"Actually, how can the ministers have any good ideas? Speaking of clumsy methods, I really thought of one. If the emperor wants to know all the big and small things in the court, it is better to ask the officials to go to the secret book."
Gu Chengyu smiled slightly, the power of the world can only be exercised by one person and cannot be left aside. This is the wish of all emperors.
Activating secret records allows officials, especially colleagues, to inform each other, so that the emperor can sit back and relax even if he does not review the memorials submitted by the cabinet every day. If they supervise each other, who would dare to do such disobedient things behind the emperor's back?
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The ministers spoke out and made their opinions known, and those who usually did not dare to write in memorials dared to report directly to the emperor.
When the emperor heard this, his interest became more and more intense, "Oh? Gu Aiqing, tell me quickly and carefully, I would like to hear the details."
"Your Majesty, why don't you select a few close officials in the court and ask them to activate the secret report when they have important matters? The secret report does not need to be submitted to the Department of Transportation and Communications, but is presented directly to you, the emperor. The content of the memorial will not be disclosed to anyone except you, the emperor, and the officials above.
No way of knowing.”
The memorials of the Dayan Dynasty were all handed over to the Secretary of General Affairs by officials first, and then forwarded to the cabinet. The cabinet drafted them first and then presented them to the emperor. There were many shortcomings in this. The memorials had to go through two hands before reaching the hands of the emperor.
If something went wrong in the process, and if the memorial was not presented to the emperor, then the officials who submitted the memorial would have to suffer the consequences of being dumb. Besides, the memorial had passed through the hands of many officials, so what confidential content could be written on it?
Now that the cabinet is powerful, even if someone wants to impeach, they dare not write it in the memorial. Those who submitted the memorial in the early morning are also very courageous. But that is only limited to the officials who went to court. Low-ranking officials do not have that power.
They can't even see the emperor's face!
As for local officials, if they follow normal procedures, the contents of the memorial will also be screened by the cabinet.
"That's right! Don't stop, continue." When the emperor heard this, he felt that this method was very wonderful. But who should he choose among these close people? And how did he know that those people would not deceive him? If there were only a few,
That's definitely not possible. It seems that there are more people.
After listening to Gu Chengyu's analysis, the emperor also had a plan in mind.
"Generalship is only one of the benefits. Secondly, Your Majesty, you have designated the secret document as a priority for imperial inspection, so you can know the details as soon as possible. Thirdly, there is a confidentiality system for secret documents. Officials dare not write some things in the memorial, but they can
Narrated in secret."
There is another point that Gu Chengyu didn't mention, which is to better consolidate the imperial power. Those ministers must want to perform well in order to gain the emperor's trust, so there is a lot to talk about in secret compromises.
When the emperor heard this, he was very satisfied. He couldn't help but smile and said with a smile: "Haha! Gu Aiqing is really talented. This secret secret is a good strategy."
Zhang Hai and Min Feng, who were kneeling outside the study room, had just seen Xiao Quanzi guarding the outside of the imperial study room, but at this time they heard the emperor's happy laughter. There were only Gu Chengyu and the emperor in the imperial study room. Could it be that Gu Chengyu said
What did you do to make the emperor happy?
The two of them had mixed feelings. It seemed that Gu Chengyu's love for the saints was strong. If they even went up to challenge Gu Chengyu, wouldn't they be asking for trouble?
Gu Chengyu was very happy to see the emperor, but he still had to say a few disappointing words.
If the emperor is young and strong, and his body and bones are healthy, then this method will definitely be wonderful. Although the emperor will have a heavier workload than before, the officials below do not dare to deceive him, and the emperor will naturally be happy with it.
But the emperor is now declining, so the effectiveness of this method is not great. Of course, there must still be some results, it is impossible that there is no benefit at all.
Good birds choose trees to roost in, and those officials formed cliques. It was not because the emperor was old, and it would not take many years before a prince would succeed him.
Of course, those courtiers just wanted to quickly join forces in order to be reused by the new emperor in the future, but their loyalty to the current emperor was not that high.
In addition, the cabinet is now powerful, and a group of officials headed by Xia Qing will definitely not buy into the emperor's fault.
Because if the secret system is implemented, the cabinet's voting power will be in vain. How can cabinet officials give up without real power?
Therefore, the secret folding system only applies to the emperor's confidants. The relationship between the DPRK and China is complicated, and how many confidants can the emperor have? Besides, those confidants also have many small thoughts. Therefore, the benefits of secret folding are actually not big, but there are still some benefits.
However, it is impossible for Gu Chengyu to tell the emperor for such reasons. In the final analysis, he also has selfish motives. If the cabinet loses its real power, it will be very detrimental to him. He entered the Imperial Academy to prepare for joining the cabinet in the future. If he loses the right to vote,
Effectiveness, the cabinet has become a dummy, and there is no point in him being in the cabinet.
Besides, if Xia Qing loses his power, then the emperor will not need to support officials to confront Xia Qing, and he will lose an excellent opportunity.
Gu Chengyu admitted that his power was considerable, but now that he was in the court, who wouldn't want to be a high-ranking official with a generous salary?
Therefore, he raised this matter not only to benefit himself from it, but also to prevent the cabinet from losing its power. In the future, he would also need real power to join the cabinet.
"However, if the emperor wants to implement it, there will be many obstacles." Gu Chengyu thought seriously about how to list the disadvantages of this matter with the emperor.
The emperor was very happy just now, but after Gu Chengyu said this, he calmed down. The emperor was not stupid, and he only needed to think carefully, and he thought of the difficulties.
He only had a little more trust in Shen Shikang, the Six Ministers. When he was restraining Xia Qing, Shen Shikang had done a lot. But Shen Shikang was also the uncle of the second son, so he must be towards the second son. The princes were all grown up, and the court supported him.
There are many officials from the prince's faction.
The emperor screened the officials in the court again, but he felt that he could not trust any of them. Gu Chengyu was used to watching people's words. When he saw the emperor frowning and thinking, he knew that the emperor was now facing a situation where no one could help him.
It can be said that most of the officials, large and small, in the court are on the same side. Those who are not on the side are incompetent. Those factions really look down on them. It is not that there are no pure ministers, but they are few after all! The emperor is suspicious again
With such a temperament, I can’t help but think that he belongs to another faction!
"Reporting to the emperor, there are some drawbacks to the implementation of secret memorials. If there are too many officials who submit secret memorials, and the contents of the secret memorials are not known to each other, there is a fear that some officials will be framed and have nowhere to defend themselves. Moreover, I am afraid that
The official who gave the secret report thinks that you have a close relationship with him, so he uses this to blackmail other officials. These things need to be carefully screened by your Majesty."
Gu Chengyu paused and continued: "Or maybe colleagues are suspicious of each other and don't trust each other, which is also detrimental to the implementation of government affairs."
Gu Chengyu naturally wanted to explain the serious relationship between this. Otherwise, if something went wrong in the future and the emperor blamed it, he would not be able to live with it.