finally--
There was silence in the hall for a long time, and it was still Lord Chen who felt that in the face of the ancestral precepts of Emperor Taizu, as ministers dedicated to the country's security, they really needed to give a reminder first.
We can’t corrupt the character of literati, right?
"Well... Elder Chu, the Taizu actually established an ancestral precept right behind you... Our cabinet cannot directly reject His Majesty's imperial edict. How about... Elder Chu, please consider sending this edict to His Majesty and let Him revise it before approving it?"
Chu Yi was stunned. There was such a thing in the cabinet?
He has been in and out of the cabinet for so long, but he has never even taken a straight look at anything on the wall, okay?
"Really? Did our great ancestor leave behind this ancestral precept?"
Chu Yi asked suspiciously.
The four people below nodded in agreement.
Chu Yi was at a loss now. He turned around and took a special look at the wall. There was indeed a sealed imperial edict hanging on it.
After hesitating for a moment, he raised his hand, took down the imperial edict and opened it.
The lines of words that restricted the power of the cabinet were written in a vigorous and powerful handwriting, and were undoubtedly the authentic handwriting of Emperor Taizu, who had numerous civil servants executed.
There are ten ancestral precepts in it, one of which explicitly stipulates that the cabinet is not allowed to reject the imperial edict drafted by the emperor!
To put it bluntly, your cabinet has abolished the prime minister's power to act on behalf of the Secretariat, but it has lost the right to reject imperial edicts.
Chu Yi just felt overwhelmed.
He was very unhappy in his heart. It was too unreasonable for an old man who had been dead for hundreds of years to write a piece of torn paper to have such an effect, but he could not openly refute the ancestral teachings of Emperor Taizu.
After all, he has reformed himself and is no longer the treacherous minister who treats imperial power as nothing.
A dynasty can be disrespectful to a certain emperor, but the glory of Taizu will surely benefit his whole life.
Putting the ancestral precepts of Taizu on the side of the table, Chu Yi was silent for a moment.
"Then forget about that and continue reading the memorial."
Several people were completely confused by the Prime Minister's sudden words, but they still continued to organize the memorials sent to the cabinet from all over the country.
According to Lord Chu's opinion, His Majesty's decree should be issued as an imperial decree.
What no one expected was that Chu Yi didn't mean that at all.
He had a lot of bad intentions in his heart.
He casually flipped through the documents on the table for a long time, and whether intentionally or unintentionally, his right hand touched the teacup next to him.
Following a clang, the teacup on the table fell directly onto the Taizu Zuxun next to it, and the remaining half cup of tea immediately wet half of the silk paper.
Noticing this scene, Chu Yi was shocked.
"not good!"
"This is bad, this is bad! This official deserves death! This official deserves death! I have actually tainted the ancestral precepts left by His Majesty the Great Ancestor!"
The remaining cabinet ministers: “???”
Chu Yi looked extremely flustered and funny. He kept blaming himself while hurriedly picking up the ancestral precepts with his hands and cleaning them.
But the imperial edict had already been soaked by the tea and was dirty, so no matter what was done, it would be too late to fix it.
There was no way out. Chu Yi's face was dejected, and finally he threw the imperial edict onto the table again.
"Come here, quickly take the imperial edict left by His Majesty the Great Ancestor and hang it up after it's dried and cleaned!"
Everyone: “…”
6!
As expected of you, Lord Chu, you are still the same. There are indeed ten thousand legitimate ways to deal with this matter.
What? You said it's inappropriate to openly disobey Taizu's will? Then let's put the imperial edict aside and talk about this first.
Anyway, pretending to be good in public but making trouble behind the scenes is a traditional virtue of civil servants since ancient times.
It is called CTMD.
Those who can sit in the cabinet may not be as good as Chu Yi, but they must be the top bosses of this country.
After all, they are all old hands in the officialdom, and they know the Prime Minister's intentions as clearly as a mirror.
They know it very well, but they don't say it.
Alas~
The purpose is to respect Lord Chu’s actions and follow Lord Chu’s words!
When the officials of the cabinet in the palace saw that the big bosses did not say anything, they naturally took it as tacit consent and took the imperial edict away obediently.
Well, now that the decree has been issued, when to blow it clean will probably depend on my mood.
Now, whatever is pent up in your heart can be put directly on the table and said.
After the officials below took the imperial edict out, Chu Yi looked at the elders present again.
"I have carefully considered your Majesty's decree and believe it was foolish. The Cabinet will not approve it and has rejected it. What do you think?"
Everyone smiled bitterly with helplessness in their hearts.
Lord Chu's skill in micro-manipulation is still perfect.
The so-called micro-control is a slight operation.
As for operation, it is often about control rather than details.
Everyone felt a little ashamed for a moment. Who taught Lord Chu, who was in his prime, all these twists and turns?
When Lord Chu was this age, I was probably still obediently serving tea and water to my superiors, right?
Even now, these old hands wouldn't be able to do this so blatantly.
After all, if you do something, you have to bear responsibilities and risks.
According to traditional rules, the cabinet, which should have been divided into multiple factions, reached a very tacit consensus during the period when Lord Chu served as the Prime Minister.
That is, put aside any ideas for the time being, and everything is subject to the decision of the Prime Minister.
After a moment's hesitation, the elders looked at each other and bowed to Chu Yi:
"Yes, Prime Minister!"
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