Chapter 308 I can't live a life that I wanted

In the past few days, Yang Reform has not been very comfortable, it stands to reason that he has put all the ministers in, and he should be happy, but Yang Reform has been more and more sad, more heartwarming, more and more tormented.

Yang Gai handled daily government affairs in the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, the sales of the Di newspaper have declined again, and there are only two or three thousand copies, which is more than half of the seven or eight thousand copies at the peak." Fan Weicheng reported the matter in front of the emperor uneasily.

Yang Reform is very calm on the surface, but in his heart, he is in a hurry, and in his mouth, because of anxiety and anxiety, he has mouth sores.

"Hiss...... two or three thousand copies? So less? Got me right? Yang Gengai didn't care about the wound in his mouth when he spoke, and asked, there hasn't been a good life in the past few days, it was already a mess, and now, it is even more rotten in the mouth.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, the people were still curious about this, and there were quite a lot of people who bought it, even if they couldn't afford it, several people could pay for it and make up a copy, but, I don't know why, there are not many people who buy it, except for Jingshi, there are other places that sell a lot of quantity, otherwise, just Jingshi, it can't sell two or three thousand copies." Fan Weicheng explained.

"What is the reason, did you find it?" This newspaper was pinned on by Yang Reform, and when the time comes, it will play a killer role, and it will be used to compete with the Donglin Party for the right of public opinion, but now it can't be sold, Yang Reform can't care about the mouth sores and mouth sores, and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is estimated that ......, or the new mansion newspaper is a little more expensive, and there are really not many people who can afford it...... or, there are really not many literate people......" Fan Weicheng has no experience in running a newspaper, and when it comes to why, he can only take it for granted.

Yang Reform flipped through these newspapers casually, and read them all by himself, Yang Reform hurriedly reviewed them again, and came to the conclusion that this newspaper, without attractive gimmicks, are all some serious government decrees, personnel appointments and dismissals, or commendations and punishments in a certain place, or the advice of ministers, although some things are written in half-white words, but many things are still written in classical Chinese, how can this be attractive? It's okay to read it without dozing, even if there are some strange people and strange things, local customs and the like, but it can only be said that it is a newspaper that is too political, and there is nothing that can attract people's attention.

Yang Gengai took a look at the Xindi newspaper, and he understood why it couldn't be sold, if this newspaper wanted to sell more, it still had to make some attractive gimmicks, for example, print a few on the Di newspaper... The girl may become popular immediately.

"Fan Weicheng, your newspaper is very good, my evaluation to you is that it is too political, there is nothing to attract everyone's attention, you go back, you have to find a way to get something attractive to publish on it, in this way, not to mention that there are only two or three thousand copies of your newspaper, even if it is sold for twenty or thirty thousand copies, it is possible." Yang Reform is actually very anxious in his heart, but when facing people, he also seems to be ordinary, many things, even if they are his own imperial party, cannot be missed, and the major matters of life and death have to be kept secret.

"The minister is dull, I beg your majesty to give advice." Fan Weicheng was tortured by the declining sales every day, and he deliberately ran to the palace to support him, before he got the emperor's guidance, he didn't want to leave anyway, this time he could still enter the palace, if this matter continues to be smashed like this, I'm afraid that next time there will be no chance to enter the palace.

"Alas...... In this way, Shi Shoufu, in the name of the cabinet, you send a request, let the six ministries and nine secretaries, and all the yamen of all provinces, governments, prefectures, and counties take this new palace newspaper as a must-read thing every day, and let each official, large and small, order a copy of this kind of palace newspaper to understand the movements of the imperial court, and this new style of palace newspaper will be an important channel for the court and officials to communicate with the people in the future. Yang Reform unceremoniously embezzled the future method, that is, the "mandatory" requirement to report, Yang Reform believes that with this trick alone, he will be able to grow his own newspaper.

Shi Fenglai was accompanying the emperor to deal with government affairs, and when he heard the emperor's orders, he paused for a moment, one for each official, large and small? In this ......, in the capital, there are thousands of officials, large and small, I am afraid that there are thousands, this is really a copy per person, then the sales of this newspaper are very considerable. ,

"Your Majesty, is this appropriate?" Shi Fenglai can't make up his mind about this kind of novelty, it depends on what the emperor says.

"You don't care if it's suitable or not, tell the officials, I will read this new newspaper every day, in order to understand the dynamics of the world, for broadening people's horizons, it is also quite beneficial, I am in the palace all day, read this newspaper, I feel as if I have been to every general ...... of my Ming Dynasty, and I have benefited a lot, you just told the officials, if anyone is not willing to pay for the newspaper, I will still give him the newspaper every day, this money, I have ...... "Yang reformed for the sales of the newspaper, In order for the newspaper to become a weapon to influence public opinion, it is necessary to put some effort into cultivating it, even if it is to post money, you have to do it.

Shi Fenglai received an affirmative reply from the emperor, and with a guarantee, he immediately replied: "The minister obeys the order, and he must do it according to His Majesty's requirements." "Shi Fenglai doesn't have much judgment on major matters and new things, and almost all need the emperor to make the decision, but Shi Fenglai is also used to this.

"Well...... companion, the same is true of the inner court, the leaders and eunuchs of the various yamen, those of high grades, all have to subscribe to the newspaper, in addition, the town guards, the supervising army, the garrison, the weaving, etc., including the accountants sent out by me, all need to order this new style of palace newspaper, understand?" Yang Reform did not do, and the ministers asked for a subscription, and the eunuchs had no reason not to subscribe to the newspaper.

"The slave and maid receive the order, and then the command will go down." Wang Chengen agreed without hesitation. What the emperor asked the eunuchs to do, that is, they can afford the eunuchs, and there is no need to think too much about it.

Fan Weicheng was refreshed, this trip to the palace, it was really the right one, according to the emperor's method, this time, his mansion newspaper, the sales volume will exceed 10,000.

"Fan Weicheng, you have to find a way yourself, I can only help for a while, I can't help for a lifetime, Xindi Bao has to enhance its own attractiveness, otherwise, if you give it to someone else to wipe your ass, others will still be too hard."

"The minister understands that the minister must actively think of ways to increase this sales in accordance with His Majesty's wishes." Fan Weicheng is very happy, the emperor's hand, a few simple words, can make his sales several times, what else can he think of? Just stay home and have fun.

Fan Weicheng retired, and Yang Gai continued to sit in the Qianqing Palace and handle government affairs.

What Yang Reform is looking at is a summary of some intelligence collected by Jinyiwei, this is a daily must, it is necessary to understand the movements of hundreds of officials, Jingshi, Guanwai, and even overseas, Yang Reform looked at Jinyiwei's intelligence compilation for a while.

"Shhh...... Ouch...... "Yang Reform didn't move his mouth for a long time, and suddenly wanted to speak, but he knew that as soon as he opened his mouth, before the words came out, he pulled the aphthous wound in his mouth, and the pain was so painful that he shouted.

Wang Chengen hurriedly came over to wait, asking what was going on, and the others also looked at the emperor with concern.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just that there are a few bubbles in the mouth, and the wound hurts, big companion, bring me a few bowls of the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor to clear heat and reduce fire, I want to reduce the fire." Yang Reform is more painful when he first opened his mouth, but once he speaks, there is nothing left. It's also annoying to give this a "hiss" before speaking every time, and I decided to reduce the fire well.

After a while, the little eunuch came over with a few bowls of medicine, the eunuch who tried it had already tried it, Yang Reform picked up a bowl of medicine to reduce fire, and drank it cleanly in one breath, and after drinking a bowl, he still felt unrelieved, picked up another bowl, drank it in one breath, drank it again, and drank a few bowls in a row, Yang Reform didn't continue to drink, and his mouth was foaming, and he couldn't stand it.

Several ministers who accompanied the emperor to deal with government affairs saw the emperor drinking medicine like this, and they were also surprised that something made the emperor anxious like this, and he became angry like this.

Yang Reform drank the medicine, waved off the eunuchs, wrote some words on the paper with a pen, handed them to Wang Chengen, and said: "Companion, according to my meaning, publish an article in the name of the eunuch......" Yang Reform said to Wang Chengen in a low voice.

"Obey, Your Majesty ......" Wang Chengen first habitually obeyed the order, and then took the emperor's paper and looked at it, startled. The emperor's paper reads, "The princes of Ouchi are good at ancient times, and their behavior is worthy of praise and disapproval...... Qing talks about high arguments, and there is a factory with a sword and a bow. These poems, but they praised the eunuchs to the sky, as if the eunuchs had become the best people in the world, Wang Chengen was immediately moved by his own emperor, and the emperor treated their eunuchs quite well, but these few words even said in his heart. ,

Wang Chengen was moved to tears at the moment, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the slaves and maids can be so highly regarded by Your Majesty, the slaves and maids are content, they all know Your Majesty's goodness, and they will read Your Majesty's good ...... when they do anything" whimpered while speaking, and really couldn't cry, the emperor's poem, although it has the ingredients of limericks, but what he said, it praised their eunuchs to the sky, and the emperor is the confidant of the eunuchs

"Hehe, big companion, there is no need to do this, recently, some ministers, who are idle and have nothing to do, are gathering together to discuss talking to me, and they want me to learn the words of the sages, and they want me to completely give up raising taxes, and some ministers say that they want me to ......, alas, don't talk about it, anyway, those ministers, need to find something for them to do, hehe, I will send your ministers to fight with these Confucians, you will send people to sort out the famous eunuchs in history, the eunuchs with great achievements, and the eunuchs with meritorious merit, And then with this poem I gave you, I said in the newspaper that the eunuchs were good, and criticized those Confucian ......, understand? Yang Reform and Wang Chengen muttered quietly.

Yang Reform received a report from Jinyiwei, this Jingshi "some people", dissatisfied with the emperor's various actions, gathered together, talked about some things of His Majesty, other things Yang Reform can still bear, it doesn't matter, there is only one thing, can't bear it, must take measures immediately, that is, those "Confucian", Donglin Party, actually talked about abolishing this new style of Di Bao, continue to use the previous manual copy of Di Bao, they probably also vaguely feel that the pressure of this new style of Di Bao on their public opinion power, Yang Reform is unable to sit still, Immediately send this limerick poem that I have heard in the 21st century, let my eunuchs come forward, and those "Confucians" and "rotten Confucians" in the palace newspaper to fight, fight and talk about it, divert their attention, force them to fight with themselves, let them make their attempt to abolish the palace newspaper completely failed, if they don't accept the invitation, the eunuchs will scold them enough, if they accept the recruitment, what else can they do except talk to the eunuchs in the palace newspaper? This newspaper, don't want to abolish it for 10,000 years.

"The slave and maid understand, the slave and maid obey the order, so go and prepare, and your majesty will be able to see a good show tomorrow......" Since Wang Chengen has received the emperor's order, no matter what it is, he will implement it first, and then he will resolutely implement it.

"Good companion, the deeds of these famous eunuchs should be as well-founded and historical as possible, and those literati should be scolded to the point of being decent............ so that they will go crazy as soon as they see this newspaper," Yang Gai said ill-intentionedly, and he was quite proud in his heart: You like to talk to me at every turn, and now, I will also find you to talk to you, drag you to death, and let you do my bad thing. Yang Reform can endure anything, but if you want to abolish the newspaper, Yang Reform can't bear it, and the newspaper has been abolished by you, so isn't it an empty word to grasp the power of public opinion? When the atomic bomb exploded in the future, wouldn't he even blow himself up to pieces?

"The slave and maid understand, this matter, not only the slave and maid are willing and willing, I am afraid that all the slaves and maids in this inner court are willing, all willing, Your Majesty rest assured, this time, the slave and maid will definitely want those people to look good...... Wang Chengen said happily, their eunuchs have always been degraded by the literati to be worthless, and now the emperor has given a chance to fight with the literati on the official "stage" to prove that they are also useful and loyal, this is really a rare opportunity.

"Okay, you should pay more attention to this matter, and instruct a reliable person to follow this matter specifically." Yang Gai said.

"Yes, slave and maid understand." Wang Chengen replied happily.

Wang Chengen happily went out to do this.

Several ministers who assisted the emperor in handling political affairs inexplicably looked at the emperor and the chief administrator of Ouchi muttering something there, and they couldn't hear it clearly, only to see that the chief manager of the king was holding a piece of paper and went out happily, probably doing something, everyone guessed.

The Qianqing Palace was quiet again, and Yang continued to deal with government affairs.

After a while, Wang Chengen came back again, with a bright smile on his face and an old face, sweeter than eating a few catties of dense.

"Your Majesty, Master Xu's Secret Box." As soon as Wang Chengen returned, he gave the emperor something.

"Secret box?" Yang Gai stopped working, looked at the secret box in Wang Chengen's hand, checked the seal, the lock, all of them were intact, took out the key, opened it, and inside was the letter written by Xu Guangqi to himself. This secret box, the first one to be given is Mao Wenlong, Yang Reform now, from time to time also received Mao Wenlong wrote to himself "private letters", which are some loyalty, record daily life things, Yang Reform also often writes some daily life things in reply, it can be regarded as a relationship with the military town of this feudal side, the second secret box, is given to Xu Guangqi, Yang Reform is the first time to receive Xu Guangqi's "private letter". ,

Yang Gengai looked at this secret box and felt that the mouth sores in his mouth were getting more and more painful.

"Shhh...... Ouch......" Yang Gengai cried out in pain. I didn't speak this time, the mouth sores hurt, and the symptoms are getting more and more serious, because of the things that caused me to have mouth sores, and now, there is another source.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you, do you want to call the Imperial Doctor to come and take a look?" Wang Chengen was frightened by the emperor's "ouch", and the emperor's cry was "miserable".

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a toothache on fire, don't get in the way, make me some bitter tea, I still have to lower the fire." Yang reform's symptoms are obviously aphthous sores caused by high mental tension and excessive anxiety.

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor, and could only follow the emperor's wishes to make bitter tea for the emperor.

Yang Gai looked worriedly at the secret box written by Xu Guangqi to himself, which revealed that he had arrived in Shaanxi, many matters, are gradually proceeding, everything is fine, the immigration is quite smooth, the people heard that the emperor was willing to save them with ten million taels of silver, they are all grateful, thinking of the emperor's good, many people affected by the disaster have begun to take the initiative to find them, he has begun to recruit disaster victims to help themselves by means of work-for-relief, and is gradually setting up relief points along the Yellow River and its tributaries, responsible for receiving immigrants, grain from the south of the Yangtze River, The transshipment work will begin with the arrival of the first batch of grain ships, and the immigration officers sent to the various lakes to liaise have already gone to various places, and will be responsible for contacting and contacting the local government, and as soon as the immigrants arrive, they will immediately start the project of encircling the lake and cultivating fields, and strive to be able to plant good fields on a large scale next year and complete the emperor's mission.

This section of Yang Reform looked quite comfortable and relieved, but when he saw the following, he had a mouth sore. In the following content, Xu Guangqi explained to the emperor that because of the tens of millions of taels of silver for the relief of immigrants, four or five million taels are added to the field tax, and most of the field taxes depend on the autumn tax, so at the latest, the silver will not be gathered until next year at the latest. He had to spend at least four or five hundred thousand taels of silver, and the more than one million taels of silver he brought with him could support it for three months, at most until the end of August, and at the beginning of September, there must be silver to follow, otherwise, the immigration work would have to be wasted. Xu Guangqi euphemistically mentioned to the emperor, now the time has passed almost a month, because it is a start, so the cost is more, just to mobilize grain and hire ships, buy ships, and build ships, it costs a lot, as well as the expenses of immigration officials, etc., and ask the emperor what kind of salt tax or something, although the field tax and summer tax are not much, can you give him a uniform first.

It's going to be money within two or three months, and Yang Reform feels that his mouth sores seem to hurt badly, not to mention the field tax, it all depends on the autumn tax, how many can the summer tax be collected? As for the autumn tax, others can pay it next year at the latest, don't rush it, it's legal and reasonable. And the salt class, now that the Hetian tax has fallen to a point, others can also pay taxes according to the autumn tax, that is to say, it is legal and reasonable to pay taxes next year, don't rush it......

Yang Reform is about to collapse.

Xu Guangqi said that he needs at least four or five hundred thousand taels a month, and once the immigration work is in full swing, this silver will be like flowing water, and it will be impossible to stop it, let alone cut off the silver in the middle.

In addition, Mao Wenlong's 100,000, Yuan Chongyuan's 100,000, his new army's 120,000, Gongweijing's Mangui and them, there are a lot of them every month, and Shaanxi went to a car battalion to train troops, and he had to give some private money to Bi Zisu, and he had to prepare some money for Liu Jishan, and he had to prepare rewards and support for Lin Dan Khan...... It is also necessary to prepare the silver, and is still vigorously building warships, renting fleet ......, and the ...... that was promised in the first half of the year and reissuing two million taels of arrears on each side in the second half of the year, the expenses in his own palace, and the expenses of the Beijing camp......

Yang Reform was already messed up with these astronomical bills, and his mouth sores were growing, but now he has received Xu Guangqi's secret box, and now, there is really a collapse posture. ,

"Hiss.................., ouch............" Yang Reform pressed the most painful part of his mouth sore, and let out a long cry "Ouch", this day, I can't live, my own internal money, but a million taels of silver, so many places have to use money, I can't support it for a month, the most hateful thing is that the money is concentrated in the second half of this year, if it can survive until the end of this year, then don't be afraid, I cut down the Jin Shang with a knife, and I have all the money, and the storm that swept the country broke out, and the silver looted was still less? It's a pity that I can't survive the end of this year.

Even if you count the two million taels of silver that Liu Yanyuan won, however, these two million taels of silver are enough for yourself to spend a month or two, at most until October, October is still a month or two before the end of the year, October is still the day when you start the Korean battlefield, when the fleet of men and horses arrives, it will never work if you don't have money, and you need a sum of money, how can you get by, what's even more hateful is that you want to cut down Jin merchants, cut big businessmen, and even cut those rotten bureaucrats, and you have to encircle some people to stand on your side, These people are the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp, that is, the officers and soldiers on all sides, although these are not the core guns, but they are also within the scope of the envelope, to cut people, the guns must be reliable, and they can't let go of a gun, so this matter of repaying military salaries must be sent to the hands of the officials and soldiers before cutting the Jin merchants, that is two million taels and can't ......be spent after cutting the Jin merchants, Yang Reform can only tears in his heart when he thinks of this.

Could it be that you borrow money from the bank to get by? Trying to get there next year? However, when will this issue of tickets be delayed? Yang was not reconciled to reform again. Then if the bank is empty, the vassal kings, nobles, and officials will be able to make themselves happy?

Yang's days of reform can't go on.