"Hmph, it's just selling straight and selling fame!" Chongzhen sneered: "This guy has one book every three days and one chapter every five days, all of which are attacking Mr. Yang, saying that his strategy of increasing his salary will poison the world, and the people's resentment is boiling, saying that Mr. Yang is a traitor to the country, please punish him and thank the world." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Ke I asked him if he had a way to raise money and train his troops to pacify the thieves? However, he said that the disaster of today's political affairs lies in the accumulation of harsh observation. If you are scrutinized, everyone will jaw, and the righteousness will be heavy; Gathering heavy is the despair of small people's livelihoods, which is tantamount to driving fish for the abyss and birds for the bushes. It is not that there are not enough salaries and not many soldiers, but that there are many soldiers who are false and that they are full of salaries. However, if you seek serious and practical training, you will have no pretense and be self-sufficient. Therefore, verify the number of soldiers, prohibit the fullness, and you can pay enough soldiers. If the soldiers are not trained in a real way, and they are false and full, even if they take other measures and search for the fat and ointment of the people, it will not be of any benefit. At present, it is not that the troops are trained without pay, but that there is a lack of people who are innocent and serious in their work. If you get it, the profit will go to the public; If you can't get someone else, the profit will go to the private room. The burden of the people today is several times heavier than that of the ancestors. The emperor is deep in the ninefold, how can he know everything? Left and right, who dares to tell the truth! Because His Majesty is unpredictable, Geng Jie's people are silent, those who are afraid of things are only promised, and the villain is flattering. The people around the emperor praise His Majesty for his wisdom and discernment at every turn, but they are really selfish behind the scenes, and they are confused and isolate His Majesty. Between the lines, every time the defeat is a victory, killing the good and risking the merits; Everywhere people are disheartened, and they do not hate thieves but soldiers; Officials buy with money, and they will be elected with bribes. All these are like a mountain, and the emperor has no insight into it......"

Huang Daozhou was the author of the article at that time, he was only from a middle-class family, and he had seen and heard a lot about the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty at that time, although he could not come up with any practical and effective solutions, but this piece of music was written every word, and the various people around Chongzhen at that time were vividly described. Although Chongzhen was indignant when he saw it at that time, he was much more impressed, and he actually memorized a large paragraph in front of Wang Chengen. Wang Chengen was born in a poor family, and the situation of the Ming Dynasty at that time was naturally much stronger than Chongzhen, who was born in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of women, and couldn't help nodding secretly after listening to it, and admired the loyalty and courage of Huang Daozhou more and more. Thinking of this, he smiled and said: "This person is just a scholar's opinion, how can I know your good intentions, Emperor." However, his knowledge and ethics are admired at home, and he is still preferentially tolerant of it, otherwise he is afraid that he will be tired of His Majesty's holy virtues! ”

"I understand!" Chongzhen nodded stupidly, he knew in his heart that if a famous person like Huang Daozhou was punished, he was afraid that he would leave a bad reputation in the history books of future generations, and he still cared about these things. Wang Chengen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Chongzhen accept his advice, and secretly thought: "Mr. Huang is a virtuous minister in the world, and the emperor is the king of Yao Shun, he will definitely move the heavens and let the Ming Dynasty prosper!" ”

Yang Sichang returned to the military aircraft, and the sky was already full of light. He didn't sleep last night, he was on duty in the military aircraft department, he was already sleepy and wanted to die when he came out of the Qianqing Palace, his back hurt, he found an Arhat bed and closed his eyes and just wanted to rest for a while, but he heard someone whisper: "Lord Yang, Lord Yang!" Wake up, wake up, King Tang has news! ”

"What?" Yang Sichang woke up suddenly, and there was an official in his early forties standing in front of him, looking at him with concern, he hurriedly wiped his face and asked, "Chen Shilang, tell me what is the news!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The person who spoke was Chen Xinjia, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, he took out a Tang newspaper from his sleeve and handed it to Yang Sichang with both hands: "It is an eight-hundred-mile urgent document sent by Xiangyang, the Tang King is safe and sound, and when Nanyang City was broken, there happened to be a member of the Ministry of War called Xu Hecheng who was on a business trip, and there was a small team of guards by him." The other member led a small team of men and horses to escort Tang Wang and his wife to the city and went to Xiangyang! Speaking of this, he raised his hand and said: "God blesses, this Xu Yuanwai is really brave and knowledgeable, I must meet him when he returns to the military department to report on his work!" ”

Yang Sichang's face showed a strange look, he naturally knew that this staff member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would probably not return to Beijing in a short time, after all, this official was bought by Liu Cheng for two thousand taels of silver through himself. Could it be that this is Liu Cheng's trick again? Yang Sichang thought about it and felt that it was unlikely, after all, Liu Cheng was not an immortal who could pinch and calculate, how could he be far away in Shanxi but be able to control the thieves to capture Nanyang? It should have been a coincidence.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency?" Chen Xinjia saw Yang Sichang sitting on the Luohan bed, without saying a word, his brows were furrowed, his teeth were clenched, as if he had been hit by evil, he hurriedly screamed twice, and reached out to pull the other party's sleeve. Unlike the Jinshi and Tongjinshi who are full of mountains and valleys in the court, he is just a man from a high background, which can be described as an outlier. At the beginning, the Houjin army surrounded the Daling River, he was a Ningqian soldier and prepared for the road, tens of thousands of reinforcements gathered, deployed and transported grain and grass, repaired ordnance, built city walls and fortresses, these tedious and indispensable work Chen Xinjia did very well, originally if the Ming army successfully broke the siege, he could not run away with a transfer of supplies, but unfortunately the Houjin army first broke the reinforcements, and then built a long trench to surround the Daling River, and finally forced Zu Dashou to surrender. As Ningqian soldier Beidao he was also dismissed for his crimes, fortunately his talent was appreciated by the then Liaodong governor Fang Yizao and the eunuch Ma Yuncheng, the eunuch of the supervising army, and wrote to the imperial court to let him wear the guilt and make meritorious service, and then Chen Xinjia transferred to Xuanfu, became a subordinate of Yang Sichang, who inspected the border pass at that time, and his diligence and steadfastness won Yang Sichang's appreciation, and later Yang Sichang became the secretary of the military department, and when he was the first assistant minister of the East Pavilion University, he was also promoted to the right attendant of the military department. With a mere high-ranking official who was born as a person and can achieve the three grades, this is one of the few in the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he was very grateful to Yang Sichang, who had the grace of promoting him, and became more and more diligent and careful in his work, and Yang Sichang also trusted him more and more, and actually became the second-in-command of the Military Aircraft Department.

"Oh, oh!" Yang Sichang was woken up and hurriedly covered up: "I didn't sleep all night last night, and I was a little dizzy!" ”

Chen Xinjia hurriedly said solemnly: "The body of the adult's daughter, the safety of the country is at stake, it is better to go back to the house to rest first, there are officials here to watch!" ”

"It's good!" Yang Sichang nodded, he was originally just holding on, but at this time, he heard that Tang Wang was already fine, and the big stone had fallen to the ground, and he felt that his body was as soft as numbness: "Chen Shilang, then you should immediately send someone to send this Tang report to the saint, I will go home and rest for a while, if there is anything important, you must send someone to inform me!" ”

"That's nature, don't worry, sir!" Chen Xinjia agreed. Yang Sichang got up and walked out of the palace city and got into his sedan chair. Strange to say, he had been sleepy in the military plane just now, but now he could not sleep, and he could hear the whispered muttering from outside the sedan chair, mixed with the neighing of mules and horses and the wheeling of carts carrying vegetables and firewood. Yang Sichang lifted the corner of the curtain of the sedan chair and looked outside, he could feel the malicious gazes of people on both sides of the road towards the gorgeous sedan chair.

"People don't like me!" He thought to himself: Well, it's no wonder that the people of Jingshi have little respect for the adults in the court, especially the first minister, after all, they have seen too many first and auxiliary ministers leave here in a donkey cart in their lives, and some have even been sent to prison. Not to mention that he, the first assistant, proposed to levy new taxes across the country shortly after taking office, and no one would like others to take money out of their pockets.

Yang Sichang lowered the curtains, closed his eyes, and wanted to rest for a while, but he couldn't stop in his mind: Is it true that Xu Hecheng saved Tang Wang that has nothing to do with Liu Cheng? Could this be another plan that Liu Cheng is secretly executing? Yang Sichang knew in his heart that without the help of Liu Cheng's strength, it would be impossible for him to realize his ambition of pacifying the East and rejuvenating the Ming Dynasty, but he also knew that Liu Cheng had many unknown deeds behind his back. This always smiling general is like a duck floating on the water, quiet and leisurely on the surface, but his feet are always paddling desperately below the water. Yes, Liu Cheng has never refused his own request, but while accepting the request, he will also put forward some conditions that sound reasonable, and when Yang Sichang calms down, he often asks himself: Is he using Liu Cheng, or is he being used by Liu Cheng?

"Traitor!"

"Shameless!"

The scolding interrupted Yang Sichang's thoughts, pulling him back to reality, he heard a sparse scolding from outside the sedan chair, maybe because of the Mongolian guards outside the sedan chair, the scolding was still some distance away from the sedan chair, thinking of this, Yang Sichang's face flashed a bitter smile - these Mongolian guards were also given to him by Liu Cheng!

Finally the sedan chair stopped, Yang Sichang had never felt so difficult in the sedan chair, he quickly drilled into the door, saw the thick oak door separated himself from the people on the street, Yang Sichang felt that the whole person suddenly became relaxed.

"Young Master, you're back!" Yang Qing greeted him, and while sending a hot towel for Yang Sichang to wipe his face, he asked with a smile, "Do you want to eat first or—"

"Let's eat first!" Facing this old man who watched him grow up, Yang Sichang immediately felt relaxed, he waved his hand to signal the other servants to step back, and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything going on at home when I'm away?" ”

"There are a few prayer posts." Yang Qing took the used hot towel from Yang Sichang's hand: "It's all in your study, young master!" ”

"Hmm!" Yang Sichang walked into the study and picked up the prayer post from the desk, which was the same year as two officials in other places, and one was Huang Daozhou, a bachelor of Hanlin and a bookkeeper of the feast. He frowned, feeling some ominous smell hidden behind him. He put down the post and instructed Yang Qing: "Uncle Qing, you asked each of these two posts of the same year to send a table of wine and food, a hundred taels of silver, and twenty pieces of satin, just say that Yang is busy with state affairs and has no time to get together with his brother, and please forgive me!" As for this old man Huang-" Yang Sichang hesitated, this person obviously couldn't be sent like this: "You go in person, just say that I will personally go to the house tonight to pay a visit!" ”

"Young Master, the person sent by this Master Huang said that if you are free, Young Master, he will come to the mansion in person in the afternoon!"

"Personally!" Yang Sichang's face showed a hint of gloom.

Huang Daozhou was a very punctual person, and he came to Yang's mansion in the afternoon. Yang Sichang personally descended to greet him, and the two came to the study, Yang Qing sent tea and retreated, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn. Although Yang Sichang's official position is much greater than that of Huang Daozhou, Huang Daozhou is a well-known scholar in the world, and he has cultivated many protégés during his lectures in Zhejiang, and has great potential power in the government and the opposition, so Yang Sichang does not dare to oppress people with his official position, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shi Zhai, you came to the Humble House today, I don't know why you are weak in teaching!" ”

"Don't dare!" Huang Daozhou's expression was very serious: "Yang Gong, Youping (Huang Daozhou's character) came today for nothing else, just for one thing this morning." ”

"This morning?" Yang Sichang was stunned when he heard this, and secretly wondered if the other party was talking about the thieves capturing Nanyang? But Huang Daozhou is a bachelor of Hanlin Chamberlain, not the military department or the imperial history, how could he know this so quickly. Although he was thinking about things in his heart, his face was silent: "I don't know what Mr. said?" ”

"The Holy Lord has canceled today's morning dynasty, do you know Yang Gong?" Zodiac Zhou Su Rong said.

"I was on duty at the military aircraft department yesterday, and I was busy all night, and I just came back, but I haven't heard of it!"

Huang Daozhou saw that Yang Sichang didn't care too much, and he was secretly angry in his heart, and he sneered: "Yang Gong, the Holy Lord is the Lord of the British, since he ascended the throne, he has worked hard to govern the country, why is there a lack of premature dynasty?" Don't you think that's a bit weird? ”

Yang Sichang said with a smile: "What Mr. said is, but there was an emergency military situation in Henan yesterday, presumably the Holy Lord approved the review and slept late, so he canceled the early dynasty." As courtiers, we also have to be considerate of the Holy One! ”

"Yang Gong's words are wrong!" Huang Daozhou retorted: "Military matters can be asked to the Ministry of War, money and food can be asked to the Ministry of Households, criminal names can be asked to the three law divisions, military and political affairs have their own divisions, the Holy Son of Heaven can choose the best and use the ability, then he can rule the arch, why do you have to bow down to everything?" Yang Gong set up a military aircraft department in the palace, and the military affairs were paid to dozens of fortunate criminals and people who were left behind in prison, and hundreds of officials were not allowed to hear about it. ”

Yang Sichang frowned, it seems that this Zodiac Zhou is coming to the military plane, but I am afraid that there are many people standing behind him, and this world-famous Mr. Shi Zhai will be used as cannon fodder in front. However, he didn't want to argue with this Mr. Shi Zhai, after all, although the other party was not good at money, food, soldiers, and horses, he could read the sage books to the bones, even if he was the reincarnation of Su Qin and Zhang Yi was resurrected, it was not easy to convince the other party. (To be continued.) )