Han ride

Chapter 395 Yang Sichang's Claim
"How dare you want to build artillery?" Emperor Chongzhen's complexion changed, and suddenly dark clouds overwhelmed him.Artillery is a strategic tool, it is not made by the state, and no one can make it. Li Xin dared to make it. This is a blatant attempt to rebel. Emperor Chongzhen must be angry.

Wen Tiren sighed softly. The Emperor Chongzhen had just reconciled with Li Xin and recognized the status quo of his separatist control of the grassland. Later, he began to investigate the matter of his private casting of cannons. Since Li Xin wanted to deal with Jiannu, casting cannons It became a very natural thing.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Zhengbei wants to deal with Jiannu. I heard that Jiannu has started casting cannons recently. If Marquis Zhengbei doesn't forge cannons, I'm afraid he won't be Jiannu's opponent." Wen Tiren cautiously reminded.

"The imperial court can cast cannons and transfer them to Li Xin." Emperor Chongzhen said disdainfully.

Everyone stopped talking immediately after hearing this. Emperor Chongzhen even said this, so what else is there to say?I am afraid that Emperor Chongzhen did not figure out how much a cannon cost.Chongzhen didn't know how many cannons this guy Li Xin wanted to cast. It was simply absurd to spend such a large amount of money and give it to Li Xin.

Hou Xun's complexion changed slightly, and he hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the imperial court doesn't have enough money to cast cannons for the Northern Army. Cannons. What's more, the various military equipment used by the Northern Army were not dispatched from the imperial court, but were all cast by themselves privately, so please ask the emperor to check it out."

Hou Xun's words are very simple. You can cast cannons, but you don't have the money. Your majesty, you don't want him to cast cannons privately. Do you give money to cast them?

With just this sentence, Emperor Chongzhen could only helplessly recognize the fact that he had no money, and there was no money in the court, but Li Xin was rich, so he could do this.

"Your Majesty, my humble minister has some methods that may be available." Yang Sichang rolled his eyes and said suddenly, clasping his hands.

His words immediately created a gust of wind in the hall, and everyone looked at Yang Sichang with surprised eyes. This was about money, and it was not a small sum, but a huge one.Wen Tiren and the others are almost always running around about the court's money.This guy Hou Xun has almost become a miser.It’s all right now, it’s not surprising that there are still people who say that they can make money for the court. This money making is nothing more than four words of increasing income and reducing expenditure. Wen Tiren and others have already used these four words to the fullest. Even Emperor Chongzhen Also continue to reduce their own expenses.What an impoverished emperor this is, now that it's over, Yang Sichang actually said that he has the ability to solve this matter.

"What good plan does Qing have, please tell me quickly." Emperor Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he said to Yang Sichang.The son of a veteran minister had already brought him more hope.

"Your Majesty, I think that there are four ways to raise wages. The first is of course 'because of grain'. If it is old grain, it needs to be converted. It is about [-]% off, and one stone is equivalent to eight coins of silver. The second is 'overflow. Land'. If the original number of acres of land is re-measured, the excess tax will be increased according to the actual number of acres. The third is the case. The money donated by the wealthy wood can be used as a supervisor. The last is the post Delivery. The postal staff who were abolished by the country in the past period, the money saved can be used as military pay."

"Haha, your last move was calculated on my head."

Yang Sichang panicked after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "I feel that the country belongs to the emperor. Since it is for the emperor, it is appropriate to use your money."

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy after hearing this, and said to Wen Tiren and others: "Tell me, what do you think Yang Sichang means? Can you raise money."

After Wen Tiren and the others listened, they thought for a while and had to admit that Yang Sichang's idea was feasible. Everyone looked at Yang Sichang with jealous eyes, only Wen Tiren's eyes were shining with a smile on his face, and he cupped his hands and said: "The ministers are incompetent, and they are ashamed to trust the emperor. Mr. Yang is young and handsome, with such a flexible head, the ministers are ashamed of themselves."

"Well! I also think this method is good, and the idea is broad. For example, the idea of ​​'inducing grain' and expanding the land is very appropriate." Emperor Chongzhen nodded and looked at Yang Sichang with admiring eyes. Trusting Yang Sichang, he sighed immediately: "Yang Aiqing has such ability, I should promote you early!"

Yang Sichang hurriedly said: "In fact, the emperor has been kind to his ministers for a long time, and the emperor never said so sooner or later when he promoted his ministers."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, while Wen Tiren and others secretly scolded Yang Sichang for being slippery. In order to curry favor with Emperor Chongzhen, he could say anything, and everyone's eyes became more jealous.The imperial court is only so big, every seat is already occupied, plus Yang Sichang who has a holy family, this makes Wen Tiren and other veterans what to do.

Emperor Chongzhen solved the problem of money and food at this time, and his mood was particularly better, especially to his favorite minister Yang Sichang, he said immediately: "You can talk about any difficulties you have. It is rare that so many ministers are here today. Is there anything that can't be resolved." Wen Tiren and the others became even more jealous when they heard this, and even the emperor became concerned about Yang Sichang's personal affairs.This is no ordinary holy family!
Yang Sichang was not arrogant because of his favor, he shook his head and said: "I don't dare to talk about any difficulties, the only way is to serve the emperor carefully, worry about the Ming Dynasty, and it is right to serve the court. The minister's father once caused such a big loss to the court, but the emperor still promoted the minister with a broad mind. What is this, this is trust, and this is the highest reward for the minister. Is there any reason for the minister not to devote himself to death? Woolen cloth!"

"Okay, okay, it's rare that you have such thoughts, I'm very happy." Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and said: "You are also from a famous family, and your father is also a battle-tested figure. I saw you training today. Well, even though it was defeated by the Zhengbei Army, there is no surprise, the Zhengbei Army is a powerful army in the world, and it is not a crime to lose to him."

"The emperor is holy." Wen Tiren said with a smile: "Today, the two armies are fighting. In fact, it is the first time for the two armies to cooperate. It is inevitable that there will be some discomfort. Because of the situation, Master Yang was defeated easily. Presumably, after training for a long time in the future, the fusion of the two armies will be faster. It is also easy to deal with the North Army." Everyone nodded after hearing this, only Yang Sichang's complexion changed. Change.

This Wen Tiren is really not a good thing. There is nothing wrong with this sentence at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, there are many problems in it. This is directly pointing out that Yang Sichang is just talking about it. He is still much younger in commanding operations.Although his father made a mistake, it was only a strategic mistake, but he was not wrong in every eradication of rebellion.

"Well, since you are proficient in military training, I originally asked you to be a servant of the Ministry of War, but you came up with another idea today, and I am very happy." Emperor Chongzhen hesitated.

"Your Majesty, this subject is the son of a guilty subject. Your Majesty has allowed me to have the status I have today. I am already grateful and dare not have extravagant hopes. I just hope to inherit my father's ambition and help the emperor to eradicate the rebellion." Yang Sichang thought for a while and finally decided Still don't want to stay in the capital, Wen Tiren is a villain, he is so favored, if he stays in the capital again, I really don't know what will happen!Yang Sichang is a smart man, so he decided to avoid it first.

"Okay, okay, it's rare that you have such ambitions." Emperor Chongzhen was very happy, and sighed: "It's a pity! The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all like you. ups and downs with each other."

"Your Majesty, I implore the Emperor to make up his mind and vigorously conquer. The larger the army, the better."

"This sentence is not bad, and I think so too." Chongzhen suddenly became interested, pointed at Yang Sichang and said, "Tell me, is there any other good plan?"

"This minister believes that the first thing to do is to clearly observe the number of troops in various places in the imperial court, select elite soldiers, train them, and then suppress bandits. If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his weapons. Only the elite Only the army can wipe out the banditry in one fell swoop." Yang Sichang thought for a while and said: "I want to go to the Xuan Mansion to train soldiers and select elite soldiers. After a year, I will definitely be able to train an elite army to help the emperor wipe out the banditry."

"Training soldiers?" Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Yang Aiqing is right. Soldiers still need to be trained, and they need to have actual combat experience. Xuanfu, there is no place for actual combat in Xuanfu!" Emperor Chongzhen After hesitating for a while, Xuan Mansion is a place of great importance, and there is not much distance from Li Xin, but he knows that the soldiers and horses in Xuan Mansion are all elite.

"Your Majesty, I think you can go to the Xuanfu." Wen Tiren rolled his eyes and said suddenly: "The soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu have not been mobilized for many years. Although it is said that the Xuanfu has elite soldiers, an army that has never fought a battle all year round is not considered an elite soldier. Since the Marquis of Zhengbei took charge of the grassland, Xuan Mansion has become a city in the Central Plains. It is not considered a frontier. 10,000+ soldiers gathered in Xuan Mansion, but they have nothing to do. This is not good for the elite soldiers of Xuan Mansion. Mansion, just to kill the unhealthy tendencies of Xuan Mansion. Presumably according to Master Yang's ability, one year is enough for him to train an elite soldier."

"Your majesty, ministers and others are seconding the proposal." Hou Xun, Wang Yingxiong and others spoke out one after another.

"Since that's the case, Yang Aiqing should be the governor of the Xuanfu with the title of Minister of the Ministry of War! Chen Xinjia will be transferred back to the capital first, so he can use it for other purposes." Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, then Fang nodded and said.

"Your majesty is wise." Wen Tiren and others bowed one after another.Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and after giving Yang Sichang a few words, he asked everyone to kneel down.

"Your Excellency Shoufu is brilliant!" Wang Yingxiong said with a smile as Wen Tiren and others looked at Yang Sichang's leaving figure in the square outside Qianqing Palace.

"This person must retaliate. It's not a simple thing. I suffered a big loss from Li Xin today. If the emperor didn't trust this person, this one would be enough to keep him from turning over forever. Now he still wants to go to the Xuanfu. I really thought I would go to the Xuan Mansion to train soldiers!" Wen Tiren said disdainfully: "The current Xuan Mansion is Li Xin's territory, the seven great families of Shanxi merchants, and the Hou family and his sons, these people are either Li Xin's subordinates, or He's Li Xin's friend, and he went to Xuanfu just to show off."

"Anyway, Li Xin is not a good guy, and in the end they became stiff, and it was the two of them who were unlucky." Hou Xun said coldly: "If he really went to Xuanfu to train soldiers, I would recognize him, and look at the ones he made. The idea is not to get money from the common people? Return the supervisor, and the supervisor has been ruined by such people these years." Hou Xun is the secretary of the household department, and he was responsible for things like finding money, okay, this Yang Sichang also kicked inside, what was he trying to do, this was simply slapping Hou Xun in the face!

"I'm afraid this Li Xin is not happy when he knows that Yang Sichang has gone to Xuanfu." Wang Yingxiong said with a smile.

"Go early, good morning. If he doesn't leave at this time, in case Yang Sichang arrives at the Xuan Mansion early and takes over the military power of the Xuan Mansion. Then he blocks all the nine sides of the Xuan Mansion in one go. Like Hong Chengchou, Li Xin is really good." I don't know what to do?" Wen Tiren said with a smile: "Unless he really wants to rebel, otherwise, his soldiers and horses can only be trapped in the Central Plains, unable to move."

"If Li Xin didn't even have food and grass, it would be ridiculous! The dignified Marquis of Zhengbei was trapped to death in the Central Plains like this. 10,000+ elites from outside the pass stormed the Nine Sides together, and the court officials actually forced to death a meritorious man like this. My lord, if you spread the word, won't it make the world laugh at you?" Wang Yingxiong said suddenly with a smile.

"Haha, if that's the case, whether it's merit or demerit is no longer up to you and me, but to the people of the world. No matter how arrogant Li Xin is, he is after all the Marquis of Zhengbei of the imperial court and the slave of Jian outside the pass. He still needs to take care of it! Some are arrogant and avenge themselves, how can such a person be a member of the court or a subject of the emperor?" Wen Tiren said coldly, "Lord Hou, what do you think?"

"Although his method can bring a lot of money to the court, but I think, hehe, it is the common people who will suffer in the end. If such a person enters the center of the court, no matter how powerful Zheng Beihou and the court are, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are in the court. , I'm afraid they were also dragged to death by those rebels, because there will only be more and more rebels all over the world, and it is impossible to wipe them out." Hou Xun said coldly.

Different from Wen Tiren and others, Hou Xun naturally knew that all the "resources" in it, or the abolition of postmen, were aimed at some low-level people.The so-called donation, how much can you get.The abolition of postmen has also been done before. The first guess is people like Li Zicheng. Such people are also people with no status in society, but Kong Wu is powerful. How will these people be arranged if the postmen are abolished?Undoubtedly, neither Chongzhen nor Yang Sichang was prepared for this. Perhaps even though Hou Xun said so, he himself did not think of it.

The strategy provided by Yang Sichang looks perfect, but in fact, it is only one-sidedly taking from the common people, without considering the actual problems in the current Ming Dynasty at all.The imperial court may have obtained a lot of money in this regard, but at the same time, many ordinary people were displaced, and then they were coerced by the rebels, and the number of rebels will continue to increase.Yang Sichang's strategy is like adding water to boiling water. It may be useful in a short period of time, but as time goes by, he will be the one who will be unlucky in the end.

"I don't know what Li Xin will do now that he knows that Yang Sichang is the magistrate of Xuanfu." Wen Tiren said with a sudden smile.

"What else can I do? Why don't you go back quickly, lest Yang Sichang make trouble in the Xuan Mansion, and you will be the only one who is unlucky in the end." After hearing this, Wang Yingxiong was taken aback for a moment, and finally laughed dumbfounded.

Outside the city, Li Xin's army finally raised enough food and grass, and was preparing to lead the army back to the grassland.In the big tent, Li Xin was also wearing armor, while Shi Yuanzhi and others were waiting by the side.

"My lord, someone outside the account claims that Cao Sanxi has something to see."

However, at this moment, a soldier outside said loudly.Li Xin and Shi Yuanzhi looked at each other, secretly surprised, Li Xin's army was going to leave the capital at night, lest Chongzhen and others make any troubles, Cao Sanxi, as the person in charge of the capital's secret agents, came here at this time to see, definitely It's something urgent.

"Let him in quickly." Li Xin ordered quickly.

After a while, I saw Cao Sanxi looking a little anxious, walked in, saluted Li Xin, and said, "My lord, military advisor, my subordinates just heard the news in the Wen Mansion that Yang Sichang was named the prefect of the Xuan Mansion and led the military department. The servant took the title. The subordinates dare not neglect, so hurry up and report to the lord."

"Yang Sichang led the prefect of the Xuanfu as the Minister of the Ministry of War?" Li Xin's face changed after hearing this, and he was a little nervous.

"Cao Sanxi, you found this news yourself, or it was Wen Tiren who told you." Unlike Li Xin, Shi Yuanzhi thought more. The news from Cao Sanxi is undoubtedly an imperial decree that has not yet been issued by the imperial court. , then there is something strange about it, how did Cao Sanxi know the news, did Wen Tiren take the initiative to disclose it, or did it accidentally disclose it?
"This?" Cao Sanxi was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at Shi Yuanzhi with puzzled eyes. He didn't understand why Shi Yuanzhi said that.

"My lord, if Wen Tiren reveals it on his own initiative, it means that Wen Tiren doesn't want Yang Sichang to go to Xuanfu. This person may have conflicts with Yang Sichang. By revealing this news to us at this time, we hope that we can teach Yang Sichang a good lesson for him." Shi Yuan said with a smile: "However, according to my subordinates, I think this situation is serious. After all, Yang Sichang has the emperor's trust and is a threat to Wen Tiren. So it is possible for him to teach Yang Sichang a lesson."

(End of this chapter)