Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 221 Farewell
The weather is getting colder day by day, and the prestige of Xichang is becoming more and more popular like this cold wind.

Although Ye Xun is very low-key, he never does things low-key, and all the civil and military officials in the court know that Ye Xun has made great contributions to the new emperor's ascension to the throne, so he chose to remain silent about the existence of Xichang .

Ye Xun would still come and go to the palace frequently, to have conversations with Zhu Changluo, and to teach Zhu Youxiao martial arts. This was at the strong request of Zhu Youxiao. Wood is to practice the kung fu taught by Ye Xun for a while.

Zhu Youxiao is very envious of Ye Xun's ability to go high and low, and he practiced very hard, but it's a pity that he will never be able to practice to Ye Xun's level in his life.

There are too many memorials that Zhu Changluo has to review every day. In addition, his own education level is not high, and he has neglected the cultivation of his son. It has to be said that this is also a wonderful father and son pair.

Ye Xun remembered that Zhu Changluo fell ill within ten days of his ascension to the throne, and died within [-] days, so in the first month of Zhu Changluo's ascension to the throne, Ye Xun followed him almost every step of the way. Fortunately, he came here without any danger. .

It's not that Ye Xun doesn't want to follow the track of history, but he doesn't like Zhu Youxiao very much. How much influence it has, so Ye Xun wanted to make Zhu Changluo the emperor for a longer time.

Wanli and Nurhachi had already gone to see God ahead of time because of his appearance. Who dares to say that there will be no new changes in Ming Dynasty in the future?

Once a gentleman is a courtier, the court has never been a place to keep people.

In the long pavilion ten miles outside the city, Ye Xun and Fang Congzhe sat opposite each other, and there was only a jar of old wine on the table in front of them.

The old man who supported the Ming cabinet for several years alone was finally leaving. He took the initiative to ask Zhu Changluo to resign. Laid-off is inevitable, so Fang Congzhe's application for retirement was finally approved.

Lao Fang was in a good mood, poured a glass of wine for Ye Xun himself, and said with a smile: "I never thought that I have been an official for decades, and in the end you were the only one to see me off. To be loved by the mighty Eunuch Ye in Liaodong, this old man is worth it."

Ye Xun smiled and waved his hands, and then a guard walked over holding a package.

"I know Mr. Ge doesn't like these things, but this is a little bit of my heart, and I hope Mr. Ge will not refuse."

Fang Congzhe has been an official for decades, but his son ruined his family fortune. Although the court also gave him a pension, it was nothing more than a drop in the bucket for his big family.

Seeing Ye Xun order the package to be put in his carriage, Fang Congzhe sighed, but finally did not refuse.

Turning to Ye Xun, he said, "What are your future plans? But you still want to go back to Liaodong?"

"I knew that I couldn't hide anything from the old man. I really wanted to go back to Liaodong. Although it was a bit rough there, it wasn't so tiring. It's just that your majesty has just ascended the throne, so there will inevitably be some small things around the corner. I must ensure that your majesty is absolutely safe before I can go back to Liaodong." leave"

For some potential meanings, Ye Xun naturally couldn't explain to Fang Congzhe.

Fang Congzhe shook his head, and said: "Some people shout loyalty and patriotism all day long, but what they think about in their minds is fighting for power and profit. Only you are the real loyalty!"

"Mr. Ge is wrong. To say something disrespectful, I am loyal to this country and this nation. As long as it is beneficial to the people of the world, whoever is the emperor is the same."

"Teng!"

As soon as Ye Xun's words fell, Fang Congzhe stood up abruptly, looked at Ye Xun angrily, and said, "You, you are treasonous, you, me..."

Ye Xun quietly looked at Fang Congzhe who was about to go berserk, and said after a while: "Does Elder Ge think what I said is wrong?"

If he was young, Fang Congzhe would have fought Ye Xun because of Ye Xun's words, but now he has more energy than he wants.

After panting for a while, he finally sat down and said with a wry smile: "Sometimes the old man really doubts what your guts are? You dare to do anything, dare to say anything, if you are not from the inner palace , the old man has already reported you to His Majesty."

Ye Xun smiled, but didn't want to continue on this topic, and said, "What do you think of the Donglin party members?"

Fang Congzhe was obviously unwilling to entangle this issue, he was too sensitive.

Hearing Ye Xun mention the Donglin Party, he couldn't help curling his lips and said, "It's just a bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites."

"The old man has been in the cabinet for many years. I know that the tax revenue of the imperial court is shrinking every year, and the cultivated land is also decreasing in a large area. Although the mine supervisor is exploited, it is also an income of the imperial court. After the Donglin party members came to power, they did not think about how to manage the mine supervisor, but to cancel the mine tax, because these mine owners and the Donglin party members have close ties.”

"There is also the maritime ban in Jiangnan that exists in name only. Those who oppose the opening of the sea are the officials in Jiangnan the most, but isn't their family operating the sea in secret?"

The more Fang Congzhe talked, the more excited he became, and finally he said angrily: "Don't worry about it, I don't have the energy to care about this anymore."

Ye Xun knew that what Fang Congzhe said was the truth, even Wanli knew about these things when he was alive, but just like the Beijing camp, taxation and forbidden seas, isn't it an insurmountable red line?
But now Ye Xun plans to touch it, but of course he will not do these things blatantly, he will use a method of moistening things silently to infiltrate, and when the time is right, we will solve it together.

Lao Fang took a sip of wine to moisten his throat, looked at Ye Xun and said suddenly: "Is your boy up to some bad idea again? I can warn you, some things are absolutely untouchable."

Ye Xun laughed again, this old square man is really an old man, he can guess anything he thinks.

While Ye Xun was seeing Fang Congzhe off, a high-level meeting was also taking place in the Qianqing Palace.

In addition to the emperor Zhu Changluo, there are cabinet scholars Liu Yijing, Han Kuang, official minister Zhou Jiamo, and the minister of rites Sun Ruyou who was first minister and was promoted to minister the next day like a rocket, and the last one is also the newly appointed minister of the household department. Li Daiwen, but Li Daiwen is not a member of the Donglin Party.

The central topic of the meeting was that the court was out of money.

During the Wanli period, apart from Liaodong, the important towns of Nine Frontiers had already owed a large amount of military pay. After Zhu Changluo became the throne, in addition to adding officials, he also allocated a large amount of silver taels to the Nine Frontier Military Towns to reassure the army.

These things were originally good deeds, but after the good deeds were done, Zhu Changluo was surprised to find that the treasury was empty, and he was almost able to run away mice.

How can such a huge empire be maintained without money?Just today at the early court, Zuo Guangdou, the censor of the Inspectorate, also suggested that the emperor cancel the excise tax and mining tax in various places.

Zuo Guangdou is also a member of the Donglin Party, and his report is also based on facts. The mine supervisors and tax supervisors in various places are all eunuchs. These people have a natural preference for silver. There, it may become ten texts or more.

So when Zhu Changluo was not enthroned, he thought about abolishing the tax supervisors in various places, but after finding out that the treasury had no money, Zhu Changluo hesitated again.
(End of this chapter)