In Wenyuan Pavilion next to Wenhua Hall, Wang Hua was wearing a red public uniform and sat in the first place. Looking at the civil servants in front of him, he said first: "My colleagues, maybe you will already ask in your heart why this official suddenly presided over the court discussion. There is no other reason. There are only two things to tell you."

"The first thing is about the resignation of my official, and I decided to resign from the position of chief minister of the cabinet."

After Wang Hua said that, he looked at the officials in the hall, and the officials were all shocked. Some were already muttering in their hearts, wondering why Wang Hua suddenly resigned from the position of chief minister of the cabinet. Could it be that he had offended His Majesty?

"You don't have to guess. This matter has nothing to do with anyone. It's just that Wang is old and weak, unable to assist the emperor and govern the people, and he can no longer understand the truth of governing the country."

Wang Hua said again, "Next, I have to say the second thing. After Wang resigns, I hope that all colleagues must be clean and diligent in government affairs from now on. Do not lie to the emperor and be enemies with the people. You have also seen Lu Zhaoji's fate. Don't think that you are an official in the future, and you can bully good. The Ming Dynasty also needs you to start a prosperous era for thousands of years, rather than because of your corruption, the officials force the people to rebel."

"The world has changed now. There are more and more business people, more and more migrant workers, more and more people who are literate, and more and more people who care about the country's affairs. We officials must be more cautious and honest. Otherwise, if we are forced by the public, if we embezzle from Taizu, we will be skinned and will be detrimental for thousands of years!"

"Anyway, Wang hopes that since we, the literati and officials, have the responsibility of the world, we should think that the people of the world are working hard to seek welfare." Wang Hua said, and stood up and bowed, "Here, Wang Hua said goodbye to you!"

As he said that, Wang Hua walked out of Wenyuan Pavilion and announced the end of the court's convention.

As a civil servant who had personally experienced various court changes in the Zhengde Dynasty, Wang Hua had many feelings and wanted to say something with these civil servants and officials of the same class, but he seemed to be very knowledgeable and could not say anything. It seemed that the only thing he could remind was to be honest and self-reliant and seek benefits to the people.

Although Wang Hua didn't say much in the last court discussion, the civil servants present seemed to understand the meaning of Wang Hua, the chief minister of the cabinet. They all stood up and bowed to Wang Hua. No one stood up at this time and said that Wang Hua shouldn't resign, nor did they say that Wang Hua should really resign early.

For the civil servants and officials of the entire empire, they were confused, divided, and even feared.

I am confused because I don’t know what to do to govern the world in the prosperous era, and my division is because everyone begins to believe in different governance concepts, and my fear is because I will be severely punished for corruption or other crimes in the future. After all, the ten tribes of this dynasty and the tortures such as skinning and solid grass have appeared.

After all, what will happen to the Ming Empire in the future depends on the choice of Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

All officials now only know how to follow the emperor's baton. It is always easier to adapt to brainless obedience than to learn after questioning, and it is easier to obtain actual benefits and avoid possible dangers.

Therefore, civil officials think that no matter what, just don’t go against the emperor.

Therefore, Wang Hua told them not to be enemies with the emperor, and they all agreed very much in their hearts.

But in fact, Zhu Houzhao did not hope that all officials would obey him unconditionally like slaves. After all, he never thought of becoming an emperor who could do his own things. His purpose was to turn the Ming Dynasty into a democratic and free country.

Zhu Houzhao knew that now the emperor could do whatever he wanted through violent rule. Human natural rights were life, freedom, and property. He could own it in this Ming Dynasty. He could even deprive others of his life, freedom and property, and thus make himself richer and free, and he could do whatever he wanted.

However, sooner or later, you have to pay it back.

Doing this yourself will only intensify the conflict between you and others. If you continue to deprive others of your life, freedom and property rights, after all, this is the most basic right of a person. Once you intensify this conflict, others will try their best to deal with them.

And the emperor had to fall into the busyness of his daily life to maintain his violent rule, but he still couldn't help but live in fear.

Zhu Houzhao is not a coward who is afraid of struggle, but he does not want to deprive others of their right to have life, freedom, and legal property. After all, he is a civilized person who travels through the past from modern times, not a barbarian who travels through the past from primitive society.

What's more, people have natural rights such as life, freedom, and property, and also their own social obligations.

As an emperor, Zhu Houzhao also has his own responsibilities. He will not only enjoy his own rights and not bear the responsibilities of being an emperor.

Zhu Houzhao admitted that he had taken too extreme measures in the initial face of the civil servants' suppression of the monarch, but he did not regret it. He had to use barbaric means to deal with barbaric. If a barbaric force appeared in the future, he would still raise his butcher knife.

But this does not mean that he will give up the order to establish a civilized world.

Zhu Houzhao respected Wang Hua's choice to resign.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao also chose Liu Yu as the chief minister of the cabinet according to the established practice.

Liu Yu also recommended Wang Qiong as the secondary assistant according to inertia, recommended Kang Hai to join the cabinet and participate in the operation.

Whether it is Emperor Zhu Houzhao or the civil servants at the top of the empire, it seems that they still follow the inherent conventions to exercise their own power to ensure the fairness of the distribution of power in the empire.

According to modern civilization, human rights are given to people and sovereignty lies in the people. The state system should be elected by the people, and the people give the state the power to manage itself.

In other words, officials like the chief minister of the cabinet who may have the highest executive power in the empire should be elected and appointed by the people.

However, the Ming Dynasty did not have this electoral system, and even this awareness. The cabinet chief was appointed by the emperor, and even the highest administrative power of the cabinet chief was granted by the emperor.

But as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao found it difficult to know which person is the cabinet chief who is the cabinet chief who truly meets the requirements of the people. He wanted every official to give a speech to let himself know who is more suitable, but he found that he did not have the energy and the daily government affairs that the country constantly encounters and urgently needs to deal with every day does not allow him to have time to choose a more suitable prime minister.

Zhu Houzhao can only choose according to the convention, retire the primary assistant, and replace the secondary assistant, and then take turns according to the qualifications, regardless of the wise and the ignorance. This is the most fair and the most uncommon one is the bureaucratic class.

On the contrary, if you rashly appoint an official with outstanding abilities as the chief minister of the cabinet and do not follow the qualifications, then the second and third ministers of the cabinet will definitely be dissatisfied.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao still had to appoint the cabinet chief as usual.

Liu Yu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, also recommended Wang Qiong as the second assistant of the cabinet as the custom. Although Emperor Zhu Houzhao has given him the power to recommend Grand Secretary and Six Ministry officials, he did not dare to be nepotist or only appoint people who are consistent with his political views, and he could only follow the customs.

Zhu Houzhao found that as a person within the empire rule, it is sometimes difficult to carry out a thorough reform and it is difficult to change the status quo. It is not that everyone does not understand the principle of relying on the merits, but no one can break the existing rules.

Liu Yu became the chief minister of the cabinet, so he was naturally very happy and cooperated with His Majesty Emperor Zhu Houzhao. He only followed Xiao Gui and Cao Sui's method, and had no intention of facing His Majesty Emperor.

Wang Qiong became the second assistant in the cabinet and was very happy. He had begun to maintain health. He ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddha's name every day, stayed away from beauty, paid attention to his style, and became honest and dedicated. It was obvious that he wanted to prepare for himself to be the first assistant in the cabinet in the future.

Kang Hai also thanked Zhu Houzhao, expressed his kindness to recommend Liu Yu, and wrote several poems praising the court, after all, the court made him a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

None of the officials had any objections. They all thought that this was a normal change of court officials after Wang Hua resigned from the cabinet chief. If it were not for this, it would make people feel uneasy.

The people are even more lazy to care about who the chief minister is and who the second assistant is.

The only one who was dissatisfied was Zhu Houzhao. What he was dissatisfied was that even though he had given up power, he still could not let the Ming Dynasty embark on the path of political democracy. What made him even more depressed was that although he was not satisfied with the results he had made, the officials, scholars and people were very satisfied with him, and they praised him, as a king, as quiet and indifferent, and let it go without disturbing the people and chaotic politics.

Perhaps for many people below, it is really a good thing for leaders not to mess around.

But for leaders, can they be considered a leader without troubling yourself? What is the difference between them and the Walking Dead?

Zhu Houzhao has this mentality now. He clearly wanted to change something, but he still couldn't change the political structure within the empire. But now he can only let it go and slowly change it.

On this day, Zhu Houzhao came to the National Academy of Administration.

The National School of Administration is one of the new things that Zhu Houzhao brought to the Ming Dynasty. It was an official training institution established by him using the emperor's power. The most obvious difference between it and the Hanlin Academy is that the National School of Administration more clearly stated that it is the base for training imperial officials.

The National Academy of Administration is also located in Royal West Garden. It is a building with cement and stone as its main components. The classrooms are all covered with glass windows, not far from the University of Kowloon and the Royal Industrial Experimental Base, so that traditional officials who are studying can get close to new knowledge and new things.

Zhu Houzhao believed that what the officials of this era lacked was not intelligence but only experience, but Confucian Neo-Confucianism imprisoned their thoughts, rather than being really stupid. Therefore, he felt that allowing these officials to be exposed to new knowledge and new things may be better at transforming this country than himself.

The Governor Cong Lan, the Censor of the Cao Transportation Commission, was one of the senior officials who were selected to go to Beijing for training in the National Administrative Academy. At this moment, he was amazed at the construction of the National Administrative Academy in the Ming Dynasty. He did not expect that cement could make the house ten stories high.

Cong Lan had to sigh at the difference in the imperial capital, but he was even more surprised when he took the first lesson, because in the first lesson, he saw Zhang Cong, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, actually took out a small white stick, and then easily wrote the three words "human rights", "state" and "decentralization" on the prominent black wall.
Chapter completed!