Baidu otaku as Chongzhen

Chapter 171 What should come will always come

Zheng Huaizhong successfully got the job of shipbuilding.

"Your Majesty, I went to the south to supervise the construction of warships. I can no longer serve Your Majesty by your side. Take care, Your Majesty. Your servants will always remember Your Majesty in their hearts... Who should I leave this part-time job to?" Zheng Huaizhong I said a lot of "confession" to the emperor, and at the end, I asked the emperor what should I do with other errands on my body?
"Errands?" Yang Reform couldn't think of any other errands. He was too tired today, and his thinking was getting slower and slower.

"Your Majesty, it's the errand of building a grand theater, and the errand of growing peppers that His Majesty told you to do." Wang Chengen reminded in a low voice.

"This matter? Well, Zheng Huaizhong, for this matter, you can recommend someone. Pay attention, you must be able to do the two errands I entrusted to you. Just don't ruin my work. Since you have been doing it before, then I'll let you make up your own mind about this matter, and I won't care too much, as long as the result is that if the person you recommend can't complete the task I entrusted to you in the future, I will trouble you, understand?" Yang Reform thought Wake up, I really have these two things, the Grand Theater is going to sing, and this pepper is going to deal with wild boar skin in the future, this matter really can't be stopped, since Zheng Huaizhong has been in charge before, let him be in charge all the time It's all right.

"My servant understands, thank you for your trust, and thank you for your grace." Zheng Huaizhong also agreed to this matter.

"Your Majesty, what about the errand of the Inner Supervisor? Who should I leave it to?" Wang Chengen asked again. The Inner Supervisor has become a favorite in the palace, and has become the most powerful department next to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Well, the eunuch, the eunuch, went out to be the admiral of shipbuilding, so the seat became vacant, and the emperor had to choose someone.

"This? Let the person recommended by Zheng Huaizhong work for a period of time. If he is qualified, then give him the job of the internal supervisor."

Yang Reform yawned, feeling that he was really tired today, and he hadn't rested from morning to night, so he yawned and prepared to take a rest when he relaxed.

"Your servant obeys orders." Wang Chengen agreed. Seeing the emperor yawning, Wang Chengen hesitated for a moment, considering whether to report the matter to the emperor.

Seeing Wang Chengen's hesitant expression, Yang Reform said, "Brother, what else can you do?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the servant has just received the news. Li Laifu, who is in charge of the lottery, said that the regulations of the lottery have been prepared. Please take a look at it." Wang Chengen felt that this matter was a trivial matter, and hesitated for a long time, considering whether to disturb the emperor's rest.

Lottery?Yang Reform almost forgot about this, thought about it, and said: "Now that it's done, let him follow the rules and plans he wrote. By the way, let the outer court send two reliable officials To supervise the operation of his lottery, whether it is fair or not, and in addition, send two young eunuchs to him as 'accountants', responsible for the accounts of the lottery." Yang Reform thought for a while, and felt that this matter was for him now. He said, it's not a big deal, after all, the money obtained is limited, it's just a "pain reliever" for the poor, and it still has some effect, so he's going to do it and gain some experience as an emperor.You can't rely on yourself for everything. When it's time to employ people, you must employ them.

Yang Reform couldn't help dozing off, yawning all over the place, just wanting to find a place to sleep, feeling sleepy, and really not interested in the lottery.

"Your servant obeys." Seeing the emperor's exhausted look, Wang Chengen did not disturb the emperor's rest.

"By the way, let him copy his charter and plan for a file, and trouble him if he doesn't follow the plan in the future. I'll look at it when I have time..." Before going to sleep, Yang Reform made another copy Order.

"Your servant obeys." Wang Chengen went out.

Yang Reform couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep.

……

On April 24th, the days are becoming more and more urgent. There are only a few days left in April. Yang Reform was originally scheduled to complete the amnesty of the world by the end of April at the latest. A series of preparations have not been completed, so he has to step up preparations. Try to prepare before the amnesty, many things, if you miss the opportunity of the amnesty, if you do it again, there will be a lot of resistance for nothing, because the Wei case is involved in the amnesty, so the minister dare not say more to the emperor What, before the Wei case is finalized, many people have to shrink their necks to do things. Many people in the court have unclear connections with the Wei case. One day, this old story will be revealed, and I can't eat it, and I don't dare to persecute the emperor too much. I am afraid that the emperor will release Wei Zhongxian on a whim, which will be a tragedy. Come out and kill how many people.Therefore, everyone in the court is "quietly" waiting for Wei Zhongxian's death and the final settlement of the Wei case.

Early in the morning, Yang Reform went to work non-stop.

Early in the morning, Yang Reform received a lot of "complaint letters", all of which were related to yesterday's order. The emperor sent a new shipbuilding envoy to build treasure ships and warships. A major sign of the rise of eunuch power, writing memorials overnight, writing memorials, criticizing the emperor, and advising the emperor not to reopen the shipbuilding business, let alone sail the fleet to the West, is purely superfluous and wastes money.

Yang Reform flipped through it, and knew in his heart that it was time to come. Ministers and eunuchs were rivals. Zheng He's voyage to the West was led by eunuchs. This voyage to the West was conducted by force. This kind of "martial arts" and "wholesale" titles are enough. Therefore, the emperor will never allow a "normal person" to command such a powerful battleship fleet. He is worried about literati, let alone warriors. Let the "disabled" eunuchs handle this matter. The consequence is that the eunuch's status and reputation far exceed that of civil servants and military commanders, reaching an incomparable height. How can ordinary people such as civil servants and military commanders allow eunuchs to have higher prestige than themselves?Let the eunuch sit on his head?Especially literati, who think highly of themselves, can't swallow this breath, so they say that going to the West is an "evil" thing that wastes people's money and money, and it must be strictly prohibited. What literati can't do, we can't let eunuchs do it, otherwise, let an eunuch How refreshing is it to ride on your own head?This is also the original intention of the literati to do everything possible to destroy the voyages to the West.Yang Reform used to see this kind of statement in forums before, and he agrees with this kind of statement. He also understands that the ministers will never let go of this matter easily, and will definitely make a fuss and oppose it desperately. This should be a prelude. [In addition, the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty may feel a little bit difficult to control an overly large fleet, not as courageous and capable as his ancestors. 】

Yang Reform thought silently. Fortunately, he was more or less prepared. At least, Sun Chengzong would support him and understand the purpose of his voyage to the West. It was not to "fight" with the officials empty-handed. This is its own countermeasure.

"Big companion, I was preparing to make lottery tickets, and I summoned many craftsmen. Among these craftsmen, one of them was good at printing. He seemed to be someone who worked in a factory under the Supervisor of Rites. Do you have any impression, big buddy?" This big killer was produced by the newspaper as a way to divert the attention of the ministers, and to open up a second battlefield for the upcoming war of words like splashing water.Yang Reform knew that if he didn't find a place for ministers and bureaucrats to spit on, those books that opposed shipbuilding and going abroad should be picked out in a basket.

"Back to the emperor, remember, the emperor asked that man named A Wu? I remember that he is the one who is very good at printing. Indeed, he is a craftsman in the factory under the supervisor of ceremonies." Wang Chengen's memory is very good, the emperor can't remember clearly He can remember everything for the emperor.I also wondered why the emperor wanted this person?
"Well, it's this person. That's right. I remember that he is very good at printing. I even asked him to study printing. Well, go quickly and call him into the palace. I have something for him to do." Yang Reform In the face of the upcoming war of words, be fully prepared. The battlefield of this war of words must be shifted from the memorials scolding the emperor to the newspapers, and I will hire a group of "water troops" to let these Ming Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats Let's try the power of the 21st century Internet trolls. In this way, the pressure on us will be much lighter, and even the trolls may drown the officials and bureaucrats. Yang Reform is looking forward to it.

"I obey, Your Majesty, I will send you to look for this servant. But, Your Majesty, this..." Wang Chengen hesitated to speak. The cabinet members gathered early in the morning and asked to see the emperor. They had been waiting in Wenhua Hall for a long time. .

Yang Reform knew what Wang Chengen wanted to say, and said: "I know what you want to say, tell the cabinet ministers, I will go there in a while, and in addition, expand the number of personnel, in addition to the cabinet, all the people in the staff department will also be recruited." Call." Yang Reform still decided to meet the representatives of these bureaucrats.

"Obey, servant girl will do it now." Wang Chengen agreed, turned around and went to work.

Yang Reform sat on the chair in a daze. For this matter, Yang Reform prepared a lot of rhetoric and reasons.I keep thinking about my rhetoric, reasons, and expectations in my mind, and at least some people can be persuaded to follow me.Yang Reform knows that once he starts to rebuild the ship and prepare to go to Nanyang and the West, many people in the bureaucratic class will start to sing against him and fight against him. This is not because the bureaucratic class hates the emperor, but because the bureaucratic class hates eunuchs , hating the eunuch will ride on his own head, hating and jealous of the eunuch's achievements far surpassing himself, so it will definitely attract "opposition" from the entire bureaucratic class, and only the emperor can end the eunuch's shipbuilding and going to sea, so the emperor must To bear all the complaints and envy from the bureaucratic class.

Yang Reform sighed, thinking wildly.

This matter is serious, if I don't build ships, go to Nanyang, or go to the West, the entire bureaucratic class may not sing against me. I just used Wei Zhongxian's head to gain the approval of some bureaucrats. Now, I pushed these people away again. Going out, this matter is messed up, hey... Yang Reform had to sigh and sigh.But I have to reopen this path. If this does not find a way out for the farmers of the Ming Dynasty, it cannot solve the problems of the farmers at the end of the Ming Dynasty, or solve some of the problems of the farmers. I am a dead end!Or, slaughter tens of millions of northern people with their own hands.For this multiple-choice question, Yang Reform had no choice but to go to war with civil servants and bureaucrats.

Yang Reform squatted on his throne alone. In this room, Yang Reform didn't allow people to disturb him, so he took off the image of the emperor and squatted on the chair with two feet.Concentrate on recording some documents, these documents are some information obtained from Menghui Internet.Prepare to use it to fool these ministers today.

……

The members of the cabinet, ministers, and staff waited all morning in the Wenhua Palace. Before the emperor showed up, they impatiently urged the little yellow gate to invite the emperor. The little yellow gate had no choice but to go back and forth. Running inside the palace, of course they couldn't see the emperor, and all they got were the same words: His Majesty will be here later, my lords, wait a moment.

Seeing the whole morning passed, the impatient ministers finally couldn't sit still.

"Brother XX, Your Majesty has been talking about it, but unfortunately, it has never arrived. I'm afraid I won't be able to come today. I'll leave later, and I will persuade Your Majesty another day." A minister couldn't wait any longer, and was about to break up the group. .

"...Yes! Your Majesty, I'm afraid you won't be here today, so I'll leave later..." Another one was also preparing to leave.

Others echoed one after another, and it is not a problem to wait forever.

The ministers are ready to leave.A voice came from outside: "Your Majesty is here..."

A group of ministers hurried out to greet him.

Yang Reform got off the chariot, smiled, and said, "I've kept you dear ones waiting for a long time. I have something to delay, so let's discuss the matter inside." Then he entered the Wenhua Hall and got on the dragon chair.

The salute is over.

Yang Reform said directly: "My dear friends, what's the rush to urge me so much?" Yang Reform pretended to be confused.

Some ministers below look at me, I look at you, a minister came out and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that His Majesty has re-dispatched the shipbuilder to rebuild the giant boat warship and the treasure ship." ? Return to the West? I don’t know if it’s true.”

Yang Reform said in his heart, the imperial decree has been issued, and you still ask if it is true, isn't this nonsense?Isn't it just an excuse?Said: "That's true, and all my lovers know that I am going to go on an expedition to Ryukyu to wipe out the Japanese people who are entrenched in Ryukyu. This is supposed to mobilize naval warships, but my Ming Dynasty has not built new warships for several years. This old man I am afraid that the ship will be unreliable when it is sent to the ocean, so I ordered to build some new ships. First, it can also show the might of the Ming Dynasty when I go out to war. Second, the new warships are only guaranteed. The lives of the soldiers on the expedition are risky, aren't they? This newly built warship is more sure of victory! My dear ladies, what's wrong with this?"

Yang Reform knew what these ministers were going to say, so he blocked the ministers' words with words as soon as he came up.This reason is also very hard.

The officials looked anxious, you look at me, I look at you, the emperor's answer did not suit the appetite of the officials.What they care about is whether the eunuchs will climb up to their heads again, and whether the prestige and achievements of the eunuchs will far surpass them.This overseas mission can only be done by the eunuchs, and the civil servants have no hope at all. Naturally, they don't expect to be able to persuade His Majesty to let the literati serve as overseas envoys. Therefore, we can only try our best not to let the eunuchs go out.

"Your Majesty, this shipbuilding is a waste of money and people! It is a huge expense, but it is just to help a small overseas country. Your Majesty, it is not worth it! Your Majesty spends so much money to help other countries, and you don't need the money to help your own people. Your Majesty, there have been more than ten years of natural disasters in my dynasty!" The minister looked heartbroken.This series of natural disasters is what Yang Reform said, and now he has turned his guns and came back to attack Yang Reform.

"People can't stand without faith, and a country can't stand without faith. I promised Ryukyu, and I will naturally send troops to wipe out the Japanese people. How can I go back on my word? Do you want me to be such a nonsense person?"

"Your Majesty is guilty. I am not opposed to His Majesty's expedition to Ryukyu. It's just that, Your Majesty, if you mobilize some elites, you can still get together [-] or [-] warships. If you can, you will make do with it. Your Majesty, building new warships is costly and not worth it." Ah! What happened after the expedition to Ryukyu? Could it be that these newly built warships were left to rot in the harbor? Isn’t this a waste, Your Majesty?”

Yang Reform felt that the thinking of these ministers was a bit rotten. Could it be that the battleship was built for an expedition?And then just leave it there to rot?This kind of thinking is really too powerful.

"How could it be rotten? I plan to send warriors around the world, and I can just use these warships for round-the-world use. I think that after one or two years, it will be the time when their training is completed. Isn't it just right to sail around the world at this time? There Is there any reason to put it in the ship port to rot?" Yang Reform brought this matter up. This round-the-world voyage has been concluded before. The emperor pays, and the ministers don't care about the emperor's affairs. Now, Yang Reform will take this matter to do Excuse.

The ministers didn't expect the emperor to have such an excuse. Could it be that the emperor started planning a few months ago?This seems unlikely!The emperor is just a playful kid, how could he have such deep scheming?
Seeing that the officials were suppressed by him, Yang Reform heaved a sigh of relief. Could this be the end?A war of words with the ministers?This is the end?
"My Majesty, I think that the Ministry of Industry has always been in charge of shipbuilding. The Ministry of Industry has a special servant to handle shipbuilding matters. Why doesn't Your Majesty use the existing yamen to handle this matter? I think the Ministry of Industry has always been in charge of shipbuilding. If you are proficient, you will definitely save a lot of expenses and time!"

This minister actually wants to compete for the "project" of shipbuilding. This is also a bit beyond Yang Reform's expectations.Said: "This matter is originally my private matter, so I don't bother you with private matters. I'd better send a minister."

Yang Reform also reasoned that the shipbuilding was a private matter, so he had to build it himself.Yang Reform was afraid that these bureaucrats would trip him up.Delay your own shipbuilding time.I am even more afraid that the shipbuilding time will be delayed again and again, and the cost will rise again and again. 【Everyone should know about Lao Maozi building a ship for third brother. 】

The ministers looked at each other again, the emperor's rhetoric was very sharp!

An old minister came out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please stop building huge boats and warships, stop building treasure ships. Thinking about the continuous natural disasters in my dynasty for more than ten years, there are still countless people who need relief, and there is still money there." To take care of the life and death of that small overseas country? Is there still money left for the eunuchs to build huge boats and go overseas? This is a waste of money and money, and it will cause endless harm. Your Majesty, please stop this matter immediately." The elderly minister , the tone was impassioned, his whole body trembled with excitement when he spoke, and his words were not polite, it seemed that his endurance was at its extreme.

Yang Reform thought, "It's coming, it's still coming."This time, from the looks of it, it won't be that easy!

(End of this chapter)