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Chapter 27 Why Decentralization

Once the "Ming Dynasty's Conscious Law" was announced, it was shocking. The emperor actually wanted to restrict his own power and delegate most of the power of the imperial center to the cabinet. This is simply a strange story and horrifying!

No one can understand what the emperor means, but none of the civil and military officials in the court sent memorials to dissuade him.

This is not because Zhu Cijiu implemented a high-pressure policy and suppressed all dissatisfaction voices, nor because all literati have become arrogant and lost their pride. The main reason is that they have no reason to object!

Literatures had the dream of governing the country and showing their ambitions, which was especially true in the Ming Dynasty. The civil servant group and the emperor competed for power from the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, to the Tianqi Dynasty of Emperor Xizong Zhu Youxiao. It has never stopped for nearly three hundred years. I don’t know how many literati lost their lives because of this. There were even strange phenomena of the emperor training eunuchs to deal with civil servant groups. As a result, the Ming Dynasty was also the era when the most powerful eunuchs appeared, even more than in previous dynasties.

Of course, these civil officials in the Ming Dynasty did not want to overthrow the emperor or usurp the throne. Most of them represented the demands of various interest groups, and some were purely for ideals and ambitions.

Now, the emperor has almost delegated all the power to govern the country. It is what the literati dreamed of, and he still tried to dissuade him. Not to mention that the emperor would be unhappy, most literati would be unhappy. Whoever does this kind of offending the emperor and the literati in the world will do it. Therefore, after the announcement of the "Ming Dynasty Chongzheng Law", Zhu Cijiu did not receive a memorial against him!

However, some people came to dissuade him, not that this person was a 25-year-old, mainly because he did not belong to the civil servant group, but to the royal family group. This person is naturally Zhu Youjian, the King of the Five Uncle Xin.

Just as the entire capital and even the various departments and government offices were talking, he silently walked towards the emperor's private study with a stack of memorials. It seemed that there were important memorials for the emperor to review.

To be honest, he has never been so cautious. Usually, he doesn't need to prepare anything when he goes to the emperor. If he has a memorial, he will take it with him. If he doesn't have a memorial, he will keep his hands empty-handed. He has never concealed it like this.

He was not a naughty person. He also knew that dissuading the emperor at this time would offend people. If he went blatantly and unscrupulously, he would definitely become the target of criticism. So he deliberately concealed it and tried his best to avoid other people's suspicion.

At this time, Zhu Cijing was planning to establish a new department. The implementation of the "Ming Ming Dynasty's Conscious Law" is only part of his improvement of the country's governance strategy, and establishing and improving various functional departments is also an indispensable part.

When he heard that the emperor was coming, he quickly put down the brush in his hand, stood up and went to the door to greet him.

Needless to say, the relationship between the uncle and nephew is even very wise and wise. After the two parties met, Zhu Cijiong pulled King Xin Zhu Youjian to the conference table and led him to the left first position, and then sat down in the main position.

Zhu Youjian put the memorial in front of him and sat down respectfully. After a while, Zhu Cijing said excitedly: "Uncle Wu, you are here just in time. I am just about to tell you about the policy strategy after the cabinet reorganization."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being too polite. Why did you delegate the power of governing the country to the cabinet?"

Zhu Cijing also knew that no one could understand why he wanted to delegate power at this time, but he was not worried that anyone would object. If he gave power to them and asked them to display it and they still objected, it would be a problem.

However, this fifth uncle Zhu Youjian ignored it. From the perspective of the royal family, doing this would indeed be a loss, but he had to take this loss, because with the development of the Ming Dynasty, various interest groups would gradually develop. If they did not give them any voice, they would definitely try their best to fight for this voice, and it would be possible to fight for the country that would be destroyed!

In other words, if he does not suffer this loss now, his descendants will definitely suffer a greater loss.

It is normal for King Xin Zhu Youjian to not understand it, because he did not know that when society develops to a certain extent, the feudal dynasty will surely perish. If you don’t want to perish, you must change it.

Of course, it is useless to say these things about Zhu Cijiu now, because no one can understand them. He can only see what this fifth uncle is thinking first, and then explain to him in a way that people can understand now.

Thinking of this, he asked directly: "Uncle Wu, do you think this is inappropriate?"

Zhu Youjian actually had a stubborn side, but he had never had the chance to show it. This time, he thought he was for the benefit of the royal family, and the stubbornness in his head finally came to his mind. He actually imitated Huang Daozhou's stubborn donkey before and advised him directly: "Your Majesty, it's not just inappropriate. You are so upside down, you're giving someone a handle!"

If others say this, Zhu Cijing would probably be angry if he doesn't get angry, because he is used to being an emperor with just saying a word. It would be strange if anyone dares to contradict him so directly.

However, his fifth uncle is an exception. He was not angry when he heard this, but asked with great interest: "Oh, is it that serious?"

Zhu Youjian said bitterly: "Your Majesty, you don't know. Those civil servants have too strong desire for power. You don't let go. They all want to seize power. My Ming Dynasty has been guarding since Taizu. I don't know how many people have been killed to suppress them. How can you hand over the power to them directly?"

It was indeed famous for killing civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, especially Emperor Taizu. He was so cruel when he killed him. He was always bloody. During the Hongwu period, civil officials were killed more than half of them. It can be said that being an official in the Ming Dynasty was a very high-risk profession.

The civil servant group and the emperor fought for power throughout the Ming Dynasty. However, sometimes they fought hard, sometimes they were suppressed. What's the point of fighting over and over again? Instead, the struggle between the Ming Dynasty became increasingly weaker and weaker. The Ming Dynasty was a typical example of strong front and weaker back. During the reign of Emperor Chengzu, Taizu was simply invincible. When it came to the two brothers Tianqi and Chongzhen, they were simply bullied, which was inseparable from the serious internal struggle.

Fighting over and over is actually a problem of social development, because society is developing towards democracy and civilization. Unless it is reversed and suppressed social development, the feudal monarchy will be eliminated sooner or later. Zhu Cijiu naturally knows it, but now he cannot explain it to Zhu Youjian like this. He can only start from the current situation and guide: "Uncle Wu, do you think that when everyone is not a fool, a person's ability can exceed ten or even hundreds of people?"

This is naturally impossible. Zhu Youjian didn't know what the emperor asked about this, so he could only shake his head and said, "Of course it's impossible."
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