they just thought about whether they could recommend the people they value or political allies they had made in the past to occupy the huge power in this area.
Zhu Zaiji looked at their expressions and naturally understood what they were thinking, and knew what wishful thinking these people would make.
But Zhu Zai-ji doesn't care, because sometimes good open conspiracy is like this, which makes people willingly move it.
Therefore, if you have to make a small plan for these people, as long as the final decision is in your own hands, he will not worry about anything.
Zhu Zaiji continued: "Since you guys agree with Gu's idea, then we will discuss the rights and responsibilities of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Governor of Nanzhili, who needs to be located in Nanjing. How do you now think the rights and responsibilities of this position should be defined, and how can it always be under the control of the court?"
Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, Yuan Wei, Yan Ne and others looked at me and I looked at you. They were quickly calculating in their minds, wanting to give Zhu Zaiyan a satisfactory answer.
But after they racked their brains and thought about it, they also found that such high-powered foreign officials did not seem to have many suitable means to check and balance them.
Moreover, when the imperial court initially designed the temporary dispatches of the Governor and the Governor, which did not belong to the Ming official system, did not think about too long-term arrangements.
I just thought that after a governor or governor was arranged to the ground, he could better concentrate his strength and solve the problem of local protests and make the court more powerful in controlling local governments.
Therefore, since the two positions of Governor and Governor appeared, although they have almost become customized officials, this kind of official is ultimately just a temporary dispatch.
The court only needs one sentence to remove such a governor-general who seems to be in power.
The purpose of doing this is actually very simple, which is to prevent local officials from developing deeply in the local area, becoming like the governor of the Han Dynasty and the governor of the Tang Dynasty.
So when the Ming Dynasty solved local problems and strengthened centralization, they adopted this temporary official position to deal with local military and political affairs.
But now Zhu Zaijiu's intention was to arrange a cabinet grandson to serve as the governor of Nanzhili in Nanjing, so they hesitated.
The Governor of Southern Zhili is easy to understand and can also regard it as a temporary mission, but the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet cannot see it like this.
If these people also deny the authority of the Cabinet Grand Secretary, wouldn’t it be equivalent to denying their own authority?
You should know that they can now give guidance in the cabinet, because they rely on the title of Grand Secretary hanging on their heads.
Without this title, they are nothing. ,
So, for a moment, no matter Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, Yuan Wei, and Yan Ne, they did not dare to directly tell this serious problem.
They are all afraid that if something goes wrong, they will be blamed when the court holds the responsibility.
Therefore, at this moment, they suddenly felt that the sweet dates that Zhu Zaiji stuffed over seemed not sweet anymore.
Seeing that Xu Jie and others stopped talking, Zhu Zaiyu moved his body and continued, "Sir, just speak freely. Even if you don't say it well enough, there is no problem. After all, what Gu mentioned now is just an idea and has not been implemented yet. Therefore, it will not have any impact on reality. You only need to express your thoughts and worries in your hearts and let me refer to it."
Xu Jie and others listened to Zhu Zai Di's words, and couldn't help but look up at Zhu Zai Di.
When they looked at Zhu Zaiji, their eyes were full of entanglement and hesitation.
It seems that when I get along with a leader like Zhu Zaiyu who likes to do things, I am compared to a leader like Emperor Jiajing who doesn’t do things but wants to be successful.
It seems to be harder to serve.
After all, when Emperor Jiajing wanted the result, he did not just press the person in front of him. He would first create a mystery, or click a point before asking for the result.
But Zhu Zaiji always likes to call people in front of him, draw out the matter in a deliberate tone, and then start asking for methods or solutions.
This was indeed a bit distressed for Xu Jie and others.
After hesitating for a while, when he saw that other cabinet members were not talking and Zhu Zai-die did not name them, Xu Jie, as the chief minister of the cabinet, could only bite the bullet and make an agreement first.
And before he wanted to speak, he couldn't help but envy his former chief minister Yan Song in his heart.
When Yan Song was in the cabinet, even when he was summoned by Emperor Jiajing to question the question, he was never so passive. His good son would sometimes help him talk first.
If what he said did not satisfy Emperor Jiajing, he would take the words and reorganize his ideas to figure out Emperor Jiajing's wishes. In this way, he not only rarely lost his composure in front of Emperor Jiajing, but also always expressed some answers that satisfies Emperor Jiajing.
And even though Yan Shifan was not following Yan Song and acted as Yan Song's trial and error microphone, Yan Song was blindfolded when he sat there, as if he was about to fall asleep.
Emperor Jiajing did not blame others for this when Xu Jie and other cabinet members encountered the questions raised by Emperor Jiajing, they could not let the scene be left out and could only respond first.
When he said it in line with the holy will, Yan Song would suddenly come back to his senses and followed the sentence "I discussed it with them in this way," and took away the credit.
When he said it inconsistent with the holy intention, Yan Song kept pretending to be asleep until he had figured out the holy intention in his heart before he could speak.
But what about my prime minister now?
Although in the cabinet, he can also manage the dispatch and work of Li Chunfang, Yuan Wei, Yan Ne and others.
But when they arrived in front of Zhu Zaiji, these guys began to pretend to be dead.
It seems that they are so sensible that they never stole the limelight from their leaders' speeches first. What Xu Jie couldn't stand was that Zhu Zai-ji would ask him to say it first almost every time he asked him to say it.
So many times, Xu Jie is really feeling bitter in the baby, but the baby can’t say it!
Xu Jie said, "Report to the prince, I have just thought about it and feel that if I want to set up a cabinet grandson in Nanjing to serve as the governor of Nanzhili, I should first determine the way to check and balance the dispatch."
"Otherwise, there will be such a powerful official who is thousands of miles away from the capital, who is powerful and powerful to overwhelm all the officials in Nanjing. I am afraid that this person will become arrogant in Nanjing."
"When a major change may occur, which prevents the capital from communicating with Nanjing in time, this official will take the opportunity to use his power to control the local government to fight against the court, which will inevitably lead to a major disaster."
Xu Jie was very cautious and did not talk about the benefits and advantages of setting up this official position first, but talked about it from the perspective of crisis. It seems that his worries also have long-term views.
After hearing Xu Jie's words, Zhu Zai looked at Li Chunfang, Yuan Wei, Yan Ne and others. "What do the three gentlemen think of Mr. Xu's words?"
Li Chunfang, Yuan Wei, Yan Ne and others immediately replied: "I think Mr. Xu's words are very insightful."
Then Li Chunfang, who was the second assistant, also added: "If you can't think about the checks and balances as Mr. Xu said, first, if something goes wrong, the court will not only lose the rich and important place in Jiangnan, but even half of the country will be in danger."
Yuan Wei and Yan Ne also nodded.
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After hearing Li Chunfang's additional speech, Zhu Zaiji nodded with a deep expression.
Zhu Zaiji had thought about this result, but the problem in Nanjing cannot be abandoned because of the choke.
If you are worried about a rebellion in Nanjing that may rely on power and influence to seize the localities and fight against the central government.
This kind of worry may be a bit too much for Zhu Zaiji.
After all, if this problem really occurs, it means that the Ming Dynasty has completely lost people's hearts and has lost control over all parts of the north.
At that time, even if Nanjing was still in the hands of the court, it might not be possible that the court could really use Nanjing's resources.
Because history has proved the result to Zhu Zaiji.
In the original history, after Emperor Chongzhen hung up the southeast branch, Nanjing not only did not play its due role as a backup for the Ming Dynasty, but even the officials in Nanjing were thinking about how to fight for power and profit in this small court to gain more benefits.
In the end, Nanjing not only could not even defend the Yangtze River natural danger, but also was beaten by the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Yongli was also escorted to the capital, treating it as a plot to rebel the king and kill the corpse on the street.
Therefore, if Nanjing wants to truly play a role in backup for the Ming Dynasty, some powers must be given in advance.
Otherwise, when the sky collapses and the earth is broken, the capital is gone, Nanjing is still in a state of death where there are no leaders and a group of cute little cutes to fight for power and profit, even if the gods come, they may not be able to save them.
Therefore, Zhu Zaiji cannot only consider this hidden danger that has not yet occurred.
Moreover, the steam rail cars that Zhanwat and his others tested in Xishan have entered a stable stage. Now, they can not only greatly reduce the probability of failure, but also increase the original driving speed by one-half, approaching the speed of twenty-five kilometers per hour.
Although this speed is far inferior to the speed of high-speed rail in later generations.
But in this era, it is completely enough.
So as long as the steam rail truck is laid, it will make more convenient transportation between the capital and Nanjing.
At that time, not only can the communication between the two places be accelerated and improved, but even future emperors or cabinet officials can go to Nanjing for inspection from time to time, so that they can more closely contact the capital and the court.
In this way, it may not be so easy for Nanjing or other places to create some warlord forces similar to those in the late dynasty.
Moreover, if the times are really developed to this point, even if there is another dynasty change in the future, there may not be much violent means.
Because the development of transportation can not only allow information to be transmitted more quickly, but also allow more profound transformations in the ideas and cultures in various places.
With such a civilized foundation, it is obviously not easy to have a mass brutal violence incident that "for tooth and for eye" again.
So after listening to Xu Jie and Li Chunfang's words, Zhu Zaiji also looked at them and said, "My gentlemen's worries. I have also thought about it. The issue of checks and balances between local officials and power has been a difficult problem that has troubled the court since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties."
"In order to solve these problems, Qin Shihuang abolished the feudal system, and after the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the governor of the governor, and the Song Dynasty abolished the Jiedushi. When he arrived at this dynasty, he divided the governor's office into five, and then set up local government envoys, inspectors, commanders and other three yamen to check and balance."
"But the facts have also proved that sometimes excessive checks and balances cannot solve the problem, and it will also make local officials develop the habit of shirking responsibility. Therefore, in order to solve the problem, the court launched the Governor's dispatch to be responsible for local affairs during the Zhengtong period."
"Now that time has changed. With the complexity of management between the court and the local government, the governor and the governor have also begun to go from temporary dispatch at the beginning to permanent dispatch. Now I want to take more powerful control and arrangements for Nanjing, which is actually the beginning of an exploration as before."
"Also, in the idea of Gu's idea, the Grand Secretary of the Nanjing Cabinet wants to completely control the important affairs of Nanjing, he must serve as the governor of Nanzhili. Therefore, since you are worried about the issue of checks and balances of power, Gu feels that he can also send a special supervisor at that time."
"At the same time, in order to ensure the effectiveness of supervision and checks and balances, the term of office sent by the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Governor of Nanzhili and the term of special supervision sent by the court must be staggered by two years."
"For example, a senior secretary of the Nanjing Cabinet and the Governor of Nanzhili and the special supervisor sent by the imperial court can only serve for four years at most. Moreover, during these four years of term, they must be staggered to prevent one party from overcoming the other party and prevent both parties from joining the same term during the same term."
"As for other issues, we can only take one step at a time. What do you guys think?"
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