Chapter 476: Everyone Has Candy to Eat

Tobe Shangshu Bi Ziyan walked into Mén with a somewhat stiff step, the room was much warmer than the outside, and the body that was originally a little stiff immediately felt a burst of warmth.

At this time, the sky had already darkened, and in the room, the lamp had been turned on, and the emperor was sitting in front of the throne, looking at him with a smile.

"Jing Hui is coming soon." As soon as Yang Reform saw Bi Ziyan coming in, he immediately shouted cordially.

Today, Bi Ziyan, who was originally "snubbed" and somewhat aggrieved, felt a burst of warmth, and the emperor's words carried countless enthusiasm and trust. The heart that was originally a little cold instantly warmed this sentence.

"Your Majesty......" Bi Ziyan hurriedly walked up to the emperor and prepared to salute.

"It's free, it's late, Jinghui hasn't eaten dinner yet, I just haven't eaten it either, I'm going to have this pastry now, this hot tea, pad my stomach, I'm done, I still have something important to discuss with the Qing family." After speaking, Yang Reform pointed to the plates of pastries in front of Bi Ziyan's table and motioned for Bi Ziyan to eat them.

Bi Ziyan froze, and the emperor invited him to dinner? Are you still eating these plates of pastries?

Yang Reform is really a little hungry, he hasn't stopped since the beginning of the court discussion today, he has been busy non-stop, and finally finished meeting the officials, the sky has already darkened, and he has to see Bi Ziyan, and he has to arrange, arrange things, and arrange Bi Ziyan here, there is still something to do, Yang Reform is busy with no time to eat, and with some free time, he is ready to deal with some pastries, and he also knows that Bi Ziyan has been standing outside for a long time, he must be tired and thirsty, and he has invited Bi Ziyan to eat together.

"Jing will eat! I'm really hungry, but I'll do it first, and after eating, I still have important things to discuss with Jinghui. Yang Gengai took a piece of pastry by himself, took the lead in eating it, and urged Bi Ziyan to eat it as well.

Bi Ziyan was even more leng, and he was instantly moved by the emperor, alas, the emperor was so busy that he couldn't even eat, and in order to be in a hurry, he actually invited himself to eat pastries, this ......, Bi Ziyan was so moved that he almost burst into tears, and the slightest grievance because the emperor did not summon him instantly rushed without a trace.

"Your Majesty......" Bi Ziyan was so excited that he wanted to persuade the emperor not to do this, but he finally opened his mouth, but only said these two words.

"Jing will eat, I've eaten, I still have something to do, this matter, I have to do it, I have to do it, come, come, come, taste this ginger candy, Jing will stand outside for a long time, the blood is not smooth, I'm afraid I'm still cold, eat this, get rid of the cold............" Yang Reform pointed to a food plate on the case and said.

Bi Ziyan was moved and didn't know what to say, his eyes were already a little red, and tears rolled in his eyes a few times, but he still held back, picked up a piece of ginger candy with some trembling, and put it in his mouth, and a sweet, spicy, and spicy taste instantly filled the whole body.

Yang Gai picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and said: "This ginger candy has the effect of publishing, dissipating cold, relieving nausea, opening phlegm, and curing wind and cold, it is a rare good thing, I want to ration the officers and soldiers who train and fight in the winter, so as to improve the soldiers' ability to prevent cold, and try to make the soldiers less sick.......

Bi Ziyan ate this ginger candy, feeling puzzled, this thing, with the sweetness of sugar, and the spicy taste of ginger, when he ate it in his mouth, it was very much in line with his current mood, the feeling of sweet and spicy fusion, I didn't expect that the emperor would suddenly talk about this.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister also felt it, after eating this candy, I did feel a lot warmer all over my body, and I felt faintly sweating, but, Your Majesty, I'm afraid this thing is not cheap, right? It's sugar again, it's ginger again, and the minister pinched it in his hand, and he didn't touch his hands, for fear that there were other things ......, this thing was good, but it was also ......" Bi Ziyan shook his head and replied. directly denied the emperor's words, and gave quite doubts, this thing is good, but it is not cheap, and it is almost impossible to ration the front-line soldiers on a large scale, and the emperor's silver probably has nowhere to spend it.

"Hehehe......" Yang Gengai devoured a piece of pastry, poured another sip of hot tea, and then smiled: "Jinghui's words are ......, it stands to reason that sugar should be very expensive, ginger is not cheap, ginger candy should be made of glutinous rice, brown sugar, ginger, and cooked oil, it is indeed not cheap, but this ginger candy is not real." Although sweet potato candy is not as delicious as glutinous rice and brown sugar, the taste is okay, and the effect is almost the same, hehe, so I dare to say that I will ration this thing to the soldiers to help him go on an expedition outside the Saiwai,...... Hehehe, Jinghui forgot, sweet potatoes are a good thing......",

"Uh......" Bi Ziyan listened to what the emperor said, his eyes lit up, sugar is indeed quite expensive, not cheap, ordinary people can't afford to eat, that is, it is terrible to be able to eat a little bit during the New Year's festival to replenish the body, not to mention what the emperor said about glutinous rice, but this sweet potato, this sweet potato sugar, is indeed another thing, now the emperor has taken planting sweet potatoes as a national policy, and the output of this sweet potato in the future is afraid that it will be hundreds of millions, this sweet potato sugar, I am afraid that it is so cheap that it can no longer be cheaper! A few days ago, Han Ge Lao still had to fold sweet potatoes for five to one, which shows how high the yield of this sweet potato is...... if this is the case, what the emperor said is not outrageous, this Ming official army is blessed.

“…… Your Majesty is the heart of the people of the world, and the officers and soldiers are blessed...... Everyone in the world has candy to eat, just around the corner...... Your Majesty ......" Bi Ziyan said with emotion, why didn't he think of it? But the emperor who is in the deep palace every day can know this?

"Hehe, in addition to this ginger candy, there is also tea sugar, which is also mixed with tea into sweet potato sugar, although the taste is not as good as red and white sugar, but it is also okay, fine tea I can't afford to use, coarse tea is also okay, tea can get rid of greasy, it is an indispensable thing on the grassland, he is going to expedition outside the pass, these sugars, can play a big role, I hope to help my Ming officials and soldiers......" Yang Reform smiled, in order to promote sweet potatoes and solve the problem of sweet potato economy, Yang Reform has not been less thoughtful, in addition to sweet potato flour, sweet potato sugar, Sweet potato wine, and on the basis of sweet potato sugar added ginger sugar, tea sugar, is a further extension of the sweet potato industry chain, of course, sweet potato sugar may not taste as good as brown sugar and white sugar, but in this era of relative scarcity of food, people should not be so picky.

"......" Bi Ziyan could only look at the emperor in surprise, it was hard to imagine that the emperor had such a rich imagination, this ......, this Ming, it seems, is really going to undergo earth-shaking changes! If nothing else, everyone has candy ......, which is by no means a dream .......

"Your Majesty, the minister only has a five-body surrender ......" Bi Ziyan finished speaking, and respectfully prepared to give the emperor a five-body surrender salute.

"Hey......, Jinghui please hurry up, these things are just a digression, I happened to meet today, so I will talk about it casually, but it's not a serious matter, Jinghui still eats quickly, and I'll talk about it after eating." Yang Gengai hurriedly interrupted, and then began to eat in large gulps.

Bi Ziyan watched the emperor eat in large gulps, and his hands and feet became more and more open, and he began to eat in large gulps. I tasted ginger candy and tea sugar respectively, and experienced the taste of these two sugars.

In addition to discussing things with Bi Ziyan, Yang Reform still had something to do, so he hurriedly ate some things to fill his stomach and was ready to start working.

"What does Jing Hui think about the matter of the salt merchants?" Yang Reform wiped his mouth and immediately started working, the sky outside was completely dark, and there were a lot of lights in the house, which was also taking advantage of the fact that this place was Taimiao, if it was still in the Forbidden City, but don't think about seeing officials when it was dark, many things would be delayed, Yang Reform also felt that it was indeed much more convenient for him to come to the Taimiao, and the golden wire cage in the Forbidden City was the first time he escaped.

"Hiccup......" Bi Ziyan was about to answer, but he didn't expect it, maybe he was in too much of a hurry, he hiccuped, opened his mouth, but didn't say a word. Bi Ziyan immediately blushed and said: "Ashamed, ashamed, the minister is rude." ”

"Hehe, it's okay, Jing will take a sip of tea first." Yang Gai smiled and comforted, Yang Gai saw it very well just now, Bi Ziyan had been eating, but he hadn't drunk tea, no wonder he had hiccups.

Bi Ziyan took a sip of tea, which was much better, and replied: "Your Majesty, the traitor who is captured is punished by everyone, this person who has no king and no father, there is no need to forgive, the salt merchant has fallen, this salt class, it should be changed......" Bi Ziyan was full of food and drink, got the emperor's warmth, and began to give advice to the emperor, as soon as the words came out, he directly said about changing the salt class.

"Yes, the salt merchant is down now, and I plan to change the matter of this salt class, otherwise, this salt class will not be collected, not to mention the delay of state affairs, and I don't have the heart to fight wits with the salt merchant every year, I have a plan for the reform of the salt class here, Jing will take a look." Yang Gengai directly took out the ticket salt method and handed it to Bi Ziyan.

Bi Ziyan was not too surprised by the emperor's salt change class, and he was not too surprised that the emperor had a plan to change the salt class, as if this was a natural thing, if the emperor was not prepared to move the salt merchants, then Bi Ziyan would be surprised. ,

"Your Majesty, this plan is really comprehensive! If this plan is implemented, the salt class will definitely rise sharply! Far more than the five million taels promised by the salt merchants today! …… Dare to ask Your Majesty, who wrote this plan, all aspects of the plan, it is really comprehensive, it is considered quite thoroughly, not a person who has a deep understanding of the salt class, will never come up with such a rigorous plan...... "Bi Ziyan has long wanted to move on the matter of the salt class, and usually thinks about how to nòng the salt class, so he understands all aspects of the salt class, and after a little look at this plan, he was immediately impressed by this plan, According to the emperor's salt class reform plan, this salt class must collect at least 10 million taels a year!

"Well, yes, I've spent so much effort, wouldn't it be too much if I just recovered a little silver? Now that some salt merchants are involved in the general affairs, it is just time to change the matter of the salt class, and sort out the salt administration well, so as not to drag me ......back," Yang said.

“…… As for who wrote it, hehe, this is drafted by Master Xu, of course, it is Master Xu's handwriting, Master Xu is dedicated to the country, and the matter of changing the salt class has been mentioned to me more than once, Master Xu has personally dried the salt in order to verify how the salt class should be changed, so this salt class plan will be so detailed and perfect. Yang Reform said with a smile, Yang Reform pushed all this matter to Xu Guangqi's head, it was impossible to admit that this was written by himself, how could an emperor in the deep palace know so much about the twists and turns in the salt class, all aspects? Isn't that too weird? Anyway, Xu Guangqi was the first to mention the matter of the salt class to himself, and Xu Guangqi did have a matter of drying salt, and this matter was also spread in Shilin, so it was difficult to distinguish between true and false, and it also covered up his own demony.

"Elder Xu Ge is loyal to the country, and he is really a model for my generation! ......" Bi Ziyan couldn't help but admire, no wonder the emperor used Xu Guangqi so much and called him a master, there is also a reason! In comparison, he really can't reach Xu Zixian's weight! There is a big gap in this plan to change the salt class alone.

"Hehe, Jinghui doesn't need to be presumptuous, this matter still needs Jinghui to support it, and this is also the reason why I deliberately left Jinghui for the last to see you today." Yang Gai said.

said that he would see him at the end, and Bi Ziyan wanted to hear it again.

"Changing the salt class, must have changed the interests of many people, there will be a considerable number of people who oppose it, although now through the capture case to suppress these forces, but it is not an easy thing to do, but also have to lay out layers of layout, multi-party game, in addition to arranging Lin Zhu, Liu Zongzhou to go to the mén to make noise about this matter, in addition to building momentum for the salt class, there are other means, will ensure that the salt class becomes inevitable, once the time is ripe, the salt change class becomes inevitable, there will be someone who will bear the responsibility of this salt class, Jinghui is the head of the household, It's the inevitable candidate, which is also the reason why I arranged Jinghui to see at the end, I didn't arrange it in the front, I didn't say it properly, and I didn't dare to rashly let Jinghui take over the matter of changing the salt class, but it made Jinghui frozen...... "Yang Reform said why he was strict in the end, the front things were not arranged, and the back things were not easy to arrange.

Bi Ziyan was moved, the emperor actually apologized to him, his eyes turned red again, and said: "Let Your Majesty worry, the minister is really damned......"

"Jinghui doesn't need to be like this, listen to me finish speaking,...... I have already informed them about the ticket salt law, they are only responsible for making noise, responsible for building momentum for the salt change class, and are not responsible for drafting and formulating the specific plan for the salt change class, and this burden will definitely fall on Jinghui, so Jinghui should be familiar with this plan as soon as possible, once he becomes inevitable to change the salt class, Jinghui will put out this plan to achieve the purpose of the salt change class...... In addition to them, I also arranged for some people to secretly help, and it will definitely be a ...... to change the salt class," Yang said confidently.

"The ministers obey the orders, and the ministers obey the orders!" Bi Ziyan immediately replied, understanding why the emperor saw him last, and the knot in his heart was gone.

"In addition, there are those things that I don't understand, don't know, or have questions, Jing Hui can ask now, and if you feel that there is something wrong with me, Jing Hui can also ask it." Yang reformed.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister dares to ask, but is Lord Jiulin Zhulin and Lord Liu Zong Zhou of Shuntian Mansion responsible for building momentum for this matter? This Liu Zhouzong is a great Confucian in the world, and he has a deep relationship with Jiangnan and salt merchants, why did he build momentum for this matter? Bi Ziyan saw that the emperor asked him to ask questions, and he immediately said the doubts in his heart, Bi Ziyan didn't know what conditions the emperor took in exchange for Liu Zongzhou to make noise for this matter, this guy is the Donglin Party, and the salt merchant is related, and he is a famous Confucian in the world, I want to ask him to come out to cheer for this matter, don't spend some money, I'm afraid you don't move! Bi Ziyan was quite curious. ,

"It's them, hehe, it's actually very simple, I promise to give them twenty percent of the salt class every year to run a school, then Liu Zongzhou is the most famous Confucian in the world, how can he not go to such a thing as a saint? If he dares not to be enthusiastic about the cause of the saint, how can he be called a great Confucian? His reputation was ruined by him in an instant, hehehe, I can't help him! Yang Gai smiled contemptuously, the reputation of this great Confucian is sometimes a burden and a handle.

"Ahh Bi Ziyan exclaimed, he didn't expect that the relationship between this would be like this, it seems that this other grand event in the Ming Dynasty is going to be completed again! There are two percent of the salt class, supported by two million taels of silver per year, this school running can indeed be started, once it is started, then this matter is undoubtedly a grand event that cannot be said for thousands of years, and I am also surprised by the emperor's means! If you don't agree, you will ruin his reputation as a great Confucian, and the emperor's words are also murderous!

"There is still a small question in this salt law, and I beg Your Majesty to show it." Bi Ziyan was amazed by the emperor's methods, and after inquiring about the gossip, he began to ask questions cautiously.

"Jing Hui just said." Yang reformed.

"Your Majesty, change the salt class, change the boiled salt to the dried salt, then how should I arrange so many salt households? With so many people losing their careers, wouldn't something happen locally? Bi Ziyan asked.

"Hehe, transfer the salt farmers to the salt factory and still make salt, which can be regarded as not leaving the industry." Yang Gengai said with a smile: People who have been laid off and reemployed in the 21 st century will pay more or less attention to this issue, and those who have been laid off in the 21 st century will petition at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands, there is nothing to ask, only one small thing to remind Your Majesty, the current Gang Salt Law, many vassal kings are occupying the nest, Your Majesty should give some consideration to the nest in the hands of these vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty." After Bi Ziyan asked a small question, he made a small suggestion to the emperor.

"Oh, that's it! Hehe, it's okay, Jinghui forgot, I hold Liulizhai in my hand, I plan to take over the salt industry with Liulizhai, when the time comes, I only need to give some Liulizhai shares to these vassal kings, these vassal kings have no reason to stop this matter, this matter, I have already made arrangements......" Yang Reform said with a smile, the problem of the vassal king, Yang Reform has already been considered, and has already selected a few enlightened vassal kings with a virtuous reputation in history, and has been in contact with them, and a good show will be staged at that time