Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1565, Cabinet Powers

Morning the next day.

"Your Majesty, I feel very unwell recently, coupled with my age, I am eager to miss my hometown. Please allow me to return to my hometown to retire!"

When the officials from the south of the court in the south of the court were about to make a fuss about reducing the number of Nanzhili scientific examination places, Xie Qian also stood up and handed in his resignation, hoping that Emperor Hongzhi would allow him to go home for the elderly.

"Thank you, you mustn't do it~"

"Yes, Mr. Xie, you are in good health, you are only sixty, how can you return to your hometown to retire now."

"Xie Gong, you are the mainstay of the imperial court, your majesty's minister of humerus."

Hearing that Xie Qian was going back to his hometown for the elderly, many ministers from the ruling and opposition parties stood up one after another, especially the conservative officials and Jiangnan officials, one by one.

Xie Qian can be regarded as the representative of these officials in the court, and also the last big backer and pillar of the conservatives and Jiangnan officials.

If Xie Qian returns to his hometown for the elderly, then they will have no right to speak. At that time, they will all be reformist officials represented by Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao, Liu Jin, and Zhong Zhong. Let them play what they want.

Emperor Hongzhi took Xie Qian's letter of invitation and took a quick glance.

The memorial said that he was in poor health and was homesick, so he could no longer serve the emperor, and hoped to go home to take care of his life. Finally, he thanked the emperor for his trust and reuse over the years, and thanked the emperor for his kindness to him.

This is the old routine of resignation.

Some are really sick and have to resign, but most of them resigned on the pretext of old age and poor health.

"Xie Aiqing, if you don't feel well, I will ask the professors from Daming Medical College and Daming Royal Medical College to show you. In addition, the King of Korea recently sent a batch of Korean ginseng as a tribute. I will send some over later."

"This resignation will be avoided."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xie Qian. Although he was not his teacher, since he came to the throne, he also started as his attendant when he was teaching university, and he has been by his side all the time.

Emperor Hongzhi was also a very nostalgic person, but also a generous and kind person.

Although he was dissatisfied with Xie Qian, Emperor Hongzhi was still a little reluctant when the other party really wanted to resign. The relationship between the monarch and his ministers for many years does not mean that he can let go of it.

So Emperor Hongzhi also kept it.

Of course, this is also normal operation.

It's like when the founding emperor of ancient times came to the throne, he had to invite his subordinates first, second, and then again. Although the emperor was eager to ascend the throne sooner, he had to refuse to express his limited ability, and refuse to express that he might not be able to be a great leader. , San reluctantly became emperor.

This ancient courtier wanted to resign and return to his hometown for retirement. Unless the emperor was extremely dissatisfied and disgusted with this courtier, he still had to go through a similar procedure.

The first resignation will definitely not agree, the other party said that he is not in good health, and he will send an imperial doctor to see him, and reward some nourishing medicinal materials to the courtiers along the way.

The second resignation will definitely not agree, and some gold, silver, brocade and other things will be rewarded to show that the emperor has treated the minister lightly, and hopes that the other party can continue to stay and serve him.

If you resign for the third time, it depends on the specific situation. If the health is really bad, or the emperor really doesn't want to keep the other party anymore, or the other party really wants to return home for the elderly.

Then the emperor will give the other party a lot of rewards, and then add some titles. If there is a son who is an official in the court, he will give your son a little promotion, so that you can go home in a prosperous and prosperous manner.

Emperor Hongzhi was a generous and benevolent person, but also a nostalgic person.

Xie Qian applied for resignation for the first time, so naturally he wanted to keep him.

No matter what, the other party's face must be given enough, even if they want to go home for the elderly, it is also necessary to let the other party go home to support the elderly in a prosperous way.

"Your Majesty, I have made up my mind to go. I am really old and unable to bear the heavy responsibility. Please give me your Majesty's permission."

Seeing Emperor Hongzhi retaining him, Xie Qian was also moved and burst into tears.

To be honest, working for Emperor Hongzhi is really comfortable, and there is no need to worry too much. Emperor Hongzhi is a generous and kind boss, and he is really good to his subordinates.

Emperor Hongzhi seldom had the intention to kill unless the emperor’s inverse scales were moved. After all, few officials were killed in several major cases, and most of them were dismissed and exiled. implicated.

Now he cares about himself and rewards him, which makes Xie Qian very moved.

But it was normal practice for the emperor to keep one or two. Xie Qian had made up his mind to go, so naturally he would keep resigning.

"Not allowed~"

Emperor Hongzhi retreated directly after leaving a word.

In Shangshu's room, Emperor Hongzhi tried to keep Xie Qian back again, but Xie Qian still had no intention of staying any longer.

There is no way, Xie Qian is a cabinet minister anyway, and he also needs face. You Emperor Hongzhi made a private visit in private, and the three elders brought two of them, but they didn't bring themselves. Isn't this embarrassing yourself.

Now that the government and the opposition know it, how can I be a cabinet minister?

In the next few days, Xie Qian submitted letters to resign one after another, and Emperor Hongzhi also persuaded him to stay again and again. After six times in a row, he saw that Xie Qian had decided to go, and finally had to agree with Xie Qian to return to his hometown for retirement.

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi also treated Xie Qian extremely preferentially.

First of all, Xie Qian was rewarded with a large amount of gold and silver jewelry, pearls and jadeite, brocade cloth and the like, to ensure that he would have enough money and things to take good care of.

Then Xie Qian was granted the title of an earl. Of course, it is not the kind of hereditary replacement. This earl cannot be inherited. If he dies, he will take it back. The son cannot inherit it. Rewards were given to important civil servants, like Liu Jian, who was also made an earl.

At the same time, the title of Shaofu and Prince Taifu was added, which is almost the same as the officials of later generations, and they will be raised to another level when they retire.

In the end, Emperor Hongzhi also promoted Xie Qian's son Xie Zheng to show his long grace.

Of course, these are trivial matters. As Emperor Hongzhi agreed to Xie Qian's return to his hometown for the elderly, the topic of the court ministers instantly returned to the matter of who should be recommended for the cabinet.

The cabinet ministers did not have much real power in the early Ming Dynasty, but after the middle Ming Dynasty, the cabinet ministers were the important ministers who really held great power.

The powers and powers of cabinet ministers generally include the power to draft and approve answers, the power to draft edicts and rebuttals, the duties of consulting and admonishing, the duties of meeting decision-making, joint review, and economic and economical lectures.

The so-called drafting of tickets refers to drafting answers or handling opinions on the memorials contributed by various yamen and ministers for the emperor's reference and decision-making.Judging from the initial establishment of the bill's proposed functions and powers, the cabinet is only a secretarial body.

However, following the reigns of Renzong and Xuanzong, the system of cabinet ballot drafting was clearly fixed, and ballot drafting became an important means for the cabinet to participate in administrative decision-making.

Before the emperor made a decision, he had to go through the cabinet's drafting and drafting of policy opinions. In the period when the imperial power and the rights of the ceremonial supervisor were relatively limited, important decisions were mainly decided by the cabinet's drafting.

The drafting of tickets has roughly gone through three periods: "Same Propaganda and Collaboration", the first and auxiliary special tickets, and the separate tickets.

In the early days, the cabinet ministers discussed and drafted bills, which were submitted to the emperor for consideration. If they disagreed, the bills would be reissued and changed. In a long time, the bills could be revised up to five times, forming a political negotiation between the emperor and the cabinet ministers.

To put it simply, although the cabinet ministers are the emperor's secretary, they have a lot of power and can even reject the emperor's opinions. If the cabinet ministers disagree with many things, the emperor has no choice but to discuss them with the cabinet ministers. , compromise with each other.

Drafting and refuting the edict, the drafting of the edict was initially executed by the Imperial Academy.After the cabinet system was completed, the Imperial Academy and the cabinet were separated, and the edicts were drawn up exclusively by the cabinet.

The so-called refutation means that if the cabinet ministers think that the emperor's decree is inappropriate, or the eunuch falsely passed the imperial decree, they can refuse to accept it or refuse to draft it. Since the imperial decree needs to be issued by the cabinet, this means that the emperor's will cannot be downward. communication, it is impossible to implement it.

The duties of consulting and admonishing are roughly divided into two types. One is to call on consultants and consult;

For those who speak densely and sparsely, there is a special seal, which means that it is specially presented to the emperor, and generally there must be a reply.Because the general memorials need to be circulated and copied to the residence newspaper, and published to the ministers, but the secrets can be left unpublished.

Mishu gives the minister who speaks out a great right to speak, enabling him to say what others cannot say, which greatly shortens the relationship between the emperor and the person who speaks in secret, so it is a great privilege to speak in secret. It has also been criticized repeatedly.

The post of conference decision-making and joint review is a manifestation of the cabinet power shifting from the inner court to the outer court.

The cabinet meeting is jointly participated by the cabinet, the six ministries, the six departments, and the nine ministers, and regularly discusses the decision-making of major daily affairs. It was established at the beginning of the establishment of the cabinet.

Since government affairs "must come to the cabinet before proceeding", the daily administrative power of the cabinet is thus consolidated. Simply put, the cabinet not only participates in matters large and small in the court, but also the cabinet ministers play the role of decision-making and deliberation.

Jingyan, that is, to explain to the emperor the way of governing the country, governing, standing up, and rectifying the heart, three times a month.There will be another day.

This power is not important, especially if it is often talked about, there will be nothing to talk about after a long time, but it is equivalent to being with the emperor from time to time. When it comes to governing the country, it is also a great opportunity to get promoted. Why are people in the Imperial Academy promoted so quickly.

Isn't it because they are all close ministers of the emperor, dangling in front of the emperor every day, showing better performance, and being promoted is like riding a rocket.

Judging from the active powers of the cabinet ministers, the power of the cabinet ministers is very large. Naturally, all these officials want to become cabinet elders, with great power in their hands, and extremely human ministers.

(End of this chapter)