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Mu Yan didn't bother to look at it, so he called all seven or eight Wenchen to Wuying Hall according to the excerpt.

The hall was like an explosion in the pan.

These Wenchen seemed to be holding back their words, and they kept talking:

"Regent, the court is not your alone's court, you are the only one who makes claims, and where do you put this court ministers!"

"Since ancient times, the Ming Dynasty has been prosperous, and all of them are suitable for both monarchs and ministers, so that the Qin State can dominate the world and have the rule of Zhenguan...... There is the prosperity of the first emperor when he was alive! ”

"There are pros and cons to any decree, and you can't just look at the pros and ignore the disadvantages."

"Now the treasury is empty, and all kinds of expenditures need to be made step by step. Now that the tax is cut and exempted, what if there are disasters in other states? And the war in the north has not subsided so far, if there is a change in the north, what if there is an urgent need for military salaries? Soldiers in the north and south have been fighting for many years, and military salaries and pensions should be given priority in order to appease the morale of the army. ”

"Dasheng is at a time of internal and external troubles, one wrong step is a wrong step, and the regent is asked to accept advice and know people well."

“……”

A cadre of ministers waited for you to protest in words, and they all said it red-faced, all of them felt that Mu Yan acted too arbitrarily, and some people even quoted scriptures, implying that Mu Yan had no Ming Jun demeanor.

Mu Yan sat on the Taishi chair at the top, leaning lazily on the back of the chair, supporting the armrest with his right elbow, and his whole body exuded a lazy and leisurely feeling, which was in stark contrast to the excitement of these people.

Mu Yan didn't bother to listen to their arguments, and interrupted the impassioned statement of a middle-aged minister: "Enough." ”

"......" The middle-aged minister was stupid.

Mu Yan's eyes looked at Duanmu Xian, who was at the bottom of the head, and said, "Lord Duanmu, dare to ask Dasheng what is the annual large expenditure in the past ten years?" ”

Duanmu Xian chuckled in his heart, and he understood.

A few days ago, Mu Yan asked the household department to sort out the treasury income and expenditure of the Dasheng calendar year, originally thinking that he was in charge of the government for the first time and wanted to use it as a reference.

It turns out that Mu Yan's real purpose is this.

He's not stupid. Duanmu Xian said secretly in his heart.

In any case, Mu Yan is always his future grandson-in-law, and he is half an elder for the time being, so he always has to protect a few points, and he can't watch him being "bullied".

Duanmu Xian sorted out his thoughts, first picked a certain year and said: "In the twelfth year of Longzhi, the annual income of silver including Diding, salt class, tariff, tunfu silver, etc., was more than 48.59 million taels. The annual silver includes more than 17,030,000 taels of soldiers' salaries, more than 930,000 taels of silver for 100 princes, and more than 3,470,000 taels for civil servants......"

The other ministers listened quietly, these amounts were reasonable expenses, they were about the same over the years, and the soldiers spent more on salaries, also because the war in the north was not settled that year.

After Duanmuxian finished talking about the various expenditures of the state, he changed his words: "Expand Qianya Garden by 4.5 million taels, the imperial mausoleum by 2 million taels, and the southern tour by 3 million taels ......."

Counting the total number of zeros, the emperor spends at least 10 million taels a year, and the twelfth year of Longzhi is not an accidental exception.

After the emperor first ascended the throne, he was also diligent in government, but within a few years, he felt that he should enjoy this prosperous era.

Duanmuxian has served in the household department for many years, and he knows best that the emperor has had new tricks almost every year in the past ten years, and the royal gardens have been newly repaired six times, and the annual longevity banquet, Qianqiu banquet and so on are also a lot of expenses.

Even if these scholars present are not good at arithmetic, they can calculate that the emperor spends a lot of money every year, and the smart people have vaguely guessed something, and their expressions are strange.

Only Duanmu Xian was left in the hall, and his unhurried voice echoed in the air, and the atmosphere gradually became calm.

When Duanmuxian methodically talked from the twelfth year of Longzhi to the fifteenth year of Longzhi, Mu Yan raised his hand and signaled Duanmuxian to silence.

He looked around at the ministers present and asked loudly: "Lord Duanmu, the imperial mausoleum, the garden, the southern tour, the longevity banquet, the Qianqiu banquet, etc., how much silver can be saved in a year?" ”

Duanmu Xian naturally calculated it, and immediately replied: "You can save at least 11 million taels a year." ”

Mu Yan asked again: "Liaozhou and Huizhou are tax-free and how old is it to enter the silver in a year?" ”

"Five million taels." Duanmuxian replied again.

Wen Chen, who was present, listened, and his expression became more subtle.

Mu Yan looked around at the others present again, slowly, with a bit of arrogance in his eyes, and asked, "You guys...... Any other comments? ”

In the hall, there was silence and silence.

The ministers looked at each other in twos and threes.

None of them are stupid, of course they can hear the meaning of Mu Yan's words, his meaning is very clear, obviously it is that it is the extravagance that will lead to the emptiness of the treasury in these years.

In fact, during the period of Emperor Xian and Emperor Chongming, the treasury was abundant, and when Emperor Chongming took over the throne, there were 60 million taels of silver in the treasury taken over by Emperor Chongming, and it was only after he ascended the throne that the finances deteriorated...... In the last six or seven years, the state treasury has been unable to make ends meet every year, and in the past few years, military salaries and disaster relief funds in various localities have been delayed again and again, and they have been owed again and again.

“……”

Silence spread throughout the hall, and the atmosphere became even more rigid.

No one agreed, no one objected, and all the ministers were as black as the bottom of a pot.

Mu Yan's words are not only satirizing Jinshang, but also satirizing them!

They had just alluded to Mu Yan's refusal to accept the advice and did not have the demeanor of a wise monarch, but now Mu Yan was clearly ironizing that they were not virtuous ministers, and reprimanded them for turning a blind eye to today's extravagance, but for chirping crookedly about those things that were beneficial to the people.

Duanmu Xian carelessly stroked his sleeves, but his heart was quite happy.

In previous years, he cried poverty with the emperor every year, wanting the emperor to spend less, but he didn't see these people jumping out to help him, and they were all afraid that they would offend the emperor if they talked too much.

After a moment of silence, Mu Yan threw out the astonishing words again: "Order the states that widows keep filial piety for their husbands from the decay to the decay of the rod period, and the imperial court shall not issue chastity arches again, and encourage widows to remarry in order to prolong the heirs." A widow who remarries can receive a 'dowry' from the imperial court, and the amount of the 'dowry' is determined by the household department. ”

Originally, those courtiers had stopped, and this decree made them blow up again.

Chopping decay is the heaviest mourning dress in the "five suits", which means that the wife keeps filial piety for her husband for three years, while the mourning period of the Qi decay rod period is shorter, only one year. There is a difference between men and women, since ancient times, the wife has been the period of the wife serving the husband and the husband serving the wive.

An old minister with a thin body and gray hair jumped out first, and vetoed sharply: "Regent, this is not appropriate! Both of these things need to be considered in the long term, not on the spur of the moment. ”

Except for Duanmu Xian, all the ministers present were tightly eyebrowed, and their faces were as heavy as water, and they felt that Mu Yan simply didn't know what to say.

Several ministers exchanged glances with each other, and they couldn't go on with Mu Yan so arbitrarily.

He has not yet ascended the throne as a child who has not yet ascended the throne, so he acts alone and ignores the opinions of his ministers, so won't there be no place for them to speak in the court in the future?

Since ancient times, the king is strong and the minister is weak, and the king is weak.

In the court, if they can't suppress Mu Yan now, it will only be more difficult in the future.

And......

A few old ministers were even more worried in their hearts, seeing that Mu Yan's style of acting was so rigid and self-serving, if he was not a little frustrated now, after he ascended the throne in the future, I am afraid that he would have to settle accounts with them, the old ministers of the Chongming Emperor period.

Mu Yan must be subdued this time!

The old minister went on impassionedly: "The matter of the widow's filial piety and remarriage for her husband must be considered again, and when a woman marries, she should regard her husband as the sky, serve her husband and fall for her husband, and submit to Qi for her biological father. Since ancient times, a woman's husband should be chaste from the beginning to the end. ”

"The lower official seconded the proposal." Another middle-aged minister immediately said, "There is a saying that starvation is a small matter, and a loss of festival is a big matter!" ”

These Wenchen criticized it indignantly, and the more they talked, the more they felt that they were reasonable, Mu Yan, a yellow-mouthed child, really wanted to play a play.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost paved, Liao Yushi was proud in his heart, stood out of the queue, and respectfully saluted Mu Yanzuo, and his words were as sharp as a sword:

"Please think twice before you act!"

"Over the years, there have been countless deaths and injuries among the soldiers at the front, and many widows today are the widows of soldiers who died in battle. Imagine that the soldiers went to the battlefield to shed their blood for the country, but the court was encouraging their wives to be unchaste and remarry others as soon as possible. ”

When Liao Yushi said this, the other ministers nodded frequently, feeling that what Liao Yushi said was very reasonable.

After all, the war in the north is still unsettled, and those in power must consider the military morale at the front, and at this critical time, nothing can shake the military morale.

Liao Yushi maintained a posture of arrogance, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and then he looked righteous and awe-inspiring.

The eyes of the other courtiers fell on Mu Yan, their eyes burning, waiting for him to be speechless, waiting for him to back down.

The hall fell silent again, and the needle drop could be heard.

Mu Yan, who was holding his cheek with his right fist, suddenly sneered, sat up, and pulled out a firearm from his waist, "snapped", and put it on the table next to him.

This sound was actually not particularly loud, but it was like a heavy hammer hitting everyone's hearts, where did a few powerless Wenchen encounter such a scene, and they almost didn't jump.

Although Mu Yan didn't aim at them with the fire gun, the intimidation represented by his action was beyond words.

The corners of Duanmu Xian's mouth twitched, making an unfathomable look, and he looked away and looked at the blue sky outside the hall.

As for the other courtiers, they were speechless, and they all seemed to be choked by the neck, and their faces turned blue.

Is this Mu Yan really the son of the gentle and elegant Emperor Chongming?!

It's brutal, it's violent, it's ruthless, it's killing!

Liao Yushi's face was the most ugly, and he said secretly: This robber and bandit is nothing more than that! Take out the fire gun at every turn like this, how can you talk about it! Will this Mu Yan ascend the throne in the future, and he will take out the fire gun to threaten the ministers at every turn, will he not want to be a tyrant? !

Mu Yan didn't seem to be aware of the strange atmosphere in the hall at all, and kept smiling, compared with the ugly faces of everyone present, he felt like a smiling fox.

Mu Yan looked at Liao Yushi and said, "Liao Yushi, you said that the soldiers would be dissatisfied because the widow remarried?" ”

Without waiting for Liao Yushi to answer, Mu Yan said again: "You are not a fish, and you know the joy of fish." How do you know that you are not a soldier? Liao Yushi, there are still a few adults, but you have to go to the army together and ask to see how the soldiers in this army will answer? ”

Mu Yan's eyes are bright, and the corners of his eyes are slightly raised when he squints at everyone, and when he smiles, his handsome eyebrows make it easy for people to have a good impression of him, and when he is arrogant, he also makes people hate him.

He just sat there with a smile on his lips, and without more movements, he made people feel a killing aura, like a peerless sword, as if a disagreement would make people splash blood on the spot.

No, not as if.

Mu Yan is not an ordinary person, he is a famous general who commanded thousands of troops to take Nanhuai before he reached the weak crown, and he came out of the sea of corpses and blood on the battlefield!

“……”

“……”

“……”

The hall was quieter, and the faces of the ministers were stranger and stiffer.

They all forgot that Mu Yan came back from the army, Mu Yan had fought, and Mu Yan had military power!!

Even if they went to ask the soldiers under Mu Yan's command, would those soldiers still go against Mu Yan's will?

Moreover, military generals in the army are always judged by their military merits.

Mu Yan has immortal military merits, and those military generals and rough people naturally obey him, that is, they go to the three major camps of the forbidden army to ask around, and those soldiers are afraid that they will also blindly obey Mu Yan's decree.

Mu Yan said with a smile: "Besides Liao Yushi, who else wants to go to the army to ask?" He touched his chin and said casually, "The North is a good place." ”

"......" The ministers were dumbfounded again, and their faces changed several times.

Even Duanmu Xian, who was watching from the wall, twitched the corners of his mouth, and was a little speechless: Cen Yin also sent people to the north without saying a word!

Thinking of Lin Yingtong, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Zishu, the former secretary of the Criminal Department, who died in the north, the ministers almost didn't vomit out an old blood.

Liao Yushi grinded his back molars and said secretly: No wonder Mu Yan and Cen Yin can form an alliance, they are all the same, unreasonable and unreasonable! It's just nonsense!

I can't live the rest of my life!

At this moment, Liao Yushi was afraid.

He doesn't want to embark on the road of no return for Lin Yingtong and Zhang Zishu, people die like lights going out, when they die, what ambitions and ideals do they talk about, and how can they leave their names in history!

The people in the hall seemed to have become dumb, looking at Liao Yushi with sympathy, Liao Yushi's forehead was already oozing a thin cold sweat, but Jiang Deshen was not here, and no one pleaded for him at all.

He could only bite the bullet and give in to himself: "The regent is right." You are not a fish, and you know the joy of fish. In the past few years, there have been wars, and the population of Dasheng has decreased sharply, and widows can remarry to prolong their children, which is beneficial to the country and the people. ”

Several other Wenchen seemed to be forced to take a bite of gluttony, their expressions became extremely strange, and they said secretly: This Liao Yushi looks upright, and he can really bend and stretch.

Mu Yan looked at Liao Yushi with a smile, didn't give him a chance to fool the past, and asked directly: "Liao Yushi doesn't want to go to the north?" His tone was as if going to the north was proposed by Liao Yushi himself.

Liao Yushi hated it so much, but the situation was stronger than people, so he could only bow his head and say: "The northern border is far away, and the lower officials think that there is no need to travel thousands of miles." ”

Mu Yan glanced at the ministers in the hall again, and said scoundrelly: "Since all the adults are unwilling to go to the army to ask, it must mean that you also agree with this king." In that case, it is up to the Cabinet to draft the charter, with a limit of three days. ”

"......" The ministers once again felt the aggrieved feeling of having a mouthful of blood blocking their hearts.

Duanmu Xian glanced at Liao Yushi with a foolish look, and replied, "Yes, Regent." ”

"If nothing else, let's all go."

The corners of Mu Yan's lips seemed to smile and drew a shallow arc, and he waved his hand lazily to send them away.

What the eldest brother said was that there was no need to reason with them, and there was no need to try to convince them, just let them know what they had to do and what they had to do.

As the old saying goes: the minister, the lead, the king.

These courtiers are not used to restrain themselves, but to do things for themselves!

After these seven or eight courtiers left the Wuying Palace, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and when they looked back at the hall, their expressions were indescribable.

"Lord Duanmu." An old minister couldn't help but lower his voice and said to Duanmu Xian, "You are the first assistant and the 'elder', so you should persuade the regent well." ”

The other courtiers also thought so, and echoed:

"Yes, Lord Duanmu. The regent is young and vigorous, and he is new to court politics, so as the first assistant, you should give a lot of advice. ”

"He is so bent on going his own way, it will only make the court disheartened......"

As they spoke, everyone suddenly fell silent, and they saw two young generals walking towards this side not far away, the former leading the way and the latter following.

The eyes of all the ministers fell on the body of the young general behind, and the young man who was not less than the weak crown was wearing a bronze helmet and iron armor, full of heroic spirit, and it was difficult to hide the color of the wind and dust.

Most of the people present knew the young general, and one of them said in a low voice: "This is the eldest prince of the Taijun Palace?" ”

Of course, Mu Jinfan also saw these people, and when he approached, he saluted Duanmu Xian, and then continued to walk towards the hall.

Everyone present looked at each other, and they all knew that Mu Jinfan had been sent to the north by Cen Yin's order before.

Looking at Mu Jinfan's dusty appearance, he knew that he should have just returned to Beijing, but since he came back, he didn't go back to Cen Yin, but came to Mu Yan, what does this mean?

In other words, Mu Jinfan has already taken refuge in Mu Yan?

Mu Jinfan has served in the Five Cities Terracotta Division for many years, and has also been on an envoy to Puguo with Mu Yan, and considering Liang Sicheng's factors, it is not uncommon for Mu Jinfan to take refuge in Mu Yan.

Everyone looked at Duanmu Xian with inquiring eyes, but Duanmu Xian just didn't see it, and turned his head to look at Mu Jinfan's back.

Only Cen Yin and several cabinet elders knew about Mu Jinfan's escort of firearms to the north, and the other courtiers didn't know......

Duanmu Xian's eyes flashed slightly, he didn't want to say much to these thorns at all, stroked his sleeves, and left directly.

Mu Jinfan strode into the main hall of the Wuying Palace, and solemnly saluted Mu Yan with a fist: "Regent." ”

He looked at Mu Yan's eyes with a slight ripple, and then returned to normal, deep as a pool.

Since Mu Yan went to the south at the end of September last year, they have not seen each other for eight months, and in these short eight months, when they meet again, they have a feeling that things are wrong.

The other party not only changed from Feng Yan to Mu Yan, but also became the regent.

Mu Jinfan's mood was a little complicated.

"Sit down." Mu Yan smiled and motioned for Mu Jinfan to sit down.

Immediately, a young general moved a circle chair, and after Mu Jinfan thanked him, he sat down with kindness.

Mu Jinfan immediately replied to the errand of this trip: "The firearms were sent to Fuqingcheng in the north at the end of March, and King Jian set up a firecracker battalion, and after half a month of training, an elite firecracker was selected, and every shot was missed. ”

Mu Jinfan's eyes brightened the more he spoke, and he took out an envelope sealed with fire paint from his arms and presented it, "This is the northern military report that King Jian asked the last general to bring back to Beijing." ”

The newly added Fire Gun Battalion plus the original Fire Gun Battalion, these two forwards are like the two sharpest famous swords in the Northern Army, invincible, cutting through all obstacles for the Northern Army, but they have recovered three cities in a row in a month.

Mu Yan finished reading the military newspaper in his hand in two by two, and also raised his lips slightly, and slowly folded the military report back, and said casually: "Jinfan, your grandfather is about to leave Beijing, you can go and see him in a while." ”

"......" Mu Jinfan's face changed slightly, and his expression was slightly condensed.

Although he had just returned to Beijing, he had already heard the news of Liang Sicheng's presence in Beijing on the road, and the news that Liang Sicheng escorted Li Xining into Beijing had already spread throughout Dasheng.

Until now, Mu Jinfan's feelings for this grandfather are still too complicated to express in words.

At the beginning, Liang Sicheng opened the city gate to surrender to the enemy for the lives of the people of Changxu City and Anjie City, as well as the remaining soldiers, and killed more than 100,000 people, but at the same time, he was trapped in the life and death of his family, which harmed his mother and concubine......

He had asked himself many times whether what his grandfather did was right or wrong, and he had also asked Mu Yan's opinion personally, and Mu Yan's answer at that time was still clearly engraved in his heart-

"Yu family, he was wrong, he was in disregard of the life and death of his family, and he achieved his own guilt; To the people, he was right, and tens of thousands of lives were saved. ”

"In the country, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong. Anjie City was not lost to him, and the 30,000 people in Anjie City fell into the hands of the enemy, and it had nothing to do with him, as for Changxu City, even if General Liang could hold the city for another half a month, I am afraid that he would not be able to wait for any reinforcements and grain and grass. ”

The past is still vivid, and more than three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Although he didn't think that what his grandfather had done was wrong, but the death of his mother was like a fish in his throat for him, and between him and his grandfather, he still couldn't treat it as if nothing had happened.

Mu Jinfan subconsciously clenched his fists, his body tensed, and he heard Mu Yan's voice sound again: "Jinfan, how did Ling Tang die?" ”

Mu Jinfan's eyes widened slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at Mu Yan.

"Your grandfather said that Ling Tang's death might be suspicious." Mu Yan said bluntly.

Mu Jinfan's fists clenched tighter, his pupils shrank, and his voice was a little difficult: "I also thought the death of my mother was suspicious back then......"

Moreover, he also checked quietly, but there was no result, and he didn't expect his grandfather to have the same opinion as him.

Mu Yan said again: "You tell me what happened that day. ”

Mu Jinfan took two deep breaths, his mind calmed down a little, and he recalled the incident of three years ago, and a thick sadness overflowed from his eyes.

"Back then, when the news of my grandfather's defection to the enemy reached the palace, my mother almost fainted, and my father also called the imperial doctor for my mother, and the imperial doctor said that the concubine was depressed and prescribed a few medicines."

"After the mother took the medicine, her body still did not improve, and she lay on the couch for two days, but she became more sick, and on the second night after the news came, the hanging beam hanged herself......

His voice became even more hoarse, "I have quietly checked the prescription and residue of the concubine, and there is no problem." ”

The hall was quiet for a moment, and the sound of birdsong and birds flapping their wings was faintly heard outside, which made the hall even quieter.

"Jinfan, do you think Ling Tang will hang himself?" Mu Yan asked.

"No, it won't." Mu Jinfan said without hesitation, stood up from the chair, bowed his head to Mu Yan, and said solemnly, "Please regent thoroughly investigate the death of his mother!" ”

Mu Jinfan didn't mention the king of Taijun in half a word, but whether it was him or Mu Yan, they all knew that the king of Taijun was the biggest suspect.

Mu Yan didn't ask anything else, and changed his words: "Jinfan, you just came back, go back and rest for a few days, I'll give you three days off." After the leave, let's go to Jin Wuwei on an errand. ”

The Jin Wuwei belonged to the Upper Twelve Guards, independent of the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies, and was controlled by the Emperor himself.

Mu Yan arranged Mu Jinfan to Jin Wuwei, naturally to reuse him.