From eunuch to emperor

Cloud City.

Yu Fuguo looked at the rivers and lakes people who were coming in one after another, and sneered: "They are all people who don't want to eat and drink as fines. If you don't know how to show appreciation, the prince will bulldoze the entire rivers and lakes."

The subordinates sneered and said, "That's right. These people don't know how to appreciate others. They need to be taught a lesson to realize how powerful the prince is."

Yu Fuguo counted with his fingers and said, "In another two months, I guess it can be completed."

The subordinate said: "I'm afraid not only that, there are many sects in the south, and it will take more than a month to get there."

Yu Fuguo shook his head and said, "I still want to go back to Jinling as soon as possible and ask for a few wives to live with."

To restore a man's body, Yu Fuguo wanted to continue the family line and have several children.

But people in the arena were procrastinating and delayed for a long time, and Yu Fuguo was really impatient.

After all, I am getting older and want to have a baby sooner so that I can raise the child.

The subordinate laughed and said: "Actually, Master Yu can marry someone here first, and then we can get pregnant."

Yu Fuguo snorted coldly: "Do you know what a Gu worm is? Ordinary people will die if they touch a Gu worm."

"Hey, wait a minute. When they finish their troubles, I will be completely free."

"I still prefer Jinling City, it's too desolate."

The wind and snow in Yuncheng were too strong, and Yu Fuguo missed Jinling City.

...

Time flies so fast, two months have passed in a flash.

When Long Chen returned to the capital, he felt like early spring.

Di Luoxi has returned. The place in the east is not big. It only took more than a month for Di Luoxi to wipe out all the dishonest sects.

Zhang Qian and others also returned to the capital, and Long Chen had already defeated them in the north.

Only Emperor Lingyi has not returned yet. The place in the south is too big and many sects are deep in the mountains. It is not easy to eradicate them.

"Your Majesty, the palace doctor has seen her and said that the eldest princess is about to give birth. You should hide in the house to accompany her."

As soon as Long Chen came back, Su Yourong started nagging.

"You have been away for more than two months, and you must have been out having fun."

"In the past, the prince was not married, so it was okay to have more fun. Now that the eldest princess is older and has a family business, she has to settle down."

Long Chen listened to Su Yourong's nagging and said with a smile: "It's not just fun, pacifying those sects is also a serious matter, and the Queen Mother also knows that."

Su Yourong rolled her eyes at Long Chen and said, "I don't know yet that you can deceive others, but you can't deceive me."

"For the next time, the prince will be at home, reading the memorials and accompanying the princess. She is the legitimate son of the Long family."

Long Chen smiled and said: "Okay, got it."

Back in the study, Di Xingwan was reviewing the memorial again.

"The territory of Dazhou is now too big, and there are so many memorials every day. It's hard to see it."

"I plan to discuss with my mother to form a cabinet, which will be jointly approved by ministers of all ministries and classified according to each ministry."

"Reorganize the Imperial College, implement the imperial policy examination, recruit talented people, and enrich reserve officials."

Long Chen sat down and hugged Di Xingwan sadly.

"Cabinet? What if they form a party?"

Emperor Xingwan was worried about the loss of imperial power.

Long Chen said: "It's not that easy. The reason why ministers have exclusive power is because the emperor is stupid. Even a monarch with moderate qualifications will not be ignored by ministers."

"Proper decentralization of power is beneficial. It allows ministers to participate in government affairs, and ministers and ministers of various ministries will become more proficient in government affairs."

"Another point is to open a special square in the capital to make the important matters discussed by the cabinet public and let the people in the capital know about the comments."

The last point seems the simplest, but the most important, which is the transparency of government affairs.

Make the matters agreed upon by the government ministries and yamen public to the public, let the people know what the yamen are doing, and let the people supervise.

This is a key move to break the secretive operation of power and allow officials' decision-making to be supervised by the people.

"This...agreed matter should be made public, right?"

Wen Shuzhen disagreed with Long Chen's opinion.

"why not?"

Long Chen asked back.

Wen Shuzhen said: "In this way, the people will no longer fear the imperial power."

Long Chen asked: "Why should the people be afraid of the imperial power? Shouldn't it be about respect? The imperial power will be made public. If there is something wrong, the people will criticize it, the imperial court will correct it, the world will be in good order, the government will be stable, the people will be stable, and the imperial power will be unstable. ?"

"On the other hand, all decisions are made in secret, corrupt officials are rampant, and they can wield power in whatever way they want. When the government is corrupted, the world is in chaos, and the people who have no way out rise up, will the imperial power be stable?"

"The more open the power, the less corruption, the better the government of the world, and the greater the stability of the Zhou Dynasty."

Wen Shuzhen was born in a family of officials and was accustomed to looking at problems from an official's perspective.

When Long Chen said these words, Wen Shuzhen was greatly shocked.

No emperor has ever been willing to disclose his power and accept the supervision of the people of the world.

Once the resolution is made public, it means that Long Chen cannot do whatever he wants and his power is restricted.

This is something no emperor wants to see, not even a small county magistrate would agree.

After Di Xingwan heard this, he nodded and said: "Yes, you are right, but if you want to implement it, I'm afraid..."

Long Chen said: "My mother and I have unified the world and defeated the ghost clan. Our prestige is at its peak. No one dares to oppose it."

"As long as it is implemented first, it will become customized later, and everyone will get used to it."

Di Xingwan nodded and said, "That's right. As long as you are in power, no one will dare to object."

"Then you should report this matter to your mother? Or..."

Long Chen said: "I'll do it, I'm afraid the queen mother won't agree."

The empress is also a traditional emperor, and it is not easy for her to delegate power.

"Well, you go and say something better."

Emperor Xingwan felt that he could not convince the empress.

They rested in the palace that night, and the next morning, Long Chen entered the palace.

After talking about the matter of pacifying the world, and also talking about the decision to make it public, the empress really disagreed, thinking that doing so would weaken the emperor's prestige.

Long Chen talked for a long time before the empress reluctantly agreed to try it out.

Soon, Long Chen formed a cabinet in the Six Ministries, composed of six ministers. The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate participated in it, and the leader took turns among the six ministers.

All important matters of each department and yamen are decided by the cabinet and then posted in the government affairs corner of the capital.

The so-called government corner is a place in the market where resolutions are posted.

The first resolution was spring plowing, which involved dredging water conservancy and assisting poor farmers in spring plowing.

After it was posted, the streets of the capital were packed with people, all wanting to see what the cabinet would decide.

They have never seen a cabinet resolution. When they see the resolution, they feel like they are involved.

A scholar stood in front and recited the content of the resolution loudly. After reading, he said loudly:

"If you have any questions about the resolution, or think it is inappropriate, you can submit a proposal outside the cabinet, and the cabinet will adopt it as appropriate."

After hearing this, the crowd became commotion.

"We can also participate in cabinet decisions?"

"I heard that it was decided by the six ministers. How can you be smarter than them?"

"That's not the case. Look at the dredging and water conservancy project. The time was wrong and it just happened to rain."

"You know so much, why don't you submit the proposal?"

Everyone was dubious and argued for a long time. Finally, a few people submitted proposals.

The cabinet quickly got the proposal.

Long Chen was sitting at the head of the cabinet. Baili Bing, the Minister of Rites, presented the proposal to Long Chen. Sun Lu, the minister of Sinong Temple, was sitting at the bottom, feeling uneasy.

“When is the rainy season this year?”

Long Chen asked Sun Lu, and Sun Lu shook his head and said, "According to last year, it was April."

Long Chen picked up the proposal and said, "Some people say that the rainy season may come earlier this year. Have you asked Qin Tian Jian?"

Qin Tianjian checked the celestial phenomena and analyzed floods and droughts, including the weather.

Sun Lu shook his head. He was only basing this on last year's experience.

"Fetch Qin Tianjian."

Soon, Qin Tianjian arrived, and Long Chen handed the proposal to Qin Tianjian.

After reading it, Qin Tianjian said: "Yes, we also think that the rainy season will be earlier this year."

Long Chen nodded and said: "Amend the resolution and advance the dredging time."

"Also, who wrote this proposal? The reward will be announced at the same time to inform the people. After the proposal is adopted, the court will reward you with money."

Baili Bing was secretly surprised, Long Chen was really doing things differently.

"Yes, I'll change it right now."

Sun Lu immediately revised the resolution, the cabinet wrote it, and the new resolution was quickly reposted.

The news that the suggestion was adopted spread quickly in the capital, causing a sensation among the people.

No one thought that ordinary people could participate in cabinet decisions.

"I heard that this is a national policy implemented by the regent. I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, are going to have a Holy Lord."

"The regent was originally the Holy Lord. He unified the world and destroyed the ghost clan."

"I didn't expect that we could actually participate in the court's decision."

"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. This great Zhou Dynasty belongs to us."

"Hey, that's why you said this when the regent was in office. Da Zhou was not yours before."

"That's it, go to Xixia and see those lewd monks snatch your wife away."

The cabinet is formed, resolutions are publicly implemented, and the efficiency of political affairs is greatly improved.

Long Chen doesn't have to worry about a bunch of memorials every day, and political affairs are smoother.

The empress secretly praised Long Chen's governing philosophy as very advanced, something she couldn't even imagine.

...

Wangfu.

The spring breeze blows through the yard, the vegetation revives, and the bright yellow tree buds are dotted on the trunks.

Xiang Ning held a kite in her hand, but she couldn't fly it.

"The wind is obviously strong enough, why can't I go up?"

Xiao Daiyu also felt strange.

He Juntao walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Master Feng is here."

Long Chen got up and went to the front yard. Feng He said, "Sir, the caravan sent to the Western Regions has returned and got some news."

Long Chen was a little surprised and said: "He actually came back? He wasn't killed?"

Shen Wanjin led so many people across the desert and back to the Western Regions. In order to block the news, he should kill all the caravans from the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, Long Chen did not expect the caravan to come back.

Feng He said: "A lot of people were indeed killed. The caravan we sent narrowly escaped."

Long Chen said: "The big reward is earned with one's life!"

Feng He said: "If you reward me, you will be able to spend the money in a lifetime."

Long Chen sat down and asked: "What did the Western Region say?"