"Since you have a lot of ink and color, why not leave white space in the painting?" Zeng Lin took a piece of molasses tomato, stuffed it into her mouth, and looked at Quan Yun with a smile.

His hands, which were pouring wine, trembled slightly, and the red wine spilled on the table. He paused for a moment, poured the wine glass again, and when he put the bottle down, Quan Yun's face had completely returned to normal.

"Your Majesty asked you?" he asked calmly.

Zeng Lin shook her head, "Your Majesty is waiting for you to find him."

Quan Yun picked up the wine glass and sipped it slowly without saying a word.

"The chief minister is not a person who is greedy for power and loves the public. Why did he pretend to be deaf and dumb this time?" Zeng Lin put down his chopsticks and looked at Quan Yun with some confusion.

"Mr. Zeng still knows me." Quan Yun's face showed a little smile.

"Now, the wind is surging in the capital, and everyone is watching you! Your silence makes everyone embarrassed!" Zeng Lin said with a smile: "I came today, but I am actually curious. What exactly does the prime minister want to do?"

"Since Shayang County, I was the steward in front of this great housekeeper. Later, the territory became larger and larger and the number of people became more and more. In fact, there was not much change in the roots. Just like I was in charge of the food, drink, defecation and urination of a whole family. After so many years of care, I invested too much effort." Quan Yun said: "To be honest, people are really tired."

"Since that's the case, why not just leave it alone?"

"I don't want to give up, I'm not relieved." Quan Yun said lightly.

Of course, Zeng Lin understood Quan Yun’s reluctance in his mouth, not because he was reluctant to leave his position and the power he held. He has been the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years and has been in the Ming Dynasty today. Naturally, no one can erase Quan Yun’s contributions.

"What are you worried about when the Holy Lord is in power and the wise men are in the dynasty?" Zeng Lin said.

Quan Yun smiled, "The person His Majesty is interested in is Jin Jingnan. If it were Fang Dazhi, I would have resigned as the chief minister. I am doing this now, just to ask His Majesty to consider it again."

"The chief minister is not optimistic about Jin Jingnan? This person is also a very capable person."

"He is so capable." Quan Yun shook his head: "He is cruel and only focuses on the results and not the process. If he is the chief minister, it is not a blessing for the entire Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is in a major change that has not been seen in a thousand years. Zeng Gong, you are also discussing politics. You can also reveal some things. You can also tell me one or two. The Tiangong Administration has invented a new thing. While such things are allowed to develop rapidly, it will inevitably create countless social problems. I will never misunderstand this. If it is Fang Dazhi, he will definitely think of avoiding these problems. If it is Jin Jingnan, he will definitely take countless methods to expose these problems in advance and then eliminate them with thunder means. I am worried that this will cause turmoil in the Ming Dynasty. The Great Qi look at the side. If the Ming Dynasty is unstable, what will happen?"

Zeng Lin raised his glass, took a sip, and slowly said: "Prime Minister, I believe Your Majesty will definitely think of the questions you can think of, but Your Majesty still decided to do this, which means Your Majesty is mentally prepared for this."

"Your Majesty has been too smooth for many years. If it is too smooth for you, it will easily lead to a sense of pride. I think Your Majesty has underestimated the heroes of the world and is a little anxious to achieve success." Quan Yun said: "We ministers cannot just cater to Your Majesty. When your Majesty has any wrong behavior, we have the responsibility to correct these deviations. I think this is also the reason why Your Majesty set up a political hall to let the imperial power and the other power check and balance each other."

"Prime Minister, do you think the Political Affairs Hall can really check and balance Your Majesty now?" Zeng Lin asked back.

Quan Yun suddenly fell silent.

The Political Affairs Hall naturally takes the chief assistant as the chief, and down there are Fang Dazhi, Jin Jingnan, Zeng Lin, Geng Jingming, Ministry of Revenue Geng Xiaozheng, Ministry of War Zhang Xiaozheng, Ministry of Rites Xiao Hua, Ministry of Justice Tang Zhong, Ministry of Works Wen Peng.

In this regard, Quan Yun knew that Fang Dazhi would definitely stand on his side, and Xiao Hua might also support him, and others would probably not be able to count on him. Zeng Lin has not yet performed his duties, and among these political discussions, he is the only one who has no real position, so his voice will naturally not be too high. Moreover, with Zeng Lin's manners and environment, he will definitely remain silent in such matters. Jin Jingnan is a vested interest and will of course oppose him. Zhang Xiaozheng of the Ministry of War and Wen Peng of the Ministry of Works are His Majesty's confidant generals. They will fight wherever His Majesty pointed out. Geng Jingming is a guy who is afraid that the world will not be in chaos. Tang Zhong of the Ministry of Justice is one of the winners of this major institutional reform. Of course, he will also support the emperor.

Thinking of this, he sighed silently. Even if he insisted on holding on, His Majesty would inevitably ask everyone to express his opinion, and he would still lose.

"The Chief Supervisor, Your Majesty is a nostalgic person and a person who is in love. This is why he has been constantly moving, but he still has not directly identified the reason for the Chief Supervisor. But the Chief Supervisor, Your Majesty is His Majesty. Every time you hold on for one more day, this love will be worn out. When everyone is forced to express their opinions, the love will be gone." Zeng Lin said sincerely.

"I just feel a little unwilling to accept it. I worked hard to buy such a huge family business, but seeing that the heirs might ruin it, Mr. Zeng, do you think, can I rest assured?" Quan Yun sighed.

"The Chief Minister may have thought too much." Zeng Lin smiled and said, "I have been in the capital for a short time, but I still have some understanding of the Chief Minister, Fang's Ministry of Personnel, and Jindu Censor. You must be the three of you. However, except for Your Majesty, the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty, even if I don't deliberately inquire, it will blow into my ears. Chief Minister, I'm sorry, Fang Dazhi and your political philosophy are like cast from the same mold. If Fang Dazhi is to come up, why should Your Majesty change you? Isn't it better to be familiar with it or not, and let you continue to do it?"

"Governance needs continuity." Quan Yun retorted: "If we change the chief minister and change the governing idea, it will only cause turmoil in the court and cause many more sufferings to the people. Now we are on the right path, and continuation is the right way to make the Ming Dynasty stronger."

"But the prime minister just told me that the Ming Dynasty is facing unprecedented changes. Since it is a major change, can the original political philosophy really suit this change?" Zeng Lin asked. "In my opinion, it may be because of this reason that Your Majesty will let Jin Jingnan take office. Perhaps Your Majesty believes that the Ming Dynasty now needs a tough prime minister."

"This is exactly what I worry about the most." Quan Yun said: "The reform plans for various departments have basically come out. Zeng Gong must have seen that the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Work have all changed greatly. The newly established Ministry of Commerce, Supervision, Security, Railway Corporation, and the Canal Corporation have greatly improved the status of the political affairs hall in the future. The power of the original vertical management is becoming more and more flat, and the chief assistant will have more power."

"The power is indeed greater, but the power of checks and balances has increased." Zeng Lin smiled and said, "In the past, there were only six ministries, but now there are three more ministries, the Railway Corporation, the Canal Corporation, and the Ming Empire Bank. Although it is half a square lower than the Nine ministries, it will inevitably enter the Political Affairs Hall. What are you worried about when you are the Chief Minister? I also heard a saying that the magistrate of Shangjing County and the Yong County County Magistrate will also enter the Political Affairs Hall. Although you don't come to Beijing to serve, you have the power to discuss politics. Your Majesty is expanding the scale of the Political Affairs Hall step by step."

Quan Yun was silent for a while before smiling bitterly: "This is exactly what I worry about the most, because there are too many people, but in fact, Your Majesty's control over the Political Affairs Hall has been strengthened unprecedentedly, which is contrary to the original intention of establishing the Political Affairs Hall. Mr. Zeng, please forgive me for being disrespectful, what Your Majesty wants to do in the future, even if it is wrong, I will decide."

Zeng Lin laughed. Whether in the past or present, the prime minister and imperial power were always cooperative and opposed to each other. However, when we arrived at the Ming Dynasty, Qin Feng fixed it in the form of a law. What the emperor wanted to do was to be attached to the Zhengshi Hall. What law the Zhengshi Hall wanted to promulgate, it would require the emperor's consent, otherwise it would be incompatible with the law.

"The founding emperor is wise and powerful, this is an indisputable fact." Zeng Lin smiled and said, "Does the chief minister only look at the present and not the future? Or when he arrives, when he is the second emperor and the third emperor, the power of the Political Affairs Hall is enough to check and balance the emperor's supreme status."

Quan Yun was stunned, and Zeng Lin’s words naturally made sense. The future emperor naturally would not have the authority and reputation of the founding emperor.

"Prime Minister, let it go, you can't resist Your Majesty." Zeng Lin advised.

Beyond the glass curtain was strong, the lights were out, the wine on the table was cold, Zeng Lin had already said goodbye, but Quan Yun was still drinking one cup after another, but the wine had been replaced by the strongest burning knife in the Ming Dynasty.

He finally got drunk and lay on the table and fell asleep.

The next day, Quan Yun, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, submitted a statement and resigned on the grounds that he was no longer suitable to serve as the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor repeatedly tried to keep him but failed and appointed Quan Yun as the Duke of the State and the Prince Taibao. At the same time, he was invited Quan Yun to serve as the teacher of the prince Qin Wu to teach Qin Wu the way of governing the country.

On the third day, the emperor issued an order to serve as the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Jin Jingnan, the former censor of the capital.

On the fourth day, Jin Jingnan, the chief minister who had just taken office, immediately announced the plan for the entire Ming Dynasty's organizational reform, which shocked the government and the country. The reform plan greatly weakened the power of the six ministries. In addition to the Ministry of Justice, the strength of the five ministries was actually weakened to varying degrees. Although the local county magistrates had more personnel appointments and removal powers from officials below the county, the judicial and military power were all taken back by the court, and in fact their control over the local area was greatly weakened. This was the second weakening of local power by the Ming court after tax reform, which further strengthened the imperial control over the local area.
Chapter completed!