The next day, Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun went to the academy to attend classes as usual, and there was nothing unusual on their faces.

It's just that the two didn't go home after the day's course, but went directly to the palace.

Gu Jingyun went straight to the Hall of Qinzheng, Li Baolu was led to the harem, and then transferred from the harem to the apse of the Hall of Qinzheng. The four imperial doctors were all in the side hall of the apse. When they saw Li Baolu, they greeted each other and soon entered into a discussion middle.

After Li Baolu left yesterday, the four of them improved the treatment plan, including some simple requirements on His Majesty's work and rest time.

This kind of thankless job was naturally handed over to Li Baolu in the end, and the reason why Li Baolu entered the palace was also to bear this responsibility - a bridge of communication between the emperor and the imperial doctors.

The emperor wanted to know his true physical condition, but the imperial doctors always used words to prevaricate him. As time passed, he could not believe what they said, so he needed Li Baolu.

Of course, Li Baolu's medical skills and pulse rate are not as good as those of the imperial doctors in Taiyuan Hospital, but she is not an imperial doctor, so she will tell the truth.

So as soon as the emperor noticed that the imperial doctors dropped their book bags again, he immediately recruited Li Baolu.

He may still have a little understanding of what the imperial doctors said, but he can understand through Li Baolu's interpretation.

However, the imperial doctors had many words that were difficult to utter, and many demands that they did not dare to force. Most of the conversations with the emperor were half-sentenced, not only for the sake of their own safety, but also for the sake of their families.

But now there is a bridge, all bad words can come out of her mouth and reach the emperor's ears. Of course the imperial doctors are happy, so they took Li Baolu to explain in detail.

Because they wanted something, so when Li Baolu took out a small notebook and asked various medical questions, the four imperial doctors answered them very carefully, allowing Li Baolu to solve many difficult problems.

The five people were chatting happily, Gu Jingyun accompanied the emperor and the crown prince back to the apse, and the little eunuch came to invite the five people to go for consultation.

The four imperial doctors quickly looked at Li Baolu.

Li Baolu turned around calmly and said, "Let's go."

Brother Jing Yun had already analyzed it last night, and the emperor was furious when he asked her to take a pulse and see a doctor.

After two or three times, when the emperor and the imperial physicians find a point that is acceptable to both sides, she will not be needed after running-in.

And the emperor is still the former emperor, he has a gentle and gentle personality, so he won't be afraid of Baolu, on the contrary, he will trust her even more, otherwise she wouldn't be able to leave the palace last night.

You must know that these four imperial doctors have been living in the palace this month, and Xu Yuanzheng has not been out of the palace for three months.

It is also because the health is often bad nowadays. Since he ascended the throne, the imperial doctor who was taking his pulse and visiting his patients often stayed in the palace and was not allowed to go out. Once or twice, people would suspect that the emperor was seriously ill, but he still had no change every day. Go up to court, and after four or five times, everyone will be familiar with it.

So now the only people who know that the emperor is sick, apart from himself and the imperial doctor, are the queen mother and the prince. Of course, Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu are added now.

Li Baolu and the imperial doctors knelt down to salute the emperor, got up and handed him the treatment plan directly, saying frankly: "Your Majesty, if you want to take good care of your body, you must first ensure that your daily routine can follow the above."

The emperor looked at the plan in his hand indifferently, and remained silent.

Li An quietly stood on tiptoe and tilted his head to look over, and silently looked away after a while.

If he really had to follow the schedule above, the emperor would not even have two hours a day to deal with official documents.

Who will handle the government affairs that his father cannot handle in the end?

The prince wept silently in his heart, then he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and said, "Royal father, the most important thing is to take care of your health."

The emperor closed the plan, threw it on the table beside him, looked at him with a half-smile and asked, "Then you may handle state affairs for me?"

The crown prince lowered his head, "My son will do his best, if there is something he doesn't understand, there are elders in the pavilion."

The emperor lowered his eyes and remained silent.

In fact, half of Dachu's government is now in the hands of the crown prince, otherwise if he bowed down to everything, he would have died long ago.

The prince has to go to the cabinet to handle half of the government affairs every day, and he has to go to the official department to observe the government. In two years, he only finished the household department, the criminal department, and there are three other departments besides the official department. It is estimated that it will take another two years to be enough .

In addition to these two important tasks every day, he also has to deal with the affairs handed over to the Prince's Mansion and listen to Gu Jingyun's teachings. It can be said that his time is already too full, so how can he bear to let his son spoil his life? His own body to handle the affairs of state for him?

Anyway, no matter how hard you try, there is only one and a half years...

As soon as this thought came to the emperor's mind, he heard a long sigh beside him.

He turned his head to see that Gu Jingyun had already stepped forward two steps forward and cupped his hands: "Why don't your majesty delegate power to the six departments?"

The emperor and the prince frowned at the same time.

The kings of all dynasties were committed to centralizing power in the central government. For this reason, they set up a special cabinet to directly obey the king's orders and reduce the power of the six ministries. Why do they want to delegate power to the six ministries now?

"Although I have not served in the six departments, I have read the six records of the previous dynasty and this dynasty. Only from the case records, there are two shortcomings in the six departments."

The emperor knew that although Gu Jingyun had never been to the six ministries, the crown prince would ask him about the affairs of the ministries when he was observing the affairs of the ministries, and Gu Jingyun taught him without difficulty. If he only learned the shortcomings from the case records, he would kill him. I don't believe it.

Therefore, the emperor nodded and asked, "Which two items?"

"One, there are too many people. One matter may require several people, or even several departments to deal with it repeatedly. In addition to the complicated rules, it is because of the heavy staff. If the rules are simplified, there must be many people who have nothing to do It can be done. Second, the cabinet involves too much power. Your Majesty, the previous dynasty abolished the prime minister and set up a cabinet. The specific rules for the opening of the horse market, security fortifications, and the appointment of some local officials do not need to go through the hands of the cabinet..."

The four imperial doctors wanted to plug their ears, or dig a hole to bury themselves, pretending that they did not exist.

Gu Jingyun was too ruthless, these two issues offended all the civil and military officials in the court.

If there are too many staff, you have to lay off staff. It is so easy for everyone to become an official. Who wants to go home and farm like that?

If the cabinet involves too much power, it has to be reinstated. Who is willing to hand over the power they have acquired?

Although they are doctors who see a doctor, they also know such a simple question.

Most importantly, their original intention was to let the emperor have a good rest, not to make him overworked. Isn't the mention of these two items at this time to find work for the already busy and tired emperor?

Is this to help them, or to harm them?

But the crown prince quickly realized, cupped his hands and bowed to Gu Jingyun, "Please teach me, sir."

The emperor also looked at Gu Jingyun with a smile, "Then what should we do in your opinion?"

"Decentralization, let the six departments handle some matters that can be handled by the six departments, and no longer need to report to the cabinet and His Majesty. Only some important and difficult matters need to be reported. Your Majesty, there are too many backlogs in the cabinet. Not only you and the prince, The five elders spent two-thirds of their time in the cabinet, which is too long."

"Except for local emergency memorials, most of the submissions through the six ministries can be decided by themselves, and there is no need to submit them to the cabinet and His Majesty. You must know that at the beginning of the cabinet's establishment, except for major state affairs, other matters will not be consulted with the cabinet. "

"I'm afraid the cabinet will not agree, and there will be some disputes." The emperor sighed.

Gu Jingyun said indifferently: "Your Majesty is too worried. The five elders are all loyal ministers for the country and the people. They will understand your majesty's hard work, and they will also understand the difficulty of the six officials. If they are unwilling to delegate power, then You can only abolish the six officials, and you can't waste the people's tax revenue, right?"

Li Baolu blinked her eyes and added in a low voice: "Moreover, the elder Ge is also serving as the minister of six books. Does Your Majesty think they will not agree?"

It should be said, do they dare not agree?

The emperor and the prince understood in seconds.

Generally, the cabinet bosses usually select four people from the six ministries, and there are exceptions, but there are always six ministers in the cabinet, as many as four, and as few as one.

Now, three of the five cabinets are concurrently serving as ministers, saying that they are delegating power, but they are also delegating power from their own hands to their subordinate officials.

Of course, it is better to hold the power in their own hands, but do they dare to offend the vast number of six officials?

Regardless of their low rank, they are only six or seven ranks, but they are numerous in number and involve a lot of people, and the officials of the first and second ranks all slowly climbed up from the sixth and seventh ranks.

Gu Jingyun threw this problem to the cabinet. If they don't want to decentralize power, then you can remove the officials yourself, remove the idle officials, or put them in the local area.

Either way, there is always one you have to compromise on.

Gu Jingyun had wanted to do this a long time ago, but he didn't hold real power, and he didn't want to get involved in the quagmire of politics, so he turned a blind eye and closed his eyes as if he didn't see it. He only taught Li An with his heart, and planned to wait for his status It is stable, and Ang Lee will reform it by himself when he promises everything.

But now seeing a few people who are bothering you and me sad because of the "busy government affairs", he couldn't help but say a few more words.

Who makes the people who are troubled by this are the people they care about?

Not to mention Baolu, Li An is his disciple, and the emperor is also his favorite emperor, so since they are unhappy, then transfer the unhappy and let others feel unhappy.

Both the emperor and the prince were moved.

The power of the cabinet is indeed too great. In fact, many of the powers of the cabinet now belong to the six ministries, but as time goes by, the status of the six ministries is getting lower and lower, the power of the cabinet is getting deeper and deeper, and some affairs are also habitually ruled out. Handing over to the cabinet made them more and more powerful.

Now Gu Jingyun's proposal is nothing more than moving closer to the past, returning the power that originally belonged to the Six Departments to the Six Departments.

Only in this way, the power in the hands of the emperor was also reduced.

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