Her Majesty Was Pregnant Before Entering the Palace

Jiang Ning raised her eyebrows: "Are you doing it for me? You don't want me to worry, so you don't want to continue to supervise the country. In fact, you still want to continue?"

"I do not mind."

"I thought you would be reluctant to let go of this feeling of power."

"Do you have the power?" Li Hongyuan smiled and said nothing.

Jiang Ning tilted her head and looked at him: "Did I say something wrong?"

"You're right, it's just not quite accurate." Li Hongyuan was silent for a moment and said slowly, "During this period of supervising the country, I found that being an emperor is quite tiring."

Jiang Ning smiled and said: "If you want to be a good emperor, you will have to suffer. If you don't want to be a good emperor in the future, you can just relax."

"Since I am destined to suffer, why don't I live happily for a few more years?" Li Hongyuan said softly, "What you said makes sense. My father is already very afraid of me. Otherwise, he would not favor King Zhao more. Maybe you don't know yet, This time your father and others encouraged King Zhao to lead the army to go on an expedition. Although my father had no choice but to agree, he was not very happy in his heart."

"Don't agree if he's not happy."

"Being an emperor doesn't mean you can do whatever you want." Li Hongyuan said, "Especially when trying to be a good emperor, there are many constraints. In the early years of the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu abolished the prime minister system and established a cabinet, precisely to weaken the power of his ministers. Rights have made the power in the hands of the emperor more concentrated. However... With its development to this day, the cabinet has once again become a behemoth that can compete with the imperial power. As the chief minister of the cabinet, your father also has the power to vote, regardless of his father. Neither I nor I can arbitrarily deny the memorial drafted by your father."

"Did you ever change my father's voting plan during the time you were in charge of the country?"

"No."

"Ah this..."

Jiang Ning once again had a clear understanding of the status of his cheap father in the court.

In other words, no matter whether it was a chapter submitted by the feudal officials from various places or a memorial sent by his officials, Jiang Ruobai could write down his handling opinions according to his own will and then send it to the emperor to read.

No matter what the emperor thought, he could not easily deny the content of the vote.

In other words, as the chief minister of the cabinet, Jiang Ruobai already has too much power.

Whether it is state affairs or official personnel appointments, it is his word.

If the emperor disagrees, he must write down the reasons for his objection. If there is no legitimate reason, the cabinet can oppose his objection.

Jiang Ning recalled her father's gentle, jade-like face that was always smiling, and asked, "During this period, have you been dissatisfied with any of my father's proposals?"

"There are some, too."

"for example?"

"As a concubine of the harem, you are not allowed to meddle in state affairs at will. Don't ask blind questions." Even though he said this, Li Hongyuan continued, "A few days ago, there was a vacancy for a foreign minister from the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Personnel sent it to be selected. Your father directly chose one from the list, and I am not satisfied with that choice."

"Then don't agree to his voting plan." Jiang Ning gave him an idea to trick his father, "If you can't object to the voting plan, just ignore it and don't let Eunuch Bingbi send six copies. This position is vacant, there are many officials in the Ministry of Industry, and there is a temporary shortage of one Yuanwailang, but it will not make it impossible to operate."

When Li Hongyuan heard this, he glanced at her with a half-smile: "Do you think my father has never tried this method before?"

"The results of it?"

"My father ignored the memorial and left the position vacant. The elders did not agree. They did not allow my father to be willful, so they forced me to agree."

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