Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

He immediately knelt down to decline, saying, "I thank Your Majesty for your appreciation and kindness, but I know I am not talented enough and would not accept such an award without merit. Most importantly, this is not right, and I do not wish to place Your Majesty in an unjust position."

"As long as I am loyal to His Majesty and serve the Ming Dynasty with all my heart, it doesn't matter what position I hold."

"The appointment of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue..."

"I hope Your Majesty will revoke your order!" After saying this, his eyes turned red and he looked at Zhu Yunhuan seriously and solemnly. Then he kowtowed three times. When he stood up, his forehead was slightly red.

Everyone present could hear it.

There is sincerity in these words, without any falsehood.

For Xia Yuanji, getting the opportunity to enter the officialdom without taking the imperial examination was already a great blessing from heaven. But if he could start as a director of the Ministry of Revenue like Lin Chengxuan, it would also be a great blessing.

Directly became the third-rank Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue...

A scholar dies for a confidant.

Although Xia Yuanji was devoted to being loyal to the Ming Dynasty and wanted his official career to go smoothly, in order not to embarrass Zhu Yunhuan, he really did not want to accept this reward.

As Xia Yuanji's voice fell.

Yu Xin and Gu Pu, who had come to their senses, exchanged glances with each other and immediately echoed:

"Your Majesty, I also think that this statement is reasonable. To directly grant a student of the Imperial College a position of a third-rank official is truly against etiquette and law."

"I second the motion! Such hasty appointment of a high-ranking official violates both the normal etiquette and legal procedures and is also unacceptable to the public!"

"..."

Even though they had previously agreed on the matter of "advising His Majesty not to act recklessly", Zhu Yunhuan had now made things clear and explicitly stated that he had no intention of "stealing money from the people".

After the crisis on the big position is resolved.

It is the competition and struggle on the playing field.

For Yu Xin and Gu Pu, although they also acknowledged that Xia Yuanji had some ability and talent, he was just a commoner and jumped to Yu Xin's original position as soon as he arrived, which was far higher than Gu Pu who had just received a promotion order.

This is stepping on their faces!

Naturally, both of them felt uncomfortable and unconvinced.

This is also human nature.

It was precisely for this reason that the two of them immediately tacitly took advantage of Xia Yuanji's own refusal to speak out to persuade and stop him.

Zhu Yunhuan certainly didn't care about this at all. From the beginning to now, the internal logic behind everything he did was only one: high efficiency.

He had blocked out these voices long ago.

Without even a moment's hesitation, he flatly refused, "Sir, I'm not kidding. I can't take back the words I've spoken."

Seeing Zhu Yunhuan's familiar look.

Yu Xin and Gu Pu both secretly groaned inwardly—as expected! The most frustrating thing about this young emperor… was that he couldn't be persuaded! He couldn't be persuaded at all!

only……

Yu Xin and Gu Pu still saw resentment in each other's eyes.

The struggle in the officialdom is a struggle for power and position. Let them, with their many years of seniority, watch a young man take over? No one would be willing to accept this.

Yu Xin gritted his teeth.

He bowed and continued to persuade: "But Your Majesty... etiquette cannot be abolished. The mechanism and process of employing people in the court are fixed. They were established by Emperor Taizu Hongwu back then."

Zhu Yunhuan said nonchalantly, "Etiquette, procedures... I'm young, but I know that when Grandpa Emperor first established the Ming Dynasty, talent was scarce and there weren't many available at court. The imperial examination system hadn't even been restored. Grandpa Emperor personally issued edicts many times, commanding central and local officials. He even sent people to various places to search for and recommend talents, appointing them with special privileges, including many high-ranking officials."