June 23.

On this day, it was the son of the early dynasty, and it was also the son of Yang Reform who invited the minister to fight.

Yang Gengai got up early in the morning, dressed energetically, ready to go to the court, but this day, it is getting hotter and hotter, it should be said that at the hottest time of the year, this clothes are more and less crossed, and they can't move much, and they are sweating when they move.

"Big companion, is Shi Fenglai ready?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, I have already explained it yesterday, and there should be no problem if I think about it, but the slave is not at ease, and I have already sent someone to ask again, so there should be no problem if I think it is." Wang Chengen replied, generally, this kind of monarch and minister will not ask a second time when communicating in advance, but this is too important, and Wang Chengen will not make an exception to ask one more time.

"Well, good! There should be no problem after the deal, so let's go to the court. Yang Reform did not take the matter of the early dynasty to heart at all, the outcome of this matter had been decided before the early dynasty, and what he did now was just to fulfill the "procedures". Complete the process.

Sometimes, the process is also quite important.

…… Taihe Gate.

The emperor arrived and ascended to the throne.

The ministers rushed in, stood in shifts, kowtowed, and bowed, which was an indispensable procedure every time in the early dynasty.

"Today, I want to listen to Wen Tianxiang's "Song of Righteousness", so let's recite this today." This singing in the early dynasties was invented by Yang Reform, the purpose was to brainwash the ministers, and now, he deliberately asked to go through such a process, but also to reflect his authority.

The eunuch who led the singing began to read, the ministers began to recite in unison, the ministers in the hall recited, and the ministers of His Majesty Dan outside still followed the recitation, with great momentum, reciting Wen Tianxiang's "Song of Righteousness" magnificently, and the sound shook the Forbidden City.

…… After the recitation, many ministers were a little breathless, after all, it takes effort to recite this righteous song to produce that kind of majestic and righteous effect.

Yang Gai sat on the throne and looked down at the ministers.

"This morning, there is only one thing to discuss, that is, I want to collect taxes, and you will discuss whether it should be collected or not." Yang Reform has been the emperor for a long time, and the emperor's prestige can be regarded as a little practiced. When he spoke, he was a little contemptuous of sentient beings.

"The minister is against it!!" Before Yang Gengai finished speaking, a minister jumped out impatiently and loudly objected.

Yang Reform's gaze instantly locked on this minister, and his eyes revealed sharpness.

"Presumptuous, did I get you started talking? I haven't finished my words yet, you dare to snatch my words, courtesy, righteousness and shame, do you still want this word of etiquette? Someone! Give me a fork to ......" Yang Reform burned a nameless fire, he may be too weak, too easy to speak, these ministers are becoming more and more unrepresentable. Of course, Yang Reform was also secretly happy, and there was one less person who opposed it.

The ministers were all frightened, it was rare to see the emperor so angry! Unexpectedly, before this show started, let's have an appetizer first. They all looked at the minister who was dragged out by the guards, the minister didn't speak, and let the guards fork themselves out, this matter, he was indeed rude, I didn't expect that the emperor, who had always seemed to be soft and easy to speak, would actually be so angry, if the emperor was more serious, it was okay to give a big charge of disrespect, this minister was very interesting, and he was very quiet to let the guards fork themselves out.

This pre-war episode was soon over, and the hall was quiet, and everyone knew that the show was about to begin.

"There is only one thing today, that is, the problem of tax collection, now, the household department is out of money, my internal funds, is about to be spent, this battle still has to be fought, the victims still have to be relieved, the money is absolutely not short, now, the summer tax is not a top matter, the autumn tax has not been mentioned, so, you will discuss and discuss, whether the tax should be collected......" Yang Gai deliberately paused to see if anyone was fooled, he had just abolished an opponent.

Ministers are also human spirits. Just now, Huang Yanjing said, don't talk if you don't say to start the discussion, but now although the emperor has paused, he didn't say that he started the discussion! None of them opened their mouths.

Yang Reform is very satisfied, but also a little disappointed, satisfied that no one jumps out to talk nonsense, and disappointed that it would be good if someone jumps out, so the power to oppose his own tax collection is a little weaker.

"......, today, this court meeting is dedicated to discussing the issue of tax collection, so I want to change the way this discussion is conducted......" Yang paused again after speaking.

This time, there was still no fool who jumped out and said that he was against it, because the emperor had not yet said to start.

Yang Gai was disappointed again, and continued: "The side in favor of tax collection is on my left hand side, and the side against tax collection is on my right hand side, not in favor of it, nor against it, or if there are other different opinions, lean back, I want to have a debate in the palace, that side can refute that side, I will adopt that side's opinion, and it can be regarded as my admonition, everyone think about it first, and see that you will stand on that side for a while." "Yang reform to learn from the model of the debate, his own direct participation in the battle, very cost-effective, very passive, no matter what, he must stay out of the matter, at least in the face of the outside of the matter, encountering things, if he is directly involved, once the views he supports fail, it will be a big blow to his authority, as the emperor of Yang reform, do not use this way to debate. In any case, at least he is invincible.

As soon as the ministers heard the emperor's words, they all exchanged their heads and ears, this is the emperor forcing everyone to stand in line! The emperor's actions disrupted many people's ideas and countermeasures, many people originally planned to follow the mainstream and oppose it casually, but now seeing the emperor forcing people to stand in line, their hearts suddenly retreated, this is not worth it, didn't the emperor say it, can you not support it, don't oppose it? Does this obviously mean that there is room for it? The emperor is determined to collect taxes, is this tax so easy to collect? There are many contradictions! Many people feel that they can lean back, do not support or oppose it, do not offend both sides, leave a line of life, and see each other in the future.

Seeing that the ministers had thought about it almost, Yang Reform pressed it twice with his hand. The ministers, who were talking a lot, immediately fell silent.

"Alright, I've given you time to think about it, and if you agree, let's stand on my left hand side first." Yang Reform first let his "Imperial Party" appear, no matter what, someone has to take the lead in this matter, their own Imperial Party, both want to take refuge in themselves, take advantage, but also afraid of things, that is obviously not good, Yang Reform's voice fell, the "Imperial Party" headed by Shi Fenglai stood on the left hand side of the emperor with his head held high, looking at the number of people, not much, there are only nearly ten people, Yang Reform knows Shi Fenglai, Sun Chengzong, Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Bi Ziyan, etc.

Yang Gengai looked at his team and was quite satisfied. This shows that his team is still very reliable and did not "mutiny" at a critical moment. Sun Chengzong won't say it, this is his own iron, if Sun Chengzong doesn't stand on his side, then he is really a failed emperor, Shi Fenglai is iron-hearted and devoted to the emperor, he knows that he is the first assistant, how long to do, it all depends on the emperor's meaning, all rely on the emperor, to be honest, he has no big ability on how to deal with the country's major affairs, how to give advice to the emperor, the only ability is to have long political experience, know the officialdom well, deal with complicated ordinary political affairs, but a good hand, This is also the reason why Yang Reform also let him be the first assistant, Yang Reform himself feels that he is familiar with history, and if he wants to deal with major things, it is impossible to have a more powerful person in the world than himself, there is Sun Chengzong in the military to assist, and he also has Jinyiwei, the Military Intelligence Bureau collects intelligence, and the rest are some "trivial" things, it is not worth wasting his energy to pay attention to, just suitable for Shi Fenglai, the unqualified first assistant, to do it, and it is also the reason why Shi Fenglai, the unqualified first assistant, has become a hardcore imperial party, the emperor "gives power", reuses, believe him! Let him be dead hearted. Liu Yanyuan is bent on doing the things planned by the emperor in his own office, if this is the case, he will be regarded as a success, and he has not lived in vain in his life, and now he is short of money for these things, no matter how he considers it, he has to stand on the emperor's side. Needless to say, Bi Ziyan will be the next Hubu Shangshu identified by the emperor, if he breaks away from the "imperial party" at this time, unless Bi Ziyan is crazy.

As soon as the emperor gave an order, several important ministers stood on the side of the emperor, many people were originally a little loose in their minds, and they were shaken again, if they stood on the opposite side of the emperor this time, then I am afraid that it would be difficult to meet each other in the future, and against the emperor, there is no good result after all, in short, it is a loser! Many people have decided to join the "soy sauce party".

"Alright, then, the dissenting ones stand on my right hand." Yang Reform gave an order, and many people began to hesitate, whether to completely tear their faces with the emperor? Some people began to look at each other and make hints.

Yang Reform also saw that many people's minds were actually shaken, and he had an idea, and then said: "Don't object, don't approve of it." ”

Yang Reform's words were said in a timely manner, and many people who couldn't hold on and were ready to stand to the right shook their heads and decided to be a "soy sauce party". Leave a line, it's easy to say anything, now it's not good to offend over there, or stand aside and watch the play, to be honest, now this emperor's majesty is indeed a good emperor, not the kind of emperor who loots everywhere in order to save money for himself, collects taxes, and doesn't receive it from his own pocket, it still has to be spent, and the imperial court can often follow the light, some people feel that there is no need to oppose the emperor's tax, isn't the court stained with light?

Yang Gengai looked at the number of people on the left and right, and was very satisfied. Less than one-fifth of those who support themselves, nearly three-fifths who oppose it, and about one-fifth of those who play soy sauce. In the early dynasty, he used the emperor's identity and convenience to suppress opponents, and made sufficient preparations in his favor, at least he did not let the opponents become an overwhelming majority.

"Okay, now that you have chosen the position, then, let's start debating, I will decide whether to collect taxes according to the results of your debate, and I will also come to the next advice, how about it? Hehe, I can listen to advice. Yang Reform said with a smile.

What is this for? The ministers were surprised. Obviously, there are many more people who oppose taxes than those of the imperial party, that is to say, those who oppose taxes are likely to win bigger, at least the debate has been long, and there is an advantage in the number of people, and it can be a wheel war, and the emperor does not seem to say how long the debate will last! Besides, even if the opponent loses the tax collection, he can still obstruct the tax supervisor sent by the emperor, so that the emperor can't collect taxes, how do you look at this, Huang Yanjing doesn't have much chance of winning!

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, let's start the debate, I won't take sides of the debate, and when the result of your debate comes out, I will only decide whether to collect taxes based on the results." Yang Gai said.

Wow~! The ministers were surprised again! The emperor can't understand this ......! Although the Imperial Party also has a few heavyweights, the chances of winning are really not big!

The debate has officially begun.

...... "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the cost of disaster relief in various places is very great, there are many wars, the expenses are huge, the household has long been out of silver, the summer tax is impossible to rely on, the autumn tax is far away, and now it is all supported by His Majesty's internal funds, and it is a very dangerous situation to go on like this, once there is an accident, it will shake the country's foundation, shake the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, so the minister thinks that at this moment, only by collecting taxes can the current situation be alleviated...... "The first person to speak was the first assistant Shi Fenglai. His banner is very clear, that is, to support the emperor.

The ministers standing at the back listened to it and nodded their heads one after another, feeling that it made sense, the taxes received by the emperor have not been spent, and some of them have to pass through our hands, and we will also follow them, right?

"Your Majesty, the minister opposed, the minister thought that the collection of taxes was a disaster for the people, Your Majesty set a point above the court, then the bureaucrats below added three points, and in the hands of the small officials, eating and taking cards, it would become five points, so, Your Majesty clearly collected a penny of tax, in fact, the people supported five times the tax, so this is a harsh government and ......" A minister came out to object.

When the ministers standing at the back heard this, they also felt that it made sense, and nodded one after another.

"The minister thinks that taxes should be collected, but now that wars are raging, there are wars everywhere, and wars cost money, have you forgotten the threat of entering the customs by a detour? Now Dongyu is uniting the tribes of the Mongolian right wing to fight Lin Dan Khan, not long ago Lin Dan Khan was defeated, huge losses, once Lin Dan Khan was defeated, then the grassland is the territory of Dongyu, Dongyu can come and go freely, you can enter the pass from any point of my side wall, you don't want to think, with my defense ability towards the side wall, can I prevent the big entry of Dongyu? Once the East invades the customs in a big way, have you ever thought about the consequences? The world is shaking, and it is true that my head is not guaranteed, but my colleagues, I am afraid that there are also many people's heads, so it should not be guaranteed. "Liu Yanyuan was not the emperor's confidant, and it was impossible to be the emperor's confidant, but since the emperor's inference came out, he couldn't eat, he couldn't sleep, according to the emperor's inference, Donglu will definitely take a detour to enter the customs, once Donglu enters the customs, he has basically no other possibility except to kill his head and apologize, and today's intelligence shows that the power of Donglu is gradually growing, and the Mongolian right wing outside the border wall of the Ming Dynasty is gradually moving closer to Donglu, and now they are uniting to kill tens of thousands of Lin Dan Khan, Lin Dan Khan's strength has been greatly damaged, once Lin Dan Khan can't support it, then, the vast grassland outside the border wall of the Ming Dynasty is the territory of Dongyu, thinking that Dongyu can enter the customs anytime and anywhere, Liu Yanyuan feels that it is a nightmare, and then think about the imbecile combat ability of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to relying on the city to resist it, the others are not worth mentioning, Liu Yanyuan feels that he is close to hell. Liu Yanyuan wanted to resign, but he was unwilling, thinking about it, he still took refuge in the emperor, and worked with the emperor to the end, the emperor must be unwilling to enter the customs, after all, this is the world of the Zhu family, and the emperor's arrangements and countermeasures, in Liu Yanyuan's opinion, are very reliable and reliable, Liu Yanyuan also fell to the emperor and became the emperor's party.

Liu Yanyuan shook this thing out, and many people remembered that a few months ago, the emperor's inference about the entry of the Eastern Captives, combined with the intelligence from the north now, many people were in a cold sweat, this Lin Dan Khan was killed by others at once tens of thousands of people, and his strength was greatly damaged, if he was defeated again, the side wall of the Ming Dynasty was said to be in and out of the Ming Dynasty, but it was really with the Eastern Captives, as long as the Eastern Captives entered the customs, no matter what city was captured or not, the huge shock in the world was indispensable for someone to come out and be responsible, and he Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the military department, could not run, I'm afraid that there are still many people who can't run, and many people have realized that Liu Yanyuan's single-minded devotion to the emperor party is not without a beginning!

"The minister opposes, the Donglu is powerful, but I have the Mao Dashuai of Dongjiang Town, and the Jinning defense line, if the Donglu dares to abandon the nest and ignore it, and enter the customs brazenly, I can just send Mao Dashuai to attack the Dongyu lair, so that the Donglu is the first difficult to care, and then treat the Donglu solemnly with the army, which can annihilate the Dongyu in one fell swoop, so that the outside of the pass is ...... worry-free" In the opposition, a minister said slowly.

Hearing this kind of rhetoric, others are nothing, Liu Yanyuan is angry, can he not know the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty official army? Although there is Mao Wenlong in the outside containment, and Yuan Chonghuan, you can attack the nest of the Dongyu, and you can enter the pass to save the driver, it seems that the Ming Dynasty has a big chance of winning, but once the Dongyu enters the customs, this is a big deal, and someone needs to be responsible, and he is the first one to come out to take the blame, and if he does not die, he will take off the skin, if he defeats the Dongyu in the pass, it is good to say, the merits and demerits are offset, and there is still room for maneuver, if he can only confront the Dongyu, or say, a small victory, then, his Liu Yanyuan's ending can be confirmed, it is a dead end. Even though the emperor is training a new army now, and there are elite Gongwei divisions in various places, Liu Yanyuan still doesn't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's official army. This kind of thing can only be considered in the worst way.

"This is a fart, Donglu is a cavalry, coming and going like the wind, you can enter the customs from any place where I go, if you enter the customs and plunder with a scale of thousands of people, our dynasty has no ability to intercept at all, except for letting the Donglu plunder in the pass, there is no other way, xx, you old horseman, do you plan to watch His Majesty's people let Donglu plunder? What kind of heart do you have to put your majesty's people to death? Liu Yanyuan was originally a timid and cautious person, but today he also scolded him.

"You ......, Liu Yanyuan ......, you ......" The old courtier who was swaying just now was scolded by Liu Yanyuan for a while, and he smoked the scolding.

(To be continued)