Five million taels of silver, suspend the salt administration for a year, the court can get a huge amount of money, and the emperor can get a good reputation for the people of the world, this cabinet minister is already beautiful. I think this idea is really high. The emperor will inevitably meet Qian Yankai. You must know that these five million taels are far more than the income of any emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor can get far more than the income of any emperor of the Ming Dynasty by using arithmetic to calculate, presumably, the emperor should be satisfied.

Yang Reform is also making his own calculations, he will cut the Jin merchants in Shanxi before the wild boar skin enters the customs at the latest, and by the way, he will cut the salt merchants, and it will only take a year, if so, it does not conflict with his own plan, he got five million taels of silver in advance, and he can use this silver to build a large battleship, can provide disaster relief, can support the army, calculate it, his own strength, there is a bigger leap, within a year, the Jin merchant traitor case will definitely break out, and by the way, the salt merchant will be completely defeated, so, After arriving, in the name of this salt merchant suspected of betraying the country, being a Han annihilation, and selling his ancestors, he would not admit his account, and no one would say anything about himself, or simply take the opportunity to reform the salt administration.

After thinking about it, Yang Gengai felt that he could compromise with the "representatives" of these salt merchants, so he said: "What do you auxiliary ministers think? Is that okay? ”

A few ministers, you look at me, I look at you, I think it's still like this, isn't this just a year of stopping the salt government? It's not permanently canceled, anyway, this salt class is out of people, it's a big deal to increase the price of a few cents, and the salt merchants won't suffer too much, even if they suffer a loss this year to make some contributions to the court, it just so happens that the court has no money to spend now, several ministers looked at each other, nodded, and tacitly agreed.

Shou Fu said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is very good, firstly, it can make all the people in the world bathe in His Majesty's grace, and secondly, it can increase the income of the imperial court, which is the best of both worlds." Your Majesty, the ministers have no objection......" said the words of agreement on behalf of the Cabinet.

"Huh, so? All in favor? Then so be it, let the salt merchants advance the money first, five million taels of silver, not a penny less, when the five million taels of silver are gathered, start to calculate the time, and before that, suspend the salt policy. "Yang Gai didn't want to deal directly with the salt merchants, Yang Gai didn't have so much energy to deal with this matter, but only forced the bureaucrats to urge the salt merchants to pay the money.

Several ministers thought about it and felt that since they had agreed to give five million taels of silver, the rest were trivial matters, and the bureaucrats who were unwilling to pay the salt merchants had a hundred ways to "run" the salt merchants.

"Back to Your Majesty, there should be no problem." Shoufu exchanged ideas with several cabinet members and agreed to the emperor's conditions.

"Good! Refreshing, then let's talk about how to distribute the five million taels, I think so, one million taels of this is used to build warships, to defend the southeastern coastal provinces, to defend the township, half of the million shipbuilding costs, half of the Ministry of Industry is responsible for supervising the construction of warships, and the other half, by my internal officials, the two sides supervise each other, corroborate each other, compare with each other, who builds the warship better, more applicable, more affordable, and the future warship will be handed over to that side, so, it will not lose a fair way, so, Lest I say that I have taken all my money into my palace, how about it? "Yang Gengai wants to build ships as soon as possible, to engage in North Korea as soon as possible, to dig for gold, to engage in overseas trade, and to colonize outside. Only then did he use the million taels of silver to build ships. If you don't move, you will move, and if you move, it will be surging.

When several cabinets heard this, a million to build a battleship, how many warships do you have to build! However, thinking that the Japanese State was peeking at the wealth of the Central Plains at any time, thinking that his hometown would be plundered and violated by the Japanese State at any time, and feeling that the million taels of shipbuilding were not enough, he wished that the five million would be used to build ships to defend his hometown. I also saw that the emperor did not monopolize the entire money for building the ship, but "fairly" divided it into two halves, half of the Ministry of Works and half of the ministers, so that it was not a loss. In this way, the Ministry of Industry's shipbuilding money this year is as high as one million taels of silver, which is a lot of money, and it seems that the Ministry of Industry has to be replaced.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is no problem at all." Several cabinets felt that the emperor was still very generous in this matter, so they agreed to this division.

"Well, very good, then next, I think that there should be three million taels of silver to be used for disaster relief, this will be temporarily stored in the household department, and when the disaster occurs, it will be taken out for emergency, how about it?" Natural disasters are coming this year, and the more money for disaster relief, the better. When several cabinets heard that the majority of the three million heads were left in the household department, this was really a great joy, and it seemed that the emperor was not mediocre? These thirty percent of the drift, all of a sudden, got nearly a million taels, counting, the emperor is really generous, eat meat by himself, and don't forget to drink soup with his "brothers". At the moment, they are all in favor.

"Good! The last one million taels, I will use this million taels to pay the army, I think this year I will transfer the world's elites into Beijing, defend the Beijing division, and have to prepare some money for Yuan Chonghuan to go outside the border, and the remaining one million taels will be counted in my name. After dividing the big head of meat, Yang Reform ate some of the rest by himself, although it is not much, but it will definitely not suffer a loss, this million is basically for nothing.

Several cabinets are very happy, this big head belongs to the imperial court, to the household department, this emperor should drink soup, otherwise, the five million taels are still in the pocket of the salt merchant. Several cabinet ministers happily agreed.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is no problem with this, and I want Your Majesty to make every effort to raise military salaries for the peace of the Ming Dynasty, and this million taels should be used to pay the army." Several cabinets feel that the emperor's burden is really heavy, not only the hundreds of officials in the Beijing division, the sergeants are raised by the emperor, the two million taels promised by this side of the pass are underpaid, but also to raise Mao Wenlong, but also to prepare money for Yuan Chonghuan, and also summoned the world's elite to enter Beijing to defend the Beijing division, and is still training the new army by himself.

"Good! In that case, as for the suspension of the salt administration in this amnesty, you can consider it yourself, and write it according to the meaning you just said, and by the way, remember to include the other articles of mine as well. "The biggest obstacle is solved, and the rest is not difficult.

Shoufu said: "Your Majesty, dare to ask Your Majesty what does this 'patent' mean?" ”

"Patents? Do you know that I gave Bi Maokang a new musket and allowed him to draw a certain amount of silver from each musket? This is a patent, which is designed to reward people who can create new objects. I feel that this new type of musket, thanks to my Ming Dynasty, thanks to Sheji, and after fighting with Dongyu, it will definitely give full play to the greater advantages of firearms and lay the foundation for my decisive victory, of course, I have to be rewarded, but this reward is less, it doesn't show the important surname of this thing, more, I don't have the spare money to reward, I am also poor! So, I came up with this compromise, which was to take a small amount of money from each of the objects I would make in the future, without spending a penny, to reward those who created new objects. In this way, it solves my need for no money, and allows the courtiers of the meritorious society and the people to have enough rewards, which is a good thing that kills many birds with one stone. "Yang Reform made a big fool. It is to fool this patent law, and once it comes out, he will set up a patent office to specifically restrict those who do not have patents, and it is a treasure to crack down on salt merchants in the future, but now, Yang Reform has fooled this thing very noble and beautiful.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this policy is really a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone, so that the meritorious can get the reward they deserve, and it does not cost Your Majesty a single point from the court, so it is really a good thing to throttle and open source! Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this law is feasible and is good governance! A minister was stunned by Yang Reform and couldn't recognize the true face of the patent law. actually praised this patent law.

When Yang Gengai heard this, he smiled.

Although the other cabinets felt that there was a problem here, they had already been exhausted by the matter of the salt class, and their heads were confused, where could they think so clearly? was also carried away by the millions of taels of silver income from this salt administration, so he did not prevent the emperor from passing this law.

Seeing that these ministers used their tired bodies, tired spirits, and exhausted energy to think about problems, Yang Gai felt that he was really insidious, first deliberately made the energy of these ministers tired, and then shocked their minds with huge surprises, making their minds completely dizzy, completely incapable of thinking, and then put forward a series of their own "small problems", so they passed the test smoothly.

In the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, the monarchs and ministers were very happy, and they all thought that their plans had succeeded, and they had made huge profits, and they were all very happy, which was a rare win-win situation.

A cabinet member used a brush to write the content of the amnesty in the hall, and Yang Reform added some messy and "nutritious" things to the amnesty. For example, to give special treatment to the elderly who are over how old, for example, to allow them to wear "official uniforms", which can be regarded as the emperor's concern for the elderly. There is also a command to the state and county of the world, and visit the celebrities, virtuous people, and outstanding people in their own jurisdictions to report. This is to recruit talents, to gather capable and famous sages in the world, this, in ancient times, is not a big deal, the minister didn't look at it much, and it was passed.

The ministers don't care much about these things, it's just a matter of one sentence, no one is missing a piece of meat, and it's worth it for everyone to do it together.

…… Outside the Chengtian Gate, the amnesty, which had been delayed for a long time, finally arrived, and the reading officer ushered in the cheers of countless people outside the Chengtian Gate.

This year's amnesty is unusual.

There are two things, very unusual, the first thing is that the emperor exchanged the Wei case for five million taels of silver, and finally got the promise, today, the words count, a hammer is final, for the bureaucrats who suffered unfair treatment in Wei Zhongxian, and in the future, they will not mention the matter of being implicated in the Wei case, and the hundreds of officials and officials involved in the case heard the news, and they were relieved, and those bureaucrats who were harmed by the Wei Zhongxian group finally got the ordinary news, and they also cried bitterly, and they finally got out.

Those who should be killed have a suspended sentence, those who should be exiled for 3,000 li have been exiled to the mainland, those who should be sent to prison can be released on medical parole, and those who have lost their official positions can be demoted or sent to officials; Those who should be praised, praised, deserved, deserved, reinstated, reinstated, used, used, exonerated, exonerated, can be regarded as a "happy ending".

Another strange news is that the salt administration is suspended, the salt class is for one year, all the seals related to the salt administration, customs defense, etc. are all confiscated to the provincial political envoys, and all the officials, officials, errand servants, etc. related to the salt administration will go home and recuperate for a year. There has never been such a thing that looks like a reward, not like a reward, like a favor, not like a favor, when the emperor gave an amnesty, and people can't see it in a fog. No one could have guessed that this was the origin of the storm.

Yang Gai sat on the throne of the Qianqing Palace, feeling that he had won today, but this victory was too tiring. I fought with the ministers for a whole day, and I didn't know how many cups I drank when I drank tea, and I even coaxed and deceived me before I could write down the content of the amnesty according to my own ideas. It's not okay to do this yourself, you are the emperor, the emperor is born with only one, it is impossible to have a bunch of emperors to help each other, and ministers, there are many, many ministers who can help each other, help, and share. It seems that this government affairs have to find some people to share the burden for themselves, and the current cabinet is a good helper, but unfortunately, this cabinet is mostly elbowed outward. I don't have much time to help myself, and I always do things from the standpoint of the bureaucratic class. I really have to find a way to change this.

It's tiring to be an emperor! Yang Gai felt that it would be good if he could be separated, so that he could have countless energy to deal with countless political affairs across the country. It's a pity that he doesn't have superpowers, so it's impossible to be a doppelganger.

Dragging his tired body, Yang Reform still has to do something. I've been wanting to go to the "Royal Arsenal" for the past few days, but unfortunately, I'm too busy to touch the ground, or I'm so tired that I fall asleep, and I don't have the energy to take care of the Arsenal anymore, how is the production of this grenade? How well has the technology of this musket been developed? You have to go to the heart, this is a sharp weapon for the decisive battle with the wild boar skin, don't pay attention to it now, and when the wild boar skin enters the customs, is it to fight the wild boar skin with your bare hands?

Thinking of this, Yang Reform couldn't care about any tiredness, and barely cheered up.

"Companion, go to the War Bureau to have a look, I haven't been to the War Bureau for some time."

"But, Your Majesty...... This...... Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor in a trance and exhausted, although he was distressed, but he had no choice but to get up and go to the military battle. After stepping up, Yang Gai fell asleep groggily.

Wang Chengen repeatedly instructed the infantry to walk slowly, but this Qianqing Palace is only a little distance away from the military battle, no matter how slow it is, there is a time to finish. Wang Chengen could already see a large number of people kneeling there at the gate of the War Bureau, and knew that he could not delay any longer.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the war has arrived." Wang Chengen reminded in a low voice.

Yang Gai was dreaming, dreaming that he punched Li Zicheng, stepped on the skin of a wild boar, and was beating hard, when he heard someone calling him. After concentrating, I remembered that it was Wang Chengen's voice, and suddenly woke up.

Yang Gengai rubbed his eyes and moved his joints for a while, only to feel better, this is really not a good place to sit and sleep on the chariot.

"Ome, this is here." Although he only slept for a while, Yang Gai's spirit was much better. Except that his eyes were a little red, he couldn't tell how tired the emperor was before.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's here." Wang Chengen really feels sorry for the emperor, this emperor is not even as relaxed as when he was the prince. Where is there such fatigue?

"Well, let's go down then." Yang Gengai moved his hands and feet slightly. I didn't notice that my hands and feet were numb, so I took a step.

"Slave maid Fu Mingde knocks to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Fu Mingde kowtowed to the emperor with joy, the emperor attaches great importance to the war bureau, and the eunuch of the war bureau has status, in the palace, in addition to the master of ceremonies, he is also one of the few people in the palace. The eunuch Zheng Huaizhong, who was the eunuch of the internal official prison, went to Jiangnan to supervise the construction of warships, which caused an uproar in the palace, which can already be seen as the emperor preparing to return to the West! What a high achievement in the West this time, when is it a good time for the eunuch to ride on the head of Wenchen! The eunuchs felt that they saw a hope. One has the hope of becoming Zheng He's second, third, or even Zheng Huaizhong's second and third. Not only is it infinitely majestic, but it can even go down in history, and they have started to make plans for the West. Even if you can't be a chief envoy in the West, a deputy envoy, or a eunuch in charge, it is also a beautiful thing!

"Get up, Fumingde, how are the muskets and grenades I told you to make? The quality is okay, right? "What Yang Reform is most afraid of is that this quality problem is not passing, and as soon as he comes up, he asks about this quality problem.

This time, Fu Mingde is not very afraid of the quality of the musket, after the musket is made, or a few days, there will always be a group of craftsmen, take their own muskets to test the gun, this can make the musket problematic craftsmen, basically all lie in bed, the rest of the craftsmen, trembling to make the musket, there is a little mistake, have to be taken to redo, for fear that when they test the musket, they will give themselves a bang.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister now dares to guarantee that there will be no quality problems,...... Hey, this doesn't say that there is no problem 100%, even if there is a problem, it will never blow up the chamber, it will not hurt the shooter, at most it is some breathlessness, or the accuracy of the head is not allowed to these problems...... "Fu Mingde originally wanted to pat his chest to ensure that there would be no more problems, think about it, this emperor is a shrewd and powerful lord, don't talk too much, otherwise, what kind of moth does the emperor make, then won't he be able to eat and walk around? Fu Mingde no longer wanted to test fire a musket that he didn't know would explode.

"Well, that's fine, big companion, call a group of guards, send a batch of guns, and go to the school to supervise the test of guns, I won't go, wait for news here." Yang Reform was too tired, although he slept for a while, he was unwilling to personally supervise the work of testing the gun, and let people do it for him.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will do it." Wang Chengen immediately instructed a brocade-clothed guard Qianhu to let him do the things the emperor had explained.

"Fu Mingde, how is your grenade made? How many were made? How lethal is it? "Yang Reform is very concerned about this thing, according to Sun Chengzong's meaning, this thing will become a weapon for the defenders, and it will be a weapon to consume the strength of wild boar skin. It is an export product to be exported to the DPRK, and it is estimated that the first batch of arms export trade will have to be opened from this grenade, which of course needs to be paid close attention.

(To be continued)