"Sir, please pay attention to your words and deeds!" The Confucian who was poked in the sore spot stared at Yang Fan with an unkind face, "Compared to you, my lord, at least we haven't mistreated these Ming people, and we actually treat them with rice bran pig food." When he said this, the scholar walked directly in front of Yang Fan, and behind him were tens of thousands of refugees, as if he was a righteous man who spoke for them.

However, there was nothing behind him to respond to the masses. Tens of thousands of refugees behind were silent. Although this rice bran is really unpalatable, it can finally fill their stomachs, how can this lord still be kind to them, how can he turn around and beat a rake. The Confucian saw that there was no sound behind him, his momentum weakened by half first, and he turned back a little tangled, and then said: "Gu Ji Baimi soup porridge, in stark contrast to you, the lord, this move is noble and respected, and the lord is not only not vigilant, but goes to the black on the road, which is really unkind and unjust, and it is not the work of a gentleman." ”

"That's right!"

"That's right!"

"If the lord doesn't admit his mistake today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the world!"

A group of scholars were generous and righteous, and stepped forward, what does it mean that Qianfu pointed out to die without illness, Yang Fan looked at the Confucian who was standing in front of him and shouted, and said expressionlessly: "Are you finished?" This is the last time Lord Ben tolerated what you said here, and if you dare to talk more, you will serve with your palms. ”

Yang Fan no longer paid attention to these jumping clowns, looked at these refugees, took out the half bowl of rice bran from the carriage, and said, "I know, this thing is really difficult to swallow, but it is definitely not pig food!" Yang Fan swallowed a bite and said: "He Gu Ji pawnshop can give porridge for ten days, so you so-called people with lofty ideals are full of praise, so when the Gu family lowered the price of leather goods, what did you say?" The people's livelihood is so hard, and the price of the Lu family's rice has skyrocketed, what did you say? One by one, they tend to be inflammatory, I don't know what to say. ”

"Gu Zhiqing, right?" Yang Fan looked to the other side and asked, "Today will give your Gu family a chance to become famous." Let's talk about whether the food supply for tens of thousands of refugees here can last until the summer harvest. If you can, you must ask the Holy Lord to give you the golden signboard of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Gu Zhiqing frowned, and shouted: "Don't be strong, sir. The Gu family has been giving porridge for ten days, which is already a scarcity of money, and it is also a modest effort, so many are inevitable, the Gu family is afraid that they will not be able to help. "Gu Zhiqing, the old fox, naturally won't lose his mind by a gold-lettered signboard given by the emperor.

"Then Lu Yichuan, what do you think?"

Lu Fatzi always greeted him with a smile, arched his hand and said: "The lord looks at it highly, my Lu family doesn't have such a big ability to feed tens of thousands of mouths." Yang Fan turned around and said to tens of thousands of refugees: "Hear, this is what you call a benevolent and righteous gentleman, even they can only give you ten days of food and clothing, not to mention that they only give a small part of you." Now, there are some Sven scum, how can this lord make an analogy with such a vendor! ”

"They have given rice porridge for ten days, but what about tomorrow? These suffering people of the Ming Dynasty have no place to stand, and when you get used to the life of almsgiving, then there will be thousands of more beggars in this Shuntian Mansion. Why do I add rice bran, just to let you understand that this begging rice is not so delicious! ”

Yang Fan pointed to the group of Confucian scholars and said, "It is said that people who are really talented are sensible. You people, hmph, read the, go back, don't disgrace your dad! ”

"Go back!"

"Go back!"

“……”

Among the refugees, I don't know who was the first to shout this sentence, and then everyone shouted loudly, making these soldiers, who usually don't open their eyes to them, throw their sleeves and leave in shame. The old Confucian was like a fish in his throat, looked at the people who were insulting them in horror, and fled in panic with his face covered.

Yang Fan looked at the few proprietors under the overpass on the right who were still immovable, pointed at them and scolded: "Look at the virtues of these people, fake benevolence and false righteousness, not to mention making black-hearted money, and making up porridge and doing good, what kind of good are you doing?" Take the money scraped from the blood and sweat of the people, and let the people of the Ming Dynasty thank you for Dade's thanks? ”

"Hehe, the lord said it nicely, dare to ask the lord do you have a way to save these refugees? If not, then why should we be required to do such a difficult thing? As for the price of rice, I, Lu Yichuan, am a businessman, there are few people in rice, and the price will naturally rise, what's wrong? ”

Yang Fan smiled: "Soon you will know what is wrong." ”

Yang Fan was just about to talk about going to sea, when a voice that had been brewing for a long time sounded from the Blue Seal official sedan chair.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"

Everyone saw the clear and dangling holy decree in the hand of Li Dao, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, and quickly knelt down. Li Dao glanced at Yang Fan, who was kneeling on the side, walked over to pick up the holy decree, and read: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Yang Fan's envoy to the Yang Fan Rite Department of Linghe Bo, lead 30,000 people, send an envoy to Luzon, promote the people's customs and education, and expand the territory!" ”

"Obey the order!" Yang Fan accepted the holy decree without humility or arrogance, stood up, and said to the refugees who were full of doubts and horrors, "See, our holy one, bring a hope for survival, tomorrow, you will go to Luzon with me, and the land and rice there will be yours!" ”

These words were somewhat mixed in the ears of those refugees. The good thing is that eighty percent will not be starved to death, but the sorrow is to go to sea, for these accustomed to the land and stability, the sea, is a piece of unarrived and confused.

The refugees continued to be brought back to the concentration site, where they were guarded by the Jinyi guards and officials. Li Dao looked at Yang Fan and said, "The heartfelt words that the lord said today really made me feel ashamed, I didn't expect the lord to be so righteous, I really admire and admire." ”

"Lord Li, don't want to pat yourself on the back again, I don't know if the Holy Lord has any other orders?"

"After the lord has dealt with this, he will go to the palace. By the way, tonight in Jixianju, a banquet under the hem, specially saw off the lord. At that time, Lord Sun and Lord Xu will also come over and ask the lord to appreciate the light. ”

Yang Fan arched his hand and said, "Definitely, definitely." ”

…… Two hours later......

The oil-paper umbrella waited in front of the Fengtian Gate for a quarter of an hour, and the eunuch hurriedly came and led Yang Fan to the imperial study. The weather was cold again, and the snow covered the high tiles, which seemed a little distant. Yang Fan followed the eunuch to the imperial study. There are special people in the palace to clean the snow, and the roads are clean and clean, without a trace of snow.

"Why hasn't the front of the study been cleaned?" Yang Fan stepped on the snow and felt a little strange.

"If you go back to the lord, the saint will not let me, and we can only obey the order. In other places, I am afraid that the nobles in the palace will fall, and someone will clean it every other hour, but this imperial study rarely sweeps the snow. The eunuch in front responded.

"Holy Lord, Ling Hebo Yang Fan brought."

"Come in." Zhu Youzhen's voice came from inside the house. Yang Fan slowly pushed into the imperial study and bowed.

A piece of information that had just been transmitted from outside the palace was placed on the sandalwood imperial table, Zhu Youzhen raised his head and said with a smile: "Yes, this big sin was actually rounded by you Yang Fan in a few words, I am really a little small for you." Yang Fan bowed and said, "Even if you don't say that in the next word, presumably the Holy Lord has already asked Lord Li to prepare the way back." ”

"I don't have that much ability, the only thing I can do to block the mouths of the people of the world is that holy decree, to demote you to Luzon. The holy decree also changed the word '擢' to the word '谪'. Only time, let people forget you, Yang Fan, can help you clear this charge. ”

"Holy Wisdom."

"Alright, don't be a sycophant. What you Yang Fan dares to do, if you are not nine percent sure, how can you do it under my nose? Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "I asked you to enter the palace today, and finally asked you a little bit, was this envoy to Luzon your own will, or was it driven by Zhou Yanru to put the duck on the shelf?" ”

Yang Fan said: "Does the saint want to listen to the truth? ”

"Nature."

Yang Fan said: "To be honest, I don't want to go, but I'm afraid that this matter will be handed over to others, and I will mess things up." With this attention, it was difficult for me to express my guilt, so even if I didn't want to go, I had to bite the bullet. "Yang Fan didn't think about not going to Luzon, he was afraid that there would be an uncontrollable situation, in case these 30,000 people fell into the sea, he would become a sinner for the ages.

"It's okay, but you promised me to raise 500,000 taels of silver within a month......" Zhu Youzhen put down the fold in his hand and said: "You also know that this imperial court is nervous, add more money, and the rebellion in the northwest will be settled as soon as possible, so as to deal with the gang of Jiannu in the northeast as soon as possible." ”

"It's good that the Holy One has such ambitions, but at the moment, the most important thing to solve by the Holy One is not anything else, but the problem of food and natural disasters. To put it bluntly, it is a matter of natural disasters. I remember that I once said that the promotion of this potato will take a few years, as the so-called far water can not quench the thirst, there are a few crops, I believe that there is already a certain planting area in Daming, I hope that the saint can promote one or two. The characteristics of those crops are described in this note. Yang Fan handed over the fold he had written.

"As for the 500,000 taels that I promised to the saint, it depends on whether the saint has the ambition to take it."

"What is this, as long as you don't steal or rob, the court uses legitimate means to get it, and it is not unwarranted robbery, then I will make it." Yang Fan said: "I said at the beginning, why is the Ming Dynasty maritime trade, silver is flowing in, why the imperial court always has no money, one is that the commercial tax is too low, and the growing population of the Ming Dynasty leads to more expenditures, but the income has not changed." Second, it is caused by the hoarding of silver by a large number of wealthy merchants, these merchants with a thick family background, with money, bought land, and the surplus silver has been hoarding, and over time, this wealth is not groundless. I met a merchant surnamed Shi, who could casually take out six thousand taels of silver from his home, what did the saint think? ”

Zhu Youzhen asked, "Then what is your best plan?" ”

"Holy Lord, now that this copper coin has already been flooded, most businessmen are reluctant to use copper coins, and this Brother Kong Fang should also go out of business. According to the following observations, the Holy Lord should reissue silver bills, nationalize silver, and not allow the use of silver in the Ming Dynasty, which can not only stabilize the economy, but also be an excellent means to regulate prices in various places. ”

"Silver ticket? Can you guarantee that this silver ticket will not be flooded with copper coins? At the beginning, it was because the forged silver bills were too widespread and became a pile of waste paper that the paper money and silver bills had to be abolished during the Jiajing period. ”

Yang Fan took out a wooden box from his arms, handed it to Zhu Youzhen, and said: "What the saint said is true, the reputation of this banknote is too low, but if it is made of a rare material, the saint is still worried that it will overflow?" ”

Zhu Youzhen opened the wooden box, and there were a bunch of colorful and shiny tickets inside, so he couldn't help but touch it with that hand. When the lubricating touch touched Zhu Youzhen's fingertips, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but raise his head in surprise and said, "What is this?" ”

"Holy Lord, this is a mysterious substance that has been concocted after months of research below, and I believe that no one in the whole world can concoct this thing except below. This thing is not wet when it encounters water, it is not damaged when folded, and it can not rot for a hundred years, which is indeed good in the following words. ”

"Is it really good? How could it be such a strange name? Zhu Youzhen picked up a so-called really good, which was actually a plastic film made by Yang Fan's "snot", and put some dye, and it became such a box of blue, green, red, and yellow flower tickets.

Zhu Youzhen took it to his hand again and tore it gently, except for a slight deformation, it was not torn! He looked at Yang Fan in surprise and said, "Can such a divine object be worth a knife or a gun?" Zhu Youzhen thought of a sacred object like a soft hedgehog armor, thinking that this was indeed a good thing and a strange thing that was invulnerable to fire and water.

"No, you can't. This is indeed good when it burns when it encounters fire, and it breaks when it encounters swords and guns, if the saint wants it to be used as armor, don't think about it. ”

Zhu Youzhen bent his back a little disappointed, and still asked unwillingly: "This is really good, and what kind of miracle effect does it have?" Yang Fan explained: "There are no other miracles. However, it is not easy to make, and if there is no secret recipe under it, no one can imitate it, and if the saint wants to promote paper money, he can replace it. ”

"What worries me is that after the abolition of the treasure banknote, no one will trust this silver note anymore, and I am afraid it will only be a dead letter."

Yang Fan said: "This saint can rest assured, since you want to promote, you must start with two types of people first. ”

"What two?"

"Fuja and officials. This is a coercive method, who has how much money, presumably the saint can't guess the whole thing, guess five, six, six or always have, when the edict is issued, the saint can think of them to exert pressure, if they refuse to do so, then it is disrespectful, confiscated from the family, and returned to the treasury. However, once they obey the order, then this newly issued treasure money has the support of these people, and it will not be difficult to promote it. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at these large and small tickets and asked, "How can these alone be promoted?" And abolish copper coins, so that those people how to live? ”

"Such a total of 10 million taels of tickets in the next production, the big yellow ticket, representing 100,000 taels, a total of 50, if the saint in order to increase the credibility of these yellow tickets, stamped with a jade seal, I believe that this effect will be even more, I am afraid that there are many vain people will compete for it. The red ticket represents 50,000 taels of silver, and the total number of tickets is 50, the blue ticket represents 10,000 taels of silver, the green ticket represents 5,000 taels of silver, and the bottom white ticket represents 1,000 taels of silver. ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment and said, "Will such an amount be larger?" ”

"This is an amount of 10 million taels, and it can't be done all at once. The reason why Zai Xia did not make ten taels, twenty taels or smaller one coin or one cent of silver is very clear, that is, he wants the saint to solve those difficult bones first, so that the next large-scale implementation will become much smoother. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a long time, and said cautiously: "Wait until I have asked a few secretaries to discuss, you can go back first." ”

"Yes, Holy." Yang Fan understands that the trust given to him by Zhu Youzhen is limited, once the matter is put on the line, the old ideas will still prevail, and only when he suffers, maybe there will be a turnaround, at least next year, the rice shop of the Lu Yichuan family can be closed and not have to do it. Now that he has done work for Zhu Youzhen and Zhou Yanru, the rest of the implementation depends on this court, Yang Fan has both hands and two legs, and it is impossible to do everything himself, so it is really tiring.

Walking out of the imperial study, several little eunuchs were tiptoeing to clean the snow on the main road, and Yang Fan asked the big eunuch who was watching what was going on.

The big eunuch replied: "Just now the little prince ran over and fell, and the mother ordered that all the main roads in the palace should be cleaned, and I was afraid of disturbing the saint, so I ordered a few people to clean their hands." ”

Yang Fan shook his head and walked outside the palace. This day slipped and fell, thousands of people held it, and the people froze for a night, but no one cared. Is this the fairness of the world?

Maybe.