The whole city of Beijing is lively, the entire Ming Dynasty is trembling, and the people of the world are carnivaling. Birth, old age, sickness and death are no longer a legendary thing, they have become traceable, and the day can be expected, and that subtle world has been rapidly understood by people. The tremors emanating from the center of the Ming Dynasty were transmitted to the entire Ming Dynasty.

The world was carnivaling, but Yang Gai stayed in the palace, watching all this calmly and calmly, and some of the previous jī movements and smugness have now subsided. Now I treat this matter like a spectator, as if these things have nothing to do with me at all.

It's already autumn, and the weather is not so hot, but Yang Gai still likes to come to the edge of the Taiye Pool, and the autumn breeze and the lake surface can make people's thinking more open.

"Huh......" Yang Reform let out a long breath, and some complicated things in his heart disturbed this Yang Reform.

"Your Majesty, but do you want tea?" Wang Chengen saw that the emperor woke up from deep thought, and immediately came to serve, the situation in the palace these days is quite different from that outside the palace, outside the palace is in full swing, people from all over the city are in an endless stream, in order to compete to witness Zhang Shenxian's demeanor, it can be said that the people who come have almost crowded the city of Beijing. But in this palace, because of the emperor's mood, it seems to be more and more silent, no one knows what the emperor is thinking, it stands to reason that the emperor has won so much now, won so much, should be happy, should be happy, but not, the emperor is faintly happy for a while, the palace seems to have returned to the original old road, inside and outside the palace, more and more formed two sharp contrasts, of course, these are some people who can see, ordinary palace maids and eunuchs are still talking about birth, old age, sickness and death.

"Well, let's put it there, go and invite Master Sun, I want to talk to Master Sun." Yang Reform's brows can't be seen whether they are locked or open, in short, faint, surprisingly bland.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen agreed, and went to work with some confusion and worry.

Yang Reform explained Wang Chengen's affairs, and seemed to fall into deep thought.

……

"Your Majesty." Sun Chengzong soon arrived, and when he saw the emperor alone in the pavilion, he was also thoughtful.

"Oh, it's Master Sun! Excuse me......" Yang Gengai woke up from his contemplation and said with a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long." Sun Chengzong said.

The scene stopped slightly. Yang Reform still looked at the vast Taiye Pool in front of him, and only said half-loudly: "Master Sun, let's take a walk with me......" Yang Reform looked at the half-loud Taiye Pool, and suddenly said.

"Obey the order!" Sun Chengzong said.

Yang Gaiai turned his head to Wang Chengen and said, "Big companion, I and Master Sun have something to say, don't get too close." Yang Gengai also instructed Wang Chengen not to let the eunuchs and palace maids get too close.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen agreed, knowing that the emperor had something important to say, and he knew very well what he should do.

Yang Reform was thoughtful and walked out of the pavilion with a faint thought. Sun Chengzong also followed.

Out of the pavilion, Yang Reform stopped again, looked back at the pavilion, and Sun Chengzong also stopped.

"Master Sun, looking at this vast pool of smoke and liquid, and then looking at this pavilion, how do you feel?" Yang Gengai asked Sun Chengzong with a faint smile.

“…… This ......" Sun Chengzong suddenly heard the emperor ask him like this, and it was also a little inexplicable, why did the emperor ask this question?

Seeing that Sun Chengzong was also stunned for a while, Yang Reform smiled and walked back again, Sun Chengzong was puzzled, why did the emperor mention this, what does that lake have to do with this pavilion? Seeing that the emperor was moving forward again, he hurriedly followed, slowing down the emperor by half a position. Wang Chengen is a little farther away, and the eunuchs and palace maids and shì guards are even farther away.

"Master Sun has heard the phrase 'the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world'?" Yang Gengai walked a distance, then looked back at the pavilion, and asked again.

"...... 'The worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world?' ......, is Your Majesty talking about the former Song Dynasty Fan Wenzhenggong's "The Story of Yueyang Tower"? Sun Chengzong immediately understood that the emperor asked him what the lake and this pavilion remembered, but he didn't expect that the emperor actually thought of this, which is too far away, this Beijing city is thousands of miles away from Yueyang.

"Not bad! I have recently understood the preciousness of these two sentences, and I have a deep understanding of these two sentences, which I used to read only in general terms, but now as a human king, I want to strategize for the common people in the world, and then interpret this sentence, which is particularly touching......" Yang Gai said with emotion, saying what he thought in his heart. As an emperor, how many people know about the loneliness of this when people are still reveling in the discovery of that world, and to formulate strategies for years, even decades, or hundreds of years after this event? As a student before, when I read this famous article and read these two sentences, I just felt that this article was well written, these two sentences were well written, very incisive, very stylish, full of ideals, and I also admired the people who could write these two sentences, but in fact, I couldn't understand the feelings of sorrow for the people of the world in their hearts. Now, I have truly experienced Fan Zhongyan's feelings of sorrow for the people of the world. It is not un......reasonable for ancient emperors to call themselves lonely and widowed,

"Your Majesty, these two sentences are rare famous sentences, this "The Story of Yueyang Tower" is also a rare famous article, Fan Zhengwen's heart of worrying about the country and the people is engraved into these two sentences, and it can be regarded as a portrayal of Fan Wenzhenggong's life......" Sun Chengzong commented on Fan Zhongyan, Fan Zhongyan is a historical celebrity, and his deeds and information are almost necessary for every literati.

"Yes! This "The Story of Yueyang Tower" is indeed a rare good article, this "the world is worried first, and the world is happy and happy", it is a rare famous sentence, I am still ......" Yang Reform recalled that when he was studying, the teacher forced him to memorize this famous article, at that time, although he felt that this article was very good, and he also felt that these two sentences were very good, but it was absolutely impossible to have such a feeling today, and he forgot his feelings for a while, and almost said the words in his student days.

"......" Sun Chengzong saw that the emperor was preoccupied, so he felt it, thinking of talking about Zhang Xianyong today, Sun Chengzong also understood why the emperor thought like this. When the people of the world are still happy and happy, they have to think about the future for the people of the world; Worry first, enjoy last, how many people can do it throughout the ages? Thinking of the emperor's achievements in winning the battle to pay taxes and creating "immortals", it can be said that he turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain, how high-spirited and chic; But they have to consider the future fate of the world in advance, and work hard for the future of the world, this gap is so big that outsiders can't imagine it, and it is not difficult to understand these feelings.

“…… Your Majesty has something on your mind......" Sun Chengzong asked, there are not many people who dare to ask the emperor like this, now the emperor's authority is quite high, almost like a "god", almost omnipotent, who dares to ask the emperor like this? As soon as Sun Chengzong can ask, others dare not think about it, and even Xu Guangqi may not dare to ask like him, although Xu Guangqi is powerful and famous, but after all, he is quite far away from the emperor, and he is not as close to the emperor as he is with the emperor.

"Well, there's something on my mind! I am bored in my heart, and I am really troubled, so I want to talk to Master Sun......" Yang Reform said lightly, these things, a person in his heart, is too heavy, can find someone to say it, listen to other people's thoughts, it will undoubtedly be much more comfortable, but these things, none of them are not big things, everything involves the fate of all living beings, how can you talk casually with others? Who knows this, it can even affect the fate of many people. Yang Reform didn't dare to say it to others, and he couldn't say it, the only thing he could say was Sun Chengzong, even if it was Sun Chengzong, there were some things, Yang Reform didn't dare to tell Sun Chengzong, he could only stuff it in his heart, rotten, this heart was heavy, and he really deserved the word heavy.

"The minister is listening...... Sun Chengzong didn't have too much hypocrisy, and replied directly.

"A few days ago, I summoned two people to Beijing, one is called Hong Chengchou and the other is Lu Xiangsheng, I wonder if Master Sun has an impression of these two?" Yang Gengai thought about it for a while and decided to start with these two people.

"Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng? Your Majesty, if the minister remembers correctly, he should be the one who was extremely good at growing sweet potatoes before. Sun Chengzong said.

"Yes, one is from Shaanxi to participate in politics, and the other is the prefect of the Daimyo's Mansion, Master Sun knows, why did I summon them to Beijing? And why do you value the two of them? Yang Gai said.

"Back to Your Majesty, if the minister is not wrong, first, these two people work hard, some ability, into the eyes of His Majesty, His Majesty wants to promote and reuse the two of them, as for why value the two of them, this, Shi Shoufu is difficult to govern, the government of various places Yang Feng yīn violated, coping with things, for the promotion of sweet potatoes, try to delay, Your Majesty plucked these two people, but also to set an example for the officials of the world, to tree the wind ......" Sun Chengzong has something to say, did not hide his inner thoughts at all, and there are not many people who can say this, Sun Chengzong is one of them.

"Yes, I think the same way, it's really difficult to do something practical for the people of the world!" Yang Reform sighed and said, about planting sweet potatoes, Yang Reform doesn't know how much effort has been put into it to have today's results, and when he thinks of the process, he can only sigh.

"......" Sun Chengzong was speechless for a while, if it weren't for the emperor and his backhand, I was afraid that it would only be over......

There was a little silence.

“…… Master Sun, do you know how I plan to reuse these two? Yang Gai was silent for a while, continued to walk for a while, and said again, the words in his heart have been said a little, and his heart is much more relaxed. ,

“…… Back to Your Majesty, this minister doesn't know ......" Sun Chengzong thought about it and said.

"Actually, to say that the future of these two people is nothing more than the two paths of military and government, and they are in charge of the government for Shilang Shangshu; Being a governor and governor outside the ...... the army," Yang Gai said, saying as he walked, and he didn't know where his thoughts had gone.

"Your Majesty is right." Sun Chengzong said.

"Then Master Sun, do you know that I plan to put them inside or outside?" Yang Gengai smiled a little, asked, and gave Sun Chengzong a small question.

"This ......, this minister doesn't know." Sun Chengzong hesitated a little and chose not to answer, after all, this is a bit of a cross-line.

"It's okay, Master Sun just says." Yang Gengai said with a smile.

"This, the minister is bold, the minister thinks, with the difficulty of promoting sweet potatoes now, His Majesty intends to put them in, however, I am not very peaceful in the border now, there are always a few battles to fight, and there are still reliable people to sit in the town, and His Majesty intends to transfer Yuan Ziru into Beijing, outside this pass, I am afraid that there is still a reliable person, the minister's sentence, maybe one inside and one outside......" Sun Chengzong said.

"Hehe...... Master Sun has a point, but I actually want to put both of them outside, although there is a shortage of people inside, but it is not as bad as the outside, internal affairs, even if there is no talent, it is a mediocre talent, and it will not make things bad to a certain extent, but this military outside is different, if the commander is a mediocre person, he is only afraid that he will not be alone, but the three armies who are tired to death, in fact, I have no shortage of generals, and there are many people who are very good at fighting, but unfortunately, the war, There is always a need for Wenchen to be in charge, and among these Wenchen, there are not many who can fight! If you don't cultivate a few now, you will sweep the dàng grassland and expand overseas in the future, where will you find people? When Yang Reform said this, he laughed slightly.

"Your Majesty has a point, but does Your Majesty think that these two can fight?" This matter was a little unexpected by Sun Chengzong, but he didn't expect that the emperor was planning to put the two of them outside to be in charge of the war, which was a little different from what he thought. also directly asked the emperor if he was sure.

"Sure, to be honest, I don't dare to say that there is no problem, but I look at these two people, but they can do things in a down-to-earth manner, which is beyond most people, although they may not have led the army before, but I believe that as long as they study hard and do things in a down-to-earth manner, they will always be able to achieve something, this, we have to wait for them to enter Beijing, and observe for a while......" Yang Gai said. Yang Reform had a pair of complicated things in his heart, saying this in his mouth, and thinking about another one in his heart.

"Your Majesty is right." Sun Chengzong said, and he was also quite a scoundrel in his heart.

"Now that the matter in the court has been solved, this Liaodong, this grassland, there should be a break, from the Nuergandusi on the coast of Liaodong to the desert grassland, to the town of Gansu, and even the Duogandusi of the year, this is a journey of tens of thousands of miles, since it is to be solved, it must be cleaned, such a large area, two people may not be enough......" Yang Reform said again, it is said that it is to expand the Northeast, and Siberia, and even things, this is already in Yang Reform's plan, it is something that must be done, such a big place, Obviously, it is impossible for one person to lead the troops to fight such a wide territory, communication alone is a problem, so it will definitely require several people to lead the troops to cooperate, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty that the leaders of the troops are Wenchen, obviously there is a need for several Wenchen who can fight, Yang Reform had to find people in the Ming Dynasty These Wenchen who can fight.

This is only for the important people on land, if you also count the expansion of the sea, there is even more shortage of people, of course, the affairs of the sea are not so urgent now, but there is still time.

Seeing that the emperor said this, Sun Chengzong was emotional and silent, and wanted to persuade the emperor not to be greedy, so as not to be unbearable and drag down the Ming Dynasty, but what the emperor said also made sense, since the Great Wall defense line spends so much military expenditure every year, why not occupy a little more territory with the same military expenditure? Now it's different from before, now even if it's barren land, as long as you plant a few acres of sweet potatoes, you won't starve to death, although those lands are bitter cold land, it's better than starving to death at home, not to mention that there are so many commercial interests now, if you want to stand at the height of the "world" to see the problem, but also because you should occupy more territory, Sun Chengzong remembered that a few days ago he taught himself to stand at the height of the "world" to see things, which is even more impossible to persuade the emperor, this "world" is cruel, I didn't know before, I don't understand, it's just that, But now that I know and understand, I have to look at the problem from this height. ,

Yang Reform took the lead, strolling on the edge of this Taiye Pool, the autumn breeze was blowing, very cool, the sparkling lake, the branches swaying with the wind, it was a good autumn picture.

This matter is one of the many problems in Yang Reform's heart, speaking out, my heart is better, this heart has too many things, it is really not a good thing, it is too tormenting.

"Alas......" Yang Reform's mind seemed to return to here, and he let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty still has something on your mind?" Sun Chengzong asked again.

"Naturally, this expansion is already imperative, not only on land, but also on the sea...... "Yang Reform still decided to tell Sun Chengzong what was in his heart, but halfway through the words, he didn't know where to start.

"......" Sun Chengzong listened to the emperor's words and didn't know how to speak.

“…… Your Majesty, the matter of expansion is imperative, and the benefit of expansion for my Ming Dynasty is that it can alleviate the situation of having no land to support people, but it is a matter of decades, or even hundreds of years, and I am not in a hurry to ...... this time," Sun Chengzong explained.

Yang Reform is silent, standing at the height of a lonely person "worrying about the world first", it is really a high and low, and it is difficult to even express his own meaning.

"Then what does Master Sun think of my tax dispute?" Yang Gengai sighed and asked again.

"The battle over paying taxes? This is naturally a good thing, the imperial court expenditure far exceeds the income, if this continues, the world will definitely fall apart, now His Majesty has collected the world's tax sources in one fell swoop, naturally no longer worry about paying taxes, since then, I will have a full amount of taxes, whether it is to provide relief to the people, to resist foreign humiliation, to protect the family and the people, and to maintain, the world can enjoy peace...... Sun Chengzong said.

Yang was silent again. As a lonely person, I have lowered my height low enough, but I still don't know how to express what I mean.

“…… So what does Master Sun think of Liulizhai? What do you think about farming in Golden State? Yang Gengai was silent for a while and asked.

“…… This, Liulizhai? …… The world says that it is the ...... of Jinshan and Yinshan, and as for the farming of Jinzhou, the world also thinks that it is the way to make a fortune, and now it is flocking to it......" Sun Chengzong replied puzzled, why did the emperor ask about Liulizhai?

Yang was silent for a moment.

“…… Then Master Sun, do you know how much Liulizhai is paid? What about the wages paid by the Golden State? Yang asked reform.

Sun Chengzong was puzzled.

“…… Back to Your Majesty, this minister is not clear, but working in Liulizhai has always been envied by the world, presumably Liulizhai treats the guys well, as for Jinzhou, I think it can make a profit over there, and the workers will not be too bad...... "Sun Chengzong said.

"Isn't it good to make a profit and treat the workers?" Yang asked rhetorically.

“…… This, back to Your Majesty, not necessarily, Your Majesty is worried that the owner treats the workers too much? Now that this tax-paying faction is under His Majesty's control, they dare not perfunctory His Majesty's ......," Sun Chengzong hesitated and replied.

"If I take possession of the silver and gold mines of the Japanese Kingdom and drive the Japanese people to open mines, does Master Sun think that I will give the Japanese people money? Or will it give the same high salary as Liulizhai? Yang Gengai suddenly asked with a bitter smile.

After being silent for a while, Sun Chengzong said: "It stands to reason that it should be given, but that place is too far away, even if His Majesty wants to give it, I am afraid that it will not reach the miners, and even if it can be reached, I am afraid that there will not be many, not to mention that they are not the people of my Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that ......, and people's hearts are profit-oriented...... The minister has also heard about some pit mines in the south, and it is often the powerful who drive the helpless people to go to the mines, and the miners can only get a small benefit, mainly because the powerful get ......"

"Whoa......," Yang sighed.

Yang Gai felt that it was really high and low, standing on the eve of the advent of capitalism, who knew the true face of capital? Knowing the secret of capital is almost alone, this kind of lonely family for the benefit of the people of the world, it is really not a pleasant thing, it is difficult to even find someone to discuss, no one can understand their own heart at all. "The worries of the people of the world are worried, and the joy of the people of the world is gone", this sentence is so beautiful to read, so imposing, so classic, but in practice, it is a high and sorrowful one. RO！。