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Chapter 80 Seizing Power

There are several yamen in the Ming Dynasty that are not of high rank but have many benefits.

The Hanlin Academy is definitely the Hanlin Academy. Although Hanlin was also ridiculed as the Qingshui Hanlin, Hanlin was the reserve training yamen for senior officials of the Ming Dynasty, which is very important. For Hanlin, everyone is not looking at the present, but your future.

The next level is the envoy of the Censorate, who is Qingliu, has a high status and has great power when inspecting the local area.

However, these two yamen are both clear water yamen, but there are also yamen with low official ranks but they are indeed fat and fat.

There are four such yamen, namely the Wenxuan Department of the Ministry of Personnel, the Aogong Department of the Ministry of Personnel, the Wuxuan Department of the Ministry of War, and the Armed Service of the Ministry of War.

Needless to say, the senior officials are hard to say, but they are all middle and low-level officials. The examination examination department is a place where officials are rated. If you are rated, you will be miserable.

These two yamen are not big, have low official positions, but have very high status.

The Ministry of War’s Military Selection Department has similar responsibilities to the Ministry of Personnel’s Military Selection Department, but it is just a place to select military generals.

The Arsenal Department specializes in the replacement, manufacturing, storage, and research and development of military ordnances. Such yamen are naturally fat and oily. The Ming Dynasty's muskets are 70% damaged, and they are responsible for it. Corruption is extremely serious.

Zhang Ju has been in charge for more than 20 years, so how could he not understand the importance of the Khaogongshi and Wuxuanshi?

The emperor's examination department was cut to the Ministry of Personnel, while the Wuxuan Department was cut to the Ministry of War.

If the military's merit inspection is not controlled by the Ministry of Personnel, but by the military's own hands, it will definitely make the general not so afraid of civil servants, and the general will not be scared to tremble by a commander.

As the saying goes, it is better to take charge of county officials now. If I don’t have it, you will take charge of it. What can you do to me?

Not to mention the Wuxuansi, it is the place where generals are selected, which directly determines the promotion of a military general.

When the Khaogongsi and the Wuxuansi were taken back by the Governor's Office of the Five Army, the power would be great. Perhaps it would not completely change the trend of civil servants overwhelming military generals, nor could it be eliminated by the situation of using civil servants to control military military officials, but it would definitely make countless military generals happy.

Zhang Juzheng sat on the chair and was speechless for a long time. He knew that he, the student emperor, would give him problems, but he did not expect that it would be such a big problem.

This incident will inevitably cause an uproar. These two seemingly inconspicuous yamen involve too many people, many of them are their own people. Zhang Juzheng can also guess the emperor's idea, which is to take the appointment of the general in his own hands.

Although it is classified as the Governor's Office of the Five Army, who are the Governor's Office of the Five Army?

All of them are nobles of the dynasty. These people have been suppressed by literati for so many years. They will definitely not pee in the same pot with civil servants. They will definitely support the emperor, and they will basically listen to whatever the emperor says.

This is something that takes power into one's own hands and even gains benefits. Will they oppose it?

It's impossible!

Zhu Yijun was not in a hurry, and looked at Zhang Ju where he was pondering. From beginning to end, Zhu Yijun's face was filled with a faint smile, waiting for Zhang Juzheng's decision.

In fact, Zhu Yijun thought very clearly that if he did this matter after taking power, the resistance would be very large and there might not be any trouble. This is also the reason why he needs Zhang Juzheng, and only Zhang Juzheng, who is now in power, can be suppressed.

If the emperor directly suppresses it, there will be a greater rebound. This is the reason why the emperor appointed eunuchs, and the contradictions will be transferred!

After a while, Zhang Juzheng finally spoke, "Will the Governor's Office of the Five Army be subject to the control of the cabinet in the future?"

Under the control of the cabinet?

How is that possible? It’s not about changing the soup or the medicine.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The Governor's Office of the Five Army has always been controlled by the emperor. When will it be controlled by the cabinet?"

Zhang Juzheng’s problem is very inappropriate, but what he is talking about is the matter. The current cabinet is no longer the cabinet of that year, and the Five Army Governor’s Office has long been no longer the Governor’s Office of the Five Army Governor’s Office. Although the Military Governor’s Office stated that it is not subject to the control of the cabinet, it is actually subject to the control of the cabinet.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Juzheng's question was asking Zhu Yijun whether the future memorial of the Governor's Office of the Five Army would have to go through the cabinet.

Zhu Yijun's answer is also very simple, but the expression of the meaning is also very clear, that is: No!

"Your Majesty, this is not a trivial matter. I need to discuss it with several cabinet ministers!" Zhang Juzheng said after a while.

"Okay, then I'm waiting for good news from sir!" Zhu Yijun said with a smile on his face.

Watching Zhang Juzheng leave, Zhu Yijun stood up from the dragon throne, and the smile on his face became even better. His layout over the past few years was not in vain, and finally made Zhang Juzheng realize that he was the emperor and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

From the test of fighting for the imperial guards, to the students impeached Zhang Juzheng for their protection, to the illuminating muscles of the love affair, and finally to the statement when Zhang Juzheng was at home, he finally reached a tacit understanding with Zhang Juzheng.

Thinking about the past few years, Zhu Yijun felt relieved. After several years of layout, years of tolerance, and years of arrangement, it was finally time to gain.

Starting from killing Feng Bao, he subdued Zhang Jing, subdued Zhang Cheng, and pushed Zhang Hong to the throne. He promoted Feng Bao's godson Xu De, arranged for the trusted eunuch Chen Ju, and finally the palace servants were cleansed, and he completely completed the mastery of the Forbidden City.

He reached out to the imperial guards, mastered the palace ban, and held the Beijing camp in his own hands. Perhaps it counted nothing now, but after the academy left a large number of students, the Beijing camp would sooner or later become a strong army.

Now I extend my hand to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel and get some power back to the Governor's Office of the Five Army. If this matter is done, I will definitely establish a good image in the military, which is a good start.

Although the border troops of the Ming Dynasty were strong, they also understood the benefits of the Kaogongsi and the Wuxuansi in the Governor's Office.

Although the Governor's Office of the Five Army seemed to be dead in name only, these nobles of the Ming Dynasty may not be able to fight or be corrupt for so many years in the military camp, but there are definitely a lot of followers. If the civil servants are suppressed here, then this matter will come naturally.

This is also why Zhu Yijun wanted to place the Wuxuansi and the Xuangongsi in the Governor's Office instead of being independent. He wanted to use the hands of the nobles to suppress the voices of the military, especially those aroused by civil servants.

When you hold the Selection and the Wu Selection Sect in your hands, you will open a door for you to completely control the military power.

"Your Majesty, it's time to have a meal!" Zhang Jing saw that Zhu Yijun was in a good mood, and the smile on his face also increased: "Just just now, the Empress asked someone to come to pass the message. The Empress stewed the soup himself and wanted to invite the Emperor over for a meal."
Chapter completed!
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