Lord Moyu was forced to open

Late night
The bright full moon hangs high in the sky, bringing the only light to the dark earth.

In the prison of the Department of National Health.

Zeng Jian leaned against the wall, staring blankly at the silver-white moonlight shining through the only window.

The scenes of today's day kept echoing in his mind, making it impossible for him to sleep.

As soon as he closes his eyes, he can clearly see the high-flying head of his minister smiling at him. The temperature of the blood splashed on his face seems to still be there. The touch is so real and real. It made him feel afraid!
He was thinking, what would happen to him if he was the one who was beheaded today?
He couldn't imagine it, but he knew that he definitely didn't want to be that person.

But the court has not yet announced their punishment. This is like a death row prisoner. He knows he is dead, but when? How to die without knowing.

This will cause him to be immersed in the fear of death until he dies.

There are many prisoners who can't sleep like him in this prison tonight, and all of them can't sleep for the same reason.

This continued until dawn.

"Zeng Jian! Zeng Jian! Zeng Jian!!!"

The calls brought the sleepy Zeng Jian back to his senses from his sleepiness.

Yesterday, it wasn't until the rooster crowed that he fell asleep in a daze.

Only less than an hour has passed until now.

But why did the jailer suddenly call him? What happened?

Just as he was doubting, he suddenly heard a jailer calling someone else outside the cell. Knowing that he was not the only one being called, Zeng Jian finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up and responded.

"here!"

The jailer who came to call him was a burly middle-aged man. One of his eyes was covered by a black eyepatch, making him look extremely fierce.

It is said that this master was from the Yunzhou Army, and his eye was injured during the war.

Since he was missing an eye, he could no longer join the army. After he was discharged from the army, he was assigned to serve in the National Guard.

Although he is blind, he is the strongest among all the jailers here. There was a general involved who wanted to resist, but this guy only used one hand and beat the general so badly that his face was bruised and he never dared to fight again. Shouting in front of him.

Now he is as honest as a grandson.

I didn't expect that he would call me. What happened?

After the confused Zeng Jian was shackled out of the prison, he followed the one-eyed jailer until the dazzling light that passed through the prison door shone on Zeng Jian's face, causing him to subconsciously close his eyes for a while. After adjusting to the light and slowly opening his eyes, he realized that he had been taken out of the National Health Department.

What is this for?
Zeng Jian looked at Du Yan beside him with a puzzled face.

But I heard the one-eyed jailer say coldly:
"You are lucky. The imperial court has issued a decree, allowing you to perform meritorious service for your crimes. From now on, you can go to court in shackles.

Wait until next year's performance appraisal. If you pass, your sin will be wiped off.

If not, then it will be the same as those people yesterday. "

Having said this, One Eye smiled coldly.

Zeng Jian was so frightened that he trembled all over and quickly shook his head: "I'm sure! I'm sure!"

"It depends on your own ability."

The one-eyed jailer replied coldly, then turned and left, leaving Zeng Jian behind.

After staying for a while, Zeng Jian came back to his senses, looked at the sky and hurried towards the palace.

Since His Majesty wants them to go to court in shackles, they must go to court. If they don't go quickly, what if they are imprisoned again for eating?
He doesn't want to go back to that place, never again!
There was no such example as his. Many officials were brought out. After hearing the news, they were all overjoyed and hurriedly returned to the court in shackles.

With the return of most of the officials, everything in the court began to operate again and gradually entered a stable stage.

The Great Song Dynasty Hall also has a unique landscape.

Originally, the civil and military classes each occupied one row.

Now, those with shackles stand in one row, and those without shackles stand in another row.

After the court was over, Zhao Jun once again called Zhang He and the others to the Royal Garden. The four of them sat on four sides of the stone table, each having a cup of tea.

The elegant tea fragrance is intoxicating.

Zhao Jun put down his teacup and looked at the four of them: "I want to form a cabinet."

"Cabinet?" X2
Zhang Zheng and Jiang He both looked puzzled. Only Zhang He looked calm, as if he had expected it.

Zhao Jun saw it and asked curiously: "Why doesn't Zhang Xiang seem strange?"

Zhang He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the former emperor and prince used to do this when they were in charge of the country. The old minister was deceived quite a lot!

How could I forget it now? "

Zhao Jun also suddenly remembered, yes!

I once told the Emperor Brother about this, and the Emperor Brother used him to target Zhang He. No wonder Zhang He would not find it strange.

Seeing that the other two people still looked confused, Zhao Jun explained:
“The cabinet is a system that helps me handle government affairs. In my vision, the cabinet should have five people.

One first assistant and four second assistants.

Their official positions do not need to be too high, but they are connected to the existence of the six departments and me.

But they are only responsible for helping me handle court affairs and can help me comment on ministers' memorials, but they only have the right to make suggestions but not to criticize.

All the cabinet votes to be adopted must have my approval before they can be implemented.

It is really too much for me to handle all the memorials by myself. This will also make the subordinates slack off and lead to what it is like today.

So I want to use the cabinet to help improve efficiency. "

Zhang Zheng and Jiang He roughly understood what Zhao Jun meant. His Majesty was too busy alone and needed five helpers. However, these five helpers had no substantive rights and only had the right to make suggestions. However, they took over the coordination between the Six Ministries and His Majesty. .

Can……

The two of them looked at Zhang He again, he still looked calm.

Zhang Zheng hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Your Majesty, generally superfluous government affairs are handled by the prime minister. If we create a cabinet, then the prime minister..."

Zhao Jun also glanced at Zhang He, and then said without any surprise: "There will be no prime minister in the future."

"what?!"

The two of them jumped up in shock at the same time.

Your Majesty, what does this mean?
Your Majesty is going to depose Zhang Xiang, but why is Zhang Xiang so calm?
Zhao Jun ignored them, but looked at Zhang He and asked, "Zhang Xiang doesn't seem surprised at all."

Zhang He smiled: "Your Majesty, after coming out of the cabinet, the ministers will understand that this cabinet is used to replace the old ministers.

Moreover, your Majesty’s temperament, when your Majesty is powerful, it doesn’t matter who is the prime minister, your Majesty can control it.

Your Majesty, what you are really worried about is whether the emperor behind you can suppress the prime minister behind you like you can.

This is obviously not necessarily true, so in order that subsequent emperors will not be suppressed by a certain prime minister, you want to abolish the position of prime minister, which has been passed down for thousands of years, during your reign. Is this what the veteran said? "

Zhao Jun nodded simply: "Yes!"

Zhang He nodded, stood up slowly, came to Zhao Jun, took off the official hat on his head, put it in his hand, and bowed.

"Your Majesty! Please retire and return home!"

Deadly quiet!

Zhao Jun looked expressionlessly at the man in front of him who was bowing down and said nothing.

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(End of this chapter)