It's "work time" for another day.

Yang had to get up, hurry up, and get ready to go to work.

The palace maids, the little eunuchs served, the dressed dressed, the hated wore the hat.

Wang Chengen stood on the side, constantly commanding.

Yang Gai slept well again, got up in the morning, and was very energetic, these days, he was lively and discussed with the queen to make a prince come out, and worked very hard.

"Companion, do you have any reaction to my amnesty?" Yang Gengai was bored with waiting, and decided to find some topic, I wanted to know what his amnesty was in the hundred officials, what opinions were among the people, he was in the palace, and he didn't know the situation outside, so he could only ask the people around him. Yang Gai felt that his trick should be very powerful, forcing the officials to loot the salt merchants. There will be rifts and estrangements between the interests of the salt merchants and the bureaucrats, and if they cut the salt merchants in the future, they will not be fully united with the outside world, and their own pressure and resistance can be much smaller.

Wang Chengen lowered his head, not as calm and calm as he used to say.

"Back to Your Majesty, everyone outside here praises Your Majesty as the Holy Monarch of the Ming Lord......" Wang Chengen dodged and said some good things to the emperor.

Seeing Wang Chengen's appearance, Yang Reform also understood a little in his heart, this time, the pressure on the salt merchants is estimated to be very large, and there will definitely be no good things to say to himself. Gotcha, if you want to spread rumors or something, let these salt merchants make it, and they don't care. I only care about money, and if I don't have money, I'm nothing, so I can only send you into the "juicer" and squeeze something out.

"Hehe, big companion, you don't have to hide anything from me, just say what you have."

"Back to Your Majesty, there are several cabinet ministers who submitted their resignations early in the morning, and they begged to ......" Wang Chengen is another transfer**.

Resigned and quit? But there is no such a good deal, when you eat meat, you want to be a minister, and when you gnaw bones, you will take the burden? Hehe, Yang Gai despised it in his heart. This is the virtue of the elites?

The talk about this amnesty outside is already a super hot topic on the streets, some people are seventy or eighty years old, and they have never seen such a strange amnesty, so let's not talk about the Wei case, everyone knows what they know, but they just make a fig leaf on it. However, what does it mean to stop the salt policy for a year, many people are confused, salt tea has never been a monopoly, when will there be a abolition of the salt policy! The emperor doesn't love money anymore? The common people were confused.

This person has stopped the salt policy, but how much less can he actually buy salt? Suspend.

When the salt merchants got the news, they gritted their teeth, this is a bitter word, and they can only knock out their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs! In the past, the emperor wanted to raise the salt class and force the silver, and the salt merchants could threaten to boycott the market, but this time, the emperor simply exempted the salt class, so that they had no place to boycott the market, could it be said that the emperor dismissed the salt class and did not collect taxes, which is unreasonable? Taken by force? Should the market be boycotted? If this kind of thing happens, it is estimated that the emperor will directly let Jinyiwei raid his home. This cheekiness, the truth still has to stand.

Originally, the salt tax was exempted, and the salt merchants were happy, without the salt policy, there was no need to pay tribute to the bureaucrats, and they could earn more, but unfortunately, this exemption from the salt tax moved the salt policy, and the interests of the hundred officials were moved, and the emperor no longer asked the salt merchants to ask for silver directly, and now it has become the bureaucratic class in order to keep the "legal surname" of the salt policy, and ask the salt merchants for silver, if they don't give it, it is very good, the emperor will abolish the salt policy, and let the bureaucrats who profit from this interest chain drink the northwest wind. This has changed from the former bureaucrats and salt merchants fighting against the emperor together, to the emperor abolishing the salt policy as a threat, and the bureaucrats forcing the salt merchants to pay money. How does this businessman fight with the "official"? So, this time, it's really knocking out the teeth and swallowing them in the stomach. To put it simply, it is the emperor who drives the tiger and devours the wolf.

The bureaucrats had a sad face at first, but then they thought about it carefully, and the salt merchant did not deposit the money in the household department, and the expenses of the household department have always been decided by the imperial court, that is, we have the final say! Even if the emperor wants to spend, it is very difficult, basically, it is to put it from his left hand pocket into his right hand pocket, and change the place to spend, not to mention, but the cost of changing places, the money has risen very high, and it is a good deal to calculate the account, and it is also a good deal that only enters and does not accompany him.

However, these ministers who promised to suspend the salt administration at that time were under great pressure, and they were dizzy by the emperor at that time, and they had no energy to think about the problem.

...... "Your Majesty, do you want to use a step?" Wang Chengen asked.

"No, walk more, it's good for your health." Yang Gai felt that this ** point of sun on people was extremely comfortable. Last night we had a big victory, and I was in a particularly happy mood. I decided to take a good look at the "Palace Museum".

"Yes, Your Majesty ......"

...... "By the way, Otomo, is there anything about piracy at the court?" Yang Gengai remembered that the day before yesterday he talked to his queen Zhou Wan'er about his father, two months, and he hadn't arrived in Guangxi, and felt that this should get the pirates right, otherwise, the efficiency of this work is too low to say.

If the queen's father is by water, it is estimated that this will be planted in Guangxi, but unfortunately, there are many pirates, and his old man does not have the courage to take the sea route, so he can only "climb" to Guangxi step by step. According to the interpretation of the nine-year compulsory education, this pirate is obviously hindering the development of the productive forces, and it must be eliminated so that the productive forces can develop better.

Yang Reform didn't read much time travel novels before, remember, this Zheng Chenggong's father, Zheng Zhilong, was recruited from pirates in the early days of Chongzhen to become the maritime power of the Ming Dynasty, and it was precisely because of wearing a layer of official skin that Zheng Zhilong could be reasonable, advantageous, and legal to fight other pirates, and become the pirate leader in the late Ming Dynasty and the actual customs in the late Ming Dynasty. This is because of this, in order to earn countless incomes every year, raise countless "horse boys", and also make Zheng Chenggong become a national hero who resisted the Qing Dynasty, almost captured Nanjing, and rewrote the history of China.

Yang Reform has long wanted to get his hands on the customs, and he is salivating over the income of the customs, so he is more concerned about this trick of pirates, and even more concerned about the Zheng family, knowing that if he does not prevent the Zheng family from wearing the skin of the official mansion, the Zheng family will not be easy to control, and the appetite will be raised, and there will be nothing to feed!

"Back to Your Majesty, but do you mean pirates?" Wang Chengen was inexplicable, why did the emperor ask about this pirate? The whole city is still talking about amnesty, talking about salt merchants, what kind of pirates is the emperor talking about?

"Well, yes, there's any news about that?" Yang Reform doesn't remember when the Zheng family made trouble, when he accepted Zhao'an, and "turned positive", what he can remember is that it was in the early days of Chongzhen, and then think about it, he has no memory of this aspect, it seems that it should not have happened yet.

"Your Majesty, yes, there seems to be news from Fujian, saying that there are pirates in Fujian, Zheng Shi, which is very rampant, there are tens of thousands of troops, thousands of warships, raiding the place, and the local invasion has been ineffective many times, so I implore Your Majesty to recruit peace...... "Wang Chengen's surname is very good, this eunuch did not do it in vain, and what happened here is clearly remembered.

Zheng? That's basically Zheng Zhilong! Raiding places? Ineffective? Tens of thousands? Thousands of warships? Yang Reform was shocked, this Zheng family seems to have risen, or rather, it is about to rise! Yang Reform is very worried, if this Zheng Zhilong has already accepted the recruitment of the imperial court, then it will be difficult for him to make some fame, this climate has been established, it is not easy to raise!

"Can you recruit An?" Yang Reform was a little scared, if he was safe, then the matter of colonizing Taiwan and controlling the customs would be complicated. This big battle ship has not been built dozens, hundreds, and really doesn't dare to move Zheng Zhilong.

Wang Chengen saw that the emperor was inexplicably nervous, thinking that the emperor was "extorting" the salt merchants' money, such a big thing was done, did he still care about this little pirate?

"Your Majesty, the Fujian side now means Zhao'an, it seems that it has been discussed, but the Zheng family is also arrogant, and there is no peace. It is said that in this court, there is a lot of controversy about the appeasement. "Wang Chengen is a native, and he knows more than Yang Reform, a little white who has crossed over.

"No recruitment? That's good, that's good......" Yang Reform is very happy, there is no recruitment, that is to say, history or change, or history has not yet happened, and he can arrange it calmly. This piece of fat meat at the customs, change to eat it yourself, this immigration to Taiwan, it seems that there is no problem. It seems that when I have time, I have to go back and search for the information of Zheng Zhilong's family to see what history is all about.

When Yang Gengai heard that Zheng Zhilong did not recruit An, he was very relieved and in a good mood, and this piece of fat was about to fall into his mouth again. Thinking of this, the Harry in Yang Reform's mouth began to secrete uncontrollably again.

The first year of Chongzhen.

The morning of April 29 is a bit weird.

In today's early dynasty, the courtiers' eyes on the emperor are very different from before.

If it is said that the overthrow of the nine thousand years old relies on the authority of the emperor and is conducive to the identity of the emperor, then this play of using hundreds of officials to cut salt merchants shows that the emperor is extraordinarily shrewd, old-fashioned, courageous, and courageous, and it is not easy to fool, and his impression of the emperor has changed greatly, from the kind of childlike eyes at the beginning, and the idea of claiming to be a hero and an old minister has become trembling, for fear of being accidentally caught by the emperor with pigtails.

Under the strange gaze of the ministers, Yang Gai accepted the congratulations of the ministers.

Yang Gai sat on the throne, listening to the sound of the ministers singing, listening to the voice of chanting long live, it seemed to be extraordinarily loud! Why haven't you heard such a loud voice before? Could it be that his aura has become stronger? With the spirit of the king, the ministers sincerely bow their heads and worship?

It's been a long time since the court discussion started weirdly, and everyone came out to do something.

The early dynasty was so embarrassed that the emperor did not gnaw, and the courtiers were afraid, and they slowly passed through the silence.

Yang Reform was thinking about the matter of recruiting pirates, thinking about how much income he could get from the customs in a year, thinking that the Zheng family was known as a rich and rival country in history, and that year was a few million taels of silver, because the income of the Ming Dynasty was millions of taels, if there were not a few million taels, how could he dare to say that he was rich and rivaled the country?

The courtiers were still shocked by the ruthlessness and sharpness of the emperor's work, and they were all thinking about whether they wanted to play this thing or not. Whether he has thought about this thing is well thought out, whether it will make the emperor unhappy, etc., everyone who comes out to say something.

Things are so strangely deadlocked.

Yang Gengai sat on the throne and had a white dream, only to wake up and find that it had been half a day, and it seemed that no one had come out to say anything, which was a bit abnormal.

"What's wrong? Ladies and gentlemen? Why didn't anyone speak? ”

The ministers still kept silent again and again, not mentioning anything, they were all suppressed by the emperor's strong image, and it took a while to get used to.

Yang Gai wondered and said, "What's going on?" Why have they all become dumb? ”

The ministers looked at each other, but still did not mean to speak.

Yang Gai thinks it's just right, you don't say it, I said, just talk about the problem of pirates, and it can be regarded as relieving the pressure of the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty and buying a little time for the extension of his life.

"Since you don't want to talk about it, then I will talk about a topic...... I heard that there are pirates in this Fujian, Zheng clan, which is very rampant in the sea and places? Let's discuss this matter. "Yang reformed his thinking, and he had long since left salt and came to the pirates.

When the ministers heard that the emperor was going to talk about piracy, they were relieved, as long as they didn't mention the salt class, and they all followed the emperor's thinking.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it should be caressed."

Yang Reform really doesn't know much about the people in this hall, and he can't figure out what the name of this speaker is.

"Oh, is it? Explain why. "Yang Reform heard Wang Chengen mention it before, and knew that there were two voices in this court, one faction wanted to recruit, and the other faction wanted to appease. Be prepared to look at the rhetoric on both sides.

"Back to Your Majesty, this Zheng family, it is said, still very much hope to be appeased, think of his ancestral hometown, his hometown is on the ground, even if he can dominate the sea for a while, there is a day when the leaves return to the roots, if the court can be appeased, presumably, this Zheng family will accept Zhao'an, it is said that this Zheng family has tens of thousands, thousands of warships, such a power, if you accept Zhao'an, one sea immediately calms down, passing ships, and then pirate worries, two, now even if the court wants to exterminate, it is also suffering from no military salary, sailors, to exterminate, it must cost countless ah! Your Majesty......" the minister expressed his opinion. It's easy to understand, it's just that there is no money, and appeasing the Zheng family is equivalent to turning a pirate into a regular one, and there are no pirates on this sea, which can be regarded as a good way to kill multiple birds with one stone.

Yang Gengai nodded, pretending to listen carefully, thinking that this person is really an idiot, if you recruit this Zheng Zhilong, he will use the skin of the imperial court to do the customs work, and the annual income is more than the national treasury, you are throwing millions of taels of silver every year! It's not your way to lose!

Before Yang Reform could speak, a minister immediately jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate, thinking that this Zheng clan already has tens of thousands of people, if you recruit an again, won't it become a giant lord on the sea in a blink of an eye?" Isn't this a tiger for trouble? As the saying goes, next to the couch, how can you allow others to snore? What's more, this maritime trade has a huge profit every year, and in a few years, the Zheng clan will be rich and rival the country, and the number of troops will definitely increase again and again, when there are tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, how can it be systematic? Besides, how can the coastal defense of this imperial court be handed over to a pirate? Isn't that child's play? ”

This minister who opposed the appeasement moved Yang Reform by speaking, Yang Reform felt very far-sighted, and after a closer look, it turned out to be Bi Ziyan, this guy, as soon as he spoke, he must be involved in money, and he is extremely sensitive to money, it seems that he has smelled the profits of this maritime trade, and knows that he can't give up easily.

"Hehe, Bi Aiqing, it makes sense, next to this couch, how can others snore and sleep? He now has tens of thousands of people, if he recruits again, the number of people will definitely double, such a huge number, I heard it, my heart was shocked! "Yang felt that there was no need for any military force that could not be controlled by himself.

The emperor's reason is very strong, any existence that threatens the throne is not allowed, these tens of thousands of horses, hundreds of thousands of horses in the future, and money, isn't this intended to make the emperor sleep badly?

A minister immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can recruit An, and after he wants to recruit An, won't the Zheng clan's subordinates be assigned there with the distribution of the imperial court, so that the Zheng clan will not be in trouble." "This is thinking about the policy of division for the emperor.

However, obviously, there are as many people who support Zhao'an as there are those who oppose Zhao'an.

Someone immediately came out to refute: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this is impossible, the Zheng family is not a matter of a day or two, the previous Zhao'an, this Zheng has already said, Zhao'an can, but never disperse the people, Zheng is willing to 'cut off the Yikou and suppress the thieves' for the imperial court, you can know how big this person's surname is, it is impossible to do as Lord X thinks, after Zhao'an comes over, it will be divided and disintegrated, and Zhao'an must have no future!" ”

Hehe, Zhao'an doesn't disperse the people? Do you want to cut off the Yikou and suppress the thieves for the Ming Dynasty? Isn't this a warlord? The scholars of the Ming Dynasty in history really didn't take this matter on the sea seriously! This kind of sailor, the work of the navy, can actually be entrusted to a pirate, I have to say that history is sometimes wonderful, and things are sometimes more outrageous than writing novels. Yang Gengai knew that he might have to act arbitrarily in the matter of pirates this time, relying on the mind of the Ming Dynasty scholars, he could only be fooled.

"Your Majesty, I think that I should suppress it, I think I am also preparing to build several large warships now, if the sea and land go together, this Zheng clan, exterminate it is just a flick of a finger, what is there to be afraid of? Your Majesty, the ministers are in favor of exterminating ......" A minister actually said something about a big warship that had not even been drawn in blueprints, and Yang Reform had to admire these elites. Why did you go earlier? If there were already big ships, why not? Beaten up by pirates? If you can't beat it, you can recruit others, how "powerful" is this thinking?

(To be continued)