This era is not without sober people, at least this is to the matter of the "imperial examination, to qualify, to deduce the three major drawbacks of the scholar" is very accurate, reading is to be lifted, after the promotion is qualified to be an official, you can be rich and noble if you are an official, glorify the lintel, and protect the whole family. Therefore, on the day when it really soars, what I think of the most is not the people of Li and the community, who really studied for the sages of Confucius and Mencius? Since the imperial examination provided such a means, everyone would only use such means to achieve their own ends, and no family would be an exception. All those wonderful words written on paper are nothing more than empty talk, and the state uses Confucius and Mencius sages as teaching materials and teachings, and uses the imperial examination to organize and build a bureaucracy, thinking that if this is done, the bureaucratic production line will roll out one by one moral masterpieces, and the surname Bing, who loves the world and is honest and honest, will definitely become the natural political surname of these bureaucrats.

When a person first enters the officialdom, he may be afraid that the people will sue him, so he will be cautious; Perhaps, he also wants to correct the mistakes of the upper leadership. However, over time, he will find that his future is in the hands of the upper officials, and the criterion for determining his promotion lies in his own behavior. Therefore, he knows the secret of being an official, from above and not below, then he can abuse the people, kill the people, humiliate the people, and treat them as if they were nothing. As for the relationship with the upper echelons, he will try his best to maintain it and not dare to offend, so he twists into a rope with the upper echelons.

Therefore, the common people will say that the officials protect each other, and therefore, the common people will have no way to redress their grievances.

Yang Bo frowned, and said that the official was so empty talk, although he said it well, the proposed solution was extremely ridiculous, such as what: "Stop the subject quickly to dethrone the empty text." First, we should quickly promote filial piety and honesty to worship the practice. First, we should quickly stop knowing and implement the way of science to get rid of the bad habits that have accumulated over the years. When the disaster hurts money and food, Yisu has repeatedly turned ...... "It's all useless nonsense."

Although the matter was impassioned, a civil official in his right hand stepped forward and said: "Chen Qixin has bullied the monarch with big words, the imperial examination has been a scholar for a long time, and the famous Confucian giant prince has come out of this. ”

Emperor Chongzhen was silent when he saw that he was speechless, so he said gently: "Chen Qing is also out of public intentions, so I won't mention this matter for the time being, sir?" ”

Wen Tiren saw Emperor Chongzhen looking at him, so he bowed slightly in his seat and said, "Your Majesty? ”

"I heard that after the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War discussed, they plan to increase the salary by another three percent?" Emperor Chongzhen asked

"Yes"

Wen Tiren nodded and said: "Zhang Fengyi asked for an increase in the world's field on the grounds of insufficient food for the soldiers, although Bi Ziyan was very weak, but he was still hesitant, and there were many discussions outside, and there were many people who could not say anything."

Yang Bo listened to it on the side, his heart sank, obviously the use of the imperial court began to be nervous again, Chongzhen has increased once in three years, from the original nine cents to the current one and two cents, if it increases again, it will be one and a half. He knew that the Liao salary was not only a field endowment, but also other miscellaneous items such as salt classes, tariffs, etc., but the problem was that in addition to the field endowment, other miscellaneous items that could not be collected every time the income was increased, such as those students were exempted from silver, etc., because the imperial court used the imperial examination to obtain scholars, and the industrial and commercial class especially forgot to work hard in this direction, and had already controlled the government in the later period, so if the tax was slightly raised, most of the people who opposed it, even if they could make a decision, they could not implement it, and in the end it was the land endowment that fell on the peasants' heads.

At this moment, the civil official, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly got up and knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the discussion of increasing salaries is absolutely impossible!" This soldier Zhang Fengyi is mediocre and incompetent, gathering villains, since the rise of the army, the salary of Liao has increased, the people have been looted, the people have been severely trapped, and the mountains and Shaanxi are not quiet, and the salary has been increased and the root cause has been planted.

Emperor Chongzhen was furious in his heart, Chongzhen's three-year increase in Liao salary was personally nodded and agreed by him, and now Qian Shisheng scolded Zhang Fengyi for being a villain, didn't he scold him too?

But he said warmly: "Mr. is too worried, and there is still a difference between increasing or not increasing." ”

That Qian Shisheng retorted unrelentingly: "In the last year of Wanli, the salary of the nine sides was limited to 2.8 million, and now the salary of Liao has been increased to 6 million, what is the grievance of the people?" ”

Wen Tiren shook his head and said: "Although Shisheng is straight, and the current situation is critical, it is imperative to increase salary."

Emperor Chongzhen also hesitated and said: "Sir, there is a drought everywhere at the moment, and the original harvest is not good, especially in the north, if you send more ......"

That Qian Shisheng raised his head and said in a deep voice: "The north is barren, the people have been in poverty for a long time, and the border is a troubled place. The minister visited Yanqing and Pingliang from Xing'an to Xi'an, but saw that there was no rain in May, so that in autumn, the three dogs were drought, the seedlings were all dry, the grass in the red fields was smoky, and the people were displaced. ”

“…… Hundreds of people gathered to ask for help. Near and Yan'an's Yi, Luo, etc., Xi'an's Hancheng and other belongings, there are reports of knots back to Luo, Zhang Qi Mingjin, moving hundreds. Sweeping during the day, weak blood and strong food. Gai was hungry and bored, and took risks. Rather than starving and dying, it is better to rob and survive."

“…… Yan'an Mansion last year no rain, the grass and trees are scorched, ** month, the villagers compete to pick the mountain fluffy grass to eat, to October, the fluffy grass is eaten up, then peel the bark and eat. At the end of the year, when the bark is exhausted, they dig up rocks in the mountains and eat. Among the villagers, there are those who are unwilling to eat stones and die, and they have gathered together to be thieves."

Emperor Chongzhen sighed slightly, although he had heard too much about these human tragedies, but now Qian Shisheng's description shocked him again, and his original plan to increase his salary began to hesitate,

That Qian Shisheng said again: "Your Majesty, the people are poor and rich, trapped in urging the department, and they have become thieves, so please stop."

Yang Bo peeked at Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren seemed to support the addition, but it didn't seem that the determination was so great, Yang Bo estimated that he would have to weigh the pros and cons repeatedly before he showed his attitude.

The hall was quiet for a while, Qian Shisheng's words were indeed reasonable, and he was wielding the big stick of morality, whoever wants to increase the amount is to expropriate tyranny, in the long run, the country will not be the country, and no one present dares to wear this big hat, and no one has any interest in the interface.

Emperor Chongzhen got up suddenly, walked to Yang Bo and stopped, looked at Yang Bo and said, "Yang Qing, I heard that the governor of Denglai reported that the Jimo camp has not been paid for half a year, I don't know how Yang Qing can train such a strong army to fight to the death against the Tatars?"

Yang Bo didn't expect Emperor Chongzhen to suddenly talk to him, so he quickly fell to the ground and kowtowed, then sorted out his thoughts and slowly replied: "Your Majesty, the ability of the Jimo camp to fight the Tartar slaves does not retreat, and it is nothing more than the four words of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, and there are many Liaodong refugees under the villain, and the Tatar slaves are different from the blood feud of Dai Tian, every battle is not afraid of death, everyone is vying for the first, plus the adults are strategizing, Fang is lucky to make some small contributions, as for the arrears, I dare not deceive Your Majesty, the Moying camp only gets three months of food and salary a year, even so, The villain has never received a penny of silver, only before the battle in Lushun only repaid a month's salary, if it weren't for the last year to exterminate the smell of incense to get some floating wealth, after reporting to the governor of the governor into part of the silver, and clean up the military field, only barely ......"

Yang Bo's words shocked Emperor Chongzhen, and he turned his head and asked Wen Tiren: "Why is the food and salary arrears of the Haiphong Battalion so much?" ”

Wen Tiren stood up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister has also paid attention to this matter, although the household department has given the salary, but the provinces have different delivery times, and they may not be able to count them all, this is one of them, and the other is that after the Dengzhou Rebellion, the Guanning army and horses were rewarded with 20,000 silver, and Kedeng Prefecture was originally 20,000, but the generals begged for a thicker, and after reporting to His Majesty, they were rewarded with 35,000 yuan, and the extra 10,000 thousand gold was allocated by the guards in advance. Third, there are many arrears in the addition of various places, and this year the salt class is not even, Your Majesty is relieved, as long as the arrears are urged, the old minister will tell the military department, and give priority to the Jimo battalion. ”

Chongzhen attached his hand to his forehead and said: "When I heard that Kefu Dengzhou, I was overjoyed, but I never wanted to favor one over the other, and almost dragged down the Jimo camp."

At that moment, Yang Bo didn't dare to say anything, and Emperor Chongzhen asked again: "Yang Qing is now stationed in Lushun, but what are the difficulties?" ”

Yang Bo suddenly kowtowed and said: "The ministers guard Lushun, and the Tartar slaves are neighbors, and there are thousands of refugees from Liaodong who are flocking to them, all of them are trying to revenge the revenge of their fathers, brothers and wives, and they want to recover the loyal and righteous people of the land and the fields, but the soldiers only have to scatter three buckets and five liters of rice every month, and they have to reward the merits of Fuyi, buy and repair ships, seed capital, horse materials, skins, firearms, armor, bows and arrows, etc., and they are really unable to relieve too many refugees. The court, the ghosts and gods of the quality, and the heaven and the earth."

Chongzhen frowned and was silent, only pacing unconsciously in the main hall, Wen Tiren looked embarrassed, everyone has no money, although Yang Bo said it impassionedly, but the discussion just now about the endowment has already turned yellow, and there is a shortage everywhere, so what is the increase in Lushun's salary?

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded: "Your Majesty forgives the ministers for being rude, but Weichen has a few words to ask this Lord Yang!" ”

Yang Bo looked up, but it was that Qian Shisheng, seeing Chongzhen nodding, Qian Shisheng walked up to Yang Bo and asked, "Lord Yang, how many soldiers and horses are there in your Jimo battalion now?" ”

Yang Bo didn't dare to hesitate and said: "There are really 3,500 Dings in the Jimo Camp, more than 200 in the family, and the Water Camp has not been counted yet. ”

Qian Shisheng asked again: "How much is the salary?" ”

"The infantry is paid one tael a month, but they have no true color, and the family is also one tael."

Qian Shisheng sneered: "You Jimo battalion of 3,500 soldiers, has exceeded most of the regular barracks, one or two infantry, has been on par with the soldiers of the nine sides, and the salary is also paid in full from the Liao, your majesty Hemeng has blue eyes, the court is kind, with thousands of households as a guerrilla position, you should do your best, in order to live up to the country's entrusted responsibility, but you are still dissatisfied in your heart, blindly crying poor, what kind of heart is Ande?" ”

Yang Bo knew that the Liao salary involved in the Guan Ning Army was the largest expenditure of the imperial court, and the Guan Ning Army had filial piety in all departments of the Beijing Division every year, and all officials had a share of the profits in it, and the relationship during the period was intertwined.

Thinking of this, Yang Bo cleared his throat and replied: "The Jimo battalion consumes one tael of silver per soldier per month, and it needs 56,000 a year, and the current number of allocations in the Liao salary is 50,000, and 6,000 cents will not be mentioned for the time being. Do the soldiers' families want to eat? Others such as bows and crossbows, do you want equipment? Do you need silver to make armor? Do you want silver to settle the Liao people? If a soldier is disabled or killed, do you want money? May I ask my lord, is 50,000 yuan enough? Is the villain deliberately crying poor? The villain dares to ask the adult, the soldiers can't even eat, how can they go into battle to fight against the enemy? Adults try not to eat for three days, do you still have the strength to talk like a river? The villain dares to ask the adult, what kind of heart does the adult have? ”

"Bold!" Wen Tiren saw that Yang Bo was getting more and more unspeakable, and got up to reprimand.

Qian Shisheng's face was full of embarrassment, he didn't know how to interface, if he had been placed in the past, he had scolded a small guerrilla from a second-grade civil official, and the other party would only be sincerely afraid to accuse again and again, and he wanted to commit suicide to apologize, how dare he say more nonsense? I didn't expect to meet a soldier ruffian today, not only confronted him, but also dared to ask him what kind of heart he had! Qian Shisheng didn't get angry for a long time.

Chongzhen's face was full of displeasure, because Qian Shisheng was obedient and ugly here, and he was also arrogant and rude for Yang Bo.

Wen Tiren coughed towards Yang Bo and said slowly: "The country's finances are tight, and the imperial court has a lot of money, but there are rules for paying money everywhere, and the salary of the soldiers is not the same as the original, the general is the pillar of the country, and the king of food, shouldn't he lead by example and tide over the difficulties with the court?" Although the amount of money required by the Jimo camp is slightly deducted, what is it compared to before? ”

Yang Bo knew that it was easy for the imperial court and Emperor Chongzhen to be suspicious and disgusted by asking for too much salary, and the officials of the imperial court were thinking about how to make the number of troops accommodate the current financial situation, how to save more money and avoid tax increases, but they didn't want to think about it, if they didn't raise taxes, would this silver fall from the sky?

"Your Majesty!"

Yang Bo touched his head to the ground and said: "Lushun is paid by the number of soldiers, is it because the ministers are greedy for money?" As early as the slave said, that is, the early saving of a cost, late for a year, it will cost an extra six million, when the soldier eats food is originally justified, but it should be stingy and not allowed, above the temple, everyone is proud of saving, however, Anzhi is a real province, if it is a real Feiye? Those who achieve great things do not hesitate to tip, and those who do not work hard, how to be eternal? ”

Chongzhen looked back thoughtfully at Yang Bo who was lying on the ground, and said with a sneer: "It turns out that Yang Qing also changed his way to persuade me to add endowment, but he made a big detour!" ”

Qian Shisheng was shocked, he reacted after being reminded by Emperor Chongzhen, it turned out that Yang Bo was using practical examples to persuade Emperor Chongzhen to raise taxes for a long time?

Thinking of this, Qian Shisheng didn't care about his physique, and stepped forward on his knees and cried: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty must not be endowed?" Shaanxi has repeatedly reported famines, and there are parents who eat their children, children who eat their parents, and husbands and wives, brothers, friends, and neighbors who eat each other. The rest of the people's clothes are still moving, and the surname is suspected of being a jackal. Last year, Lianggi, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, drought locusts, cannibalism, there are fathers eating sons, wives eating husbands, there are no lone guests on the road, although the east and west villages do not dare to come and go. In May of that year, Shanxi suffered another great drought, and the people were hungry, and there were people who ate soil and stones, those who groaned like ghosts, those who were stiff and could not speak, and those who gathered thousands and hundreds of people to gather around the corner of the city and uncover the rods, and the thieves were blazing. Disasters in the north are repeated, the people have no food and clothing, and disaster relief is urgent...... Your Majesty, this person harbors evil intentions and is suspected of being a confidant of the rogue, and I hope that Your Majesty will severely punish him."

Chongzhen interrupted Qian Shisheng's words with a sneer, and said to Yang Bo from afar: "Yang Qing, do you understand? ”

Yang Bo said in a deep voice: "In the second year, the Criminal Department gave Liu Mao a letter to cut the post in the matter, saving more than 305,000 silver, but the people who were born to eat at the post station, once they have nothing to do and don't go to be a thief, will they be safe?" In the fourth year, Li Jizhen, the staff of Langzhong, wrote that the disaster relief carried 100,000 gold, and one gold per person could live 100,000 people, and the seven coins of rice could also live for 50 yuan. The minister heard that His Majesty was thrifty in food and clothing, and raised 100,000 gold from Neinu to relieve the hungry people, however, the Tatar slaves were eyeing the tiger, and the soldiers of the Nine Sides were still not full of food, so how could they talk about the hungry people? The misappropriation of military salaries to relieve the victims, the rebellion of the post soldiers and the gathering of the hungry people as thieves, which is lesser? Which is more important? This old man talks about disaster relief, and if he doesn't give more, can't this disaster relief silver fall from the sky? The boss kept saying that the reason for not giving money was for the hungry people, and the villain dared to ask the adults, the hungry people were already empty, and if the court did not add money, what did it have to do with the hungry people? ”

"Ridiculous!"

Qian Shisheng scolded loudly: "If the imperial court increases the endowment, more small people will be unemployed, or forced to obey thieves, or become hungry people again, and they will be out of control. ”

Yang Bo snorted and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Lordship!" The minister still wants to say that the taxes of this dynasty are too light, and there is no famine in the north, but the imperial court is unable to provide disaster relief, so that the hungry people gather to become thieves, and in order to relieve the hungry people, they embezzle military salaries, and remove the post guards, and the soldiers rebel without food, why? Guy's taxes are too light, and the imperial court's reserves are insufficient! The salt tax is 2.5 million taels, the tea tax is more than 100,000 taels, the city tax is 40,000 taels, the pass tax is 600,000 taels, and the business tax is 200,000 taels, the total amount is only 3.4 million taels, and the arrears have been in arrears for several years. The Gainjia endowment was only added to the field endowment, the scholars did not pay taxes, the bureaucrats did not pay taxes, the food was many, and the living were few......"

The hall was silent, only Yang Bo's words echoed in all directions: "The rich get richer, the poor are extremely poor, the taxes are light, the gentry have a light tax burden, the tax burden is heavy, and the small people's tax burden is heavy!" ”

Qian Shisheng saw that Yang Bo had pulled the words to the heads of the mine supervisors and the people of the Wanli Dynasty, and he didn't dare to talk, but his face was white for a while and blue for a while.

Yang Bo fell to the ground and said in a deep voice: "The minister has a law, there is no need to raise taxes, there is no need to apportion, Your Majesty promises that the minister is not guilty, and the minister will speak boldly!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, he originally planned to refer to the opinions of the two sides of the DPRK and China on tax increases, and by the way to meet this Lushun guerrilla, but he didn't expect the palace to see the sudden change in the situation, and was completely mastered by this martial artist The rhythm of the topic, Emperor Chongzhen of course knew that Yang Bo's words were right, those gentry and wealthy families accumulated the most wealth in the world through clever grabbing, they were all rich in the world, pearls and jade goods were bribed by the mountains, they colluded with officials and businessmen, and the direct consequence of the monopoly group's huge profits was naturally the people's livelihood, and the so-called endowment had nothing to do with them. The people who were originally burdened with a heavy burden were even worse, and some peasants even "wasted their baskets, gave houses, and donated wives to provide for the kingdom's luke......

Emperor Chongzhen wants to provide disaster relief more than anyone else, but the court has no money, Yang He took the 100,000 gold he squeezed out and appeased the bandits from all walks of life in Shaanxi, but unfortunately the 100,000 gold is just a drop in the bucket, the bandits from all walks of life first surrendered and rebelled, the court was in an uproar, and the spearhead was all pointed at Yang He, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to push Yang He out as a scapegoat, but he still had guilt in his heart, and he had been repeatedly emphasizing: "Kou is also my child, and it is appropriate to caress him."

It is often said: "The small people are unemployed, and even forced to obey the thief, and they are self-defeating, who is not a child, if they are willing to return to the right, they are good citizens, and they will receive benefits in one with the restoration." ”

Even when he heard that Hong Chengchou killed dozens of people including Wang Zuogui, who wanted to rebel, he was furious, "Wang Zuogui has surrendered, why not kill him."

Thinking of this, Chongzhen couldn't help but become curious about Yang Bo, and wanted to hear if he had any good ways to make money without apportionment.

"This is not a court discussion, the speaker is not guilty, Yang Qing has something to say, but it is okay to say it"

Yang Bo kowtowed again before he said slowly: "Your Majesty only needs to give the minister Shang Fang a sword to cut the horse, and the minister will bring a thousand soldiers and horses from his headquarters into Suzhou Mansion, kill 300 gentry at the head, and then please scrape the rich households in the south of the Yangtze River, name the losing officials, and do the law of the first real record, and within half a year, the minister will scrape out a hundred times the salary for His Majesty......"

Yang Bo's words were like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, smashing all the people in the hall...... (To be continued.) )