Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 386 New Cabinet

When people are there, the tea will be cold when people leave.

This is the most vivid portrayal of the relationship between people in the officialdom and even ordinary people.

Li Daiwen was going back to his hometown. In fact, he was not too old, and he was far from the age of retirement. It was just that he had to go.

The rumors in the capital attacked him, and Ye Xun's merciless replies were like heavy hammers, which made him no longer have the courage to stay in the capital.

Especially when Li Daiwen packed his bags and left the city, none of his former colleagues came to see him off, which made him even more disheartened.

Li Daiwen didn't have a lot of luggage, and with a few family members and guards, a group of more than ten people and two carriages, he left the capital in such a desolate and anxious way.

As soon as the team arrived at the Shili Changting Pavilion, Li Daiwen's frame was stopped by someone.

"My lord, Eunuch Ye is waiting to see you off"

The servant's voice woke up Li Daiwen who was leaning in the carriage with his eyes closed and resting.

Slightly taken aback, then smiled wryly, then pushed open the car door, and jumped out of the carriage.

Li Daiwen is not stupid. The incident he encountered was full of conspiracy from beginning to end. Although he is not sure that Ye Xun did it, it is probably impossible to say that Ye Xun did not know.

On the stone table in the pavilion were a few small dishes and a pot of old wine. Ye Xun stood aside with his hands behind his back, with neither surprise nor joy on his face, no hypocritical pity, and no excitement of gloating.

"Hehe! I didn't expect that it would be Eunuch Ye who came to see me off in the end. The old man has finally left. Eunuch Ye is satisfied this time, right?"

Li Daiwen was talking to himself, not without resentment in his tone, and after walking into the gazebo, he sat down directly, without the help of others, and drank a full glass of wine by himself.

Ye Xun looked at Li Daiwen quietly, and said after a while: "Do you know where your mistake is?"

"What's wrong with the old man? Is there anything wrong with returning power to the center?"

Ye Xun sighed slightly, sat by himself opposite Li Daiwen, poured wine and drank a glass, and said: "It is undeniable that Mr. Li is a clean and honest official, and he is also capable of handling affairs. Given time, there will definitely be someone like you in the court." Li Dang as the center, Mr. Li, am I right?"

Li Daiwen was taken aback for a moment, he really hadn't thought about this question, but he quickly said: "The old man behaved rightly and walked well, don't care what others say?"

Ye Xun could feel the resentment in Li Daiwen's heart, so it's no wonder, who would be happy to be put on such a shit basin?
"That's right! You, Mr. Li, can act righteously and keep yourself clean. What about others? Mr. Li is knowledgeable and talented. You should know how many disasters in history were caused by party disputes!"

"Ye Mou came to see you off today, not to see your jokes, nor to explain something to you, I just hope that you can figure it out and stand up again. That's all, let's leave!"

After Ye Xun finished speaking, he got up and walked out of the pavilion, stepped on the horse, and left with a whip.

Li Daiwen stared blankly at the back of Ye Xun Juechen leaving, without moving for a long time.

He could feel that Ye Xun still wanted to use him, but he needed to reflect on himself, but was he really wrong?

Some things are just like this, the more you can’t figure it out, the more you have to think about it. Along the way, Comrade Li probably won’t be able to sleep well.

Before Li Daiwen returned home, an imperial decree followed him, appointing him as the magistrate of Zhending and taking office immediately.

Zhending was badly harmed by Xu Hongru before, and he needs a capable person to govern.

In this way, Li Shangshu, who everyone thought was going to leave the stage sadly, went directly to Zhending and started his official journey again.

Li Daiwen's accidental sacking immediately caused the cabinet to exist in name only. Soon, an imperial decree came out from the palace to move the Minister of Rites Yang Sichang to be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the scholar of Dongge University. Yuan Keli, the former governor of Denglai who was replaced by Cheng Yu, was appointed Minister of Rites. Later, Fang Zhenru, the capital censor of the Inspectorate, took over the vacancy left by Cheng Yu and served as the Zuodu censor.

In this way, the cabinet headed by Yang Sichang succeeded in forming a cabinet again, and still presided over the daily affairs of the cabinet by taking turns in power.

Needless to say, Yang Sichang, after a secret investigation, Yuan Keli and Fang Zhenru were both loyal and upright officials who were not purely in the township party, and they did not reject Ye Xun's style, so they were finally selected by Ye Xun.

As for Wang Yin and Zhao Ying, they stayed in the cabinet temporarily because they had no serious problems.

The first topic of the new cabinet is the sea ban that Ye Xun raised before.

Yang Sichang was very cautious and did not make a decision directly in the cabinet, but let the courtiers discuss it first, and finally the cabinet came out with a result.

Ye Xun very much agrees with Yang Sichang's approach. After all, this is not a trivial matter, and what he wants is not only to open the sea in Liaodong, but to open all the ports in Daming, so that Daming can become rich as soon as possible.

Now the officials in the court have a keen sense of smell, and they all know that Ye Xun is the real manipulator of the government, and Ye Xun has always advocated opening the sea. If anyone jumps out at this time, I am afraid that Shao Fuzhong will be a role model.

So when Yang Sichang proposed to have a court discussion on this matter, there was surprisingly no objection, and even the censors who caught whoever was complaining kept their mouths shut.

This matter is easy to say, but if it is really implemented, it cannot be done in a day or two.

Site selection, appointment of officials, construction of shipyards, etc., are not all done overnight.

What makes the officials most happy is that the imperial court directly handed over the port to the Ministry of Accounts for management, without adding additional internal prisons.

You must know that in the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, from the army to the localities, there were very few eunuchs who did not join in the joint affairs, but from this point, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty once again saw Ye Xun's mind and demeanor.

In fact, Ye Xun doesn’t trust eunuchs either. These creatures with missing parts have an almost crazy enthusiasm for money. Going to open the sea for business, maybe those port yamen will make them suffer.

The current Ming Dynasty court can be said to be very miraculous, the most powerful is the eunuch, but apart from Ye Xun, there is no eunuch who can touch the slightest power of the court.

This situation can be said to be the most popular among officials. In addition, after the Liaodong silver coin was sent to the household department, after the cabinet discussed, the salaries of the officials were raised by three tiers.

The salaries of ordinary officials in the Ming Dynasty were not high, and many Beijing officials even had to borrow money to survive, so Ye Xun's move was like a shot of chicken blood to the officials, which immediately aroused everyone's enthusiasm, and the court's work efficiency was greatly improved improve.

Of course, Ye Xun didn't need to be thankful, so the cabinet in this sector can be said to be well received by the officials, and even with Yang Sichang and the others, they handled government affairs much more smoothly.

Amidst the rave reviews, civil and military officials, as well as foreign envoys in Beijing, all received an invitation. The invitation was sent by the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. The content was to invite those who received the invitation to participate in the military parade. ten.

Why should it be set on this day?
Soon there were gossip rumors that Liaodong had been basically pacified, and Eunuch Ye wanted to mark this day as a memorial day, and would hold a corresponding celebration every year in the future
(End of this chapter)