Chapter 311: The Black Whistle That Can't Be Black Anymore

"Oh? Boasting about the good of the ministers? Insulting foreign ministers? This, today's newspaper, I haven't read it yet, so let's talk about how you scolded it? Yang Reform had an uninformed expression.

"Your Majesty, there is a poem published in this newspaper, which reads: 'The princes of Ouchi are good at ancient times, and their behavior is worthy of praise and criticism...... Qing talks about high arguments, and there are factory men with swords and bows', which obviously means that the eunuchs are good, and praise the eunuchs, and finally scold us for only talking about high theories, and also say that their eunuchs have swords and bows, how can this be? This is too shameless, there has never been such a self-boasting in the world, Your Majesty, we have been scolded miserably by the celebrant and the celebrant Ah, I implore Your Majesty to administer justice for us......" The minister immediately said a lot of words.

Yang Gai laughed in his heart, this poem, but he copied it in the future, in order to provoke disputes, so that those rotten Confucians who are idle all day long and have nothing to do can't stand it, and then fight a war of words with themselves in the Di newspaper, this war of words, first of all, you have to buy a copy of this newspaper, you have to win more helpers, hehe, this comes and goes, the sales of the newspaper must be soaring, the sales of this Di newspaper have come up, hehe, this influence can be slowly rising, who still wants to compete with Di Bao for the dominance of public opinion in the future, that is wishful thinking, Yang's reform's wishful thinking is a "snapping" sound.

"Oh, is it? I look at ...... "Yang Reform's face is now also tempered, and he laughs to death in his heart, but on the surface, he is silent and impartial.

Yang Gengai pretended to look at it for a while, then smiled lamely, and said: "Well, I took a look at it, this article, quoting this sentence 'The princes of the Great Inner are good at ancient style, and their behavior is worthy of praise and depreciation'..., which talks about the deeds of Taishi Gong, and then uses this sentence to summarize Tai Shi Gong, this ......, everyone, although I think this sentence of praise for Tai Shi Gong seems to be a bit numb, but this Tai Shi Gong has been corrupted, and it can also be counted among the eunuchs, this, the ministers praise him like this, it is indeed a bit of a tiger skin, and the taste of being a big banner... ..., hehe, although these ministers have the smell of putting gold on their faces, but it's not complete nonsense, you Aiqing, what do you think? This poem was written by Yang Reform himself, and now he is out to be a referee, and the black whistle of football is nothing more than that.

The ministers were speechless for a while, they didn't expect that the emperor could still interpret this meaning, they could think that the emperor instructed the eunuchs to scold them in the palace newspaper, but they never imagined that the emperor himself wrote this poem to scold them. In the end, the emperor himself sat in the referee......'s seat and blew the whistle on both sides, and if the ministers had watched Chinese football, they would definitely have scolded the emperor for blowing the black whistle.

"Your Majesty, but ......, when this Taishi Gong wrote his book, he was not corrupted, and he was not a eunuch, how could the internal officials use the prestige of Taishi Gong to paste gold for themselves, how could they ruin the reputation of Taishi Gong? This is really hateful, too unreasonable, I implore Your Majesty to prohibit the ministers from doing this, this is simply a discredit to Taishi Gong "A minister is very cooperative" and entangled with the emperor about this matter, completely unaware that he has fallen into the emperor's trap. The emperor just wants to mess around with them, just want them to argue, fight for it, and this mansion is considered to have grown up.

"Hehe, my evaluation of this paragraph can only be like this, as for whether Taishi Gong wrote the "Historical Records" when he was a normal person, or the "Historical Records" written after becoming a eunuch, hehe, this, this Qing family, if you have different opinions, you can also write an article to criticize this point and put forward your own opinions, I still have state affairs to deal with, hehe, I can't be busy......" Yang Reform looked like I was very busy, pretending to shirk, this matter of the celebrant eunuch, the emperor doesn't care, but no one cares, Yang's reform is to retreat into advance, and let the ministers beg themselves to be "referees".

Sure enough, as soon as Yang Reform said such a thing, the ministers stopped doing it, and the emperor didn't give them justice, then they were really scolded in vain, others are the celebrant supervisors, and the yamen parallel to the cabinet, looking for them to theorize, people don't pay attention to you at all.

"Your Majesty, please bring it a little, this paragraph is still ambiguous, but the rest is all scolding us Confucianism, Your Majesty, this must be strictly investigated, this is slandering my Confucianism, as a disciple of a saint, how can you be so insulted?" When a minister saw that the emperor didn't care about this matter, he was anxious, and immediately said what he scolded them later, and begged the emperor to investigate it strictly. ,

"What about that paragraph? I didn't see it all. Yang Gengai looked at it for a while.

"This paragraph, I read it, this seems to be scolding the so-called 'celebrities' in the Wei and Jin dynasties, these so-called celebrities and scholars specialize in metaphysics, Lao Zhuang, and some unrealistic things, ridiculing others for talking about how to govern the country, and ridiculing people in the world for talking about how to strengthen the army and enrich the country. I remember that there was a couplet at the door of the Donglin Society, which seemed to be called 'The sound of the wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear; Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything cares', isn't this exactly what it means that as a literati, as a scholar, as a useful person, we must not only care about the affairs of the world and the country, but also take the responsibility of strengthening the country and enriching the army, shouldn't the real Confucian be like what is written on this couplet? Isn't it normal to learn more skills and talk more about things that are useful to the country and the imperial court, instead of talking about some metaphysics and engaging in some clear talk? The celebrant also read the sage's book, it seems that he has studied the sage's knowledge quite thoroughly, and I also like this sentence: The sound of the wind and rain and the sound of reading are in my ears; Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything cares about ......" Yang Reform is nonsense.

The faces of the officials below are all green, who read the Di newspaper and don't say that this Di Bao is scolding them, but when it comes to the emperor, this sentence has become an encouragement, and their words have become the understanding of the sage book by the celebrant supervisor, and the emperor even pulled out the famous couplet of the Donglin Society, which is really dumb and eats coptis, and there is suffering.

"But, Your Majesty, ......, this is obviously to use the past and the present by scolding the Wei and Jin celebrities, and it is obviously to scold us......" A minister lame for a long time lame out this sentence.

"Hehe, this, is there? So what do you talk about metaphysics? Talking about Lao Zhuang? Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

"Back to Your Majesty, the ministers don't talk much about it, but they also know something." A minister replied with a deaf head, this is really a pain in the foot, and it is unreasonable for the emperor to use the couplet of the Donglin Society as a weapon to counterattack

"Hehe, isn't this over, you don't talk about metaphysics, don't talk about Lao Zhuang, then it's not to scold you, but to scold those who don't care about national affairs and world affairs. What we usually talk about is how to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and how to strengthen my mind, just like that sentence: the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear; Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything is concerned...... Am I right? "Yang reformed the crooked building and pulled it all the way, which made the ministers stunned.

The ministers were dumbfounded, how did this come to the emperor, and the meaning of this changed so much? This is obviously scolding us, how did you come to the emperor, isn't it scolding us? Ministers, look at me, I look at you, no one dares to admit that this is to scold them, if you still say this, then the emperor's sentence, love me Daming, how to answer? Isn't it said that he is misleading the country by talking clearly? I'm afraid I won't even be able to be an official in the next step. Many of them are Donglin Party members, and when they heard the emperor theorize with them with that couplet, their hearts were filled with coptis mixed with honey, and the pain was sweet, and they were even more confused by the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have misunderstood, misunderstood, this sentence is not to scold us, but to scold those who talk about misleading the country, we are all working hard to serve the Ming Dynasty, and we are by no means talking all day long, talking about things that have nothing to do with governing the country and the country's wealth and strength, not idle." Seeing the embarrassment of the scene, the scholar Liu Ruitu also came out to make a round, intending to bridge the rift between himself and the emperor.

The ministers were fooled by the emperor, and they were originally violent, but Leng lost his temper. It's really like what the emperor said, this thing really can't be touched, once it changes, wouldn't it be self-confessing? Others are there to scold the celebrities of the Wei and Jin dynasties for misleading the country, what do we admit here? Didn't he say that he was learning from the Wei and Jin Dynasty all day long? Forget all about national events? Now it is internal and external troubles, it is when the country needs talents and needs to be repaid, and they still make these things all day long, and they are seated by people, then this official, I am afraid that it will not be able to be, and the officials are a group of mad dogs who scold the emperor and poke "their own people", which is not ambiguous.

"Well, okay, that's good, you are all the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, all of you are capable of the imperial court, now, it is the time when I am in urgent need of your wisdom and talents, you should put your mind on how to help me govern the country, this newspaper, others boast about themselves, don't care too much, it's really unaccustomed to it, just write an article to criticize it, don't take it too seriously." Yang Gai laughed hard, although he said don't care, but he also knew that this group of Confucians would definitely fight with the eunuchs, and they were always the only ones who scolded others, but now some people scolded them, and they also fired map cannons, sweeping the current literati into it, how could they swallow this breath? ,

"Ministers remember His Majesty's teachings." The ministers were helpless, and in the emperor's place, they were fooled, and they didn't get any answer, so they could only leave one by one.

"Stand down, everybody." Yang Gai waved his hand and let the group of ministers go.

Wang Chengen also came back early, listened to the emperor and this group of ministers, thought it was interesting, saw the ministers leaving, only to report to the emperor: "Your Majesty, all the explanations have been explained, they will come as soon as possible, and the others are easier to say, that is, Master Sun, General Man, General Zhao, they are far away in Xishan, I am afraid it will take time to arrive." ”

"Well, I know about this matter, this is also a helpless thing, Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao will not talk about it, they are military generals, recruits are training, far away in Xishan, Master Sun must sit in the town, back and forth, it is really hard Master Sun is old again, alas, ......I have to think of a way" Yang Reform also sighed, this Sun Chengzong is his grandfather, but in order to hurry, he has to rush to the Forbidden City immediately, running back and forth, it is indeed extremely hard

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a trip, but it is forty miles, and a round trip is eighty miles" Wang Chengen also sighed, the emperor's right-hand man Sun Chengzong is so old, this back and forth is hard enough.

Yang Gai was silent for a while, did not speak, and then said: "Big companion, I will take a nap for a while, and then call me when Master Sun and they are almost there." "Yang Gengai has also spent a lot of energy today, I feel a little tired, anyway, it's fine, I'm ready to sleep.

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen agreed.

……

The members of the imperial party gradually gathered in the Wenhua Palace. Everyone is also curious, and everyone who comes here is the emperor, which is rare.

"Greetings to the Holy Driver." When the emperor arrived, the people of the imperial party hurriedly saluted.

"Get up, all of you, and enter the temple." Yang Gai took a look, these are all his henchmen.

After entering the hall, Yang Gai knew that he still came a little early, Sun Chengzong, Man Gui, and Zhao Shujiao still hadn't arrived, there was no way, after all, they came and went, but it took a lot of time for others to rush to Bauhinia City for eighty miles.

"Master Sun, have they arrived?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, Master Sun, they should have arrived, the slave and maid received a report, saying that Master Sun and they are almost here, and the slave and maid woke up Your Majesty, this will, it's time to arrive." Wang Chengen replied.

As he was talking, the little yellow door at the door reported: "Your Majesty, Master Sun, General Man, and General Zhao have arrived." ”

"Let them in." Yang Gai replied immediately.

Sun Chengzong was the first to come in with sweat, and then followed by Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao, no way, this hot day, but in June and July, the hottest season of the year, he rode a horse and galloped for dozens of miles, and it was indeed dusty and sweaty.

As soon as I came in, I brought in a heat wave, and the days of June and July were really spicy. Yang Gengai looked at Sun Chengzong, who was sweating all over his face, and he had to cry out in shame. There is no way, this kind of big thing must be discussed with Sun Chengzong, but it is far away in Xishan, and it is enough to toss it back and forth for dozens of miles. As for Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao, Yang Reform was not very distressed, after all, this was a military general.

"Big companion, prepare a pot of tea for Master Sun, General Man, and General Zhao to quench their thirst, and then prepare a chair for Master Sun...... "What Yang Reform can do now, that's all, of course, treat it differently, Sun Chengzong is because the old can get preferential treatment, and this Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao obviously can't."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The three of them replied in unison.

"Your Majesty, tea, the minister is thirsty, but this chair, in front of Your Majesty, the minister does not dare to sit." Sun Chengzong said again, this big and far rushed over, it was really enough, and he didn't even have a chance to drink tea, so he arrived at the Wenhua Palace, fortunately, the emperor was not bad to him, and prepared tea for him, as well as chairs, chairs are not afraid to sit, but tea, really thirsty.

"Sit down, it's okay." Yang added.

Sun Chengzong didn't speak, picked up the teapot, and drank half of the pot in one go, no way, it was too hot, and he was riding a horse all the way away, and he was so thirsty that he couldn't do it.

Yang Reform was also reluctant to go, and only after Sun Chengzong, Man Gui, and Zhao Shu taught them to rest a little, the sweat on their faces faded, and then they officially started today's topic.

"You are all my confidants, and I have something to say, so I will say it directly." Yang Gai did not shy away from treating these people as his henchmen, this emperor has few henchmen, few people who can command, and what else is the emperor, he simply went home to hold the child. ,

Everyone was in a daze, standing solemnly, waiting for the emperor to speak.

"My money is not enough, and the military, relief and other expenses are too huge...... "As soon as Yang Reform opened his mouth, he said the core problem.

The crowd was shocked again, but no one spoke.

"I came up with an idea, I can treat one money as two flowers, so I summoned everyone here today, that is, to talk about this matter, I need everyone's assistance in this matter...... "Yang Reform told the truth to his own people, of course, it was his own people, and he didn't say anything, and there was no one to ask for advice."

"The ministers swear to serve Your Majesty." Everyone agreed in unison.

"Okay, this matter, in fact, is quite graspable, big companion, let's show you those military tickets first." Yang Reform got started directly.

"Yes." Wang Chengen personally issued some "military tickets" to everyone.

Everyone took the military tickets, looked at them carefully, and then looked at the emperor.

"This thing you see is a military ticket, and I am ready to use a military ticket instead of silver coins to pay military salaries in the future." Yang's reform goes straight to the core.

As soon as the words were finished, the biggest shock was none other than Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao, but although these two people were shocked, they didn't make a sound, but just looked at the emperor with some surprise.

"Military tickets, I want to start from the new army first, my new army, the purchase of materials, food, ordnance, artillery, daily consumption, etc., are all paid by me, the cost is huge, I am ready to from today on, all those who supply the new army materials, whether it is a merchant or a certain yamen, can only get military tickets from the new army, or here, after getting the military tickets, go to my bank to exchange silver coins......" Yang Reform swept around "his own people", and directly explained the truth to his imperial party.

Everyone was surprised by the emperor's idea, but no one made a sound, everyone knew that the emperor would not be untargeted, there must be a next step, and he would not give everyone a paper like this.

"After the new army, it is Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao, then Yuan Chonghuan, Mao Wenlong, and then the Shaanxi New Army, I spend hundreds of thousands of taels of military expenses every month, and I have a lot of pressure on my internal money, in order to relieve the pressure, I came up with this method, this method is to use the time difference between the merchant to get the military ticket, and then go to my bank to exchange silver coins, to relieve the pressure of the silver money, in my bank, the preparation is one million taels of silver, and the actual one sent out is two million military tickets, It will take time for the merchant to get the military ticket I gave you, and then get it to the Jingshi to exchange it, so my one million taels of silver can be used as two million taels of silver, do you all understand the reason? Yang Gai said a little.

In this, there are not many people who understand, but they don't speak, they are all the emperor's henchmen, so naturally everything depends on the emperor, otherwise, what kind of henchmen are they? The emperor has always been reliable in doing things and will not treat us badly, this is what everyone thinks.

"This matter will be issued first in Master Sun's new army, what you get in your hands is a sample of the military ticket, of course, the pattern may be different at that time, but the paper and ink are the same, the paper is quite good, wear-resistant, durable, fold-resistant, not afraid of water, and not to mention the ink ...... Let's take a look at the quality of the paper. "Yang Reform doesn't have too much nonsense, his own people, everything is easy to talk about.

Everyone looked at the paper in their hands, touched it, and looked at it, since the emperor said that it was good, it must be good.