Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 130
The party struggle in Ming Dynasty did not appear by accident, but was closely related to the establishment and rise of the cabinet.

This is actually very easy to understand.

The history of the struggle of the Ming court is actually divided into three stages, civil and military disputes, cabinet disputes, and party disputes.

Civil servants defeated their relatives, and the cabinet began to fight for power with the six ministries.

Later, Zhang Juzheng came out, and he suppressed the six ministries so badly that the cabinet itself started to form cliques and fight among themselves.

Fighting and fighting, the Ming Dynasty is gone.

So the party struggle in Ming Dynasty actually started in the cabinet.

The six ministries hold the real power of the court, and if the cabinet wants to suppress the six ministries, it can only win over court officials.

At the same time, the cabinet shoulders the responsibility of coordinating internal and external affairs, and it needs to establish a good relationship with many ministers in the foreign court.

When the time and place are right, it is natural to form a party.

Zhu Qiyu is very clear about this.

However, it is not advisable to suppress the cabinet because of fear of forming a party.

Zhu Qiyu has seen a lot about the temperament of the emperor of the old Zhu family.

To a certain extent, the cabinet strengthened the emperor's control over the foreign court.

So even if he doesn't do it, people will do it later.

If Zhu Qiyu remembers correctly, the cabinet was further reused, and the boundary between the first and second assistants officially appeared, that is, during the Tianshun period.

It has nothing to do with who is the emperor, it's just because the court needs it.

So as the emperor, he still needs to support the cabinet.

And not only that, he can rest assured only if he finds out a system in his hands that can curb party disputes and restrict the cabinet.

Partisanship is terrible, but in terms of the role of the cabinet to the country, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

The six ministries, the cabinet, and the supervisor of ceremonies are a stable political system that can guarantee the normal operation of the court to the greatest extent.

The political system of the six ministries and the emperor has only two ends, which is too unstable.

Either the emperor suppressed the six ministries, acted arbitrarily, and immediately wiped out the country, like his unlucky brother.

Either the six departments overwhelm the emperor, return to the era of prime ministers, or even give birth to powerful ministers.

Of course, with Taizu's ban, there is a high probability that it will not.

But all in all, neither side has a way out. If there is a conflict, one side must be suppressed.

The cabinet can alleviate this very well.

So at this stage, it is necessary to strengthen the cabinet.

The existence of the cabinet is not a mistake, if it is only a body to reconcile internal and external, then there are advantages and no disadvantages.

The mistake is that it surpassed the six departments and became the actual head of the hundred officials.

The six ministries will not form a party, because each of the six ministries has real power, which everyone wants, and there is no way to form a party.

But the cabinet can.

Because the cabinet communicates internally and externally, and there is not much power overlap with the external court, it is possible to form a party with officials from the six ministries.

The way to curb party disputes and treat symptoms is to maintain the detached position of the six ministries and suppress the cabinet.

But most of the time, the cabinet is on the emperor's side, which is equivalent to breaking his own arm.

So if you want to cure the root cause, you have to start from the root.

Mencius said it well, if you enter, you will have no family, and if you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will perish.

These civil servants lived too comfortably.

If you want to curb party disputes, as long as you maintain the status of military generals, the six ministries and the cabinet will naturally unite to fight against the relatives.

Without the so-called cabinet-ministerial disputes, there would be no infighting among party disputes.

At the same time, the so-called rule that non-Hanlin people are not allowed to join the cabinet must also be changed.

Only by eliminating the difference in the selection of ministers and cabinet ministers, and turning the cabinet into a normal court department, can the damn sense of superiority be eliminated.

Zhu Qiyu has a clear understanding of this point.

He didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would last forever, thousands of years long.

But since he has resurrected his life, he will naturally try his best to make Daming last longer, and he can be regarded as worthy of his ancestors.

Therefore, for the cabinet, it is necessary to use it and prevent it, and it is necessary to find out a set of effective methods.

He doesn't have much of a clue yet.

But things have to be done step by step. Even if you want to suppress it, you must at least help the cabinet first before you can talk about the next thing.

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cabinet.

After coming down to court, Chen Xun and Gao Gu returned to the Zhifang of the cabinet. They did not speak tacitly, but went back to their own Zhifang to calm down their excited emotions by handling government affairs.

Until it got dark, the memorials at hand were almost finished.

The freshly released Hubu Shangshu entered Zhiwenyuan Pavilion as a senior scholar of the Ministry of Finance, and the old man Chen Xun, commonly known as Cifu, walked to Gaogu's Zhifang, said.

"Brother Shiyong, how about going to the Yamen together today?"

Gao Gu put down the pen in his hand, stood up and nodded. He also waited for Chen Xun for a long time.

The two went back to Chen Xun's mansion together, had dinner together, and finally sat down in the study.

In the flickering candlelight, Chen Xun sighed faintly.

"It's a pity that Shang Lu and Peng Shi were out of luck and missed this big change."

Gao Gu also sighed: "It's also my fault for the two of them, for being timid and disrespectful, for missing the opportunity for nothing."

The former emperor ordered them to elect cabinet ministers. Although they guessed that the emperor intended to remove the foreign ministers, they were concerned about the rules of the cabinet and their own selfishness.

They all selected people from the Hanlin Academy and recommended them. Chen Xun recommended Shang Ren, and Gao Gu recommended Peng Shi, both of whom were their own students.

Unexpectedly, the emperor didn't express any dissatisfaction with this, so he agreed.

But when the edict was delivered, Shang and Peng refused because they were not qualified enough and lacked ability.

Originally, this meant politeness.

But who would have thought that after the internal monitoring of the decree was completed, they would go home directly.

This is due to the fact that the cabinet ministers used the central decree instead of the official decree to join the cabinet, otherwise it would not be such a joke.

However, after this incident, Chen Xun and Gao Gu finally confirmed that the emperor did not want the cabinet ministers to be confined to the Hanlin lineage.

Otherwise, relying on an edict-delivering inner eunuch, who dares to make such a mess, there must be the emperor's order behind it.

It's a pity that Shang and Peng, if they hadn't put on airs on purpose, at this time, they could reach the sky in one step.

As for now, he can only wait for the transfer to the ministry, and suffer step by step.

After all, the emperor has already said that those who enter the cabinet will be awarded six titles of Shangshu, and Shangshu is the second-rank title.

In other words, from now on, if you want to join the cabinet, you must be a full-time official with at least three ranks or above.

Gao Gu said: "But maybe this is also the emperor's original intention. After all, you and I have enough seniority. It is common sense for the emperor to promote a little bit to establish the cabinet system. Seniority, the emperor is not good at adding the title of minister to all the cabinet ministers."

Chen Xun nodded, so he ignored the matter and asked along the way.

"What the Son of Heaven has done today clearly shows his intention to rely heavily on the cabinet. However, there is one matter that the old man can't figure out. He wants to discuss it with Brother Gao."

Gao Gu also smiled and asked back.

"Brother Chen is talking about the Chief Assistant?"

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