.On the surface, the implementation of the "Chen Wushi Memorial" is to calm people's hearts and prove to the senior party members all over the court and the opposition that the Shen family's cabinet will still follow the route of the former chief minister. Therefore, there will be no large-scale personnel change, and everyone can continue to be an official with peace of mind.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the process of implementing the "Chen Wushi Memorial" is the process of expanding and legalizing the power of the cabinet. Because the five articles mentioned in the "Chen Wushi Memorial" "The imperial gate listens to politics, sets up cases and reviews the rules, and reports must be reported in person. The rules and regulations must not be kept at the right time" seem to be a detailed guide for the emperor to practice government affairs. But in fact, it is a political program that requires power.

The so-called "entering to the cabinet to be the prime minister" now means that officials become senior officials in the cabinet, and the government and the public regard them as prime ministers. Not only do the people and officials think so, but even the emperor openly said in the edict, "You are called cabinet ministers, but you are actually prime ministers." But all this cannot change the fact, that is, they are not real prime ministers.

Because this dynasty did not have a prime minister, and although the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet performed the power of the prime minister on behalf of the prime minister, in terms of system, this approach was actually ambiguous... In fact, the Grand Secretary himself only had a fifth rank, and was originally a literary servant. His duty was to write edicts for the emperor and polish the words of the imperial approval documents. To put it bluntly, he was the emperor's confidential secretary. Although the power of the cabinet became increasingly greater due to the need to handle political affairs, and the position of Grand Secretary became increasingly in line with the prime minister of the former dynasty, he could never get rid of the embarrassment of being truly unknown. They were actually replying memorials for the emperor and issue edicts in the name of the emperor, which was no different from the eunuchs in the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the eunuchs.

Power comes from the emperor, which means that the emperor can stop you at any time and cut off your power.

Now the emperor is less than ten years old, and Shen Mo would not expect that he would be suddenly dismissed. But because of this, if he issues a government or his own decree in the name of the emperor, he will inevitably be questioned by the government and the public whether this is the emperor's intention or is your Master Shen's idea?

The same thing is said: If the name is not upright, the words will not go well, and if the words are not upright, the things will not go well. First legitimize the power at hand, and then exercise it in a legitimate manner. This is the kingly way. The most favorable condition is that Gao Gong has completed the most difficult part of this matter that is destined to be infamous. A month ago, he criticized the Red Constitution in the name of the emperor and published it in the newspaper.

Shen Mo only needs to implement it under the banner of Gao Gong.

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The first is to implement the "Imperial Gate to Obey the Government". Given that the emperor is at the age of growing up and learning knowledge, he only goes to court twice a month. He doesn't have to worry about his daily government affairs. Only when major events occur will the emperor summon the cabinet and the ministers of the department and the ministers of the court jointly resolve it. If there is no major event, then ask the empress dowager and the emperor to rest peacefully and wait for the emperor to grow up.

Then there is the "setting of cases and reading chapters", which stipulates that the eunuchs set up imperial cases every day, put on the latest memorials received, and then go out and wait for the imperial examination to be reviewed. The cabinet ticket is planned and then presented. The emperor believes that there is no problem, he can approve the redemption. This is to let the emperor practice the political system, and to make it clear to the people of the world that all decrees are issued.

The third is "whenever you have to report it in person", which has the same meaning as the second.

The focus is on Article 4 and Article 5, "Do not leave the memorial according to the rules and memorials." In the above, these two articles stipulate that the emperor's approval of the winner must be based on the votes. If the votes do not match the sage, they can be returned and re-written. If there is no votes to be approved by the sage, please allow the cabinet minister to hold the memorial to understand before it can be implemented. Moreover, the emperor cannot hold the memorials and not send them. If there are no ones, the person who has not issued the original will still ask for the original request. For this reason, when the Tongzheng Department entrusts the memorial, the number of memorials on that day should be issued and sent to the six departments for preparation. If there are no ones, the minister will understand it.

These last two are actually very eye-catching. Even if the Gao Gong era had already been approved, it would cause an uproar if it was implemented now. However, because Feng Bao was a little arrogant and almost forged an edict and dismissed the chief minister, it shocked everyone. Therefore, these two decrees were regarded as learning from the Feng Bao incident and preventing the Silijian from being rebelled again.

Silence took advantage of the wave of condemning eunuchs' interference in politics and brought the authority of the Silijian to the cabinet. When the wave receded, people calmed down and could only accept it with a wry smile... After all, the emperor was so small, and it was better to use power to the cabinet than to be in the hands of the dead eunuch.

At this point, the highest administrative body of the empire finally completed the transfer of power, and the cabinet monopolized the power without any restraints on the rituals and supervision... At least before the emperor was diligent, Wenyuan Pavilion, located in the southeast corner of the imperial city, became the real core of power of the Ming Dynasty.

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After implementing the "Chen Wushi Memorial", another thing is urgent. That is, the power gap left by Gao Gong after he left, needs to be filled immediately.

First of all, Gao Gong was not only the chief minister, but also served as the Minister of Personnel. Now that the heavenly official was vacant, after being promoted by the court, Yang Bo, the most respected minister in the court, took over this position.

At this time, the long-awaited Grand Secretary Gao Yi passed away. In addition, Zhang Juzheng was sick and left in the cabinet, only two silent and Zhang Siwei were left. Adding Grand Secretary was urgent. After the court recommended, Wei Xuezeng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhu Dashou, the right imperial censor, and Lu Shusheng, entered the cabinet.

Gao Yi also vacated the Minister of Rites, and was replaced by the Minister of Rites of Nanjing, Sun Ying.

In this series of personnel changes, Silence has always adhered to the principle of court promotion and has not interfered with the determination of candidates. It also clearly stipulates that in the future, all appointments of fourth-rank officials must be presided over by the Minister of Personnel. Officials above third-rank must be appointed by the cabinet minister and the head of the department before they can be appointed. Other methods are invalid.

This is a customary rule. Silence only legalizes and determines it in the form of an imperial edict. Moreover, silence highlights the power of the Minister of Personnel, and does not make the cabinet dominate, but implements the dual system of the central organization, namely, the separation of powers and checks and balances between the Tianguan and the Suifu, which made Yang Bo very satisfied and blocked the public's mouths that he wanted to be dictatorial.

In the selection of candidates for joining the cabinet, except for Zhu Dashou, Wei Xuezeng and Lu Shusheng were not considered silent confidants, which made people see the public heart of the Chief Auxiliary. However, in fact, Wei Xuezeng once claimed to be a cannon. Lu Shusheng was the Huiyuan of the 20th year of Jiajing. They were both famous moral people. The two had one common feature, that is, they did not have private parties and would not form cliques. A month later, Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, retired and was taken over by Sun Jian, the Left Minister of the Ministry of Works. In addition to all, Zhu Heng, the Minister of Works, and Ge Shouli, the Censor of the Left Chief, remained in office. At this point, Beijing The Central Cabinet, the six ministries and the chief clerks decided, and Chen Si promptly implemented his "reward for public opinion by giving up punishment and reward for public opinion" and stipulated that any major military and national affairs, national policy formulation and other major matters of the court must be discussed by the court. If the result cannot be concluded, it will be decided by voting. Just like the court, the court proposal will come from. As for voting decisions, this is not a new thing. When Gao Gong was "sealing tribute and discussing peace" back then, he implemented it very smoothly at that time. Now Shen Mo has fixed it, so there is no resistance.

At first, all officials were worried that if Chen Si took over the power in the cabinet, would he launch an unprecedented dictatorship? No matter how respected he was, all officials would not cooperate with him. However, Chen Si once again separated the most important personnel power and legislative executive power from the cabinet and handed over to the ministers and ministers to make joint decisions. This was a very different dictator like Gao Gong, but instead gave people the feeling of being honest and open and brainstorming. This was an important reason why he was less criticized.

However, only those who are most familiar with the government will understand that Chen Si still holds the right power, because among the six ministries, the silent fellow disciples occupied the three ministers of the army, punishment, the three ministers of the twelve ministers. Whether it was court promotion or court discussion, there was an advantage of more than half, so no one could object to what he wanted to do.

But this finally gave everyone hope. It was no longer a one-man show like Yan Song and Gao Gong period. As long as you are qualified to participate in the decision-making of national affairs, you can participate in the decision-making of national affairs. This can guarantee your own interests at the lowest and determine the direction of the country at the highest. What else can you not satisfy?

After all, before, everyone was ready for the dictatorship, but now Shen Mo shares power with everyone. Although he still accounts for the majority, everyone regards it as a matter of course. At least at this stage, they are very satisfied.

This is to appease senior officials. For middle and lower-level officials, the Prime Minister's energy is mainly focused on solving the life problems of Beijing officials...

In October of the sixth year of Longqing, a minister wrote a letter to the sixth rank chief of the Ministry of Rites, saying that because of his family's poverty, his mother could not die. For this reason, he silently asked the department to investigate the living conditions of officials in Beijing, and the results were shocking. The salary of the sixth rank official was not as good as that of the couriers who worked in the capital. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty still implemented the salary standards set by Emperor Taizu two hundred years ago. In the past two hundred years, prices have increased several times, especially in recent years, various prices have risen continuously, and the salaries of officials are even more meager. Take the sixth rank official with the largest number of people as an example, and takes the full monthly salary for rice, which is just enough for a family of five, but how about oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea? There are so many ways of life?

In his letter to the emperor, Silence said that the salary was too low, so that those who had power would be entitled to pay bribes and could not support their families. However, most officials did not have the opportunity to be corrupt and abuse their power, and their lives were extremely shabby, and even asked their wives and children to work for their families. This created a strange phenomenon. Only those who dared to do evil can live a good life. The more innocent and self-confident the hardships, the more they were, the more they were, the more they were. Thus, corruption and bribery were the right way to make it impossible to be honest and self-confident. In the long run, the atmosphere would be very bad, and the people would suffer deeply when they were spread.

After seeing this, the emperor agreed and ordered the cabinet to preside over the court to discuss the increase of salary for officials. After fierce debate, the plan to directly increase salary was rejected because it violated the ancestral system. Instead, it was replaced by the "postal allowance" to supplement the lives of officials. Six festivals are released every year on New Year's Day, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and Qianyuan. Moreover, this fund was not paid from the taxes of the thirteen provinces of the two capitals, but was distributed by the court's income in Annan and Luzon... This money was originally given to Emperor Longqing, but now the emperor has no need to do it, so he first solved the urgent needs of his ministers.

The ministers naturally agreed that their opponents were so generous that they could earn a good reputation. So from the Double Ninth Festival of this year, officials in Beijing enjoyed a allowance that was higher than their salary. The largest increase in income was the Censor of the Sixth Century and the Censorate. In addition to the same post allowance as their colleagues, they also enjoyed the so-called "integrity allowance". In a mess, the salary received by a seventh rank staff member was already equal to that of a third rank official. At least they could ensure that they could have food and clothing without any assistance, and that the whole family could live a more decent life.

Regarding this salary increase, the silent statement to the outside world is naturally to "maintain integrity with high salaries", and to reiterate it seriously that corruption will not be tolerated from then on... But the Prime Minister from five hundred years later is very clear that people's greed is a matter of greed. Without strict supervision, no matter how high the salary is, it cannot support integrity, so he did not have much hope for it.

He has only one goal. To put it bluntly, he is to invite people to hearts!

As a prime minister who has served in the military and political areas for many years and has more than ordinary people for five hundred years, Silence has a clear understanding of how to promote this huge empire - whether a policy can be implemented, success or failure after implementation depends entirely on whether it can get the support of most civil servants. Otherwise, no matter how perfect it is, it will still be a castle in the air.

There are nearly 200 million people in the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the country, and there are millions of gentry and village officials, but there are only 20,000 officials.

For the 200 million people, their strength is naturally the greatest. If they want to overthrow a dynasty, they must work hard. But the peasants' requirements are the lowest. They don't care who is the emperor or what the dynasty is. As long as they have a good meal and can survive, they will not rebel, and they will not be able to support any change. Therefore, when they can survive, they are ruled, do not read books, do not understand the truth, lack common language with the rulers, and there is no way to talk about cooperation.

Cooperating with gentry from all over the country will not achieve great results, because their distribution areas are too wide and their local interests are different, which is doomed to be incoordinated.

The only thing left to be feasible is cooperation with all civil servants, and the benefits are obvious. First of all, they are the ruling class of this country. If they do not obtain their consent, it will be impossible to do anything. Moreover, as a group of people with the same education and background, as long as they remain silent and do not show a dictatorial tendency and do not infringe on their interests, they will recognize and support him. The third point is also very important. The number of people in this class is the smallest, 200 million people, and it is easy to buy millions, or 20,000 people. This is easy to calculate.

Therefore, the key to silence in finding out all problems is the cooperation, trust and trust of all civil servants, so that they are united and united.
Chapter completed!