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Chapter 460 Noose
This morning, the emperor did something absurd. The emperor said "crazy things" with wine, and the ministers also did something absurd. They shouldn't be drinking in the morning, so that the emperor said "crazy things".

When the first assistant Shi Fenglai heard the emperor's question, he thought for a while, then immediately shook his head and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, if the guards of the world are also included in this national policy, I think that if each guard is calculated at 100 taels of silver, it will be 9 to 65 taels." The silver, which is 80 taels, is no more than [-] million taels of silver. I can assure you that if this policy is implemented smoothly, our dynasty will be prosperous and the people will be safe, the world will be peaceful, the people will be rich, and the warehouse will be abundant. The rare prosperous age can catch up with the Han and Tang Dynasties..." Shi Fenglai also drank a few sips of wine, and saw the emperor talking crazy words through the wine, so he followed the emperor's crazy words, pretending to understand in confusion, and always The pride in my heart was uttered, it is rare to drink in the morning today, if I don't use the strength of wine to express my heart at this time, there will be no chance in the future.

The ministers blushed one by one, watching the emperor go "drinking madness", the emperor finished the drinking madness, the chief minister continued to go "drinking mad", staring blankly, this wine is really a "good thing", it really is untouchable s things.

"Come, come, come, for the prosperity of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the prosperity of the warehouse, for my Ming Dynasty, and for the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, let's have a toast..." Yang Reform took the conversation, borrowing the strength of wine, He shouted loudly, and after finishing speaking, he poured himself a glass of wine and held it up.

The officials were even more embarrassed. It's over, this time it's over, many of them are going to speak out about the emperor's disrespect, but some look at the cup in their hand and breathe alcohol-like breath, how can this be? Open your mouth; some are not drinking and are about to speak out, but they looked at the surrounding ministers, all of them were holding cups, and wanted to speak out, but they couldn't say it. This statement is just "crowd ridicule", the emperor The ministers stomped their feet without holding back; some simply called it absurd.

Seeing that the emperor invited him to drink, the first assistant immediately poured the wine with the strength of the wine, raised the wine glass, and said loudly: "For the prosperity of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the richness of the warehouse, for the sake of your majesty, and for the sake of surpassing the Han Dynasty!" Tang, Your Majesty, do..."

The emperor has already raised his wine glass and called out to cheers, for the peace of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the richness of the warehouse, and for far surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties. Among the courtiers, the chief assistant of the imperial party has already raised the bar , but also for the prosperity of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the richness of the warehouse, and to far surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties.The imperial party can't sit still. At this time, as an imperial party member, you have to stand up and support the emperor. No matter how absurd the emperor is, you have to stand up. Otherwise, if the emperor cannot step down, the imperial party may not Good times passed.

"...For the prosperity of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the richness of the warehouse, for the far surpassing Han and Tang Dynasties, for the Ming Dynasty, for your majesty, and respect for your majesty, do..." The one who took over the conversation was actually a dog who was silent in the court hall. Sun Chengzong, this Sun Chengzong has always been silent in the court, he is a scholar who specializes in military affairs, and he usually never speaks much except for military matters. Now, he took the wine glass with pride and poured it full One cup, they raised the cup together.

In the court hall, there were already two great scholars toasting, and Sun Chengzong's murderous Jin Ge Tieyu made this "drunken wine talk" more generous and heroic.

The ministers above the court were even more shocked and stared blankly.

"For the prosperity of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the richness of the warehouse, for the far surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties, for my great Ming, for your majesty, and the ministers also toast your majesty, do it..." Hubu Shangshu didn't like the emperor's drunken talk , I was a little disgusted with the emperor's "pretending to be crazy and acting stupid", but Sun Chengzong's tone of pride with golden irons and iron words aroused a sympathy. Although these words were "drinking words", wasn't that exactly what I wanted?Isn't Shoufu's current national policy heading towards this goal?If this national policy is implemented properly, the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties may not appear. The buried ideals, agitated ambitions, and indescribable heroism in the heart will also overflow, holding up the wine glass and shouting loudly.

Listening to Sun Chengzong's fierce and impassioned words, and listening to Bi Ziyan's heartfelt cry, some of the ministers also resonated in their hearts. Although party struggle is indeed important, once the long-buried heart When the ideal is stirring in the chest again, any party struggle can no longer be considered.

"For the prosperity of the country and the people's prosperity, for the wealth of the people, for the richness of the warehouse, for the far surpassing Han and Tang Dynasties, for my Great Ming, for your majesty, and the ministers also toast your majesty, do it..." Liu Yanyuan, Minister of the Ministry of war, raised his glass without hesitation. How can the party perform its "official duties" without his share?
"For the prosperity of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the richness of the warehouse, for the far surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties, for my Ming Dynasty, for your majesty, and the ministers also toast your majesty, do it..." Another official also poured himself a full glass of wine, Then he raised the wine glass, and with the strength of the wine, shouted toast, the long-buried ideal in his heart, the passion of his youth, in this special environment, through the wine, overflowed and overwhelmed Benefit……

"For the prosperity of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people, for the richness of the warehouse, for the far surpassing Han and Tang Dynasties, for my great Ming, for your majesty, and the ministers also toast to your majesty, do it..." More officials also expressed their generosity and lofty ambitions. The scene aroused the long-buried passion in the heart, put aside the party struggle, and shouted and echoed.

More officials also shouted, followed by more and more officials also shouted...

"For the safety of the country and the people, for the prosperity of the people..."

"For the safety of the country and the people..."

Some officials were originally very reluctant, but they were too excited by this scene. If they didn't drink at this time, wouldn't it appear that they didn't fit in?I had to pick up the wine glass and shouted.

Yang Reform's red face was full of self-confidence and pride. He didn't expect that this would turn out like this. It really exceeded his expectations.Seeing the ministers shouting slogans, they stood up excitedly and shouted: "For the safety of the country and the people..."

The officials also followed the emperor and made peace.

"...Prosperity for the people..." Yang Reform took the lead and shouted.

"...for the richness of the storehouse..." In the hall, this voice had already gathered a force, soaring straight into the sky.

"...for far surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties...doing..."

"...For me Da Ming..."

"...For Your Majesty..."

"...do it..." The ministers shouted in response, the shocking voice that soared into the sky, and the lofty ambition of Lingyun, kept stirring over the sky of this ancient, decaying, and exhausted empire.

Yang Reform raised his head and drank the whole glass of wine in one go.

After finishing drinking, Yang Reform looked at the ministers below, all of them had already drank, and poured the wine glass upside down like himself, to show that they had drunk.

After the passionate passion passed, the mood of the ministers began to decline. Thinking of their dream-like actions just now, some ministers felt incredible, some began to regret, and some were full of fighting spirit and confidence.

"Everyone, I believe that as long as the monarchs and ministers are of the same mind, there is nothing impossible in the world. This national policy silver is 80 taels, and I will give it..." Yang Reform took advantage of the wine, and promised the 80 taels proudly. silver.

"Your Majesty is wise..." All the ministers immediately followed up, calling the emperor wise.

"Gentlemen, what else do you want to play?" Yang Reform's eyes were red, the wine was really strong, and he was starting to get a little drunk.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have something to play." Liu Yanyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, took the lead. The emperor drank too much this time, so the matter of the second batch of 80 cotton-padded clothes is settled?That was a good job, remembering what the emperor said, he came out and said it immediately.

"What's the matter?" Yang Reform said drunkenly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to allocate another 80 sets of cotton-padded clothes. This year, the frontier army and the Beijing camp have obtained a set of cotton-padded clothes. Many are not frontier soldiers. The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp are very envious. I hope that your majesty will show mercy..." Liu Yanyuan was straightforward .

"This... yes, they are all my soldiers, so I will treat them equally..." Yang Reform was "drunk" and immediately agreed with the pride.

The ministers had not had time to exclaim.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have something to play." The Minister of the Household Department said immediately.

"What's the matter, just say it." Yang Reform was really slightly drunk, and said drunkenly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there will be a big battle outside the pass in the spring of next year, and it may last for a year. The Ministry of War reported that it would need three or four million taels of silver. This minister, the Ministry of Households, really, His Majesty sees the silver..." Bi Zi Yan Bantian didn't grab the chance, this time, he won't miss it again, and told the story first.

"I have a plan for this matter. Don't worry, my ancestors of the Ming Dynasty taught: no marriage, no compensation, no land, no tribute, the emperor guards the country, and deals with the eastern captives. I'm worried, I will arrange it." Yang Reform answered loudly through his drunkenness, and read out the ancestral precepts of the Ming Dynasty aloud, showing his iron bones, and many ministers couldn't help but nod their heads.

"Your Majesty is holy!" All the ministers saw the emperor generously handing over the money, and all the ministers also came out to say hello to the emperor, although this was expected.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the 500 million taels of salt that the salt merchants promised this year is actually less than a million taels. The rest has not yet been settled. There is still a shortfall of 400 million in the immigration funds from Mr. Xu Ge. Your Majesty, next year Immigrants are even more difficult, without immigration funds, this will cause big problems, most of the millions of immigrants are now on the front line from Kaifeng to Nanjing, if this matter is not handled properly, in case of a civil uprising..." Bi Ziyan finished talking about the war Silver, starting to talk about the salt merchant's salt class silver, which was taught by the emperor.

As soon as Bi Ziyan asked this question, the ministers felt a headache, that was 400 million taels of silver!It's still a salt class, could it be that the emperor paid for it again?That's terrible, just for these two items alone, it's as high as seventy-eight million taels of silver, and there are other seventy-seven eighty-eight expenses?Doesn't the emperor want to take tens of millions of taels of silver?The ministers' breathing became short of breath, their heads became dizzy, and they began to have headaches.

Yang Reform's complexion suddenly changed.

"This salt merchant is too untrustworthy. He promised me to pay in full this year. Why didn't he honor it?" Yang Reform asked pretendingly. This matter happened a long time ago this year. A few 10 taels, no matter what, to abolish the salt government on the grounds of benefiting the people of the world, this is the 500 million taels of salt class, but in fact, the salt merchants really cannot be relied on, they are a group of people who should be killed There was a spark in Yang Reform's eyes, some people deserved to die, they deserved to be killed.

The water in the salt class was too deep, and the ministers were reluctant to mention it too much. Some ministers, taking advantage of the alcohol, actually closed their eyes slightly and came to rest their minds.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that an imperial envoy should be sent to supervise the salt class..." A minister may have drunk that kind of strong wine, his face was flushed, and there were beads of sweat on his face. rare.

Yang Reform secretly scolded, this trick again, isn't there anything new?Whatever happens, anything needs to be done, in a word, send imperial envoys, as if imperial envoys are omnipotent.

"I believe that all of you are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and you will be anxious about my Ming's needs, and think about what my Ming wants. For the sake of Daming, even if you want to kill yourself to become a benevolent, I believe that you will not care, but how do I feel that this salt merchant, Always pulling my hind legs, pulling my Daming's hind legs? Why does this heart not seem to be on my side? At this juncture, do everything you can to ruin me and my Daming. Next year, the 400 million taels What about the shortage of immigration funds? In the spring of next year, there will be a big battle outside the customs, and it is necessary to prepare three or four million taels of silver. What should we do? Could it be that the battle will not be fought next year? The situation outside the customs is not easy to be beneficial to my Ming Dynasty. If I miss the opportunity at this time and continue to let Donglu sit on the throne, it will definitely become a disaster on my head. Could it be that these salt merchants want me to come to the "king dies the country" ', are they willing?" Yang Reform said sternly.

As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers were scared to death, "The king died in Sheji"?These words were too serious, and they all knelt down and said verbally: "I am guilty, I deserve to die... Please calm down, Your Majesty."

"My anger, how can I calm down! At the beginning, when I wanted to abolish the Yan government, you refused, but now, at this critical point, what do you tell me to do? I never paid attention to the little money in the salt class. There are not many of them, there are not many of them, and it will be cleaner if it is abolished, and it will also prevent some corrupt officials from using the salt administration for their own personal gain. I will take the blame for them and let go of the salt administration. It's more in line with my wishes... I don't want to count on them if they were abolished a long time ago, and I have already prepared the 400 million taels of silver, and I won't make mistakes at this juncture..." Yang Reform was furious, Taking advantage of the already slightly intoxicated wine, he splashed without any scruples.

The courtiers were all anxious. The salt merchants really shouldn't mess with the emperor. The emperor, who didn't pay attention to the salt class at all, would claim to abolish the salt administration.In the past, salt merchants could bully the emperor by lowering the salt class unintentionally. The reason is that the emperor has no money and lives on the salt class. It's too deep, and it's impossible for the emperor to investigate deeply, let alone claim to abolish the salt government like this one, so why give too much?As long as you give a little at will, the emperor will not starve to death.

"Everyone, let's find a way! There will be a big war in the spring of next year, and what is needed is money, to run national policies, to provide disaster relief and immigration, to train new troops, to cast cannons, to distribute cotton clothes, to hire barbarian fleets, so you don't need money?" Yang Reform said angrily. yelled.

The ministers were ashamed and wanted to say something to the salt merchants, but they couldn't say anything. The difference between a few hundred thousand taels and 10 million taels was too great, and that was just a fraction!If it is tens of thousands of taels of silver, you can still move it, but it is 400 million taels...

"Your Majesty, how about sending important officials to urge the salt merchants to pay this year's owed lessons as soon as possible." The emperor cursed so hard that the minister had no choice but to say timidly.

"Do you want to send important officials? What is the censor who patrols the salt for? The officials are not big enough? What are the Yan government yamen for? Are they all important officials? Who else should be sent? According to what I mean, this The Yanzheng should be abolished, I don't care about those 10 taels of silver..." Yang Reform continued to curse loudly while drinking.

The ministers endured the emperor's scolding, but no one said anything. The emperor was not short of money, and he didn't care about the 10 taels of salt. Abolishing the salt policy would give him confidence. Therefore, he can yell at him here, minister We can only endure that the salt government is gone, and only those salt merchants are happy. They can earn more without being exploited by the salt government. The sufferers are those salt government officials and officials who rely on the salt government for profit. Without the hat, if the words are not right, and the words are not right, you will no longer be able to manage the salt business. The bureaucracy will suffer the most. As for the 10 taels of silver that the emperor lost, the emperor has already said, not give a damn about.

The ministers were scolded by the emperor as grandsons, but they had to come out to intercede with the emperor. If one is not good, the emperor really abolished the salt administration, and that would be bad.

"Report to Your Majesty, I believe that the abolition of the salt policy is not an appropriate policy. Although the payment of the salt tax is delayed, it cannot be wasted because of swallowing! The only way is to strictly supervise and speed up the collection!" An official waited for the emperor to scold him three times before coming out with his head down as a punching bag.

"How to supervise? How to urge payment?" Yang Reform asked sharply. What the minister said, to put it bluntly, was to continue to delay.

"This... Your Majesty also asks your Majesty to issue a decree to severely warn all patrolling salt censors and salt officials in various places, so that they must step up their efforts to pay the salt tax, and show affection and reason to the salt merchants, explaining that the imperial court is in urgent need of money. Let them judge the time and seize the power, and don't miss the important affairs of the court. I believe that the salt censors, salt government yamen, and salt merchants everywhere will understand, and they will be able to make up for the salt class... Please give me some more support from your majesty Days..." This official was also very angry with the salt merchants. They did not pay salt lessons, and the emperor took all his anger on them. If the emperor went "crazy" that day and dismissed the salt administration, wouldn't they be Want to drink northwest wind?Since the emperor forced us, then we just have to force you. Although the salt merchants are not easy to deal with, no one wants to die from a broken net.

"The Qing family has something else to say?" Yang Reform asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, please issue a decree and allow some more time..." The ministers lowered their heads, scolded the emperor badly, and replied in a low voice.

"Okay, since you all think so, then I will give it a little more time. In addition, I have issued an order that... the envoy is here." Yang Reform said dejectedly with a look of helplessness after scolding.

"The minister is here." The Tongzheng envoy of the Tongzheng Secretary immediately agreed.

"Severely reprimand the salt merchants in the mansion newspaper, explain to them the importance of paying the salt tax in time, let them judge the situation, hope they pay the salt tax as soon as possible, don't let me down, don't let the court down, let alone miss me , and missed the court's major event..." Yang Reform said "weakly".

"The minister receives the decree." The ambassador of the Secretary of General Administration agreed wonderingly. Hasn't this mansion newspaper been in the hands of the emperor all along?Why do you still ask yourself to reprimand through the mansion report, but after thinking about it, you are relieved, the mansion report is still under the management of his general secretary, and Fan Weicheng will not be able to go to court. Naturally, if you have something to say, you have to explain it to yourself, and you agreed immediately. .

Seeing that this matter came to an end, all the officials were relieved. This matter was really scolded by the emperor as a grandson. The emperor has money, so they are confident, and they dare not threaten the emperor with this matter. In fact, it is obviously not worthwhile to fight the emperor to the death, so he can only make concessions.

Yang Reform also heaved a sigh of relief. Regarding the salt merchants, he put the noose around their necks.

(End of this chapter)