What a good idea!

Impassioned and enthusiastic, unconsciously entering the urn, just listening to Tang Yi's narration of Wang Chonggu's words, several gentlemen were enthusiastic.

Smart people such as Wang Yin and others have already smelled a different taste.

In fact, Wang Chonggu pointed out a contradiction that everyone has ignored for a long time.

For a long time, the center of the Ming Dynasty has been in the hands of the Hanlin ministers, so there is a saying that non-Hanlin is not allowed to enter the cabinet. In the past, although the Jiang ministers had made great contributions, a good tiger could not stand a group of wolves, and they were not qualified to spy on the authority of the cabinet.

However, in the past 20 years, there have been vatans in the north and Japanese in the south, and there have been wars and chaos in various places, so a large number of meritorious Xinjiang ministers have been introduced.

Hu Zongxian, Yang Bo, Wang Chonggu, Wang Chen, Tang Yi, Tan Lun, Yang Jisheng, Tang Shen, Liu Tao...... A large number of Xinjiang ministers either shepherd one side or enter the center, and their existence has broken the original clear boundary between civil and military. Although the number of these people is not comparable to that of Hanlin Cichen, they are better because of their great merit, strong means, and rich connections.

Wang Chonggu ran to have a relationship with Tang Yi, and he took advantage of this, hating the same enemy and grabbing power. With an emotional foundation, plus the ultra-high price of a pavilion elder and a heavenly official, it is enough to exchange for Tang Yi's full support.

The shrewdness of Shanxi people is undoubtedly revealed.

"If it was purely for the sake of power, I might have agreed to Wang Chonggu's proposal, even if they harbored evil intentions, I still have cards to play. But ......" Tang Yi suddenly looked solemn and said angrily: "As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, I will never watch the Jin Party enter the cabinet, and I will definitely not give Yang Bo a chance, I would rather continue to let Xu Jie sit in the position of the first assistant than let Yang Bo enter the cabinet, because ...... That's a crime against the whole world! ”

The three major strategists all felt Tang Yi's almost unquenchable anger, they all knew that this was not just empty talk, Tang Yi was indeed angry.

First of all, the Jin Party's destruction of Daming's finances was something Tang Yi couldn't bear.

At the beginning, Tang Yi rectified the salt affairs of Lianghuai, and once raised the salt tax to more than 3 million taels, if he continued to maintain the intensity, he did not dare to say that it would be restored to more than 10 million taels at the beginning of the country, at least stable at 5 or 6 million taels, there would be no problem.

Salt taxes and customs duties have become the two pillars of finance. In all fairness, the people used by Xu Ge are still much more incorruptible than those used by Yan Song.

When the finances are stabilized, it will be easy to heal the wounds of the Ming Dynasty a little bit.

However, as soon as Yan Song fell, the Jin Party coerced and enticed Xu Jie, forcing Xu Jie to restore the old salt law, although Xu Jie did not have the courage to overthrow it directly, but also released water, and the result was that the salt tax was reduced by two million taels at once.

There are also horse markets in eastern Liaodong and tea markets in the northwest, and under Yang Bo's suggestion, taxes have been reduced.

Calculated inside and out, under the old Xu Ge administration, the income of the household department was directly less than 20% compared to when Yan Song was there.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and without silver, Xu Jie, in addition to being able to turn around in a circle in personnel, is also powerless in other things.

Just this thing, Tang Yi doesn't necessarily hate Yang Bo, but there is one thing that he can't accept, the battle of Xuanfu, Tang Yi won, and I answered hard, in fact, Tang Yi attaches more importance to the follow-up effect.

Qi Jiguang burned down Dabansheng City and snatched the grain, Ma Fang entered the grassland several times and burned the pasture, according to Tang Yi's calculations, no matter what, a serious famine was inevitable.

The damage of defeat is far less severe than that of the famine, as long as my subordinates starve to death, those forces that were originally attached to Alta will be separated from Germany, as long as the Ming Dynasty strictly guards the nine sides, and then merge vertically and horizontally, and disintegrate the forces of Alta, at least three or five years can maintain the security of the north.

But surprisingly, now that it was autumn, there was no widespread famine among my subordinates, and there were only a few small rebellions, which were quickly suppressed.

It took me less than a year to come out of the shadow of defeat, and the nine sides were again in flames, and there was an emergency everywhere.

……

worked hard, and the good situation that came out turned out to be in vain. Tang Yi's depression can be imagined, thinking with his toes, Tang Yi also knows that it must be Jin Shang who helped me answer behind my back. Tang Yi didn't know what deal they had, but he couldn't escape exchanging grain for gold, silver and jewelry.

But don't forget, the grasslands don't produce gold and silver, and their things are all stolen from the Han people. Every ingot of silver is stained with blood, and to make this kind of money, it will be thundered by heaven!

As a person with a conscience, Tang Yi categorically would not allow Jin Party figures to enter the cabinet.

"My lord is very worried, if you follow the method of the Jin merchants, sooner or later the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed." Wang Yin thought about it and said: "It's just that it's hard to burn the fire right now, if you can't hit Xu Jie, this old man will be relieved, and the end of the adult will not be good." ”

This is Tang Yi's dilemma, conscience and interests cannot be both.

If you choose your conscience, you will be like countless predecessors in history, you will be out of the game in advance, and you can only play in the mountains and rivers, feel sorry for yourself, and lament that heroes are useless.

On the contrary, he chose interests, and after climbing to a high position, he suddenly looked back and became another Xu Jie, another Yan Song, and his former ideals became a joke.

It's hard, it's hard!

As Tang Yi's advisers, Wang Yin and Mao Kun can only make suggestions, but they can't make decisions for Tang Yi, and they have to make a choice for him.

Tang Yi got up and paced slowly, thinking non-stop.

With the wisdom of his two lives, he did not believe that he could not find a feasible solution.

It's really not good, just make peace with Xu Jie, right?

Tang Yi quickly shook his head again, he set off a series of public opinion wars, constantly smearing Xu Jie, and between him and Lao Xu, he is already endless, and he, like Xu Jie, has the same strength as Xinxue, if Tang Yi can't cut Xinxue and Xu Jie, it will only make Xinxue fall into Xu Jie's hands again.

In that case, the entire plan will fall apart, which is even more unacceptable to Tang Yi.

Left is not right, Tang Yi suddenly looked up and saw a banner with four big characters on it, full of charm: Son of Heaven protégé!

This was given by Jiajing when he was in the sixth yuan of the exam. Think about it back then, the relationship between Tang Yi and Jiajing was much better than now, and they could be protected by Jiajing everywhere, and if something happened, go directly to Jiajing, and the trouble would be gone.

But right now, Tang Yi wants to take the line of a heavy minister, he can't rely on Jiajing for everything, and Jiajing is becoming more and more dim, in order to cultivate the Xuan, he spends a huge amount of money, the treasury is empty, and Jiajing is the number one sinner. Helping the emperor do things, he will inevitably be scolded by the people below, they all say that the ass determines the head, and Tang Yi is more and more on the side of the minister......

Slightly distracted, Tang Yi shook his head, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in front of his eyes, as if he had caught something, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Don't you have an idea?" Shen Mingchen said curiously.

"That's right, in fact, we have overlooked one thing, the decision of the cabinet members is not in the court, but in Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty?"

"That's right, don't think that if the Son of Heaven neglects his government, the minister can call the shots." Tang Yi sighed and said: "Our Majesty is fifteen years old and the elders of the two dynasties tore apart, Qiangang is arbitrary, Chrysostom Yuyan, for decades, he is the heaven of the Ming Dynasty, you are welcome to say, as long as Your Majesty still has a breath, no one wants to cover the sky and the sun, Yan Song is not good, Xu Jie is not good, Yang Bo is not good!" ”

mentioned Jiajing, and the three strategists also had ideas.

It is indeed a little strange, the court situation has been in turmoil one round after another, so many high-ranking officials have been implicated, but Jiajing is rarely seen to speak out, His Majesty the Emperor seems to have disappeared, and the courtiers almost ignored him. I thought that Jiajing had really cultivated too much and ignored mundane affairs!

Obviously, Jiajing will not give up his authority, and neither will he die.

Tang Yi wants to fight Xu Jie, Yang Bo wants to enter the cabinet, implicated in the change of the court, and there is only one person in the final referee, that is Jiajing, Chrysostom is not open, and any conspiracy and calculation are useless.

Thinking of this, Shen Mingchen hurriedly said, "My lord, do you want Your Majesty to reject Yang Bo's request to enter the cabinet?" ”

"Then don't offend the people of Shanxi to death!" Wang Yin rolled his eyes, "Brother Juzhang, please use more brains, can you?" ”

"Hmph, it's like you're smart!" Shen Mingchen was unconvinced: "You have the ability to come up with a good idea!" “

"Me!" Wang Yin was also asked.

If you want to influence Jiajing's thoughts, it is not an easy thing, and after being known by others, there will be endless troubles, Rao is Wang Yin, and he has no idea for a while. Shen Mingchen gave him a roll of his eyes in return, what kind of garlic are you pretending, you are not much smarter than me!

Tang Yi smiled and said: "Mr. Juzhang, Mr. Shiyue, you don't have to fight, I can't control Your Majesty, but I can control myself." ”

"What do you mean, sir?" The three of them spoke in unison.

Tang Yi smiled slightly, "A few days ago, Chaotianguan was struck by lightning and caught fire, hundreds of houses, countless precious magic weapons and medicinal materials were turned into ashes, and it is conservatively estimated that the loss is no less than two million taels of silver!" ”

Looking at the fire in the sky, there was no head and no brain, the three of them looked at each other, Mao Kun had been in Beijing for the longest time, and he suddenly remembered something.

"My lord, if you want to be on the top, do you have to go through this test?"

"Hmm." Tang Yi nodded, "I know the answers to the exam questions, but I have to write them wrong, it's really nerve-wracking!" ”

Mao Kun suddenly smiled: "My lord is really powerful, you must know that answering incorrectly is far more points than answering correctly!" ”

The two of them played dumb riddles, Wang Yin lowered his head and thought, and Shen Mingchen was completely blindsided. Tang Yi didn't say anything, just reassured the big guys.

As soon as the day turned, a will came from Xiyuan, and the little eunuch Xuan Tang Yi went to Xiyuan to see the driver.

"Alas, after so many years of being a good baby, I'm really not used to it." Tang Yi looked in the mirror, straightened the beam crown on his head, dusted off the big red robe, and pulled the gold belt. It was like a young man who was going on a blind date, and waited until he was tidy up, then got on the sedan chair and rushed all the way to Xiyuan.

Someone took him to the front of the Wanshou Palace, he was just about to hand the sign in, there was a sudden cough behind him, and he turned around suddenly, the person who came was Tang Shunzhi, who had not seen him for a while, and the teacher's sideburns had a lot of gray hair, and his expression was difficult to hide his tiredness, which was very different from the usual fairy characters.

Tang Yi's nose was sour suddenly, Tang Shunzhi grinned and smiled, "What are you standing stupidly on, let's go to see Your Majesty with your teacher." (To be continued.) )