Xu Guangqi listened to the emperor's words, remained silent, lay on the bed, looked at the top of the bed, and his eyes were hesitant. It seems to be thinking about something. The flush of the cheeks is very bewitching.

Yang Reform is also waiting for Xu Guangqi to see what ideas Xu Guangqi has for him.

“…… Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is so, and it is okay. ”

"How?" Yang Reform hurriedly asked.

"Your Majesty can send someone to Fujian to find Chen Yinggong's descendants, and apply for Your Majesty's 'patent' for Chen Yinggong in the name of future generations, and then Your Majesty will allow this descendant to be well protected, and then, you can be exempted from salt tax, secretly arrange a salt drying field, and when the time is ripe, you will dry salt on a large scale, and sweep away the salt merchants who are still boiling salt with the momentum of thunder, and they are not allowed to use the method of drying salt, so that it will not take long for the salt industry in the world to be collected by Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can profit from the salt industry every year......

Xu Guangqi seems to have made a lot of determination. came up with such a trick for the emperor, this trick is not very open, but discussing the issue of fairness with those salt merchants and salt rats is playing the piano to the cow. Xu Guangqi seems to be completely disappointed in the officialdom at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and no longer cares about the rules of officialdom, but instead supports the emperor's practice of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, peeling the skin to the end, and killing everything.

"Good, good!" The more Yang reform listened, the more excited he became, if he followed Xu Guangqi's approach, sent someone to find Chen Yinggong's descendants, and applied for a patent in the name of future generations, it is also a reason to say the past, after all, the father and the son inherited, in ancient times, there is still a large market, many technologies are passed on to men and women, and sons are not passed on to sons-in-law, this exclusive formula, enjoy patents, is barely a reason, of course, this is just a disguise, the key is that the emperor wants to prohibit others from using the salt drying method, especially the salt merchants in the two Huai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, Yang thought it was a good idea. Call these salt merchants, depressed to death, and taste what dumping is.

"But! Your Majesty, this law will definitely provoke a counterattack by the salt merchants, and even involve the counterattack of the bureaucrats who are entangled with the salt industry, this ...... "Of course, Xu Guangqi knows that this matter of robbing the salt merchants' silver will definitely be attacked by the bureaucrats, and the salt merchants will instigate the stove households to cause trouble, and even threaten the salt market, etc., so he also reminded the emperor.

"Master Xu, don't be afraid of this, Master Xu said that those salt merchants, salt rats fought back? Hehe, I have already sent the new commander of the Jinyi Guard, Fang Hongzan, to secretly go to the layout, and only a few of us know about this matter. I asked him to secretly lay out the salt works along the coast and protect them secretly, and when necessary, I would authorize him to mobilize the garrison and strangle those salt merchants, salt rats, as long as they kill the leader, the others will definitely scatter, and they will not do much, even if the agitation succeeds in one place, or several places are destroyed, it will not hinder the overall situation, I am ready to take this salt into my own hands, and I am ready to kill......"

Xu Guangqi pondered intently, the emperor is very bold in this matter! The emperor was much more resolute than he imagined, he originally thought that the emperor was young, too little knowledge, lacked courage, and hesitated to do things, and he would definitely worry about the restlessness in the south, but did not dare to make any moves, and was quite scruples, but now it seems that this emperor is very bold and determined.

Xu Guangqi didn't know that this Emperor Chongzhen knew the later history, no matter what he did, could he still be worse than the ending in history? Can it be worse than the backward history of the Chinese nation for three or four hundred years?

The emperor's decision affected Xu Guangqi's determination and judgment, and Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty! My Ming Dynasty has reached the juncture of life and death, and I hope that Your Majesty will make up his mind, kill hard, and control the salt industry in his hands in one fell swoop with the momentum of ploughing and sweeping the holes, so that thousands of people in the world can have a way to live! Your Majesty! ”

Xu Guangqi not only agrees with the emperor's killing, but also hopes that the emperor will kill the killer, this is beyond Yang Reform's expectations, Yang Reform's expectations, this Xu Guangqi should be more gentle to persuade himself not to be reckless! However, now, he persuaded himself to be a killer. Yang Reform didn't know that his will and thinking as the emperor would affect the people around him, what the emperor was thinking and what he wanted to do, all of which were paid attention to and valued by many courtiers, otherwise, wouldn't this feudal society be in vain?

"Uh~~! Master Xu, I didn't expect you to think the same as me, the Ming Dynasty has reached the point where it must change. If I don't change, I'm afraid that my tens of thousands of people, who are well-dressed in China, will no longer exist in the future and will become slaves of other races! ”

"Alas...... The old minister is old, there are not many times, and he has tried to change mildly for decades, but there is no effect, this Ming Dynasty has been rotten to the top, if you don't take heavy medicine, it will definitely come to an end! This heavy medicine, first of all, is in the salt class, if the salt class is not changed, my Ming Dynasty will surely perish......" Xu Guangqi's sickly pale face flushed, and he said in an impassioned tone. Speaking of the inevitable demise of the Ming Dynasty, he was already panting, as if the resentment and anger in his chest had not been vented for a long time.

"Master Xu, don't get excited, don't get excited, peace of mind is that I have made up my mind and arranged it, Master Xu don't be excited......" Yang Gai was taken aback, but he didn't expect that Xu Guangqi, who looked very gentle, was so energetic and so hot when he spoke.

"The minister has no form, he should not speak wildly, and talk about the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty...... Please also ask Your Majesty to punish the crime. Xu Guangqi saw that his words were too much, and hurriedly apologized, what did he say, the Ming Dynasty will perish, this kind of thing is really not what people should say, if other emperors are replaced, just by virtue of this sentence, it is not a killing, but also a dismissal. Fortunately, the otaku emperor Yang Reform believed in and accommodated Xu Guangqi abnormally, and he didn't take it seriously at all.

"Don't get in the way, Master Xu, I know you are kind, how can I blame Master Xu?"

"Thank you Your Majesty for forgiveness, the old minister's own body knows that the old minister's time is running out, he has the heart to serve the country, and he has no power to return to the sky, His Majesty forgives the minister bluntly, this Ming Dynasty has accumulated a lot of difficulties, and it is extremely erosive, and it has reached the point where the building will fall,...... His Majesty said that the foreign race is eyeing and wants to enter the customs, and the natural disasters are continuous, the old minister really doesn't dare to think about what to do with the Ming Dynasty, the old minister is tormented, and there is really no way to improve my Ming Dynasty,...... In this way, it is better to kill the killer, Bo Yibo, perhaps, can be a bloody way for the Ming Dynasty...... "Xu Guangqi's life has come to an end step by step, even if there is no accident, he will die in a few years, and now he is vomiting blood, and the fire of life is probably about to burn out, so he has no scruples about to say this, and he poured out all the things that have been aggrieved in his heart for many years.

Originally, Xu Guangqi didn't know that this wild boar skin would enter the customs, nor did he know that there would be continuous natural disasters, so he still held the idea that he could improve as much as possible, and had a trace of illusion about the bureaucracy. But now it is different, the emperor deduced through the "sand table", a series of actions of the Dongyu Houjin, and deduced that the Dongyu will definitely enter the customs; There are also gods and men dreaming, saying that there are more than ten years of continuous natural disasters, which has been verified, which makes Xu Guangqi, who holds the last glimmer of hope, completely desperate, the Ming Dynasty, there is no time to improve, the most direct way is to kill, keep killing, kill until the change, even if the blood flows into a river, it is stronger than the end of the dynasty. Therefore, Xu Guangqi, who was originally gentle and kind, became radical and even desperate.

Yang Reform listened to Xu Guangqi's powerful words, his heart was also full of murderous intent, he couldn't wait to kill those salt rats and salt merchants, and he also admired Xu Guangqi's gaze, history did not come out of Xu Guangqi's judgment, in history, Chongzhen Dynasty, has never worked the field tax, and only dared to pick a little bit in the mouth of the salt merchant on the salt tax, the highest salt tax is only more than three million, only a fraction of the actual tax, if the full amount of salt tax can be collected, the annual income of 10 million taels, to defend against the attack of wild boar skin, It's still more than enough. With money and no land tax, this peasant uprising must not have been so violent, and the strangulation could not be clear, and the Ming Dynasty would not have perished so bleakly. Chongzhen will not miserably slash his wife and children, and hang himself in the coal mountain. Thinking of this, Yang Reform sighed again.

...... "I know, Master Xu is recuperating with peace of mind, and I will definitely go all out to do my best in this matter." Yang Reform found that Xu Guangqi's face was becoming more and more abnormal, an old man who vomited blood a few days ago, and now his face is so flushed, I'm afraid it's not a good thing, the word "back to the light" instantly shrouded Yang Reform's heart, Yang Reform was shocked in his heart, knowing that this Xu Guangqi was probably really overworked, mentally overdrawn, life overdrawn, and he had to leave quickly. Otherwise, Xu Guangqi's life would really burn out, and he would have suffered a big loss, and there would be no place to cry.

"I'm gone, Master Xu is recuperating with peace of mind, and when Master Xu is well, I'll check and direct the strangulation of the salt merchant's counterattack."

Without waiting for Xu Guangqi to speak, Yang Gai said again: "Companion, send a few imperial doctors to Master Xu, take turns to serve Master Xu, what medicine you want, go directly to the palace to get it, let Master Xu recover as soon as possible, if something happens to Master Xu, I will take them to their fate." ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty ordered a few days ago, and the slaves and maids have already sent a few imperial doctors." Wang Chengen, who was standing on the side, hurriedly replied.

"Well, that's just right. Let's go! Yang Gai was afraid that Xu Guangqi would stay or speak again, for fear that this "return to the light" would become a reality, so he left without looking back.

…… Out of the gate of Xu Guangqi, Yang Reform walked aimlessly on the street, prosperous and still prosperous, teahouses, shops, people come and go, shouting and shouting, a prosperous scene, where it looks like a dynasty will change after more than ten years?

Yang Reform is very unpleasant, this Xu Guangqi's appearance is really afraid of people, Yang Reform is really worried, for fear that not far after he goes out, some people will cry and run to himself, to report his funeral, if so, Yang Reform is afraid that he will slap himself a few big mouths on the street, knowing that Xu Guangqi is sick like this, and he still comes to trouble Xu Guangqi, it really shouldn't be. Alas~ But this salt industry, if you don't talk to Xu Guangqi, who can you talk to? Although Sun Chengzong also understands something, his main energy is in the military, and he is so busy every day that his feet do not touch the ground.

Yang Reform is very depressed and distressed, his arms are too old, Xu Guangqi can only live for a few more years, and now if he does this, it is still unknown whether he can live to the same lifespan as in history. What a way to do that!

Walking indiscriminately, walking, I don't know where to wear, Yang Reform was a little tired and a little thirsty, when he looked up, a huge "tea" word, was carried by a bamboo pole, swinging in the air, this word, a little familiar! Yang Gengai thought about it, he had been to this place before, and after thinking about it again, he remembered that he had drunk tea here before, and he had heard those scholars discuss bamboo pipe pens.

Now that he is revisiting the old place, Yang Reform lifted his legs and went to the teahouse. The "security guard" in the back is even more trembling to drill in.

Upstairs, Yang Reform was ready to find a place to sit down, so quiet and quiet, his thinking was a little chaotic, and his mood was also very depressed!

"This brother! Interested in having a drink with us? A man in his thirties, with a happy face, invited Yang Reform to drink.

Belch~! Invited to tea? Drink? How long ago was that? Since he became the emperor, he has never been treated like this. After thinking about it, he said, "Okay! As my brother wishes. ”

"Dare to ask Brother Taigui's surname? Can there be words? The person who invited Yang to reform asked enthusiastically.

"Oh ~ I, surname Yang, name reform, word Baidu ......" Yang Reform suddenly remembered that he had told others before that his name was Yang Baidu.

When the person who invited Yang to reform heard this, he immediately said: "Slack, slack, it turned out to be Brother Baidu, Xiao Ke's surname is Ye, his name is Gaobiao, the word is from the root, he is a person from Haifeng, Guangdong, I don't know where Brother Tai Guixiang is?" This Ye Gaobiao, facing Yang Reform, who is obviously many years younger than himself, has a very low posture.

“…… Uh~ Me? Hehe, it's a person from the capital. Yang Reform was asked, and he was about to tell his household registration in the 21st century, thinking that it was at the end of the Ming Dynasty...... "Hehe, looking at Brother Tai's heroic appearance, it must be Enke's tribute this time." Ye Gaobiao talked with Yang Reform very diligently.

"Uh~ this, there are ancestors in the family,...... Yang Reform is embarrassed, he can't say that he is the emperor, he doesn't need to take the test, and he also specializes in testing others. I had to come to the shadow of my ancestors.

"Hehe, looking at my brother's platform, I also know that it must be a rich and noble family,...... Come on, let me introduce you to a brother Tai, Yang Reform, the word Baidu, you can call Baidu brother. This Ye Gaobiao enthusiastically welcomed Yang Reform into a small circle composed of some literati. Of course, when Yang Reform was introduced, the status given was not low.

The people in the circle are some discerning, looking at Yang Reform's style, you know that it must be the son of a powerful family, just now I heard him talk to Ye Zigen, claiming to have shade, and it is even more certain that he is a son of a powerful person, and those who dare to be so swaggering in this capital are probably not ordinary children of the powerful, if there is a prince in him, it is not unusual, so they are all friendly to Yang Reform, more friendly, only one or two occasionally, I can't get used to Yang Reform being in the limelight like this, and I have a little disdain in the corner of the side.

"I've seen Brother Baidu...... Under ......"

"I've seen Brother Baidu...... Under ......"

…… Last time, I drank tea here, I met with them, and listened to them talk about the bamboo pen, and now, I came here to drink tea, and met them again.

“…… Fortunately, fortunately, it will ......" Yang Reform has dismissed these two words, I have not heard a name in history, Yang Reform's attitude towards these people, that is, general, if you hear about historical celebrities, Yang Reform is not like this.

After everyone finished the introduction, they all sat in the corner of the teahouse and began to talk.

...... "This time, we gathered in the Attic Tower, and the matter we discussed was the 'Jinshi Class', and I heard from the adults in the court that His Majesty the Emperor was ready to open the Jinshi Class, and he would teach us some practical learning, so that after I was released, I could benefit the people." What do you think? Ye Gaobiao was the leader, and when he threw out the topic, he began to "buzz" about it.

Jinshi is released, and you can generally get a county to do it. This is a very common starting point, and it is also the only way for most Jinshi.

"Brother Zigen, is your news accurate?" Some people doubt the reliable surname of this news.

"There will be no mistake, I heard that above the court, all the adults have already determined, and they have also set several teachers to give lectures, most of whom are ministers of the court."

"Brother Zigen, this is a good thing! It's rare to meet all of you, and now that I've entered the Jinshi class, it's also a blessing for me to be able to meet with the adults of the DPRK and China often! ”

"Brother XX, what I said is very true, this is the opportunity we are waiting for, it is rare to encounter such a good thing, I usually want to see all my lords, but it is difficult to even enter the door......" This person told the truth.

…… Another person came out to break the news again, saying: "I also heard that the emperor is going to divide the curriculum of this Jinshi class into Chinese, mathematics, astronomy, geography, physical education, agriculture or something, it seems that this sub-subject is extremely detailed." ”

Someone came out and rolled his eyes and said, "I don't even know this?" His Majesty advocates the six arts of the gentleman, one art, is a course, but the merger of royal, archery for sports, the rest, are to learn, add this astronomy, agricultural class, it seems to let me wait for the weather season, distinguish the five grains of farmland, and make a county order in the future, and it will not be divided into grains, haha...... "This person's attitude is not very good, with a sense of ridicule and pride.

Immediately, someone didn't like him, came out to confront him, and said, "XX, don't be complacent, this is the lesson set by the Holy God today, don't laugh at will, beware of ......"

The charge of "you ......", this person couldn't bear it, and was provoked to shut up.

Seeing the dispute between the two parties, Ye Gaobiao came out and adjusted: "Okay, okay, you better stop arguing, I'll wait, or guess this palace test, the emperor will come up with that kind of question, if you guess right, you must have benefited a lot." ”

Ye Gaobiao's successful transfer of the topic immediately attracted the attention of many scholars, and the enthusiasm for discussing the jinshi class just now immediately disappeared.

Temple exam? Yang Reform thought about it, isn't this palace exam his own exam? Hehe, it's funny, I drink tea with my "students" in the teahouse and discuss the exam questions, and when I say this, others will definitely shout about cheating.

Yang Gai felt a little interesting, and when everyone was still thinking about it, he said: "This Enke palace exam, in my opinion, the topic is roughly on discussing state affairs and how to increase taxes!" ”

Yang Reform doesn't mind revealing the topic to these "students" who are destined for him, which is also interesting, and later, when they meet in the main hall, presumably, their expressions will be very exciting.

"Why is Brother Tai sure that the emperor will come up with this topic?" A scholar asked incredulously.

Yang Reform laughed in his heart, hahaha~, I am the emperor, what's the problem, don't I know yet?

(To be continued)