Chapter 322: Who's Confident?
Yang Chen's words made the ministers in the hall silent for a while, and they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, in the final analysis, it was the sentence that the official was crushed to death, and the county official was not as good as the current management, which played a role.
Most of the ministers who stand up for controversy now are the heads of various ministries with low official positions and the envoys who are not in high official positions, and these people are not high-ranking officials, but they have a loud voice, and it is often these people who quarrel every time they have a court meeting.
The real boss will not express his stance lightly, unless it is a last resort, he will generally remain silent, because what they want to say will naturally be said by their protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials, and what they want to fight for is naturally fought for by these people, they open their mouths, which means that they have torn the last layer of their face, unless they want to fight with others, otherwise they will never be so reckless.
And these sprints in front of the officials, in the matter may be awe-inspiring and fearless of the imperial power, but they all have one thing in common, they are afraid of the Ministry of Officials, especially Yang Chen, the head of the Ministry of Officials, almost in control of their fate.
With just such a sentence, all the controversy was suppressed, and Yang Chen looked a little proud, although he could only be regarded as a marionette in charge, and it was not his turn to decide on the question of whether the official should stay or not, but as long as the official was still on his body, his authority was still reflected.
Seeing this, Jiajing was already furious in his heart, but at this time, he couldn't get angry, so he had to shift his gaze to Xu Qian, the meaning is self-evident, brother, you get out of the horse quickly, if you don't get out of the horse, I can only stop fighting.
Xu Qian felt Jiajing's gaze, and knew that it would be impossible not to stand up and add fuel to the fire at this time.
He groaned for a moment. Only then did he stand up and say: "Lord Yang's words, the lower officials don't understand. β
This opening remark is very commonplace, there is no novelty at all, and Xu Qian's coming out to speak has long been expected by Yang Chen and others, Yang Chen glanced at Mao Ji, Mao Jichao nodded secretly, the meaning is naturally understood, this is to encourage Yang Chen and Xu Qian to fight in the ring.
Yang Chen's spirit was shocked, and he immediately said: "There is something Xu Bian doesn't understand. Please advise me as well. β
The tone and words of the conversation between the two sides are quite harmonious, as if they are talking to old friends.
Xu Qian said politely: "My lord just said that the Japanese are just a problem of scabies, and they are not enough to worry about, and the court is just making a big move, and the gains outweigh the losses." Someone has ulterior motives, right? β
Yang Chen nodded and said solemnly: "That's right." β
Xu Qian sneered: "Then who has ulterior motives, adults might as well speak up." β
Yang Chen said: "But anyone who supports Pingwei has ulterior motives. β
Xu Qian pressed step by step: "Good person, but anyone who supports the peace of the widows, then the lower officials dare to ask, what if it is the person who advocates the peace of the people?" Do those who advocate peace also have ulterior motives? β
Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, and said sharply, "What do you mean by this?" β
Xu Qian said with a full sense of anger: "It is the son of today who advocates peace, and Lord Yang just wants to say that the Son of Heaven has ulterior motives." The lower official dares to ask your lord, your majesty has no intentions, please give me! β
Yang Chen was furious, and Xu Qian was clearly playing word games with him. Without hesitation, he said: "Strong words! β
Although he could refute the emperor in person, there was another thing to scold the emperor in person, that is, Yang Chen, and he would never dare to admit it.
Xu Qian smiled. Said: "Lord Yang said strong words, so to speak. But is it because the adults just said that someone has ulterior motives? Speaking of which, this is indeed a strong word, several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have suffered from the suffering of the Japanese, and now the Son of Heaven wants to calm the Japanese, and people with lofty ideals are all strongly in favor, but now some people are talking about ulterior motives, what is this not a strong word? Dare to ask where is your hometown and what is your hometown? β
Yang Chen was speechless for a while, and sneered: "What do you want to say?" β
Arguing with others, the big taboo is to be led by the nose, Xu Qian knows this well, the words turned sharp, sighed and said: "Since the adults don't say it, then it doesn't hurt for the lower officials to say it, the lower officials are the population of Qiantang in Zhejiang, Zhejiang is Dayi, although the Japanese are rampant, but there is no large-scale Japanese attack, it is quite stable, but the lower officials are in Qiantang, and they have heard a lot about the atrocities of the Japanese invaders, they are based on the outer islands, and they land in various places along the coast every three or five times, burning and looting wherever they pass, have you heard of how the Japanese kill people?" β
Yang Chen was speechless, he naturally didn't know, and he didn't really want to know.
Xu Qian insisted that he know, Xu Qian said: "Xia Guan heard that these Japanese people burned and killed along the way, and where they passed, the men were gathered in one place, and all of them were executed, and the women were tied up and taken out of the country, as slaves and maids, and committed adultery day and night, and the three-year-old child also refused to let go. Only half of this year has passed, and there have been more than 70 times of raids on the Japanese in Zhejiang and Fujian, killing and plundering more than 4,000 people, and plundering countless money. β
Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Isn't it that you said it yourself?" The old man has a Fujian Kedao envoy here, you can also take a look at it yourself, he himself claims that there are no more than hundreds, as few as dozens, but dozens of people, but dozens of people, what is it if it is not scabies? β
Xu Qian said: "Since there are only dozens of people, why can't the government stop its atrocities, but instead let them come empty-handed, kill and plunder everywhere, and return with a full load?" Doesn't this mean that the health centers in various places have been rotted to the point of outrageousness? If the imperial court does not carry out a purge, when will it wait? It is precisely because of this that the Son of Heaven issued a decree that if he wants to govern the Japanese first, he must first govern the army, and it is a top priority to purge the officials and troops of the provincial guard posts! β
Yang Chen smiled coldly and said, "Isn't it all you who said it yourself?" You say black is black, say white is white, all depend on your words, according to the old man's opinion, since you say that the Japanese are so strict, of course the court can not be trusted, the old man has a way, you can point to dozens of patrols to go to the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the Japanese troubles, and wait for the inspectors to patrol the Quartet, grasp the danger of the Japanese people, and then ask the court to decide, how? β
This is said beautifully, I think Yang Chen and Mao Ji have discussed it in advance, if the other party is aggressive, then delay, wait until the inspectors go to the provinces, look around, a year has almost passed, even if the inspectors investigate out, everyone can still continue to dispute, so repeated disputes and repeated investigations, in the blink of an eye, a few years can pass, by that time, things have long been wrong, and there is no matter how uneven it is for the people who are in power now.
Xu Qian said: "In this way, the princes still don't believe in the danger of the woes, right? β
Yang Chen said solemnly: "Naturally, I can't listen to your words. β
Xu Qian asked rhetorically: "Then who has to say it?" β
Yang Chen said: "Naturally, I want to send a patrol to press it, and I will talk about it after inspecting the Quartet." β
Xu Qian said: "Xiaguan has lived in Zhejiang for a long time, is his words credible?" β
Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, Xu Qian's mentor is naturally Xie Qian, Xie Qian is a world-famous virtuous minister, although he has been a good man for a long time, but the influence is not small, as Yang Chen's identity naturally does not dare to say that Xie Qian's words are not credible, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "Xie Gong's words naturally dare not believe it, but he has lived in Hangzhou for a long time, it is inevitable that he will be a little biased." β
Xu Qian sneered at him: "What about the one hundred and four officials in Nanjing, their words are also biased? β
Yang Chen was stunned and said, "What do you mean by this?" β
Xu Qian said: "Not only that, but also the Zhejiang gentry, etc., more than 3,000 people, there are businessmen, monks and nuns, and countless scholars, are these people all biased?" Xiaguan here, I have recently got a grievance, please take a look! β
Xu Qian took out a newspaper from his sleeve and said: "This is Jiangnan officials, gentry, monks and laymen, etc., after hearing that the Son of Heaven wants to pacify the Japanese, they are all overjoyed, and they say that the Son of Heaven is Shengming, they have signed the name in Hangzhou and Nanjing, and the Ming Pao is hereby published, presumably in a few days, these names will be Chen Shangjingshi, if you are willing to spend some time, just look at the chapter in this Ming Bao, which is written by the Xiaguan Grace Master, and also by the Nanjing officials. And there is a trend of intensification, if the court is indifferent, sit idly by, then Jiangnan will be chaotic, Jiangnan is a heavy place for money and grain taxation, once there is a change, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the world. When you look at the pirates, you think that they are just a group of pirates and bandits, invading all places, but have you ever thought that these pirates landed on the shore as if they entered a no-man's land, killing people and goods, and getting a lot of money, in the long run, it will definitely attract more pirates at sea to covet and join one after another, today it is dozens and hundreds of pirates, tomorrow it is hundreds of thousands, and the day after tomorrow it is thousands, and furthermore, they attack all sides, so that the provinces south of the Yangtze River dare not produce lightly, and the people along the coast are panicked, and there are countless people who move their families, so that the fertile fields along the coast are all barren, A large number of people have flowed into the hinterland, and countless displaced people have nothing to do, and they have no fixed money and food to live, and in the end they will inevitably be coerced by the Japanese and become pirates. β
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Alas, it's been tiring to write the plot these days, but let's stick to it, that ...... If you have a ticket, you can support the tiger, please support it, the tiger also needs encouragement!