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Chapter 444 Soldiers, Money, Mouth

In the past few days, Yang Reform has been summoning ministers to make the final sprint.

Liu Yanyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, has been living a good life recently. In his tenure as Minister of the Ministry of War, outside the customs, Liaodong won the battle and recruited the big pirate leader who attacked the city and land in the southeast. There have been no large-scale peasant rebellions. These achievements were all made during his tenure. Although they have little to do with him, as a participant, as Minister of the Ministry of War, there is no way to bypass him. Therefore, he He did it with the emperor with peace of mind, and enjoyed these honors and achievements with peace of mind. In his opinion, if he had some merits, such as completely eradicating the Eastern captives, then, with this credit, he would have to join the cabinet. Unknown, this was something he didn't dare to think about before.

Today, he was summoned by the emperor and came to see the emperor happily.

"I greet Your Majesty!" In the East Nuan Pavilion, Liu Yanyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, came in to salute.

"No, sit down." Yang Reformed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!" Liu Yanyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, carefully sat on the round stool, leaning forward slightly, as if listening.

"Liu Bingbu! This year's battle is almost over. Generally speaking, I, Ming, won. You did a good job and didn't disappoint me. You have done a great job!..." Yang Reformed.

"Your Majesty Quan Nai is a holy man. I am just assisting His Majesty. I dare not take credit for it!" Liu Yanyuan replied immediately. To be honest, he is not a minister of the Ministry of War, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs at all. It's just that the former minister of the Ministry of War was unlucky. Stepping down, he just picked up a bargain, but he thinks he is lucky, it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, someone understands, the emperor understands, Sun Chengzong understands, that's enough, he just needs to do what the emperor said, follow the emperor's strategy If you do it, you will know all about the wars in this world, you will be able to win, you will have credit, and that's enough.He thought that he was just a scholar before, and he knew nothing about war affairs, but he had a lot of dealings with the emperor and Sun Chengzong, and he also had some understanding of military affairs. Now, he can be regarded as a person who knows military affairs.

"Your credit, I keep it in my heart. The cabinet is discussing the merits of this year's northern war these days. You have tried your best to assist in order to settle the credit as soon as possible. I think the soldiers must be looking forward to getting what they deserve as soon as possible. In addition, in the first half of the year, I promised to make up for the things that I missed in the past years. In the first half of the year, I made up half of it. In the second half of the year, I am also ready. Send it to the soldiers, so that the soldiers in the world will be happy, have a good year, let me give you a message, let you have a letter of approval, and be ready." Yang Reform said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the soldiers will be delighted when they hear about it!" Liu Yanyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, blushed immediately, looking as if he was drunk. It was his turn to sell favors to the soldiers all over the world. Last time, he presided over such a good thing as sending 80 sets of cotton-padded clothes to the Beijing camp of the frontier army. It was reported to the mansion, and it was blown out, as if the cotton-padded clothes were sent by him. It really made Liu Yanyuan feel overwhelmed Much-anticipated addiction, now Liu Yanyuan's name is well-known all over the world, and his popularity among soldiers is quite high. In the eyes of soldiers, he also has weight and status. Much happier and more nourishing than his previous ministers of the Ministry of War.

"Has the Ministry of War Liu thought about it, next year's war? This year, I won a small victory in the Ming Dynasty. Donglu did not hurt his muscles and bones. Donglu must not be reconciled and will definitely come again. What countermeasures can the Ministry of War have?" Yang Reform asked with a smile. Dao, this minister of the Ministry of War doesn't understand soldiers. Yang Reform is very clear about this. However, one thing is good. He is on his side, which is enough. It is really inconvenient to mobilize troops and soldiers without his help. .

"Returning to Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has also followed His Majesty's example by making a sand table and doing deduction. I feel that it is still the same as it was this year. Simultaneous actions on thousands of miles of fronts will make it difficult for the Donghu. The strategy is enough to consume the Eastern captives..." Although Liu Yanyuan doesn't understand military affairs, he has seen many emperors and Sun Chengzong deduce wars on the platform, and he also knows the emperor's countermeasures, so he has some ideas in his heart. He answered immediately.

"That's right! It seems that Liu Bingbu has put in a lot of hard work. Yes, as long as I, Daming, continue to be in this state of entanglement, so that Donglu can't give birth, it won't be long before Donglu will be exhausted and will not fight. It's broken." Yang Reform said with a smile.Yang Reform really wanted to train an army that would kill the Donglu in one go, and win the victory after a bloody battle with the wild boar skin. I still have more important things to do. I need to use my military power to do other things. Therefore, I must be cautious. It is wisest for me to maintain a small victory.It won't be too late to deal with the wild boar skin after solving the domestic group of people who are holding back their legs.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment!" Liu Yanyuan said in his heart: This is a strategy that you personally decided, Your Majesty. As an imperial party, I naturally follow your Majesty closely. Come up with some clever tricks to deal with Donglu, is that realistic?
"Eastern captives also have interested characters. Huang Taiji, chieftain of captives, fought against me this year and must have understood my intentions. Therefore, he will definitely use all means to undermine my strategy, so he has no choice but to do so." Yang Reformed. .

"Your Majesty is saying that Donglu will secretly sabotage?" Liu Yanyuan asked in surprise.

"Yes, Huang Taiji, the captive chieftain, is not a kind person. He will definitely not be captured without a fight. He will definitely use all means to undermine my strategy. The Ministry of War should pay more attention to this point, and don't ruin my plan for Dong Lu. In that case, we must clean up Dong Captives, it will be difficult, and the situation will take a turn for the worse." Yang Reformed.

"This... I obey the order, but this, I'm stupid... I really don't know how to guard against Donglu's tricks..." Liu Yanyuan really couldn't figure out what kind of damage Donglu could do, so he became afraid. It's an unfavorable situation, and he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, can do it to the end.

"I'm not a captive chieftain, so I don't know how many tricks there are. However, some of them can be guessed. For example, it is not difficult to guess the above tricks of summation and showing weakness..." Yang Reform said with a smile .

"Your Majesty understands that Donglu has indeed acted like this several times before. Now, after listening to His Majesty, I understand that this is just a trick of Donglu to delay the time. He is here to deceive me, Daming. In fact, Donglu has no intention of asking for peace at all..." Liu Yanyuan got the emperor's explanation, and suddenly realized.

"That's right, I'm inward, and some ministers can't understand the problem. They think that if Donglu asks for peace and shows weakness, everything will be fine, and the soldiers can be put into the treasury, and the horses are sent to Nanshan. In the end, they fell into Donglu's trick... ..., this is just one of them, and how many other means will be known only after Donglu uses them. So, how to guard against Donglu's tricks, Liu Bingbu must be mentally prepared, and anyone who has anything to do with Donglu Liu Bingbu must be vigilant at all times!" Yang Reform said.

"Your obedience, I understand that you must be more vigilant to prevent Donglu's treacherous plan from succeeding, and you will never stop until Donglu is destroyed." Liu Yanyuan said immediately.

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I talked to this Minister of the Ministry of War who doesn't understand soldiers.Next, it was the Minister of the Household Department.

Bi Ziyan stood in the East Nuan Pavilion, very uncomfortable.

"Sit down!" Yang Reform was processing the memorial, seeing that it was Bi Ziyan who was saluting, he asked Bi Ziyan to sit down again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!" Bi Ziyan sat down on the round stool.

"Can the Ministry of Households still spend this year?" Yang Reform asked first.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, thanks to His Majesty's ability to increase income, you can spend less, and there is still a little surplus!" Bi Ziyan said here, not proud, but blushing. If facing any previous emperor, he can settle the accounts of the old year. It is definitely a great achievement, and his ability is definitely worthy of praise, but now that he has such an emperor who can make money, his little credit is not enough in front of the emperor. In comparison, it is really inferior. Bi Ziyan was very uncomfortable facing the emperor. The emperor was kind to him for knowing him, but he couldn't share his worries for the emperor.

"How much is the surplus?" Yang Reform said while processing the memorial.

"Back to Your Majesty, there will be a surplus of five or sixty thousand taels of silver." After Bi Ziyan finished speaking, he buried his head.

"[-] to [-] taels? Well, it's too little! Didn't Jing Zeng think that it's not normal for a big empire like my Ming Dynasty to only have a surplus of tens of thousands of taels of silver every year? What can you do with ten thousand taels of silver?" Yang Reform asked the core question, the Ming Dynasty was a unified empire, but the tax revenue was frighteningly low, and the surplus of the treasury was also frightening.

"This... I am ashamed of Your Majesty. I failed to manage the household department well for Your Majesty. Please punish me!" Bi Ziyan said.

"...This is not your problem. It would be great to be able to balance this year's deficit....Hey...Jing Zeng thought about it, is there any way to change it? My Daming is always like this. There are only tens of thousands of taels in the treasury. Money, it will be very dangerous." Yang Reform wanted to compare how much money he had earned this year, but seeing that Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Households, was one of his own, it would not be a bad idea if he beat his own face too hard. Well, I didn't say those ugly words again.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I believe that it is necessary to add salt, reduce redundant soldiers, clear up the hidden land in the world, revive and restore the farmland, and at the local level, the development of people's livelihood is the element of official evaluation, and a group of officials who can develop people's livelihood should be promoted..." Bi Zi Yan began to express his own set of opinions.

Yang Reform listened carefully. He, the Secretary of the Household Department, is indeed talented and capable. What he said is also well-founded. He is a person who can think independently and solve problems. He is a rare talent. It is very different from many mediocre officials.

"That's right, I'm not mistaken, Jing Zeng has a great talent in this area!" Yang Reform praised, today he just wanted to give advice to his Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but unexpectedly, he pulled out such a freshman. Heaps of constructive answers.

"I'm really ashamed of my failure to share His Majesty's concerns. I dare not accept His Majesty's praise." Bi Ziyan said guiltily.

"Jing Zeng is thinking about how to change this situation, and it is already very rare. I am very satisfied. What Jing Zeng said can be compiled into a booklet. When I have time, I will take a closer look. If it is feasible, I will promulgate it for implementation! "Yang reformed.Listening to what Bi Ziyan said, many of these things are still useful. Although it is not as much as I thought, earning as much as 3000 to [-] million taels a year, but according to what Bi Ziyan said, it will increase by one million taels a year. There is still some income. If you don't compare yourself with yourself, this is already very remarkable in ancient times.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your approval. I will compile the booklet immediately when I go back!" Bi Ziyan heard the emperor asked him to compile these into a booklet and promulgate it for implementation. He felt that he was finally useful, and immediately raised his confidence several levels. The voice is also much louder.

"In fact, I also have some means to increase income. Hehe, the purpose is the same as that of Jing Zeng. My Ming Empire can only save tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. I don't want it to happen again. Jing Zeng can Let’s wait and see, let’s see what I’m doing, who’s the best, hehehe..." For Bi Ziyan, Yang Reform is very reassuring. In history, he has done a lot of practical things for Chongzhen, and he has made a lot of efforts. Feelings There is a natural intimacy with each other, and the dignity of speaking is no longer there.

"Your Majesty is a master at making money. I feel ashamed and dare not compare with Your Majesty..." Bi Ziyan heard that the emperor wanted to get money, but he had to compare himself with himself. He immediately became humble. It is incomparable, and I am also curious, what methods the emperor will use to get money.

"Hehehe, Jing Zeng shouldn't be too self-effacing, I believe in Jing Zeng's ability, and I like Jing Zeng!" Yang Reformed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Bi Ziyan said, the emperor seemed to have some kind of natural closeness to him, which surprised Bi Ziyan, and he cherished this relationship even more.

"By the way, the treasury of the tens of thousands of taels of households doesn't look good there. Thinking of my imposing Ming Dynasty, the national treasury is only tens of thousands of taels of silver. It's really shameful to say it. Like this, it will be closed in recent years. Let me add a little more, I will make up the 6 or 10 taels of silver into [-] taels, and give it to the officials in Beijing for their annual salary. Some officials in Beijing also live on their salaries, which is a little bit of my heart , In addition, this time, the ministers of the third grade and above are not allowed to participate in the seniority distribution..." Yang Reformed.

"The minister accepts the order!" Bi Ziyan immediately accepted the order without hesitation.

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After seeing Bi Ziyan, Yang Reform felt that his neck was sore, he stretched his arms, bounced his legs, took a rest, and Wang Chengen reported Fan Weicheng again.

"The humble minister Fan Weicheng kowtowed to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Fan Weicheng came in to salute.

"Get up!" Yang Reformed.Fan Weicheng just got up.

Yang Reform thought for a while, and then said: "Sit down." This Fanwei City is very important, although the official is a bit low, let's give it a seat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!" Fan Weicheng was rarely able to get the emperor to come here once. His rank was too low, and it was too difficult to see the emperor.

"The task I gave to the Qing family, the Qing family has completed it very well!" Yang Reform praised him at the beginning.

"Your Majesty's praise is high, and my ministers are terrified." Fan Weicheng immediately got up again, and stood bowed. To be honest, the machine for printing the mansion newspaper was given by the emperor, and the money for the mansion newspaper was also given by the emperor. Of course, now it depends on the entire Ming Dynasty He could not rely on the emperor's money, but without the emperor's tricks and the emperor's way to open the mansion newspaper, he would not be able to spread the mansion newspaper to the whole of Daming no matter what.

"It doesn't matter, the Qing family deserves my praise. The Qing family manages the mansion newspaper and the mouthpiece for me. I have seen the credit of the Qing family. I remember that the Qing family used to be a seventh rank, right? With Si Xugong, I gave the Qing family a first-rank official rank, and the Qing family reported the mansion to the entire Ming Dynasty. I will never forget this credit." Yang Reform gave him an official rank, and some people wanted to Some people need to be persuaded by reason, some people need to be moved with emotion, some people can share adversity, some people you have to let him see hope, and some people need to use power to tie him down. Fan Weicheng is undoubtedly a person who needs to use power to tie him up now.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." Zhuangchen immediately knelt down and kowtowed. It was not easy for him. He has been an official for more than ten years, and he is only a seventh rank. I think he was born as a Jinshi!It's been so many years, and finally passed the hurdle of seventh rank.

"Get up." Yang Reform smiled and watched, sure enough, the effect was good.

Fan Weicheng just got up and stood still.

"The Qing family managed the residence newspaper very successfully, but there are still some shortcomings." Yang Reformed.

"Please order, Your Majesty." Fan Weicheng bowed immediately and said, he is too young as a seventh-rank official, and he is really not enough to look good in front of the emperor.

"It's good for the Qing family to spread the Mansion Newsletter all over the world, but I hope that more people can read the Mansion Newspaper, hear the Mansion Newspaper, and learn about my Ming Dynasty's movements and my movements through the Mansion Newspaper. .” Yang reformed.

"Your Majesty, what should I do?" Fan Weicheng immediately asked. In his opinion, the emperor must have had a new idea, so he said that he has shortcomings and needs to be improved. Seventh-rank official, I finally got some feeling from training, knowing what to say and what to do.

"How much is the current residence newspaper?" Yang Reform asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, five cents." Fan Weicheng said.

"In this way, you will reduce the price quoted by the mansion by half, and issue it in the form of two to three Wen." Yang Reformed.

"Two articles? Your Majesty, I'm afraid this price will lead to a loss!" Fan Weicheng was taken aback. The Mansion Newspaper was already making a meager profit, and it was only able to continue to operate because of its huge quantity, and it was able to pay those "writers" manuscript fees. If it falls any further, it will lose money, and Dibao will not be able to continue.

"It's okay, you just do it, I just hope that more people can see and understand the newspaper. As for the loss, I will let Liulizhai and other merchants publish more advertisements in your newspaper to make up for your loss." If it is a deficit, after calculation, there should be a surplus." Yang Reformed.

"I obey the decree." Fan Weicheng promised, this mansion belongs to the emperor, so the emperor can do whatever he wants. The Liulizhai belongs to the emperor, but it's just passing the money from left hand to right hand.

"Hehe, you are my mouthpiece. Remember this. The mouthpiece speaks for me. The Qing family must keep this in mind! I am quite satisfied with Dibao's voice all the time. I hope that the Qing family will I understand the heavy burden on my body, hehe, work hard, so that I can take care of my side in the future." Yang Reform said with a smile.

"I obey the order!" Fan Weicheng immediately kowtowed to receive the order.

(End of this chapter)