Baidu otaku as Chongzhen

Chapter 11
(The picture shows the portrait of Wen Tianxiang)

In the first year of Chongzhen, the sixth day of February.

Taihe Gate.

As soon as he came to court, Yang Reform took out the "Song of Righteousness" written by Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty, and said to the ministers below: "My dear friends, I think this "Song of Righteousness" is written with awe-inspiring atmosphere and impassioned, which is in line with my ideals. Heart. Therefore, I decided to show it to all my dear ministers, and read it together, so that the monarchs and ministers can feel the feelings of this patriotic prime minister."

After finishing speaking, the little eunuchs handed out a copy to the ministers in the hall.

The ministers peeked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine the emperor was going to sell in the gourd.I had to pick up the "Song of Righteousness" and read it.As for these ministers, I don’t know whether Wen Tianxiang is responsible, and there are probably no one who has not read his "Song of Righteous Qi".Some people shook their heads in the hall and read aloud because of their concentration in reading.

Yang Reform saw that the ministers had also read it for a while.So he interrupted and said, "My dear friends, have you read all of them?"

All the ministers replied: I have read it.

"Well, very good, like this, I think that the feelings of this patriotic prime minister are really admirable. I decided to read the poems of this patriotic prime minister together with all the lovers, so as to cherish the memory of this patriotic prime minister. Secondly, How about increasing the awe-inspiring righteousness between the chest and abdomen?"

Before the ministers came back to their senses, Yang Reform waved his hand.A eunuch came up and shouted in a slender voice, "My lords, are you ready? Please read to me."

"There is righteousness in heaven and earth." The eunuch's voice was loud and high-pitched, but there was something strange about it, which somewhat changed the "Song of Righteousness", which is full of righteousness.

"Heaven...earth...has...righteousness..." All the ministers hadn't recovered for a moment.The recitation stuttered and was sparse.

Yang Reform shouted loudly: "Speak up, haven't you eaten yet? "Song of Righteousness" is such an impassioned and magnificent song. It's really... a new start for you to recite it like this."

The eunuch who led the singing took a look at Yang Reform, and then started leading the singing again: "There is righteousness in the world..."

This time the ministers below understood the routine.He also recited loudly: "There is righteousness in the world..."

The voice of the eunuch: "Miscellaneous Fu manifolds..."

The voices of the ministers: "Miscellaneous Fu manifolds..."

"The lower part is Heyue, and the upper part is the sun and stars..."

"The lower part is Heyue, and the upper part is the sun and stars..."

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After reciting a righteous and impassioned "Song of Righteousness", Yang Huaihe clapped his hands and said, "A good poem, it is really a good poem."

"Crack, crack, crack, crack..." Yang Reform's applause echoed in the empty hall.All the ministers have just finished reciting the poem, and are immersed in the shock brought by the poem.Forget about it for a moment.Hearing the emperor applauding alone, a group of ministers responded quickly and applauded together.

For a moment, the sound of "Papapapa..." resounded throughout the hall.

Yang Reform's mood is very comfortable.It was very interesting to see the literati elites of the Ming Dynasty perform a singing poem, and decided to keep this project for a long time in the future.

"Dear dear friends, I think that reciting such poems often can help improve people's righteousness and personal character. Therefore, I am determined to recite such poems often in the future. To improve our The overall quality and morality of the monarch and ministers."

Only then did the ministers understand what the emperor meant, that is, to recite poems every day in the future!Although there is no precedent for this, it does not seem to be a bad thing. After all, poetry is also a good thing to cultivate one's sentiment.Anyway, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are weirder than each other. There are emperors who do not go to court, emperors who are generals, and emperors who are carpenters. It is easy to understand that such a thing happened. It's really nonsensical.

Yang Reform had a headache for the next discussion.

The first one is about the dismissal of Ji Liao's governor Wang Zhichen. This Yang Reform is somewhat impressive. This Wang Zhichen is not a good thing. He will be dismissed if he is dismissed. However, his successor is Yuan Chonghuan!This is a perennial problem.

Almost no one came out to object to the dismissal of Wang Zhichen, and it passed smoothly. When Yuan Chonghuan came to power, there were many people who supported it. If the emperor nodded, it would probably be fine. To kill Mao Wenlong, the golden wild boar skin will probably enter the customs after the second coming, and there are also problems such as mutiny, which probably all occurred in this year.It is more or less related to Yuan Chonghuan's coming to power, and the third is his famous five-year Ping Liao of fooling the emperor.

Yang Reform was greatly troubled by this question. After thinking about it, he still made a decision: "I called Yuan Chonghuan back to Beijing. I have something to ask him. Let's leave it at that. Next topic."

All the ministers saw the emperor sitting on the throne alone and frowning for a long time before making such a decision, which was somewhat strange.

The next topic is about the forbidden sea, the forbidden Zhangzhou and Quanquan people trafficked in the sea. Yang Reform directly drew a big red "X" on this memorial. His behavior, this memorial really offended the emperor, perhaps something wrong with the emperor.

The next question is about military pay.It was reported that Shaanxi had not paid military salaries for several years.If it is not posted again, it is estimated that this should be a rebellion.

Yang Reform has a very headache. How long has he been in office? The hole in military pay is about to open.

The headache turned into a headache, and he asked: "My dear friends, how much should the military salary be paid?"

Minister of the Ministry of War first spoke: "Returning to the emperor, the Shaanxi army has owed more than [-] taels of military salary over the years. It is urgent to make up for it. Otherwise, the sergeants will inevitably mutiny over time."

The Minister of the Household Department came immediately and said, "Report to the Emperor, the Household Department has no silver, only 8 to [-] taels of scattered silver. How to pay Shaanxi for the army? Please forgive me."

"Your Majesty, I ask the emperor to distribute internal money to help the army. Otherwise, the soldiers will mutiny, and things will be even more difficult." A minister who Yang Reform did not know came out and said so.

"The minister also asks the emperor to distribute the internal funds..." Another minister also said the same.

"My minister, please..."

"minister……"

Recently, the impression of Yang Reform on the ministers was really good. He was gentle and elegant, never angry, and never punished people casually. The courage of the ministers gradually grew. It also gradually became lively.

Yang Reform also googled some of the history of the past few years, and he knew that this year is the year of mutiny and the year of high pay. If Shaanxi is given a replacement salary this time, what about Shanxi?Ji Liao, where is the Dongjiang side?What about the many guest troops?Reissue or not?They heard that Shaanxi had reissued the military salary, so they didn't make a fuss?

It is better to reissue all the reissues at one time, so as to avoid another mutiny this year.With a certain idea, Yang Reform asked: "How much is the total amount owed by each side over the years? Including the guest army inside and outside the pass."

The Minister of the Ministry of War immediately came out and said: "Report to the emperor, all parties owe a total of 400 million taels over the years."

"Three or four million taels?" Yang Reform was more or less prepared, but he was still taken aback!The finances of the Ming Dynasty were really rotten.I'm depreesed!Those rich landlords, bureaucrats, and big businessmen have saved so much money, even the dead are reluctant to pay more taxes. They tried every means to evade taxes, so that the Ming Dynasty had no money to pay the minimum military salary. In the future, wild boar skins entered the Central Plains and transformed into the ruling class.The money of these landlords, bureaucrats and scholars, and big merchants probably all belong to others, and they have to be slaves to others.Thinking of this, Yang Reform became furious.

Yang Reform sat on the dragon chair and pondered for a long time before he said: "All the wages owed by all parties should be repaid 200% at one time, and the other half will be repaid when the situation improves in the coming year. The money... I will pay it." Yang Reform was so depressed that he didn't get any money, so he spent nearly [-] million taels.It's really not a good thing to have nothing to help.It's better to get money quickly, otherwise there will be no military pay on the front line, even if you don't mutiny and make trouble for pay, you probably won't have much thought to fight, and your combat effectiveness will probably drop to the level of the peasant army. Fighting with Houjin will be a tragedy.

Yang Reform, who came from the 21st century, thought of a good word to express his current situation - salary slave.

In the 21st century, there are house slaves who worry about mortgages every month, and credit card slaves who struggle to pay off their credit card bills every day.In the Ming Dynasty in the seventeenth century, His Majesty the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was reduced to a salary slave, and he had to worry about the military salary all the time.

The ministers who knelt on the ground heard that the emperor had given out money to repay the military salary, and all of them knelt on the ground and shouted "Shengming".

Yang Reform was really angry, and thought that the money would inevitably be lost, embezzled, and intercepted. I am afraid that only a little or two of the money can really get into the hands of the sergeants, which is not a bad thing.My heart is going crazy.Fighting requires those sergeants to fight desperately. Do you still expect you, a group of drifters and embezzlers, to fight wild boar skins?
Yang Reform is determined to beat these floating and corrupt criminals.

Yang Reform pressed it with his hands, and the eunuch at the side immediately understood, and shouted in a shrill voice: "Silence, silence!"

The hall immediately fell silent.

Yang Reform glanced at the ministers in the hall, and said: "I heard some words a few days ago, and I am very interested in these words. I don't know if you ministers are interested in studying with me."

When the ministers heard that the emperor wanted to study Ci, they thought that the Emperor had gone crazy again and asked us to read some Ci. Although Ci is a good thing, it is not the duty of our ministers to spend all day reading poetry!How can courtiers engage in poetry all day long.It's time to educate the emperor.

"Who can explain to me, how to explain the word "drifting"?" Yang Reform's voice was so loud that the entire hall could hear it clearly.

Crazy!Shock!incredible!absurd!shame!The words and so on are written on the faces and hearts of these ministers one by one.

A "little official" standing in the back row probably didn't know much about it.Jumped out and played: "My Majesty, Piaomo means that a boat sailing on the sea will inevitably be injured by wind and waves and sink a little. That's why there is such a thing as Piaowu."

"Well, how much is it usually worth?" Yang Reform continued to ask.

"Reporting to the emperor, it is generally less than [-]% floating..." As soon as he finished speaking, this "little official" came to his senses. What kind of discussion is this? It is clear that the emperor complained that everyone lost his things and beat everyone Well, I still jumped out rashly, I really don't know how to write dead characters.His face instantly turned pale.

"Thirty percent, very good, that is to say, for my 200 million taels of silver, are you going to lose my 60 taels of silver?"

"I dare not..." A group of ministers said in unison.They were all too scared.

(End of this chapter)