Baidu otaku as Chongzhen

Chapter 355
All the ministers gathered on the platform again, speculating about the latest news from the emperor.

The smile on Yang Reform's face could be seen from far away.

"Everyone, the latest news has just arrived from Shaanxi, hehe... Guess what it is..." Yang Reform announced with a smile.

Seeing the smile on the emperor's face, all the ministers could see it from afar, so they couldn't stop guessing what the news was that made the emperor so happy.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I guess, is it the civil uprising in Shaanxi that didn't happen?" A minister immediately yelled out. According to the time, the news on the 23rd should arrive today. The news that made the emperor so happy came from Shaanxi. Yes, that's probably it.

Yang Reform smiled and shook his head.

"Report to Your Majesty, I guess, the rebels will be captured without a fight, and the people of Shaanxi will be turned into peace..." Seeing the emperor shaking his head, a minister also guessed.

Yang Reform smiled and shook his head again.

"This is a letter from Shaanxi. Please read it for yourself. After reading it, you will know why I am so happy." Yang Reform picked up Xu Guangqi's letter and happily announced that the immigrants from Shaanxi have been fully understood and there are no more. The feeling of "shady" before, with this letter, Shaanxi immigration can be said to be a very mature and fully executable plan.

The officials began to read the letter, and the content of the letter was read out word by word.When they thought that using sheepskin rafts instead of boats, most of the victims could be moved out of Shaanxi along the river before the end of October, the crowd burst into cheers.

"Good! Good! Good! This method is good..."

"Wonderful, wonderful! This method is really a fantastic idea...Your Majesty, finally there is no need to be afraid of the Shaanxi matter. With this thing, it is only a few days for the victims to leave Shaanxi after traveling four hundred miles a day." This is really an unprecedented feat! Shaanxi immigrants, feasible, great..." A minister said with tears in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, if this thing is real, it is really an excellent solution to the Shaanxi problem. I didn't expect such a magical thing to exist in the world! Four hundred miles a day, even riding a horse, is not so fast. ..., millions of immigrants, I feel that with this thing, it is nothing more than that..., Your Majesty, I firmly believe that with this thing, Shaanxi immigration is no longer a problem..." A person who was not optimistic about the emperor's million immigrants before People, this time, also believe that the emperor can transfer millions of immigrants out of Shaanxi within this year, completely ending the pattern of civil uprisings after the severe drought.

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Yang Reform suppressed it with both hands, and the excited officials calmed down. This news is really a huge piece of good news. It is better than suppressing a civil uprising somewhere. This news is directly related to the success or failure of immigrants from Shaanxi.

"I also think this is a good thing. I won't say much about the relationship between them. Let me talk about the feasibility of transporting people on a sheepskin raft. Do you have any questions about transporting people on a sheepskin raft?" Yang Reform couldn't tell. Comfortable, it is more gratifying than fighting to capture a certain peasant rebel leader.

The ministers spoke enthusiastically. This matter was basically settled. The letter was written by Xu Guangqi and Zhou Yanru's signature. Just this one alone, most of the ministers believed it. The initiator of this idea was actually Shi Kefa. Shi Kefa's teacher Zuo Guangdou is famous. With this, even those who want to catch some pigtails have no reason to doubt. Basically, the reliability of this combination is infinitely close to reliability. If the news that comes out is still not reliable, then there is no one in this world who can believe it.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is no doubt that this matter was proposed by Shi Kefa who studied under Zuo Guangdou, and has been witnessed by Mr. Xu Ge and Zhou Zhuangyuan. There is absolutely no falsehood. Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely certain..." A minister immediately pointed out that this matter can be completely believed just by looking at the names of the people involved.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, there is absolutely no accident in this matter, and it is absolutely reliable. If Shi Kefa voluntarily went to Fugu County to become an immigration officer, he must understand the people's feelings and go deep into the people. Otherwise, it is impossible to know such a wonderful method..."

Regarding the use of sheepskin rafts for disaster relief, the bigwigs in the imperial court are convinced that there is absolutely such a thing.A minister has read a lot of books and has a good memory. He even gave examples of the use of sheepskin rafts in history to increase the reliability of this matter.

After hearing what this minister said, Yang Reform wanted to tell him, since you know, why don't you say it?It seems that reading alone is useless. It is right to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. This kind of person who only knows how to read books but does not understand the meaning of them, even if he can memorize all the people in the world, is just a person. Rotten Confucianism.

"Well, I also firmly believe that, so I am so happy. Haha, to be honest, I only thought of transporting the victims by boat before. How do I know that in Shaanxi, it is not very convenient to travel by boat. Haha, if Shi Kefa hadn't He proposed to transport the victims on sheepskin rafts. I am afraid that the immigrants from Shaanxi are really troublesome. Now, with Shi Kefa’s method of transporting people on sheepskin rafts, it is not a problem at all to transport the victims from Shaanxi out of Shaanxi..." Yang As soon as Reform reform saw the letter written by Xu Guangqi, he completely believed in the authenticity and reliability of using sheepskin rafts to transport people. At least, Yang Reform had often seen sheepskin rafts on TV before.

"Your Majesty Hongfu..."

"Your Majesty Hongfu..."

The ministers congratulated Yang Reform one after another. With this "magic weapon", the problem in Shaanxi seems to be no longer a problem. Everyone knows that as long as the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi are transported out of Shaanxi, the civil uprising in Shaanxi will be eliminated. It has become a source of nothing.A rebellion without the participation of a large number of disaster victims can only be said to be bandits and bandits making trouble, which is far from a civil uprising.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, as long as the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi leave Shaanxi, the civil uprising in Shaanxi will immediately melt away... The most difficult thing for immigrants is to transfer food, and the difficulty of food transfer is to go upstream to Tongguan. The disaster victims leave Tongguan and reach the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It is very convenient to transfer food and population, but the consumption is very small. A large number of disaster victims are transferred. Your Majesty, the small sheepskin raft has now made great contributions to our Ming Dynasty. ...The minister suggested that it should be rewarded..." A minister said shaking his head.

"... Exactly, Your Majesty, the difficulty of immigrant disaster relief is that the food cannot be transported into Shaanxi, and the victims cannot come out. The consumption of forcefully transporting food into Shaanxi is too huge. If there is a way to transport people out easily and quickly , Then, the matter of emigration and disaster relief is much simpler and easier, Your Majesty...Immigrants are expected, and the transfer and resettlement of millions of disaster victims is not empty talk..." A minister said with emotion. Down the river, you can travel [-] miles a day. That is to say, even if you drift down from Fugu County, you can go out of Shaanxi in three or four days. Don't be afraid, below Tongguan, large ships can be used, and the consumption of food is very little. From the south of the Yangtze River, [-]% of the food is used, but about [-]% to [-]% is consumed. It is also affordable to feed millions of victims.From the very beginning, this minister was skeptical of the emperor's million-dollar immigration, because no dynasty has ever been able to immigrate a million within a year. Although the emperor was willing to spend money, there are still many people who are skeptical The emperor's plan is skeptical. Now, seeing this simple method, he completely believes that the emperor is not lying or talking empty words. Since the beginning of the world, the organized migration of millions of people will become a reality at this time. Therefore, It is also filled with emotion.

"...Your Majesty, this is the luck of our dynasty. I want to transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River to Kaifeng, Henan, but it will consume [-] to [-] percent. If I want to go to Xi'an through Tongguan, I will consume at least [-] to [-] percent. If I want to go against the Yellow River On the other hand, sending grain to places like Fugu consumes [-] to [-] percent of the grain, or even [-] to [-] percent. If the grain is transported by land to some counties and counties, it consumes [-] to [-] percent of the grain, or even [-] to [-] percent. More than [-]% of them are consumed, and the disaster victims are waiting for the relief from the imperial court in Shaanxi. It is difficult... It is even more difficult! It is not that the imperial court does not provide relief, it is really powerless, and it is difficult to transfer... Now if only a few days can be done The method of transporting the victims out of Shaanxi will greatly reduce the consumption of food. Your Majesty, a million immigrants are not empty talk, let alone a lie. Your Majesty, a miracle, a miracle! Such a short period of time, large-scale immigration, unprecedented, can be described as eternal The miracle since then... is enough to be passed down through the ages..." A minister said emotionally with tears in his eyes.

Yang Reform's eyes are also a little wet. At the end of the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, organizing the transfer of millions of people was a arduous project beyond ordinary people's imagination.

"Okay, I have decided to fully support this matter. Master Xu said in the letter that he is already working on this matter. He has mobilized immigration officials from all states and counties to slaughter animals and make leather rafts. He also sent deputy imperial envoy Zhou Yanru to Ningxia Town and Gansu Town are going to buy sheepskin rafts, and they are even going to buy sheepskins from those Mongolian tribes. Please tell me about this matter..." Seeing that the officials rarely agree on the same thing, Yang Reform said, It also promotes "democracy", let everyone discuss and discuss, and strive to reach a broad consensus on the matter of transporting people in sheepskin rafts. In any case, the more people support this matter, the better.In fact, there is another meaning. Xu Guangqi's letter said that he has already started to make sheepskin rafts in more than [-] prefectures and counties in Shaanxi, and even went north to buy sheepskin rafts. The money involved was another A large sum of money, the money that Yang reformed in the past is running out, so I have to take this matter out and talk about it, reminding the officials that it's time to pay out the money.

Regarding this matter, all the ministers basically support it, because the people involved in it are Xu Guangqi from the imperial party on the one hand, and Shi Kefa and Zhou Yanru on the other hand, the two members of the Donglin Party. People from the Lin Party and the Imperial Party accounted for the vast majority of the court, and it was basically difficult to have any voices of opposition.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that you should support it, and you should hurry up. This matter should not be delayed for too long, and the opportunity is fleeting..."

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees, especially the deputy imperial envoy Mr. Zhou Yanru to go to Ningxia Town and Gansu Town to buy leather tires. It is even more supportive. From Ningxia Town down the river, you can arrive at our court in four or five days. Fugu County, and then go down the river from Fugu County, and it will take another three or four days to leave Shaanxi. Your Majesty, the key to immigrants from Shaanxi is actually in northern Shaanxi. With this method, the victims of disasters in northern Shaanxi can be quickly transferred out. This matter should definitely be supported, but buying fur rafts, hiring fur rafts, and even finding Mongolians to buy cattle and sheep all require money, Your Majesty, this money..." After all, the matter quickly involved Now comes the matter of silver.

"Yes, Master Xu said in his heart that at least nearly 20 animals must be slaughtered. In addition, he also hired a large number of rafts from Ningxia Town and Gansu Town to buy Mongolian cattle and sheep. As for the money, there are nearly 20 livestock, estimated to cost more than 40 taels of silver, and Zhou Yanru’s expenses may cost 50 taels of silver..." This account has been clearly calculated in the letter.

"...Although I have arranged tens of millions of taels of silver for immigration, it seems that there are not many in place now... What happened to the silver from the salt merchants? The whole court is waiting for that batch of silver to save the emergency. What do they mean? Standing on the sidelines to watch the show? It is said that one side is in trouble, and all sides support it. How do I see these salt merchants, all of them stand on the sidelines and watch a good show with peace of mind? When are they going to pay the money? Could it be that they must wait until the end of this year It takes only one day to get the money?" When Yang Reform talked about the money of the immigrants, he would definitely involve the money from the salt merchants. When it came to the salt merchants, he would definitely get angry. The situation has reached the most critical moment, but unfortunately, those people are still standing aside to watch the show...

The ministers who were still chatting and laughing just now were speechless by this incident. If they want to talk about the money of the salt merchants, the water will be deep.

After being silent for a while, Yang Reform sighed, "You avoided me at the most critical moment of the Ming Dynasty. Don't blame me for being hot-handed in the future. If you don't eradicate the salt merchants, you will never be a human being."

"Hehe, the truth is seen in times of crisis! Forget it, I can't count on those salt merchants for this money. I'll give it away. Anyway, I invested 1000 million yuan, and it's not bad for this 50..." Yang Reform's resentment towards the salt merchants , It has already reached the point of intolerability, but to clear the salt merchants, it will have to wait until the end of this year, the beginning of next year, Yang Reform can only suppress the anger and resentment in his heart, laughing and paying for the money himself.

"Your Majesty is wise..." All the ministers began to flatter again.

"The money of the salt merchants, everyone, you should all urge it. Now, my Ming Dynasty has reached the most critical juncture..." Yang Reform was really aggrieved, and wanted the ministers to urge the salt merchants' money, because Yang Reform also I know that the backstage of the salt merchants is this group of people. I wanted to say a few words of face, but I couldn't say anything because of the resentment in my heart.

The ministers made a promise again, this salt merchant, which one has no backer?Whether or not to pay the money really depends on other people's mood, and whether they are willing to deduct a little from their nails to the court. This arrears is definitely not a new term in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone is in arrears. Attention, the emperor Want to charge an extra penny... Humph... Many ministers secretly glanced at the emperor and thought so.

Yang Reform looked at the evasive appearance of the group of officials, and then at the unwilling appearance of each of them, and he didn't want to speak anymore. The resentment in his heart couldn't be added.Today, when Daming needed you most, you were ruthless and unjust. Don't blame me for being cruel in the future. Yang Reform has no better way than the poisonous curse in his heart.

It was originally a happy summoning, but in the end, the monarch and his subjects broke up unhappy.

The platform summoned hastily and dispersed.

The matter was finally settled, and the court fully supported Xu Guangqi in making leather rafts. Whether it was two thousand leather tires from various states and counties, or Zhou Yanru went to Ningxia Town, Gansu Town to recruit rafters, buy leather rafts, or buy Mongolian cattle and sheep, The imperial court supported it, and even expanded the scope to be close to Shaanxi. Other prefectures and counties under the administration of the Chief Secretary also needed to support Shaanxi Raft. This made Yang Reform feel a lot better, but it was not so good. Because, all of this requires Yang Reform to pay for it alone.

The Ministry of Households will always be a poor man. If you don’t ask for money, it’s all blessings. It seems that you can’t count on the silver from the salt merchants. The money you pay now is only a handful, and the land tax added is no problem. Basically, the full amount can be collected. However, there is also a time problem. The summer tax is small, and the autumn tax will not be fully paid until next year. Besides, a large part of the land tax must ensure the supply of food. After all, millions of victims, The food needed is not a small amount, so most of the money used by today's immigrants is paid by Yang Reform himself.

The summoning on the platform broke up badly. Yang Reform was sulking on the platform alone, and wanted to hit people with things several times, but he endured it forcefully, and ended up sulking himself, so angry that he almost vomited blood.

"Mostly, how much money is there in the internal funds?" Yang Reform, who was too embarrassed, still had to pay for the money. At the most critical moment, no matter what, he couldn't lose the chain.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it's already less than a million taels..." Wang Chengen didn't dare to tell the truth. The money in his internal money has gone from several million taels at the beginning to a few 10 taels now. The speed of spending money is faster than the flow of water. Wang Chengen was afraid to tell the emperor that he would frighten the emperor. Seeing that the emperor's face was not good, and then told the emperor the bad news, he was afraid that the emperor would not be able to bear it.

"Less than one million? How much is it? 20? 40? Or 80? 90?" Yang Reform asked carefully. It's time to calculate carefully again, and I have to ask carefully.

"Back to Your Majesty... It seems that there are only five or six million taels..." Wang Chengen said, then lowered his head, not daring to look at the emperor. Five or six million taels is not enough for the emperor's monthly expenses.In other words, next month, the emperor will have to take a break.

Yang Reform was so angry with Yin Zi, a salt merchant, that his liver became tangled and he had angina pectoris.The anger and resentment in my heart had already reached the extreme, I was angry and stunned, and I had the urge to spurt blood.

Yang Reform pressed his fingers on his chest to feel better, otherwise, he would probably spit out a mouthful of blood.

Wang Chengen saw the emperor's eyes were bulging and he kept pressing his chest with his hands. His complexion was quite bad, and he was crying. He came to help the emperor to press the chest. He, who followed the emperor, naturally understood the reason.

Wang Cheng'en's tears kept falling down without breaking, and fell on the emperor's clothes. Although Yang Reform was aware of it, he didn't make a sound. At the end of Ming Dynasty, he sincerely hoped for his own well-being. People, not many.

After a long breath, Yang Reform finally heaved a sigh of relief.

After a little better, Yang Reform asked: "Mostly, the five or six million yuan, except for the military pay that should be paid out next month?"

The so-called military pay that should be paid out every month, such as Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town, Yuan Chonghuan, Xinjun, etc., are all paid directly from internal funds, and they are indispensable every month.

Wang Chengen's eyes were already red, and while crying, he said: "Returning to Your Majesty, the military salary and other expenses allocated by His Majesty have always been in full, and they will be distributed in the current month. Therefore, at the beginning of next month, the money must be allocated on time. Go on, so the money is only enough to support the next month's expenses, and next month, it will be..."

Yang Reform smiled wryly, and gradually understood Chongzhen's desperate mood in 17 years. At that time, Chongzhen was afraid that he really had nothing but despair, except the heart of a king who died in the country.Yang Reform does the math again, at least he is no worse than Chongzhen in 17, at least he can think of some ways.

(End of this chapter)