The Beijing Patent Office actually divided the Patent Office in Jinling into two parts. Zhu Yunyu brought this half to Beijing to rebuild the Patent Office. All matters in the department were inappropriate to Jinling. Li Jie had helped Zhu Yunyu handle the matter of the Patent Office before, so he was not unfamiliar with the Patent Office.

Now Zhu Yunyu has gone to Jinling, and Li Jie has taken over the Patent Office. After all, except Zhu Yunyu, he is most familiar with the Patent Office. Now only Beijing and Jinling have patent offices. However, compared with Jinling, there are not many patent offices in Beijing. After all, the economy in the north has been damaged too much by war and has not been restored yet.

However, there are many special skills in the north, which can be applied for patents. However, because the Patent Office has just been opened in Beijing, people here are still unfamiliar with the concept of patents, and many people are unwilling to apply. After all, handing over their own skills to others will always make them a little worried.

So in this case, Li Jie also focused his main energy on patent promotion, especially some successful cases in the Jinling Patent Office, which were also taken out for publicity. Although the effect may be limited in a short period of time, sooner or later, the concept of patents will be deeply rooted in people's hearts.

After Zhu Yunyu left Beijing, he also sent back some letters, mainly about his experiences on the road, and also reported his safety to avoid worrying Li Jie and the others, especially Zhu Yuning, who is pregnant now, and her only younger brother returns to Jinling alone, saying that he is not worried is definitely fake.

In addition to the matter of the Patent Office, Li Jie also focused on Zhu Yuning. After all, this was the first child of the two. Although the naming problem caused him a headache, he would try his best to stay at home as long as he had time. Even Zhu Yuning's three meals a day were prepared by him.

Less than a month after Zhu Yunyu left Beijing, good news came from Jinling again. Old Zhu's health was just recovering and there was no problem, which made Zhu Biao finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, along with the above news, there were other situations in the court. Zhu Biao immediately summoned Li Jie to discuss, mainly because one of the government affairs was very important.

"What do you think? Isn't it a bit too harsh to issue this decree for the father now?" Zhu Biao asked Li Jie, who was reading a document.

"Since ancient times, the three ministers discussed the Tao, and the six ministers divided their posts. Since the Qin Dynasty, they were appointed as prime ministers, but they did not die. Although there were virtuous prime ministers, most of the people used them were vicious. Our court abolished prime ministers and set up five government offices, six ministries, chief inspectors, Tongzhengsi, Dali Temple and other yamen to divide the affairs of the world and fight against each other, and dare not suppress each other. The affairs were all in the court, so they were stable. In the future, the heirs were not allowed to establish a prime minister. If any ministers dared to submit a request for establishment, civil and military officials would promptly impeach the memorials and punish them severely."

Li Jie whispered the imperial edict, and finally sighed and said, "Although Your Majesty's intention is good, I feel it is unlikely to achieve it!"

Lao Zhu's imperial edict was read out in public not long ago when summoning civil and military officials at Fengtianmen. It was mainly to formally establish the decision to abolish the position of prime minister, and also stipulate that the emperors in the future were not allowed to establish prime ministers, and even ministers were not allowed to mention this matter.

When Lao Zhu killed Hu Weiyong, Lao Zhu no longer planned to become prime minister, but he did not explicitly stipulate that he would abolish the position of prime minister, but he would no longer allow officials to serve as prime ministers. However, now he has set rules that even descendants of later generations are not allowed to become prime ministers. This is a complete seal of the way for the Ming Dynasty to appear.

"I also feel that this is the case. The father always has a vigilance towards the ministers and will never allow the minister's authority to threaten the imperial power. Therefore, he decided to abolish the position of prime minister. However, since the Qin and Han dynasties, various dynasties have established the position of prime minister. The main reason is to govern a country's affairs too complicated, and someone must help the emperor share some affairs!" Zhu Biao nodded in agreement. His mind was still very clear, and he was not as vigilant as Lao Zhu.

In fact, the reason for this situation is very simple. The main reason is that Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao's growth environment are different. For Lao Zhu, both his parents died since childhood. He grew up in an extremely harsh environment and saw all the ugliness in human nature, so he developed a mentality of doubting everything. It can be said that Lao Zhu's suspicion is several times stronger than the legendary Cao Cao.

Thanks to Lao Zhu's ability, he was able to conquer the entire empire. Otherwise, with his suspicion, the Ming Dynasty would have been in chaos. As he grew older, Lao Zhu's suspicion became worse and worse, and all civil and military officials who held great power were the first to be affected, so Li Shanchang and others fell one by one.

In contrast, Zhu Biao's growth environment was much better. When he was born, Lao Zhu had already become a powerful man in his hands. Later, Lao Zhu's power became stronger and stronger, and Zhu Biao's life naturally became better and better. Even though he had experienced the sufferings of the people, the difference in status and status still made him like stars holding the moon since he was a child. So what he saw was more the beauty in human nature and was more willing to trust others.

This is also why Zhu Biao's evaluation in the court and the opposition exceeded that of Lao Zhu. Ministers were willing to compare with Zhu Biao. This is even the same as Li Jie. After all, Lao Zhu's bad temper is too difficult to serve.

"But now my father insists on forgetting the position of prime minister, and even strictly prohibits anyone from persuading me. It is difficult for me to speak. Will I really have no position as prime minister in the Ming Dynasty in the future?" Zhu Biao whispered again.

In the past, Lao Zhu did not explicitly stipulate the abolition of the position of prime minister. Zhu Biao thought in his heart that he could find a way to restore the position of prime minister after he succeeded to the throne in the future. However, now that the decree is issued, it is equivalent to Lao Zhu setting an unchangeable rule for his children and grandchildren, and he has no choice but to do so.

"Your Highness doesn't have to worry. Your Majesty abolished the position of prime minister, but the power of the prime minister cannot be abolished, so there will definitely be official positions similar to the power of the prime minister in the future. Maybe the name is not the Prime Minister, but the power is the same!" Li Jie also smiled again at this time.

Li Jie, who was familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, naturally knew that Lao Zhu had only supported his dynasty by abolishing the prime minister. Zhu Yunwen fell too quickly and did not set up a prime minister. However, when Zhu Di ascended the throne, he began to increase the power of the cabinet bachelor's power, so the later cabinet grandson actually became synonymous with the prime minister.

"This is true, it's just a pity that my father's plan is going to be left empty in the future!" Zhu Biao nodded first, and then whispered in a low voice.

Just as Li Jie and Zhu Biao were talking about the abolition of the prime minister, Zhu Di, who was far away in Goryeo, took a boat to sea. However, this time he was not going back to the Ming Dynasty, but was preparing to meet Zhang Dingbian on Jiuzhou Island. The ocean-going fleets that cooperated between the two sides were ready and could set off at any time.

Compared with the vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, who was in Goryeo, actually had much freedom. For example, Lao Zhu set a lot of rules for the vassal kings, one of which was that the vassal kings were not allowed to leave their fiefdom without authorization. The King of Zhou and others were once punished for this.

However, Zhu Di was not subject to these rules. After all, he was overseas and his fiefdom was also captured by himself. Zhu Ren was the same. It can be said that their brothers are the most free among the many vassal kings.

This time, Zhu Di went to Jiuzhou to personally send the ocean fleet to sea. After all, he also contributed to this fleet, and he was very yearning for America. If the fleet could find America, he would no longer have to stay in this small place in Goryeo.

Goryeo and Kyushu Island were very close, but it took Zhu Di to take a boat from Kaicheng to take a few days. And when he arrived at Jeju Island, his fleet also docked on Jeju Island, mainly because Zhu Di wanted to inspect Jeju Island, which is the most famous horse-producing land in Goryeo. Now nearly half of the war horses in his army are produced here.

It is also the importance of Jeju Island, so on the second day after arriving at Jeju Island, Zhu Di immediately led his team to the island's horse farm. There was a plain in the island. Now all of them have been planted with grass. Horses transported from the Central Plains gallop across the grassland, and there are shepherds who are careful to take care of them around.

However, just as Zhu Di was inspecting, a shepherd suddenly rushed over and then knelt down in front of Zhu Di's team with a "thump", stopping the whereabouts of the entire team.
Chapter completed!