strictlysupreme Chapter 241: The Cabinet System Is Not Really Perfect, And Future Generations Still Have The Right T
Chapter 241: The Cabinet System Is Not Really Perfect, And Future Generations Still Have The Right T
Facing the praises of Zhu Yuanzhang and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes, Yan Changqing smiled, picked up the chalk and drew a circle on the decision-making power behind him, and then asked again:
"If we look at the cabinet system above, after the cabinet ministers are taken back their decision-making power, will they really have no decision-making power at all in the future?!!"
Upon hearing Yan Changqing's inquiry, Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, etc. all had a look of confusion on their faces.
[Even so, do the cabinet ministers still have decision-making power?!!]
[However, according to the cabinet system just mentioned by Mr. Yan, after the cabinet ministers have drafted their opinions on handling state affairs, it is ultimately the emperor who makes the decision. The cabinet ministers should have no decision-making power. 】
[If "793" still has decision-making power, where does this decision-making power come from and where is it reflected?!!]
Looking at the puzzled faces of Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, etc., Yan Changqing sighed silently.
The prime minister was dismissed, the prime minister system was abolished, and the cabinet system was established, which only gave cabinet ministers the power to discuss political power, but not decision-making power.
If you just look at the cabinet system from the surface, it seems to be perfect, and it seems to have avoided the threat of the prime minister's power from threatening the imperial power again.
However, in reality, is it really as perfect as you imagined?!!
Yan Changqing, who has historical downstream experience, knows that it cannot be done!!!
The cabinet system has developed to its peak, and the cabinet ministers, especially the chief ministers of the cabinet!
Although he does not have the name of Prime Minister, he still has the reality of being Prime Minister!!!
Although it seems that he has no decision-making power, he actually still has decision-making power!!!
Even when the cabinet system developed to its peak, the ministerial power, or the power of the prime minister, was not only able to compete with the imperial power again, but even subverted the imperial power on several occasions!!!
Looking at the top-level power struggle throughout Ming history, it can be said that starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, it has always been a struggle between imperial power and prime minister power, and a struggle between the emperor and the civil servant group!!!
And throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were the only ones who had the upper hand in the struggle between imperial power and prime minister power, and between the emperor and the civil service group!!!
In order to prevent the prime minister from threatening the imperial power, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately indulged and tolerated Hu Weiyong for nearly ten years.
Only then did they catch Hu Weiyong's fatal clue in one fell swoop, and then took the opportunity to completely abolish the prime minister system, and strictly ordered the descendants of the old Zhu family not to appoint prime ministers again!!!
Afterwards, Zhu Di succeeded in fengtian's peace, succeeded to the throne as emperor, and formally established the cabinet system.
But it still only gave the cabinet the power to discuss, and did not dare to give the slightest decision-making power.
When Zhu Di was alive, in the struggle between imperial power and prime minister power, and between the emperor and the civil servant group, the emperor's imperial power always had the upper hand.
However, after the reign of Emperor Xuanzong and Zhu Zhanji of the Ming Dynasty (Sanyang assisted the government), the power of the cabinet gradually increased. At this time, the power of the cabinet was no longer simply the power to discuss affairs.
Although the power of the cabinet rose and fell repeatedly at the end of the reign of the "God of War of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Mingmen, Zhu Qizhen".
However, after the Chenghua and Hongzhi dynasties of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet ministers in the cabinet system, although they did not have the title of prime minister, gradually regained the status of prime minister.
The cabinet gradually became the representative of a civilian political group capable of resisting the imperial power!!!
After the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the cabinet reached a peak stage.
Afterwards, it developed through the Longqing Dynasty and reached the early Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.
After Zhang Juzheng's reforms made the cabinet the center of power for the operation of the court, the power of the cabinet truly reached a peak state!!!
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the state affairs memorials submitted by the six ministries of the imperial court were still generally read by the emperor and then distributed to the cabinet.
Then the cabinet ministers discussed and drafted suggestions for handling these state affairs memorials, and then submitted them to the emperor for decision.
On the surface, it seems that the routine government affairs processing procedures have not changed much.
However, one thing worth noting is that in the early Wanli period, the emperor Zhu Yijun was only a ten-year-old child!!!
Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet at that time, was the teacher of Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun.
As the emperor's master, it was not difficult for Zhang Juzheng to influence the decision-making of Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, who was only ten years old at the time...
Secondly, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun's "red approval", or decision-making power, was completed under the guidance of Feng Bao, the Superintendent of Ceremonies.
However, Feng Bao, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, had a very close relationship with Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet.
Therefore, Zhang Juzheng only needed to express his opinions to others, write them into memorials, and then "vote" for his approval, and then submit them to the emperor for decision.
After that, on the one hand, he secretly influenced the thoughts of Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, and on the other hand, Feng Bao, the Supervisor of Rites, also secretly guided Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun's decision-making.
In this way, it was not difficult for Zhang Juzheng to obtain the approval of Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who was only ten years old at the time.
In this way, the "Qin Zhang" of the six ministers, the "votes" of the cabinet ministers, and the "red approval" of the emperor can be said to be all controlled and controlled by Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet.
Naturally, the decision-making power that originally seemed to be in the hands of the emperor was actually unknowingly transferred to the hands of Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet.
In the end, the decision-making power of the emperor, the deliberation power of the cabinet, and the administrative power of the six ministries were once again concentrated in Zhang Juzheng's hands!!!
If Hu Weiyong is the last prime minister worthy of the name in the Ming Dynasty, then Zhang Juzheng is the prime minister after Hu Weiyong who does not have the name of prime minister, but has the actual status of prime minister, or the chief minister of the cabinet!!!
It is precisely because of the decision-making power, deliberation power, and administrative power that all three are merged into Zhang Zheng's body.
Therefore, Zhang Juzheng's New Deal 3.0 was successfully implemented, and only then did the Wanli ZTE come into being.
Therefore, the decision-making power does not mean that once it is taken back, it will be taken back once and for all.
At least after the emperor took back the decision-making power, the cabinet could regain the decision-making power again by relying on various chances, coincidences and efforts!!!
Therefore, in Yan Changqing's view, the cabinet system is not a truly perfect system. In future generations, there will still be cabinet chiefs and assistants who do not have the name of prime minister, but have the actual status of prime minister!!!
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