Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 655 Five Year Promise
The so-called important affairs of the imperial court are actually like this. The things that can be decided have already been decided long before they are made public for everyone to know.

Just like the lifting of the sea ban before, if you rashly raise it in the court, it is likely to be drowned in the spitting stars.

Therefore, whether it is the Imperial University or the reform of the imperial examination system, it must be carried out in advance, or even secretly.

But Ye Xun knew better that there were no real secrets above the court. Just take these officials sitting here as an example, who doesn't have many relatives and friends?

After the new year, the imperial court will make such a big move, others don't need to tell, can they also keep their close ones in the dark?
The answer is obvious. If these so-called secrets are leaked, they will spread infinitely outside, and this is actually the result Ye Xun wants.

The reforms of the past dynasties have rarely experienced bloody storms. Since it is something that will happen sooner or later, why not let it happen sooner?

So there will be labor pains, and after the pain is over, it will be a broad road.

This meeting was surprisingly long. After Ye Xun said it, Fang Zhenru also talked about the feedback from the censors who were sent to the place for internship.

These new censors were all passed the imperial examination last year. Now Fang Zhenru and others recalled that Ye Xun's proposal last year was actually exploring the way for this year's imperial examination reform.

Because of normal circumstances, except for a few scholars who can become officials, most of the Jinshi and first-rank scholars will be assigned to the Imperial Academy and other yamen to earn their qualifications and eat idle food.

But this batch of Jinshi is different. Except those who are well-connected or particularly outstanding can directly become officials, the rest are all given the title of Yushi, and then go to various places to find fault.

To practice the truth, only by really going deep into the place can we understand the people's sentiments and understand the way of being an official more practically.

Although Fang Zhenru questioned the reform of the imperial examination system proposed by Ye Xun just now, it cannot be denied that the method of letting these censors go down is indeed feasible. For this reason, Fang Zhenru has already greeted all the ministers. This year's method will be implemented.

After Fang Zhenru, all ministers also reported one by one.

Time passed quickly, Ye Xun saw that if everyone had finished talking before starting the meal, the meal would have to be served in the middle of the night, so he ordered people to bring the food and wine first, and everyone talked while eating.

Generally speaking, this year's weather can be regarded as good in all parts of Daming, but many projects cannot be said to be done this year, such as the Yellow River embankment, the Lianghuai River Basin and other places, and the dams in these places also need to be reinforced.

There are also deep wells and reservoirs to be built in the arid areas of Northwest China, and river courses need to be dredged, etc. There are so many things to do.

And these things are inseparable from the word money, so after everyone finished speaking, including Ye Xun, they all focused their attention on the newly released Minister of Finance and Li Daiwen.

Li Daiwen did not refuse, but directly pointed the finger at Ye Xun.

"Dare to ask Eunuch Ye, will we still need to launch troops there next year? If there is no war, then with the income from the treasury this year, whether it is water conservancy construction or the national economy and people's livelihood, the treasury will have enough silver. But if Eunuch Ye still wants to launch a war If so, it might not be enough.”

In fact, everyone knows that wars burn the most money, but the problem is that for so long, the war Ye Xun launched was not for the sake of the national interest?Moreover, the required military expenses are basically borne by the local government, and it seems that the national treasury has not been used!Not only that, once the army is dispatched, the benefits brought back are also quite a lot.

Now that Li Daiwen said this, it seemed that Ye Xun was running out of money to redeem himself.

Ye Xun was amused, this dead old man, why doesn't he know how to change his bad temper?Do you have to embarrass me!
Loyalty is harsh, Ye Xun still has this kind of heart.

But I didn't want Li Daiwen to finish speaking. In the silence, I just heard him continue: "My father-in-law must feel that the military expenses needed for each war are not paid from the treasury, so I don't take it seriously. Haven't done any calculations? Are weapons and ammunition silver? Does the transportation of weapons and ammunition, including food and grass, need silver? And this is only what can be seen on the account, the cost of manufacturing weapons and ammunition, Grain needs to be concentrated before it can be transported uniformly.”

Li Daiwen wrung his fingers and calculated Ye Xun's accounts one by one with froth, only Grandpa Ye was dumbfounded.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Ye Xun's daily life is full of opportunities. How can he have the time and thought to calculate such a detailed account?While tongue-tied, he didn't know what to say to refute Li Daiwen.

Li Daiwen drank his saliva and said again: "It is undeniable that the lifting of the sea ban has brought huge benefits to the court, but the construction of cities in Liaodong, road construction in the northwest, and land reclamation in the grasslands are also astronomical. Therefore, the next official has the courage to implore the father-in-law not to use weapons in three years."

After finishing speaking, Li Daiwen bowed deeply to Ye Xun.

After Li Daiwen finished speaking, the hall suddenly fell silent. Everyone knew that Li Daiwen was dragged down by Ye Xun because of his disobedience. He only returned to the capital for a few days!Now that he is so openly criticizing Eunuch Ye's actions, isn't he afraid that Eunuch Ye will kick him out of Beijing again?
After a long time, Ye Xun finally took a deep breath, and said: "My lord Li's kind words, Ye has been taught, and I solemnly promise to all the lords here, if it is not for the invasion of foreign enemies, within five years, I will never Resurrection Swordsman"

Old Li, don't you want three years?Let me be more thorough. I will give you five years to mobilize troops at that time. What else do you have to say?
Huang Taiji was not destroyed, and Annan's side did not stop. There were many places where the imperial court needed troops, and this did not include the future Western Expedition.

So Ye Xun also made up his mind to recharge his batteries and concentrate on developing the national strength first.

After hearing Ye Xun's promise, the eight court officials bowed together as if discussing it, and said, "Eunuch is wise!"

Everyone in this group of old foxes is afraid of offending themselves, but it's okay, they can spend these five years with their wives and sons.

With Ye Xun's promise, the atmosphere of the meeting became more relaxed. Everyone ate and chatted until midnight.

In the middle of the night, everything was silent, but Ye Xun did not feel sleepy at all. The reason why he agreed to Li Daiwen just now was that he wanted to let the court and the army recuperate and accompany his son to grow up. carry out.

Challenging the millennium-old imperial examination system is easy to say, if there is no tyrannical figure sitting in charge, and at the same time there are people making trouble, it is hard to say that there will be a big mess.

For example, the current capital city seems to be in harmony. If others don't say it, the drama of the three brothers of the Zhang family may not end so easily.
(End of this chapter)