In April, the weather has warmed up.

Forbidden city.

Wenhua Dianyang Reform is busy with the political affairs of this day.

"Ladies and gentlemen, judging from the situation reported from various places, this year's great drought has become a foregone conclusion, and most of the northern provinces will have to underharvest in several northern provinces, and some places may not be harvested, so you can discuss it" Yang Reform began with these few sentences.

It is now the middle of April, and the drought situation in various places is beginning to become prominent, and it can be determined that the disaster is a foregone conclusion, and many places should have been verdant seedlings, but now the ground is dry and cracked, not to mention the crops.

A year of catastrophe is a foregone conclusion. All prefectures and counties have also learned to be obedient and report the disaster immediately, but they don't want to cover up the disaster, because it is a completely thankless task.

The emperor had spoken, and the ministers began to talk.

The omen at the beginning of this year is not good, the emperor said early on that there is a catastrophe this year, and now it is indeed a catastrophe year, and many ministers frowned.

The ministers discussed for a while, and Yang Reform pressed his hand. The ministers fell silent.

"Tell me all the secretaries, what can be done to deal with it," Yang said.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the cultivation of sweet potatoes should be vigorously promoted, sweet potatoes are a weapon to fight drought, high yield and easy to live" Shi Fenglai immediately stood up and expressed his opinion, for the promotion of sweet potatoes, Shi Fenglai has formed a conditioned reflex.

"Hmm" Yang Reform was noncommittal for the time being, nodded, and snorted, which was considered to be listening.

"Back to Your Majesty, since there is a major drought this year, the imperial court should also deal with it in advance, the minister thinks that it should be done for relief, and it should find a way to ......let the people live first," Han Bai also said, his method is simple, work for relief, and do engineering.

"Hmm......" Yang Reform was still noncommittal and nodded.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I think that we should continue to strengthen immigration, and we must not displace the people............... Bi Ziyan said the third way.

"Hmm......" Yang Gengai still nodded, indicating that he was listening.

The ministers also said some methods, including asking Zhang Xianyong to ask for rain, including suing heaven and earth, sacrificing to the gods of the four directions, including the king and hundreds of officials, and building water conservancy, exempting land taxes and taxes.

Yang has been listening carefully, and these are effective ways to combat drought. Yang Reform could have agreed to it, but Yang Reform was noncommittal, and replied with "um".

As for how to resist disasters, Yang Reform is experienced, and what the courtiers said is also correct, but these methods all require money, and they require a large amount of money, not to mention the war on the nine sides of the north. Immigrants from the south spend millions of taels a year. All kinds of projects, all kinds of expenses, add up, and it's a lot of money. Although Yang Reform has money now, he has to have a headache in the face of such expenses.

It's not just a headache, it's a heartache.

In addition to the southern immigrants, there are actually immigrants from the north, and this money is also indispensable, and the southern immigrants are mainly aimed at the disaster victims in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places, while the immigrants from the north are mainly aimed at Gyeonggi, Shandong, Shanxi and other places, all of which are projects that can only be continuously invested.

Cash-for-work is actually a variety of projects, including Shaanxi's petroleum industry, road construction, including the construction of Shanghai New Town, including others, etc., all of which require a large amount of silver, and millions of taels per year.

Another example is what kind of sweet potato, what kind of school running a school, and other expenses add up, which is a terrible expense.

Yang Reform calculated the account slightly, it was a headache in his head and a pain in his feet, so at the small court meeting, he was "um", "um", "um", and he didn't dare to speak loudly.

"All of you are right" Yang Reform gave an evaluation, but he did not determine what should have been determined very neatly. Yang is a little hesitant to reform, should he save more? Isn't it time to axe some projects? Although he got a lot of money from the salt merchants, he couldn't afford to do this! Now that he has money, he has to reform Yang is also painful in his heart, and his liver is also painful, and if he continues like this, in less than two years, he will have to live the life of the emperor again.

"Well, this" Yang Reform didn't have a total of what he wanted to do before this "drought-fighting" meeting, and he didn't have a total of what money he wanted, but when it came to the end, Yang Reform was reluctant, and he was really a little tight on hand. …,

Yang Reform smacked his lips, if it weren't for the amplifier function of the bank and banknotes, the silver actually obtained from the salt merchants had already bottomed out, and the huā money was too generous and the huā money was too sprinkled these days. The silver money is sprinkled out like running water, Yang Reform feels that the days are not like this, he is also a person with a family and a room, his hands should be tighter, otherwise this day will not be able to pass, year after year, time flies, unconsciously, this silver money has bottomed out to some extent, this is a wake-up call, if it does not attract attention, there will be big trouble in the future.

The ministers were also waiting for His Majesty to speak, and many people's necks were waiting for a long time.

Although Yang Reform has a heartache and a pain in his liver, he also knows that he can only bite the bullet, these things, all of which are the top priority, are absolutely unavoidable, they must not be stopped, and there are big troubles when they stop, these are all essential elements for maintaining the normal operation of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Reform pondered, now he can only hold on hard, the meeting has been held, he has to find Bi Ziyan, and he has to speed up the arrangement of this budget, otherwise, the endless huā money like this every year is not a headache, a pain in the feet, a pain in the heart and liver, I am afraid that I will have a stomach pain, a ...... tooth,

With a budget, I have a lot of money every year, I know how much money I have to prepare, I know how much money I can survive a year, and I have no money to find money early, which is far better than withdrawing money like this now.

Yang Gai is still hesitating whether to bite the bullet and determine these things.

saw Wang Chengen on the side signaling to him.

Yang Reform had a headache, a distress, and a liver ache just now, but he didn't care about Wang Chengen's movements, and when he saw that Wang Chengen seemed to be about to say something, he immediately stopped and looked at Wang Chengen with his eyes.

Wang Chengen immediately approached the emperor's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, Liaodong Urgent Report" Yang Reform felt that it was not quite right when he heard it. Didn't you say it in public? Even if the war is stalemate, there is no such thing hidden? Today, this Wang Chengen is so abnormal? Could it be that there has been a big change in the war in Liaodong? The moment of Yang's reform became "serious".

“… Master Sun said that the captive chieftain Huang Taiji sued for peace when the two armies were fighting, and said that he could enter Beijing to bear the guilt, and in order to show his sincerity, he even took the initiative to give up Liaoyang City, and now the army has arrived in Liaoyang, and may have taken Liaoyang City..."Wang Chengen whispered what happened.

"Uh, sum?" Yang Reform heard the accident, and unconsciously, he said it, asking for peace, adding Jing to ask for guilt, and giving up Liaoyang City, no matter how you look at it, it is all a conspiracy.

Wang Chengen is helpless to do this, he is also a person who knows the inside story, he knows what is going on in the east, and there has always been no such hiding of urgent reports from all sides, but today, he has to tell the emperor first, so that the emperor can be psychologically prepared.

Wang Chengen's movements, all the ministers also saw it, and they were all curious when they saw what Wang Chengen said in front of the emperor, what was going on this time, so mysterious.

Yang Reform's brain teasers started quickly, this is not good news, and he took the urgent report in Wang Chengen's hand and looked at it. In addition to the national letter, there are also urgent reports, as well as Sun Chengzong's secret letters, all of which are written by Sun Chengzong, and they can't be wrong.

The content in it is more detailed and makes it clear what happened. Although Yang Reform didn't need to look at it to know that there was a yīn scheme, after reading it, he had to admit that this yīn plot made it powerful and vicious.

Yang Reform's brain teaser spun rapidly.

How to deal with this? How to counteract the influence of Huang Taiji's yīn scheme? How to settle the disputes that may arise in the court? Yang Gai knew that the time had come to test himself.

The emperor pondered on the throne, and the ministers below became anxious, not knowing what happened to that side, and they all guessed, which is rare.

Yang Gengai thought about it for a while, and already had some countermeasures in his heart, thanks to Sun Chengzong's writing things very clearly, and also thanks to some suggestions made by Sun Chengzong.

There are some ways to deal with it, and Yang is ready to make this matter public.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will talk about a very important matter here, and I will discuss the disaster relief later..."Yang Gai knew that this matter could not be delayed, nor could it be covered up, and sooner or later it would have to be said, so that he could know the content in advance and have a time to think about countermeasures, which was already good. …,

The ministers craned their necks, wondering what the hell was going on, so weird.

"Companion, show Master Sun's report and Dongyu's letter to your family," Yang Gai said.

As soon as these words came out, the courtiers were surprised, and they didn't know what it was. Eyes fell on the books in the emperor's hand.

Sun Chengzong's recital and Dongyu's letter of state were circulated in the hands of the ministers, and the voices of the ministers became louder and louder.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks" A minister who had just read the newspaper and the letter of the Emperor immediately shouted.

Yang Gai shook his hand and silenced the minister.

The minister seemed to have just remembered, and swallowed his words back.

Sun Chengzong's recital and Dongyu's letter of state continued to circulate among the ministers.

Yang Reform was a little irritable, this Huang Taiji's poisonous plan was really poisonous, and before it was circulated, some ministers couldn't wait to express their opinions.

"Let's discuss it, the chieftain Huang Taiji wants to belong to my dynasty, why do I feel a little hanging!" Yang Gengai saw that the ministers had finished circulating, pressed his hand, and said, before speaking, he showed his attitude a little, so that his people could be psychologically prepared.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there should be fraud in the matter of the annexation of the Eastern Captives, and that our dynasty and the Eastern Captives have a vendetta, and we must not trust the Eastern Captives." Shi Fenglai was still the first to say it, and after being reminded by the emperor, he had already understood the emperor's basic attitude, so he naturally said it according to the emperor's attitude.

"Your Majesty! The minister thought that this was the critical moment for our army to encircle and suppress the Dongyu, and the Dongyu was seeking peace at this time, and the minister had great doubts about the sincerity of the Dongyu, and the minister thought that he had been cautious."

Han Yi also favored the emperor slightly on the basis of justice.

Yang Gengai nodded.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a different opinion." Chen Yuting stood up and spoke in the voice of the opposition.

"Oh, the Qing family might as well talk about it." Yang reformed.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is precisely because our dynasty has forced the East to a desperate situation, and the East Emperor's request for peace has sincerity If the East is usually asking for peace, it can only be a joke, so the minister thinks that this is a golden opportunity! If we can peacefully clean up the eastern captives and completely quell the war in Liaodong, it may as well be a good story to avoid the pain of the sword and the difficulty of the expense, and now that there is a great drought in our dynasty, if we can spend the soldiers on disaster relief, I think it is more appropriate" Chen Yuting immediately said.

The pros and cons appeared, and the ministers were even more discussed.

"Well, it makes sense" Yang Gai listened, and he didn't say much, he just said something, waved his hand, and motioned for the ministers to continue.

"Your Majesty thinks that the motives of the Eastern Prisoners seeking peace at this time are really suspicious, and they must not be careless............... "Some people stand on the side of the imperial party to support it.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Dongyu's request for peace should be sincere, otherwise, he will not take the initiative to give up Liaoyang City and even the captive chief Huang Taiji is willing to enter Beijing to ask for guilt, isn't Your Majesty enough to reflect Dongyu's sincerity? The minister thought that he should give Dongyu a chance, surrender the soldiers without a fight, and solve the affairs of Liaodong without using a sword, isn't it a beautiful thing? There are also human tǐng Chen Yuting's words.

"Your Majesty, Dongyu gave up Liaoyang City, and from the perspective of this report, it should be that Dongyu was forced to put pressure on our army, and he had no choice but to let it out, and it can't be regarded as the sincerity of Dongyu's pursuit of peace" The dispute between the ministers suddenly became fierce, and the two sides immediately quarreled.

"Your Majesty, the minister looks at this country written very humblely, in the words, it is already my Ming Dynasty as a father to treat, and there is the initiative to give up Liaoyang City, the minister thinks, this matter is still somewhat credible, of course, the reputation of the East Lu has always been very poor, and I have a vendetta, should not be believed, but the minister thinks, no matter how bad, Your Majesty should also send a messenger to contact the East Lu, if the chief Huang Taiji is really willing to enter Beijing alone, then, it is enough to show the sincerity of the East Lu, Your Majesty, if you can peacefully resolve the war in Liaodong"There are not a few people who support a peaceful settlement, and many people who usually hold a middle attitude also support a peaceful settlement." Of course, there are many prerequisites for supporting peace and peace, that is, the captive chief Huang Taiji went to Beijing alone to ask for guilt, and these supporters are not fools, it is impossible to set themselves on fire, and they must leave a way out.

This statement was immediately supported by many people, whether it is true or not, at least Dongyu's posture is good, and there is still a bit of sincerity, at least we should talk about it first, and whether it will succeed or not is another matter. …,

Yang Gai was angry when he heard this, and felt very unhappy. Huang Taiji's move is so powerful that it can make so many people in the court speak for it, Yang Reform has been more confident in his ability to control the court since he has done a few major things, but today, Yang Reform feels that kind of faint discomfort again.

The words of these ministers are all relatively "reasonable" and "upright," and you cannot say anything to them whether they are in favor of the peace talks or not.

Yang himself did not approve of the peace talks, and the reasons for this are naturally needless to say.

Those who are in favor of peace talks, you can't accuse him of anything, after all, what he said is also right, and the affairs of Liaodong can be solved without a war, so why not? You're going to call him naïve? But not necessarily, people said that they wanted Huang Taiji to enter Beijing alone, as for how to talk, that is another matter, they just want to talk, but they do not necessarily say that they can succeed.

Once the talks are over, this Liaodong is thousands of miles away, and a messenger will be sent over, and they will come and go, but they don't know how many months it will take to negotiate, and they don't know how long it will take to talk about the various conditions. If it is really negotiated, it will naturally be the credit of the peace talks, even if it is not negotiated, it is nothing, and then the fight is made.

The bad is bad here, once it is discussed, what should the army far away in Liaodong do? The situation of the army is embarrassing, now it is a scout war, it is about consuming the strength of the East Captives, and not giving the East Captives a chance to recover, but once they talk, do they continue to fight the scout war or not? Fighting is to affect the peace talks, must be taken out by the East to talk about things, negotiations must be more nonsense, do not fight, the East Lu just get a few months of recuperation time, this time is absolutely very precious, the East Lu got a lot of pastures from Lin Dan Khan last year, through these pastures, you can recover a lot of strength.

Once they don't fight, the soldiers will definitely relax and relax their vigilance, which will have a great impact on the military spirit and combat power of the Liaodong army, and once Huang Taiji finds an opportunity, he may give the Ming Dynasty a fatal blow.

Yang Gai thought about it and had to say that this move was indeed vicious and hit the weakness of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty has always been a civil and military disagreement, and it is "justified" for Wenchen to suppress military generals, Wenchen has always suppressed military generals like dogs, how can they make martial artists turn over? ”

If the peace talks are completed, it is natural that Wenchen will take the first credit, continue to press the generals, and support the peace talks, which is reasonable. On the contrary, if the peace talks fail, then naturally it will depend on the military generals to conquer, naturally it is the credit of the warriors, in the face of the rise of the status of the warriors, the civil servants must be unwilling, must do everything possible to suppress, now Huang Taiji's "sincerity" is undoubtedly a fuse, the point of the estrangement and friction between the military generals.

Yang Gengai knows that the civil and military dispute is only one aspect, if you count other reasons in the dark, this battle, I am afraid that it will not end easily, Huang Taiji's fire is indeed poisonous.