Zheng Huaizhong successfully got the errand of building a ship.

"Your Majesty, the minister went to the south to supervise the construction of warships, and he can't serve His Majesty by His Majesty's side, Your Majesty take care of yourself, the slaves and maids will always keep Your Majesty in mind ......, and I don't know who to unload this errand to?" Zheng Huaizhong said a lot of "confession" words to the emperor, and at the end, he asked the emperor what to do with other errands on his body?

"Errand?" Yang Reform can't think of any other errands, I'm too tired today, and this thinking has been getting slower and slower.

"Your Majesty, it is the errand of building the Grand Theater, and the errand of planting chili peppers that Your Majesty has assigned." Wang Chengen reminded in a whisper.

"This thing? Well, Zheng Huaizhong, this matter, you recommend someone, pay attention, to be competent for the two errands I handed over, just don't spoil my business, since you have been doing it before, then this matter, let's let you make up your mind, I don't care, as long as the result is, if the person you recommend can't complete the task I gave you in the future, I will trouble you, understand? Yang Gengai remembered that he did have these two things, the Grand Theater was preparing to sing, and this chili pepper was preparing to deal with wild boar skin in the future, and this matter really couldn't be stopped, since Zheng Huaizhong had been in charge before, it would be good to keep him in charge of it to the end.

"The slave understands, Your Majesty Xie trusts, and Your Majesty Xie Longen." Zheng Huaizhong also agreed to this matter.

"Your Majesty, what about this errand of the internal eunuch? To whom? Wang Chengen asked again, this internal official and eunuch has become the fragrant and sweet food in the palace, and has become the power department of the second only celebrant eunuch, and this internal official and eunuch has gone out to be the shipbuilding commander, which will vacate the seat, and the emperor has to choose someone.

"This? Let the person recommended by Zheng Huaizhong work for a while, if he can do it, then give him the errand of this internal official supervisor. ”

Yang Gengai yawned, feeling that he was really tired today, and he hadn't rested since morning to night.

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen agreed, but when Wang Chengen saw the emperor yawning, he hesitated for a moment, and considered whether to report the matter to the emperor.

Yang Gai saw that Wang Chengen looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and said, "Big companion, what else is going on?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid got the news just now, and Li Laifu, who was in charge of lottery matters, said that the lottery regulations were ready, please take a look at it." Wang Chengen felt that this matter was a trivial matter, and hesitated for a long time, considering whether to disturb the emperor's rest.

Lottery ticket? Yang Reform almost forgot about this, thought about it, and said: "Since it's done, let him do it according to the charter he wrote, the plan, by the way, let the foreign dynasty send two reliable officials to supervise the operation of his lottery, supervise whether it is fair, whether it is corrupt, in addition, send two little eunuchs to him to do 'accounting', specifically responsible for the accounts of the lottery." Yang Gengai thought about it and felt that this matter was not a big deal for him now, after all, the silver obtained was limited, but as a "painkiller" for the poor, it still had some effect, so he was ready to go on, and he also gained some experience as an emperor. You can't rely on yourself for everything, and when it's time to use people, you must use people.

Yang Reform couldn't help but fall asleep, yawning all day, just trying to find a place to sleep, sleepy, for this lottery thing, really can't be interested.

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen saw that the emperor looked tired, so he didn't disturb the emperor's rest.

"By the way, let him copy his charter and plan for the record, and then if he doesn't follow the plan, he will find trouble, and I ......will look at it when I have time," Yang Reform gave another order before he went to sleep.

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen went out.

Yang Gengai couldn't hold on any longer, and fell asleep.

…… April 24, the day has become more and more urgent, there are only a few days left in April, Yang Reform was originally scheduled to complete the amnesty at the end of April at the latest, some of the preparations have not been completed, I have to step up preparations, and strive to be ready before the amnesty, many things, missed the opportunity of the amnesty, and then get it, there will be a lot of resistance in vain, because the amnesty involves the matter of the Wei case, so the minister did not dare to say anything to the emperor, the Wei case has not yet been decided, many people have to shrink their necks to do things, many people in the court, There is also an unclear connection with the Wei case, the Wei case is uncertain for a day, and they have an extra knife on their heads, for fear that one day, this old past will be turned out, and they can't eat and walk around, and they don't dare to persecute the emperor too much, afraid that the emperor will release Wei Zhongxian on a whim one day, so it will be a tragedy, Wei Zhongxian's dead dog doesn't know how many people will come out and bite to death. Therefore, the court is "quietly" waiting for Wei Zhongxian's death and waiting for the final settlement of Wei's case.

Early in the morning, Yang Reform "went to work" non-stop.

Early in the morning, Yang Gai received a lot of "letters of complaint", all of which were related to yesterday's order, the emperor re-dispatched the shipbuilding envoy to build treasure ships and warships, which was regarded by the ministers as a major sign of the rise of eunuch power.

Yang Reform looked at it, and knew in his heart that this should have come or come, the minister and the eunuch are mortal enemies, this Zheng He went to the West was led by the eunuch, this went to the West, the force is very strong, in the South Sea, the West, it is easy to destroy other countries, this kind of "martial arts", "wholesale" king is enough, therefore, the emperor will never allow a "normal person" to command this kind of powerful warship fleet, not to worry about the literati, let alone the martial arts, can only be done by the "disabled" eunuchs, The consequence of this is that the status and prestige of eunuchs far exceed those of Wenchen and military generals, and they have reached an incomparable height. Let the eunuchs sit on their heads? Especially the Wenchen, who thinks very highly of himself, can't swallow this breath, so he said that this Western is an "evil" thing that costs the people and money, and it must be absolutely prohibited, what the literati can't do, and the eunuch can't do it, otherwise, let a eunuch ride on his head, how refreshing? This is also the original intention of the literati to do everything possible to destroy the West. Yang Reform used to see this kind of statement on the forum, and he agreed with this statement very much, and also understood that the ministers would never let go of this matter easily, and they would definitely make a fuss and desperately oppose it. [In addition, the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty may feel a little difficult to control an overly large fleet, and he is not as bold and capable as his ancestors. 】

Yang Reform thought silently, fortunately, he was somewhat prepared, at least, this Sun Chengzong would support himself, understand the purpose of his trip to the West, not to "fight" with his ministers empty-handed, Yang Reform worked hard to think about the cause and effect, thinking about his own countermeasures.

"Companion, I was going to make lottery tickets in the past, and I summoned a lot of craftsmen, among these craftsmen, there is one who is more powerful in printing, it seems to be a person from the factory under the celebrant supervisor, does the companion have an impression?" Yang Gengai decided to get out this big killer weapon, the newspaper, as a thing to divert the attention of the ministers, and open up a second battlefield for the upcoming war of words. Yang Gengai knew that if he didn't find a place for ministers and bureaucrats to spit, those who opposed building ships and going to sea should be picked up with a basket.

"Back to the emperor, remember, the emperor asked the person named Ah Wu? The slave remembered that he was the one who was very good at printing, and indeed, he was a craftsman in the factory under the celebrant supervisor. "Wang Chengen's surname is very good, and he can remember things that the emperor can't remember. I also wondered, why is the emperor looking for this person?

"Well, that's this person, that's right, I remember that he did a great job of printing, and I also asked him to study printing, well, go quickly, summon him into the palace, I have something for him to do." In the face of the upcoming war of words, Yang Reform is fully prepared, and he wants to make the battlefield of this war of words shift from scolding the emperor to going to war in the newspapers, and hire a group of "water army" himself, so that these scholars and doctors of the Ming Dynasty can taste the power of the Internet water army in the 21st century, so that his pressure will be much lighter, and even the water army may drown the ministers, bureaucrats, Yang Reform is very much looking forward to it.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave and maid will let people look for it. However, Your Majesty, this ......" Wang Chengen wanted to speak and stopped, and the cabinet gathered early in the morning to ask to see the emperor, and had been waiting in the Wenhua Hall for a long time.

Yang Gengai knew what Wang Chengen wanted to say, and said: "I know what you want to say, tell the ministers, I will go over in a while, and in addition, expand the personnel, in addition to the cabinet, also call all the people in the general staff." Yang decided to meet with the representatives of these bureaucrats.

"Obey, slave and maid will do it." Wang Chengen agreed, turned around and did his errand.

Yang Reform sat in a chair in a daze, and for this matter, Yang Reform prepared a lot of rhetoric and reasons. Constantly thinking about your own rhetoric, reasons, and expectations in your mind will convince at least some people to follow you. Yang Gai knew that once he began to rebuild the ship and prepare to go to the South Seas and the West, many people in the bureaucratic class would begin to go against themselves and oppose themselves, this is not because the bureaucratic class hates the emperor, but the bureaucratic class hates the eunuchs, hates the eunuchs and will ride on their heads, hates and envy the eunuchs' exploits far beyond themselves, so it will inevitably attract the "opposition" of the entire bureaucratic class, and the only thing that can end the eunuchs building ships and going to sea is the emperor, so the emperor must bear all the complaints and jealousy from the bureaucratic class.

Yang Gengai sighed and thought wildly.

If you don't build ships, go to the South Seas, or go to the West, the entire bureaucratic class may not go against you, and you have just used Wei Zhongxian's head to gain the recognition of some bureaucrats, and now, you have pushed these people out, and this thing has caused it, hey...... Yang had to sigh for a long time. But I have to reopen this road, this is not to find a way out for the peasants of the Ming Dynasty, can not solve the peasant problem at the end of the Ming Dynasty, or to solve the problem of some peasants, I am a dead end! Or, slaughter tens of millions of northern people with your own hands. Yang Reform had no choice but to choose to go to war with the civil servants and bureaucrats.

Yang Gai squatted on his throne alone, in this room, Yang Gai didn't let people disturb him, so he took off the image of the emperor and squatted on the chair with two feet. Concentrate on recording some documents, these documents are some information obtained from dreaming back to the Internet. Prepare to use it today to fool these ministers.

…… The members of the cabinet, Shangshu, and the staff waited in the Wenhua Hall for a morning, and the emperor had not yet come forward, and they were all impatiently urging the little yellow door to invite the emperor, and the little yellow men were also unable to do so, so they had to run to the palace one by one, of course they couldn't see the emperor, and they got the same words: Your Majesty will arrive later, and your lordships will wait a while.

Seeing that the morning had passed, the impatient ministers finally couldn't sit still.

"Brother XX, Your Majesty has been saying it, but unfortunately, it has never arrived, this ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to come today, so I'll wait or disperse, and I'll persuade Your Majesty again. "A minister can't wait any longer, and he's ready to break up.

“…… Oh, yes! Today, Your Majesty, I'm afraid I won't come, I'll disperse later......" The other is ready to disperse.

Others chimed in, and it wasn't a matter of waiting any longer.

The ministers are ready to leave. There was a voice outside: "Your Majesty has arrived at ......"

A group of ministers hurriedly came out to greet them.

Yang Reform stepped down, smiled, and said, "Let you Aiqing wait for a long time, I have something to delay, let's discuss inside." Then he entered the Wenhua Hall and got on the dragon chair.

The salute is over.

Yang Gai said directly: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are urging me so much, but what is the urgency? Yang Reform pretended to be confused.

Some of the ministers below, you look at me, I look at you, a minister, came out and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty has re-dispatched a ship-building envoy to prepare to rebuild the giant ship warship and rebuild the treasure ship?" Returning to the West? I don't know if it's true. ”

Yang Gai said in his heart, the holy decree has been issued, and you still ask if it is true, isn't this nonsense? Isn't it just a reason? Said: "That's true, you Aiqing also know that I am preparing to go on an expedition to the Ryukyus to clear out the Japanese people entrenched in the Ryukyus, this should have mobilized naval warships, but my Ming Dynasty has not built new warships for several years, and this old ship is going to the sea, I'm afraid it is unreliable, so I also ordered to build some new ships, first, when I go on the expedition, it can also show the power of my Ming Dynasty, and second, build new warships, which is also a guarantee, I can't risk the lives of the soldiers on the expedition, right?" This newly built battleship is also more sure of victory! Ladies and gentlemen, is there anything wrong with this? ”

Yang Gai knew what this group of ministers was going to say, and as soon as he came up, he blocked the ministers' words with words. The reason is also very strong.

The ministers looked anxious, you look at me, I look at you, the emperor's answer is not worthy of the appetite of the ministers. What they care about is whether the eunuchs will climb on their heads again, and whether the prestige and merits of the eunuchs will far surpass them. This matter of going to sea can only be done by eunuchs, and the ministers have no hope at all, so they naturally do not expect to persuade His Majesty to let the literati serve as ocean envoys, so they can only try not to let the eunuchs go out.

"Your Majesty, this ship construction costs the people and money! The cost is huge, but it is to help a small overseas country, Your Majesty, this is a sacrifice of the end, not worth it! Your Majesty spends so much money to help other countries, and you don't need this money to help your own people, Your Majesty, our dynasty has been prolonged for more than ten years! The minister looked distressed. This continuous natural disaster is still Yang Reform's words, and now he has turned his gun and come back to fight Yang Reform.

"People can't stand without faith, and the country will decline without faith, I promised to go over the Ryukyus, and naturally I will send troops to clean up the Japanese people, how can I regret it? Do you want me to be this nonsense? ”

"The minister is guilty, the minister is not against His Majesty's expedition to the Ryukyus, it's just that Your Majesty, mobilize some elites, you can still make up one or twenty warships, and if you can general, you will be able to do it, Your Majesty, the cost of building a new warship is huge, it's not worth it! What about after the expedition to the Ryukyus? Could it be that these newly-built battleships and giant ships are rotting in the harbor? Isn't that a waste? Your Majesty? ”

The thinking of these ministers, Yang Gai felt that it was really a bit rotten, and the warships were built just for an expedition? And then just put it there and rot? This kind of thinking is really powerful.

"How can it rot? I am going to send warriors around the world, and I can just use these warships for the purpose of circumnavigating the world, thinking that in a year or two, when their training is completed, wouldn't it be just right to sail around the world at this time? Where is there a reason to rot in the harbor? "Yang Reform brought this matter out, this circumnavigation around the world, there was a conclusion before, the emperor paid the money, and the ministers didn't care about the emperor's business, and now, Yang Reform used this matter as an excuse.

The ministers did not expect the emperor to have such an excuse, this ...... Could it be that the emperor started to lay out a few months ago? This seems unlikely! The emperor is a fun-loving hairy child, how can he have such a deep scheming?

Seeing that the ministers were suppressed by themselves, Yang Reform breathed a sigh of relief, is this the end? A war of words with his ministers? And that's the end of it?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this shipbuilding matter has always been the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry has a special attendant to handle shipbuilding matters, so why doesn't Your Majesty use the existing yamen to handle this matter? If you think that the Ministry of Engineering has been responsible for shipbuilding, you must be proficient, and you must be able to save a lot of expenses and time! ”

This minister actually wants to compete for this shipbuilding "project", which is also a bit unexpected by Yang Reform. Said: "This matter is originally my private matter, and my private matter will not bother your ministers." I'll send a minister. ”

Yang Reform also used this shipbuilding as a private matter as a reason, and he must build it himself. Yang was afraid that these bureaucrats would stumble on him. Delay your own shipbuilding time. I am even more afraid that the time of this shipbuilding will be delayed again and again, and the cost will rise again and again. [Everyone should know about Lao Maozi's shipbuilding for the third brother. 】

The ministers are looking at each other again, this emperor's rhetoric is very sharp!

An old minister came out and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, please stop building giant ships and warships, stop building treasure ships, think that now, after more than ten years of continuous natural disasters in our dynasty, there are still countless people in need of relief, where is there still money to care about the life and death of that small overseas country?" Where is there still money left for the eunuchs to build huge boats and go overseas? This is all a matter of labor and money, and endless harm, please Your Majesty, stop this matter immediately. The elderly minister's tone was impassioned, his voice trembled with excitement, and his words were not polite, and it seemed that his endurance had reached the extreme.

Yang reformed his heart and said: It's coming, it's still coming. This time, it doesn't seem to be so easy!

(To be continued)