At the end of the fifth year of Zhengde. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Ming Dynasty cabinet and the household department jointly issued a decree, which immediately caused the entire Ming Dynasty to stir.

The specific content of this decree was that the rice of the Yuan Sect was reduced from 8 million stone to 7 million stone per year, which made the clan explode.

After some inquiry, they learned that this decree was written by Chen Yu, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and took revenge! They knew that this was Chen Yu's revenge.

It's revenge for them uniting to overturn Chen Yu's two decrees, okay, who do you think Chen Yu thinks you are? Can you go against the Wang Gui of the entire Ming Dynasty? You don't weigh how many pounds and taels you have.

Therefore, when the New Year was approaching, all the clans united into Beijing, you know, this move is tantamount to rebellion, because after Emperor Taizu established the vassal system, all adult vassal kings must leave Beijing to become vassals, and they are not allowed to leave the vassal land.

What does it mean that these people have completely disregarded their ancestral system today? If it is one or two, it is fine, but now that the clans of all the state capitals of the two capitals and the thirteen provinces are setting off together, no one dares to stop them.

They are putting pressure on the imperial court and demonstrating to Chen Yu!

When Li Dongyang knew about the vassal king's actions, he was also quite worried, he found Chen Yu, but Chen Yu reassured him, Chen Yu said that everything was within his expectations, and nothing could happen.

Chen Yu said, and Li Dongyang let go of his mind a little.

This kind of game is not an overnight thing, Chen Yu is ready to fight a long battle, because he must let the vassal king win under very difficult conditions, only in this way, Chen Yu can show his hole cards.

Sure enough, this year's New Year, whether it was Chen Yu, the vassal king, the cabinet and the household department, none of them had a good year.

The two parties are arguing, the public says that the public is reasonable, the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and Chen Yu is now in the Ministry of Rites, these people are all masters of playing etiquette, and there are Fang Xianfu and other officials in the matter, so in the confrontation against the clan group, Chen Yu is not lagging behind at all.

The clans were really anxious at the moment, they really didn't expect that Chen Yu's bones would be so difficult to gnaw, they thought that as long as they took turns to attack, that kid would definitely be cowardly, but they didn't expect him to become more and more courageous.

That's it, plus the face of Emperor Zhengde can't be seen, everything is the final say of the cabinet, and now the cabinet can't make up its mind, after all, both are reasonable, and the cabinet can't subjectively favor anyone at will.

This battle doesn't matter to Chen Yu, he has no interests anyway, but it's very different for the clan, if they lose this time, what they lose is their vital interests.

So those clans who were originally fighting separately united unprecedentedly, discussing and studying how to deal with Chen Yu, and after holding back for a long time, they finally had to make a big move!

Looking at Chen Yu, who was a graceful and wandering person in the cabinet, Li Dongyang reminded angrily: "The clan has already released the word, tomorrow's battle will either kill you or they will die, you are good, like no one is fine." ”

Chen Yu smiled and spread his hands, "I didn't have anything to do, but it's good now, I'm afraid that they won't make a big move, just wait for tomorrow!" ”

"You, you, those people have been played by you, and I still don't know what your real purpose is!" Li Dongyang was quite impressed in his words.

Sure enough, on the second day, the dispute in the court was very fierce, and all the spearheads were pointed at Chen Yu, but Chen Yu was strolling around leisurely, and he was very good.

After half a salary, those clans seemed to be tired, and Chen Yu spoke, "Since you want to cancel a whip and spread into the mu, then the imperial court has less income, and if you don't take out a little bit from your pocket, you can't say it, right?" ”

Sure enough, this kid's purpose is here, those clans seem to have long expected Chen Yu's purpose, they said: "We don't represent ourselves, but just say something for the people of the world, Lord Chen means this, why don't you start with them?" ”

I know that you would say this, under such a big name and such a big hat, it's not for yourself? It's so high-sounding.

Chen Yu smiled and said: "Actually, the official doesn't want to reduce the salary, but if the two decrees are abolished, the imperial court will really lose a lot of income, and I also know the difficulties of the princes, and I just want you to think about the imperial court, in fact, I don't want to abolish these two decrees in my heart, but I am just helpless!" ”

When those princes heard Chen Yu's words, they nodded, wanting to see what Chen Yu's idea was, Chen Yu continued: "This official thinks that we are all justified, so why not find a compromise solution?" ”

When those clans heard that there was a way, their faces showed a slight joy, and they hurriedly asked, "How to compromise?" ”

"The two decrees are not abolished, since the imperial court has increased so much income, how about 9 million stones?" Chen Yu said.

For this kind of negotiation, Chen Yu will definitely not offer a psychological price all at once, because he knows that these people don't see Daming's life or death at all, in their eyes, they only see their own interests, and a mere one million stones will definitely not be able to send them away.

Sure enough, they hurriedly shook their heads: "I'm waiting to speak on behalf of the people below, we don't want this little money, we want to share it with them, but I'm afraid that a mere one million is not enough anyway." ”

"Ten million stones!" Chen Yu was not ambiguous, and added another million at once, such a big deal made Wang Gui all stunned, because they didn't believe that Chen Yu would have so much power, and they all looked at the cabinet suspiciously.

Li Dongyang nodded and said steadily: "What Master Chen said has already been discussed with the old man, and the old man agreed." ”

As soon as those clans saw that there was a way, they added two million stones just to make such a fuss, which was more difficult than pie falling from the sky, but they could also hold their breath, shook their heads and said, "No, no." ”

These old hooligans are shameless to this point, and there is no one left, Chen Yu also shook his head, "Then the court can't give more, if it doesn't work, I can wait for a decree to directly distribute the two million stones to the so-called people, I don't know what you think?" Benguan thought that so much should satisfy them. ”

When Chen Yu said this, those people's faces were immediately shocked, and they hurriedly shook their heads, "That's the case, that's it." ”

Think that's the end of it? Want to take 2 million stone for nothing? You're thinking beautifully.

Just when the clans didn't have time to be happy, Chen Yu suddenly said, "Slow! ”

"What? Lord Chen wants to repent? ”

"Definitely!" Chen Yu said with a smile: "This official will never regret it, but I am afraid that these things will happen in the future, and it will not end well at that time." ”

It turned out to be to put an end to future troubles? The clans are not stupid, they will definitely not agree to any of Chen Yu's requests.

But when Chen Yu said the conditions, these people couldn't bear it anymore, and Chen Yu added again, 12 million stones!

What does this mean? Nearly half of the national income, you must know that during the Hongzhi Dynasty, the national fixed income was only 27 million stones, although during the Zhengde period, due to two decrees, the national income increased to more than 30 million, but 12 million is by no means a small amount!

How could such conditions not make the clans happy!

"But this official has conditions!" Chen Yu's words immediately attracted the attention of the clans, and after calming down, he asked, "What conditions." ”

"You must sign a contract with Daming, and it will be valid for a long time!"

"What contract?" The clans said vigilantly that if this contract was unfavorable to them, they would rather give up the two million and run away with the benefits of 10 million.

"From now on, 12 million taels will be allocated to the imperial court to pay a quota to you, and you must not have any objection to a whip and a pendulum into the mu!" Chen Yu said the conditions, in fact, the focus of this sentence is the first sentence, and the latter is just to confuse them.

However, they thought that Chen Yu's focus was on the last sentence, and they immediately blossomed, immediately agreed, and impatiently asked the cabinet to draw up a contract.

Li Dongyang looked stupid, Chen Yu was not in a hurry about this, those clans were as anxious as grandsons, which made Li Dongyang cry and laugh, and at the same time began to admire Chen Yu in his heart.

can see through the problem so forward-looking, and can solve the problem in advance without showing any emptiness, and the means are so clever, Chen Yu has to make him Li Dongyang admire.

Just after the settlement of the Zongmu Lumi problem, a very important event occurred in the southern Jinan area, and a peasant Liu Liu and Liu Qi launched an uprising in Bazhou.

Peasant uprisings are endless, at first no one in the imperial court cared, but two months later, the imperial court finally realized the seriousness of the problem, the Liu family brothers and the rebel army military orders were strict, everywhere they went, they were deeply loved by the people, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and now it has developed to more than 10,000 people, and it is still growing.

No, it stands to reason that since the law came out, there has been a lot less corruption in the local area, why are there so many people rebelling?

Chen Yu couldn't think of the root section of the problem, what went wrong? When this news reached Jingshizi, Chen Yu immediately volunteered to lead the army to clean up the rebellion.

It's not that Chen Yu wants to make meritorious service or whatever, to be honest, no one wants to touch such a thing, the quality of the soldiers near Gyeonggi Chen Yu knows better than anyone else, the soldiers he can use are only limited to the vicinity of Gyeonggi, and the border army cannot be mobilized, and no one has confidence in relying on these soldiers to fight the rebels.

In the popular words of later generations, the soldiers of the Beijing Division were a group of paper tigers, which had no substantive effect except for bullying the common people.

If you take such a soldier to fight the rebel army, the result is self-evident, and the probability of failure is very high, so most people are reluctant to go.

So when Chen Yu wanted to take over the position of commander, the military department had no objections, they were worried that they couldn't find anyone, but this thorn jumped out, it was really asking for trouble.

In this case, why is Chen Yu so active? Chen Yu is not stupid, he wants to understand the reason, for this kind of thing, he must not rely on violence, he does not want to damage the foundation of the Ming Dynasty - the people.

Therefore he wants to surrender without a fight. (To be continued.) )