The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 361 Change of Cabinet
Master Ge, don't give up eating because of choking!

This sentence hit Xu Pu's heart directly and made him very uncomfortable.

Xie Shen seized the only loophole in Xu Pu's words, and did not give Xu Pu a chance to fight back.

What can he say?As long as he refuted it, it would prove that Xie Shen's words about giving up food because of choking were right.

This seemingly unremarkable sentence has already made Xu Pu's argument pale.

At least with Emperor Hongzhi, Xu Pu was already at a disadvantage.

Xu Pu didn't want to give up. He glanced at Liu Jian who was standing aside, hoping that his assistant and friend could stand up and argue for him.

But Liu Jian stood with his head bowed and his hands tied, watching his nose, nose, nose, and heart as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Xu Pu was anxious and angry, but he couldn't attack again.

Well, when it comes to the critical moment, I really can't trust outsiders.

Emperor Hongzhi asked Li Dongyang and Xie Qian for their opinions, and the two assistants were naturally on Xie Shen's side.This made Xu Pu more passive.

Only vaguely did he realize that he had been isolated, and the emperor's attitude had also changed significantly.

Although the Son of Heaven did not directly make a decision, Xu Pu knew that opening the sea ban would be inevitable after today.

When he came out of Qianqing Palace, Xu Pu felt so helpless for the first time.

He glanced at the few colleagues behind him, only to find that they were all much younger than him, full of fighting spirit as he was ten or twenty years ago.

And Xie Shenxiu, who proposed to open the sea ban, is even more high-spirited.

Xu Pu felt that he had aged a lot in an instant, and walked towards the palace gate alone.

Hongzhi ten years, September [-]th.

The emperor issued an edict to open the sea.

Not only set up sea economic bureaus in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Ningbo, where the original Maritime Shipping Division was located.Institutions here were also set up in Yuyao and Fuzhou, which were directly managed by the governors of various places.

This means that the sea ban policy that lasted more than a hundred years has officially come to an end.

The opening of five ports means that smuggling sea merchants will be unprofitable and have to transform into serious merchants.

The far-reaching influence it brought to Daming is immeasurable.

On the second day after the edict was issued by the emperor, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xu Pu, a scholar of the Huagaidian University, wrote a letter to resign.

This was obviously unexpected by the emperor.

We must know that since Xu Pu replaced Liu Ji in the cabinet, the government and the opposition have been united, and the Ming court has been thriving.

Under such circumstances, if Xu Pu wanted to quit, Emperor Hongzhi would not allow it.

The emperor directly replied that it was not allowed, and Xu Pu played again.

The emperor is still not allowed
For Xu Pu, opening the sea ban means that his political demands cannot be realized, which proves that his political ideas are wrong.A generation of Ge Kui naturally couldn't bear this kind of insult.Retirement is obviously the best option.

But the emperor will not let people go.
In desperation, Xu Pu had no choice but to take sick leave and return to his hometown Luxi to recuperate, which was actually a disguised retirement.

This time the emperor could no longer refuse.

Because Xu Pu is 70 years old this year.

It is rare for a person to live to seventy.

Xu Pu is really old, even the chief assistant of the cabinet is no exception.

In this case, it is normal for Xu Pu to have serious and minor illnesses.

The emperor had to allow Xu Pu's leave, but kept all his official titles and salary.

That is to say, the chief assistant of the cabinet is still Xu Pu, but the actual government affairs are led by the second assistant Liu Jian.

This is really happy and sad for several families.

The joy is that Li Dongyang and Xie Qian in the cabinet advocate the ban on opening the sea.They have only been in the cabinet for two years and belong to Xu Pu's vassals.It is simply impossible to come up with a governance concept according to one's own ideas.

The controversy over the sea ban was an opportunity. They seized the opportunity and successfully got rid of Xu Pu's shadow.

The one who is worried is naturally Liu Jian.

Although he seemed to have taken over the power of chief assistant left by Xu Pu, he was scolded by Xu Pu's old disciples.

After all, as Xu Pu's political ally, he didn't stand up to support Xu Pu at the most critical time, which caused Xu Ge's political frustration, and he took leave of absence to leave the capital in anger.

Xu Pu was once a bachelor in charge of the Imperial Academy, and his disciples and old officials are all over the world.Liu Jian couldn't accept this kind of scolding.

He had to pretend not to hear, and mediate between the emperor and the officials.

And Xie Shen, who is proud of his spring breeze, has become the object of pursuit of civil servants.

Soon, the impact of Xu Pu's departure faded to the slightest, and no one even mentioned it.

The sun rose as usual, the officials were still busy handling various official duties, and the emperor was still diligently reviewing the memorials.

The court of Ming Dynasty seemed to be able to function normally without anyone.

However, it was said that the autumn day was breezy, Xie Shen came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate early in the morning, seeing his colleagues all looking at him with smiles, he subconsciously took a step back.

Damn, what does this mean? Could it be that Xie Shen was pushed to the position of leader of scholars by a memorandum asking for the sea ban?

Although the old man Xu returned to his hometown to recuperate, there is still Liu Jian.

Didn't this guy also stand on Old Man Xu's side at the beginning?

What does Liu Jian and Liu Cifu think of his colleagues flattering him so much?
According to the original history, Xu Pu became an official in the 11th year of Hongzhi, and Liu Jian, the second assistant, was the natural candidate for the first assistant.

Whether Xie Shen is willing to believe it or not, the fact now is that Xu Pu resigned early because he asked for the memorial to open the sea ban, and the blame has to be pinned on him no matter what.

Liu Jian will also be blamed by Xu Pu's disciples to some extent. In this case, all his colleagues praise and kill him, and Liu Jian is likely to blame him.

Xie Shenxu responded with a few words, then came to the case and thought about how to deal with himself.

Just thinking about it, Shen Yushi Shen Kuo, who was in the same year as him, came up to Xie Shen, cupped his hands and said: "Master Xie, I have something unclear about the matter, please explain it to me."

Xie Shen looked up, seeing that it was Shen Kuo, he smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter."

Seeing that Xie Shen had no airs at all, Shen Kuo was overjoyed.

"Your Majesty issued a decree to open the sea ban. Most of the places chosen to open ports are on the southeast coast, but there is no Nanzhi. Why is this?"

Xie Shen thought he would be able to ask such a nutritious question, but he was so helpless to ask such a question.

He wondered how the emperor's thoughts could be imagined by ordinary people.

When he wrote the letter, he hoped that both Nanzhili and Shandong would open ports.But when it came to Tianzi, he chose to open two ports in Fujian, and opened Guangzhou Port.

Although Xie Shen is confident that he can successfully open a port, he is not so frivolous that he thinks that he can completely control the emperor's will.

It can only be said that his theory was approved by the emperor, and he put forward suitable suggestions at the right time, that's all.

"Your Majesty's mind, is it something that my courtiers should think about. But..."

Xie Shen paused, then said quietly: "There are not many maritime merchants in Nanzhili. It is reasonable for the imperial court not to choose to open a port here but to choose another place."

(End of this chapter)