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Chapter 179 Food shortage 4
"Your Majesty, please stay... Ye has something to ask me." The emperor was displeased and walked away. Naturally, the courtiers no longer had to stay in the direct room and dispersed one after another.But there was a person who didn't go far. He stood guard at the door of the straight room and called Wang An in a low voice.

"Hehehehe, Grand Scholar Ye, our family is doing things for Master Long Live. Master Long Live has already said what should be said, and I won't say anything that shouldn't be said even if I have a hundred courages. However, Master Long Live still cares about Master Ye. It's very important that as long as you stick to your duties and don't do those unscrupulous things, you don't have to worry about provoking God's wrath.

Shen Ge is old and obviously unable to deal with major issues.From our family's perspective, only Ye Dajun, the oldest scholar in the cabinet, is the one who best understands Long Live Lord's wishes. He has a promising future. "

Looking at the somewhat uneasy Ye Xianggao, Wang An couldn't help but align the image of Long Live Lord with the greatness in his heart. He was crowned a prince at the age of 19 and ascended the throne at the age of 21. I am afraid he has not read as many books as me, but he must be a genius to be able to compete with these old and cunning ministers.

Four years have passed in the blink of an eye. The young emperor's methods have become more and more sophisticated, and he has already surpassed the level of the late emperor. He began to turn from defense to offense, and step by step led the disobedient ministers into the big pit dug in advance.

If nothing unexpected happens, the emperor will win comprehensively this time.Not only can he find enough excuses to clean up the fetters in the court, but he can also use the minister's property to help the victims, 100% killing two birds with one stone.

After a period of time, it was difficult for any force in the court to compete head-on with the emperor.Join forces?Of course, but before they get used to each other well, the emperor will take the initiative again. By then, there is no telling how many familiar faces will still be in the court.

The emperor told himself when he first ascended the throne that he could manage such a large country and lacked nothing but time.In as little as ten years or as long as 20 years, the empire will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Only four years have passed, and the emperor has shifted from passive defense to active offense. If this continues, it may not take more than ten years to see results.I really can't imagine what it will be like in the court by then.It is possible, probably that he will be like Emperor Taizu back then, who kept his word!

Oh, no, there are still familiar faces, such as some bachelors in the cabinet, including Ye Xianggao.Although they may know what some officials are doing secretly, they are not directly involved and are not within the scope of the attack.

The emperor said that a qualified official is one who does not take the initiative to do things that harm the country. If one can resist various temptations and always stick to one's heart, one is a 100% good official.This kind of official is a rare talent in the Ming Dynasty, so he must not only retain it but also reuse it!
Wang An left, and Ye Xianggao still stood at the door of the straight room in a daze.There is too much information. What do you mean by sticking to your duty and not having to worry about God’s wrath?What does it mean that Shen Ge is unable to do what he wants and has a bright future?Could it be that the emperor wanted to go on a killing spree to vent his personal anger?
If that's the case, replacing Shen Li as the chief minister of the cabinet would not only be a bad thing, it would also cause trouble.By then, there will be a lot of curses from both the government and the public, and if the emperor cannot bear the burden, he will have to fall on his shoulders.

This kind of job is not something that a once-in-a-million-year-old political genius should accept. At best, he will step down in disgrace because he is not popular inside and outside. At worst, he will be cast aside by thousands of people and lose his reputation, bringing disaster to the entire clan.Anyway, no matter what you do, you will be a punching bag and scapegoat, and there is no benefit at all.

But now it's too late to understand, mainly because I can't avoid it.The emperor had just asked the six ministries and nine ministers and the cabinet's bachelors to supervise the implementation of the new law in various states. He turned around and took leave, which was tantamount to showing a confrontational attitude.

"Either you are crazy, or Ye is crazy..." After thinking about it, it seems that there is no perfect solution. It is too late to even change the family at this time. The only way to become the winner is to continue to stand in the emperor's camp.Then take a gamble, politicians are all gamblers and they can place bets anytime and anywhere.But gamblers can quit, but politicians have to keep gambling and can never get away completely.If you win a hundred times, you lose everything if you lose once.

At the end of July in the fourth year of Jingyang, food prices in various places had risen for nearly a month, even affecting the capital.Just when the whole country was panicking, a strange fleet appeared without warning near Daishan Island outside Hangzhou Bay.

At the head was a Spanish ship, with three masts towering into the clouds, and black sails stacked on top of each other like dark clouds.But there is still a touch of red floating above the dark clouds, the sun and the moon shine together, the flag of the Ming Dynasty!
Since the flag of the Ming Dynasty is flying, the identity of this ship should belong to the Ming Dynasty court, no matter how weird it looks.However, the ships following the strange ship made the Dinghaiwei soldiers a little confused. Four ships were hung with blue and white Spanish ships with shield patterns.

This time it was really a Western ship, and I recognized the flag, which belonged to the Folangji people, but I didn’t quite understand where they came from, where they were going, and what they were doing following a ship flying the Ming flag!
What's even more puzzling is what's behind, as seven more sailboats come into view one after another.They are smaller in size and have sails of different shapes. Some are hung with flags, and some are not hung with anything.

Regardless of whether they knew each other or not, Dinghaiwei had to send a ship to contact them and tell them that this place was not a treaty port. If they wanted to pay tribute, they had to go through the formalities and go ashore at Guangzhou Port.At the same time, Qianhu of the guard station was also smart and sent fast horses and fast boats to warn the nearby Jinshan Guard, Haining Guard and Guanhai Guard to prevent unexpected events.

There are definitely no accidents, but there are a lot of troubles.When the leading black-sailed ship showed off the security of the Tianjin Wei Shipbuilding Affairs Office, which was specially appointed to suppress bandits and smuggling at sea, Qianhu Dinghaiwei was dumbfounded again.

This Yamen has heard that since the beginning of the year, two-masted sailing ships belonging to the Bandit Suppression Admiral Yamen have often entered and left Hangzhou Bay. The guards have no right to stop them, let alone board the ships for inspection. They can only watch them.

But today, not only the bandit-suppressing admiral's yamen came, but also Franji and a large number of Southeast Asian and Western ships. Whether he should be allowed to enter Hangzhou Bay or not was not the decision of his small family.

"Take my official seal to inform the Hangzhou prefect and the Hangzhou admiral of weaving, saying that the grain purchased by your majesty has arrived. Go and come back quickly. If you go wrong, you and the prefect will have to move their heads!"

Fortunately, the Prime Minister of the Bandit Suppression Admiral Yamen is a good talker. The dignified fourth-grade official did not get angry or curse when being blocked by thousands of households, and he explained the purpose of the fleet's visit very happily.

"Rong Beizhi, I want to ask, except for the Prime Minister's ship, all the other ships are loaded with grain?" As soon as he heard about the grain, Qianhu's eyes immediately widened, and he had to ask for details at the risk of being scolded.

(End of this chapter)