The seventeenth day of the first month of the second year of Chongzhen.

Mandarin Palace.

There is no early dynasty today, but Yang Reform still has to "go to work", and summoned the cabinet in the Wenhua Palace, and a group of ministers to discuss things.

After yesterday's early dynasty, the ministers have understood the emperor's "way", and have sent letters to the south.

After some salutation, the formal proceedings began.

Yang Reform went to Liulizhai yesterday, and he has discussed it with Liulizhai, and it is good that all the nobles have discussed, this salt law matter, naturally the sooner the better, and will not let the salt law drag on, Yang Reform has been worried about the situation outside the gate, and does not want to involve the two things together, so it is extremely easy to cause internal and external oppression, so today I went to the Wenhua Hall to discuss the matter.

First of all, he dealt with some old things that had been accumulated, which were inconvenient to talk about in the early court, and could not be handled by the cabinet itself.

After dealing with the old things that have been accumulated, Yang Reform is ready to do the business of Liulizhai.

"Do you have anything to do today?" Yang Gai looked at the ministers present, the people here were all important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, the core bosses, and they inspected these bigwigs, and finally set their eyes on Shi Fenglai.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do, I don't know if I want to play ......it," Shoufu Shi Fenglai said with a strange expression.

"Oh, if there's something, you might as well tell me." Yang Gai said.

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter has something to do with the Salt Law, and Your Majesty has ordered Bi Shangshu to handle the matter of the Salt Law, and the minister should not have asked about it, but this matter is really important, and the minister has to say it." Shi Fenglai's expression was very strange.

"Say whatever you want, it's okay, you're Shousuke, there's nothing you can't say." Yang Gai encouraged, this guy is still a little bold, he still needs to hone and do something, and he still needs to be urged one after another.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there is a big shopkeeper of Liulizhai today, and the seven-pin undertaker Lang Sun is willing to be a merchant who is loyal to the monarch and serves the country, willing to share worries for the imperial court, willing to participate in salt production, participating in transportation and marketing, willing to pay lessons for the imperial court, and willing to calm the price of salt for the imperial court......" Shi Fenglai said this with a strange face.

Wow......

Although everyone was mentally prepared for the emperor to take over the salt industry, after listening to Shi Fenglai's words, they were still in an uproar. The emperor is finally naked, and it is finally to the point where he wants to close the customs, looking at the emperor, looking at the eyes of Shoufu, all of them are different.

Some people curse shamelessly in their hearts, some laugh shamefully in their hearts, some are angry, some shake their heads, some are helpless, and some are indifferent. In short, the expressions in the Wenhua Hall are colorful.

The emperors will not care about this matter, they will not pay attention to it, since it has reached this point, the emperor will do whatever he wants, they will definitely stand on the emperor's side, although this matter is a bit naked, so what?

The other ministers could only scold in their hearts, this is indeed a bit naked, but so what? If the battle with the emperor in the court fails, there will be such a day, it is just a matter of time.

Yang Gengai saw that the faces of everyone in the hall were different, and he was worried that someone would come out to pick the thorn, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't wait for the person who came out to pick the thorn, it seems that no one will come out to pick the thorn.

"What do you disagree with?" Although no one objected, it did not mean that Yang Reform was not "democratic", and he set his eyes on Han Yi.

Han Yi saw that the emperor had already made a move, so he was not ready to take care of it, for the emperor's nakedness, he was at most sneering in his heart, seeing the emperor looking at him, he knew that his "villain" role should appear.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." Han Yi sighed in his heart and came out to speak.

"Oh, what did Elder Han Ge say?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile. …,

"Your Majesty, the new salt law has not yet taken shape, it is just a strip, although Liulizhai has the heart to share the worries of the court, but is it too anxious? The minister thought that it would be too late to wait for the new salt law to come out. Han Yi saw that the emperor insisted on coming forward to be a villain, so he had no choice but to come out as a villain.

All the ministers looked at Han Yi with a knowing look, and some people even scolded secretly: This old fox, who sings and harmonizes with the emperor, acts quite similarly, doglegs......

"What did Shi Shoufu say?" Yang Reform didn't plan to come out and asked Shi Fenglai.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks, Liulizhai's statement also has a certain truth, Bi Shangshu's salt law does not say that businessmen can not manage the salt farm, but only emphasizes that the salt class should be sufficient, the salt price should be flat, and the marketing of people in the world is not limited, if Liulizhai is really as said in the book, pay 10 million taels of salt every year, and assist the court to calm the price of salt, the minister thinks, can do these two points, it is already very remarkable, compared to my previous salt class of only one million taels, it is already a world of difference, let them be responsible for salt production is not indispensable, not to mention, Liulizhai has always been a loyal and patriotic businessman, not to mention the voluntary payment of taxes, the imperial court is in danger, they can actively donate and lose, regardless of remuneration, such good merchants compared to the salt merchants, is already good can not be better, the minister thinks, hand over to them to be responsible for the salt production, it is not impossible, this can also prevent the salt government yamen is responsible for the salt production of the ills ......, therefore, Your Majesty, the minister thinks, this is not inappropriate...... "Although Shi Fenglai is reluctant, but he does not stand up for this matter to endorse and applaud, who calls him the imperial party, who calls him the first assistant? If he doesn't do this, who will?

Many ministers looked even more contemptuous, and they cut off their ears from the outside world, for this matter, as if they hadn't heard it, Liulizhai was loyal to the monarch and patriotic ......, this is really going to vomit, that is, whether the emperor is good or not.

"Well, it makes sense, Liulizhai is loyal to the monarch and patriotic, not to mention, if you can really pay 10 million taels of salt every year, and you can really talk about the price of salt to settle down, then it is okay to hand over the matter of salt production to them, and therefore, it also saves the cost of the salt administration yamen, and saves the salt administration yamen from exploiting it......" Yang Reform immediately concluded, not feeling that there was anything wrong at all.

After talking for a while, Yang Reform asked again: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think this is very good, do you still have any questions?" "Here, my own team has an absolute advantage, Yang Reform said for a while, and he didn't have the patience to wait, so it was better to just forget it.

"Your Majesty, what should I do if I don't pay enough salt tax? What if the price of salt cannot be calmed? "An old minister really couldn't stand it anymore and decided to find fault with the emperor.

"Shousuke, what do you say you should do?" Yang Genghe paused for a moment, and then asked Shi Fenglai instead.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be asked to Bi Shangshu, he is in charge of formulating the salt class." Shi Fenglai also kicked the ball out beautifully.

"Tobe, what do you think?" Yang Reform asked again to be strict.

Bi Ziyan didn't say a word today, for the matter of the salt law, from beginning to end, he knew what to do, knew the details, he was very transparent about the matter of the salt law, and he didn't pay attention to this problem at all, what he was struggling with at this time was whether to offer the emperor three million to advance the salt class, or five million to advance the salt class, more afraid that the emperor could not afford it, and less afraid that it would not have a shocking effect, although it was just a simple number, but it was a thankless job.

"Back to Your Majesty, simple, the minister said, if you can't meet these two requirements, the salt law will have to be changed again, and the straight road can be reached until it can be reached, since Liulizhai is willing to serve the court, and is willing to take on the heavy responsibility of paying the salt tax and calming the salt price, sharing worries for the monarch and taking responsibility for the court, then, if the salt class is missing, it should be compensated by Liulizhai, but the salt class is calmed, and this matter can be slightly more lenient, after all, I have thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not realistic to expect it to calm down all at once......" Bi Ziyan replied without thinking. …,

Bi Ziyan's calm words, but the ministers present were surprised, this Bi Ziyan, is also a ruthless person, this tone is completely businesslike, not giving Liulizhai face at all, many people admire Bi Ziyan, anyway, there are not many people who dare to put a set on Liulizhai now.

"Hehehe, it makes sense, what does Bi Qing's family think about Liulizhai, a businessman, participating in the salt law, being responsible for salt production, and helping to stabilize salt prices? What is the attitude? Yang Gengai also asked with interest.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister as a household secretary, the most important duty is to collect enough taxes for the court, if Liulizhai can ensure that the court receives tens of millions of salt every year, let Liulizhai be responsible for making salt, it is not impossible, but there is also a premise, if there is not enough salt to pay, the minister hopes that Liulizhai can make up for himself, since Liulizhai in the name of serving the court, then it should serve the court,...... In fact, the minister does not object to the participation of merchants in the salt law, the production, transportation and marketing of salt are inseparable from the merchants, the salt law itself does not adhere to the marketing of merchants, it is hoped that more merchants and merchants will participate in the salt industry, in order to reduce the price of salt, so that the people can eat lower salt, the quality of the new salt law, should be based on the minister's two articles, one of which can pay the full amount of salt, and the other is to let the people eat low-cost salt, which is beneficial to these two articles, there is no ...... that can't be done" Bi Ziyan looked serious and said lightly.

Bi Ziyan said this, some ministers gradually admired, although the emperor is naked, but, in all fairness, it is not a bad thing, if the court can receive a full amount of salt class, it can be regarded as an earth-shattering event, of course, this earth-shattering event is the funeral of those old salt merchants, thinking of it, there are many ministers like mourning and examining.

"Okay, Bi Qing's family is right, and I also feel the same way, that Qing family, do you still have something to say?" Yang Reform said with a smile, for Bi Ziyan asked Liulizhai to make up for the salt class, Yang Reform actually didn't care too much, Liulizhai is not his own now, but the salt class is used by himself, with everyone's money to make up for himself, Yang Reform is also very happy, this is also a pressure on Liulizhai, with pressure, what to improve production, reduce costs, deal with private salt, will work hard, no, not Liulizhai hard work, but the backstage of Liulizhai work hard.

Some of the people are still mourning, some are still despising, some are still ridiculing, some are disdainful, some are depressed, listening to the emperor's questioning, but no one came out to squeak, isn't all this already ready? Do you still need to ask?

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." In the Wenhua Palace, a loud voice sounded, which shocked everyone to look at it again and again, but it was the head of the household who was strict with himself.

"Oh, Bi Qingjia, what else do you say?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister for the sake of the court, for the sake of the salt class, but also to set up a problem for Liulizhai, if Liulizhai can do it, the minister will agree with Liulizhai to take over the salt production, and participate in the distribution, if not, the minister is against Liulizhai to take over the salt industry......" Bi Ziyan said solemnly, with a loud voice.

All the ministers looked at Bi Ziyan in surprise, this guy, has he eaten leopard gall? Or did you eat dynamite? Liulizhai, who opposed the emperor, took over the salt production? Does he still want to do this book? He was about to be expelled from the party. Even the people within the Imperial Party were surprised that what was originally expected would change so much.

"Oh, what's the matter, what's the problem?" Yang Gengai's face changed at first, as if he was unexpected, and then quickly changed his face, and asked calmly, as if he was also shocked.

Some ministers had already caught the change in the emperor's face, and they were even more puzzled, what was going on? …,

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now the imperial court urgently needs the salt class to support the war outside the border, and urgently needs the salt class to support the relief, if Liulizhai sincerely serves the court, and is willing to share the worries for the court, the minister thinks that Liulizhai should prepay the court five million taels of salt in advance, only in this way, the minister agrees that Liulizhai will enter the salt industry......"

Bi Ziyan's words were like a bomb, blowing up all the people in the Wenhua Hall into a daze, this buddy, ruthless enough, five million taels, this buddy dares to open this mouth. If you can't dig it out, don't think about taking over the salt industry. This guy is even more ruthless to his own people.

Many ministers are dizzy, who is the imperial party in this TMD? The imperial party doesn't take such a pit to its own house, right? A lot of words, this guy just has the identity of the imperial party, but he is doing something more "absolute" than the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party pits the emperor and does not bring such a pit.

Many ministers were scared of Bi Ziyan's five million taels of silver, Bi Ziyan's mouth, this year's household department has received five million taels in advance, which is far more than the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty and the successive household ministers.

Some ministers began to wipe their sweat and looked at Bi Ziyan in panic, it's over, it's completely over, the emperor really didn't give those salt merchants a way to live, if this comes true, then there is no need to say anything.

Yang Reform was also surprised and surprised, as if he had just heard about it, his face changed several times in an instant, and the minister who had been capturing the emperor's face looked at the emperor with a surprised and surprised expression, and he was even more unsure whether this was the emperor's idea, or Bi Ziyan's own idea, if it was Bi Ziyan's idea, it means that Bi Ziyan is a good Shangshu who is dedicated to the public and is not afraid of difficulties, a good minister, a good official, with this sentence, Bi Ziyan is enough to be a celebrity in history, and he dares to open his mouth to ask someone to advance five million salt classes. In this Ming Dynasty, it is definitely the first, and it is absolutely unique in the history of thousands of years.

Today's Wenhua Hall did give Bi Ziyan this "bomb", which was not lightly blown up, and many ministers were stunned, and their brains could no longer reflect the matter.

"Hehe, Bi Qing's family is really loyal to the country, I think, this request ......" Yang Reform was also funny, looked at Bi Ziyan with an unexpected look, and said half-loudly: "...... It's very reasonable, so let's do it, since Liulizhai is interested, the household department will not block it, the household department will discuss it with Liulizhai, if Liulizhai is willing to pay five million taels of silver in advance for the salt class, I see, you might as well let Liulizhai enter the salt industry, hehehe, this is five million taels, I have never been to five million, right? A lot of words I have very tight hands now, this is already the beginning of the year, the war outside the border is imminent, what I want is silver, if Liulizhai can prepay the silver as soon as possible, Bi Qingjia might as well lower the requirements a little ......, how about it? Yang Reform is also an accident and a helpless look, a look of saying good things to Bi Ziyan and pleading for mercy, holding Bi Ziyan high and making Bi Ziyan's image taller.

Everyone was surprised that the emperor said this, could it be that the emperor himself did not know in advance? If this is really the case, then Bi Ziyan is really a generation of famous ministers, a generation of ministers.

"The minister's order," Bi Ziyan said with a hint of arrogance.

The envy of the ministers, now Bi Ziyan can be greatly famous.

Yang Reform also smiled and looked at Bi Ziyan, this matter, in fact, is expected, although there are some derogatory and self-deprecating meanings, but, but it is really the guy who supports Bi Ziyan to be high, but the image of Bi Ziyan is set off by the old high, a generation of Zhengchen Bi Ziyan, since then it has been baked, hehe, what he wants is this effect, those who follow him will give him enough benefits, the emperor's reputation, but steel, but a golden signboard.

The ministers were dizzy from the "bomb" of Bi Ziyan, but there was an urgent report outside the door.

"Report ...... Seven hundred miles in Liaodong is urgent, ......" a eunuch shouted anxiously as he ran.

The ministers, who were still dizzy, were shocked again, and they all looked at the seven hundred miles in a hurry.

"Bring it in." Yang Reform didn't say much, and directly asked him to submit it, and it seemed that there was really a movement outside the gate.

The ministers looked at the emperor anxiously, but Yang Reform looked at the newspaper slowly, looking at the traditional characters, it was still a little difficult, not as fast as simple.

I watched it for a while.

"I just said that this year has begun, there will definitely be movement on the Dongyu side, and we must prepare more silver for the war, and sure enough, the Donglu has already sent troops, and there are many of them, and they have crossed the Liao River on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month...... "Yang Gai raised the report in his hand and said.

yes

The ministers exclaimed again, this time because they were surprised that the eastern captives had sent troops on a large scale, and that they were going to fight again; I was also surprised that the emperor guessed accurately, the emperor has always said that there will be movement in the east of the spring, and it is a big movement, and he has already ordered the castle at the front of the gate to prepare, and some small enclosures have already withdrawn, and now the report is coming, everyone is surprised by the emperor's accurate prediction ability, in addition to being surprised, they feel terrifying, the emperor's kind, the face is ............ behind the kind,