Chapter 357: I can't do it

The ministers gathered on the platform again, speculating about the latest news from the emperor. 9W0W7W8.8C3A4I6h5o7n8g6w7e9n8x0u2e30.9c7o9m81

The smile on Yang Reform's face can be seen from afar.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Shaanxi has just come with the latest news, hehe...... Guess what...... news," Yang announced with a smile.

When the ministers saw the smile on the emperor's face, they could see it from afar, so they couldn't stop guessing what the news was, which made the emperor so happy.

"Your Majesty, I guess the minister, is it the civil uprising in Shaanxi that didn't happen?" A minister immediately shouted, according to the time, the news on the 23rd should arrive today, and the news that can make the emperor so happy is still from Shaanxi, and it is estimated that this is it.

Yang Gengai smiled and shook his head.

"Your Majesty, the minister guesses, it should be that the traitors will be arrested, and the people of Shaanxi will turn the crisis into peace......" A minister shook his head when he saw the emperor, and also guessed.

Yang Gengai smiled and shook his head again.

"This is a letter from Shaanxi, you can read it for yourself, and after reading it, you will know why I am so happy." Yang Gai picked up Xu Guangqi's letter and happily announced that the immigrants in Shaanxi have been completely clear, and there is no such "shady" feeling as before.

The ministers began to read the letter, and the contents of the letter were read out word by word. When the crowd erupted in cheers when it was thought that the sheepskin raft could be used instead of boats to move most of the victims out of Shaanxi along the river by the end of October.

"Okay, good, this way is ......."

"Wonderful, wonderful, this method is really whimsical,...... Your Majesty, the matter of Shaanxi, finally no longer have to be afraid, there is this thing, four hundred miles a day, the victims want to go out of Shaanxi, it is only a few days, this is really an unprecedented feat of Shaanxi immigrants, feasible, ......very good," a minister said with tears in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, if this thing is true, it is really an excellent way to solve the problem of Shaanxi, I didn't expect that there is such a magical thing in the world, four hundred miles a day, even if it is a horse, it is not so fast...... millions of immigrants, the minister thinks, with this thing, it is just so ......, Your Majesty, the minister firmly believes that with this thing, Shaanxi immigrants are no longer a problem...... "A person who was not very optimistic about the emperor's millions of immigrants before, this time, also believes that the emperor can transfer millions of immigrants out of Shaanxi within this year, Completely end the pattern of the great people's change after the great drought.

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Yang reform's hands are under false pressure, and the excited ministers can be regarded as quieting down, this news is really a huge piece of good news, better than what suppressed a popular uprising somewhere, this news is directly related to the success or failure of Shaanxi immigrants.

"I also think this is a good thing, I won't say much about the relationship, let's talk about the feasibility of transporting people on sheepskin rafts, do you have any questions about transporting people on sheepskin rafts?" Yang Gai's indescribable comfort was even happier than the capture of a certain peasant rebel leader in a war.

The ministers spoke enthusiastically, this matter, basically, it was a certainty, it was Xu Guangqi who wrote the letter, as well as Zhou Yanru's name, just this one, the ministers believed most of them, the initiator of this idea, it was actually Shi Kefa, Shi Kefa's teacher Zuo Guangdou is famous, with this, even people who still want to catch some pigtails, there is no reason to doubt it, basically, the reliability of this combination, infinitely close to reliable, if the news from this combination is not reliable, then there is no one in the world who can believe it.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no doubt, this matter was raised by Shi Kefa, who studied under Zuo Guangdou, and after the witness of Xu Ge Lao and Zhou Zhuangyuan, there will definitely be no fake, Your Majesty, this matter is undoubtedly ......" A minister immediately raised it, this matter, just by looking at the names of the people involved, you can completely believe it.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely unexpected, absolutely reliable, thinking that Shi Kefa voluntarily went to Fugu County to be an immigration officer, he must have observed the people's feelings and penetrated into the people, otherwise, it would be impossible to know such a wonderful method......"

For the use of sheepskin rafts for disaster relief, the bigwigs in the court are convinced, and believe that there is definitely such a thing. A minister reads a lot of books, has a good memory, and even gives examples of the use of sheepskin rafts in history to increase the reliability of this matter.

Yang Gai listened to this minister's words and wanted to say to him, since you know, don't you say it earlier? It seems that it is useless to just read books, it is right to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, this kind of person who can only read books and does not understand the meaning of it, even if he can memorize all the people in the world, is a rotten Confucian. ,

"Well, I am also convinced, that's why I will be so happy, hehe, to be honest, I only thought of transporting the victims by boat before, I know that in this place of Shaanxi, it is not very convenient to travel by boat, hehe, if it weren't for Shi Kefa's timely proposal to transport the victims by sheepskin raft, I am afraid that the immigrants in Shaanxi will be really a troublesome thing, and now, with Shi Kefa's method of transporting people on sheepskin rafts, it is not a problem at all to transport the victims of Shaanxi out of Shaanxi......" As soon as Yang Reform saw the letter written by Xu Guangqi, he completely believed it, The real reliability of transporting people on sheepskin rafts, at least, Yang Gengai saw sheepskin rafts on TV in the past.

"Your Majesty Hongfu ......"

"Your Majesty Hongfu ......"

With this "magic weapon", the problem of Shaanxi does not seem to be a problem, everyone knows that as long as the disaster victims in Shaanxi are transported out of Shaanxi, the civil uprising in that place in Shaanxi will become a source of no origin. Without the participation of a large number of victims, it can only be said that bandits and bandits are making trouble, and it is far from the people's rebellion.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, as long as the victims of Shaanxi go out of Shaanxi, the people of Shaanxi will change, immediately the ice and snow melt the ......, the most difficult thing for immigrants is to transfer grain, the transfer of grain, and it is difficult to cross Tongguan against the current, as long as the disaster victims go out of Tongguan, to the lower reaches of the Yellow River, then transfer grain, transfer population is quite convenient, can consume very little, a large number of transfer victims, Your Majesty, a small sheepskin raft, now, is a great contribution to my Ming Dynasty...... The minister proposed that he should be rewarded...... "One of the ministers shook his head.

“…… Exactly, Your Majesty, the difficulty of migrant disaster relief is that the food cannot be transported into Shaanxi, the victims cannot come out, and the consumption of forcibly transporting food into Shaanxi is too huge, if there is a way to easily and quickly transport people out, then the matter of migrant disaster relief is much simpler and easier, Your Majesty ...... Immigrants are expected to transfer and resettle millions of victims, not just empty words...... "A minister sighed, the letter said that the sheepskin raft down the river, can travel 400 miles a day, that is to say, even if it is from Fugu County to drift down, three or four days, it can completely go out of Shaanxi, out of Shaanxi, to Henan, then there is no need to be afraid, below Tongguan, it is possible to travel big ships, and the consumption of grain is also very small, transfer grain from Jiangnan, ten percent of the grain, but consume about one or two percent, to feed millions of victims, I can afford it. From the very beginning, this minister was skeptical of the emperor's millions of immigrants, because there had never been a dynasty that could do millions of immigrants within a year, although the emperor was willing to spend money, but there were still many people who were skeptical of the emperor's plan, and now, seeing this simple method, is to completely believe that the emperor is not telling lies, talking empty words, since the beginning of the world, the organized million immigrants will become a reality at this time, so it is also full of emotion.

“…… Your Majesty, this is the luck of my dynasty, I want to transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River to Kaifeng, Henan, but consume one or two percent, to pass through Tongguan to Xi'an, then at least two or three percent must be consumed, if you want to go up the Yellow River, send grain to Fugu This kind of place, you have to consume six or seven percent of the grain, or even seven or eight percent, if you also take the land route to transport the grain to some states and counties, you have to consume the first amount of grain, and even consume more than ninety percent of it, and the victims are waiting for the relief of the imperial court in Shaanxi, it is difficult to ...... The difficulty is not that the court does not provide relief, but it is really a force that cannot be caught, and it is difficult to transport...... Now, if there is a way to transport the victims out of Shaanxi in a few days, the consumption of grain will be greatly reduced, Your Majesty, millions of immigrants are not empty words, let alone lies, Your Majesty, miracles, miracles, such a short period of time, large-scale immigration, unprecedented, can be described as a miracle ...... for thousands of years, this is enough to spread through the ages...... "An old minister said with tears and emotion.

Yang Reform's eyes were also a little moist, in the late Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, to organize the transfer of a million people, the arduous project was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

"Okay, I have decided to fully support this matter, Master Xu said in the letter, is already working on this matter, mobilizing the immigration officials of various states and counties to slaughter livestock, make rafts, and also sent Zhou Yanru to Ningxia Town, Gansu Town to buy sheepskin rafts, and is ready to buy sheepskin rafts from those Mongolian tribes, this matter, you can also talk about it......" Yang Reform saw that it was rare for the ministers to have a consensus on the same matter, so he also carried forward "democracy", let everyone discuss and discuss, and strive to transport sheepskin rafts to people. There is broad agreement, and in any case, the more people support this matter, the better. In fact, there is another layer of meaning, Xu Guangqi's letter said that he has already begun to do it, so that the entire Shaanxi more than 80 prefectures and counties have started to make sheepskin rafts, and even went north to buy sheepskin rafts, which involves a large amount of silver, Yang Reform has not much money in the house, and has to take this matter out and talk about it, reminding the ministers that the time has come to dig out the silver. ,

For this matter, the ministers basically support it, because the people involved in it, on the one hand, are Xu Guangqi of the Imperial Party, and on the other hand, Shi Kefa and Zhou Yanru, two people from the Donglin Party, who account for the vast majority of the people in the Donglin Party and the Imperial Party, it is basically difficult to have opposing voices.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it should be supported, and it should be done quickly, this matter should not be delayed for too long, the opportunity is fleeting......"

"Your Majesty, the ministers are also in favor, especially the deputy Qin sent Zhou Yanru Zhou to Ningxia Town, Gansu Town to buy leather tires, but also to support, from Ningxia Town down the river, four or five days can go to Fugu County of our dynasty, and then from Fugu County down the river, another three or four days, can go out of Shaanxi, Your Majesty, the key to Shaanxi immigration, in fact, in northern Shaanxi, there is this method can quickly transfer out of northern Shaanxi disaster victims, this matter, should definitely be supported, but, the purchase of rafts, hire rafters, and even find Mongolians to buy cattle and sheep, these are all silverYour Majesty, this silver ......" Speaking of which, the matter soon involved the matter of silver.

"Yes, Master Xu said in his heart that at least nearly 200,000 heads of cattle should be slaughtered, and in addition, a large number of rafters and rafts were hired from Ningxia Town and Gansu Town to buy Mongolian cattle and sheep, all of which required additional money, nearly 200,000 head of livestock, estimated to be more than 400,000 taels of silver, plus Zhou Yanru's, I was afraid of the cost of 500,000 taels of silver......" This account has been calculated very clearly in the letter.

“…… Although I have arranged tens of millions of taels of silver for the immigrants, it seems that there are not many ...... in place now, what is the matter with the silver from the salt merchants? The whole court is waiting for that batch of silver to save the emergency, what do they mean? Standing aside and watching the play? It is said that one side is in trouble, and all sides support, how do I think of these salt merchants, all of them are standing aside and watching a good show with peace of mind? When are they going to pay the money? Isn't it necessary to wait until the last day of the year to get the silver? "When Yang Reform talks about the silver of immigrants, it will definitely involve the silver of the salt merchants, and when it comes to the salt merchants, he will definitely be angry, the silver of the group of salt merchants is still not in place, and the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty has reached the most critical moment, but unfortunately, those people are still standing aside to watch the show......

Just now, there were still ministers who talked and laughed, and they were so speechless by this matter, if they wanted to talk about the salt merchant's silver, the water would be deep, and they shrank their heads one by one, and they were very taboo.

After being silent for a while, Yang Gai sighed, at the most critical moment of the Ming Dynasty, you avoided it, don't blame me for being spicy in the future, the salt merchant will not eradicate it, and he will not be a man.

"Hehe, see the truth in times of crisis, forget it, this silver can't count on those salt merchants, let's get out, anyway, I invested 10 million, and it's not bad for the 500,000 ......" Yang Reform's resentment towards the salt merchants has already reached the point of being unbearable, but it will have to wait until the end of this year to get rid of the salt merchants, and at the beginning of next year, Yang Reform can only suppress the anger and resentment in his heart, and smile and pay the silver himself.

"Your Majesty Shengming......" The ministers began to fart again.

"The silver of the salt merchants, everyone, you all urge it, now, my Ming Dynasty has reached the most critical juncture......" Yang Reform was really aggrieved, and wanted the ministers to urge the salt merchants' silver, because Yang Reform also knew that the background of the salt merchants was this group of people, and they wanted to say a few words on their faces, but they were resentful in their hearts, and they really couldn't say it, so there was no follow-up.

The ministers only promised once, this salt merchant, that one has no background? Whether to pay the silver or not, it really depends on the mood of others, to see whether others are willing to deduct a little bit from the fingernails to the imperial court, this arrears, in the Ming Dynasty, is definitely not a new term, everyone is playing the arrears of attention, the emperor wants to charge an extra penny...... Hmph...... many ministers secretly glanced at the emperor and thought so.

Yang Gengai looked at the dodging looks of the ministers, and then looked at the unwilling looks one by one, and he didn't want to open his mouth anymore, and the resentment in his heart was beyond measure. Today, when the Ming Dynasty needs you the most, you are ruthless and unrighteous, don't blame me for being ruthless in the future, Yang Reform has no better way than the curse of poisoning in his heart.

It was originally a happy summons, but in the end, the monarch and the ministers broke up unhappily.

The platform summoned the hastily and dispersed.

The matter was finally decided, and the imperial court fully supported Xu Guangqi to make a raft, whether it was two thousand leather tires from various states and counties, or Zhou Yanru went to Ningxia Town, Gansu Town to recruit rafters, buy rafts, or buy Mongolian cattle and sheep, the imperial court supported it, and expanded the scope to neighboring Shaanxi, and other states and counties under the jurisdiction of the Political Secretary also needed to support Shaanxi rafts. ,

The household is always a moneyless goods, do not reach out to ask for money, are all ten thousand blessings, salt merchants' silver, it seems, can not be counted on, now the money paid, only a handful, plus the field endowment, but no problem, can basically be collected in full, however, there is also a time problem, the summer tax is smaller, the autumn tax will not be completely paid until next year, not to mention, a large part of the field endowment to ensure the supply of food, after all, millions of victims, the food needed, is not a small amount, so, today's immigrants, the silver used, Most of it is Yang Reform's own money.

This time the platform summoned was unhappily dispersed, Yang Reform sulked on the platform alone, and wanted to smash people with things several times, but he endured it stiffly, but the result was that he sulked and was about to vomit blood.

"For the most part, how much silver is left in the inner pocket?" Yang Reform, who was so stunned that he couldn't do it, still had to pay for the money, and the Shaanxi immigrants had reached the most critical moment, no matter what, they couldn't drop the chain.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's already less than a million......" Wang Chengen didn't dare to tell the truth, the amount of silver in the inner money has increased from millions of taels at the beginning to hundreds of thousands of taels now, and the speed of spending money is faster than running water, Wang Chengen is afraid to say it, scaring the emperor, seeing that the emperor's face is not good, and then tell the emperor the bad news, I am afraid that the emperor will not be able to stand it.

"Less than a million? How much? Two hundred thousand? Four hundred thousand? Or 800,000? Nine hundred thousand? Yang Gengai asked carefully, he didn't have much money, he knew, how much, I don't know, now it's time to be careful again, I have to ask carefully.

"Back to Your Majesty...... it seems, it seems that there are only five or six hundred thousand taels...... Wang Chengen said, so he lowered his head, not daring to look at the emperor, five or six hundred thousand taels, not enough for the emperor's expenses for a month. In other words, next month, the emperor will have to break off.

Yang reformed the silver of the salt merchant so angry that he was so angry that he was entangled in the liver and angina. The anger and resentment in my heart have already reached the extreme, and I am angry and frightened, and I have the urge to spurt blood.

Yang Gengai pressed his chest with his fingers, and then he felt better, otherwise, I was afraid that a mouthful of blood would spurt out.

Wang Chengen saw that the emperor was puffing out his eyes, constantly pressing his chest with his hands, his face was quite bad, and he was in tears, so he came over to help the emperor press, and the reason, he, who followed the emperor, naturally understood.

Wang Chengen's tears, "horn and horn" kept falling, they never broke, and fell on the emperor's clothes, although Yang Reform was also aware, but he didn't make a sound, at the end of this Ming Dynasty, there are not many people who really want themselves to be good.

After a long breath, Yang Reform breathed a sigh of relief.

After a little better, Yang Gengai asked: "For the most part, these five or six hundred thousand, can you remove the military salary that should be sent out next month?" ”

The so-called military salaries that should be sent out every month, such as Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town, such as Yuan Chonghuan, such as the New Army, etc., are all directly allocated from the internal treasury, and they are indispensable every month.

Wang Chengen's eyes were already red, and while crying, he said: "Back to Your Majesty, the military salaries and other expenses allocated by Your Majesty have always been in full and sent down that month, so at the beginning of next month, those silver must be allocated on time, so these silver will be enough to support next month's expenses, and when it comes to next month, it will be ......."

Yang Gai smiled bitterly, and gradually understood Chongzhen's desperate mood when he was seventeen years old, Chongzhen at that time, I was afraid that there was really nothing but despair, except for a king's dead heart. Yang Reform calculates again, at least he is no worse than Chongzhen in seventeen years, and he can at least think of some ways.