There was no sound in the main hall, only the heavy breathing of everyone......

"Good! Good! Good! Emperor Chongzhen pointed at Yang Bo and said three good words, but he couldn't take it anymore, and his face was full of anger.

Yang Bo saw Emperor Chongzhen pointing at his wrist, the patch on the sleeve of the exposed underwear, sighed in his heart, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the treasury is like a wash, and it is a last resort to collect and scrape the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to fund the world, the victims are saved, the soldiers are fed, the internal troubles are cleared, and the external ...... is exhausted."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Qian Shisheng interrupted Yang Bo's words, and cried again and again: "Advocating a horizontal discussion to shake people's hearts, how can you just take advantage of Duan Xingjin to advance?" If this fang is not killed, it is not enough to be angry with the people! ”

Qian Shisheng pointed his finger at Yang Bo and scolded: "The villain is unscrupulous, so much? Advocate for the gentleman to sign up for the right to lose the official, and want to do the real way of not having a real book, which is all declining and chaotic, and dare to show it before the saint? There are rich families in the county, and they are also the source of food and clothing for the poor, because of the shortage of soldiers, blame the rich family, and pick up the way that His Majesty has no nationality, although Qin Shi Huang is not good in Baqing, and Han Wu is not good in Bushi! Your Majesty, if you don't condemn this villain to the imperial history, how can you calm the hearts of the people of the world? ”

Yang Bo sneered in his heart and said: "The world that adults are talking about, I'm afraid it's the world of the gentry, right?" ”

Yang Bo knew that as soon as this sentence came out, he immediately became the enemy of the Ming gentry class, there is no big problem in scolding Emperor Chongzhen in this era, but offended the gentry class, he was afraid that he would be unlucky, but some words were not said, and he was really uncomfortable in his heart, the natural disasters in the north [***], and the Tartar slaves were eyeing on the side, and when the soldiers were continuous, the Jiangnan gentry were still living a life of drunken dreams and death, as soon as they heard about the endowment, they rose up and attacked it, and the court just wanted to punish the scholars who instigated the people to make trouble, They shouted that the court would kill the soldiers and pit the Confucians!

In the nineteenth year of Kangxi, Jiangnan played the case: "More than 13,000 gentry in Jiangnan were listed to resist grain, and they did their best to carry out the leather, issued the shackles of the department, whipped one after another, and swept the ground. For example, a certain Tanhua (Ye Fangai) owes a penny, and is also deposed, and the folk have the rumor that "Tanhua is not worth a penny" "Cleared, deposed, and exiled tens of thousands of scholars, Wu Weiye, Xu Qianxue, Xu Yuanwen, Han Yan, Wang Wan and other famous figures of the Jiangnan gentry are almost all included, and such things are unimaginable in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty!" Thirteen thousand people is not a small number, the Manchu Qing will not be as polite as the Ming Dynasty's political axe, the Ming Dynasty's tax arrears are almost commonplace, nominally so much, what can really be collected, I'm afraid half of it is good, and the Manchu Qing, if you dare to owe a little bit, then I'm sorry, the butcher's knife will immediately hang on your neck.

This happened in the literati advocated the "Kangxi prosperous era", this tax was heavier than the end of the Chongzhen period of the "prosperous era", these literati mentioned the end of the Ming Dynasty and gritted their teeth, what tyrannical expropriation, knocking bones and sucking marrow, persecution of Donglin scholars, etc., mentioning Kangxi, it is a cultural and martial arts, a rare saint for thousands of years, the difference is nothing more than a butcher's knife.

Qian Shisheng suddenly rushed to Yang Bo and pulled his clothes, scolding him bitterly, and was about to fight, Yang Bo quietly grabbed Qian Shisheng's hand with his right hand and shook it gently, Qian Shisheng suddenly let go of his hand and screamed in pain.

"Enough!" Chongzhen slapped his palm heavily on the table, making a loud noise.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

Qian Shisheng stepped forward on his knees crying bitterly, pointed at Yang Bo and said, "Your Majesty begs to kill this person!" ”

Chongzhen looked at the two people kneeling in the hall, and then looked at Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren shook his head and said: "This proposal is an initiative, outlaws and classless people, and they are embarrassed by the rich family, and the chaos has been going on since then!" ”

Wen Tiren said again: "Although this person's proposal to loot and subsidize is illegal and messes up the discipline, but he is dedicated to sharing worries for the court, according to the old minister's opinion, he is just a vulgar martial artist, and his majesty will just be reprimanded a little. ”

Qian Shisheng was about to speak, but Emperor Chongzhen looked at him sternly and said: "Today, the discussion of looting and helping to pay is over, and the Qing and others must not leak it."

Qian Shisheng and Chen Qixin all bowed their heads and said yes.

Seeing Chongzhen nodding slightly, Wen Tiren drank at Yang Bo: "Don't you thank Your Majesty for your innocence?" I just hope that you will do it yourself in the future, and you must not speak out."

Yang Bo kowtowed and thanked: "Thunder and rain and dew, all are the grace of the king, thank you Your Majesty for not sinning, if Your Majesty can't bear the gentry to suffer, the minister still has a plan to submit, no endowment, no increase, you can set the north!" ”

The hall was quiet again, even an embroidery needle could be heard falling on the ground, Chen Qixin and Qian Shisheng looked at Yang Bo with their mouths open, Wen Tiren was sweating on his forehead, but he was extremely shocked in his heart, Rao is he has never seen this kind of person who is not afraid of death in his life.

"Speak!"

Chongzhen said coldly.

Yang Bofu said in a deep voice: "If Your Majesty is unwilling to suffer the gentry and is unwilling to practice the lawless, please ask Your Majesty to pass on the nine sides, and all the thieves who surrender to Chengcheng, whether they are bandit leaders or ants attached to the hungry people, will ......be slaughtered."

Disheveled!

Chen Qixin fell off his seat with a butt.

The hall was dead again, except for the heavy breathing of everyone......

"Crazy!"

Wen Tiren's first reaction was that Yang Bo was really crazy, Emperor Chongzhen has always felt guilty about Liukou, Yang Bo is going to expose His Majesty's reverse scales? Wen Tiren took a last look at Yang Bo with some disappointment, this time he was afraid that Da Luo Jinxian would not be able to save him, and it seemed that he would have to abandon this person.

Qian Shisheng lowered his head and was silent, but he was secretly happy in his heart, since you want to kill yourself, what else is there to say?

Emperor Chongzhen's face was blue for a while, white for a while, and Yang Bo's voice continued to come into his ears

"Your Majesty, the thieves are extremely poor and hungry, there is nowhere to live, the soldiers will surrender, the soldiers will loot as before, the court is exhausted, the soldiers of the nine sides cannot be fed, and the hungry people are powerless to help, and now the predicament, Your Majesty needs to make up your mind"

“…… Lord Yang He's appeasement failed back then, why not? Although the hungry people are willing to be cared for, the country is unable to resettle, if they don't want to be starved to death, they can only continue to rob others, the Ming Dynasty originally had more people and less land, the Beisai sand moraine is very good, the high soil and yellow sand, the alkali brine is difficult to cultivate, and the land is barren and the people are poor, there is nothing to hide, once there is a famine, the displacement is unbearable, those rogues are used to plundering, even if the court appeases, how can they be willing to be a small people? ”

“…… The so-called suppression and appeasement are used together, and it is not possible to caress them, but His Majesty often says, Kou is also my child, and it is advisable to soothe it, so vacillating, how can it be a long-term plan? And there is something good at the top, and there will be a lot of postscripts from the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, when the officers and soldiers rise up, the bandits will surrender and wait for the time, and the officers and soldiers will retreat and tie up the appeasement officials, or kill, or cut off the ears, or the rod will be blamed, or tied and thrown next to the road, the plundering is the same, the court has spent countless soldiers, horses, money and food, and the soldiers have also had many conquests, but today it is said to be a conquest, and it is said to be a rebellion, and between the standoffs, the national strength is gradually declining."

“…… Your Excellency may think that as soon as the soldiers and horses of the imperial court come out, the thieves and Kou Yi'er will be leveled, do you not know that the situation is already precarious, there are many post soldiers, and the sergeants have joined the thieves, and the thieves have a name in the 24 families of Qin, and in the 32nd battalion of Jinyu and Henan, each has tens of thousands, and the few are tens of thousands, and the ravages of the province are not false, among which the soldiers and horses, armor and staff, and equipment are ready, and the officers and soldiers are gradually exhausted."

“…… There is no money to appease and no time to exterminate, only to slaughter it! ”

Chongzhen coldly spit out a few words in his mouth: "Come on, drag this person out and hand him over to the criminal department for discussion."

Yang Bo kowtowed a few times and said: "Xiaoren, the thief of great benevolence, compassion, everyone has it, but if the thief is not killed because of compassion, how can it be like fighting the fire?" I hope Your Majesty will think twice! ”

Several wolf-like warriors in front of the palace stepped forward and dragged Yang Bo away, Yang Bo didn't dare to struggle, but still shouted: "Your Majesty, only because of extraordinary times, you should do extraordinary things, three hundred gentry and three million hungry people, which is less?" Which is more important? How can a family cry like crying all the way? ”

Until Yang Bo's voice disappeared outside the main hall, everyone still hadn't come back to their senses......

"Your Majesty Shengming, such a mad man is fortunate to enter the villain, and it is not enough to correct the law and discipline if he doesn't kill him" Qian Shisheng hurriedly stepped forward to thank him, he thought that Emperor Chongzhen would let him get up, but he didn't expect that the hall was silent for a long time, Qian Shisheng peeked at it, Emperor Chongzhen was sitting on the dragon chair, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly stood up and said: "Today's matter must not be spread outside, you wait and retreat, Mr. stay."

Qian Shisheng and Chen Qixin hurriedly thanked each other again, and slowly retreated, and the two of them did not talk outside the hall, and dispersed with their own thoughts.

"Sir, what is this person's opinion?" Chongzhen pondered for a moment and asked

Wen Tiren frowned, and did not answer Emperor Chongzhen's question, but said: "Your Majesty, it seems inappropriate to hand over this person to the Criminal Department, if Your Majesty doesn't want such shocking opinions to spread everywhere......"

Chongzhen was slightly stunned, understood what Wen Tiren meant, nodded and said to the eunuch: "Temporarily detain Yang Bo to Jinyi Guard."

A eunuch ran out and gave the message.

After Emperor Chongzhen's edict was completed, Wen Tiren shook his head and said: "Those who are angry with Donglin are regarded as evil parties in the eyes of everyone, and this Yang Bo proposed to loot the gentry in Jiangnan, isn't it the enemy of the corporal in the world?" I'm afraid that even if Your Majesty has the intention to cover it up, it is useless. ”

Chongzhen said unhappily: "I have repeatedly taken responsibility, does Qian Shisheng dare to resist the decree?" ”

Wen Tiren said: "Most of the Donglin Party members are wealthy landlords in the south of the Yangtze River, and they have always been in the same spirit, when Yang Bo asked to slaughter three million hungry people, this Qian Shisheng can have a word to blame?" But when I heard that someone dared to venture out of the world and propose to loot the Jiangnan gentry, wouldn't they attack them en masse? Your Majesty, if the old minister expects it to be true, Ming said that the court discussion is only afraid that it will be boiling and the crowd will be angry. ”

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a while, that Qian Shisheng was really as Wen Tiren said, when Yang Bo asked to kill the bandits and the hungry people, Qian Shisheng didn't say a word, and when he said that he was in tears, all kinds of ugliness could not be explained.

Chongzhen sighed, but his expression seemed to move.

Wen Tiren knew that he couldn't keep Yang Bo, but it was rare to have a chance to make a move on Qian Shisheng, and he would exchange a Yang Bo for the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, where would he let it go?

Immediately said: "Your Majesty, his brother Yunnan Governor is the right governor of the imperial history Qian Shijin greedy, repeatedly impeached, Qian Shisheng has always been famous, and his majesty is strict and lenient, but the looting proposal is indeed appalling, for today's plan, the only way to behead Yang Bo to calm the anger of everyone"

Chongzhen couldn't help frowning, these civil officials were all impassioned, but what they did in private was despicable, he had seen a lot, but he still didn't believe that Qian Shisheng had such a big courage, and under his strict order, he dared to poke out what he saw in the palace today.

"Mister"

Emperor Chongzhen was already a little tired of talking about this person, so he changed the topic and said: "Xiong Tingbi first proposed a tripartite arrangement, Guangning fell and returned to Shanhaiguan, and the king in Jin also wrote to build a heavy city, sticking to Shanhaiguan, Sun Chengzong, Gao Di, Wang Zhichen, Yan Mingtai, Yuan Chonghuan, changing generals, recovering Jinzhou, Songshan, Xingshan, Xiaolinghe, Youtun Zhucheng, in exchange for the defeat of Dalinghe, Liaozhen elite lost ......"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen closed his eyes and let out a long sigh: "Millions of military salaries are thrown into it every year, in exchange for repairing the city, abandoning the city, fiasco, and then defeating"

Wen Tiren heard Emperor Chongzhen suddenly talk about the tripartite checks and balances, and his heart moved, I am afraid that Emperor Chongzhen is thinking in his heart whether to throw Yang Bo out to calm down the affairs of the court, Wen Tiren originally did not plan to say anything to save Yang Bo, but now Emperor Chongzhen's tone is ambiguous, it seems that he is still wavering, he might as well take a hand, Yang Bo is just a foreign aid to him who can be abandoned at any time, the Guanning military horse system has been completed, and he can't intervene, but instead supports Yang Bo can fight for military merit to stabilize his power, The battle of Lushun did not disappoint him, but Yang Bo was too reckless, and this person was not very easy to control, he turned a blind eye to the few glances in the court just now, and Wen Tiren was also a little hesitant......

Thinking of this, Wen Tiren stroked his beard and said in a deep voice: "The city outside the gate can be repaired and defended, however, without the tripartite checks and balances, it cannot be repaired or defended."

Seeing Chongzhen's questioning eyes, Wen Tiren said again: "Seven hundred miles on the first line of Hexi, the soil is not enough, and the danger is not enough to control, such as Yuan Chonghuan, etc., who must guard the pass and guard the pass, how can they have the ambition to destroy slaves?" If you retreat to the Yu Pass, seal it with pill mud, and accumulate millet between Dengjin Phi Island for military training, thinking that it is a plan to plow the court in one fell swoop, save money and rice millet no less than seven or eight million per year, and the art of war is also cloudy, the city is not attacked, the land is not taken, and it is really a self-defeating and self-exhausting strategy

Chongzhen nodded and said: "Looking back now, Xiong Tingbi's tripartite counterbalance strategy is far-sighted, but it is a pity that Wenlong is dead, and the Dongjiang River is separated, what can the husband say?" ”

Wen Tiren was silent, if the Guanning army and horses retreated to Shanhaiguan, the Great Wall, there was no lonely city besieged, and the worry of encircling the point to help, the money and grain saved were trained for Dongjiang to train 100,000 elite soldiers, and at the same time protect North Korea, the three armies came out together, and Houjin would be defeated, even if the Ming army did not dare to go out of the field battle, Houjin long-distance attack on Shanhaiguan or detour to take Jizhou, the Ming army was at ease, and the nearby support, there was also the Dongjiang elite behind him, and the situation was held for a long time, and the Houjin who could not grab a large number of rich people was defeated. Obviously, Emperor Chongzhen also realized that Xiong Tingbi proposed the correct surname of the strategy, and in the second year of his accession to the throne, he gave Xiong Tingbi Zhaoxue, and also authorized his son to bear his head and be buried.

Thinking of this, Wen Tiren said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be good-hearted, although the Tatar slaves have taken the land of Liaodong, they have not received the benefits of Liaodong, and the military department has reproposed the tripartite strategy, which is the right time." ”

Chongzhen shook his head and said: "Now that the elite of Liaozhen is lost, Dengzhou is ruined, the Dongjiang River is lonely overseas, and there is no power left for self-protection, what checks and balances are there to talk about?"

Wen Tiren replied: "There is no need to mention the dispute between abandonment and defense back then, and now the momentum of holding each other has been achieved, and the only way to do it is to wait for the future."

Chongzhen sighed and said: "With Mao Wenlong's son, he is full of life, and now it's too late to regret it."

Wen Tiren also nodded and said: "The old minister also heard that the slave chief once lamented, Mao Wenlong is here, I don't dare to go far, otherwise the women and children in the family will not be protected, although Wenlong is dead, won't there be a great victory in Lushun?" Why should Your Majesty bother? (To be continued.) )