I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 293 A Sudden Change

Zhu Houxun had been a manager in this world for many years, and had learned a lot of management knowledge without a teacher. He knew that if he didn't even look at the things he was asked to review, the people under him would become bolder.

What's more, the Silijian was Zhu Houzhao's secretariat, not his, Zhu Houxuan's secretariat, and he was not very familiar with them.

After all, you cannot have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others.

If he rashly threw everything away, if they had bad intentions and deliberately set a trap for him, he would fall into it without knowing it. If the trap was too big, then he, the Prince Regent, would definitely not end up well.

After all, he is only the Prince Regent, not the emperor. No one can punish the emperor, but that doesn't mean no one can punish the Prince Regent.

So Zhu Houxuan decided to be more alert. He took the pile of memorials and randomly picked one to read.
This is a memorial submitted by the prefect of Chenzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan Province. It talks about the long drought since the summer in Chenzhou, which has affected many farmlands and greatly reduced harvests. The prefect requested the court to reduce or exempt the summer grain collection.

This is a very common memorial requesting tax reduction or exemption. The Ming Dynasty had 1427 counties and 193 states, and many such memorials were received every year.

The cabinet's proposed vote is to allow the exemption.

The Imperial Household Department gave its approval in red according to the cabinet's opinion.

But Zhu Houxuan smelled something unusual.

What was said in the memorial was very simple, but Yang Boyan, the prefect of Chenzhou, said a lot of long-winded things. Zhu Houxuan turned directly to the last page of the memorial and saw the time when Yang Boyan, the prefect of Chenzhou, wrote the memorial. A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Wei Bin also noticed Zhu Houxuan's abnormality, and he asked in a low voice: "Your Highness."

"Hmm?" Zhu Houxuan came back to his senses. He closed the memorial and put it on the table, with many thoughts running through his mind.

"Your Highness, do you require a seal?" Wei Bin asked carefully.

Zhu Houxuan did not answer Wei Bin's question, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the memorials on the table.

He was thinking about whether or not to lift the lid. He was really prepared to give up on the matter of regent, especially after attending the morning court and watching the operating procedures of the cabinet and the Imperial Household Department.

But when the time really came, he found that he had no way of giving up.

Being regent is a power, but with power comes responsibility. He is accountable for all the decrees issued during his regent period.

He knew that there were many people in the court and the country who hated him. The salt industry alone had ruined the financial lives of countless gentry, nobles, eunuchs and royal family members, and Zhu Houxuan was still tirelessly poaching their talents.

Before, Zhu Houchun hid behind Zhu Houzhao, and the Royal Group was another system, and the Royal Group was also a solid block, so they couldn’t find a point to attack Zhu Houchun at all. But now it’s different. Zhu Houchun directly entered the decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty’s court, and he was the person at the final point of the decision-making process. The situation is different.

Again, he is not the emperor, he is just the prince regent. The emperor can be bad, but he is not qualified to be bad.

But if he didn't give in, he would inevitably come into conflict with the civil servants. However, Zhu Houxuan was not afraid of conflicts with the civil servants. Anyway, his identity and what he was going to do were destined not to be supported by the civil servants.

Moreover, Zhu Houxuan also knew that Zhu Houzhao would prefer him to fight with the civil officials more than he did when he was the regent. In this case, let's start to work hard. Anyway, from his point of view, there are many unreasonable aspects in the various systems of the Ming Dynasty, so let's change them if possible!

Zhu Houxuan made up his mind.

Wei Bin had been waiting for a while, and he didn't understand what Zhu Houxuan was thinking about.

"No need to print it for now," Zhu Houxuan said in a gentle voice.

After hearing this, Wei Bin looked at Zhu Houxun in astonishment, not understanding what Zhu Houxun meant.

Zhu Houxuan then clapped his hands, attracting the attention of the eunuchs who were reviewing the memorials, "Stop for a moment!"

After the initial confusion, several eunuchs in charge of writing quickly stood up and knelt in front of Zhu Houxuan.

"Get up, everyone. You haven't done anything wrong," Zhu Houxuan said with a smile.

Several eunuchs stood up quickly, and Zhu Houxuan said, "I have my own set of rules for doing things, so the process of handling memorials during my supervision should be changed."

The eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department looked at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what Zhu Houxuan was trying to do.
"Your Highness, this process cannot be done." Wei Bin advised bitterly.

"Listen to me first, then tell me if you can do it!" Zhu Houxuan interrupted Wei Bin directly.

"The changes are not significant. The main thing is that there is too much nonsense in many memorials. I need you to help me summarize the contents of each memorial, write them on a piece of paper, and stick them on the memorial like a cabinet draft. Each summary should not be too long, and should be as concise as possible, about a hundred words is best, but try to include elements such as time, place, people, events, and purpose of the memorial," Zhu Houzhao stated his requirements.

Wei Bin also calmed down because Zhu Houxuan's demands were not excessive.

"Then you can make your comments according to my ideas." Zhu Houxuan had quickly come up with a way to save effort. Although he was capable of working hard, he would save as much effort as possible.

"Yes!" Wei Bin hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and agreed. Several other eunuchs in charge of writing also agreed.

Wei Bin knew that doing so would affect the power of the Imperial Household Department, but since Zhu Houxuan was now the representative of the imperial power, the Imperial Household Department could bully foreign officials, but they could not bully the imperial power itself, because their power was derived from the imperial power.
"Also, sort out the recent memorials reporting disasters from various places first. I will deal with those memorials first." Zhu Houxuan continued to request.

The eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department had no choice but to agree.

"Get moving! Get moving!" Zhu Houxuan urged, clapping his hands, "Improve your efficiency!"

At the urging of Zhu Houxuan, the eunuchs of the Imperial Household Department quickly compiled the memorials reporting disasters from various places.

It was summer at that time, and various places were either suffering from drought or floods, so there were quite a lot of memorials of this kind.

Zhu Houxuan quickly read through the memorials he had compiled, and combined with the information in his mind, his smile became even colder.
"Please keep these memorials for now and deal with them in a few days," said Zhu Houxuan.

"Yes!" Wei Bin felt that he could no longer understand King Jing.
After using the new method, Zhu Houxuan began to review memorials by summarizing each one, and his efficiency increased dramatically.
When Zhu Houxuan returned to Nangong in the evening, he immediately wrote down a dozen place names and gave them to Chen Hong.
Zhu Houxuan began to deal with the piled-up documents of the Royal Group.
Zhu Houxuan suddenly felt that he was more tired than when he was a social animal in his previous life.
(End of this chapter)