Yang reformed these days, quite irritable.

His stall is spread, there are layouts everywhere, money is used everywhere, and now, it is a critical moment, but the money in his hands is not much, even to the point of serious shortage.

Qianqing Palace.

Yang Reform is reviewing the recital.

"Your Majesty, this was originally for Your Majesty's sutra feast." The little eunuch opened a book, looked at the contents, and said the content of the song.

Yang Reform waved his hand irritably.

The little eunuch put this book aside with great interest and picked up the other one.

"Your Majesty, this is also for Your Majesty's sutra feast." The little eunuch only glanced at it in a hurry, and then said the contents of this book.

Yang Reform waved his hand irritably.

The little eunuch put down this book again and picked up another one.

"Your Majesty, this ...... I still ask Your Majesty to hold a sutra feast. ”

The little eunuch was very aggrieved and reported to the emperor that the ministers were all asking the emperor to open a feast, and the emperor obviously didn't have that mind, which made the little eunuch embarrassed, and this read the song to the emperor, what a good errand it was, if he smashed his future because of these idiot-like notes, the little eunuch had the heart to cry to death.

…… After dealing with it for a while, Yang Gai stretched his waist and asked, "Companion, how many books are there in this Suanshu that he said he was going to have a sutra feast?" "Yang Reform since a long time ago after a sutra feast, put the word sutra feast behind, has not been opened again, this sutra feast, obviously is to brainwash themselves, to engage in "pyramid schemes" for themselves, Yang reform will not be fooled, so, since the last time the sutra feast, Yang reform has been unwilling to open again, I am really afraid that these ministers will "brainwash" themselves, the ministers from the beginning of the sporadic and loose few people on the sparse, to now, is already a large piece, a large piece of the sutra sparse let themselves open the sutra feast, It's flooded, and Yang Reform doesn't fail to face it.

"Companion, please open the scripture feast, how many copies are there?" Yang Reform didn't specifically unify how much he had passed, please open the feast, and asked his housekeeper.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are about two baskets of music in this regard." Wang Chengen replied immediately.

"Two baskets of ......" Yang Reform was speechless, the ministers really have perseverance! This kind of waste of paper-like notes was actually written in two baskets.

Yang Reform has been having a hard time in the past few days, no money, there are holes everywhere, money is needed everywhere, Yang Reform has been thinking about where to get money, quite irritable, and was asked by the ministers to open a sutra feast to play a group attack, the mood is even more unhappy, but unhappy is not happy, Yang Reform decided to open a sutra feast, anyway, open a sutra feast, first plug the mouths of the ministers, he is really about to open the sutra feast to drown.

"Companion, pass on the decree, open the feast." Yang Reform said weakly, Yang Reform's mind is very chaotic, ready to change the environment, change the pace of work to see if there can be any whims or unexpected gains, no money, really aggrieved!

"Opening feast? … Today? Your Majesty? Wang Chengen thought that he had heard it wrong, the emperor hadn't held a sutra feast for a long time, and the emperor was quite uninterested in the sutra feast, so why did he suddenly remember to open a sutra feast? But the emperor has already decreed, so let's open it.

"Yes, it will be opened today, just in my spare time." Yang reform has countless troubles, this opening feast is one of them, and it is also a relatively easy to solve one, Yang reform is ready to solve these troubles one by one, this feast is the simplest thing, and Yang reform is listed as the first one to be solved.

When you encounter a problem, starting with the easiest is the way to solve the problem.

…… Mandarin Palace.

Cabinet, six ministries and other officials gathered in front of the Wenhua Palace, waiting for the emperor's arrival. The emperor rarely opened a sutra feast, and the ministers played a sutra, but it has been on it for a while, and the number of this recital has to be calculated by heaps, and this emperor, after all, is no match for the ministers' hard persuasion, and finally has a sutra feast. Many of the people were filled with joy in their hearts.

"Your Majesty has arrived." The little eunuch shouted, and the ministers immediately stood solemnly.

As soon as the emperor entered the Wenhua Palace, the ministers kowtowed respectfully.

Yang Gai ascended to the throne of the Wenhua Hall before he said, "Get up." ”

and the ministers rose again.

"Recently, because I'm busy, I don't have time, and some of the feasts haven't been opened, but today, if I have time, I'll open it." Yang Reform said with an indifferent expression.

Since the emperor ordered it, let's open it. The feast began in earnest according to the predetermined procedure.

…… The emperor sat on the dragon chair, in front of him was a case table, the person in charge of the lecture was a guy in a red robe, and there were two guys in a blue robe around to help, and below was the cabinet, the scholars, who accompanied the emperor to listen to the class.

The opening is without exception to explain the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", in these Confucian books, looking for subtle words, from a sentence, a word to extend countless truths, countless possibilities, and then different people make different interpretations.

Yang Reform's mind is not in this feast at all, but in other places, in his own internal money, on money, outside the border, on the wild boar skin, on Xu Guangqi in Shaanxi, on disaster relief, on Bi Zisu, Wu Sangui's bandits. Where do you have the heart to listen to this boring scripture, even if you listen to other people's lectures, Yang Gai also thinks that it may be better to explain a little "Thick Black Studies", after all, thick skin, black conscience can live better in the world at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor's eyes kept staring at the speaker's eyebrows, which made the speaker honestly frightened, thinking that the emperor was listening carefully to his explanation. The meaning of the scriptures is "simple to understand, easy to understand, and catchy"...... But the emperor's heart is not here.

Some of the ministers closed their eyes, shook their heads, seemed to be fascinated by listening, seemed to have a great experience, and seemed to have found the true meaning of the world in this.

The emperor has never paid much attention to these small details, and the ministers gradually let go, and some small actions, such as this shaking head, came out.

The atmosphere of the sutra feast is dull and boring, Yang Reform is purely sitting in a chair in a daze, thinking about problems, playing time, playing a sutra feast, putting this body here to listen to the sutra feast, but the brain is in another place, it is a way to kill multiple birds with one stone, on the one hand, to meet the needs of the ministers to open the sutra feast, on the other hand, you can let yourself think about the problem.

A little eunuch hurried to the Wenhua Palace.

"Report ......" The little eunuch shouted from afar.

The dullness of the feast was broken by the shouts of this little eunuch, and the ministers turned their heads to look at this little eunuch, it was not a major military event, and it was generally not reported at this time of the feast, let alone shouted from afar, it seemed that it must be an urgent military event.

"Report ......, Your Majesty,... Six hundred miles to rush ......" The little eunuch panted, holding up a letter with a big red seal in his hand.

"Bring it in." Yang Reform's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, this year was destined to be an unusual year, and the bad news must be one after another, Yang Reform had prepared for the worst, and his heart couldn't help beating wildly.

The ministers began to talk about it below, and what can be presented at such a serious time as the sutra feast must be a big event, but I don't know where it is, I don't know if it's a rebellion, or if there is a big change in the border pass, or in other words, the Dongyu is besieging the city again.

Yang Reform took the letter, which was stamped with a big red seal, as for whose seal it was, Yang Reform didn't know it, and there were words on it that "immediately flew over, six hundred miles expedited", and Yang Reform knew it.

Open the letter, it was Liu Jishan who wrote the letter, and then look at the content of the letter, it was about the alliance with Lin Dan Khan, Yang Reform barely finished reading it, and said that the matter of the union with Lin Dan Khan had been negotiated, and an agreement had been reached with Lin Dan Khan, including the specific agreement.

Yang Gai breathed a sigh of relief, it was not bad news, it was good news.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the good news is that the alliance with Lin Dan Khan has been negotiated." Yang said with a smile.

The ministers below have been looking forward to it for a long time, and they have guessed that something big has happened in that place, and they are all relieved to hear the emperor say that it is a good thing, once something big happens somewhere, what countermeasures, what to do, we may not know, but there is one thing, ironclad know, that is, it must cost money, this is certain, rebellion, war requires money, disaster relief requires money, in short, they all ask for money, and now, the household department has no money, so, except for the skin, the court can't do anything at present, It doesn't cost anything to rip off. Now that I hear the good news, I finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, I have no major problems facing the north." Shi Fenglai first slapped him with a sycophant.

"Congratulations! Your Majesty, the north is finally going to be at peace, and I am afraid that it is unlikely that the eastern captives will make a detour to enter the customs. Zhang Ruitu also said.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, you are all Your Majesty's wise and martial ......"

“…… His Majesty Hongfu ...... "The ministers who listened to the lecture sent sycophants one after another.

…… There is rare good news, Yang Gai smiled and said: "Hehe, this is indeed good news, but Liu Jishan also asked, when I united with Lin Dan Khan, did you promise to give Lin Dan Khan money?" Yang Gai asked, this matter was also asked by Liu Jishan, and Liu Jishan wrote down the negotiation process between himself and Lin Dan Khan almost word for word.

Look at me, my ministers, and I look at you.

Shi Fenglai was the first to reply: "Your Majesty, when I united with Lin Dan Khan, it seems that there was indeed such an agreement, I gave some silver taels to Lin Dan Khan, and promised that they could exchange markets, in order to envelop Lin Dan Khan and jointly deal with the Eastern Emperor, and since then, Lin Dan Khan has indeed sent troops to help me several times, this matter is true." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, the ministers also participated in the year, this matter is indeed true, when I was defeated in the Salhu War, and it was in danger outside the border, there was indeed such a thing. Another minister added.

Yang Gengai nodded, it seemed that this matter was true, and asked again: "How much money did I promise to Lin Dan Khan?" Why did Lin Dan Khan ask me for 100,000 taels of silver now? ”

"One hundred thousand taels? Your Majesty, there is never so much, back then, what I promised was to give Lin Dan Khan a thousand taels of silver every year to help him deal with Lin Dan Khan together, but I didn't say 100,000 taels, and now it has been almost ten years, a thousand taels a year, only 10,000 taels of silver, how can there be 100,000 taels? "This minister immediately jumped out to object, 100,000 taels? Even if you scrape the Taicang of the household, the household department will not be able to scrape 100,000 taels for you!

"A thousand taels?" Yang Reform was speechless, why did the Ming Dynasty spend 1,000 taels to buy Lin Dan Khan, and he bought the Imperial Association Army, but it cost 5,000 taels! This gap is a bit too big. That, what is the Emperor Alliance, the First Association, what Qing and Lin Dan Khan are not of the same order of magnitude!

"Your Majesty, it's a thousand taels, how much is it, this, the minister can't remember it clearly, the reason why Lin Dan Khan wants 100,000 taels, there should be a meaning to ask for a reward, this, it all depends on Your Majesty, Your Majesty is willing to give, just give, if you are unwilling, according to the promise of my dynasty, it is enough to give a thousand taels every year." The minister, who was still talking about participating in the affairs of the year just now, immediately changed his words, saying that he couldn't remember clearly, and the matter of 100,000 taels of silver was still missing.

"A thousand taels is right? That is to say, according to what Lin Dan Khan said, a thousand taels a year, and when added up over the years, it has not reached 10,000 taels? I'll give it according to this number? Yang Gai asked in disbelief, very aggrieved in his heart, he bought a small tribal leader, and he spent 5,000 taels, and this Lin Dan Khan only costs 1,000 taels a year, what does this mean, it shows that he spends too much money, the Ming Dynasty people negotiate very well, and they are even more powerful when they pick silver! Not only to yourself, but also to others.

"Your Majesty, according to this number, it's basically right, Lin Dan Khan is a lion big mouth, Your Majesty promised it back then, Lin Dan Khan naturally has nothing to say, as for the rest, it is Lin Dan Khan who asked for a reward, it depends on Your Majesty's meaning, how much to give a little is, don't chill Lin Dan Khan's heart is, now, I and Lin Dan Khan have joined forces to deal with the East Captives, and they should support each other, it is said that some days ago, Lin Dan Khan suffered a lot of losses, I am afraid that the loss is not small, without the supplement and assistance of our dynasty, I am afraid that Lin Dan Khan will not last long." Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the military department, explained.

"Oh, that's it! I see. "Yang Reform began to be interested in the bargaining ability of the Ming Dynasty, and when he bought a person of the level of Lin Dan Khan, the price he offered was only a thousand taels of silver, which was really incredible, far beyond his imagination, and compared with his own five thousand taels and one one, he was simply a loser!

Yang Reform already has a certain number in his heart, so he will no longer waste time on this matter. Said: "Okay, let's stop this matter, the money to reward Lin Dan Khan, I have come out, I will deal with this matter." ”

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, if the emperor wanted the household to pay for the silver, then there would be another verbal battle.

…… Seeing that the political affairs were handled, the lecturer said, "Your Majesty, can you continue?" ”

"Go on." Yang Reform happily accepted this proposal, but he didn't expect to receive good news when he opened the prayer feast, it seems that this prayer feast can bring good luck to himself, and Yang Reform also has a good impression of this prayer feast.

"Your Majesty, the scriptures have been finished, next, it's time to talk about history, what paragraph does Your Majesty want to talk about?" The lecturer asked.

"Hehe, guys, do you think I should listen to that history?" Yang Reform was in a good mood, and asked his minister with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that His Majesty cares most about the people's suffering, and cares about and loves the people the most, so he should talk about some things about the people's suffering......" Shi Fenglai was still the first to speak, of course, the words had to be said next to what the emperor liked.

"Your Majesty, you should talk about the emperor's acceptance of the advice of his courtiers...... a minister said boldly when he saw that the emperor's face was good.

"Your Majesty, I should talk about some things about the emperor's diligence......"

Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, all the ministers put forward their opinions.

"Hehe, okay, there are so many, I don't know who to listen to, so let's follow Shi Shoufu first, one by one." Yang Reform is really in a good mood, Lin Dan Khan's union has been completed, the possibility of wild boar skin wanting to make a detour into the customs is greatly reduced, to enter the customs, at least Lin Dan Khan must be cleaned up first, and Lin Dan Khan is now defending with his own defense line, wanting to swallow Lin Dan Khan in one bite, it is not so easy, the east is even more Mao Wenlong contained, if you count North Korea, the wild boar skin has been put into the cage by himself, Yang Reform is really quite happy, the strategic intention, finally achieved a step.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will first talk about some of the people's sufferings." This lecturer was very happy, it was rare for the emperor to hold a sutra feast, and the atmosphere was good, and the emperor was also happy.

...... "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the people's sufferings can be passed on to the world, and those who are known to the world are mostly through the pen of the literati of the past dynasties, so Your Majesty wants to listen to the history of the people's sufferings, most of them also start from these literati, the most famous is the sage said that 'the harsh government is fiercer than the tiger', and moreover, such as Liu Hedong in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Mengde, Du Fu, such as Fan Zhongyan in the Song Dynasty...... Your Majesty wants to understand the sufferings of the people, you can start with the words of these literati, I don't know which paragraph Your Majesty wants to listen to, or which writer to start with? "This lecturer is also competent and conscientious, and he is a dun inducement to the emperor.

"Oh, starting with these literati? Then among these literati, who wrote the most bitter about the people? Yang asked reform.

“…… Back to Your Majesty, this minister is really not good to comment, the most bitter thing is the sage's sentence 'harsh government is fiercer than a tiger'...... "This lecturer is also frightened, the most bitter?" The most bitter thing is just a dead word, and no matter how bitter it is, it will talk about how the people rebelled.

"Let's not talk about the saints for the time being, but I'll mention a few." Yang Gai said.

"I respectfully ask Your Majesty to come up with the question." The lecturer breathed a sigh of relief.

"I have a little impression of "The Snake Catcher" and "The Charcoal Seller", so let's talk about this." Yang Reform decisively came up with the question, thanks to the blessing of nine years of compulsory education, Yang Reform finally remembered that these two articles were before the Ming Dynasty, and they were also about the suffering of the people, and he still had a little impression of this, so Yang Reform also took the opportunity to say these two articles.

The lecturer wiped his sweat, these two articles are really about the suffering of the common people! organized the words and said: "Your Majesty, these two articles, one of which is "The Snake Catcher Says" is written by Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty and Liu Hedong, and "The Charcoal Seller" is written by Bai Juyi and Xiangshan monks in the Tang Dynasty, and the two articles are indeed explaining the suffering of the people and the suffering of the people...... This lecturer began to regret that he should not be too unrestrained, and let the emperor pick his own topics, how should these two topics be said now? The whole is a true portrayal of ordinary people being bullied and oppressed!

(To be continued)