Sun Chengzong was very angry and trembled with anger.

Yang Reform was expressionless, this matter, thanks to the record of history, if there was no historical record, who would have thought that this kind of thing would happen.

This incident is like when Yang Reform crossed over, the United States was close to a certain state in Mexico, and some big businessmen felt that the United States might collapse, so they secretly reported every move of the United States to the drug lords in Mexico, delusionally thinking that one day these drug lords would enter the United States and become the masters of the United States, they would get benefits.

“…… Can you tell me the source of the news? Sun Chengzong was so angry that he ignored the loss of honor in front of the king, cursed silently for a while, vented the anger in his heart, and then gradually became sensible, and began to think about the problem, the source of this news, you have to first suspect that if the source is not reliable, there is no need to discuss this matter.

"Master Sun, this news is indeed reliable, it is absolutely true, if there is no reliable news, can I make such a big move? As for the source? Hehe, many factory guards in the Ming Dynasty spy on the news, if they are serious, no matter what happens, there will always be clues. Yang reform perfunctory Sun Chengzong, this is completely thanks to the history of the "prophet", to really rely on the Ming Dynasty's own spy system, what Jinyiwei, Dongchang, it is impossible to get this kind of intelligence, think history, even the wild boar skin into the customs, such a big thing, Jinyiwei and Dongchang did not have any news in advance, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty was scolded by the spy rule is actually like that, it is exaggerated, quite the essence of "civil war insider, foreign war outsider".

Look at the spies of later generations, spy organizations, that is really called a cow, often the enemy's combat orders are still in the enemy's headquarters, and they have already got the news on their side, this is called a spy, and then look at the Ming Dynasty, the enemy has defeated the Beijing division, and I don't know what's going on, it's completely at the level of a layman. Look at the country of later generations, that strong country does not have a famous secret service? Isn't it insidious and cunning? Look at how few American agents, assassinations, kidnappings, conspiracies to subvert other countries? Yang Reform is strange, why did they criticize the Ming Dynasty's spy rule to the fullest, but the modern countries of later generations are trying to get their own spy agencies? "Only later generations are allowed to set fires, and the Ming Dynasty is not allowed to light lamps."

"Really reliable......" Sun Chengzong has gradually calmed down, and began to consider the impact of this news, the brocade guard of the Ming Dynasty is famous! Dongchang, that is even better than Jinyiwei. Maybe there are other secret agencies of the emperor to spy on the emperor, Sun Chengzong thought of this, and no longer doubted the source and accurate surname of this news. Even if he, the emperor, is involved in the forbidden body of the emperors such as Jinyiwei and Dongchang, it is not easy to say it excessively.

“…… Since His Majesty's information is reliable,...... Alas...... "Ask this, thinking about this question, Sun Chengzong also sighed, this even businessmen have reached the point of collaborating with the enemy and plotting rebellion, doesn't that mean that the Ming Dynasty is not working, and many people are looking for another backer and taking refuge in the new master?" This Ming Dynasty, it seems, is more unbearable and weaker than he imagined, Sun Chengzong instantly felt that he was much older, and his fiery heart was also much colder, and the murderous aura in his heart suddenly rose wildly.

"Well, this news is true, on my list, there is a detailed list of eight Shanxi businessmen who collaborated with the enemy, these eight companies, smuggling materials, arms, and food to the Dongyu to fund the enemy, not to mention, but also for the Dongyu to collect intelligence, spy on information, and even ambush and make detailed work, internal response, so, Donglu can say every move of our dynasty, know everything about it, maybe even what I said in the early court, or in a few days, the content will be placed on the table of Dongyu, Master Sun, do you think I will talk nonsense on this issue? That's a matter of hundreds of heads falling to the ground. "Yang reform is not a random boast of the wild boar skin, from a historical point of view, the Ming Dynasty to the wild boar skin, is one-way transparent, the Ming Dynasty's every move, what to make, what soldiers, how many soldiers there are to defend, what combat effectiveness, are clear, these, if there is no Ming Dynasty insiders to assist, can it be done without a trace? Are the spies of wild boar skins and fine work all trained by the KGB? All of them are extremely capable? What's even more outrageous is that the city is often attacked, and it is all inside and outside, this, there are no insiders in the Ming Dynasty to do ambush, cover, and internal response, can wild boar skin do it to this extent? I'm afraid that the wild boar skin himself never thought that he would be able to enter the customs and sit in the world. Will it cost countless to arrange n more spies that can only be used once?

"That being the case, then these national thieves should be killed, bullying the king, rebellious, and rebellious, and they should be punished for the nine clans......" Sun Chengzong was ready to kill, and while he spoke, hundreds of heads were about to fall to the ground. This matter cannot be merciful, and there is no room for maneuver. At this point, there is no need to talk about any feelings.

"They deserve to die, they deserve to be killed, they deserve to be punished by the Nine Clans, but is it just to kill them?" Yang Gengai asked.

"And what does Your Majesty mean?" Sun Chengzong asked this suspiciously.

"What's the use of just killing them, I want to deal with the Eastern Captives and Houjin, but also for disaster relief, and to deal with the rebellion of the refugees in the future, what is needed is a large amount of continuous military salaries and disaster relief expenses, and just killing a few businessmen in Shanxi will not solve this problem." Yang Reform has been thinking about killing Shanxi merchants to get silver, not for a day or two, that may have an income of several million taels, who else will the big fat sheep be slaughtered if it is not slaughtered? If they do not collaborate with the enemy, they will say two more; collaborating with the enemy, they are sorry for themselves if they don't kill them.

"What does Your Majesty mean? Could it be, Your Majesty, ready to ...... Salt merchants, sure enough, need to go on a killing spree. Sun Chengzong sighed, already understanding what the emperor meant. Sun Chengzong has been involved in most of the core secrets of Yang's reform, such as the previous salt class, the arrangement of Jinyi Wei to deal with salt merchants, and the matter of salt rats was Sun Chengzong's adviser, so as soon as the emperor said a little, Sun Chengzong immediately understood as soon as he contacted him.

"Hehe, Master Sun understands?" Yang Gengai saw Sun Chengzong, "Is this the case?" ", I knew that Sun Chengzong was not stupid, and he had already guessed what he was going to do.

"Your Majesty is planning to wipe out all the Shanxi merchants, and then list in detail the evidence of their rebellion, and then bring the world's remarks, saying that the businessmen are unrighteous and shameless, collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, killing chickens and monkeys, and turning to strictly investigate the salt merchants, and bring the salt merchants in one fell swoop?" Sun Chengzong simply stated the emperor's plan.

"Well, yes, that's exactly the case, I plan to promote the merchants of Shanxi as a typical example of disloyalty, unfilial piety, injustice, and betrayal of ancestors for glory, and in the Ming Dynasty, set off a strike hard action to strictly investigate whether the merchants in the world are treason and collaborate with the enemy, so that the people of the whole world are jealous of those merchants, stay away from the merchants, and separate the merchant class from all aspects of society, so that they are all silent, let them be isolated, and let those officials who are very close to the salt merchants dare not have anything to do with them, otherwise, it is a rebellion to deal with themIn this way, the salt merchants, even if they are isolated, at this time, I threw out the salt, and then there were Jinyi guards to suppress the formation, overthrow those salt merchants in one fell swoop, and completely control the salt industry of the Ming Dynasty in my hands, so that I don't have to worry about military expenses, disaster relief, and silver. Yang Gai said what he thought in his heart.

"Your Majesty has listed all the merchants in the world as the target of severe crackdowns, and there are no merchants in this world, and goods cannot pass through all directions, which is not very convenient! It is bound to cause turmoil, and His Majesty's target is only the salt merchants, and he should narrow it down. Sun Chengzong reminded.

"Yes, Master Sun is right, I have been taught, when I publicize it, I will make it clear, small businessmen are just for living, not strictly investigated, even if they are big businessmen, they are divided into three, six, nine and so on, just for a certain part of people with major suspicions, the time will not be too long, there will be three or five months, this salt is estimated to seize the market. Those salt merchants were nothing without the protection of the government. It would be better if a salt merchant jumped out against me, because I was short of money for military expenses. You might as well kill a few of him, so that a year's military expenses will be enough. Yang Gengai talked about his own plan and talked about killing salt merchants to finance military expenses.

Sun Chengzong was a little dizzy in the face of the emperor's action plan one after another, and after thinking for a while, he said: "This is very good, that is to say, when eradicating the salt merchants, suppress the officials who have anything to do with the salt merchants by plotting rebellion, so that they dare not act rashly, and then knock down the salt merchants in one fell swoop, this is feasible, Jinyiwei is specially to deal with rebellion, presumably, no one is bold enough to be involved in rebellion, not to mention, behind Jinyiwei, there is also His Majesty's new army watching, Your Majesty's move is to hit the weakness of the hundred officials, Cut off the connection between the salt merchants and the officials! Isolate this salt merchant, so that he is just a salt merchant, but he really doesn't have to worry. When Sun Chengzong said this, he was also relieved, the emperor's plan seemed to be very "reasonable". Sun Chengzong has always been very worried about the showdown between the emperor and the hundred officials, and something will go wrong during the decisive battle, but now it seems that there is such a calculation, so there is no need to worry.

The purpose of the establishment of Jinyiwei is to prevent rebellion and rebellion, if it is Jinyiwei to handle his type of case, it does not involve rebellion, hundreds of officials, may also come out to organize a rebellion, go up and down, and suppress the emperor with speech, once it comes to the matter of rebellion, there is evidence of "real evidence" involved in rebellion, and the person with a bad brain dares to stand up and say no? No one in the official burned his brain.

Seeing that Sun Chengzong understood what he meant, Yang Reform said: "That's true, first to make the reputation of the merchant, then to isolate the merchant, separate the hundred officials and the salt merchant, and finally, to cut and kill the salt merchant. Yang Reform himself also summed up his plan, which is four steps.

In this feudal society, there is no greater than rebellion, more awe-inspiring charges, this crime, raiding the house and killing the head are light, at every turn is to raze a few tribes, punish the ten tribes, this, only to make people feel the scalp numb, once and rebellion involved, it can not be washed clean, in this feudal society, the emphasis is on loyalty, so, first the Shanxi businessman is accused of collaborating with the enemy and plotting rebellion, the evidence is out, and then the reputation of the businessman is stinky, and then set off a nationwide strict investigation and crackdown activities, through the national strict investigation of the name of the rebellious businessman, Force the protective umbrella of those salt merchants not to act rashly, and then quickly use the salt to bring down the salt merchants and control the salt industry in the whole country, even if it is done.

Once launched, it must be a thunderous blow, breaking the pattern of salt merchants entrenched in the national salt industry and bureaucratic dividends, and completely collecting the salt industry into their own hands. This step by step can not go wrong, the timing, must be fully grasped, can not be the wrong pace, need an old and serious person to do this, and this person, either Sun Chengzong or Xu Guangqi.

"Master Sun has given me a check, so don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Otherwise, this Ming Dynasty is really over, and please Master Sun don't have a bodhisattva's heart, and be sure to be the anger of Vajra. "Yang Reform for his own huge, complex plan, he can't figure out how to go about the specific steps, I just feel that this mind is not enough, this otaku, playing games is good at it, when it comes to playing conspiracy, thinking about strategy, then you have to train for a few years, with a few years of skills, the effect may be better.

Sun Chengzong's hand kept stroking his beard, thinking. After thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, this first step, as Your Majesty said, is to take advantage of this enthronement amnesty to dispense with this salt class, this will be soon." Sun Chengzong summarized the first step of Yang's reform, and also asked Yang a question by the way.

Speaking of the name of amnesty, Yang Reform has used it a lot, this abolition of the salt tax is one, and there is also a name for making money, that is, the amnesty of the relevant personnel of the Wei case, as long as you pay the silver, all of them will be reduced, and the name is the emperor's new coming to power, I don't want to see the head of the people landing, and I want to be harmonious. No, five million taels of silver have already been made. It can be described as a bumper harvest. This Wei Zhongxian stayed in Fengyang and did not die, it was the curse of the ministers of the court, if you don't pay it, you can, this case will not be settled, if you don't know that day, the nine thousand years old will return to the court, at that time, Wei Zhongxian is not as easy to fool as the emperor. It was time for the tiger chair in the East Factory to open again, so most people gritted their teeth and handed over the money under the pressure of the bureaucracy.

"Master Sun's expectation is good, this amnesty will be a hammer deal in the world, and there will be no more after that, so it will be necessary to pack a few more, the silver of this Wei case has been paid, presumably the officials are looking forward to the verdict of the case, this verdict, it will be in the name of the amnesty of the world! This salt class will also be waived along with it. Soon, hehehe......" Speaking of his proud amnesty name, Yang Gai smiled proudly.

"Your Majesty is calculating." Sun Chengzong praised the emperor once, Sun Chengzong also heard of it, the emperor this time, a lot, for this kind of silver, originally, Sun Chengzong did not approve, but now by this state affairs, he also agrees with the emperor's silver, at least there is still a lot, and the military expenses on this side of the pass have just fallen, otherwise, it is unimaginable!

"This second step is to implement the patent law, so that this patent can become a treasure to protect the salt, Your Majesty, why don't you use this patent law together with the amnesty?" Sun Chengzong suggested to the emperor with a hint of a smile. Anyway, this amnesty is a big basket, everything is put into it, and these officials want to use this amnesty to write off their sins, then you can, you have to pinch this patent law and admit it, and you have to pinch your nose to admit this abolition of the salt policy, otherwise, don't think about your sins.

Yang Gai smiled and said: "Of course, I don't have so much mood to talk to the ministers, this can be pretended with amnesty, try to use it, anyway, it's a hammer deal, and it's gone." ”

Sun Chengzong suddenly felt that this heaven really sent a "holy son of heaven" to the Ming Dynasty to save the Ming Dynasty, although sometimes the behavior is very grotesque, but in his heart, he pretended to be thousands of people in the world.

"This third step is naturally to send people to the salt field and dry the salt, which may require the assistance of Xu Zixian, who is more familiar with this aspect of the salt field." Sun Chengzong suggested that the emperor use Xu Guangqi to preside over the drying of salt.

"This, I'll talk about it then, I'm free to arrange it." Yang Reform has arranged this matter himself, and the location of the salt field in the future can be roughly searched by Baidu, so Yang Reform is more confident.

"Then the third step is how to sell salt." Sun Chengzong said again.

"Well, this, it doesn't matter, I think my salt is cheap, the quality is good, and I have the backing of Jinyiwei, I want to sell it to small salt merchants, ordinary merchants, I don't think it's a big problem, if the salt merchants dare to find trouble with me, I will like it very much."

"In this way, the salt is almost ready, and then we should send someone to wipe out all the merchants in Shanxi, and collect evidence of their rebellion, this, maybe, it is necessary for the three divisions to interrogate to verify the evidence of the rebellion, so as to set the record straight, which is related to the isolation of the salt merchants in the future, so the evidence must be true and reliable." Sun Chengzong summed up the next move.

"Yes, this is natural, they are in contact with foreign countries and plotting rebellion, there will naturally be evidence, not to mention, I also sent Mangui's six thousand people to sweep Mongolia, and the Mongolian tribes I bought to inquire about the news, there will definitely be evidence." Yang Reform knows this matter through history, so this matter is absolutely true, so as long as this thing is true, this evidence will naturally be there, even if the party concerned is careful and does not leave evidence, Yang Reform can also get him a lot of evidence, and the torture tools in the Jinyi Wei in the East Factory can conjure up a lot of evidence.

"In this way, next, Your Majesty needs to isolate the merchants, isolate the salt merchants. I wonder how Your Majesty intends to set off this storm of isolated salt merchants? ”

"Hehehe, this, I will naturally have a way, this, I will tell Master Sun later." Yang Gengai smiled, how to guide public opinion, the traversers will be happy to tell you, that is the newspaper. Yang Reform is preparing to launch this sharp weapon of crossing, to find a place for the literati to spit, and to find a tool for himself to grasp public opinion. In order to get rid of this salt merchant, this newspaper, it's time to appear.

(To be continued)