readx;?“ Is it? That's how much I care! Wen Tiren smiled: "But why are you so uncertain that you haven't even eaten the orange peel?" ”

Yang Sichang realized that his mouth was full of bitterness, it turned out that he was thinking about things in his heart, and he didn't even put orange peel in his mouth instead of orange flesh, so that Wen Tiren could see the flaw, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Sure enough, I still can't hide it from Duke Wen, yes, I did have something to inquire about when I came to Duke Wen's mansion today, and I asked Duke Wen to give me advice." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Wen is weak or too careful, you came to ask me about state affairs, since Wen is a second assistant, he will naturally know without saying anything, and he will not say anything!"

"Yes!" Yang Sichang listened to Wen Tiren say this, and what he said about picking up can be said with Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and replied: "In this way, Wen is weak, are you planning to increase taxes and salaries to train the army?" ”

"Yes, at present, there are thieves in the court, and there are captives outside, if you don't raise taxes, where will you get the money to increase your salary and train the soldiers? If you don't train your troops, what will you do to crusade against the thieves? ”

"Wen is weak, what you said is right, Zhongdu has fallen, and the imperial tomb is frightened, this is indeed a good opportunity!" Speaking of this, Wen Tiren sighed: "But Wen is weak, have you ever thought that if you increase your salary and training, you can pacify the thieves and the Eastern Prisoners?" What should we do if taxes are raised, salaries are increased, and soldiers are trained, but the thieves and the thieves are not pacified? ”

"This" Yang Sichang was suddenly dumbfounded, what if the Son of Heaven raised taxes and salaries to train the troops according to what you said, but did not pacify the thieves and thieves, and even the situation became worse? It is not difficult to imagine that at that time, his opponents will jump out again and attack him with a hundred times the strength they are now, and it is not difficult to predict what the Son of Heaven will do. This is the case in the Ming Dynasty, there is only one person in the final winner, that is, the Zhu family emperor who is high on the throne of the Ninety-Five Supreme, and the rest of the people regardless of your literary talent and martial arts, or loyalty, maybe you can win for a while, but you definitely can't win a lifetime, Yang Shiqi, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Yan Song, Zhang Juzheng, these people are all heroes of ten thousand people, the choice of the moment, but also made great achievements, won the trust of the Son of Heaven, and what did they end up with? What qualifications do you have to be stronger than them? Wen Tiren saw Yang Sichang bowing his head and pondering, and he didn't open his mouth to urge, and after a while, Yang Sichang raised his head and replied in a firm tone: "If it is really as Gong Wen said, Wen Weak can only commit suicide to thank the Son of Heaven!" ”

"Hmm!" Wen Tiren nodded: "Since you already have this kind of thought, then I won't say much, the matter of the destiny of heaven is beyond what people can speculate, we can only try our best to repay Junlu's kindness." You can do things to raise taxes and salaries for military training, but there is a question I want to ask you. ”

"Gong Wen, please speak!"

"If the thieves and the thieves are pacified, how do you plan to arrange Liu Cheng?"

"Liu Cheng?" Yang Sichang had already put aside all the words that implied wit when he spoke to Wen Tiren just now, but Wen Tiren still mentioned this person's name, and he couldn't help but be taken aback. Wen Tiren saw Yang Sichang's appearance, and showed dissatisfaction: "Wen is weak, shouldn't you have even arranged this, this shouldn't be." This Liu Cheng has pacified the Monan tribes, and almost half of the next tax increase is spent in Xuanda Town. has strength and great merit, if you don't prepare a way out for him in advance, it's not good for Daming, for you, and for him? ”

"This" Yang Sichang showed a wry smile on his face, secretly thinking where I have the ability to arrange a way out for him, and he can leave me a way out, thank God! It's just that in front of Wen Tiren, he naturally can't say this, so he has to pretend to be humble and ask for advice: "What Gong Wen said is very true, I haven't thought about it, but this person is not only brave and strategic, but also has the heart of Qianghu, all departments are happy to use it, Xuanda Town is the gateway to Beijing, if you change people rashly, I am afraid that others will not be able to bear this burden." ”

"What Wen Weak said is that this Liu Cheng is indeed a rare talent! However, as a Zaifu, you preside over the state affairs for the Son of Heaven, precisely because he is a rare talent, so you should be even more careful? He has a talent and strategy, a heavy army in his hands, a strong heart, and a place of right and wrong. After a long time, even if he himself has no objection, how can he protect himself under the crowd's mouths of gold? When the time comes, if something happens, you will hurt him! ”

"No backlash? Did I hurt him? How can I do this? Yang Sichang scolded, but he still had to pretend to be humble and ask for advice on his face. When Wen Tiren saw Yang Sichang's appearance, he smiled and said, "I have a way, Wen Weak can use it." ”

"Gong Wen, please speak!"

"I remember that after Liu Cheng defeated the Chahar tribe, Lin Dan Khan died at the hands of his old enemy Bu Lostu Khan, and his eldest son Ezhe and his wife were sent to Jingshi to recuperate, and the throne of the Great Khan was inherited by the second son Abunai. I wonder if it's wrong? ”

"Not bad!"

Wen Qiao's concern is nothing more than that after Liu Cheng left the position of the general army of Datong, the successor was incompetent, which caused the northern captives to rejuvenate the division and lead to war. As far as I can see, it is better to send the eldest son Ezhe back to the grassland at that time, and divide each department into two, one part to Abnai, and the other part to Ezhe, so that the two will check and balance each other, and naturally my Ming will be as stable as Mount Tai! ”

Yang Sichang didn't care about Wen Tiren's strategy at first, after all, he knew in his heart that the trouble of Daming was not in Mongolia, but in Liu Cheng. But after thinking about it, the reason why Liu Cheng dared to coerce himself was nothing more than that he controlled the various ministries of Monan, and there were tens of thousands of iron horsemen, if he sent Ezhe back to Mongolia according to Wen Tiren's strategy, he would inevitably compete with the Abnai brothers, and naturally Liu Cheng would not be able to rely on his strength. It's still early to use this trick, but it's okay to marry Ezhe's mother and son first. Thinking of this, Yang Sichang gave Wen Tiren a deep sigh, and said in a deep voice: "Gong Wen has become a country, which is beyond my reach!" ”

With the support of Wen Tiren, Yang Sichang immediately took action, after he sent Zhao Wende away, he immediately wrote to Chongzhen again, asking for additional taxes, the specific method is to add rice per mu **, eight coins per stone of silver, a total of 3.3 million taels of silver, a total of 120,000 new troops, plan to exterminate the thieves within a year, and quell the civil strife. Yang Sichang's recital immediately caused an uproar in the court, and Huang Daozhou, the leader of the Qingliu Stream, immediately wrote a book, saying, "Yang Sichang's proposal to increase salaries has poisoned the world, and the people's grievances are boiling!" The thieves are also the children of the imperial court, only because of the oppression and exploitation of the powerful and the tyrannical expropriation of the government, the small and weak are unemployed and displaced, and they starve to death on the side of the road; The strong take risks and get together as thieves. Yang Sichang's law not only failed to exterminate the thieves, but drove the people into thieves. At the end of the article, he also implored Chongzhen to issue an edict to "strike the salary to collect the hearts of the people, and cut off Yang Sichang's head as a minister's proposal to gather the people's ring!" According to the unspoken political rules of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Sichang has been in the palace these days to express his thoughts and wait for the ruling of the saint.

Hu Mansion.

"Grandpa Hu!" Zhao Wende took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and presented it with both hands: "This is what my family asked me to bring, and when I parted, my lord entrusted me with a message to you: He is busy with military affairs over there, and when the spring begins next year, he will definitely come to Beijing to visit you in person!" ”

"Oops!" Hu Kejian took the gift list, and put it on the coffee table on the side without looking at it: "Brother Liu is too outward, and our family is not an unreasonable person, he just won such a big battle on Daningwei's side, so many meritorious soldiers want to be rewarded, it is when the money is used, why do you still give such a generous gift?" Is our family such a greedy person? ”

"Grandpa Hu laughed!" Zhao Wende said with a smile: "It's just some soil outside the fortress, this time the adults sent troops outside the fortress, relying on the holy Hongfu, and won by luck in Daningwei." Those miscellaneous beards were afraid of the majesty of my Ming Dynasty, so they offered some local soil. My family chose some rare ones, and let them be sent to my father-in-law to talk about my heart, but there is one thing that I have to ask my father-in-law! ”

"Could it be related to Yang Sichang's request for additional pay for military training?"

Zhao Wende pretended to be surprised, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Gonggong Hu is really a clever plan!" ”

"Hehe, the most sensational thing in the Beijing division in the past few days is this matter, our family is not deaf, how can we not know?" Hu Kejian took a sip of tea: "Say, what does that brother of our family have to ask?" ”

"My family wants to ask a question, will Yang Sichang's tax increase be successful?"

"Oh? That's it! Hu Kejian sneered: "How difficult is it for our family to return the Tao?" Hey, Mr. Zhao, you go back and tell our brother that this thing will definitely be done, let him rest assured! ”

Zhao Wende didn't expect Hu Kejian's answer to be so determined, but he was stunned, and only after a moment did he ask, "Why is my father-in-law so sure?" There have been a lot of excerpts in the impeachment of Yang Xianggong in the past few days, and everyone is making money! ”

"Hey!" Hu Kejian said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao, you are really good at reading, if you can kill people with excerpts, then why do you need the Three Law Division, Jinyiwei, East Factory and West Factory?" Don't worry, I don't know what happened to Yang Sichang in the end, but this thing will definitely be done! ”

"I'm stupid, please mention it to my father-in-law!"

"To put it bluntly, it's actually simple, although we haven't seen the content of these excerpts, we can guess a seven, seven, eight or eight. must have scolded Yang Sichang for being a traitor and misleading the country, describing the suffering of the people, and so on. But does one man dare to say that he has a way to put down the thieves? ”

"This" Hu Kejian's words made Zhao Wende's eyes light up. Hu Kejian smiled and continued: "Then we don't know whether Yang Xianggong has misled the country, but he is definitely not a traitor. Our family is also on duty in the palace, and every time I see his eyes as red as rabbits, if you want to say that our saint is a diligent person, Yang Xianggong is not far behind. Every day, before dawn, he was busy in the military aircraft behind the Qianqing Palace, and often he didn't go back when it was dark. Long live the Lord is not blind, the military aircraft is separated by a wall from the Qianqing Palace, and these are all in the eyes. Zhongdu fell, is Yang Xianggong at fault for Jianghuai erosion? There must be, but if you want to say that he is a traitor to the country, that he harmed the world to become like this, that he is greedy for power, that he does not abide by the system of returning to his hometown for three years, and wants to cut off his head to thank the world, but you can't come up with any feasible way. If you change Mr. Zhao, you are a long live master, what will you do? ”

"That's what my father-in-law said!" When Zhao Wende heard this, he was already convinced. The Qingliu people hated Yang Sichang who proposed a tax increase, and wanted to kill him at once, so they stood on the moral high ground and criticized Yang Sichang as an individual. But I didn't expect Yang Sichang to go to work and get off work under Chongzhen's nose every day, although Yang Sichang's ability and achievements are not easy to say, but the "morality" and "diligence" in "Virtue and Diligence" must be full marks. Chongzhen saw it in his eyes, and he must have felt that the excerpts of these impeachments were not objective, and their effectiveness had been reduced by several points. What's more, no matter how unreliable Yang Sichang is, he finally came up with a "solution" to the situation of the fall of Zhongdu and the erosion of Jianghuai by thieves, but these officials only have destructive criticism, but no constructive proposals. Could it be that today Yang Sichang was slashed with a knife, and tomorrow the thieves will kneel down one by one, disarm and surrender. Chongzhen is not a fool, so naturally he will not accept their impeachment.

Hu Kejian saw Zhao Wende's relieved look, and said with a smile: "I probably know what Brother Liu Xian means by letting you come, presumably he wants me to say a few good words for Lord Yang in front of the emperor, and give this tax increase and salary increase." In fact, this is also simple for our family, that is, it is a matter of opening your mouth, but Mr. Zhao, have you ever thought about it: What we hate most is Chinese and foreign collusion, forming a party for personal gain, my relationship with your family, and the relationship between your family and Yang Wenqiao can be said to be known to the world, if those crows (officials) are impeached, won't our family fall into the net? Instead of breaking a big deal? You go back and tell Brother Liu Xian, unless Yang Wen's weak matter is really not good, otherwise our family will still be even, it's not that our family refuses to help him, but this is the best! ”

"Father-in-law's words will be brought by all means!" At this time, Zhao Wende was already admiring Hu Kejian's five-body throwing, originally he was a little dissatisfied with Liu Cheng's special advice that he must go to Hu's mansion after coming to the capital, but after talking with Hu Kejian, it was only after this eunuch that he realized that this eunuch had a heart for the Son of Heaven and the forces of the DPRK and China, and this alone was worth 100,000 troops, and he was even more cunning in dealing with things. Liu Cheng spent 50,000 taels of silver to recognize this righteous brother, but now it seems that he is really jumping off the price. (To be continued.) )8