Chapter 217: The Final Word
When this controversy lasted until after noon, the Manchu officials gradually became tired from the enthusiasm at the beginning, and the most uncomfortable thing was hunger, as the saying goes, people are iron rice is steel and they are hungry and panicked, and they rushed to the court before dawn, and some people did not even have time to eat breakfast, and they survived for three or four hours, but not everyone could bear it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Yang Ke seemed to have completely forgotten about eating, and the morning dynasty in the past should be over at this time at the latest, but Yang Ke had no intention of terminating the court meeting, and still looked at the Manchu Dynasty civilly and militarily and did not speak. Time is passing minute by minute, the voice of the argument is getting smaller and smaller, and the people arguing are getting fewer and fewer, some officials have found some unusual clues, Yang Ke seems to be doing this on purpose today, when the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the central government have almost said all the different voices of the salt introduction system, Yang Ke has not revealed any position and point of view like a cloud and a mountain of fog, but sat firmly in the back and watched the play, Tang Zhong looked at the situation in the field, and suddenly understood a little, The buying and selling of salt is not a business that ordinary ordinary people can easily get involved in among the people, especially the production and wholesale of salt, which are all forbidden by some rich businessmen, and the accomplices and backers behind these rich businessmen and giants are not part of the officials who are arguing in the court today? Yang Ke's purpose of watching from the sidelines today is obviously to make all these people jump out, as for him never expressed his position, nor did he disperse the court, obviously he wanted to force the civil and military officials to stand in line today no matter what, and draw a conclusion, otherwise, Dayou has always talked about the meaning of this court meeting to the end, although this hand is unexpected, not according to common sense, but it is indeed very tricky and ruthless.
Tang Zhong's mind turned, he left the minister's class, and said to Yang Ke: "King Qiyu, since the official salt system has been in flux since Guan Zhong, it has been in flux and decadence, and it is not a word that can explain the pros and cons. The comrades of the Manchu Dynasty are nothing more than two opinions, and those who agree with it will not be said, and the reasons for opposing them are nothing more than sick business, disturbing the people, and not benefiting the country, but they will harm these three points. Zhang Maoxian is not only the drafter of this letter, but also used to be a major minister, in these three points, there should be his reasons and reasons, the minister dared to ask King Yu to order him to be guilty of participating in the court discussion, on the matter, to argue the merits and demerits of this official salt, how about King Yu to make a decision? ”
As soon as these words came out, the whole dynasty fell into silence, and the discerning people had already seen that Tang Zhong was obviously singing and harmonizing with Yang Ke, and wanted to give Zhang Hua a chance to make a comeback. You know, Zhang Hua from the time of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty Sima Yan is the minister of the branch, although he is not a master of power and strategy, but the governance of the economy, full of the treasury, but a master, especially his memory is very good, knowledgeable, for the imperial court's degree of expenditure books, various data, tax sources, state expenditures, how officials manage, what black and white doorways, can be said to be well understood, if he is announced to enter the court to debate, these opposition parties present are afraid that there is really no one who is his opponent.
After a short silence, some people couldn't help but jump out and start to oppose it, the reason is very simple, Zhang Hua is still guilty, and the official salt system is a major plan related to the country, and a criminal minister certainly has no reason and is not qualified to participate.
Tang Zhong's response is very simple, since it is a major plan related to the country, of course, he should listen to it and understand it, the more he argues, the clearer it is, as long as what Zhang Hua said is tenable and beneficial, it actually has nothing to do with whether he is guilty or not. The ancients said that there must be my teacher in the threesome, not to mention that Zhang Hua was still an important minister appointed during the first emperor's period, so why not listen to his opinion as the initiator of the recital?
With Tang Zhong coming forward to fight in this ring, coupled with the seconding of a group of courtiers, the opposition was naturally annihilated. When Zhang Hua entered the court in plain clothes, the opposition had already begun to foresee from his confident demeanor that today's situation was obviously a well-prepared battle laid out by Yang Ke and others, and Yang Ke was the old commander sitting behind, Tang Zhong was obviously the vanguard, and the real surprise soldier was actually Zhang Hua who is now on the scene.
Zhang Hua participated in the debate, and the situation on the field immediately changed fundamentally, because he was too familiar with and understood the work related to the economy between the DPRK and China, and all the data and cases came out of his mouth, and even the geometry of the price of salt and the amount of profit made were clear and clear. As for talking about historical facts, no one is his opponent, starting from the origin of Guan Zhongguan Shanhai, and has been talking about the evolution and pros and cons of the official salt system in the Wei and Jin dynasties.
At the beginning, there was still a bit of a comparable posture, but later, it completely became Zhang Hua's personal lecture, and he couldn't even talk about the Confucianism of the tongue war, the situation on the field was one-sided, and the opposition was defeated one by one, and the arguments were exhausted.
When this debate was coming to an end, the Manchu civil and military were tired and hungry, almost on the verge of collapse, and the ministers who supported the implementation of the official salt system were eager to end the debate as soon as possible, and those who rode the wall and the wait-and-see faction also became the same enemy, thinking that they had no half-hairs to do with the private salt trade, and today the gods are fighting, mortals are suffering, why drag themselves as spectators, and they are still starving, look at today's posture, if you don't come to a conclusion, the high King of Yu has no intention of dispersing the dynasty, starving to death in the court, isn't it the biggest unjust ghost? As a result, one person seconded the proposal, two people seconded it, and three people seconded it, and in the end, more and more people stood in the queue of supporting the official salt, leaving only a handful of vested interests to survive there.
Zhang Hua looked at the situation in the field and showed the last killer move: "The official salt is not the imperial court to do all the things, this is not good, and it can't be done, the imperial court's management of official salt is only to divide the region, determine the quantity, and then issue the imperial court's salt introduction, as for the drying of salt and salt production, sales or handed over to salt merchants to complete." It's nothing more than a salt merchant who comes to buy salt. This not only ensured the tax source of the imperial court, but also ensured the interests of the salt merchants in disguise. Why not kill two birds with one stone? If the salt merchants still oppose this decision, it can only show that these salt merchants are too dark-hearted, only for their own selfish interests, and in vain for the country, where will they put the imperial court? ”
The implication is that if you continue to compete with the court for profit in such a naked way, it will no longer be a matter of political differences, but a naked digging of the corners of the country, and their hearts can be punished.
Looking at the situation that the hall was finally calm, Yang Ke finally appeared at the end, and said lightly: "Since the big guys have no objections, according to the king, the bell must be tied to the bell, and this matter will be handed over to Lord Zhang. ”
This invisible war came to an end in Yang Ke's final words.