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Chapter 478 New Chapter
More than half of the articles in this newspaper full of shouting and shouting were written by members of the Donglin Party, especially the headlines on the front page were written by Liu Zongzhou. Qiao Yunsheng could no longer see any hope, and after screaming for a few times, he fell forward and passed out.

Originally, Qiao Yunsheng thought that even if the Donglin Party split, he would at least keep silent for the sake of being part of the same Donglin Party. In this way, without the help of Xungui and the general, he might be able to stay silent in the court. What else can be redeemed, a little bit to force the emperor to make some concessions, he still has a little bit of luck, but now, the ruthless facts tell him that this is impossible, "Donglin Party" not only did not look at the same as before. Donglin kept silent on his affection, and even turned around, turning Donglin's old bottom upside down. Liu Zongzhou's "seven kills" can be regarded as pertinent and neutral.Many former "Donglin Party" were the shady actors who brought down the Donglin Party and the salt merchants, nailed the salt merchants to the pillar of shame in history, and nailed them to the pillar of shame.

My family knows their own affairs, what is the virtue of the Donglin Party, Qiao Yunsheng himself understands that the Donglin Party may not have much ability to do business, but when it comes to party struggles, how to talk about it, and how to fight against the party, it is absolutely You can be regarded as an expert, and you can definitely be regarded as an expert among experts. There are so many former Donglin Party members who have stood up to fight against their current Donglin Party. The reputation of the Donglin Party with so many bad things will be completely rotten. People like them who are already at an absolute disadvantage have absolutely no hope of winning, and they will lose even worse. The emperor may still be a gentleman. There is still a bit of sympathy, and there is a bottom line, but those people..., they are the masters who have stepped on ten thousand feet and will not give up.

Qiao Yunsheng's fall, the last obstacle preventing Yang's reform from promoting historical change, also disappeared.

Amid the crowd's exclamation and shoving, Qiao Yunsheng woke up leisurely, and the first thing he said was: "Let's go away..." Then, he pushed everyone away, and bowed three times and bowed nine times to the emperor in a just and fair manner. A big gift, and then Lang Lang staggered away.

The minister who was still kneeling there looked at the scene dumbfounded. He didn't know why Qiao Yunsheng had such a big reaction after reading the mansion newspaper. Seeing Qiao Yunsheng staggering away, some people still counted on this minister It was a good show to hit the Taimiao head on, but until Qiao Yunsheng turned around the gate of the Taimiao, nothing happened.

Yang Reform watched Qiao Yunsheng yell "Fighting fire" a few times before falling down, saw Qiao Yunsheng kowtow impartially, and then staggered away, nothing happened, knowing that Qiao Yunsheng understood what he meant, knew what he meant. The purpose is achieved.

Since then, the relationship between the bureaucratic class and the salt merchants has been completely severed by myself. If I go to set up a salt merchant at this time, then the salt merchants really only have a few merchants, and there is no bureaucratic class mixed in. It is a piece of cake for the machine to run a few merchants, and no one dares to touch the salt merchants amidst the clamor and beating all over the world.

Of course, Yang Reform also knew that Qiao Yunsheng's last kneeling completely gave up trying to stop him, which also meant that he had reached a certain tacit agreement with him, and he also acquiesced in some bottom lines, and he needed to keep some bottom lines for people like Qiao Yunsheng.

This is also the reason why Yang Reform reported to Qiao Yunsheng that there are so many Donglin Party "rebels", based on their understanding of the Donglin Party's details and inside stories, and their rich experience in party struggles, they will already be at an absolute disadvantage Qiao Yunsheng's gang of Donglin Party will fight to the death, fight to collapse, fight to become street rats that everyone shouts and beat, fight to become cancerous tumors in the world, there is absolutely no problem.However, Yang Reform and the imperial party only need to sit back and watch the tigers fight, and they don't need to participate in any battles between the "Donglin Party".

However, from the perspective of an emperor, Yang Reform did not want to do this. Although it is very cool to use the "Donglin Party" to fight the Donglin Party, and it is very cool to restrain the party disputes with party struggles, but history tells Yang Reform that party struggles are not a Good things must be restrained and suppressed. Partisanship should not be a weapon. Victory won by partisanship has many sequelae. As an emperor, what should be done is to suppress and limit partisanship.Unrestrained and unrestrained party struggles will ultimately harm only the empire and itself. Therefore, Yang Reform gave up the way of allowing party struggles to expand indefinitely, and instead reached some tacit understanding in exchange for the last trace of the relationship between the bureaucracy class and the salt merchants. fragmentation in order to achieve their own goals.What I have to do is to keep some final bottom line for people like Qiao Yunsheng, that's all.Perhaps due to his good reputation and image, Qiao Yunsheng did not hesitate, and he grasped this last chance neatly, reaching a certain tacit understanding.If you let the "Donglin Party" in today's mansion report to fight against them, they will never have such "warmth" as yourself...

Watching Qiao Yunsheng leave.Yang Reform was full of emotions. Since becoming emperor, the most difficult thing to do was finally done. Since then, the inextricable connections between the bureaucracy and the salt merchants have been cut off one by one by him. The bureaucracy and the bureaucratic class have been split into two parts by themselves. The result of running a salt merchant has come out, and there is only one process left to go. It is only a matter of course to reform the salt class.

"Let's go..." Yang Reform said with emotion, and left.

Qiao Yunsheng's departure made the only people who were still kneeling here look even smaller. What was the meaning of Qiao Yunsheng's inexplicable kowtowing to the emperor three times and nine times?What mystery is there in the mansion newspaper?More people rushed to read the mansion newspaper, hoping to find clues from this mansion newspaper.

More people seemed to understand the mystery, and began to leave continuously. When they left, some people followed Qiao Yunsheng's example and bowed three times to the place where the emperor left; some cried; It is even more at a loss; some people are even more desperate.

At the end of the first year of Chongzhen, an earth-shattering confrontation in the Ming Dynasty began with the opportunity of the emperor's abdication, and ended with the emperor's victory in setting up a salt merchant and reforming the salt department.With the end of the incident, history will also open a new chapter.

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a few days later.

This is the first time for Yang Reform to go to the early court after he moved into Taimiao.

The feeling of the morning court today is different from any other time in the past. The ministers looked at themselves with more awe, no longer the way they looked at children like before.After this desperate fight, no one dared to underestimate the emperor.

"Do you have something to play today?" Looking at the awe-inspiring ministers below, Yang Reform felt a little uncomfortable again, lacking some fighting spirit, fighting with others is a lot of fun, no one is fighting with himself, and the fun is much less what!

"Reporting to Your Majesty, a large number of officials have filed a memorandum in the past two days, reprimanding the salt merchants for being shameless, and demanding that the salt merchants' arrears of salt taxes be strictly investigated and paid, and the case of the salt merchants' arrears be investigated as soon as possible." Chief Assistant Shi Fenglai was the first one immediately. Stand up, this big duel ended with the emperor's overall victory. As the emperor's party, as the chief assistant, he has made great achievements, his momentum has become stronger, and his voice is much louder than before.For the first time, Shi Fenglai felt that he could stand so straight.

"Well, I got it. Since you all want to pursue the salt class and investigate the salt merchants, let's take a look, what should we do?" Yang Reform said a little dullly. It was just a cutscene in the class, but now in the matter of the salt merchant and the salt class, who would dare to oppose him?I am afraid that he will soon be overwhelmed by the sea of ​​impeachment memorials.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that an imperial envoy should be sent south to pursue the salt department and investigate the salt merchants." Immediately, a minister put forward the old three ways of handling things, imperial envoy, imperial envoy, and then imperial envoy.

For the first time, Yang Reform felt that this sending of imperial envoys might be a good rule.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have a question." This time, Han Yu spoke cautiously and in a low voice, which was completely different from the tone he used to speak. Before, it was inappropriate to move around. No, now, he wants to ask and ask the emperor what he means. up.

It was the first time for Yang Reform to see Han Yu so "low-key" in the court hall, and he said with a smile, "What questions does Mr. Ge have?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with sending imperial envoys to pursue the salt department. However, to investigate the salt merchants, I think that since both the Shanxi merchants and the salt merchants are involved in collaborating with captives, the two cases should be combined into one. People from the three legal departments have been sent to investigate the salt merchants. In Shanxi, there is already one who investigates the Tonglu case, so setting up another one at this time will be a bit of a duplication?" Han Yu tried his best to speak lightly, so as not to give the emperor a "strong" impression.

Yang Reform hadn't gotten used to Han Yu's change for a long time, and was still getting used to it, the officials below began to argue for the emperor.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think there is nothing wrong with this. Although the Shanxi merchants and the salt merchants are involved in the relationship with the captives, and the Shanxi merchants have been handed over to the Sanju Department for handling the matter, but Shanxi and Jiangnan are thousands of miles away. How much time will it take for these people to handle the case? It will definitely lead to inefficiency in handling the case. Your Majesty, now that the salt merchants are in urgent need of investigation, how can they wait for such a long time? Wouldn’t it be a waste of time to delay so much?” Shangshu Bi Ziyan immediately stood up. As an imperial party, naturally he would not let the route deviate from the direction designated by the emperor.

"Well, it makes sense! What do the Qing family think?" As soon as Bi Ziyan finished speaking, Yang Reform praised him.

Seeing the emperor's words of approval, Han Yu pursed his lips and swallowed the words back. Since the emperor had made up his mind, he shouldn't go against the emperor's intentions.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that the case of the salt merchant's entrapment involves a wide range of cases, and the case is extremely serious. It must be dealt with by a highly respected minister. Moreover, the principle of speed should be adhered to. Otherwise, it will easily change over time. The salt merchant got the news, and he was afraid that he would transfer it and annihilate the criminal evidence. At that time, it would not be conducive to the investigation. Besides, now it is only Jin Yiwei who goes to handle the case first. The salt class is urgently needed to support it, and I believe that we should do everything possible to urge the salt class to be paid as soon as possible, otherwise, if it drags down the court to resist foreign thieves, wouldn't it fulfill the wishes of the eastern captives and salt merchants?" Bi Ziyan urged with the last The speed with which they paid the salt tax and investigated the salt merchants was highlighted by only one word, that is, fast.

Yang Reform is funny, this is just a play, the fastest?What is the fastest, no matter who it is and at what speed, it is impossible for him to send a letter to the south of the Yangtze River faster than seven hundred miles for Xu Guangqi to be an imperial envoy to investigate the case. That minister can travel seven hundred miles a day?It's strange if he doesn't die.

"Do you have any doubts?" Yang Reform asked pretendingly. Many ministers looked at the emperor in awe, far from daring to attack the emperor as before, and quietly waiting for the emperor's order.

"Since there is no doubt, who would like to go, gentlemen?" Yang Reform said very "boringly".

All the ministers look at me and I look at you. Seeing the emperor asked everyone to recommend, and everyone also recommended a few people.

However, obviously, there must be some objections, either because this one is not fast enough, or that one is too old, or it is not respected enough.

It was funny to hear Yang Reform. To be highly respected, there is nothing more than an old word. To ask the old guys to go to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the case as quickly as possible, will they travel [-] miles or [-] miles a day?Or is it urgent for seven hundred miles?This is obviously funny.

"I report to Your Majesty, I believe that there is a ready-made person who can meet His Majesty's requirements as soon as possible, who is highly respected and experienced in doing things." An official said.

Yang Reform asked, "Who?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, isn't Elder Xu Ge just in the south of the Yangtze River now? Elder Xu Ge has presided over millions of immigrants, and he is also an elder, so there must be nothing wrong with his high morals. If His Majesty expedites the imperial decree to Elder Xu Ge at seven hundred miles, Wouldn't it be faster than sending imperial envoys over there again? Let the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Justice and other yamen assist in investigating the salt merchants, and it's almost the same." The official said very "considerately" what Yang Reform wanted to hear the most.

"Oh, that also makes sense. It took too long to send someone there. Now that the salt merchant is about to be established, it is really not suitable to procrastinate for a long time. It is suitable to send the imperial decree directly to Master Xu at a speed of seven hundred miles. Master Xu can Immediately investigate the salt business case directly, which is good, reasonable, reasonable." Yang Reform pretended to find a good solution.

The ministers saw that..., the fake acting in this play!Who does not know that this is what the Emperor yourself means?However, it does make sense. No guy can travel hundreds of miles a day. A hundred miles a day is already quite remarkable. A hundred miles a day takes about 20 days to reach the south of the Yangtze River. 20 days, that's really The day lily is cold.

"Your Majesty, I have a question." Han Yu continued to pretend to be an opponent. The reason for his existence was that the emperor did not want any party to dominate the court. Therefore, even if the Donglin Party split and suffered a disastrous defeat, it is still the same. To have a place, of course, the premise is that he, the role of the opposition party, must play well, not only to put a certain amount of pressure on the emperor, but also not to spoil the emperor's affairs, so the tone has changed a lot.

"Oh, Mr. Ge, please tell me." Yang Reform said with a smile.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, isn't Mr. Xu Ge the immigrant imperial envoy of the Secretary of Agriculture? If it is changed to an imperial envoy to investigate cases, will this miss His Majesty's important affairs? If not, the responsibility of investigating the salt merchants is heavy, and the heavy burden will be placed on Xu Ge I am afraid that Xu Ge will not be able to take it anymore! Your Majesty, please have mercy..." Han Yu said.

"Your Majesty, I think there is nothing wrong with this. It is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the emigration is temporarily free. Mr. Xu Ge just has time to investigate the salt merchant case. After the investigation of the salt merchant is completed, he will go It's totally possible to handle immigration, but then, doesn't Sinong have two deputy imperial envoys? The minister thought that Xu Ge's old salt business case could not be better. There is nothing wrong with leaving Xu Ge to do it..." The official immediately retorted, speaking clearly and logically.

Yang Reform smiled. It was like a rehearsal in the hall, following the established procedure.

"Well, it makes sense, do you have any questions?" Yang Reform despised himself a little, and asked pretendingly.

"I implore Your Majesty's holy order!"

All the ministers hurriedly lowered their heads, they couldn't see such an obvious thing, and they were still messing around in the court?The emperor made it clear that he wanted to copy the salt merchants, and made it clear that he wanted to use the salt class. Naturally, he had to send a reliable person. Xu Guangqi was naturally the first choice for the emperor to consider.

"Since there is no doubt, let's make a decree that Master Xu will investigate the imperial envoy of the salt merchants in order to urge the payment of salt, and the imperial envoy of the Secretary of Agriculture and Immigration will also be involved..." Yang Reform was soon adjudicated.

Many officials were relieved to see Xu Guangqi, the emperor's sage, go to urge the salt class to set up a salt merchant. Now that the salt merchant is doomed, a group of officials must be involved. The emperor sent this Xu Zi to handle this matter first. At least Xu Zixian is not a cruel official. He is a civil servant, an old man, and a good person. , when I rushed to Jiangnan to investigate the case, I was afraid that the day lily would really be cold, and it would fall into the hands of Jin Yiwei, what else would be good?Only by sending a civil servant to investigate the case as soon as possible can Jin Yiwei be restrained, otherwise, Jiangnan doesn't know what to dismantle Jin Yiwei.Speed ​​is very important to everyone!
"Your Majesty is wise!" This time, most of the ministers felt from the bottom of their hearts that the emperor's decision was good.

Yang Reform was flattered for a while, so uncomfortable, he started to deal with political affairs again.

"Is there someone from the Qing family who wants to play something?" Yang Reform was flattered by the ministers.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have something to play." Minister of the Ministry of Rites He Ruchong said, He Ruchong is also a member of the Donglin Party. Today's color is not as "arrogant" as in the past, and he said cautiously.

"Oh, what's the matter?" Yang Reform asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, on behalf of King Kang of Shanxi, he made a memorial to the salt merchants, saying that he was ashamed of the salt merchants' shamelessness, ashamed of sharing the salt quotations with the salt merchants, and ashamed of taking advantage of the salt quotations for profit. Standing on both sides, to show innocence, to respect His Majesty, to protect the Ming Dynasty..." The Minister of Rites explained the main idea of ​​the memorial.

As soon as the ministers heard this, they immediately understood what was going on. The emperor was indeed a master of all plans, and even the vassals did not let them go. Now this generation of King Kang hastily made a memorial to say that he should return the book, isn’t he the emperor? Do you want to change the salt class?Losing to the emperor this time is not wronged.

(End of this chapter)