Almost everyone believes that this "Ming Dynasty Central Reform Proposal" was written by Jingzhou and has basically nothing to do with big businessmen such as Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Mengfan.

The "Ming Dynasty Central Reform Proposal" first stated clearly that all land, mountains, forests, and minerals in the Ming Dynasty belong to His Majesty the Emperor, and His Majesty the Emperor was ordered to manage the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to assist His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in governing the empire, the Ming Dynasty Cabinet was established. The Ming Dynasty Cabinet had one cabinet prime minister and nine envoys. In the event of major issues, the cabinet could hold an enlarged meeting of the cabinet, and the members were composed of officials from the second rank or above in the Ming Dynasty.

The cabinet is responsible to His Majesty the Emperor, and its power comes from His Majesty the Emperor's authorization.

Under the cabinet, there are institutions such as the Central Secretariat Office, the Supervisory Office, the Dali Temple, the Guanglu Court, the Privy Council. In addition to the Guanglu Court, the heads are appointed by the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and carry out their work under the leadership and supervision of the Cabinet, and they are in charge of the administrative, supervision, judicial, consultant, military and other powers of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the Central Secretariat, corresponding to the local restructuring some time ago, functional departments with the same functions as those in charge of etiquette, law, office, taxation, industry and commerce, engineering management, education, etc. were established.

The Privy Council divided the power of the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of War into two, and the combat command power belonged to the Joint Office of the Joint Army. The remaining powers were divided by the Logistics Department, Military and Political Department and other departments established by the Privy Council. This is no different from Yang Yiren's memorial.

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The above-mentioned institutional settings are basically similar to the existing central institutions in Jingzhou. Even if there are any changes, they are not fundamentally changed. The most critical point is how the cabinet was created and how to assist His Majesty in governing the empire.

This involves the power of His Majesty the Emperor, and no restructuring can bypass this difficulty.

The "Ming Dynasty Central Reform Proposal" proposes that the Prime Minister of the Cabinet was elected by the enlarged meeting of the Pavilion and then appointed by His Majesty the Emperor.

This is the most critical point, which means that the Prime Minister of the Cabinet has little to do with the emperor, but only symbolically retains the right to appoint.

After the Cabinet Prime Minister was established, the Supervisory Office, Dali Temple, and the Privy Council were appointed by the Cabinet Prime Minister and automatically became the Cabinet Envoy. The other six Cabinet Envoys were also appointed by the Cabinet Prime Minister.

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This system is obviously tailor-made for Lin Chunhong. If it is really implemented, the entire central power will be controlled by Lin Chunhong until Lin Chunhong dies or is unwilling to continue to serve as Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

In the court, many officials saw that the court had a desperate situation, and contacted Jingzhou through their disciples and old friends, hoping to surrender first and find their own position in the new regime. Local bureaucrats in northern Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan were secretly engaging in the brothel, some publicly announced their support for the "Ming Dynasty Central Reform Proposal", and some even impatiently announced their implementation of local restructuring and publicly requested Lin Chunhong to send officials to assist.

In terms of the army, officers under Hong Chengchou, officers under Wang Jimo, Huang Degong, Sun Yingyuan and others remained silent and did not speak. As for the local garrison troops, there was no moral integrity. Some speculative generals publicly announced their support for Yang Yiren's decision to reorganize the army.

What caused the most sensation in the world was that Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou and his group of Liaodong generals took the wrong medicine. Without waiting for contact with Lin Chunhong, they publicly announced that the Guan Liao army would support Yang Yiren's army restructuring decision, and decided to take the initiative to adapt the Guan Liao army into three legions, becoming part of the Liaodong Field Army.

In the end, even the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, could no longer sit still. He did not attend court for several days and secretly sent people to Tianjin to try to contact Jingzhou.

The capital was in panic and everyone was thinking about the way out. Some soldiers, officials, and local gangsters saw that the ruling order of the capital gradually lost, and all took advantage of the situation to try to make a fortune in the chaos.

The capital is in danger, and robbery and murder can be seen everywhere and will fall into collapse at any time.

Once the capital collapses, the Jingzhou army will take the opportunity to enter the capital to maintain order. At that time, the court will lose any bargaining chips and be at the mercy of Lin Chunhong.

I know pine and cypress in the cold year, but I see loyalty in danger.

At the critical moment, Chen Qiyu took the lead and used Thunderbolt to rectify the public security of the capital and eliminated the hidden dangers of the Jingzhou army taking the opportunity to enter the city.

Given that Zhu Youjian lost his innocence and almost fell into a crazy situation, Chen Qiyu tried his best to stabilize Zhu Youjian's emotions, analyzed the current situation in detail, and came up with a realistic and feasible plan.

Under Chen Qiyu's comfort, Zhu Youjian regained his rationality. According to Chen Qiyu's strategy, he ordered the recall of the Imperial Guard Corps and the Jingguo Corps. At the same time, he took advantage of the opportunity that the Jingzhou army had not blocked the road from Tongzhou to the capital, and tried his best to gather food, grass and military supplies in the capital, and make complete preparations.

Chen Qiyu was very realistic and directly explained to Zhu Youjian that military means were not enough to rely on. At present, the only way to invite the Guanglu doctors to the capital to use public opinion as their greatest support to prevent Lin Chunhong from seizing power.

Zhu Youjian was angry and frightened, and could he have any ideas. He was like a puppet, following Chen Qiyu's advice.

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On the 20th day of the first lunar month of the 15th year of Chongzhen, Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou announced the reform of the Guan Liao army. This move was rebuked by the court and Lin Chunhong, and the two of them immediately stopped small actions and were not allowed to change the army organization at will.

Lin Chunhong and Chen Qiyu could see the two's attempts at a glance, that was, under the banner of reform, to completely turn the Guan Liao army into their private soldiers. Neither Lin Chunhong nor the court could tolerate the two's rebellious actions.

After severely rebuking Wu and Zu, Lin Chunhong decided to establish the Tianjin Martial Arts School in Tianjin to train officers for the upcoming military reform in the north.

Lin Chunhong also announced that in the future, Yidu and Tianjin Wubei Academy will no longer recruit students publicly from the society. All soldiers who are determined to become officers can apply for the Wubei Academy after serving for three years, and after passing the selection, they can enter the Wubei Academy to study. Only after the study period is over and after passing the assessment can they become formal officers.

From now on, the Military Academy will become the only source of officers.

This move suddenly cut off the possibility of Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou establishing private troops. Given that the Guan Liao soldiers and food and military supplies could not be self-sufficient, Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou had to stop their small actions.

On the tenth day of the 15th year of Chongzhen, the court announced that all Guanglu officials would be summoned to Beijing to discuss the country's status.

After receiving the convening order, a group of Jinshi, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Du Yinxi and other groups of juren entered the capital without hesitation, and no one left behind. However, the Guanglu doctors such as Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai, Zheng Mengfan, Hong Qiyun asked Lin Chunhong for instructions. After obtaining Lin Chunhong's consent, they also put down their business and came to the capital.

Chen Qiyu and Li Shaoyi immediately contacted Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Du Yinxi and other famous Guanglu doctors. They burst into tears and clearly showed the severe situation facing the court, claiming that only Guanglu doctors could continue the Ming Dynasty and prevent Lin Chunhong from using force to do his best.

Huang Zongxi and others agreed with Chen Qiyu's judgment. They discussed it over and over again, believing that the current central government could no longer stop Lin Chunhong from taking over the power. Instead of using brute force to confront him, it would be better to agree to carry out the central government's reform and limit Lin Chunhong's power from a system perspective.

Chen Qiyu, Huang Zongxi and others looked at each other with a sharp look, and first listed the focus of how the cabinet prime minister was produced. They believed that there were several plans for the cabinet prime minister to be produced, one was directly appointed by His Majesty the Emperor; the other was elected by the enlarged meeting of the Pavilion Pavilion; and the third was elected by the Guanglu Yuan.

The appointment of His Majesty the Emperor is obviously not feasible. After all, starting from the Wanli period, the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet were appointed by the cabinet, and the emperor accepted the cabinet. Now, it is of course not feasible to take another step back.

Although it is more extensive than the cabinet promotion, if the cabinet prime minister comes to power, almost all officials from second rank or above are appointed by the cabinet prime minister, then as long as the cabinet prime minister is willing, he can continue to be on the ground until his death.

This is obviously a hidden danger and should be opposed desperately.

If the Prime Minister of the Cabinet was elected by the Guanglu Doctor, this problem could obviously be avoided. After all, the Guanglu Doctor is not allowed to hold an official position and has nothing to do with the officials appointed by the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Moreover, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu and others also believed that the cabinet prime minister should be elected by Guangluyuan after the term expires.

This is the focus issue. Chen Qiyu, Huang Zongxi and others tried their best to make the emperor, and Lin Chunhong agreed with their plan.

When Zhu Youjian saw this proposal, he suddenly abandoned all his fantasies and became completely lost.

Zhu Youjian finally understood that Guangluyuan had no intention of supporting His Majesty the Emperor. Everything they did was just to ask Lin Chunhong for power on behalf of the literati and officials.

As for the emperor, they just took out the capital to bargain from Lin Chunhong!

The cruel reality made Zhu Youjian completely lose the desire to survive. That night, Zhu Youjian tried to hang himself in the palace, but was stopped by the keen Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun advised Zhu Youjian, the Imperial Guard Corps and most of the officers of the Jingguo Army came from the Beijing camp, which was enough to be trusted. The Imperial Guard Corps had arrived at the outskirts of the capital, and the Jingguo Army was about to arrive at the capital soon. Why not wait for the two corps to be deployed to let Lin Chunhong know the heavy price of the death-death battle after the two corps were deployed?

Zhu Youjian felt that Cao Huachun was justified and restored a little confidence. He did not object to the plan proposed by Chen Qiyu and Huang Zongxi.

Chen Qiyu, Huang Zongxi and others did not know about the changes in Zhu Youjian's mind and began to concentrate on persuading Lin Chunhong.

Huang Zongxi suggested to Lin Chunhong very tactfully that if the plan to elect a cabinet prime minister according to the enlarged meeting of the cabinet pavilion was elected, there would be no inappropriateness when Lin Chunhong was alive. Once he was old or returned to heaven, how could this system prevent the mediocre cabinet prime minister from taking power for a lifetime? In this way, the ultimate disaster will only be the people, and even bring the entire Chinese civilization into a state of doom.

Huang Zongxi also promised Lin Chunhong that once Lin Chunhong recognized the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he and Gu Yanwu and Du Yinxi would persuade all Guanglu doctors to elect him as Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Lin Chunhong flatly rejected Huang Zongxi's suggestion.
Chapter completed!