Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Fighting of Monarchs and Ministers (1)
The first year of Chongzhen.
February 19.
Morning.
Taihemen Palace.
Yang Gengai sat on the throne and sneered in his heart.
Last night, Yang Gengai dreamed of returning to Baidu, copied a song, and prepared to deal with these elites of the Ming Dynasty today, so that they could sing it well.
There is no need for Yang to reform the heart at the beginning, naturally there are little eunuchs who start singing, and then the ministers start to sing "Song of Righteousness". Not to mention, this group of ministers seems to have practiced for a long time, their voices are neat and loud, and the more they listen, the more they feel that momentum. A breath of grandeur erupted, but the singer's stomach was full of "male thieves and female prostitutes".
Men stealing the country's money, oh, that's called corruption, no, that's called "drifting", how can it be considered corruption? It can't be considered stealing.
The Women's Rights Protection Committee protested: There are no female compatriots in this time, space and region who are officials at all, how can we be counted with them? This is slander and hostility towards our fellow women.
Oh, that's it! Which is the "male thief".
Finish singing.
Yang Gai said that he was the first to speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, this "Song of Righteousness" is getting better and better the more you sing it. Presumably, in your chest and abdomen, Haoran's righteousness will grow. ”
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A group of ministers said "don't dare" below, and they were actually secretly proud in their hearts.
"I have another song today, compared to "Song of Righteousness", this song is about 'serving the country with loyalty', I think you Aiqing can also be as loyal to the country as sung in this song, well, big friend, first send this lyrics to you Aiqing to read it well."
After speaking, Wang Chengen instructed the little eunuchs to distribute the lyrics to the ministers.
Originally, Yang Gengai also expected that these ministers would be resistant to singing new songs, and said no. Unexpectedly, a group of people were silent, holding the lyrics and reading them carefully. No one came out to oppose it, as the saying goes: abnormality is a demon. Yang Gai thought in his heart that there was a "conspiracy" in this matter, but unfortunately, he didn't know what the conspiracy was.
The lyrics sent down are Tu Honggang's "Loyal to the Country". This song requires that the person singing it must be full of energy. Hehe, Yang Gai looked at this group of "seventy old and eighty" old guys, and asked them to sing "Loyal to the Country" with full of energy, I am afraid it will cost them their lives.
Yang Gengai planned to torture this group of old guys severely.
The lead singer is a small eunuch, because of his good voice and intelligence, it was Yang Reform who asked Wang Chengen to be specially hired to be responsible for the early dynasty to lead the singing. Before dawn in the morning, Yang Reform called the little eunuch who led the singing to "teach" him how to sing "Serving the Country with Loyalty", in fact, Yang Reform himself also roared a few words about this song. But the general tone still knows that after teaching the little eunuch to lead the singer a few times, the little eunuch is really smart and learned, but this voice has some "eunuch characteristics", singing a generous song with "killing spirit", which is still a bit nondescript.
"The wolf smoke rises, the country looks north, and the ......" The little eunuch sang the beginning of "Serving the Country with Loyalty" with a voice with "eunuch characteristics".
"Wolves... Smoke... From the beginning of the country... Looking north, ...... "The ministers followed and sang this "Loyal to the Country".
"The dragon rises and the horse grows, and the sword qi is like frost......" The little eunuch's voice was quite loud, but it couldn't be said to be impassioned. With a hint of sharpness.
"Dragon... Rise... Reeling horses... Hissing sword qi ...... "Like frost" is still read by the ministers as if they were reading.
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"The heart is like the water of the Yellow River......"
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"Who can fight ...... in 20 years"
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"Hatred is the ...... of the long knife"
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"How many siblings are buried in their bones......"
Tu Honggang's "Loyal to the Country" is impassioned, with the sound of Jin Ge Iron Horse, and the atmosphere of killing and fighting to the death.
However, in the main hall of this Taihe Gate, a little eunuch with a group of "male thief" ministers sang a miserable and sparse lala. I finally finished singing it once.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the singing is really terrible. How about doing it all over again, this song is so impassioned and heroic, why are you Aiqing singing so badly? Don't you want to 'serve the country with loyalty' for my Ming Dynasty? ”
Yang Reform's hat is really big, he doesn't serve the country for the Ming Dynasty, what is it? Rebellion! The ministers immediately fell to their knees, not daring to shout. So start over.
Yang Gengai was amused in his heart. watched this group of ministers sing "Loyal to the Country" again.
These ministers are all old, and many of them are in their seventies and eighties. How can I sing this song sung with all my strength, a little harder, all of them are like pig's liver on the face, and they change color.
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Sing it down three times. The ministers could no longer find a single one with a normal face. All pork liver faces. This made Yang Reform very happy. I thought that if you call me unhappy, I will make you uncomfortable.
"Ladies and gentlemen, how is this song?" Yang Gengai asked the ministers with a smile.
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After taking a breath, someone accosted: "Your Majesty, this song is impassioned, heroic, golden and iron, and the killing spirit is overflowing, and the ministers listen to it as if they have returned to the battlefield, and it is a good song, ......but I dare to ask Your Majesty, who composed this song?" ”
Yang Gengai was about to say that it was Tu Honggang who sang it, and then thought about it, where in the world to find a Tu Honggang to come? In case someone else asks the bottom of the matter, isn't it exposed? It seems that I still have the cheekiness to register first.
"I wrote this song, how's that?" Saying this, Yang Reform's face turned red slightly.
"Your Majesty is wise, dare to ask Your Majesty, this song is written in remembrance, praising Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Yue Pengju's fight against the Jin people?" This minister is a bit of a standard, and he can see the origin and allusion of this song at once.
"Hehe, how did Aiqing see it?" Yang Gai didn't know this minister, so he could only "love Qing" all of them.
"Your Majesty, from the four words of "Loyal to the Country", the minister feels that it may be related to the mother-in-law's tattoo, although the words are different, but the meaning is the same, in addition, the minister also found that in this word, 'the horseshoe goes south to look north', doesn't it mean that the Northern Expedition is not successful, looking back at the north, the meaning of hardship in my heart?" The minister explained triumphantly.
"It makes sense, or Aiqing understands my intentions, I wrote this song because I was inspired by Yue Fei and Yue Pengju's Northern Expedition to resist Jin, and felt Yue Pengju's earth-shattering pride and loyalty to the country...... I want Yue Fei to go on a northern expedition to resist Jin to recover his homeland, but the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers were mediocre, resulting in the unjust death of famous generals through the ages, I really regret that I will not be this mediocre person and destroy the Great Wall, and I also hope that you Aiqing will learn Yue Pengju's spirit of serving the country loyally...... Thinking that Yue Fei Northern Expedition, the fight against Jin, now said, my Ming Dynasty also fought in the East, that Dongyu actually claimed to be Jin, so, I decided to use Yue Pengju's loyalty to serve the country to suppress the Dongju, I want to use this song to inspire our Dynasty's 'Yue Pengju', loyal to the country, I will not be stingy with fame and fortune, nor do I learn from the Southern Song Dynasty to kill Zhongliang indiscriminately, just for the future Northern Expedition, to eliminate the Dongju who dare to call themselves Jin, and return me to the Ming Mountains and Rivers a peaceful ......"
The ministers in the hall dropped their jaws in shock.
I didn't expect this hairy young man to have such thoughts and feelings, to be honest, I really didn't see it. But thinking about it, there is still some truth in the emperor's words, that Yue Fei's Northern Expedition was against Jin, and this Dongyu dared to claim to be Jin, isn't that a metaphor for our Ming Dynasty is the Southern Song Dynasty? Where is this going to put our face in the heavens? How embarrassing are our ministers? Then of course we have to look for our "Yue Pengju" of the Ming Dynasty to suppress Jin. That's right, the idea is good.
"Your Majesty is truly a holy lord! ……”
"Your Majesty, this idea is really ......"
"Your Majesty is smart, I can't wait for ......"
"Your Majesty, this song is really good, and it should be promoted among civil and military officials......"
"Your Majesty, the minister must sing every time and learn Yue Pengju's spirit of serving the country with loyalty......"
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Sycophants are rolling.
Yang Gai was secretly happy in his heart, and said in his heart that as soon as I, a person in the 21st century, comes out, I won't play to death your group of antiques, hehe, fight with me, play you to death.
"Excellent! You all think it's good, and I think it's good, so why don't you sing it to me a few times? Yang Gengai smiled and wanted to listen to the song again.
The ministers below immediately turned into pig liver faces, this song needs to be full of temperament and pride, in order to have the kind of killing atmosphere on the battlefield, and if we want our old men to sing this song, it is really to be old. Not enough once, how many times? After singing, are you still alive?
But I still have to sing it, I was still praising this song just now, I want to learn it, if I don't sing it now, isn't it a slap in the face?
So, the ministers sang a few more times, and in the end, one person couldn't support it and fell, so Yang Reform gave up. It's kind of a bypass. I was secretly proud in my heart.
The next thing is to discuss the affairs of the government.
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"The minister has a book to play."
"Say, what's the matter, don't read the long and ugly recital, just say something." What Yang Reform is most afraid of is those lengthy twists and turns, and he doesn't know what to say after listening to it for a long time. Waste of time and effort.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Mao Wenlong, the chief military officer of General Pingliao of the Left Capital, please ring." The minister summed up the book in a very short sentence.
Mao Wenlong? Yang Reform had a headache when he heard it, originally in history, Mao Wenlong should have died under Yuan Chonghuan's knife, but now Yuan Chonghuan's big fool was "anti-fooled" by Yang Reform, and it is unlikely that he will kill Mao Wenlong again. This also made the matter that originally belonged to Yuan Chonghuan fall on his head.;