my days with tyrants

Chapter 112 No money, what do you use to fight me?

six hours later.

At the foot of Mount Wutai, there was a turmoil of people, and tens of thousands of men, women, and children were angry...

They're hitting the divider.

"Everyone go back, everyone go back, it is strictly forbidden to cross the fence!"

In the chaos, Tongzhi Ying Tianfu, who still had gauze on his face, howled.

Then, because of the wound, he quickly covered his face in pain.

And on both sides of him are hundreds of yamen archers and even small officials, holding sticks to block the people trying to rush over, but the number of the latter is too large, and their defense line is crumbling. The reason for this chaos is very simple. Behind the belt, at the site of the Open Day event that is still being held, there are stacks of precious money...

All at face value.

No matter men, women, old or young, you can get consistent in the past.

Yiguanbao banknotes, this is a new banknote. At present, you can basically buy brown rice with more than two stones.

And the monthly salary of the seventh-rank official is seven and a half stones.

Who is not crazy?

A family of five used to get more than a seventh-rank official monthly salary.

"Get out of the way, why not let it go?"

"Throw this dog officer aside!"

……

The people swarming forward shouted anxiously.

Those yamen servants, archers, and small officials struggled to support, and the comrades with painful faces still covered their faces.

"You don't even have wages, what are you trying to do?"

Yang Feng sat on the grand teacher's chair, crossed his legs and held a teacup, and said to the yamen servants.

The latter's anger suddenly vented.

Then the defense line was overwhelmed in an instant, and even the yamen archers flocked to the open day scene, but the unlucky Tongzhi was caught off guard. He was still covering his face and gasped in pain. Knock down.He was so frightened that he hugged his head and curled up, he could see that he was experienced, then howled in horror in the crowd, and was rushed to the side, but fortunately there was a stinky ditch next to him, so he was saved from being trampled after rolling in .

But that image can be described as horrible.

"My surname is Yang, you stir up a civil uprising, you stir up trouble among the people, I want to sue you!"

He howled in the stinking ditch.

Yang Feng waved back leisurely.

Immediately afterwards, a group of foster girls under the age of eight rushed towards Tong Zhi with their special hand crossbows, and the latter quickly shut up in fright, even if it was for these goblins, it was also a crossbow, and it would be no problem to shoot people to death at close range .

more importantly……

Less than eight years old!
Killing is not illegal, and even treason cannot be killed!

Eight years old is a boundary.

Those under the age of eight will not be punished for any crimes. Those between the ages of eight and ten will not be punished except for a few serious crimes such as treason. Those between the ages of ten and 15 will indeed be punished for crimes, but they cannot be interrogated or tortured. They can only be based on circumstantial evidence. Conviction, and capital crimes must be strictly reviewed, starting at the age of 15 is fully in accordance with the standard of adulthood.

So this group of goblins don't have that diplomatic immunity, even if they don't have diplomatic immunity, it's okay to kill him now according to the law of the Ming Dynasty.

Then a goblin came up to him.

Because Tongzhi was still in the ditch, the two were almost face to face.

The little goblin suddenly took out a wad of treasure bills, and before he knew it, the wad of treasure bills hit him in the face, and he wanted to stand up angrily, but then the four crossbows hit him at the same time, he was so frightened Immediately dare not move.The little goblin looked at him and smiled innocently, but the wad of treasure money in his hand slapped the other side of his face again. Although his strength was very small, he yelped because of the wound there.

The little goblin didn't care, and continued to slap him in the face innocently with precious money.

Repeated pumping.

After the left side is drawn, the right side is drawn.

That arrogance is simply insane.

"What's this?
money!
What do you use to fight me if you have no money? "

Ambassador Yang held a teacup and said in a full-bodied manner.

Then he turned to the people.

"Folks, come back tomorrow, open for three days in a row, and there will be banknotes every day, and will open irregularly in the future, as long as you open, you will get banknotes!"

he shouted.

The people who were happily visiting with the treasures cheered, even the government servants, archers and even small officials were inside. Most of the small officials didn’t get paid. There are no local officials at all.

This is a consistent banknote. With one, the whole family will have no worries about food and clothing this month.

Who cares at this time.

"Look, this is the power of banknotes!"

Yang Feng said.

"Then you have to be supported by His Majesty. If His Majesty is not conniving, you can directly call in soldiers and horses. Whoever dares to forcefully break in will be killed as a riot. Let's see who dares to take your money?"

Zhang Xianzong said contemptuously.

"That's why I have the arrogant capital. I rely on the imperial power and hold banknotes. How can a few civil servants have the right to fight with me? Rules? This thing is only used to catch flies and mosquitoes, but it can't catch falcons, let alone falcons." Even chicks can break through, after all, they are still too naive, thinking that they have the right to do whatever they want if they master the rules, but in fact, they are rules when others follow the rules, and they are a joke when they don’t follow the rules.”

Yang Feng said.

"What do you want to say?"

Zhang Xianzong said doubtfully.

"It's okay, it's just a feeling."

Yang Feng said.

So these Confucian scholars headed by Liu Sanwu are still too naive.

In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang's support for them over the years has given them an illusion that they can already gain enough power by relying on rules.

Especially the imperial civil servants are gradually controlling the court...

Civil officials in the past were not born in the imperial examinations. After all, Li Shanchang, who started his career in Zhu Yuanzhang, certainly could not have been obtained in the imperial examinations. They were not even Confucian scholars.Although the imperial examination was held in the early years of Hongwu, it was soon suspended because Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that the Confucian scholars were talkative, and then it was not reopened until the 18th year of Hongwu, and this time it was the Confucian scholars who really poured into the court.Now this batch of imperial civil servants is already controlling the officialdom, the six ministries, local officials, and the secretariat of the Imperial Academy, basically except for a few chief officials, most of the rest are already imperial examination officials.

Mainly those killed by Zhu Yuanzhang before, most of them were not born in the imperial examination.

Either the petty officials were promoted, or they were expropriated.

Their cleaning naturally gave way to the civil servants of the imperial examination.

This was Zhu Yuanzhang's intention.

In order to turn to imperial examinations in an all-round way, we must first clean up the old bureaucrats.

He is changing the Ming court from disorder in the past to order in the future, from non-institutionalization in the past to institutionalization in the future, establishing Confucianism in various places, and then providing him with Confucian students, who take the imperial examination and enter the court to serve as officials for him.

his officer.

And it keeps coming from generation to generation.

Confucian scholars began to imagine that they could build their Utopia.

The monarch hangs his arch, and the scholar-officials rule the world.

but……

This is the age of imperial power!
The emperor is the only boss I respect.

In the end, the struggle between the imperial civil servants and the imperial power kicked off like this, and it was not over until the Ming Dynasty fell. Slaves.I should tell this story to Zhu Yuanzhang in the future. I don’t know if the instigator will be pissed off again. He probably doesn’t realize it now. He found that these Confucian scholars are also quite ambitious.

But at that time, he was already old. Although he could still hold a knife, he had no time to solve it.

The north and south list case is the spring of Hongwu's 30th year.

He died the following spring.

Yang Feng looked at the carnival-like crowd in front of him, but he saw an acquaintance inside, he smiled and waved, and Yao Guangxiao in the crowd clasped his hands together and saluted kindly...

"Master, are you coming to the capital again?"

Yang Feng looked at the demon monk walking towards him.

"The poor monk is a monk. He has always traveled from north to south to visit eminent monks and study Buddhism."

Yao Guangxiao said.

Zhang Xianzong quickly stood up and saluted.

He actually knew this demon monk, but Yao Guangxiao was appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Di, and his identity is not a secret. Everyone knows that he is a close friend of King Yan. At most, they don't know that he has a restless soul. There are such eminent monks in every domain. , They also travel to and from the capital for the vassals, and do some private contacts with the nobles.

This is not a secret.

"I'll introduce you to an eminent monk someday!"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Someday introduce Zhang Dingbian to him.

Let's see what kind of sparks can be created when this restless demon monk and this restless former tyrant come together.

They should have a common language.

"How many eminent monks does the ambassador know?"

Yao Guangxiao said unexpectedly.

He didn't know that this eminent monk had a rebellious soul just like him.

"Of course I do. I know a lot of eminent monks. Before that, I and a large group of eminent monks jointly signed a petition to His Majesty the Emperor, asking for His Majesty's permission. These eminent monks will raise funds to build ships, and then go to Tianzhu with the imperial envoys, to the west. Study Buddhism in the Buddhist country. And His Majesty the Emperor has given permission. It is estimated that by this time next year, you will be able to see the sea ships set sail, and at most one or two years later, you will be able to see them return with the Dharma of Tianzhu.

At that time, let us witness the beauty of the Western Paradise Buddhist Kingdom together, and maybe bring a few eminent Indian monks with us. "

Yang Feng said.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not have any obstacles to this plan.

Although Lao Zhu is not interested in Buddhism, he is very interested in contacting the Delhi Sultanate, especially after Yang Feng said that they have good horses there...

Of course, the key is not to pay him.

The eminent monks are responsible for paying the money, and he can send out a few envoys at most. Even the sailors who go to sea are recruited by the eminent monks, but the boat will be returned to him after returning. He likes this kind of free prostitution.Therefore, the masters who have been granted the imperial decree have already begun to raise funds to build sea-going ships, and the plan is to ride the north wind to the south next winter.

Going to India in winter and returning in early summer, that's what happened to the Portuguese.

With the help of monsoons and ocean currents throughout.

A round trip can be done in one year by sea alone.

But because I have to go to Delhi, plus I have to go to those legendary holy places...

Although the holy place is just ruins.

But this trip will take at least two years.

Now faithful men and women from all over the south of the Yangtze River are participating in this great event with great enthusiasm. All the major temples donate enthusiastically, even those pious old ladies donate with their pension money, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang very embarrassed...

You all complained about paying taxes, and you all donated enthusiastically for this kind of thing.

Apparently he's still too good for the Masters.

"Amitabha, the ambassador's merit is immeasurable!"

Yao Guangxiao said quickly.

As an eminent monk who is not devout enough to Buddha, that's how he behaved.

"Yan Wang hasn't returned to Beiping yet?"

Yang Feng asked.

"The poor monk is just a monk and doesn't care about world affairs, but when the poor monk set off from Beiping, the king has not yet returned."

Yao Guangxiao said quickly.

He was full of vigilance towards Yang Feng.

The main reason is that this guy messed him up. He couldn't figure out what Yang Feng wanted to do. While telling him that King Yan would be the emperor, he also encouraged Zhu Yuanzhang to suppress the vassal king, and he also got close to Zhu Yunxi. It was abnormal no matter how he looked.Knowing that King Yan will be the emperor, of course he should get close to King Yan, but the reality is that this guy even robbed King Yan of his women. Lost two generals.Both Naier Buhua and Alu Timur have been arrested and are being escorted to the capital. It is estimated that Lingchi will come. Although they do want to defect, in the final analysis, it is not because of the uncertain future of King Yan that they have lost their confidence to follow.

And the other vassal kings of Ming Dynasty did not treat them as well as King Yan.

The future of staying in Daming is also uncertain.

In this case, instead of enduring the harsh laws in Daming, it is better to go to the grassland to be free, anyway, the same temperature is minus [-] degrees.

It can be said that they were all forced.

Not only them, but even the generals of the other guards are also panicked. Some people have already been secretly operating, trying to transfer the guards of the King of Yan. After all, for the generals of the guards, a vassal king with an uncertain future is obviously not worth following. Everyone is the same as a military household wherever they are, and there is no need to be tied to King Yan.

It's not difficult to transfer.

It can be said that His Majesty the Emperor is disintegrating King Yan's strength with just one simple move.

And the culprit is Yang Feng.

"I heard that His Majesty intends to let the King of Yan command the army of the Wa Kingdom."

Yang Feng said.

This is actually set.

Zhu Yuanzhang has already decided to let Zhu Di go to Xiguan City, and then gather an army there. Next, Zhu Di will be the commander of the conquest of Japan, and the navy led by Zhu Shou has also gone south. Supplies and soldiers went north to North Korea after the beginning of spring, and served as Zhu Di's deputy to crusade against the Japanese country.

The imperial decree is estimated to be issued in these two days.

"Amitabha, the poor monk can only beg the Buddha to bless the king in triumph."

Yao Guangxiao said.

Of course, he was in a mess right now.

Let the king of Yan crusade against the country of Wa, what if the crusade is over and an imperial decree is made, what should we do if the king of Yan is simply transferred to the country of Wa?His Majesty the Emperor made it clear that he wanted to kick these vassals far away. King Jin was almost kicked to the Western Regions. In the case of assassinating Yang Feng before, to put it bluntly, King Jin was driven into a hurry. protest.Although it was at the price of confinement, the fief was guaranteed, and the whole family was not reduced to moving to the Western Regions to eat sand. Now that His Majesty the Emperor is playing this trick against King Yan, what should King Yan do?Do you want to learn from King Jin and take drastic measures to protest?
He raised his head deeply, and happened to see the strange smile on Yang Feng's face...

"Master, Mr. Yang is going north in spring, are you interested in going with us?"

Yang Feng said.

(End of this chapter)