Lord Moyu was forced to open

"What?! There will be no prime minister in the future?! What does this mean?"

Just a few days after all the officials saw off the prime minister who was retiring to his hometown, a piece of news from Zhao Jun directly set off an uproar in the court.

From now on, the prime minister system will be abolished, and there will no longer be a prime minister in the Song Dynasty!
As soon as this news came out, it caused an uproar and all the officials couldn't believe it.

The position of prime minister has been passed down from ancient times to the present day, for thousands of years, and now you tell us that there will be no prime ministers in the future. Isn't this nonsense?!
Just when all the officials were still shocked by the news, Zhao Jun opened his mouth and uttered another shocking news.

The formation of the Cabinet begins today.

The cabinet consists of five people, one chief assistant and four second assistants.

From now on, the five cabinet members will jointly replace the former prime minister.

In the future, memorials submitted by various ministries will first be submitted to the cabinet for review and discussion, and will only be reported when a solution is given or the cabinet members are unable to resolve the problem.

And the first cabinet chief will be Zhang Zheng!
The other members were Cui Wen, Jiang He, Zhang Tang and Yang Zhenhai, the Minister of Works.

The first chief minister Zhang Zheng was awarded the title of Grand Secretary of Jiying Hall, Cui Wen was awarded the title of Grand Secretary of Huangyi Hall, Jiang He was awarded the title of Grand Secretary of Longtu Pavilion, Zhang Tang was awarded the title of Grand Secretary of Tianzhang Pavilion, and Yang Zhenhai was awarded the title of Grand Secretary of Wende Hall.

Correspondingly, the Five Military Governor's Office has been disbanded and is now called the Grand Council.

All power of the Five Military Commanderies will be transferred to the Military Department, which will have three ministers.

They are the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of the Army and the Minister of the Grand Council.

The military was headed by the Minister of the Grand Council, was not controlled by the imperial court, and was directly under the management of the emperor.

From then on, the military and politics were separated.

The establishment of the Grand Council did not cause any waves in the court, and as expected, the first Grand Councilor was Ding Hongguang.

The Minister of the Army was Guan Ning and the Minister of the Navy was Li Erniu.

Although Li Erniu is now stationed in Wo County with his troops, he is also the commander-in-chief of the East China Sea Fleet of the Song Dynasty.

However, the person in charge of the daily affairs of the East China Sea Fleet is now Deputy Admiral Zheng Shen.

But everyone knows that Zheng Sen will definitely take over as the current Navy Minister when Li Erniu retires.

As for the army, after Guan Ning, the Minister of the Army will definitely be Guan Jun Hou Huo Qubing.

This is beyond doubt.

Compared with the smooth establishment of the Grand Council, the cabinet was not so smooth.

The officials were opposed to this cabinet which divided the prime minister's power but lacked the prime minister's ability to make decisions on his own.

Although they seem to be just an auxiliary agency of the emperor at present, everyone knows that they will definitely become the political center of the Song Dynasty in the future.

There is no doubt that all the members of the first cabinet today are His Majesty's men, which means that these cabinet members are all His Majesty's yes-men. If they are recognized, all officials will be truly controlled by His Majesty, which is undoubtedly not what everyone wants to see.

Therefore, when the cabinet is established, there will always be problems of one kind or another in the coordination between the various ministries and it.

Except for the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue, all other ministries were using various methods to find fault with the Cabinet.

It is to prevent the cabinet from being able to proceed smoothly.

Zhang Zheng, who successfully became the first prime minister by virtue of his merits in surveying land, naturally noticed the resistance of various departments.

But he was not panicked at all.

And there are already ways to deal with it.

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boom!
"Zhang Zheng! What's the meaning of you repeatedly sending back my Ministry of Rites' memorials? What do you mean by not approving unnecessary expenditures? These are all necessary expenditures, why don't you approve them for my Ministry of Rites? Do you really think that just because you have formed a cabinet and become the Prime Minister, you are the Prime Minister!?

I want to see His Majesty! I will definitely report you to His Majesty!"

Early in the morning, just after the morning court session, the Minister of Rites Wang Ruixue came to the cabinet with a lot of anger. He slammed the memorial in his hand on Zhang Zheng's desk and started questioning him.

It will be another imperial examination soon. For many years, there have always been candidates who performed poorly because they were assigned to sit next to the toilet.

Therefore, this year the Ministry of Rites plans to build the toilet more solidly to prevent the smell from affecting the candidates.

But building a toilet required money, so Wang Ruixue wrote a memorial and submitted it. However, what he didn't expect was that for such a small matter, his memorial was rejected three times!
Three times in total!
He was the Minister of Rites, but he couldn't get the donation for building a toilet? And it was rejected three times!

Wang Ruixue was certain that it must be the group of people in the cabinet who were deliberately making trouble for him because during this period of time, their Ministry of Rites had often pretended to obey some of the instructions issued by the cabinet, so the cabinet was deliberately blocking them on these trivial matters in order to retaliate against them.

However, facing the furious Wang Ruixue, Zhang Zheng seemed very calm. He gently pushed the memorial on the table and said calmly:
"Minister Wang, every penny of the court's money is contributed by the blood and sweat of the people. They should be used in more appropriate places, rather than just wasting the people's taxes to build huts for those candidates just to make them more comfortable.

I think this is absolutely a waste.

Why were the previous candidates able to endure it, but they can't when it comes to them?
The imperial examination was originally a ceremony for the imperial court to select talents. The purpose was to select talents. Talents should not only be knowledgeable, but also have a broad vision, a broad mind, and perseverance that ordinary people could not have.

The ancients once said that when God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his heart and mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry, and his ambition empty.

Only in this way can one become a talented person. Why is it that today's students cannot even endure this little difficulty?

If that is the case, then it is their own business if these people who lack perseverance fail the exam. What does it have to do with our court?"

"You...you...you...Zhang Zheng, you are just taking advantage of this situation!"

Wang Ruixue was so angry at these words that he was fuming!
How could he not see that Zhang Zheng's words were just excuses for not approving the funds?

But he found a suitable reason.

In this situation, he clearly knew that Zhang Zheng was deliberately making things difficult for him.

But even if the matter was brought to the attention of His Majesty, he would not gain any benefit at all.

Thinking of this, Wang Ruixue had to leave the cabinet angrily.

However, this was just the beginning. In the following days, these departments that opposed the cabinet would always have a large number of memorials rejected for various reasons.

But the cabinet also came up with reasons to reject them.

Now all the departments were in trouble. Finally, they couldn't bear it anymore, and one day they all came to the palace to ask to see Zhao Jun and complain to the cabinet.

However, when they met Zhao Jun and complained about their respective woes, Zhao Jun's answer left them all dumbfounded.

"Such trivial matters should be handed over to the cabinet for decision. Since the cabinet has rejected your proposal, there must be a reason for the rejection.

You should correct yourself, instead of thinking of breaking the rules and asking me to help you break the court rules just because you encounter difficulties with your own goals!"

Got it!
Now everyone could see that His Majesty sided with the Cabinet.

Now everyone knows how disgusting the cabinet is.

Although they won't make things difficult for you in big matters, they can make it difficult for you to move forward in small daily matters.

You clearly know that he is deliberately making things difficult for you, but you just can't do anything about it.

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(End of this chapter)