Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 406 Undercurrent is turbulent
Zhang Weixian once told Ye Xun before that the Beijing camp was a bottomless pit. Although he wanted to rectify it, but there were too many involved in it. As a generational British prince, he dared not move it lightly, let alone others.

But Ye Xun just didn't take the usual path. With the elite of the Liaodong Army, he forced the commander of the Beijing camp to hand over his military power, and then started drastic reforms according to his own will.

Zhang Weixian was very angry and helpless on the surface, but in fact he agreed with Ye Xun's actions very much. Later, no matter who came to him, he would pretend to be deaf and dumb, and would no longer participate in anything in the Beijing camp.

The old Duke's silence does not mean that other people can bear it, because the army has too many benefits, such as vacancies, vacancies, land, ordnance, etc., so the court does not need to spend a lot of money?
Before Ye Xun, these silver coins were divided in proportion by the major families, but now, after Ye Xun took over the Beijing camp, there was nothing left. How could this not make these nobles angry?
The meeting was convened by Zhao Nanqi. In addition to Xiangcheng Hou and Hou Ying, Zhao Ying, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and several other honorable relatives were present.

The lights in the secret room are a bit dim, which is suitable for studying some shady things.

"Everyone, the eunuch's knife has reached his neck. If we don't react, I'm afraid no one will have good fruit to eat."

The person who spoke was called Zhang Minglu, and his title was also Lord Marquis, a relative of Wanli's old lady's family.

Zhao Nanqi's eyes fell on the Minister of the Ministry of Industry of his family. It was his idea to spread rumors and write secret letters to various officials in Xinjiang, but it turned out that the effect of doing so was not great.

Feeling the eyes of his family's Lord Hou, Zhao Ying was also a little embarrassed. He thought that eunuchs would be unpopular, and as long as they climbed up and shouted, they would react in groups. Now it seems that he really took it for granted.

How can I say that a scholar has a thick skin, although he is embarrassed in his heart, he doesn't show it on his face.

"Everyone, there is a saying that if you want to take it first, you must give it first. Judging from the eunuch's posture, he wants to use the merits of Liaodong and the grasslands to intervene in the government. Then we might as well do what he wants and ask for it in advance." The cabinet clears the land of the whole country, and at the same time gives the eunuchs a title."

After hearing Zhao Ying's words, the brows of several nobles and relatives of the state suddenly frowned, saying that it is understandable to give Ye Xun a title. After all, his credit is there, but what does it mean to clear the land?Could it be that Ye Xun didn't clean up thoroughly enough?

But Hou Ying understood what Zhao Ying meant, slapped his hands, and praised: "Good idea, first hold the eunuch up high, and then find someone to persuade him to attack the land. You must know who the vassal kings outside are? It’s not that there are tens of thousands of fertile fields, what is the difference between eunuchs’ actions and taking their lives?”

With Hou Ying's explanation, other people also understood. In fact, Hou Ying and Zhao Nanqi had a good impression of Ye Xun in the past, but there must be a premise for everything, right?Ye Xun moved their cheese, no matter how pleasing to the eye!

Zhao Nanqi, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally nodded and said, "Find a scapegoat at Yushitai, and ask him to write a letter to His Majesty to make the eunuch the king of Liaodong."

Speaking of the emperor, Zhang Minglu couldn't help but said: "Let me tell you, do you think His Majesty has been killed by eunuchs? It's been so long, and he should be cured of any illness, right?"

Zhao Nan nodded at the starting point and continued: "Mobilize some clans to go outside the palace to make trouble, saying that they must meet His Majesty in person."

According to the ancestral system, the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty was not allowed to stay in Beijing, but it did not mean that all the relatives of the Zhu family were expelled from Beijing.

It's just that Zhao Nanqi's idea is really not very clever, because these so-called relatives have no power at all, and when they arrived at the gate of the palace, they were directly driven back by Jin Yiwei.

The emperor needs to rest, so he has time to take care of you?

Qianqing Palace, the cabinet chamber.

Yang Sichang looked at the memorial that had just been passed up, and his two thick eyebrows could not help but wrinkle together.

The memorial was written by a censor named Ding Feng of the Procuratorate. Ding Feng is a very ordinary official. Although he is a censor, he rarely bites others like other censors, but he doesn't know how he jumped out this time?

What puzzled Yang Sichang the most was the content of the memorial, because it was a memorial for Ye Xun.

Ye Xun’s achievements need not be recounted, and it is normal to be awarded the title of Liaodong King, but if you want to be directly named the King of Liaodong, you have to think of the things behind this book, because Ye Xun has long made it clear that he will not do this kind of Liaodong. king.

The cabinet is not one-sided. During the period when Ye Xun was not in Beijing, several members of the cabinet cooperated very well. Driven by them, the efficiency of the Ming court has also been greatly improved.

After ordering the little eunuch who was waiting on him to show the book to several other people in turn, Yang Sichang said, "What's your opinion, my lords?"

Yuan Yingtai snorted coldly and said, "This is obviously to put Eunuch Ye on fire, and to make Eunuch Ye a public enemy, so don't pay attention to him."

Wang Yin frowned, and said: "But Eunuch Ye's credit lies there. If the imperial court expresses that there is no such thing at all, wouldn't it make people in the world feel cold?"

"Your Majesty Wang is right. Although there is an ancestral system and different surnames are not allowed to be named kings, it depends on the situation, right? Ye Gonggong ruled Liaodong, but he had the merit of destroying the country. He expelled Mongolia and built the Xiongcheng, which can be said to open up the territory for our Ming Dynasty. Tu, this kind of merit can be said to be unprecedented, and there will be no one to come, why can't you be crowned king?"

Zhao Ying said angrily, if he didn't know, he would definitely think that he was Ye Xun's best buddy, and he was fighting for his buddies!

Zhang Quan watched coldly. Although the two of them were usually respectful to Ye Gonggong, Zhang Quan always felt that something was wrong.

Conferring the king involves court etiquette, so Yuan Keli had to speak.

With a dry cough, he said: "Grandpa Ye has indeed made great contributions to the court, but once you say it as a king, it is not advisable, not to mention that it violates the etiquette system, and it will cause a lot of troubles for Mr. Ye. I think this matter should be consulted by Mr. Ye." Comment! Let’s see what Eunuch Ye thinks.”

Fang Zhenru also nodded and said: "My lord Yuan's words are reasonable. It is really inappropriate to say that it is a king, but the reward is also necessary. You can't cool the heart of Ye Gonggong, but how to reward him has to be carefully considered."

Seeing that five of the seven members of the cabinet disagreed with Ye Xun's appointment as king, Zhao Ying couldn't help cursing inwardly, what good did Ye Xun do you for these old and immortal people, asking you to defend him all the time?
Just as he was about to open his mouth to speak, he suddenly heard a sharp voice from an eunuch outside the door saying: "My lords, the empress has issued an order after asking Your Majesty for instructions, please accept my orders."

The queen actually gave the order to the cabinet?What's going on?

The bigwigs in the cabinet couldn't help but looked at each other, and after receiving the decree, everyone couldn't help being even more confused.

But it turned out that the empress knew that the imperial court’s finances were tight, so she took the initiative to ask to reduce the palace expenses, stop all celebrations, and stop drafting women into the palace. Department management, all receipts are uniformly allocated by the household department
(End of this chapter)