GBP Chapter 380 The Emperor Zhu was somewhat bewildered
Chapter 380 The Emperor Zhu was somewhat bewildered
Chen Zhong came to Ningyang County in a hurry, and he was even more anxious to return.
When Chen Zhong came, he brought an envelope.
When they returned, they had three envelopes with them.
After reading the replies in the three envelopes, Emperor Zhu had only one thought in his mind: to personally go to Ningyang County.
There's nothing else to it, I just really miss my good son-in-law.
I really wanted to rush to Ningyang County and beat him up.
Seeing the Emperor Zhu's ever-changing expression, Empress Ma, sitting beside him, couldn't help but laugh and say, "What's wrong? Has your good son-in-law offended you again?"
Emperor Zhu snorted and said, "Sister, put down what you're holding. Look at the reply this scoundrel wrote to us. I don't believe you'll still be in the mood to work after reading it."
Empress Ma was very curious and immediately put down her needlework to take Yang Shaofeng's reply directly from Emperor Zhu's hand.
Emperor Zhu glanced at the baby clothes that Empress Ma had set aside, which were already beginning to take shape, and couldn't help but snort, "You're really good as a mother-in-law, already preparing clothes for his child?"
Empress Ma smiled as she read the letter, saying, "Jin'er and Yu'er are our daughters, so how can I, as their mother, not worry about them? Besides, as their grandmother, can't I prepare clothes for my future grandchildren in advance?"
Emperor Zhu grunted twice without speaking, and Empress Ma continued, "Alright, once Biao'er and that girl get married, I will prepare clothes for their child. In the future, for all of your sons, Zhu Chongba's sons, when they get married, I, as their mother, will prepare clothes for their child, is that alright?"
Upon hearing Empress Ma's words, Emperor Zhu immediately became anxious: "No! You prepare clothes for your grandson, but the clothes for Biao'er's children should be prepared by Bo Ren's family. The same goes for the second and third sons in the future. You can't be the only one suffering!"
Empress Ma smiled and rolled her eyes at Emperor Zhu, then carefully read Yang Shaofeng's reply.
One page, two pages... twenty pages... twenty-six pages.
Empress Ma only glanced at the first few pages before smiling and saying to Emperor Zhu, "It's well-organized and logically sound. If Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen can refine it properly, you'll have solved more than half of your recent headaches. Isn't that great?"
"good?"
Seeing that he could not find comfort from Empress Ma, Emperor Zhu said angrily, "Let's not argue with you about what he wrote, let's go find Li Shanchang and the others."
Empress Ma smiled, picked up the needlework she had just put down, and said, "You really are something. You've been emperor for several years now, how come your temperament is still the same as before?"
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback and asked, "What's wrong with my temperament?"
Empress Ma laughed and said, "Your good son-in-law dug a pit for you, and you just jumped right in. What's wrong with your personality?"
Pointing to the letter on the table, Empress Ma continued, "Take a good look at the contents of the first few pages of his letter."
"Don't be fooled by how many pages he wrote; it all boils down to one thing: bringing up the Censorate, the Court of Judicial Review, and the Ministry of Justice."
"From now on, the Censorate will be in charge of supervision, the Court of Judicial Review will be in charge of adjudication, and the Ministry of Justice will be in charge of law enforcement, so that other government offices cannot interfere with the Censorate, the Court of Judicial Review, and the Ministry of Justice."
"There's also the reform of the Central Secretariat and the Provincial Secretariats."
"After the reform of the Secretariat, there will be an additional auditing office, but this auditing office will be under the jurisdiction of the Censorate, not the Secretariat."
"The original six supervising secretaries will also be transferred to the Censorate."
"After the reform of the Provincial Secretariat, the prefectures and counties can be reformed one level at a time. In the future, the local censorate will keep an eye on the local officials, and the local court of justice will take away the power to adjudicate cases from the local officials."
"With their power restricted and a special auditing office in charge, officials naturally can no longer act as recklessly as before."
"So no matter how much he writes, it all boils down to these eight words: restricting power and strengthening auditing."
At this point, Empress Ma couldn't help but smile again and said, "I haven't read the rest. You can think about it yourself later. I reckon the later parts will be similar to the earlier ones, both solving your problems while causing you trouble."
Emperor Zhu couldn't help but sigh, "I know what he means, but I'm just so angry! Why can't this scoundrel sort all this out properly before writing it into a memorial for me? Isn't he just trying to annoy me in every way possible?"
Empress Ma chuckled and retorted, "If someone else were to cause you trouble right before the New Year, wouldn't you be thinking of getting back at them?"
Emperor Zhu gave a slight humph, but Empress Ma frowned slightly and said while considering the matter, "However, if you want to promote the Censorate, the Court of Judicial Review, and the Ministry of Justice, you still need to discuss this with Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen."
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback and asked, "What do you mean?"
Empress Ma said, "The officials of the Censorate, the Court of Judicial Review, and the Ministry of Justice will be happy if they are brought up, but will the officials of the Secretariat, the other five ministries, and the various supervisory offices and courts be happy?"
"Not to mention that local officials not only have to relinquish some of their power, but they also have to be watched by the Inspectors and the Censors. Do you think local officials can be happy about that?"
Emperor Zhu grunted twice with a dark face, grabbed the three envelopes and looked them over a few times before angrily saying, "We knew this bastard had no good intentions!"
After cursing several times, Emperor Zhu suddenly grabbed three envelopes and strode out of Kunning Palace, saying, "Let's go find Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, and come back for dinner tonight."
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"We really don't understand this."
Emperor Zhu put on a "I'm totally confused" look, pointed to the first few pages of Yang Shaofeng's reply, and said to Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, "Brother Shanchang, Mr. Qingtian, you might as well take a look at these few pages of his letter."
Chen Zhong handed Yang Shaofeng's reply to Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, while Emperor Zhu continued, "If we change things according to his method, will the Censorate still be the Censorate? And what about the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review? They will each have a lot of things to do in the future. How will the joint trial by the three departments be handled?"
Li Shanchang took the few pages of letter written by Yang Shaofeng from Chen Zhong, read them, and then handed them to Liu Bowen with a smile. He then bowed to Emperor Zhu and said, "Your Majesty, I agree to the reforms proposed by the Imperial Son-in-Law."
After reading it, Liu Bowen also bowed without hesitation and said, "Your subject seconds the motion."
Ok?
Emperor Zhu felt somewhat bewildered.
No, if we really reform according to the contents of the letter, one of you will lose some of your power, and the other will be burdened with the blame for offending people to death. Do you two have no objections?