Chapter 345: Everyone's Choice

July 22.

Platform.

Yang Reform is also gathering his important ministers, ready to discuss the affairs of Shaanxi, no matter what, such a big matter, it is impossible for him to hide at home and operate alone, he has to mobilize forces from all sides, gather the wisdom of everyone.

The man who came now is the ruler of the core of this empire.

Inside the platform, it was much cooler than outside, and Yang Gengai couldn't stand the hot weather, so cooling down became a major event in the palace, and wherever the emperor went, the temperature must drop there.

The cabinet, the scholars, walked out of the sweat outside, and not long after entering the platform, the body was dry, indescribably refreshing, and the ministers were also envious that the emperor would enjoy it.

"Shaanxi's affairs, in the end, still came, although I have already made preparations, but, I didn't expect it, it still came" Yang Reform saw that everyone was coming, and first sighed, the inertia of history is really stronger, and he has done his best, but unfortunately, he still failed to stop the pace of history, of course, history still has some deviations.

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much, Wen has Xu Zi immigrated in Shaanxi first, and Wu has His Majesty's new army over there, it should be foolproof." Shi Fenglai persuaded him.

"Yes, Your Majesty, don't worry too much,...... God bless my dynasty, and now, let me know the news in advance, and I can calmly deal with ......," Zhang Ruitu also said.

The important ministers also persuaded the emperor one after another, the emperor's face seemed to be very bad, as if he had suffered a big blow, in the eyes of the ministers, the emperor spent countless thoughts for Shaanxi, but there were still people in Shaanxi who rebelled, which must have been a big blow to the emperor.

"Shaanxi's matter, I am prepared, but I still don't want the lives to be ruined, once these people are engulfed a large number of victims, this matter is another troublesome matter" Yang Gengai sighed uncontrollably. I crossed over, and the most stressful thing I faced was the Shaanxi rebellion, for which I didn't know how many ways I thought, and in the end, I was even more troubled by gains and losses.

"Forget it, Master Sun, let's talk about the situation in Shaanxi first......" Yang Reform sighed, his mind gradually changed, and he began to get busy with business, and began to tell Sun Chengzong to introduce the situation in Shaanxi

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Chengzong has now returned to the city, and has begun to make every effort to operate the staff department for the emperor and give advice for the emperor.

“…… At present, the news I have learned, the focus is on Fugu ...... "Sun Chengzong began to hold a command baton, on the huge sand table on the platform, explaining the situation in Shaanxi, and the other ministers surrounded almost three sides of the sand table, leaving one side for the emperor to stand alone. “…… That is to say, this drought, the hardest hit Yansui area in northern Shaanxi, this place, is also the most difficult place to transport the victims, this place, the Yellow River is already a great inconvenience, food, personnel transfer will be additional consumption......"

“…… This place is where His Majesty is most worried about going wrong......" Saying this, Sun Chengzong paused.

Seeing that the emperor didn't react, he said again: "...... For this reason, His Majesty has already arranged a new army in Suide, except for Wu Sangui's first part sent to Baishui, the rest of the new army is in Suide, because it should be able to rush to help in time......," Sun Chengzong explained. The stick in his hand is not hovering over a few cities on the sand table.

“…… Long before the governor of Shaanxi took office, His Majesty had already explained that he should pay attention to the defense of the people's uprising, and had authorized the governor of Shaanxi to mobilize the troops of the guards in various places to suppress the people's uprisings in various places......" Sun Chengzong began to explain the problems of Shaanxi from various aspects.

After talking for a long time, the ministers listened quietly, and no one spoke.

After Sun Chengzong finished explaining the general situation, Yang Gaicai said: "The current situation in Shaanxi, that's all, although I have made a lot of preparations, I still hope that you can give me advice and fill in the gaps, everyone, just talk about what is missing in Shaanxi." "Although Yang Reform has made all kinds of arrangements, but a huge empire, there are thousands of problems, and it is too tiring to govern the country alone.

The ministers didn't speak, Yang Gengai waited for a long time, and when he saw that no one spoke, he said, "Why, everyone doesn't speak?" Is there no one to worry about me? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has questions." An officer came out and asked a question.

Yang reformed: "Ask." ”,

The official said: "Your Majesty, the minister dares to ask, all the news today comes from a letter, is this news reliable or not?" Your Majesty, can you show me the letter, now in Shaanxi, His Majesty has made all kinds of arrangements before, and there is not much to say, except for this latest news, which comes from a letter, Your Majesty wants us to wait for the discussion, and we can only start from this letter and deliberate from this letter......" The official said his question.

Yang Reform nodded, feeling that what he said was right, Yang Reform didn't plan to make Wu Sangui's letter to himself public, because there were a lot of things in it that Wu Sangui pleaded for that Wang Er, Yang Reform felt that things were strange, so he was ready to wait for detailed information, however, this matter, as soon as this official said, Yang Reform felt that it was really necessary to show this letter to everyone, because, all of this came from this letter, if you don't show you the letter, you want everyone to discuss, obviously, everyone can't say anything.

So, Yang Gengai sent Wu Sangui's letter to himself and sent it to everyone, and everyone took the letter one by one and read it carefully, so as to figure out some useful things from it.

It took a long time for the letter to be circulated.

"You've read it, let's talk about what to do now." Yang Gai asked that it is not enough to rely on the strength of one person to deal with national affairs, and it is necessary to gather the wisdom of all people.

"Your Majesty, the minister has seen something from this letter, and I don't know ......," Shi Fenglai said hesitantly.

"Straight to the point." Yang Gai immediately answered.

"Back to Your Majesty, what the minister saw is that His Majesty's immigration policy is still of great use to Shaanxi, although Wang Er is a traitor who kills officials and rebels, but, seeing the way of life given by His Majesty, he still gives up resistance, and instead hopes to take His Majesty's way of life, it seems that His Majesty's immigration policy is right, it has the function of influence and guidance, and the people in Shaanxi are not too anxious in the face of the immigration policy......" After Shi Feng read the letter, he was very interested in the process of Wu Sangui's narration in his heart. That is, this Wang Er said that he was just trying to survive, and he heard that the Son of Heaven had immigrants, and he heard that it was the new army of the Son of Heaven, so he surrendered, hoping to exchange the news for the hundreds of immigrants and survive, so it seems that the power of this immigration is still quite great, and it can actually make people who have been able to rebel go back, Shi Fenglai grasped this point and began to say good things to the emperor.

"Well, that's right, if tens of millions of taels of silver are sprinkled and there is no movement, then wouldn't I be busy in vain?" Hearing Shi Fenglai's flattery, Yang Reform was still very proud in his heart, this hand was his own proud work, and it was also one of the evidences for his self-confidence that he could defy the sky.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Shi Shoufu is right, since His Majesty's immigrants can influence and guide the victims, the minister sees, this Shaanxi has not yet rotted to the point of being out of control, Your Majesty can rest assured, there is a strategy of immigration and those who are bent on rebellion to compete for the victims, those who are bent on rebellion, I am afraid that it will not be able to achieve any climate." Zhang Ruitu, a university scholar, also said.

Yang Reform nodded, it is indeed good, now, it has become a competition between his own immigration project and those who have long had the heart of rebellion, who wins and who loses, is who is more attractive, at present, it seems that this ten million taels of silver is not in vain.

"Your Majesty, from this letter, the minister saw that the new army really deserves to be elite, outstanding combat power, the first attack, since it won without a single casualty, it can be described as rare......" Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the military department, also said what he saw in this letter.

Zero-casualty war? Yang Reform couldn't help but think of the United States in later generations, claiming to fight a war with zero casualties, but, obviously, in the Ming Dynasty, it was not his own ......, the reason why it was so smooth this time, first, was stained with the light of immigration policy, so, seven points of politics, three points of military, it seems, it makes sense, Yang Reform understands a lot; Second, that's because the boss he chose for his new army belongs to a small small boss who can't be smaller, in order to feed the new army victory, feed honor, and raise the new army

"Your Majesty, in this letter, through the matter of Wang Er, what I see is, perhaps, this matter will become a benchmark, and how to deal with Wang Er will become an important choice for Shaanxi immigrants......" After everyone said it, Bi Ziyan expressed his opinion......,

"Oh, Bi Aiqing, why is this, tell me why." Yang Gai is no longer worried about the affairs of Shaanxi now, and it is much easier to collect the wisdom of others than to use his own brain to think about it.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of Wang Er will be a sign, a sign to deal with people similar to Wang Er, it is said that all over Shaanxi are bandits, traitors, although many did not kill officials and rebel, I am afraid that there are also disobedient moves, so, how to deal with Wang Er, it will become a weight for Shaanxi mountains and rebels, Your Majesty wants to pacify the beacon fire everywhere in Shaanxi, I am afraid that Wang Er is one of the keys, deal with it, pacify the rebellion in Shaanxi, it is easy, if you don't deal with it, Those people are afraid that they will go and it will be very dangerous, which will aggravate the erosion of Shaanxi, so the ministers advise that Wang Er should be handled cautiously......" Bi Ziyan raised a sharp question.

Yang Reform nodded, I think it's good, this place in Shaanxi, now, is indeed full of bandits, bandits, etc., how to deal with Wang Er, I'm afraid there will be an exemplary role, if Wang Er can become a typical example of immigrants who "converted" to the emperor, then, those who stand on their own and have a group of people behind them who can't survive, I'm afraid they will choose the same path as Wang Er, which is really worth considering, so that the pressure to suppress the rebellion in Shaanxi is much smaller.

"Aiqing has a point." Yang Gengai nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister does not approve, Wang Er killed the official and rebelled, the crime is not forgiven, if Wang Er is spared, then no one who will be an official in the future can kill anyone who wants to kill? Officials don't have the slightest guarantee? Your Majesty, this matter must be severely punished in order to pay respect. Zhang Ruitu immediately retorted that he was resolutely opposed to this matter.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter, Lord Bi is right, now the most important thing is to defend against the Shaanxi civil uprising, how to deal with the Shaanxi civil uprising, if you let go of Wang Er can reduce the pressure of the civil uprising, you can let more people like Wang Er take the road of immigration, Your Majesty, this is worth a try, peace is precious, can not use the sword, or do not use the sword, blindly pressure, will only make the beacon fire everywhere burn more vigorous, now, is the time to withdraw firewood, not the time to add fuel to the fire......, not to mention, Wang Er still has such a great credit...... "Of course, Liu Yanyuan is a person who supports his imperial party, and he began to speak.

"Your Majesty, this must not be ......," the other minister argued again.

On the platform, the discussion about Shaanxi is getting deeper and deeper.

……

Shaanxi Fu Valley, on the edge of the Yellow River.

The sun has gone down, only some afterglow, still makes the sky a little bright, a group of ragged victims, pulling a long line, towards the Yellow River, to the Yellow River, you see hope, according to the direction indicated by the emperor, as long as you go down the river, you can always find a relief point, so, find the river, has become the belief of many disaster victims.

Yang Liu looked at the little afterglow in the sky, and then looked not far away, and his face, which had been tense, showed a smile.

"Yang Qi, tell everyone to speed up the pace, the Yellow River is in front, when you get to the Yellow River, everyone will have hope, and you can find the relief point of the Son of Heaven......" Yang Liu said to his younger brother with relief, he left Wang Jiayin, did not touch these people, and took his own people towards the Yellow River, and finally rushed to the Yellow River before dark, this time, there is hope, their food, more can only support two or three days, less, even a day can not be supported, this is also the reason why he is desperate to rebel, but at the last moment, he Yang Liu still gave up, he really couldn't see any chance of winning, besides, a way of life was in front of him, he really couldn't bear to watch his brothers follow him to death, most of his brothers, most of them have families and rooms, the old and the young, in case of rebellion, except for nine deaths and one life, there is no longer possible.

"Okay, Brother Seven, now, I finally got to the Yellow River, but I don't know, can I see the relief point of the Son of Heaven" Yang Qi is a simple man, he has always heard his brother say that he will be saved when he reaches the Yellow River, and he is naturally looking forward to getting to the Yellow River as soon as possible.

"Yes, I said that if there is salvation, there will be salvation, don't worry, when did my brother lie to you?" Yang Liu said with a smile that the reason why at the last moment, gave up the rebellion and changed his mind, he also had some basis, not blindly luck, he was also an official soldier back then, familiar with the way the government acted, and the internal information of the government was also quite well-informed, after all, there are still some old relationships that can be ventilated, after learning that the Son of Heaven is to set up relief points along the river, he pondered, whether to try, he was also a small leader in the official army back then, and he also had some knowledge, knowing that although he was close to the Yellow River, it was too far from Xi'an, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get to Fugu here, so in advance, he sent someone to go to the lower reaches of the Yellow River with a "letter of introduction" from the local government to find the immigration officer, saying that there are a large number of victims in this Fugu area, and the disaster is very serious, and they want to emigrate, but most of them are old and weak, and they have no food, so they want to ask the immigration officer to think of a way, it is best to send some grain boats, at least send some food, so that they can go downstream by themselves. ,

The reason why Yang Liu is so confident is that the news from within the government is that this immigration is a real action, including where the money comes from, he has inquired clearly, who will carry it out, and how it will be executed is also more reliable, so that he extinguished the idea of rebellion at the last moment and turned to another road, although this road is a road of no return for him.

The group of people led by Yang Liu began to repair by the Yellow River, and the depressed atmosphere for many days was swept away by the Yellow River, and everyone believed that when they arrived at the Yellow River, they would not starve to death, and the crowd began to laugh.

Yang Liu stood alone on the high mound of earth, looking at the lower reaches of the river, the people he sent out, had been walking for half a month, and he made an appointment to meet here today, he Yang Liu was also gambling, gambling on the Son of Heaven is not a lie, if he loses the gamble, there is no grain ship to transport the grain, then, most of their group of people are going to starve to death, in this place of Shaanxi, there is not much to eat, either rebel, to rob those who still have some grain accumulation, or wait for death. Shaanxi is no longer a place for people, it is hell, a living hell.

"Sixth brother, what are you looking at?" Yang Qi saw that his brother was looking at something on the top of the mound alone, so he came over to take a look.

"Hehe, looking at the Yellow River, this Yellow River, but it is a river of life, but a way of life, it can lead to the Yangtze River, to the Yangtze River, and then upstream, you can go to Dongting Lake, I heard that Dongting Lake has 800 miles, and it can fit most of Shaanxi, it is a famous land of fish and rice, but it is much more abundant than this place in Shaanxi, where do you immigrate in the future, you will no longer be afraid of drought...... everyone can live a good life......" Yang Liu smiled and explained to his younger brother, in fact, in his heart, The person who has been waiting anxiously for the messenger to deliver the letter, if the messenger does not come tomorrow, then it can basically be judged that there is no hope for food......

Night also fell on the city of Beijing.

In the mansion of Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, the lights are bright, and the dance and music continues.

Zhu Chunchen squinted his eyes, staring at the dancer's translucent dress with a half-demented smile and a half-lewd smile, he Zhu Chunchen also figured it out, one word, "with", the emperor is not short of money, then, just follow the emperor.

The emperor obviously will not let Liulizhai fall, at least, pay the emperor 20% of the tax every year, the emperor can say that he doesn't want it? Since the emperor will still manage Liulizhai, then, follow the emperor who can get silver to earn some silver flowers, at least, the emperor is better than him to get silver, they are noble, there is no talent for doing business, the way to come to the silver is really limited, and those big businessmen in the south can not be compared, if it is not for the identity of the noble, I am afraid that I will be eaten and even the bones will be gone.

The unique psychology of Chinese people to keep up with the rise and not follow the fall has played a huge role.

"Tomorrow, I'll find Zhang Guoji's old thing and pocket all the remaining stocks......" This is the only thing that Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, thinks of.