Chapter 1344: The Cabinet and the Imperial Household
Seeing Li Qingyuan looking at him, Zhang Tuohai's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
"Could this girl be in love with me?"
When Zhang Tuohai thought about this situation, his head started to hurt.
He is just a passer-by in this world and it is impossible for him to leave any promises to anyone.
He couldn't bear such deep love.
He could accept a fleeting romance, but a heart full of love was too heavy for him.
“Wake up, wake up!”
Zhang Tuohai waved one hand back and forth in front of Li Qingyuan.
"What?" Li Qingyuan pushed Zhang Tuohai's hand aside and rubbed his blushing cheeks.
"Tell me the truth, how is your relationship with the Prime Minister?"
Zhang Tuohai asked.
"The relationship seems to be OK. He doesn't show excessive closeness, but he doesn't show any alienation either. He seems like a normal prime minister. What's wrong? Is there something wrong with him?"
Li Qingyuan asked.
"Today's incident seems to be related to Prime Minister Cao!"
Zhang Tuohai said.
"Related to him? Are you sure?" Li Qingyuan's expression became nervous.
Prime Minister Cao is the head of the civil officials of the dynasty. If Prime Minister Cao does not support her, the civil officials will be in danger.
"I just used Prime Minister Cao to trick Xing Wuying, but he fell for it and even showed a hesitant look. I'm worried that this matter is related to Prime Minister Cao."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"That's just a little bit of evidence, it can't prove anything, right?"
Li Qingyuan was a little reluctant to believe it.
"Xing Wuying is just a guard leader. You transferred all the guards around, so he couldn't have been unaware of it. However, he actually blatantly disobeyed your orders and came directly to the yard."
"Moreover, after I showed up, this guy actually wanted to enter the house to search. He was openly throwing your face under his feet. How dare he, a small guard commander?"
"I suspect that there is someone behind him who supports him in doing this, and this person is not of low status. Otherwise, Xing Wuying would definitely die after doing this."
"Moreover, this marriage was mainly promoted by Prime Minister Cao, and the bride was also selected by him. Xing Wuying openly wanted to enter the room at this time. I suspect they have a whole set of plans later, and the biggest driving force behind the scenes is Prime Minister Cao."
Zhang Tuohai analyzed.
After listening to Zhang Tuohai's analysis, Li Qingyuan remained silent.
She is not a vase who knows nothing.
In the first ten years of her life, she was trained as a crown princess, so she had some basic experience.
After Zhang Tuohai 's analysis, she also felt that it made a lot of sense.
She also reviewed what she had seen and heard today. At first she didn't think there was anything wrong, but now the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was not right.
"What should we do?" Li Qingyuan looked at Zhang Tuohai and regarded him as a life-saving straw.
"Let me think about it."
Zhang Tuohai walked around twice with his hands behind his back.
"Well, you put on makeup to be the Crown Princess first, and we'll wait and see what happens tomorrow."
"If they have a whole plan behind this, someone will definitely contact you secretly when they see us together tomorrow. Whoever contacts you is related to the mastermind. Let's catch this guy, and then follow the clues to catch the person behind this."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"What if it was really done by Prime Minister Cao?"
Li Qingyuan asked worriedly.
"Then kill him." Zhang Tuohai said calmly.
" Kill?" Li Qingyuan was surprised. She didn't expect Zhang Tuohai to say these two words so easily.
Although she had been involved in the court struggles since she was a child and had seen a lot of infighting among court officials, it was still rare for her to say that she wanted to kill someone.
Everyone is still accustomed to exchanging interests with each other.
The worst that could happen is that he would be dismissed from his job and have to return to his hometown to retire.
Rarely will they kill the other party directly.
After all, there is a balance between the forces among the various parties, and everyone still has to abide by some unspoken rules.
But Zhang Tuohai opened his mouth and wanted to kill a prime minister, which was really inconsistent with Li Qingyuan's previous principles.
"He's the prime minister, the head of the civil service. Wouldn't it be a bad idea to kill him? Wouldn't it lead to criticism?"
“Those people might be unhappy.”
Li Qingyuan was a little worried.
"So what if I'm dissatisfied?"
Zhang Tuohai sneered.
"So what if he's the head of the civil service? No matter how you look at it, he's just a minister. What's the harm in killing him? Will the court be unable to function without him?"
Zhang Tuohai asked back.
"this……"
Li Qingyuan hesitated for a moment before he said, "The prime minister is the head of all officials. All matters need to be reviewed by the prime minister before they can take effect. Without the prime minister, it will indeed affect the operation of the court."
"An official actually has such great power. Is he the emperor, or is the one sitting on the dragon throne the emperor?"
Zhang Tuohai asked in a cold voice.
"This..." Li Qingyuan didn't know how to answer.
After hearing what Zhang Tuohai said, she also felt that there seemed to be something wrong.
What if, if she succeeds to the throne in the future, if he wants to issue a decree, it really cannot be implemented if the prime minister disagrees.
However, Li Qingyuan, who had lived in this framework for a long time, could not think of any solution for a while.
She had no choice but to turn to Zhang Tuohai for help.
"So what do you think we should do?"
"It's simple. Abolish the position of Prime Minister."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"Abolish it?" Li Qingyuan frowned, "Then the court..."
"Simple. Abolish the position of Prime Minister and set up a new department called the Cabinet."
Zhang Tuohai modified the cabinet system and brought it out.
"Let the six ministries and their deputy ministers join the cabinet. If there are any government affairs, the six ministries and cabinets will discuss them together, come up with solutions, and submit them to the emperor for review. If the emperor agrees, it will be stamped and implemented. If the emperor disagrees, it will be rejected and reconsidered, and the decision-making power will be taken back. This is the only way to ensure the supremacy of imperial power."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"What if the six ministries and cabinets are in collusion and fail to report important news?"
Li Qingyuan thought for a while and asked.
"Easy, two solutions."
Zhang Tuohai stretched out two fingers.
"Which two?"
"One is to set up a supervisory department and place secret agents in the inner houses of the six ministries to monitor them secretly, so that you can know clearly about any movement. This way, you don't have to worry about them deceiving their superiors and subordinates."
"As for the other one, it is to allow all lower-level officials to have the right to submit secret memorials. If there is something, they can submit secret memorials directly to the emperor, bypassing the cabinet."
"With these measures in place, cabinet officials will not dare to act rashly."
"Otherwise, if you cross the line, your family will be confiscated and exterminated."
"If everyone below can submit secret memorials, wouldn't there be a lot of memorials to read every day? Wouldn't that be tiring?"
Li Qingyuan was a little worried.
"Don't worry, you can set up another department called Silijian, which will be composed of personal eunuchs, attendants, and maids. Let them be responsible for reading ordinary memorials and compiling them into briefings every day. You only need to read the briefings and important memorials."
"In order to prevent these people from acting arbitrarily, you can also divide them up. One group will be responsible for sorting out memorials, another for responding to comments, another for stamping, and another for issuing briefings. They can supervise and restrict each other, and this will be enough to ensure that everything they do is under your control."
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