Chapter 460: Asking for money from yourself

Bi Ziyan left the Dongnuan Pavilion with some questions.

Wang Chengen reported again: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, has arrived, do you want to see him?" ”

"See you!" Yang Gengai took a sip of tea.

Liu Yanyuan entered the warm pavilion, and also inspected the emperor's face, the emperor was not as angry as he imagined, his face was not bad, it should be said that it was very good.

"Bow to your majesty!" Liu Yanyuan saluted.

"Excuse me, sit down......" Yang said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" As a member of the imperial party and the backbone, Liu Yanyuan sat down very comfortably, and now he is under the emperor's hand, this day is really good, the emperor has a lot of good things to make a name for him, he likes to be the secretary of the military department more and more, of course, the premise is that the emperor covers him.

"There will be a big war next year, and it will probably cost three or four million taels of silver!" Yang began to reform and talk about this.

"Yes......, yes." Liu Yanyuan was caught off guard and wondered, it was indeed to have so much silver, he knew the deduction of the General Staff, and he was also present for the arrangement of next year's war, knowing that the emperor's words were not a lie, there would be a big war next year, three or four million taels would still be tight, and in case of an accident, I don't know how much silver it would cost. Hasn't the silver always been settled by the emperor himself? Why did you tell him?

"I just talked to the household department, this year's salt class has only been solved to less than one million taels, Master Xu's disaster relief, there is still a gap of four million taels, I will not say what I pasted before, next year these four million taels, I'm afraid I will continue to post it, and then count the new army trained to deal with the Dongyu, this is a few million taels of silver, plus the recruitment of the Yiren fleet, the construction of warships in the south, plus the salary to the border army or something, zero and zero total, I am afraid that without 123 million taels of silver, it will not be able to cope with it!" Yang Gengai calculated his bill a little.

A thousand and three million taels of silver? Liu Yanyuan's head is big, how much silver does this cost! The annual income of the Ming household department is only a few million taels, and it is not enough to give it all to the emperor!

"Your Majesty, this ......" Liu Yanyuan didn't know what to say, he fought with Dongyu, and these victories were all piled up with silver, he had known this for a long time, but he still had to settle the account, he still stopped it, it was piled up this year, and it had to be piled up next year, otherwise, he would lose, and if he lost, someone in the court would have to come out to be "responsible", and if he lost the war, most of his military secretary was going to come out to be "responsible", and he could be dismissed from office, so thank God.

"I heard that the cotton clothes issued to the border army this year, the reaction of the border army seems to be tǐng! Isn't it? Yang Reform said.

"Back to Your Majesty, the officers and soldiers are grateful for Your Majesty's reward, and they all remember Your Majesty's great kindness, and they all say that this cotton coat is warm, which is a good thing, and the border officers and soldiers can have a warm year this year." For this matter, Liu Yanyuan regarded it as a major political achievement during his tenure in the Ministry of War, and he often talked about it.

"Well, the military department didn't think about it? Now that only cotton clothes are issued to the border army, then the other guards in the world, the other officers and soldiers have no idea? If you have cotton clothes, you don't need autumn clothes or summer clothes? Yang Reform was inspired.

"This, Your Majesty ......" Liu Yanyuan froze, listening to what the emperor meant, could it be that the emperor still plans to issue cotton clothes to all the officials and troops in the world, and it is not enough to issue cotton clothes, but also autumn clothes and summer clothes? This ......, a good thing is a good thing, but how much silver does this cost?

"The military department has never thought like this? How many officers and soldiers are there in the world, each person trains every year, and how many clothes and socks do they need to consume in battle? How much do I need to supplement? Don't have statistics and budget for this? Yang reformed.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are some, but don't mention it, except for a few better places such as Jingying, others, two or three years can be issued a set of clothes, it can be regarded as Shangguan Kai's grace...... If Your Majesty plans to distribute each sè clothes according to people every year, the minister thinks that there are more than 2 million officials and soldiers in the world, and I am afraid that the silver will be expensive!" Liu Yanyuan told the truth, he didn't need to lie to the emperor about this, if the emperor didn't know the inside story, why did he give cotton clothes to the border army?

"Well, I know, I have this idea, the officers and soldiers usually train, the wear and tear must be more severe, and now the situation of issuing a set of clothes in a few years is obviously not possible, even the most basic training cannot be guaranteed, what is the use of the army without training? Although this amount of money is daunting, the military department may wish to make a plan for this matter, and see how much silver is required for each person to be given two sets of clothes every year...... Although it may not be realized, it is better to have plans and ideas than to live in a mess and prepare nothing......" Yang said. ,

"Minister's decree, but, Your Majesty, forgive the minister's courage, if this is really the case, the annual expenditure of just this one item will be quite huge! Your Majesty is cautious! Liu Yanyuan agreed, but still reminded the emperor that it was risky to do so.

"Well, I know it's really difficult! However, doesn't the military department feel that the soldiers will certainly not be able to conduct normal training without clothes to wear, and that an army that cannot even guarantee basic training will be able to fight the enemy? So what's the use of this army? Wouldn't it collapse at the touch of a button? In a country with an annual income of several million taels, it is definitely impossible to spend hundreds of thousands of taels to buy clothes for the officers and soldiers.

"Minister...... I see! Liu Yanyuan said.

“…… I know that this may not be possible, but this year, I have issued cotton clothes to 800,000 border troops, and another cotton shirt to 800,000 officers and soldiers, maybe I can do it, and the military department may wish to make a plan for this matter, and see which places should be given cotton ......clothes," Yang said again.

"The minister's decree ......" Liu Yanyuan immediately agreed, this is another good errand to earn fame!

"This matter, you grasp the nervous Luo, and strive to ......mention it in the next morning," Yang said.

"Thanksgiving! ......" Liu Yanyuan was busy thanking.

After seeing these people, Yang Reform, without exception, asked these guys to ask for money from themselves.

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Following.

Morning.

In the shouts of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, this early dynasty began.

All the ministers couldn't help but secretly look at the emperor, and heard that the emperor was angry about the rebellion, and he was happy, and he was happy to see it today, and sure enough, the emperor was good, and his face was very good, did he really say that the emperor copied the house and got the silver? Rejoicing in the silver?

"Do you have something to do?" Yang reformed the face sè mildly said.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play." Shi Fenglai was the first to stand up.

"What's the matter with Shousuke?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to take planting sweet potatoes as the national policy of our dynasty to solve the scourge of natural disasters." Shi Feng came to get the emperor's instructions, and said straight as soon as he came up.

The ministers fell through the eyes of the ground, this Shoufu has never been the emperor's mouthpiece? How can you say such a thing today, and say that you want to grow sweet potatoes as a national policy? Is the sun coming out in the west? The ministers looked at Shoufu Shi Fenglai in surprise, but Shi Fenglai was very calm.

Yang Gai was also surprised, it really takes some courage to say that planting sweet potatoes as a national policy in the court! Unexpectedly, this Shi Fenglai was so neat and neat, which made Yang Reform impressed.

"Oh, planting sweet potatoes as a national policy? Can the first assistant have a recital? Yang Reform asked, the benefits of this double reed will be revealed, if you don't breathe well in advance, and listen to this guy talk about planting sweet potatoes, Yang Reform will suspect that there is something wrong with his ears.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has, the minister's recital, after reading Xu Zixian's book of inviting sweet potatoes, some of them have ...... feelings" Shoufu Shi Fenglai spoke very briefly today, and he was quite confident, as if he was a capable Shoufu.

"Oh, bring it up, Companion, and then bring me Master Xu's book." Yang Reform gently instructed Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen agreed softly, first handed Shoufu's recital to the emperor, and then ordered someone to find Xu Zixian's recital.

After half a ring, Yang Reform roughly finished reading, basically the same as Xu Guangqi's book, however, some things were added, for example, the sweet potato planting rose to the height of the national policy, supervised by the cabinet layer by layer, until the specific implementation of the state and county, layer by layer responsibility, if it is not implemented, the annual examination will not pass, and the plan is not one year, but five years.

Yang Genghe breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Shoufu and Master Xu are both average, and they are both dedicated to the sake of the country and the people!" I looked at Master Xu's recital, it was very touching, and then I looked at Shoufu's recital, and I felt that it was majestic, if it could really be implemented, it would be able to show me and my great determination to fight against natural disasters, which is really a blessing for all the people in the world! Yang praised the reform.

The ministers had already stretched their necks below, if it was usual, they would have already started to talk about it, but when the emperor looked at the recital, they didn't dare to discuss, for fear of affecting the emperor's reading, so they all stretched their necks and looked at the emperor, wondering what the content of the recital was.

"Big companion, let's show these two letters to the Zhongqing family." Yang reformed the pretentious way. ,

Only then did the ministers circulate these two letters. Some people who watched it, some people nodded their heads incessantly, and some people looked at it, some of them had no expression, and some people shook their heads and made a ridiculous appearance.

After the ministers all circulated it. Yang Reform only then began to speak.

"You've all seen it, right? What do you think? To elevate sweet potato planting to the height of the national policy, do you have anything to say? Yang asked reform.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is good, Xu Zi first relieved the worries of the country, and asked for the people's life, which really made the minister admire, and it was a model for my generation to learn, but the minister thought that it was a bit too much to raise sweet potatoes to the height of the national policy." A minister came out first and made his point clear.

Yang Reform nodded, above this court, there are still some people who are thinking about problems.

"Your Majesty, the minister does not approve, this matter is too child's play, the minister admits that sweet potatoes are indeed a good thing to fight against natural disasters, and Xu Zixian's recital is indeed touching, but, isn't it a national policy to plant sweet potatoes, so don't you plant sweet potatoes?" Another official expressed a different opinion.

Yang Gengai also nodded and listened.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although Xu Zixian's performance is touching, it is not wrong to ask for the people's life, but it should not be pulled to the height of the national policy, let alone linked to the annual examination. The dignified Heavenly Empire, where does this face go? Don't lose your physique! A minister painstakingly persuaded.

The court began to argue, and in general, there were no opinions on the promotion of sweet potatoes, but there were different opinions on how to promote them.

After listening for a while, Yang Gai felt that he had heard enough opinions, and raised his hand.

The minister, who was still arguing, immediately quieted down and saw what the emperor had to say.

"Shousuke, what do you say about the ministers' questions?" Yang Gengai asked Shi Fenglai.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks, 'the people take food as the sky', this food, naturally, is very important, if there is no food, there will be war, the people will be displaced, and the world will not be peaceful, so the minister thinks that there is nothing wrong with increasing food as the national policy of my Ming Dynasty, which is in line with the teachings of the saints and in line with the principles of heaven." Shi Fenglai said seriously.

This statement has been praised by many ministers, many people nodded, and Yang Reform also nodded, this is what he taught him.

"Yes, I have always thought so, the high yield of sweet potatoes, drought resistance, I think, I don't need to say it anymore, you all know, such as today's continuous disasters, I think that the imperial court should increase the people's food as the primary task, only the people in the world are full, can live and work in peace and contentment, otherwise, the world is not peaceful, that is, I lose morality, it is the dereliction of duty of the imperial court, what do you think?" Yang Reform gave Shoufu Shi Fenglai affirmation, and smiled secretly in his heart, this double reed is indeed cool when singing.

When the emperor said this, many ministers nodded, which is not bad, a world without war, but a prosperous era in the minds of many people, if it can really make the people of the world full, this is indeed a great thing.

However, there are also different voices.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is nothing wrong with planting sweet potatoes, but it should not be linked to the annual examination of officials, this, this is too unserious, and it is not possible to plant sweet potatoes as a national policy, doesn't this make me have a sweet potato on the top of my head? It's ridiculous......" an official hurriedly came out to object.

In the "poof...... hall, many officials laughed out loud, letting the Ming Dynasty put a sweet potato on his head? It's really funny.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is a good thing to promote sweet potatoes without delay, why doesn't Your Majesty send a messenger? Is in charge of promoting sweet potatoes in the world? That's enough, and it's a bit too much to elevate it to the level of a national policy......," another official suggested.

Yang Reform raised his hand again, and the ministers stopped again and looked at the emperor.

"Hehe, what the Qing family said just now is really funny, but if sweet potatoes can make the people of the world eat their stomachs, even if there is a sweet potato on my head, I also admit it, the sages said, 'The people are the most important, and the community is second, If sweet potatoes can really solve the problem of eating for the people of the world, even if it is an offering to the ancestors, I can also replace it with sweet potatoes to save thousands of people in the world from fire and water, I thought, this sweet potato is worth offering to the table...... "Yang Reform doesn't care about any face project, is it important to live or face?" These people don't have the pain after seventeen years, so they naturally care about face like that, but they don't care at all. ,

The emperor's words made all the ministers feel good, and the emperor was really sincere, and he could say such things, which also showed the emperor's seriousness and support for this matter. Originally, many officials who wanted to oppose listened to the emperor's "joke" words, and their hearts became heavy, and the words of opposition were also held back for a while and could not speak.

Yang Gai looked at the reaction of the ministers and breathed a sigh of relief, he wanted to do this with such a low profile, and the ministers should not object to him.

"Your Majesty, the minister is against ......," an official shouted, causing the people in the hall to boil again.

"Oh, what do you think?" Yang Reform's originally relieved heart was twisted up again, and looking at the posture of this official, he seemed to be very confident in opposing this matter.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the promotion of sweet potatoes is indeed right, Your Majesty is willing to pray for a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes with sweet potatoes on his head, in order to support the people of the world, Your Majesty is very virtuous, and the ministers are even more admired, but the minister thinks that there are all over the world to promote sweet potatoes? If it is promoted in the affected places, there is no other word, but I Ming not all places are affected, some places, there is no need to plant sweet potatoes, such as the south, there is enough grain and rice, and there is no need to plant sweet potatoes, and there is no idle land to plant sweet potatoes, since there is no need to plant sweet potatoes to relieve hunger, and there is no idle land, then to plant sweet potatoes to be promoted, isn't it a joke? Isn't it unfair to Jiangnan officials? The official was eloquent and aggressive.

This remark was immediately supported by many people in the hall, and they began to discuss it.

Yang Reform looked at this official and kept him in mind, this was very impulsive, and he was very ruthless, and the body of the sweet potato national policy was incomplete, Yang Reform looked at Shi Fenglai, and gave Shi Fenglai this question.

"Shi Shoufu has something to say?" Yang reformed and said, he still don't want to get involved in this matter directly, and let the ministers fight with the ministers.

"Returning to Your Majesty's ......, the ministers think that ......" The ministers thought that this "echo board" Shoufu would not be able to say why, and when he was about to see the joke, Shi Fenglai continued: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if it is an ordinary period, there is really no need to plant sweet potatoes as a national policy, let alone plant sweet potatoes all over the world, let alone plant sweet potatoes as the basis for assessment, but the ministers think that this is an extraordinary period at this time, and there are natural disasters that have lasted for more than ten years, so it is necessary, this adult said that there is no need to plant sweet potatoes in the south, There is no idle place to plant sweet potatoes, the minister thinks, this is not appropriate, don't say it far, this year's white grain, Your Majesty is not exempt from the three mansions? Isn't this a disaster? Who says the South is not immune to disasters? Last year, Fujian was so bare that pirates hit the shore and migrated tens of thousands of people. ”

Shoufu Shi Fenglai competed with the aggressive official at a glance. Immediately got the approval of many ministers, this is true, this year the emperor did exempt the three provinces of white grain, not to mention last year's Fujian incident, which is enough to show that the south is also affected by natural disasters.

The official who was aggressive just now was also dumbfounded by this, the matter of white grain, but they cheated the emperor and laughed at the emperor for a while, and now Shoufu pulled out this thing as evidence, and he really lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot.

“…… Your Majesty, the minister thinks that as for saying that there is no idle land, that is simply a pretext, the minister heard that in many places in the south, the fertile land is changed to mulberry fields to make profits, so that the price of this grain rises every year, there is idle land to grow mulberry, but there is no land to grow sweet potatoes ......, the minister thinks, this is just a pretext. Shi Fenglai said lightly, and when he finished speaking, he looked at the official who had just disagreed with him with contempt. Although in the eyes of everyone, Shoufu is a "batter", but this Shoufu is also very scene.

This time, Yang Reform couldn't stop nodding his head, and was impressed by Shi Fenglai, this time, Shi Fenglai said the aggressive official in a few words.

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