‘My father and the immortals came from heaven. What is the business of searching for me in the lower world this time? Could it be that I have done something outrageous and resentful recently, and have been punished by heaven?’
After thinking about this, Old Zhu Di became a little uneasy and sat opposite Ji Boying slightly uneasily.
"Your Majesty Yongle."
Old Zhu Di paused and spoke quickly.
"Master Immortal's words are serious, just call me Zhu Di."
Ji Boying looked at old Zhu Di and nodded.
"Zhu Di, tell Lao Zhu about your current court structure."
Lao Zhu suddenly frowned slightly and looked at Lao Zhu Di.
"Okay."
Old Zhu Di took a deep breath and became slightly silent, obviously trying to organize his words.
After all, others usually report to him. This Emperor Yongle has not made a report for decades, so it is normal for him to feel a little uncomfortable for a while.
After a while.
"Father, Immortal Master."
"The current layout of the court is roughly the same as that of the Hongwu period. The center is divided into six parts, including the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Imperial Guards, the East Factory Supervisors and Hundreds of Officials, as well as the Five Temples, the General Administration Department, and the Hanlin Academy..."
I haven’t waited for Lao Zhu Di to finish this paragraph.
"Wait."
Lao Zhu interrupted and frowned.
"Jinyiwei? Dongchang?"
Lao Zhu was not surprised that the six departments were established with powers. He originally planned to abolish the prime minister system and divide the power of the prime minister among the six departments, directly reaching Tianting.
Because in Lao Zhu's view, in this way, the imperial power can be maximized and concentrated, and it will no longer be constrained by the power of the prime minister.
As for the Metropolitan Procuratorate’s supervision of hundreds of officials, this is also a normal setting.
However, he has never heard of these two official signatures, Jinyiwei and Dongchang.
Lao Zhu's time and space is the thirteenth year of Hongwu, and the Jinyiwei has not yet been replaced.
"Why do Jinyiwei and Dongchang have the power to supervise hundreds of officials?!"
Lao Zhu continued to ask.
"Jinyiwei, the full name of Jinyi Qinjundu Commandery Division, was formerly the Gongwei Division established by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. It was later changed to the Qinyiduweifu, under the jurisdiction of the Yiluan Division, and was in charge of the emperor's guard of honor and bodyguards. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the Qinyiwei capital was abolished
The Wei Mansion and Yiluan Division were replaced with Jinyi Guards."
"It has three functions: first, guard duty; second, reconnaissance and arrest; third, prison edict."
Ji Boying recalled his treasures. After finishing speaking, he subconsciously wanted to take out a cigarette again. This habit came from staying up late for a long time. He glanced at the old Zhu Di, who was old and grey, and finally gave up. A piece of mint fresh chewing gum appeared in the palm of his back hand, and he gave it to Lao Zhu and
Old Zhu Di handed over a slice.
Lao Zhu took the chewing gum, followed Ji Boying's example and opened the outer wrapper, stuffed it into his mouth and started chewing.
Chewing gum, Lao Zhu frowned slightly, thinking about Ji Boying's comment to Jin Yiwei just now.
Guard duty, investigation and arrest, and jailing. The first one is nothing, it is a duty to support the army, but the last two functions combined can no longer be said to be to supervise hundreds of officials, but to investigate hundreds of officials.
However, this is also within Lao Zhu's plan. In recent years, Lao Zhu has been considering setting up a pro-army force that will directly obey his orders and be used to supervise the government and the opposition. In fact, the Gongwei Division and the Yiluan Division are already engaged in inspection work, but
The name of the official office has not yet been determined.
Otherwise, he would not leave the investigation of Hu Weiyong's case to Mao Erhu.
‘The name Jinyiwei is good, we are indeed educated.’
Lao Zhu decided in his heart that he would directly set up Jin Yiwei after returning home.
"As for Dongchang."
Ji Boying paused for a moment, and it was clearly visible that the moment Ji Boying mentioned Dongchang, the corners of Lao Zhu Di's eyes twitched, as if he had done something wrong.
"Dongchang, the full name of Dongjishi Factory, has the same functions as Jinyiwei. The difference is that Jinyiwei is set up outside the palace gate, while Dongchang is set up inside the palace gate. Jinyiwei needs to submit a letter to Tianting, while Dongchang only needs to submit a memorial.
Oral transmission."
"Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the admiral of Dongchang had power over the commander of Jinyiwei most of the time. When Dongchang was in power at its peak, the admiral of Jinyiwei was the commander of Dongchang. When the commander of Jinyiwei met the commander of Dongchang, he had to bow down and kneel down.
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"The power of Dongchang is given by the emperor. It does not require the seal of the six ministries, and it can arrest any subject at will without going through the interrogation of the three divisions."
As soon as these words came out, Lao Zhu's eyes changed instantly.
Inside the palace gate? Factory owner? Eunuch?!
"Brother, is this eunuch who is in charge of Dongchang?"
Lao Zhu's eyes were like daggers, and they immediately fell on Lao Zhu Di.
In Lao Zhu's view, a eunuch actually has the power to arrest hundreds of officials at will. Isn't this outrageous?!
Damn it, a bunch of useless bitches dare to destroy our Ming Dynasty!
"Father, son..."
With a 'pop' sound, Lao Zhu slapped the case and stood up.
"The iron monument we erected in front of the palace gate, are you blind?!"
Emperor Hongwu once erected an iron tablet at the palace gate, which read, "Ministers must not interfere in political affairs." He hoped that this tablet would serve as a warning to future generations and not to use eunuchs to cause harm to the country and chaos in government.
Facing Lao Zhu's anger, Lao Zhu Di lowered his eyes and did not dare to say a word.
It was true that he did this unjustly. It was useless no matter what he said. He could only bear the anger from Lao Zhu silently.
Anyway, in Lao Zhu Di's view, his father's appearance will only last for a short while, and he will be done with it. When his father leaves, he will do whatever he wants. In the Yongle Dynasty, our fourth brother is still the biggest.
"Oh, yes, you still have a monument."
Ji Boying seemed to have remembered something and smiled.
"It's a pity that your iron monument was smashed by the eunuch."
As soon as these words came out, Lao Zhu was stunned. Lao Zhu Di, who lowered his head and said nothing, was also stunned. Someone dared to smash the monument erected by his father?!
You know, even if Old Zhu Di moved the capital, he would have to clean his father's monument inside and out and carry it with him. After arriving at the new palace, he would have someone hang it up at the entrance of the palace as soon as possible.
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"How could this happen?!"
"Is it possible that the immortal master made a mistake in his calculations? Although I used eunuchs, I did not reuse them. I also greatly restricted the eunuchs' power. How could something like this happen?!"
What Lao Zhu Di said is indeed correct. Although he used eunuchs, he did not fail to consider the problem of eunuchs causing trouble.
During the Yongle period, Dongchang was first established, and Emperor Yongle was powerful all over the world. Moreover, he did not completely delegate power to the eunuchs, but imposed many restrictions. In addition, these eunuchs were not educated and could not read a few characters, so they wanted to disrupt the government.
There is nothing you can do, so you can’t make any trouble.
On the contrary, everyone was extremely grateful for the way out given by Emperor Yongle, and worked harder than the other, which made Lao Zhu Di extremely satisfied.
Just.
God’s calculation is worse than that of man.
The eunuchs of the Yongle Dynasty were indeed very honest, and they didn't look like they would cause harm to the country or the government.
However, after Yongle, especially during the reign of Xuanzong, in order to contain the growing civil servant group, Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji began to vigorously use eunuchs, and even opened a special inner school in the palace to teach eunuchs to study.
Such a seemingly insignificant operation directly led to the eunuch's authority becoming more and more expanded.
Until the appearance of Mr. Wang, the first powerful eunuch in the Ming Dynasty.
In the seventh year of Zhengtong, the Empress Dowager Zhang, the only one who feared Wang Zhen, died of illness. After Wang Zhen took control of the power, the first thing he did was to destroy the iron monument erected by Emperor Taizu Gao in front of the palace gate.
"This matter has to involve another emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
"The world calls him the God of War of the Ming Dynasty, or the Son of Heaven."
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