Zhu Qizhen suddenly discovered that in fact, the profession of emperor is not a good job.

For example, reviewing memorials. I thought it was a national matter, and the cabinet had already read it. I only needed to make the final check and go through the formalities. However, when I saw the pile of memorials...

This is too much!

There are not a thousand, but eight hundred, just piled up in front of you, giving people a sense of visual oppression.

At this time, he began to miss his little brother.

I opened a memorial, which was sent by Luo Tong from Huailai City. There was only one sentence on it: How are you, Your Majesty?

Zhu Qizhen was a little confused. Just one sentence, as for the last memorial?

So he threw the memorial aside, then picked up another one, and when he saw the signature, it was still Luo Tong.

This memorial is not a greeting, but a serious matter.

The above records in detail the changes in Huailai City in the past two years, and specifically states that the grape industrial park has begun to take shape and will be able to produce output next year. The problem is that the expected output is too large and I don’t know how to deal with it.

After all, grapes cannot be stored unless they are made into raisins.

Zhu Qizhen’s initial plan was to build this place into a wine base. Next, he needed to find a few craftsmen who knew how to make wine and go to Huailai to start preparations.

He picked up his pen and murmured while writing the reply: "Is this guy Luo Tong an old man? He just says what he says, and he has to write a separate memorial with only one sentence. What does that mean?"

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Wynn was waiting on the side. Hearing this, he wanted to speak, but held back.

Eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics. Wang Zhen's lesson is in front of him, so it is better not to get involved in political affairs.

After Zhu Qizhen finished writing the annotation, he picked up another copy, opened it, and was stunned.

One more sentence: How are you, Your Majesty?

I love your sister!

Zhu Qizhen suddenly became very angry. I am here to review the memorials. With hundreds of memorials piled up in front of me, how can I have time to greet you?

Then, I picked up the next copy and found...it was written by the same person!

Moreover, there is no nonsense in this memorial. It is full of practical information from the very beginning. It contains thousands of words and is very clear and coherent.

Zhu Qizhen became more and more confused. Seeing Wynn's hesitant expression, he asked: "Wynn, what's going on?"

Wynn smiled awkwardly, and then said cautiously: "Did the Emperor forget that this is... customary..."

"What convention?"

"That is...since the time of Emperor Taizu, greeting memorials and narrative memorials have generally been separated."

Zhu Qizhen suddenly realized that there was indeed such an unwritten rule in the Ming Dynasty.

Things can be traced back to the early Ming Dynasty. There was a scholar named Ru Taisu. He had read poetry and books since he was a child and was very talented. He also had a habit unique to literati, which was to show off his writing skills.

His handwritten memorials often contained thousands of words, and contained many rare and obscure words, so that Zhu Yuanzhang would have a headache every time he saw his memorials.

However, at that time, the Ming Dynasty was in desperate need of development, and scholars were precious. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was reluctant, he could only endure it.

Until one time, Ru Taisu wrote another memorial. Zhu Yuanzhang thought of those rare words and was too lazy to read them, so he asked Wang Min, the calligrapher, to read them to him. As a result, he read them for more than an hour and still didn't finish them.

What's even more terrible is that Zhongshu Lang read more than 10,000 words, and Zhu Yuanzhang was confused and had no idea what he was talking about.

Finally, Comrade Lao Zhu broke through his guard: "I am disgusted by the false words and clever writing that are confusing the truth!"

Lao Zhu's temper was such that he would do whatever he said and directly ordered people to summon Ru Taisu into the palace and beat him severely to relieve his anger.

The next day, after his anger subsided, he remembered the unfinished memorial, so he asked Wang Min to continue reading it to him. It took more than half an hour to finish reading it. It is said that the memorial cost ten thousand words.

Eight thousand words.

However, Comrade Lao Zhu still did practical things. Although he beat the person, the content of the memorial was still approved.

From now on, no one dared to talk nonsense in the memorial. The narrative should be concise and to the point. If there is a greeting, just start a new one.

Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to pick up the memorials one by one and read them. The problems were not big and it was not difficult to deal with these things. There were just too many memorials to greet him. Moreover, after reading these memorials, he still had to approve them. At least he had to

Just write "I got it" at the end to be done.

After writing more than a dozen "I know" in a row, Zhu Qizhen couldn't bear it anymore and threw all the greetings to Wynn.

"Reply these!"

"Ah?"

Wynn was naturally confused. He never thought in his wildest dreams that I still had the power to approve memorials on my behalf?

"Ah what, come on!"

Zhu Qizhen conveniently picked up another memorial, opened it, saw that it was still a greeting, and threw it directly, "From now on, all memorials to greet you will be answered by the Chief of Ceremonies!"

"This..."

"What, you have a problem?"

Huaien knelt down directly and said weakly: "Emperor Taizu's instructions are that the harem and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, slaves don't dare!"

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "If I ask you to say hello, what kind of politics is this?"

Huaien kowtowed repeatedly and said excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust. I will work hard!"

"It's just a polite reply."

Zhu Qizhen opened another memorandum. Seeing that it was a narrative, he had the heart to read it. He said: "If there is another memorandum from the cabinet, you can help me screen it first. If you want to send me greetings, you can reply."<

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After all, it’s just a hello, it doesn’t matter, so just leave it to Wynn.

From now on, in this palace, we must make the best use of everything. There are so many eunuchs, many of whom are literate, and it is really a waste to serve people with tea and water every day.

Zhu Qizhen sat there all morning and his back ached, so he only approved less than a hundred books.

Wynn worked hard to pick out all the greetings and memorials, roughly half of them.

After calculating this, there are still about three hundred books that have not been approved.

Looking at the pile of memorials that were still piled up, Zhu Qizhen secretly thought in his heart that it would not be a problem if things continued like this!

I remember that when Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor, he had to get up at three o'clock every day. After washing and eating, he would go to court in the morning. After the court, he would start reviewing memorials and dealing with various affairs.

Especially after the abolition of Zhongshu Province, the Ming Dynasty no longer had a prime minister, and all matters, big and small, were under the control of the emperor.

It is said that Comrade Lao Zhu's diligence can defeat all kinds of model workers. In addition to eating, he works and rests for less than three hours a day.

Just imagine, what would it feel like to sleep for six hours a day and work overtime the rest of the time?

It is said that the emperor was the biggest landlord and wealthy man in the Ming Dynasty, but everyone was still sleeping and others had already gotten up to work.

Everyone has gone to bed, but others are still working.

I'm afraid even the long-time workers of landlords and wealthy families would feel ashamed if they saw this kind of life!

Even the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, who could be called an iron man, couldn't bear to work overtime like this. However, it was his father's intention to abolish the Zhongshu Province, and he did not dare to restore it. In addition, he was also busy with military campaigns in the north and south, so he could not really mean it.

Shangdi took charge of political affairs, so the emperor's secretariat, the cabinet, came into being.

Compared with the decision-making power, legislative power and administrative power possessed by Zhongshu Province, after the establishment of the cabinet, only the legislative power was held, while the decision-making power was still firmly in the hands of the emperor. The administrative power was divided into six ministries and three local departments.

, in charge of justice, military, and administration, and directly responsible to the six ministries.

In Zhu Di's conception, the cabinet was just the emperor's personal secretary, not a power agency.

However, as time went by, in the Renxuan period, the cabinet ministers headed by San Yang also held the position of minister. Although they were in the cabinet, their titles were all respected by minister.

Since then, the power of the cabinet has increased and it has gradually received more attention.

When the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen succeeded to the throne, San Yang, as the auxiliary minister, led the entire civil servant group to rise. According to history, during the Chenghua and Hongzhi years, the cabinet had become a representative of the civil servant group that could resist the imperial power.

However, since the Battle of Tumubao, the arrival of another Zhu Qizhen disrupted everything.

In just two years, civil servants have been severely suppressed, and the entire court has almost undergone a major change.

Especially after the implementation of the New Deal, talents from all walks of life have emerged. Some of them are not even scholars, but just some highly skilled craftsmen.

As a result, the former Wenchen Group completely collapsed.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it and let himself sit here. In addition to eating and sleeping, he would just criticize memorials. It was not an option for a long time. Not to mention the question of whether he was tired or not, steam engines and many other new technology experimental workshops were inseparable.

If you want to open yourself up, you have to find a solution to both problems.

For example...expanding the cabinet?

Will retaining imperial power, delegating most of the decision-making power to the cabinet, and transforming it into a cabinet-parliamentary system can reduce the emperor's work burden?

However, how to ensure that the power of the Cabinet Council is always under the control of the imperial power has become a new problem.

Judging from the current situation, Cao Nai and Zhang Yi do not have such big ambitions. Moreover, the original civil servant group has collapsed. Even if they have ideas, they do not have enough power behind them to support them.

Needless to say, Yu Qian, there is no need to worry at all.

Next, we will select three or four more people to join the cabinet to form a six- to seven-member parliament. We might as well put our younger brother Zhu Qiyu in and appoint him as the Prime Minister of the cabinet.

Then it was decided that the prime minister could only be appointed by the feudal prince.
To be continued...