Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 587 You are the only one
It is now June of the first year of Longxi, that is to say, the young emperor of Ming Dynasty, the son of Ye Xun, is only seven months old, and now he has to find a teacher for him. What can he teach him?Or what can he learn?
After thinking about it for a while, Ye Xun understood a little bit, these old guys couldn't fix themselves, probably pinned their hopes on their son.

Let others teach their sons to clean up their fathers, only fools would do this kind of thing.

As an emperor, Wen Tao and Wu Lue are all necessary, and even a qualified emperor, his knowledge should be comparable to those of the world's great scholars.

But knowledge is only one aspect. If you let these old guys teach, I am afraid that apart from getting rid of yourself as a treacherous old man, the rest is just a matter of life. They will make them foolish to teach such things as following the ancestral system and any good children. .

So how to teach his son, Ye Xun already had his own idea, and he would not let these old scholars with rigid heads follow along.

Smiling, he said: "On behalf of the empress dowager, I have thanked several old gentlemen, but the empress dowager has already stated clearly that the empress dowager has already made arrangements for how to teach her majesty, so I won't bother others to worry about it."

It must be said that these old guys are quite smart, they didn't go directly to the palace to find Baozhu, otherwise Ye Xun should have asked Xichang's subordinates to talk to them.

While speaking, Fang Zhenru and others arrived one after another. Since Liu Wenguang, representing the Ministry of Rites, has come, don't leave the Ministry of Officials behind.

Ye Xun then ordered someone to call Chen Shancai, the right servant who was in charge of the daily operations of the Ministry of Officials, over.

Now except for the Ministry of Industry, all the chief officials of the imperial court have arrived. Ye Xun's living room is like a new cabinet. Ye Xun was excluded.

And Ye Xun will not always hide behind the scenes as before, and he cannot be left out of the court's major decisions.

It can be said that Ye Xun's mentality was completely forced out by the previous group of people.

After all the people arrived, Ye Xun took the lead and said: "I take the liberty to invite all the adults here. Please forgive me for being impolite. Let's make a long story short. I have a few suggestions, and some adults will help you to review them."

In the expectant eyes of everyone, he continued: "The heads of the ministries cannot be vacant for a long time. I propose that Mr. Chen Shancai should be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Mr. Liu Wenguang should be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Minister of the Ministry of Industry. I would like to hear your opinions." Opinion, if you can be competent, the Queen Mother's edict will come down soon. In addition, besides the six departments, I plan to form a Ministry of Finance. Opinion?"

When Ye Xun said these words, what kind of discussion tone did he use, he was directly ordering in an orderly tone.

As soon as Ye Xun finished speaking, Chen Shancai and Liu Wenguang hurriedly stood up to express their thanks. They had been in charge of the functions of ministers for several months, but they had not been formally appointed.

Strictly speaking, Fang Zhenru was also promoted by Ye Xun, and he was also the oldest among them.

After Ye Xun motioned Chen Shancai and Liu Wenguang to sit down, his gaze first fell on Old Man Fang.

It is a very pleasant thing to be respected. Although old man Fang is upright, he is not pedantic, and he also enjoys Ye Xun's attention.

Seeing that Ye Xun's gaze fell on him, he nodded and said, "I have no objection to Eunuch Ye's proposal. What I want to ask is whether it is possible to form a new cabinet after all the ministers are complete?"

Fang Zhenru's words can be said to have asked the aspirations of everyone except Ye Xun, and everyone's eyes subconsciously focused on Ye Xun again.

Ye Xun also knew that this was an unavoidable question, even if Lao Fang didn't ask, someone would ask it sooner or later.

But before he could speak, Fang Zhenru spoke again.

"Eunuch, don't misunderstand me. What I mean is that it is best for Eunuch to form a cabinet and act as the chief assistant of the cabinet. I don't know what Eunuch will do."

Ye Xun never expected that Fang Zhenru would come up with such a plan, so he stared at Fang Zhenru again, wondering what the old man was up to?
Ye Xun knew that Fang Zhenru was not a flatterer, even if this proposal was proposed by Yuan Yingtai and Zhang Quan, Ye Xun would not be surprised, but now it was proposed by such an upright and rigorous person, it is no wonder that Ye Xun asked more thought about it.

"Eunuch Ye, my lords, you must think that the old man's words are a bit too much today. In fact, these words have been brewing in the old man's mind for a long time."

"Grandpa Ye started in Liaodong, and what others saw was Ye Gonggong's illustrious military exploits in chasing Jurchen and conquering Mongolia, but few people pay attention to the current changes in Liaodong. The people are getting richer and the towns are getting more and more prosperous. Who is responsible for such a big change?"

"Furthermore, in terms of government affairs, Ye Gonggong took the initiative to lift the sea ban. Others don't know, but I know it. Last year, after all expenses were taken out, the surplus of the national treasury was nearly ten times that of before, and the salaries of officials were already three times that of before. Now, if anyone says that the lifting of the sea ban is against the ancestral system, the officials will definitely attack, my lords, am I right?"

"In order to carry out the New Deal smoothly, Eunuch Ye went to the south of the Yangtze River twice to return the land to the common people and reform the military household system of the guards. This not only greatly saved the court's expenses, but also made our Ming army an invincible army again."

"These are real things that happened. I can't speak against my conscience, so the chief minister of the cabinet must be Eunuch Ye!"

No one expected that Fang Zhenru would say such words, there was a moment of silence, and then everyone stood up, bowed to Ye Xun together and said, "It's none other than the father-in-law!"

Ye Xun was also stunned for a moment, then waved his hands with a wry smile and said, "You guys are going to put me on the fire!"

"I know that everyone has been wondering why I didn't propose to form a cabinet. To be honest, I have been hesitating. As a slave of the emperor, I hope that the monarchy will be stronger than the minister's power. But if I meet a good emperor, it's okay. He is a foolish emperor, with absolute imperial power, I am afraid that it will also cause immeasurable turmoil to the country."

"So I have been thinking about what kind of mechanism can make the imperial power and the minister's power mutually restrict each other, so as to ensure the healthy development of the country"

"Now everyone proposes me to form a cabinet. To be honest, I am very moved and sincerely thank you for your trust. But after all, I am an eunuch, and it is a taboo for an eunuch to participate in politics. I will never set this precedent. In addition, I think, in the end To form a cabinet or not? Let’s leave it to the future!”

Serving as the chief assistant of the cabinet as a eunuch is definitely not a good start. If a eunuch like Wei Zhongxian appears in the future, it will be a disaster for the country, so Ye Xun must dispel everyone's thoughts.

And through these words, everyone understood that Ye Xun didn't plan to form a cabinet at all, and left it to the future, that is, he wanted to leave this issue to the emperor who grew up in the future, but the problem was that he had to wait for the emperor to grow up and govern , How many years have to wait!
(End of this chapter)