In general, Ye Xun's negotiations with the cabinet were quite smooth, and the ministers agreed to carry out the ceremony of canonizing the crown prince when they went to work in the imperial court after the year.

Why do you want to say that Ye Xun's conversation with the cabinet is a negotiation? Because there is a question of the distribution of benefits involved.

First of all, Ye Xun must ensure the authority of the cabinet, and at the same time, he must not interfere too much in the cabinet's decision-making.

In return, the cabinet will also absolutely support Ye Xun's various initiatives.

It is necessary to canonize the crown prince, and the fact that Wei Guogong has repeatedly harmed Ye Xun is also conclusive evidence, Yang Sichang and others only hope that Ye Xun will not be involved too widely, after all, after the Xu family is a hero, if it is too desperate, it is not conducive to the stability of Jiangnan, and it is best to do it secretly.

The only thing that Yang Sichang and others disagree with is Huang Taiji's occupation of Korea, because if this opening is opened, other subject countries will also follow suit? This was a great blow to the prestige of the Celestial Empire.

Although Ye Xun repeatedly assured that it was only temporary, after some debate, Yang Sichang and others came to the conclusion that Ye Xun could make some promises to Huang Taiji in private, but it would never represent the imperial court.

Ye Xun had no choice but to put this matter aside for a while and talk about it after the New Year.

As everyone knows, Ye Xun's attitude of appropriate compromise is the reason why the cabinet fully supports him, otherwise I am afraid it will be another situation.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Ye Xun finally received a detailed report from Sun Dong, Yuan Liang was picked up by Sun Dong, and Sun Dong directly made him disappear completely, but Han Ping was not, and Ye Xun had to nod his head to deal with him.

Looking at the secret report in his hand, Ye Xun couldn't help but be silent, he was a nostalgic person, it can be said that the birth of artillery and the improvement of the production of muskets, Han Ping contributed a lot, but this cannot be a reason for his betrayal.

You must know that once these things fall into the hands of the enemy, and then create muskets and artillery to attack the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many soldiers and civilians will die because of this, so Han Ping's crime can never be forgiven, even if he has great merit.

After pondering for a long time, Ye Xun finally wrote on the instructions: "Let him go decently, and don't implicate his family"

According to the normal law, Han Ping's actions are all to raid his family and exterminate the clan, and Ye Xun's ability to do this is already the greatest forgiveness for Han Ping.

Retracting his thoughts, his attention was focused on the businessman mentioned by Sun Dong and Hu Jiucheng.

Could it be that the Xu family's father and son sent someone to do it? It doesn't seem to be quite like it, although the father and son of the Xu family hate themselves, they also know that firearms are related to national security, and they will not touch this line, and with the net worth of the Xu family, they can't use this means to make money.

However, whether it was done by the Xu family's father and son, his grievances with the Xu family's father and son should be settled.

Those who count people are also counted as people.

To deal with these two masters, there is no need to directly send troops to lock them, and they can't engage in assassination, so that their two masters will die like an accident.

In fact, Ye Xun can not notify the cabinet of this matter at all, but the father and son of the Xu family are not ordinary people after all, and there are many people who know the grievances between their father and son and Ye Xun.

What to say in what position, the higher the status, the less you can do what you want.

After giving a few orders to Xiang Biao, who was still in Jiangnan, the guards came to report, and Yuan Yingtai, the secretary of the military department, and Zhang Quan, the secretary of the household department, asked to see him.

These two are Ye Xun's descendants, and there are two days to go before the New Year, at this time, when they come to the door, there must be something important to discuss, and they are busy ordering the guards to invite the two in.

The demeanor of the two of them was very relaxed, obviously it was not a big deal, but it made Ye Xunbai worried.

Shi Li sat down, and the next person served tea, Yuan Yingtai took the lead and smiled: "It's going to be the New Year, my father-in-law won't think that we are here to give you a gift, right?" ”

Ye Xun also smiled and said, "If you govern the court well, it will be the biggest gift for me, say it!" If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do, I don't believe you're okay! ”

Yuan Yingtai glanced at Zhang Quan and motioned for him to speak first.

Zhang Quan then coughed dryly and said, "The lower official just wants to ask, does the father-in-law who said before that he want to temporarily recognize Huang Taiji's occupation of North Korea, is he not going to use troops next year?" ”

Zhang Quan was originally a magistrate, but after two years of training in the center of the imperial court, he has made rapid progress in all aspects, and he has become more and more thorough.

As soon as Zhang Quan's words fell, Yuan Yingtai said on the side: "Actually, including Lord Yang, we all know that my father-in-law will destroy the Jurchens sooner or later, but the north is new, and the grasslands and Qinghai-Tibet regions have just belonged to the imperial court.

There is a sentence used to describe these old ministers, that is, Lao Cheng seeks the country.

It cannot be denied that Ye Xun has far-reaching vision than anyone in this era, but this does not mean that Ye Xun is omnipotent.

The reason why Ye Xun looked for the cabinet before, hoping that the cabinet would temporarily allow the Jurchens to establish a state in Korea, was nothing more than a delaying tactic, which I am afraid the emperor himself knew.

But to say that Ye Xun is stronger than these old ministers in governing the country is a bit too far-fetched, after all, his age and political time are there, and this thing can't be faked.

So after listening to the words of the two henchmen, Ye Xun couldn't help but be silent, if they didn't come to him to say these things, after the New Year, Ye Xun would first plan to do something to Japan.

But what the two adults said is also very reasonable, for more than two years, Ye Xun has led his troops to block and kill, which is to clear some border troubles, but it cannot be denied that the hidden dangers accumulated within Daming for many years have not been completely cleared.

At this time, Da Ming was still like a giant with a hidden disease, seemingly strong, but that was just the appearance, and it was very likely to fall again.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly smiled and said, "You are here from Lord Yang's commission, right?" ”

Yuan Yingtai nodded, his face turned pale, and said: "The father-in-law's merit can be said to be unparalleled in the world, if the father-in-law is willing, the court can give the father-in-law a respectful title at any time, but also ask the father-in-law to give the court a few years to recuperate, rectify the rule of officials, reform bad habits, only the country is truly strong, and the father-in-law will live up to the achievements of the father-in-law!" ”

Yuan Yingtai's words can be said to be heartfelt, Yang Sichang Ye Xun didn't know what they said, but Ye Xun knew that what he said just now was definitely Yuan Yingtai's own meaning.

nodded, and said angrily: "There are princes in the imperial court, why worry that my Ming Dynasty is not prosperous and strong?" It is up to you to use two years for a period of two years, and we will not use troops on a large scale for two years."

This sentence contains many aspects of the large-scale use of troops, such as if the Jurchens are destroyed, they must be launched at the same time by sea and land, and a big war will inevitably be a heavy burden for the developing imperial court, and I am afraid that many things will have to be stopped to fully support the war.

However, it is unrealistic to say that the military will not be used at all, because neither the grasslands nor the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau can talk about real stability, and some necessary military operations will still be carried out.

However, these are no longer a big deal for the increasingly powerful imperial court.

Hearing that Ye Xun agreed to their request, Yuan Yingtai and Zhang Quan stood up almost at the same time, hugged their fists with a happy face and said: "Xia Guan represents the imperial court, thank your father-in-law"...

(End of chapter)