Chapter 462: The Noose

Today, in the early court, the emperor did a ridiculous thing, the emperor borrowed wine to say "crazy words", and the ministers also did a ridiculous thing, they should not drink in the early court, so that the emperor said "crazy words". ()

Shoufu Shi Fenglai heard the emperor ask, thought about it for a while, and immediately shook his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, if the world guards are also included in this national policy, the minister thinks that if it is calculated with one hundred taels of silver per guard, it will be ** ten thousand taels of silver, which is six hundred and fifty thousand taels, and the more is only seven or eight hundred thousand taels of silver, and the minister dares to guarantee that if this policy is implemented smoothly, then our dynasty must be the country and the people, the four seas will be peaceful, the people are rich, and the warehouse is abundant, it must be a rare prosperous era in history, and it can chase the Han and Tang dynasties......" Shi Fenglai also drank a few sips of wine, Seeing that the emperor said crazy things through wine, he also learned the same, followed the emperor to talk crazy things, put his understanding in the confusion, and said the pride that had been held in his heart.

The ministers blushed one by one, looking at the emperor "drunken madness", the emperor finished drinking madness, and the first assistant continued to "drunken madness", staring dryly one by one, this wine is really a "good thing", it is really a thing that cannot be touched.

"Come, come, come, our monarchs and ministers for the sake of the country's peace and security, for the prosperity of the people, for the abundance of the warehouse, for my Ming Dynasty, for the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, a toast......" Yang Reform took over the conversation, with the strength of the wine, shouted loudly, after speaking, he poured a glass of wine and raised it.

The ministers were even more embarrassed, it's over, this time it's over, many people are ready to admonish the emperor's disgrace, but some of them looked at the cup in their hands and exhaled with the smell of wine, how can this be spoken; Some of them didn't drink and were ready to admonish, but they looked at the ministers around them, all of them were holding cups, and they wanted to admonish, but they couldn't say it. Some simply call it ridiculous.

Shoufu saw that the emperor invited him to drink, and with the strength of the wine, he poured the wine immediately, raised his glass, and said loudly: "For the sake of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the abundance of the warehouse, for Your Majesty, for the sake of far surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties, respect Your Majesty, do ......"

The emperor has raised his glass and shouted Cheers, to be safe for the country and the people, to be rich for the people, to be rich for the cang, to toast far beyond the Han and Tang Dynasties, among the courtiers, as the head of the imperial party, has raised the bar, but also for the peace of the country, for the prosperity of the people, for the abundance of the cang, for the far beyond the Han and Tang Dynasties. The imperial party can't sit still, at this time, as an imperial party, they have to stand up and force the emperor, no matter how ridiculous the emperor is, he has to resist it, otherwise, the emperor will not be able to come down, and the imperial party is afraid that it will not have a good life.

“…… For the peace of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the abundance of the warehouse, for the far beyond the Han and Tang Dynasties, for the Ming Dynasty, for Your Majesty, respect for Your Majesty, dry ......" took over the conversation, it was actually a silent Sun Chengzong in the court, this Sun Chengzong has always been in the court does not speak, is a bachelor in charge of the military, in addition to military matters, generally never say much, but now, but also the heroic Yuntian took the wine glass, poured a full glass, and raised the wine glass together.

In the court, there were already two scholars raising their glasses, and Sun Chengzong's slightly murderous Jin Ge iron words made this "drunken wine talk" become generous and heroic.

The ministers above the court were even more shocked and stared dryly.

"For the peace of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the abundance of the warehouse, for the far surpassing of the Han and Tang Dynasties, for my Ming Dynasty, for Your Majesty, the ministers also toast Your Majesty with a glass, dry ......" Hubu Shangshu didn't like the emperor to talk drunken like this, and was a little disgusted by the emperor's "pretending to be crazy and stupid", but was resonated by Sun Chengzong's pride with Jin Ge's iron language, although this is a "wine talk", but, isn't that exactly his wish? The Qi family governs the country and equalizes the world, and the first assistant's national policy today is not moving towards this goal? If this national policy is implemented properly, it may not be that there will be no prosperous Han and Tang dynasties, and the buried ideals in my heart, the ambition of jidàng, and the indescribable heroism will also overflow, holding a wine glass high and shouting loudly.

Listening to Sun Chengzong's iron words and generous words, and listening to Bi Ziyan's heartfelt shout, some of the ministers, some people also resonated in their hearts, although party struggle is indeed very important, but once the long-buried ideal in the heart is in Xiongkou again, what party struggle can no longer be cared about. ,

"For the peace of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the abundance of the warehouse, for the far surpassing of the Han and Tang Dynasties, for my Ming Dynasty, for Your Majesty, the ministers also respect Your Majesty with a glass, dry ......" Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, raised his glass without hesitation, the imperial party performs "official duties", how can he not have his share?

"For the peace of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the abundance of the warehouse, for the far beyond the Han and Tang Dynasties, for my Daming, for Your Majesty, the ministers also respect Your Majesty with a glass, dry ......" Another official also poured himself a full glass of wine, and then raised his glass, with the strength of the wine, shouting a toast, the long-buried ideal in his heart, the love of his youth, in this special environment, through wine, overflowed, overshadowing the interests......

"For the peace of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the abundance of the warehouse, for the far beyond the Han and Tang Dynasties, for my Daming, for Your Majesty, the ministers also salute Your Majesty a cup, dry ......" More officials also gave this generosity, Lingyun Zhuang's scene Ji the long-buried feelings in their hearts, put aside the party struggle, and shouted and echoed.

More officials also chanted, and more and more officials followed suit......

"For the peace of the country and the people, and for the prosperity of the people......"

"...... for the security of the country and the people"

Some officials were originally very reluctant, but there was nothing they could do about this meeting, if they didn't drink at this time, wouldn't they seem to be out of place? I had to pick up my glass and chant along.

Yang Reform's red face was full of confidence and pride, he didn't expect this thing to become like this, it was really unexpected. Seeing the ministers chanting slogans, they stood up and shouted: "For the peace of the country and the people......"

The ministers also followed the emperor and the Tao.

“…… For the prosperity of the people......" Yang reformed the leader, shouting.

“…… For the abundance of the cang, ......" In the hall, this voice has already gathered into a force and soared into the sky.

“…… For far more than the Han and Tang Dynasties...... Dry ......"

“…… ...... for me."

“…… ...... for Your Majesty"

“…… ...... the ministers shouted in response, the sound that rushed into the sky, the shocking voice, the ambition of Lingyun, the unstoppable jidàng over this ancient, decaying, tired empire.

Yang Gengai raised his head and drank the whole glass of wine in one go.

After drinking, Yang Gengai looked at the ministers below, all of them had already drunk wine, and poured the wine glass as if it were himself, to show that he had drunk.

Ji Ang's feelings passed, and the mood of the ministers began to fall, remembering their dream-like actions just now, some ministers felt incredible, some began to regret it, and some were full of fighting spirit and confidence.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that as long as the monarchs and ministers are of the same heart, there is nothing in the world that cannot be done, this national policy of silver, 800,000 taels, I have ......" Yang Reform took advantage of the strength of the wine, and the arrogant Yuntian agreed to the 800,000 taels of silver.

"Your Majesty Shengming......" The ministers immediately followed up and called the emperor wise.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what else do you have to do?" Yang Reform's eyes were red, the strength of this wine really came up, and he began to get a little drunk.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play." Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, took the lead, the emperor drank too much this time, so wouldn't the second batch of 800,000 sets of cotton clothes have come to an end? That's a beautiful cha, remembering the emperor's words, he immediately came out and said.

"What?" Yang Reform said with drunkenness.

"Back to Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to allocate another 800,000 sets of cotton clothes, this year the border army and the Beijing camp have got a set of cotton clothes, many non-border troops, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp are very envious, and I hope Your Majesty will have mercy on you...... Liu Yanyuan is very direct.

"This ...... is accurate, they are all my soldiers, and I naturally treat them equally...... "Yang Reform is "drunk", and the arrogant ones are immediately approved.

The ministers didn't have time to exclaim.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play." Tobe Shangshu said immediately.

"Whatever happens, just say it." Yang Reform was really slightly drunk, and said with drunkenness.

"Back to Your Majesty, there will be a big war outside the Kaichun Pass next year, it is likely to last for a year, the Ministry of War reported that three or four million taels of silver are needed, and the minister of this household is really, Your Majesty looks at the matter of this silver...... Bi Ziyan didn't grab the opportunity for a long time, this time, he won't miss it again, and he said it first.

"I have a spectrum in my heart about this matter, rest assured, my ancestors of the Ming Dynasty pretended: no harmony, no compensation, no land, no tribute, the Son of Heaven defends the country, and I will do my best to deal with the Eastern Prisoners, this silver matter, don't worry about the household, I will arrange it." Yang Gengai replied loudly with the help of wine, and read out the ancestral teachings of the Ming Dynasty aloud, showing his iron bones, and many ministers couldn't help but nod their heads. ,

"Your Majesty Shengming!" When the ministers saw that the emperor generously paid for the money, the ministers also came out to say that the emperor was good, although this was expected.

"Your Majesty, the five million taels of salt that the salt merchant promised this year is now less than one million taels, and the rest has not yet been settled, Xu Ge Lao's immigration money there is still a gap of four million, Your Majesty, next year's immigration will be more arduous, there is no immigration money, this will be a big problem, millions of immigrants, now most of them are in Kaifeng to Nanjing, if this matter is not handled properly, in case of a civil change, ......" Bi Ziyan finished talking about the silver of the war, and began to say that the salt merchant's salt class silver, which was taught to him by the emperor.

As soon as Bi Ziyan's question came out, the ministers knew that they had a headache, and it was four million taels of silver! Or is it a salt class, isn't it, the emperor is out of pocket again? That's amazing, just these two items, as high as seven or eight million taels of silver, and other expenses? Isn't the emperor going to take tens of millions of taels of silver? The ministers' breathing began to be rapid, and their heads began to dizzy and began to have headaches.

Yang Reform's face changed all of a sudden.

"This salt merchant is too uncredited, but he promised me this year, why didn't he fulfill it?" Yang Reform pretended to ask, this matter, or this year's old thing, at that time, he thought that the salt class was only a few hundred thousand taels, don't do it, on the grounds of benefiting the people of the world, to abolish the salt policy, this is the matter of five million taels of salt class, but in fact, the salt merchant is really an existence that cannot be relied on, it is a group of people who should be killed, Yang Reform's eyes, there is a fire, some people really deserve to die, should be killed.

The problem in the salt class was that the water was too deep, and the ministers were reluctant to mention it too much, and some ministers, with the help of wine, actually closed their eyes slightly and closed their eyes to recuperate.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister thought that he should send a member of the Qin to supervise the salt class...... "A minister may have drunk that kind of spirit, his face was red, and there were beads of sweat on his face, which is rare in this winter."

Yang Reform secretly scolded, is there no new idea if this trick is again? Anything happens, anything must be done, in a word, send the Qincha, as if the Qincha is omnipotent.

"I believe that you are all loyal and patriotic, and you will be anxious about my Ming Dynasty, think about what I think of the Ming Dynasty, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, even if you want to kill yourself, I believe that you will not care, but how do I think, this salt merchant, always pull my post-tui, pull my Ming post-tui? Why is this heart, as if it is not on my side of the Ming Dynasty? At this juncture, all the bad things and bad things for me and Ming, what should I do with the shortfall of the four million taels of immigration funds next year? When the chun opens next year, there will be a big war outside the gate, and you have to prepare three or four million taels of silver, what should I do? Isn't it, this battle won't be fought next year? I don't want to fight, but Donglu may not think like this, the situation outside the gate is not easy to be beneficial to my Ming, if I miss the opportunity at this time, continue to let Donglu sit big, it will definitely become a disaster on the top of my Ming's head, isn't it, these salt merchants, I want to have a 'king dies in the society', they are willing? Yang said sternly.

As soon as these words came out, the courtiers were scared half to death, "the king is dead"? This word was too heavy, and they knelt down one after another, and said verbally: "The minister is guilty, the minister deserves to die, ......please calm your anger." ”

"How can I get rid of my anger! At the beginning, I wanted to abolish the salt policy, but you refused, but now, at this juncture, what do you tell me to do? The little silver in the salt class, I have never seen it in my eyes, there are not many of him, there is not a lot of him, it is cleaner if it is scrapped, and it is not necessary for some corrupt officials and corrupt officials to use the salt government to seek benefits for themselves, I carry this black pot for them, let go of the salt government, the people of the world have also benefited, and it is more in line with my heart...... the old ones are abolished, and I will not count on them, and the old ones will prepare the four million taels of silver properly, and they will not go wrong at this juncture......" Yang Gai was furious, and with this already slightly drunk wine, Sprinkled without any scruples.

The courtiers were all worried, this salt merchant really shouldn't mess with this emperor, this emperor who didn't take the salt class in his eyes at all, but would claim to abolish the salt policy. In the past, salt merchants could bully the emperor without intentionally lowering the salt class, the reason is that the emperor has no money, and he still relies on this salt class to live, even if it is low, the emperor has nothing to do, the water in the salt class is too deep, and the emperor cannot investigate deeply, let alone claim to abolish the salt policy like this one, so in this case, why give too much? As long as you give a little casually, it is okay not to starve the emperor to death. ,

"Guys, I'd like to say a way! There will be a big war next year, what I want is silver, run a national policy, disaster relief immigrants, train a new army, cast cannons, issue cotton clothes, and hire a fleet of Yiren, so I don't want silver? Yang Gai shouted angrily.

The ministers were embarrassed and wanted to say a word to the salt merchants, but they couldn't say it, the difference between hundreds of thousands of taels and four million taels was too great, and it was a fraction! If it was tens of thousands of taels of silver, it could still be moved, but it was four million taels......

"Your Majesty, or send important officials to supervise and urge the salt merchants to pay this year's arrears as soon as possible." The emperor scolded so badly that the minister had to cringe and say.

"And send dignitaries? What did the imperial history of the salt patrol do to eat? The official is not big enough? What do you eat in the salt government? Aren't they all important members? Who else to send? According to my meaning, this salt policy should be abolished, and I am not rare for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver......" Yang Reform continued to use the intention of wine, and scolded loudly.

The ministers endured the emperor's angry scolding, no one spoke, the emperor did not lack silver, not rare hundreds of thousands of taels of salt, the abolition of the salt policy, and the confidence to do so, therefore, you can scold here, the ministers can only endure, this salt policy is gone, only those who are happy are the salt merchants, there is no salt government mén exploitation, they can earn more, the bitter thing is those salt government mén and the officials who rely on the salt government to make profits, without that hat, if the words are not right, the clear is not smooth, they can no longer manage the salt business, It was the bureaucratic class that suffered the big loss, and as for the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that the emperor lost, the emperor had already said that he didn't care.

The ministers were scolded by the emperor as grandsons, but they still had to come out to intercede with the emperor, one is not good, the emperor really abolished the salt government, then it would be bad.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the abolition of the salt policy is not appropriate, although the salt tax is delayed, but it can't be wasted because of swallowing! Only strict supervision and intensified reminders are the right way! "An official waited for the emperor to scold the three rounds before he lowered his head and came out as this punching bag.

"How else to supervise? How do I call for payment? Yang Gengai asked sharply, what this minister said, to put it bluntly, is to continue to drag.

"This ...... I also ask Your Majesty to issue a strict decree to strictly apply for the imperial history of the salt patrols, the salt administration of all places, so that they must step up the urging of the salt tax, and show the salt merchants to know their feelings, move them with reason, and explain that the imperial court is now in urgent need of money, so that they must judge the time and seize the power, do not miss the major affairs of the imperial court, I believe that the salt imperial history of the patrols, the salt government and the government mén, the salt merchants in various places must be able to understand, and they will definitely be able to make up for the ...... of the salt class, please give your Majesty a certain amount of time...... "This official is also a belly of fire for the salt merchants, they do not jiāo salt class, the emperor sprinkled a belly of fire on them, in case the emperor "went crazy" that day and reformed the salt administration, wouldn't they want to drink the northwest wind? Since the emperor is bi us, then we only need to bi you, although the salt merchant is not easy to deal with, but no one wants to nong to the point of dying in the net.

"What else does the Qing family have to say?" Yang asked angrily.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to issue an edict to apply for mercy, and give it a little more time......" The ministers lowered their heads, scolded the emperor miserably, and replied in a low voice.

"Well, since you all think so, then I will give you a few more days, and in addition, I will issue a decree,...... The general envoy is available. Yang Reform finished scolding, looked helpless, and said dejectedly.

"The minister is here." The envoy of the General Administration Department immediately agreed.

"I severely reprimanded the salt merchants in the newspaper, explained to them clearly the importance of paying the salt tax in time, let them judge the situation, and hoped that they would pay the salt tax as soon as possible, so as not to disappoint me, not to disappoint the imperial court, and not to mislead me, and miss the major affairs of the imperial court...... "Yang reformed the way of "weakness".

"Commandment." The ambassador of the General Administration Department agreed in wonder, hasn't this newspaper always been in the hands of the emperor? Why do you still ask yourself to be reprimanded through Di Bao, but after thinking about it, I am relieved, Di Bao is still under the management of his General Administration, Fan Weicheng can't go to the court, naturally, I have to stay here if I have something, so I agreed immediately.

Seeing that this matter came to an end, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, this matter is really a grandson for the emperor, the emperor has silver, this confidence is enough, they don't dare to threaten the emperor with this matter, and the emperor is broken in this matter, which is obviously not worth it, so they can only give in.

Yang Reform also breathed a sigh of relief, the matter of the salt merchants, he could be regarded as putting a noose around their necks.